June 18, 2025 • 47 mins
Join us for an exclusive chat with Alysia, the driving force behind River City Wrestling Con's online presence. Alysia shares her unique perspective and thrilling encounters, offering a fresh look at the world of professional wrestling. From meeting legends to connecting with fans, this episode is packed with fascinating insights you won't want to miss!
In This Episode, You'll Hear:
- Meeting the GOAT: Alysia spills the tea on what it was truly like to meet and spend time with the sixteen-time World Champion, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair! Get ready for some incredible anecdotes about the wrestling icon.
- Bonding with a Legend: Discover the heartwarming story of Alysia's time spent with wrestling legend Melina, and how these two awesome women connected over their mutual admiration for the sport.
- Fan Connections: Alysia shares the heartwarming experience of young fans recognizing her and asking for photos, highlighting the incredible impact of her work.
- A Wrestling Journey: Learn how Alysia became the wrestling fan she is today, and hear about the exciting live events she's attended across Florida.
- Buffalo Wild Wings (with a "W"!): Get a fun, personal glimpse into Alysia's go-to Buffalo Wild Wings order, and find out why she insists on emphasizing the "W" in "WILD"!
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You're locked in. This is what we have here folks.
To the only show that matters. The queen of the crop do gloves
wrestling and there is no one that does it better than your
house. I have come here to chew bubble
gum and kick ass and I'm all outof bubble.
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Hi guys, it's Alicia with River City Wrestling Con and you're
listening to Duke Loves Wrestling.
Brothers and Sisters River City Wrestling Con 2025 Legitimately
the absolute best incarnation ofthis fantastic convention.
Amazing. You know, people had such a
great time. Many of you listeners keep
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reaching out, sharing your videos and your photos and
letting me know. Make sure you tag the official
River City Wrestling Con social media pages when you post that
stuff and use the #rcwc. Please, please do that so you
know the team can see all of your stuff there.
But it's clear it was a great time and certainly 2026 is going
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to be even bigger. But let's recap.
Let's recap what happened. And who better to do that with
than the star of the weekend? Someone who legitimately was
responsible for keeping the energy level up.
And she certainly did that and then some.
She is one of the most beloved people in River City Wrestling
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Con history. All because she's a cool person,
great personality. Most importantly, she is the
lady with all the info. So without further ado, Alicia,
welcome to Duke Loves Wrestling.How you doing?
I'm doing good. You're making me blush with all
these nice compliments. Hey, listen, I'm going to tell
you about yourself. So so if you were a humanoid, if
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you were terrible, I'm going to say she was the worst, the worst
of that we ever had. But.
No, don't do that. I'm going to get to the facts
though, because there is a big thing that everyone's talking
about and I'm not going to let you off the hook on this.
So. So you're on the spot now, the
hair, the hair. Your hair was really the star of
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the weekend. Everyone loved your hair.
Trying to figure out how can they get hair like that, really
get what products they got to use, all that.
I don't know how much you want to share, especially all you
hair care products. You need to show up with some
money here because this could bethe best endorser you ever had.
But just in general, talk to me about the hair.
I mean, do you know that your hair is such a big star?
I did. I did not actually.
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Wow, this is breaking news. Honestly, I just show up and and
for all my curly headed people out there, you never know what
type of hair day you're going tohave.
So thank goodness she was havinga good weekend.
Is that are you saying she is inyour hair?
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Does your hair have like its ownpersonality or something?
Oh, with curly hair, it definitely does have its own
personality, and you never know what you're getting, so.
But yeah, I refer her as she. She has a mind of its own.
So. So do you use the same products
all the time or are you someone that bounces around a little
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bit? I like to say that I use the
same products all the time, but I do like to throw in some new
things here and there. I'm very big on, I think it's
Shea Moisture or Cantu Cantu. That's my favorite.
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For the curl activator. That was my go to Holy Grail.
And then other stuff I'll just bounce in.
Yeah, great products, great products.
Shea Moisture is a black-owned line.
I believe that's a female black online that just has taken the
world by storm. They got everything even have
soap. Yes, hair care products.
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Now they have body care productsas well.
They have a men's line, which iscool Shea moisture.
I keep telling you beard beard care.
I'm interested. So let's let's do some business
together and can 2 is awesome aswell.
I I I'm very familiar with theirproduct line.
Fantastic line. So you're definitely using the
good stuff, huh? Yes, I've just noticed that the
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products that you get at drugstores just pretty much they
work better for my hair than like the higher end stuff
sometimes. Well, because the higher end
stuff is not for the most part, for the most part is not tailor
made to your type of hair. And I think it's important for
everybody to understand that there is a significant
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difference when it comes to hair, hair care product, skin
care product and what have you as it relates to your makeup.
You know, me personally, I, I have a beard and, but I do shave
my beard at least once a month. And I can't use most razors that
are out there because it'll create ingrown hairs and razor
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bumps. And I'm very particular about
the types of aftershaves and creams that I use 'cause I want
to keep my skin clean and, and, and clear and what have you.
So the same thing with women in hair.
Like you can't, you can't be using Pantene on that beautiful
curly hair of yours. That ain't going to work right.
I actually haven't used Pantene in a very long time.
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It might work. I've I've heard Pantene isn't
that bad. OK, this could be I might.
Have to. I might have to give it a go and
let you know next time whenever I use it.
Well, Pantene, maybe you need tosend Alicia some samples here so
she can give you a shot. You know, we'll, we'll put her
information in the episode bio so you can reach out directly to
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her. But this would be cool, Pantene,
if you're, if you're interested,I mean, she'd be a great
spokesperson if it works. And you could take a piece of
that curly hair market, which isa big biz, multi billion dollar
market out there in hair care. So you know, Alicia, if you
haven't noticed, I'm over here pitching stuff all the time.
Yeah, I know. I see.
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Oh, but I did. Since we are talking about my
hair, I did get my red touched up the day before, so it looked
a lot more vibrant than vibrant.That's a big word.
That's a good. That's a good word.
Yeah, yeah, I like that Vibrance.
OK, see, Speaking of Vibrance, Imean, you had somebody with
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who's known for having one of the the most gorgeous heads of
hair in the history of pro wrestling, the one the only Ric
Flair. And from what I understand, he
wanted your autograph. So how was it seeing Ric Flair
at the River Sea Wrestling Con? Especially considering that, you
know he was a hair icon in his best days as well?
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Meeting Ric Flair honestly probably was my peak, the peak
of my weekend because again, I grew up watching Ric Flair.
I remember the match between himand Shawn Michaels where Shawn,
like, threw Rick into the TV andthen sweetened music him.
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But before he did that, he said,I'm sorry.
And then I think that was like, the end of Rick's career.
Like, he had to retire after that.
Yeah. So meeting Rick Flair was
honestly like a dream come true.It's so crazy to hear you tell
that story, right? Because yes, you're right, that
was the retirement match for RicFlair in WWE.
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Now he did go on to have other matches, but nothing that big.
No. Again, because that was
WrestleMania, but my first memory of being alive and and
your mob will appreciate this. My first memory of being alive
was Starrcade 83 when Ric Flair faced off against Harley Race
for the N.W.A World Championshipand Flair beat Harley Race in
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the cage match. I don't know why I still
remember that I was a baby, but I've never I could.
I can picture the whole match front to back and through the
years growing up, it's like, yeah, I know that match.
So that that literally is my first memory.
Flair, which is why he's my favorite of all time and will
always be my favorite. So that's, that's pretty cool
that you got a chance to meet Rick and, and kind of hang out
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with him a little bit, right. Yeah, it was really fun.
He's such a nice person too. Yeah, it's, he's, he.
That's the thing. I think one of the challenges
with these stars, and I'm learning that doing this
podcast, is that they really areregular people when you finally
breakthrough the barriers and you get to learn a person's
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values real quick as well by what they choose to talk to you
about and emphasize. So a guy like Ric Flair is very
nurturing and loving and he wants to have a good time at all
times. He's not happy unless people
around him are happy. Yes.
And that's very, very cool that you got a chance to experience
that little bit just hanging outat the at the convention and,
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and he being there and what haveyou.
That's that's awesome. I always like to tell myself and
like the others around me, it's just at the end of the day,
these are regular people just like we are.
Let's try and treat them as if they're regular people as well
too, because I'm sure they have plenty of people who like to be
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on top of them and you know whatI mean?
I think I know what you mean, but listen this, this is a PG13
show ma'am. I don't know what the hell is
going on right now. Yeah, well, I meant like, just
like being like, Oh my gosh, like you're you.
And people don't like to take out of who they see on TV.
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Yeah, Ric Flair. Yeah.
Oh my gosh. Space Mountain.
Yeah, I get it. I get it 100%.
I understand. But Speaking of icons, you you
were able to run into a great friend of the show, great friend
of mine, Molina. Molina Perez, a legend in pro
wrestling in her own right there.
How was it meeting Molina? She was my favorite one to talk
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to. We had a good maybe 5 minute
conversation. I went up to her just to like
give her her flowers of just saying you honestly.
That era of before they turned into women's wrestlings but
wrestlers, they were called the Divas.
The that era of the Divas are the reason why the women that
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are in WWE right now are who they are.
And Molina is has a very big part of that.
And I just wanted to let her know like, I appreciate you so
much. And we were just like talking
about everything, how I wanted to be a wrestler at one point
and now how I just want to maneuver more into doing
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interviews with wrestlers and whatnot.
And she was just telling me how she recognized me from the
Instagram, which I was a little taken back because I was like,
Molina recognizes me. And she was just saying she's
like, you just need to go for it.
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The only the person that is mostin your way is yourself.
Because at the end of the day, it's only you that you need to
take care of. And who cares what other people
think? Because people are just honestly
going to talk regardless of if you're a good person or a bad
person. People talk about Oprah and
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Oprah out here just handing carsleft and right.
Would she still? Do that she does.
She does still do that because she owns her own network and all
that stuff. Plus magazine.
Yeah, she's still giving out good stuff to people.
Yeah, and people will have bad things to say about Oprah.
What bad things can you say about Oprah?
Well, Oprah, Oprah didn't adopt me.
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I'm, I'm pretty upset about that.
I I would love to be adopted by Oprah.
Yeah, actually, Oprah, can you adopt me?
I would love to be a Neppo baby.Absolutely, absolutely.
You know, because they're not. She can go, you get a car and
you get a car like every every year.
That's that's fantastic. Mama Oprah, I'm, I'm down with
that, you know, but it's funny you mentioned Molina though,
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because as as big of a personality as she is, as big of
a star as she is, she is so downto earth and shy.
She is very, very shy. When she was younger, she was
non verbal for a while. So that character you saw in the
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WWE was so completely opposite of who she is as a person.
But she was able to utilize thatcharacter to pull herself out of
her shell. And a lot of that stuff she
talked about here on Duke Loves Wrestling a couple years ago,
but just a, a, a bowl of positive energy.
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So the fact that she lets you know that she recognized you and
that she liked what you were doing, that's, that's pretty
awesome. Yeah, I did not.
That was probably like one of the peaks of my weekend was
talking to her and I didn't knowthat about her, that she was non
verbal. Whenever she was younger, you
would not, yeah, you would not expect that whatsoever because
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she was one of like, the villains of the Divas around
that time. And she played her character so
well. And that was another thing that
we talked about. And she's like, thank you so
much for not hating me. I said no.
At the end of the day, that is acharacter that you are playing,
and it is up to you to bring that into the real, real life.
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And you decided not to. Shout out to Melina that's.
That's my. Sister right there, Love her.
Good stuff there. Yeah.
You got to meet everybody. You got to see everybody.
People were like, little kids were coming up to you, right?
Yes, I had two little girls, Daniela, and I wanna, Oh my
gosh, the fact I'm already forgetting one of their names, I
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think it was Olivia. They came up to me and they said
that they recognized me from thesocial media and they like asked
their dad. They're like, is that her?
And he was like, yeah, go, go talk to her.
So they came up and they were like, can we get a picture with
you? And then every single time that
I would pass them, I would just say hi and I want to stay On the
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second day. I introduced them to my little
brother who was also at the event.
And they were asking me if they if I was coming back next year.
And I was like, yeah, I said, are you guys?
And she said, we are. So I'll see them again next
year. Wow, that is special.
I know they, I think they were the first, first or second
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people to come up to me and thenthey were the first people to
ask for a photo. Wow.
See this is the thing everybody.The Rivers City Wrestling Con
truly is unlike most wrestling conventions you you've ever
heard of, mainly because it is afamily friendly environment.
Like straight up you. You see parents with their kids,
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grandparents, babies, the whole 9 yards there.
Alicia, the fact that you brought your, your brother with
you, I mean, that's, that's pretty awesome too.
Yeah, so my little brother, he's24 now.
We didn't really grow up together so and last year was my
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first time that I saw him in years at A at Smackdown.
I saw him and my other brother and I like messaged him on
Instagram or something asking ifhe was going to the event.
And then he ended up going and now he's talking about going to
wrestling school and everything because he wants to become a
wrestler. So it just brings people
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together. It sure does.
And and I'm going to put a bug in your ear.
Tell your brother Devon Dudley Wrestling Academy, which I
believe is down there in Orlando.
It's not far from the WWE Performance Center.
I if he's interested, we could definitely set something up over
there. So you know WWE Hall of Famer
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Devon Dudley will put him through the ringer.
No, really, really. He did meet Devon Dudley though.
Because obviously I was the one who was like going around and I
was like, come, let's, I was like come meet some people.
So I he got to meet Teddy Long, which I love Teddy, he's so nice
and sweet. Devon, Dudley, Carlito, I think
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those are the only three that hewas with me for to introduce.
You to those guys are all near each other in that section there
so that's funny yeah you you attacked the.
Whole Yeah, someone. Over there, you know I love
that. Yeah, I love that.
It's, it's interesting. I mean, you're somebody who you
you, you grew up watching a little wrestling and what have
you, and now you get to host such a big event like that,
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which is tremendous. Think back to when you first
started watching wrestling. How did you even get into it?
I was spending the night at my cousin's house.
It was myself, my younger brother, and then my boy cousin
Maurice and my two girl cousins,Cheyenne and Kiana.
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And I think it was Friday night Smack Down that was on.
And the first memory that I really have of WWE is it was
Ashley's Playboy cover. And I used to watch.
This is a show that I definitelyshouldn't have been watching as
a child, but Girls Next Door with Hugh Hefner in them.
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So I was like, Oh my God, Playboy, every girl, little
girl's dream. So that's how I got into
watching wrestling, was at my cousin's house.
That's fun. And then I've just been, I was
hooked on it for years. My first show was Monday Night
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Raw. I want to say this is whenever
they had their celebrity guest host.
And I want to say it was Wayne Brady that came to Jacksonville,
Florida. And my friend had a sign that
said, John Cena, will you marry me?
And he like, looks at the sign and, like, shakes his head up
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and down saying, yes, I had a sign that said John Morrison, a
sexy and slow MO wo ocean because you know how he always
came out And it was like him whipping his jacket and he has
just like, the wind blowing in his hair and he's like, in slow
motion. Yeah, that was my sign.
And I think he saw it and laughed at it.
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But we were our seats were so good to where, like, we could
see the whole ring. But if you watch the show back
on TVI can also see myself on there too.
That is wild. Yeah, right.
My second show was WrestleMania 35 when they came to Orlando and
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this is when the Hardy Boys returned to WWE and I think I
cried. And then I that was also when
John Cena and Nikki Bella got engaged, cried with that too.
And then Undertaker and Roman Reigns match for Undertaker's
like 10 thousandth retirement match of whatever because.
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I don't understand. I've never understand those.
If you say you're retiring, why do you keep coming back?
It's hard to stay away, you know, That's the, that's the,
that's the thing. No, yeah, I get it.
I get it. And then I went to a live show
last May, May 2024. It was Smackdown, I believe, and
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I got to see Randy Orton and Logan Paul.
I forgot that he's a wrestler now.
So I was like on the way there. I was like, oh shoot, I think
Logan Paul's probably going to be there.
He was, wow. He's actually not bad.
Very good wrestler and it just shows that WWE.
Does how to sell it? Training.
Yeah, exactly, Exactly. All of this started from just
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watching an episode of Smack Down at Maurice's House, and now
suddenly you're this big fan, huh?
Yes, I love. That's crazy to think.
I love that. Yeah, every Monday and Friday
night I was watching wrestling. And if I wasn't watching
wrestling, I don't know what I was doing, talking about it,
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probably. I love that.
It's also fun to going in and yes, shout out to Maurice, but
it is funny going in as like a female and a lot of like boys
don't think that I know my like shit when it comes to WWE and
I'm like, all right, come on, ask the questions because I'll
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answer them correctly. Let's see if you actually know
your shit. So so wait a second.
If it if it if it's date night or something like that, you
know, some guys like, oh, you'rea wrestling fan, huh?
Well, what about this? So so you're the one that comes
in and just completely slams. Oh I don't do any wrestling
moves. I know I should.
I act. I really just like the litter
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their like intros. Oh, OK.
OK, I like, I think for me it was the drama, the drama between
it all, you know what I mean? Did you watch Total Divas?
I did watch Total Divas. I did.
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There it is. Yep, it's the the drama between
it all. I think that's what it is.
Because you don't really see that with any other wrestle.
I mean, not wrestling, but any other sports really.
Like football. You don't really have the drama
between, you don't have the drama.
With NBA, the drama really comeswhenever it's like Super Bowl or
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the Finals. That's when it's really fun all.
Set. But with, but with WWE, because
it is worldwide. Enter.
What the heck am I saying? World Wrestling Entertainment.
The entertainment part is very big.
It sounds like you're auditioning here.
I mean, should should we be sending this episode of Triple
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H? Are you, are you angling for for
a position there? Yes, please, Hunter.
Hire me. Hire me, Hunter, please.
Well, he listens to the show, so, you know, I guess this is
his first introduction. I, I will send Mr. Triple.
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HI, will send the commercial video that Alicia did that was
just such a big hit for River City wrestling con.
She could sell ice to an Eskimo.You know, so you definitely
probably want to do business with this person because you
start talking merchandise, you start talking episodes of
anything. Alicia could do some great reads
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and and really get people to show up.
Most importantly, River City is is proof of that, no question.
See that At least you listen. My check better be in the mail.
I'm over here pushing you heavy here.
Yeah, you might get some royalties from this.
Just mention me in your Hall of Fame speech at least.
Come on, you know, yes. Hello, this goes out to Duke.
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I love it so so listen you're you're again you're a big deal.
People love seeing you. Big fan of yours.
The event was highly successful,brought a lot of tax revenue to
the Saint Augustine City, which is always a positive thing.
Sold out a bunch of hotels and all that good stuff.
I, I think the, I think they're going to end up with about 1000
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hotel rooms for the weekend. Sold because of River City
Wrestling Con, which is just tremendous.
That's a lot of hotels. That's crazy, I didn't know
that. Yeah, I might be, I might be
breaking some news here, but thecount is the count is right
around that, that number there. So that that says a lot about
the reach. And certainly you had a lot to
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do with that. Who is Alicia outside of pro
wrestling, though, 'cause I, I always wonder and, and one of
the things I love to ask people about is, is food, because food
is going to let me know, you know, who are we dealing with
here? So, so let me ask you this way.
Let's say that it's time to makesomething, something that you're
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really, really good at making. What dish are you whipping up in
the kitchen and why? OK I really do love making one
pan meals because it's such an easy cleanup.
So Taco Mac and cheese is 1 and then as a snack I just love
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asparagus and hollandaise sauce.I don't, it's just it's so good.
It's so nostalgic to me which sounds crazy.
Why would asparagus and hollandaise sauce be so
nostalgic? It just is.
And then poor man's nachos is another good one.
Have you heard of poor man's nachos before?
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I I've heard of it, but I, I want you to describe it for
everybody. My Uncle Dennis used to make
these nachos where you just takelike tortilla chips, you put
refried beans and then American like cheddar slices.
You like cut them up into four pieces and then a jalapeno and
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then you put them in the oven. And that's literally a snack
right there. Perfect.
I I grew up eating that all the time as well.
It got to the point where my momwould text me from the other
room and she's like, can you make nachos?
And I'm like, can you just get up and do it yourself?
Oh, you're a little fresh one, huh?
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Like I would go in there and be like, your legs are working.
She's like, I know, but you justdo it better.
OK, That's don't gaslight and manipulate me here, but I do.
Yeah, you know you do. Stop it, Alicia.
Is is is Martha Stewart 2 point O, in case anyone didn't pick up
on it. She, she's making fancy nachos
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and calling them poor man's. She, her, her snack is asparagus
topped with hollandaise sauce, which is French cuisine, very,
very highbrow. You know, you go into any
restaurant, they're going to charge you at least 15 bucks for
that. So this isn't this isn't some
low level snack here. This is no this.
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Is bad stuff, you know Who the heck taught you how to make
asparagus with hollandaise sauce?
Because what? What is going on with this fancy
meal here? My aunt Tasha, who is Maurice's
mom, she taught me how to make it.
She used to be a chef, so it's just four ingredients and I was
like, that's it, I can whip thatup at any time.
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So that was something that I would make and something else
that my mom would text me to make as well.
Can you make asparagus and hollandaise sauce?
Yeah, sure I can 'cause I know it's.
Shout out shout out to Aunt Tasha over here teaching young
Alicia how to how to make this fancy dish and and she has the
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audacity to call it a snack. So this isn't even part of the
main course. This is just a snack.
No, I literally will just have asparagus in my refrigerator and
then make some hollandaise sauceand that right there, I will
just munch on that. I love that.
But I do have a problem with eating out a lot too.
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Oh, OK, yeah. So, so what's your go to down
there? If if, if if I'm down there in
Florida and I need a really goodeaten out meal because I, I
can't cook. I'm staying in a hotel.
What have you. What is the Alicia?
You go here, you're guaranteed to have a good meal every time.
Oh, OK. One, it depends on what you're
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feeling like. What is it that you like?
Are we talking Italian? Are we talking seafood?
Are we talking steak? Well, I love it all.
I mean, I, I, I, I'm kind of partial to Asian foods.
I, I really love pad Thai, lo Mein and, and stuff like that.
But you know, I'm from Boston, so seafood is always a big deal
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here and and all that good stuff.
And yeah, you guys have that, that, what is it, the clam
chowder? Oh, you got a little.
You trying to do a Boston accentnow what?
What is going on here, huh? Wow.
OK, you. Know emphasis on trying.
I didn't. Do too well, you're you're no
Ben Affleck, just so you know all right you got to you got to
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work on that a little bit but. I'm bad.
For a first shot, you know, go to Dunkin' Donuts and and and
and try that out and see what happens down there.
In Boston, they'll be like, get the fuck out of here, but they
wouldn't say out of here, they'dbe like out of.
Yeah, it's OK. All right.
You got us figured out. That's good, that's good.
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You know, but anything let's, anything.
I, I, I want to know more about what you would pick 'cause I
can, I can literally eat anything.
So if it's one restaurant that has enough great stuff on it
that I can't miss, where am I going?
OK you're going to think I'm a little cuckoo crazy for this,
but anytime someone asks what myfavorite restaurant is I
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literally always tell them it's Buffalo Wild Wings.
What a chain. But if that's for like my wings,
I literally I have been going there for 10 plus years getting
the same exact thing and it's never changed and I still go to
this day. I literally was just there this
past Tuesday and probably 2 weeks before then.
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But if we're talking about like.Whoa, whoa, don't.
Don't even try it. Hold on.
Don't even try it. Back up here, Jack.
I need to know what this one thing the Elysia Special at
Buffalo Wild Wings. They're going to have to rename
this dish the Elysia Special because it's so good that you
got to get it all the time. What is this?
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OK, I can tell you the order 'cause this is exactly how I
order it. Hello, may I get a six piece
traditional all flats extra crispy, wild with AW with a side
of fries, ranch and celery please and thank you.
That's that's very specific. Yes.
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So, so wait, hold on, say that again, it's it's all flats, but
what flavor is it? Wild with AW and I have to say
with AW because there's also mild with an M so I say wild
with AW. Yes.
I used to get their blazin but then I realized that is way too
hot for me so I notched it one down to wild.
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And and what's the deal with theflats?
Why? Why does it have to be all
flats? It's just easier to eat like
there you can just like break that one bone off of the
cartilage or whatever and then you can have like all of that
meat to just right there. That's right, that's right.
See I'm the same way, although Idon't do the spicy I I prefer
the lemon pepper or the the barbed.
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Cajun Ranch. Too Cajun ranch is not bad,
although I like to get that sauce on the side and dip.
I'm a Dipper by the way. I don't care, I'm dipping.
Someone recently introduced me to Cajun ranch with lemon pepper
on top and I said you are on to something and not as delicious.
I am a wing connoisseur. How about how about lemon pepper
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honey dipping sauce? That sounds pretty good, but I
need a spicy. I need something spicy.
Please, that that's the problem.All right?
You, you know, you know spice, you know spice.
That feeling is actually pain. And I like that.
I just found out. No, because I literally I like
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it. I literally will like I, I feel
as if I'm torturing my whole body when I'm eating this, the
Buffalo Wild Wings. And but I just, I just love it
so much. That is not the best commercial,
the best endorsement for BuffaloWild Wings.
I don't know what it is. You know it's going to bring you
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pain, but I like it. There it is.
The best things in life bring you pain.
Love. What else?
Money. Money brings happiness and pain
because it brings happiness whenyou see it in your account, and
it brings you pain when it's gone.
Yeah, yeah, damn right. I agree with that.
I agree with that. This is this is so funny.
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I I'm going to send that to Buffalo Wild Wings.
All right. They need to know Alicia with a
with AW got to get the wild. Wings, yes.
And also if they go to my Instagram and go to our
messages, I tag them and all thetime I'm like, honey, I'm home.
So wait, do you have the app where you check in and all that
stuff? Yes, literally.
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I think I can tell you how many points I have on Buffalo Wild
Wings right now. This is crazy.
This folks, you, you know, Duke loves Raston.
Our interviews go all over the place.
This is the best thing going right now.
So Alicia is going to reveal howmany Buffalo Wild Wings points
she has because she keeps claiming she's this big fan of
theirs. We're going to find out on the
points now. So.
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So what do we got? It's probably not that many, but
it's 3075. That's a lot 'cause you, you
cash them in too, don't you? Yeah, but I don't cash them in
as much as I should. I need to wait.
It says viewpoints history. Oh.
Oh yeah, look, on January 26, I was -1300 points.
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So that's the last time I cashedin points.
Damn, so So what can you get with with all those points you
have now? Exactly what I want, my 6 piece
traditional all flats. Wild.
What? AW.
Buffalo Wild Wings just told me I've achieved blazing status.
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I can now earn 12 points for every eligible eligible dollar
spent. Look at that.
Wow. See big fan Buffalo Wild Wings,
I love you so much. Dude you guys are missing out.
You should have this lady doing hosting for you, you know,
promoting those wings 'cause this is, this is hilarious that
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of all the restaurants, you are saying Buffalo Wild Wings.
That's the one. OK, I dig it.
I dig it. I just like, you know, whenever
like don't fix something that's not broken and Buffalo Wild
Wings just to me isn't broken. I love.
It and Jacksonville, don't get me wrong, has a lot of good
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food. Like I know we were talking
about if I could pick a Asian cuisine spot for you because you
like Pad Thai, Hawkers, hawkers,fantastic.
It's Asian St. style food. Their roadie chef kiss love it
so much. And I get the pad Thai with a
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little spicy 'cause I love spice.
That's my favorite. Go to from there.
I love that. OK, alright, see, I'm a, I'm a
pad Thai person. I love pad Thai but I but I have
to have the chicken and the shrimp.
Don't I think there's both in it.
Yeah, I got to have both because, you know, you start
playing. But now crispy pad Thai is OK,
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but I prefer the traditional way.
What's crispy pad Thai? Wow.
I just changed your life. I just changed your life.
It's over now. You're never going to turn.
Back if they can do that at hawkers.
Ask them. Say I need crispy pad Thai.
Now here's where it's going to get interesting.
What if you order to go the crispy Pad Thai and you order to
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go the Wild Wings with the W andyou combine the two meals and
eat that at home? Oh, like I'm putting them all in
the same bowl. Absolutely.
Well, we'll, I mean, you're eating it together.
So you said the chicken is an accompaniment to the Pad Thai.
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So you have the best of both worlds at one time.
I think I would be using the bathroom very short after that.
I know my that toilet would hateto see me coming.
Everybody but it clear out OK. Like good thing.
(37:50):
What is going on? Oh my, Are people surprised at
your sense of humor? Actually funny story, I had a
old Co worker at a restaurant that I used to work at and he
told me he's like looking at youI would not expect the shit that
would comes out of your mouth. I was like I'm going to take
that as a compliment. Thank you so much.
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Tell you something, she's she's making asparagus with with
hollandaise sauce, She's going to wrestling events and hanging
out with Ric Flair and she's clearing out the bathroom.
So hey, if a girl has to go, shehas to go.
I have a sign in my bathroom that says go piss girl right
(38:33):
above. I'm so serious.
And the other two photos is are you a horror movie fan?
Yeah, I I know my horror, of course.
OK, so you know, and Scream 2, whenever they're at the movie
theaters and the guy walks in the bathroom and the two
Ghostface are like staring back at him while they're on at the
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unerals urinals. Yeah, yeah.
OK, so I have a picture of that,and then I also have a photo of
Nancy with Freddy Krueger's claw, like coming out of the
bathwater. Wow.
Huge huge horror movie fan as well.
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The Scream one is actually my comfort movie.
I can watch that movie probably two to three times a month.
That is fun. OK, OK, Scream, which scream is,
is scary, but it's not like that's scary.
I mean, come on, That's, that's kind of, that's kind of mild on
the horror side, don't you think?
Yeah, it's more. So is it called?
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I don't want to say it's camp because it's not really camp, is
it? Little bit, little bit it it.
Could be what is camp? Well, camp is when you're making
fun of something. OK, so that would be like Scary
Movie. Yes, exactly.
Which is making fun of Scream. Yeah, OK, so Scream is more so
like a thrasher, like a teen slasher type deal, but I watch
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it so often that I can just recite the first lines.
Over and over again. That is so interesting that
what's, what's 1 talent that youhave that people would be
surprised to know about other than, you know, talking and,
and, and being a famous person and all that good stuff, What's
1 of the talent that you have that people be surprised to
know? It sounds really weird.
(40:29):
I can stick my stomach out on one side.
Oh. That's my secret talent.
So, so is that your muscles thatyou're controlling, is that
what, what are we talking about here?
I don't know. I can't really control it.
I think just everything just sits on one side.
So if I press out my stomach it,I call it my slippery, my
(40:49):
slipper, slippery slope. That's a tongue twister right
there. Try saying that.
Slippery slope. OK, maybe not for you.
Slippery slope. Yeah, I don't really have any
hidden talents. Well, this stomach.
I'm very intrigued about this. What the hell is going on with
(41:10):
this stomach? I, I don't know, I, I went to
the doctor one time and I said, why does my stomach do this?
And he's like maybe just everything is just sits on that
one side. I even asked my 7th, 9th grade
science teacher, but again, my biology teacher, I asked her.
I was like, why does my stomach do this?
(41:30):
Why am I asking my biology teacher about my whatever about
my and? And what is it called whenever
with the body? Is it?
Isn't it biology? I mean, I it's part of it, yeah.
Anomic Anominix. Anatomy.
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Why anatomy? Why are words so hard for me
today? Listen, we're having a good
time. It's that's, it's I'm messing
you up. That's what's happening.
You know, I'm messing you. When's the last time you talked
about your your biology teacher to anybody?
So the fact that we got there ispretty interesting.
It's been a minute. See see this is what happens do
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clubs wrestling we we get to theheart of all of it you.
Know. This is one, this is 1.
So obviously, again, you're a big hit at Rib City Wrestling
Con. The plan is for you to be back
next year. So I'm sure everybody get your
tickets, folks, you know, start planning ahead, start planning
your vacation. River City Wrestling con.com.
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There's going to be even bigger names next year.
It's going to be huge. And of course Alicia is going to
be back, so that's even bigger. Other than that though, what are
your goals for the next year? What do you plan on doing?
I am. I hope to grow my social media
presence on Tiktok a lot more. I like posting on there about
(43:00):
like literally everyday life. I'll post about my cats, I'll
post about my going on dates, life, whatever, hang out with my
friends, getting closer with my family, especially on my dad's
side. I believe my my bro, one of my
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brothers from my mom's side is coming back home home.
He's in Bahrain right now. So I'm excited for that.
Oh, is he going to bring you back candy?
He better but honestly just him being back home is a treat in
itself. True, true.
But if he brings you back some good candy or or at least some
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coffee, what what what a big deal that could be.
I know, right? See, I'm telling you, this is
what it's all about. We're going to have to start
calling you international, Elise, so you keep this up.
I know. Serious.
Well, I can't. I need to get my passport fixed.
That's another thing. That's another thing on my To Do
List. Thank you so much.
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See. That's where we're here.
We're solving problems left and right, I'm telling.
You. Yeah, we are.
Well, listen for everybody listening out there, especially
brands because we've been fortunate enough here on Duke
those are asking, we've done things with Frito Lay, Pepsi,
USA Women's soccer, Barilla Pasta, Panera Bread, Zen Caster,
(44:23):
which is what we're using right now.
I'm actually part of the creatorprogram for the for this that
we're using right now. But we've we've been successful
a lot of big time brands. So for any brands out there that
are interested in possibly doingbusiness with you, what is the
best way folks can reach out andalso keep up what you got going
on? They can follow me on Tiktok or
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Instagram, and I also have my e-mail attached to both of
those, my business e-mail. So what's your Tiktok and
Instagram? My Tiktok is my first and last
name. Alysia Durbin ALYSIADURBIN N2NS
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on TikTok and then on Instagram.It's my first and last name. 1
N. So of course, everybody out
there, I will post some links inthe episode bio so you'll be
able to get in touch with Alicia.
Want to do business? No humanoids, please.
No neckbeards, no people who don't use deodorant.
We don't need any of that nonsense.
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No, please. I've dealt with I've dealt with
stinky people enough. Yeah, please.
And Florida is hot, so it makes it even worse.
And no, she doesn't need a date.She's got she's she's already,
you know, there's a big TV show that wants to put her out there
and and who wants to date Alicia?
So she's already got enough of that.
Guys, it's not that kind of party, you know.
(45:53):
So about business, please. Anyway, you're really cool.
I really, really appreciate the fact that you were part of River
City Wrestling Con this year. You brought a nice fun, positive
element to the brand and and made it even more successful.
And I just, I'm a fan of yours and I'm looking forward to
seeing what you're going to accomplish next because you're
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doing some fun stuff. Thank you.
I know I loved really being there.
It just, it felt so electrifyingand I felt as if like I was
exactly where I needed to be in that moment.
Just growing up with WWE and being in that room with
everyone. Not I grew up watching this.
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www.strictlyfortheculture.ca Mr.Tony Shivani and we're
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You're locked in. This is what we have here folks.
To the only show that matters. The queen of the crop do gloves
wrestling and there is no one that does it better than your
house. I have come here to chew bubble
gum and kick ass and I'm all outof bubble.
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Hi guys, it's Alicia with River City Wrestling Con and you're
listening to Duke Loves Wrestling.
Brothers and Sisters River City Wrestling Con 2025 Legitimately
the absolute best incarnation ofthis fantastic convention.
Amazing. You know, people had such a
great time. Many of you listeners keep
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reaching out, sharing your videos and your photos and
letting me know. Make sure you tag the official
River City Wrestling Con social media pages when you post that
stuff and use the #rcwc. Please, please do that so you
know the team can see all of your stuff there.
But it's clear it was a great time and certainly 2026 is going
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to be even bigger. But let's recap.
Let's recap what happened. And who better to do that with
than the star of the weekend? Someone who legitimately was
responsible for keeping the energy level up.
And she certainly did that and then some.
She is one of the most beloved people in River City Wrestling
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Con history. All because she's a cool person,
great personality. Most importantly, she is the
lady with all the info. So without further ado, Alicia,
welcome to Duke Loves Wrestling.How you doing?
I'm doing good. You're making me blush with all
these nice compliments. Hey, listen, I'm going to tell
you about yourself. So so if you were a humanoid, if
(01:56):
you were terrible, I'm going to say she was the worst, the worst
of that we ever had. But.
No, don't do that. I'm going to get to the facts
though, because there is a big thing that everyone's talking
about and I'm not going to let you off the hook on this.
So. So you're on the spot now, the
hair, the hair. Your hair was really the star of
(02:19):
the weekend. Everyone loved your hair.
Trying to figure out how can they get hair like that, really
get what products they got to use, all that.
I don't know how much you want to share, especially all you
hair care products. You need to show up with some
money here because this could bethe best endorser you ever had.
But just in general, talk to me about the hair.
I mean, do you know that your hair is such a big star?
I did. I did not actually.
(02:41):
Wow, this is breaking news. Honestly, I just show up and and
for all my curly headed people out there, you never know what
type of hair day you're going tohave.
So thank goodness she was havinga good weekend.
Is that are you saying she is inyour hair?
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Does your hair have like its ownpersonality or something?
Oh, with curly hair, it definitely does have its own
personality, and you never know what you're getting, so.
But yeah, I refer her as she. She has a mind of its own.
So. So do you use the same products
all the time or are you someone that bounces around a little
(03:23):
bit? I like to say that I use the
same products all the time, but I do like to throw in some new
things here and there. I'm very big on, I think it's
Shea Moisture or Cantu Cantu. That's my favorite.
(03:43):
For the curl activator. That was my go to Holy Grail.
And then other stuff I'll just bounce in.
Yeah, great products, great products.
Shea Moisture is a black-owned line.
I believe that's a female black online that just has taken the
world by storm. They got everything even have
soap. Yes, hair care products.
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Now they have body care productsas well.
They have a men's line, which iscool Shea moisture.
I keep telling you beard beard care.
I'm interested. So let's let's do some business
together and can 2 is awesome aswell.
I I I'm very familiar with theirproduct line.
Fantastic line. So you're definitely using the
good stuff, huh? Yes, I've just noticed that the
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products that you get at drugstores just pretty much they
work better for my hair than like the higher end stuff
sometimes. Well, because the higher end
stuff is not for the most part, for the most part is not tailor
made to your type of hair. And I think it's important for
everybody to understand that there is a significant
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difference when it comes to hair, hair care product, skin
care product and what have you as it relates to your makeup.
You know, me personally, I, I have a beard and, but I do shave
my beard at least once a month. And I can't use most razors that
are out there because it'll create ingrown hairs and razor
(05:12):
bumps. And I'm very particular about
the types of aftershaves and creams that I use 'cause I want
to keep my skin clean and, and, and clear and what have you.
So the same thing with women in hair.
Like you can't, you can't be using Pantene on that beautiful
curly hair of yours. That ain't going to work right.
I actually haven't used Pantene in a very long time.
(05:34):
It might work. I've I've heard Pantene isn't
that bad. OK, this could be I might.
Have to. I might have to give it a go and
let you know next time whenever I use it.
Well, Pantene, maybe you need tosend Alicia some samples here so
she can give you a shot. You know, we'll, we'll put her
information in the episode bio so you can reach out directly to
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her. But this would be cool, Pantene,
if you're, if you're interested,I mean, she'd be a great
spokesperson if it works. And you could take a piece of
that curly hair market, which isa big biz, multi billion dollar
market out there in hair care. So you know, Alicia, if you
haven't noticed, I'm over here pitching stuff all the time.
Yeah, I know. I see.
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Oh, but I did. Since we are talking about my
hair, I did get my red touched up the day before, so it looked
a lot more vibrant than vibrant.That's a big word.
That's a good. That's a good word.
Yeah, yeah, I like that Vibrance.
OK, see, Speaking of Vibrance, Imean, you had somebody with
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who's known for having one of the the most gorgeous heads of
hair in the history of pro wrestling, the one the only Ric
Flair. And from what I understand, he
wanted your autograph. So how was it seeing Ric Flair
at the River Sea Wrestling Con? Especially considering that, you
know he was a hair icon in his best days as well?
(07:05):
Meeting Ric Flair honestly probably was my peak, the peak
of my weekend because again, I grew up watching Ric Flair.
I remember the match between himand Shawn Michaels where Shawn,
like, threw Rick into the TV andthen sweetened music him.
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But before he did that, he said,I'm sorry.
And then I think that was like, the end of Rick's career.
Like, he had to retire after that.
Yeah. So meeting Rick Flair was
honestly like a dream come true.It's so crazy to hear you tell
that story, right? Because yes, you're right, that
was the retirement match for RicFlair in WWE.
(07:49):
Now he did go on to have other matches, but nothing that big.
No. Again, because that was
WrestleMania, but my first memory of being alive and and
your mob will appreciate this. My first memory of being alive
was Starrcade 83 when Ric Flair faced off against Harley Race
for the N.W.A World Championshipand Flair beat Harley Race in
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the cage match. I don't know why I still
remember that I was a baby, but I've never I could.
I can picture the whole match front to back and through the
years growing up, it's like, yeah, I know that match.
So that that literally is my first memory.
Flair, which is why he's my favorite of all time and will
always be my favorite. So that's, that's pretty cool
that you got a chance to meet Rick and, and kind of hang out
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with him a little bit, right. Yeah, it was really fun.
He's such a nice person too. Yeah, it's, he's, he.
That's the thing. I think one of the challenges
with these stars, and I'm learning that doing this
podcast, is that they really areregular people when you finally
breakthrough the barriers and you get to learn a person's
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values real quick as well by what they choose to talk to you
about and emphasize. So a guy like Ric Flair is very
nurturing and loving and he wants to have a good time at all
times. He's not happy unless people
around him are happy. Yes.
And that's very, very cool that you got a chance to experience
that little bit just hanging outat the at the convention and,
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and he being there and what haveyou.
That's that's awesome. I always like to tell myself and
like the others around me, it's just at the end of the day,
these are regular people just like we are.
Let's try and treat them as if they're regular people as well
too, because I'm sure they have plenty of people who like to be
(09:39):
on top of them and you know whatI mean?
I think I know what you mean, but listen this, this is a PG13
show ma'am. I don't know what the hell is
going on right now. Yeah, well, I meant like, just
like being like, Oh my gosh, like you're you.
And people don't like to take out of who they see on TV.
(10:04):
Yeah, Ric Flair. Yeah.
Oh my gosh. Space Mountain.
Yeah, I get it. I get it 100%.
I understand. But Speaking of icons, you you
were able to run into a great friend of the show, great friend
of mine, Molina. Molina Perez, a legend in pro
wrestling in her own right there.
How was it meeting Molina? She was my favorite one to talk
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to. We had a good maybe 5 minute
conversation. I went up to her just to like
give her her flowers of just saying you honestly.
That era of before they turned into women's wrestlings but
wrestlers, they were called the Divas.
The that era of the Divas are the reason why the women that
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are in WWE right now are who they are.
And Molina is has a very big part of that.
And I just wanted to let her know like, I appreciate you so
much. And we were just like talking
about everything, how I wanted to be a wrestler at one point
and now how I just want to maneuver more into doing
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interviews with wrestlers and whatnot.
And she was just telling me how she recognized me from the
Instagram, which I was a little taken back because I was like,
Molina recognizes me. And she was just saying she's
like, you just need to go for it.
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The only the person that is mostin your way is yourself.
Because at the end of the day, it's only you that you need to
take care of. And who cares what other people
think? Because people are just honestly
going to talk regardless of if you're a good person or a bad
person. People talk about Oprah and
(11:52):
Oprah out here just handing carsleft and right.
Would she still? Do that she does.
She does still do that because she owns her own network and all
that stuff. Plus magazine.
Yeah, she's still giving out good stuff to people.
Yeah, and people will have bad things to say about Oprah.
What bad things can you say about Oprah?
Well, Oprah, Oprah didn't adopt me.
(12:13):
I'm, I'm pretty upset about that.
I I would love to be adopted by Oprah.
Yeah, actually, Oprah, can you adopt me?
I would love to be a Neppo baby.Absolutely, absolutely.
You know, because they're not. She can go, you get a car and
you get a car like every every year.
That's that's fantastic. Mama Oprah, I'm, I'm down with
that, you know, but it's funny you mentioned Molina though,
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because as as big of a personality as she is, as big of
a star as she is, she is so downto earth and shy.
She is very, very shy. When she was younger, she was
non verbal for a while. So that character you saw in the
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WWE was so completely opposite of who she is as a person.
But she was able to utilize thatcharacter to pull herself out of
her shell. And a lot of that stuff she
talked about here on Duke Loves Wrestling a couple years ago,
but just a, a, a bowl of positive energy.
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So the fact that she lets you know that she recognized you and
that she liked what you were doing, that's, that's pretty
awesome. Yeah, I did not.
That was probably like one of the peaks of my weekend was
talking to her and I didn't knowthat about her, that she was non
verbal. Whenever she was younger, you
would not, yeah, you would not expect that whatsoever because
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she was one of like, the villains of the Divas around
that time. And she played her character so
well. And that was another thing that
we talked about. And she's like, thank you so
much for not hating me. I said no.
At the end of the day, that is acharacter that you are playing,
and it is up to you to bring that into the real, real life.
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And you decided not to. Shout out to Melina that's.
That's my. Sister right there, Love her.
Good stuff there. Yeah.
You got to meet everybody. You got to see everybody.
People were like, little kids were coming up to you, right?
Yes, I had two little girls, Daniela, and I wanna, Oh my
gosh, the fact I'm already forgetting one of their names, I
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think it was Olivia. They came up to me and they said
that they recognized me from thesocial media and they like asked
their dad. They're like, is that her?
And he was like, yeah, go, go talk to her.
So they came up and they were like, can we get a picture with
you? And then every single time that
I would pass them, I would just say hi and I want to stay On the
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second day. I introduced them to my little
brother who was also at the event.
And they were asking me if they if I was coming back next year.
And I was like, yeah, I said, are you guys?
And she said, we are. So I'll see them again next
year. Wow, that is special.
I know they, I think they were the first, first or second
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people to come up to me and thenthey were the first people to
ask for a photo. Wow.
See this is the thing everybody.The Rivers City Wrestling Con
truly is unlike most wrestling conventions you you've ever
heard of, mainly because it is afamily friendly environment.
Like straight up you. You see parents with their kids,
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grandparents, babies, the whole 9 yards there.
Alicia, the fact that you brought your, your brother with
you, I mean, that's, that's pretty awesome too.
Yeah, so my little brother, he's24 now.
We didn't really grow up together so and last year was my
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first time that I saw him in years at A at Smackdown.
I saw him and my other brother and I like messaged him on
Instagram or something asking ifhe was going to the event.
And then he ended up going and now he's talking about going to
wrestling school and everything because he wants to become a
wrestler. So it just brings people
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together. It sure does.
And and I'm going to put a bug in your ear.
Tell your brother Devon Dudley Wrestling Academy, which I
believe is down there in Orlando.
It's not far from the WWE Performance Center.
I if he's interested, we could definitely set something up over
there. So you know WWE Hall of Famer
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Devon Dudley will put him through the ringer.
No, really, really. He did meet Devon Dudley though.
Because obviously I was the one who was like going around and I
was like, come, let's, I was like come meet some people.
So I he got to meet Teddy Long, which I love Teddy, he's so nice
and sweet. Devon, Dudley, Carlito, I think
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those are the only three that hewas with me for to introduce.
You to those guys are all near each other in that section there
so that's funny yeah you you attacked the.
Whole Yeah, someone. Over there, you know I love
that. Yeah, I love that.
It's, it's interesting. I mean, you're somebody who you
you, you grew up watching a little wrestling and what have
you, and now you get to host such a big event like that,
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which is tremendous. Think back to when you first
started watching wrestling. How did you even get into it?
I was spending the night at my cousin's house.
It was myself, my younger brother, and then my boy cousin
Maurice and my two girl cousins,Cheyenne and Kiana.
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And I think it was Friday night Smack Down that was on.
And the first memory that I really have of WWE is it was
Ashley's Playboy cover. And I used to watch.
This is a show that I definitelyshouldn't have been watching as
a child, but Girls Next Door with Hugh Hefner in them.
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So I was like, Oh my God, Playboy, every girl, little
girl's dream. So that's how I got into
watching wrestling, was at my cousin's house.
That's fun. And then I've just been, I was
hooked on it for years. My first show was Monday Night
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Raw. I want to say this is whenever
they had their celebrity guest host.
And I want to say it was Wayne Brady that came to Jacksonville,
Florida. And my friend had a sign that
said, John Cena, will you marry me?
And he like, looks at the sign and, like, shakes his head up
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and down saying, yes, I had a sign that said John Morrison, a
sexy and slow MO wo ocean because you know how he always
came out And it was like him whipping his jacket and he has
just like, the wind blowing in his hair and he's like, in slow
motion. Yeah, that was my sign.
And I think he saw it and laughed at it.
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But we were our seats were so good to where, like, we could
see the whole ring. But if you watch the show back
on TVI can also see myself on there too.
That is wild. Yeah, right.
My second show was WrestleMania 35 when they came to Orlando and
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this is when the Hardy Boys returned to WWE and I think I
cried. And then I that was also when
John Cena and Nikki Bella got engaged, cried with that too.
And then Undertaker and Roman Reigns match for Undertaker's
like 10 thousandth retirement match of whatever because.
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I don't understand. I've never understand those.
If you say you're retiring, why do you keep coming back?
It's hard to stay away, you know, That's the, that's the,
that's the thing. No, yeah, I get it.
I get it. And then I went to a live show
last May, May 2024. It was Smackdown, I believe, and
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I got to see Randy Orton and Logan Paul.
I forgot that he's a wrestler now.
So I was like on the way there. I was like, oh shoot, I think
Logan Paul's probably going to be there.
He was, wow. He's actually not bad.
Very good wrestler and it just shows that WWE.
Does how to sell it? Training.
Yeah, exactly, Exactly. All of this started from just
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watching an episode of Smack Down at Maurice's House, and now
suddenly you're this big fan, huh?
Yes, I love. That's crazy to think.
I love that. Yeah, every Monday and Friday
night I was watching wrestling. And if I wasn't watching
wrestling, I don't know what I was doing, talking about it,
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probably. I love that.
It's also fun to going in and yes, shout out to Maurice, but
it is funny going in as like a female and a lot of like boys
don't think that I know my like shit when it comes to WWE and
I'm like, all right, come on, ask the questions because I'll
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answer them correctly. Let's see if you actually know
your shit. So so wait a second.
If it if it if it's date night or something like that, you
know, some guys like, oh, you'rea wrestling fan, huh?
Well, what about this? So so you're the one that comes
in and just completely slams. Oh I don't do any wrestling
moves. I know I should.
I act. I really just like the litter
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their like intros. Oh, OK.
OK, I like, I think for me it was the drama, the drama between
it all, you know what I mean? Did you watch Total Divas?
I did watch Total Divas. I did.
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There it is. Yep, it's the the drama between
it all. I think that's what it is.
Because you don't really see that with any other wrestle.
I mean, not wrestling, but any other sports really.
Like football. You don't really have the drama
between, you don't have the drama.
With NBA, the drama really comeswhenever it's like Super Bowl or
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the Finals. That's when it's really fun all.
Set. But with, but with WWE, because
it is worldwide. Enter.
What the heck am I saying? World Wrestling Entertainment.
The entertainment part is very big.
It sounds like you're auditioning here.
I mean, should should we be sending this episode of Triple
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H? Are you, are you angling for for
a position there? Yes, please, Hunter.
Hire me. Hire me, Hunter, please.
Well, he listens to the show, so, you know, I guess this is
his first introduction. I, I will send Mr. Triple.
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HI, will send the commercial video that Alicia did that was
just such a big hit for River City wrestling con.
She could sell ice to an Eskimo.You know, so you definitely
probably want to do business with this person because you
start talking merchandise, you start talking episodes of
anything. Alicia could do some great reads
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and and really get people to show up.
Most importantly, River City is is proof of that, no question.
See that At least you listen. My check better be in the mail.
I'm over here pushing you heavy here.
Yeah, you might get some royalties from this.
Just mention me in your Hall of Fame speech at least.
Come on, you know, yes. Hello, this goes out to Duke.
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I love it so so listen you're you're again you're a big deal.
People love seeing you. Big fan of yours.
The event was highly successful,brought a lot of tax revenue to
the Saint Augustine City, which is always a positive thing.
Sold out a bunch of hotels and all that good stuff.
I, I think the, I think they're going to end up with about 1000
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hotel rooms for the weekend. Sold because of River City
Wrestling Con, which is just tremendous.
That's a lot of hotels. That's crazy, I didn't know
that. Yeah, I might be, I might be
breaking some news here, but thecount is the count is right
around that, that number there. So that that says a lot about
the reach. And certainly you had a lot to
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do with that. Who is Alicia outside of pro
wrestling, though, 'cause I, I always wonder and, and one of
the things I love to ask people about is, is food, because food
is going to let me know, you know, who are we dealing with
here? So, so let me ask you this way.
Let's say that it's time to makesomething, something that you're
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really, really good at making. What dish are you whipping up in
the kitchen and why? OK I really do love making one
pan meals because it's such an easy cleanup.
So Taco Mac and cheese is 1 and then as a snack I just love
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asparagus and hollandaise sauce.I don't, it's just it's so good.
It's so nostalgic to me which sounds crazy.
Why would asparagus and hollandaise sauce be so
nostalgic? It just is.
And then poor man's nachos is another good one.
Have you heard of poor man's nachos before?
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I I've heard of it, but I, I want you to describe it for
everybody. My Uncle Dennis used to make
these nachos where you just takelike tortilla chips, you put
refried beans and then American like cheddar slices.
You like cut them up into four pieces and then a jalapeno and
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then you put them in the oven. And that's literally a snack
right there. Perfect.
I I grew up eating that all the time as well.
It got to the point where my momwould text me from the other
room and she's like, can you make nachos?
And I'm like, can you just get up and do it yourself?
Oh, you're a little fresh one, huh?
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Like I would go in there and be like, your legs are working.
She's like, I know, but you justdo it better.
OK, That's don't gaslight and manipulate me here, but I do.
Yeah, you know you do. Stop it, Alicia.
Is is is Martha Stewart 2 point O, in case anyone didn't pick up
on it. She, she's making fancy nachos
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and calling them poor man's. She, her, her snack is asparagus
topped with hollandaise sauce, which is French cuisine, very,
very highbrow. You know, you go into any
restaurant, they're going to charge you at least 15 bucks for
that. So this isn't this isn't some
low level snack here. This is no this.
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Is bad stuff, you know Who the heck taught you how to make
asparagus with hollandaise sauce?
Because what? What is going on with this fancy
meal here? My aunt Tasha, who is Maurice's
mom, she taught me how to make it.
She used to be a chef, so it's just four ingredients and I was
like, that's it, I can whip thatup at any time.
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So that was something that I would make and something else
that my mom would text me to make as well.
Can you make asparagus and hollandaise sauce?
Yeah, sure I can 'cause I know it's.
Shout out shout out to Aunt Tasha over here teaching young
Alicia how to how to make this fancy dish and and she has the
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audacity to call it a snack. So this isn't even part of the
main course. This is just a snack.
No, I literally will just have asparagus in my refrigerator and
then make some hollandaise sauceand that right there, I will
just munch on that. I love that.
But I do have a problem with eating out a lot too.
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Oh, OK, yeah. So, so what's your go to down
there? If if, if if I'm down there in
Florida and I need a really goodeaten out meal because I, I
can't cook. I'm staying in a hotel.
What have you. What is the Alicia?
You go here, you're guaranteed to have a good meal every time.
Oh, OK. One, it depends on what you're
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feeling like. What is it that you like?
Are we talking Italian? Are we talking seafood?
Are we talking steak? Well, I love it all.
I mean, I, I, I, I'm kind of partial to Asian foods.
I, I really love pad Thai, lo Mein and, and stuff like that.
But you know, I'm from Boston, so seafood is always a big deal
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here and and all that good stuff.
And yeah, you guys have that, that, what is it, the clam
chowder? Oh, you got a little.
You trying to do a Boston accentnow what?
What is going on here, huh? Wow.
OK, you. Know emphasis on trying.
I didn't. Do too well, you're you're no
Ben Affleck, just so you know all right you got to you got to
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work on that a little bit but. I'm bad.
For a first shot, you know, go to Dunkin' Donuts and and and
and try that out and see what happens down there.
In Boston, they'll be like, get the fuck out of here, but they
wouldn't say out of here, they'dbe like out of.
Yeah, it's OK. All right.
You got us figured out. That's good, that's good.
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You know, but anything let's, anything.
I, I, I want to know more about what you would pick 'cause I
can, I can literally eat anything.
So if it's one restaurant that has enough great stuff on it
that I can't miss, where am I going?
OK you're going to think I'm a little cuckoo crazy for this,
but anytime someone asks what myfavorite restaurant is I
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literally always tell them it's Buffalo Wild Wings.
What a chain. But if that's for like my wings,
I literally I have been going there for 10 plus years getting
the same exact thing and it's never changed and I still go to
this day. I literally was just there this
past Tuesday and probably 2 weeks before then.
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But if we're talking about like.Whoa, whoa, don't.
Don't even try it. Hold on.
Don't even try it. Back up here, Jack.
I need to know what this one thing the Elysia Special at
Buffalo Wild Wings. They're going to have to rename
this dish the Elysia Special because it's so good that you
got to get it all the time. What is this?
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OK, I can tell you the order 'cause this is exactly how I
order it. Hello, may I get a six piece
traditional all flats extra crispy, wild with AW with a side
of fries, ranch and celery please and thank you.
That's that's very specific. Yes.
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So, so wait, hold on, say that again, it's it's all flats, but
what flavor is it? Wild with AW and I have to say
with AW because there's also mild with an M so I say wild
with AW. Yes.
I used to get their blazin but then I realized that is way too
hot for me so I notched it one down to wild.
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And and what's the deal with theflats?
Why? Why does it have to be all
flats? It's just easier to eat like
there you can just like break that one bone off of the
cartilage or whatever and then you can have like all of that
meat to just right there. That's right, that's right.
See I'm the same way, although Idon't do the spicy I I prefer
the lemon pepper or the the barbed.
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Cajun Ranch. Too Cajun ranch is not bad,
although I like to get that sauce on the side and dip.
I'm a Dipper by the way. I don't care, I'm dipping.
Someone recently introduced me to Cajun ranch with lemon pepper
on top and I said you are on to something and not as delicious.
I am a wing connoisseur. How about how about lemon pepper
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honey dipping sauce? That sounds pretty good, but I
need a spicy. I need something spicy.
Please, that that's the problem.All right?
You, you know, you know spice, you know spice.
That feeling is actually pain. And I like that.
I just found out. No, because I literally I like
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it. I literally will like I, I feel
as if I'm torturing my whole body when I'm eating this, the
Buffalo Wild Wings. And but I just, I just love it
so much. That is not the best commercial,
the best endorsement for BuffaloWild Wings.
I don't know what it is. You know it's going to bring you
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pain, but I like it. There it is.
The best things in life bring you pain.
Love. What else?
Money. Money brings happiness and pain
because it brings happiness whenyou see it in your account, and
it brings you pain when it's gone.
Yeah, yeah, damn right. I agree with that.
I agree with that. This is this is so funny.
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I I'm going to send that to Buffalo Wild Wings.
All right. They need to know Alicia with a
with AW got to get the wild. Wings, yes.
And also if they go to my Instagram and go to our
messages, I tag them and all thetime I'm like, honey, I'm home.
So wait, do you have the app where you check in and all that
stuff? Yes, literally.
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I think I can tell you how many points I have on Buffalo Wild
Wings right now. This is crazy.
This folks, you, you know, Duke loves Raston.
Our interviews go all over the place.
This is the best thing going right now.
So Alicia is going to reveal howmany Buffalo Wild Wings points
she has because she keeps claiming she's this big fan of
theirs. We're going to find out on the
points now. So.
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So what do we got? It's probably not that many, but
it's 3075. That's a lot 'cause you, you
cash them in too, don't you? Yeah, but I don't cash them in
as much as I should. I need to wait.
It says viewpoints history. Oh.
Oh yeah, look, on January 26, I was -1300 points.
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So that's the last time I cashedin points.
Damn, so So what can you get with with all those points you
have now? Exactly what I want, my 6 piece
traditional all flats. Wild.
What? AW.
Buffalo Wild Wings just told me I've achieved blazing status.
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I can now earn 12 points for every eligible eligible dollar
spent. Look at that.
Wow. See big fan Buffalo Wild Wings,
I love you so much. Dude you guys are missing out.
You should have this lady doing hosting for you, you know,
promoting those wings 'cause this is, this is hilarious that
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of all the restaurants, you are saying Buffalo Wild Wings.
That's the one. OK, I dig it.
I dig it. I just like, you know, whenever
like don't fix something that's not broken and Buffalo Wild
Wings just to me isn't broken. I love.
It and Jacksonville, don't get me wrong, has a lot of good
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food. Like I know we were talking
about if I could pick a Asian cuisine spot for you because you
like Pad Thai, Hawkers, hawkers,fantastic.
It's Asian St. style food. Their roadie chef kiss love it
so much. And I get the pad Thai with a
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little spicy 'cause I love spice.
That's my favorite. Go to from there.
I love that. OK, alright, see, I'm a, I'm a
pad Thai person. I love pad Thai but I but I have
to have the chicken and the shrimp.
Don't I think there's both in it.
Yeah, I got to have both because, you know, you start
playing. But now crispy pad Thai is OK,
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but I prefer the traditional way.
What's crispy pad Thai? Wow.
I just changed your life. I just changed your life.
It's over now. You're never going to turn.
Back if they can do that at hawkers.
Ask them. Say I need crispy pad Thai.
Now here's where it's going to get interesting.
What if you order to go the crispy Pad Thai and you order to
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go the Wild Wings with the W andyou combine the two meals and
eat that at home? Oh, like I'm putting them all in
the same bowl. Absolutely.
Well, we'll, I mean, you're eating it together.
So you said the chicken is an accompaniment to the Pad Thai.
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So you have the best of both worlds at one time.
I think I would be using the bathroom very short after that.
I know my that toilet would hateto see me coming.
Everybody but it clear out OK. Like good thing.
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What is going on? Oh my, Are people surprised at
your sense of humor? Actually funny story, I had a
old Co worker at a restaurant that I used to work at and he
told me he's like looking at youI would not expect the shit that
would comes out of your mouth. I was like I'm going to take
that as a compliment. Thank you so much.
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Tell you something, she's she's making asparagus with with
hollandaise sauce, She's going to wrestling events and hanging
out with Ric Flair and she's clearing out the bathroom.
So hey, if a girl has to go, shehas to go.
I have a sign in my bathroom that says go piss girl right
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above. I'm so serious.
And the other two photos is are you a horror movie fan?
Yeah, I I know my horror, of course.
OK, so you know, and Scream 2, whenever they're at the movie
theaters and the guy walks in the bathroom and the two
Ghostface are like staring back at him while they're on at the
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unerals urinals. Yeah, yeah.
OK, so I have a picture of that,and then I also have a photo of
Nancy with Freddy Krueger's claw, like coming out of the
bathwater. Wow.
Huge huge horror movie fan as well.
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The Scream one is actually my comfort movie.
I can watch that movie probably two to three times a month.
That is fun. OK, OK, Scream, which scream is,
is scary, but it's not like that's scary.
I mean, come on, That's, that's kind of, that's kind of mild on
the horror side, don't you think?
Yeah, it's more. So is it called?
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I don't want to say it's camp because it's not really camp, is
it? Little bit, little bit it it.
Could be what is camp? Well, camp is when you're making
fun of something. OK, so that would be like Scary
Movie. Yes, exactly.
Which is making fun of Scream. Yeah, OK, so Scream is more so
like a thrasher, like a teen slasher type deal, but I watch
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it so often that I can just recite the first lines.
Over and over again. That is so interesting that
what's, what's 1 talent that youhave that people would be
surprised to know about other than, you know, talking and,
and, and being a famous person and all that good stuff, What's
1 of the talent that you have that people be surprised to
know? It sounds really weird.
(40:29):
I can stick my stomach out on one side.
Oh. That's my secret talent.
So, so is that your muscles thatyou're controlling, is that
what, what are we talking about here?
I don't know. I can't really control it.
I think just everything just sits on one side.
So if I press out my stomach it,I call it my slippery, my
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slipper, slippery slope. That's a tongue twister right
there. Try saying that.
Slippery slope. OK, maybe not for you.
Slippery slope. Yeah, I don't really have any
hidden talents. Well, this stomach.
I'm very intrigued about this. What the hell is going on with
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this stomach? I, I don't know, I, I went to
the doctor one time and I said, why does my stomach do this?
And he's like maybe just everything is just sits on that
one side. I even asked my 7th, 9th grade
science teacher, but again, my biology teacher, I asked her.
I was like, why does my stomach do this?
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Why am I asking my biology teacher about my whatever about
my and? And what is it called whenever
with the body? Is it?
Isn't it biology? I mean, I it's part of it, yeah.
Anomic Anominix. Anatomy.
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Why anatomy? Why are words so hard for me
today? Listen, we're having a good
time. It's that's, it's I'm messing
you up. That's what's happening.
You know, I'm messing you. When's the last time you talked
about your your biology teacher to anybody?
So the fact that we got there ispretty interesting.
It's been a minute. See see this is what happens do
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clubs wrestling we we get to theheart of all of it you.
Know. This is one, this is 1.
So obviously, again, you're a big hit at Rib City Wrestling
Con. The plan is for you to be back
next year. So I'm sure everybody get your
tickets, folks, you know, start planning ahead, start planning
your vacation. River City Wrestling con.com.
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There's going to be even bigger names next year.
It's going to be huge. And of course Alicia is going to
be back, so that's even bigger. Other than that though, what are
your goals for the next year? What do you plan on doing?
I am. I hope to grow my social media
presence on Tiktok a lot more. I like posting on there about
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like literally everyday life. I'll post about my cats, I'll
post about my going on dates, life, whatever, hang out with my
friends, getting closer with my family, especially on my dad's
side. I believe my my bro, one of my
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brothers from my mom's side is coming back home home.
He's in Bahrain right now. So I'm excited for that.
Oh, is he going to bring you back candy?
He better but honestly just him being back home is a treat in
itself. True, true.
But if he brings you back some good candy or or at least some
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coffee, what what what a big deal that could be.
I know, right? See, I'm telling you, this is
what it's all about. We're going to have to start
calling you international, Elise, so you keep this up.
I know. Serious.
Well, I can't. I need to get my passport fixed.
That's another thing. That's another thing on my To Do
List. Thank you so much.
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See. That's where we're here.
We're solving problems left and right, I'm telling.
You. Yeah, we are.
Well, listen for everybody listening out there, especially
brands because we've been fortunate enough here on Duke
those are asking, we've done things with Frito Lay, Pepsi,
USA Women's soccer, Barilla Pasta, Panera Bread, Zen Caster,
(44:23):
which is what we're using right now.
I'm actually part of the creatorprogram for the for this that
we're using right now. But we've we've been successful
a lot of big time brands. So for any brands out there that
are interested in possibly doingbusiness with you, what is the
best way folks can reach out andalso keep up what you got going
on? They can follow me on Tiktok or
(44:48):
Instagram, and I also have my e-mail attached to both of
those, my business e-mail. So what's your Tiktok and
Instagram? My Tiktok is my first and last
name. Alysia Durbin ALYSIADURBIN N2NS
(45:09):
on TikTok and then on Instagram.It's my first and last name. 1
N. So of course, everybody out
there, I will post some links inthe episode bio so you'll be
able to get in touch with Alicia.
Want to do business? No humanoids, please.
No neckbeards, no people who don't use deodorant.
We don't need any of that nonsense.
(45:30):
No, please. I've dealt with I've dealt with
stinky people enough. Yeah, please.
And Florida is hot, so it makes it even worse.
And no, she doesn't need a date.She's got she's she's already,
you know, there's a big TV show that wants to put her out there
and and who wants to date Alicia?
So she's already got enough of that.
Guys, it's not that kind of party, you know.
(45:53):
So about business, please. Anyway, you're really cool.
I really, really appreciate the fact that you were part of River
City Wrestling Con this year. You brought a nice fun, positive
element to the brand and and made it even more successful.
And I just, I'm a fan of yours and I'm looking forward to
seeing what you're going to accomplish next because you're
(46:15):
doing some fun stuff. Thank you.
I know I loved really being there.
It just, it felt so electrifyingand I felt as if like I was
exactly where I needed to be in that moment.
Just growing up with WWE and being in that room with
everyone. Not I grew up watching this.
(46:36):
So cool. As fashion, you'll touch the sky
(47:09):
strictly for the culture, where it's so fine dressed to impress
and show your shine strictly forthe culture every day snipping
style in the unique way. Visit
(47:36):
www.strictlyfortheculture.ca Mr.Tony Shivani and we're
desperately out of time on Duke Love Wrestling.
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