{"id":33613,"date":"2016-10-16T21:31:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T02:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=33613"},"modified":"2016-10-16T21:31:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T02:31:22","slug":"podcast-recap-colt-cabanas-art-wrestling-wadam-rose-discussing-hardships-wwe-career-reaction-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/10\/16\/podcast-recap-colt-cabanas-art-wrestling-wadam-rose-discussing-hardships-wwe-career-reaction-released\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST RECAP: Colt Cabana&#8217;s &#8220;Art of Wrestling&#8221; w\/Adam Rose discussing his hardships, WWE career, and reaction to being released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-828408716\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The Art of Wrestling with Colt Cabana<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Episode 322\u2013\u00a0Adam Rose<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">October 6, 2016<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Report by Chris Davidson, PWTorch.com \/ PWPodcast.com contributor<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>HOT TOPICS<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Adam Rose details his wrestling career, including his WWE release<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Colt Cabana reflects on the lives of Jim Lynam and Bison Smith \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\">KEY TIME STAMP GUIDE<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\">0:00 \u2013 Introduction<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">6:49 \u2013 Song of the week<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">10:45 \u2013 Adam Rose interview<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">19:35 \u2013 Adam Rose talks about his WWE gimmicks<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">23:08 \u2013 Adam Rose talks about coming to America<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-904529312\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">26:11 \u2013 Adam Rose talks about growing up in South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">36:33 \u2013 Adam Rose talks about his early wrestling career<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">40:45 \u2013 Adam Rose talks WWE tryout and time in developmental<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">46:56 \u2013 Adam Rose talks E:60 and his son\u2019s illness<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">54:59 \u2013 Adam Rose talks WWE exit and domestic violence arrest<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">1:01:14 \u2013 Colt wraps up the show<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">1:03:53 \u2013 Easter Egg<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">HIGHLIGHTS OF SHOW\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>0:00 \u2013 Introduction<\/b> \u2013 Colt opened the show teasing \u201cThe Wrestling Road Diaries 3\u201d, which he swears is coming soon. Colt discussed Adam Rose\u2019s success in WWE, and gave a brief rundown of Rose\u2019s career. Colt said that if anyone can relate to dreaming about going to WWE and getting the dream cut short, he can. Colt said he\u2019s doing okay, and talked about a recent show in Kansas City, as well as a new promotion in the Kansas City area. Colt reflected on the Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament he participated in for AAW, and encouraged listeners to go look up a Bison Smith match to remember him.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2028102804\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>6:49 \u2013 Song of the week <\/b>\u2013 The song of the week this week is \u201cTwisting\u201d by Detroit. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>10:45 \u2013 Adam Rose interview <\/b>\u2013 Adam Rose opened talking about his recent match with Slick Wagner Brown and remembering seeing him in South Africa before he came to America. Colt asked about the variance of independent matches, and Rose said that he\u2019s seen a difference, but he\u2019s had some great shows. Colt asked what Rose was looking for as an independent wrestler, and Rose said that he\u2019s been enjoying being able to do whatever he wants. Colt mentioned longer storytelling, and Rose said that it basically doesn\u2019t exist because promoters only bring wrestlers in for a show. Rose discussed being able to get support from 18-35 year old males with his character, which he hadn\u2019t been able to do in WWE. Rose called his character \u201cSesame Street\u201d because it was mostly appealing to children and, according to Triple H, he had become the interpretation of his character rather than the character itself. Rose went into realizing how his character changed to the \u201cSesame Street\u201d style that it ended up being, specifically singling out when WWE started purchasing Rosebud costumes at Party City. Rose said that sometimes you are so into a gimmick that you do whatever you can to make it work without questioning it, and have to step away to really understand what went wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>19:35 \u2013 Adam Rose talks about his WWE gimmicks <\/b>\u2013 Rose began questioning his gimmick the first day he appeared on RAW because they wouldn\u2019t turn off the lights to make his entrance work. Prior to that, they had changed his music in NXT, and eventually they had him doing ads for Twisted Tea. Rose mentioned the \u201cfive versions\u201d of Leo Kruger that he had done prior to creating the Adam Rose gimmick. Rose said that his character went over well in Europe, but the campy aspects of the character didn\u2019t translate well to America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>23:08 \u2013 Adam Rose talks about coming to America <\/b>\u2013 The campiness of Rose\u2019s gimmick led to a brief discussion of Donald Trump running for president, and Rose said that he has his green card and plans to be in America for the rest of his life. Rose said that he wanted success, but actually moving to America was the hardest part. Rose credited Justin Gabriel for telling him to make the jump, and Rose discussed other South African wrestlers who could have succeeded in American wrestling. Rose joked that he and Gabriel aren\u2019t exactly the most representative of South Africa\u2019s demographics, and he\u2019s surprised that they are the guys WWE wanted. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>26:11 \u2013 Adam Rose talks about growing up in South Africa <\/b>\u2013 Colt mentioned apartheid, and Rose said that people don\u2019t really know about that. Apartheid ended when Rose was 14, and he remembers it, but it seems very far away. Rose praised Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk for ending apartheid. Rose grew up a \u201cchurch kid\u201d, and his father was a minister. Rose and his brother were both into wrestling as children, but his brother didn\u2019t enjoy participating. Around the age of 15 or 16, Rose approached Justin Gabriel\u2019s dad about wrestling and was turned away. Rose and Colt discussed the ruggedness of wrestlers in South Africa at that time. Rose ended up opening shows with Justin Gabriel for about a year, and Gabriel\u2019s dad kept them working. Rose told a story about sealing a car with Gabriel, while they were unlicensed and drunk. When Gabriel\u2019s dad found out about it, he was upset that they hadn\u2019t invited him. Rose called himself a \u201chorrible little teenager\u201d and dropped out of high school after being expelled from various schools for getting into fights. Rose moved schools a lot, including one year where he moved six times, and he got tired of not being able to settle in. Rose\u2019s dad got him into technical school, but Rose dropped out and ran away from home for two years. Rose started working in bars at age 15, and at 14 had a friend who owned a night club. Rose didn\u2019t want to move with his parents, and his back up living situation fell through, so he ended up selling clothes to make enough money to buy a half loaf of bread and a pack of chips each day to live. Colt asked if it felt similar to wrestling, because of the amount of hustling that went on. Rose said that it was a completely different lifestyle, and he was still spending time with his friends without them knowing he was sleeping in public toilets. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>36:33 \u2013 Adam Rose talks about his early wrestling career \u2013<\/b> Rose remembered never eating out of the trash, but when he was once tempted to eat a burger someone threw into the trash after one bite, he knew he needed to go home. Rose reached out to his parents and they took him to meet Gabriel\u2019s dad. Rose had been touring arough South Africa for about 13 years before he got signed by WWE. Rose joked that he was semi-retired when he was signed. Rose knew some wrestling, but he was actually shown ring psychology by wrestlers who visited South Africa. Rose compared the structure of a match to power bars in video games, where each wrestler gets beat down to low power, and then the match doubles down on their energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>40:45 \u2013 Adam Rose talks WWE tryout and time in developmental <\/b>\u2013 Gabriel eventually convinced Rose to travel to America for a tryout camp, at the cost of his relationship with his girlfriend and all of his money, which led to him being signed. Rose\u2019s tryout match was with a Polish wrestler who he couldn\u2019t understand, so he just beat him up for a bit then let him go over. Rose returned to South Africa, and about three months later they offered him a contract. About a year later, all the paperwork was sorted out and Rose was sent to FCW. Rose was in developmental for five years, and he was \u201cgoing nuts\u201d running the same drills over and over. Rose said that sometimes he gets a little crazy, but he still remembers his love of wrestling when he has surreal moments. Colt talked about the change in wrestlers from big guys in bars to guys who grew up loving wrestling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>46:56 \u2013 Adam Rose talks E:60 and his son\u2019s illness <\/b>\u2013 Colt asked about Rose appearing on ESPN\u2019s E:60 program, which Rose said \u201celongated\u201d his career. Rose was told he was only getting a two to three year mid-card run, but he hoped he could make it last longer. Rose found out recently that he wasn\u2019t supposed to be the key character of the E:60 episode. Rose detailed his son\u2019s omphalocele, and the process of helping him learn to survive. Rose recalled showing up to train because he was afraid of losing his job, despite being in the hospital with his son all of the time. Rose said his son is about one year behind developmentally, and said he was glad to be in America since his son\u2019s may not have gotten the care he needs if he was in South Africa. Rose discussed providing for his family, but also knowing that he needs to be around for his kids. Colt asked if Rose has found the spot he wants to be in. Rose said WWE was the better spot financially, but being away from his family did more harm than good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>54:59 \u2013 Adam Rose talks WWE exit and domestic violence arrest <\/b>\u2013 Colt asked about Rose\u2019s WWE exit being mutual. Rose called his Adderall suspension \u201cBS\u201d, and said WWE was just looking to fire him. Once Rose\u2019s other issues arose, he asked to be released, since he didn\u2019t want \u201cthe chopping block over his head\u201d. Rose said he couldn\u2019t look at social media during his trial, and the presiding judge threw the case out because it was based off of a loophole. Rose still gets tweets about the incident, even though everything is over. Rose talked about having to rebuild his reputation, which he is doing through wrestling. Rose said that he\u2019s in the best place he\u2019s been in a while, and once his new business venture settles in he should be even better. Rose talked again about providing for his family, and joked with Colt about how lazy he would be if he didn\u2019t have kids. Rose plugged his social media and bookings email before signing off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1:01:14 \u2013 Colt wraps up the show<\/b> \u2013 Colt called Rose\u2019s lie on the streets crazy, especially compared to the \u201cpampered life\u201d he\u2019s lived. Colt plugged his upcoming events, thanked his fans, Adam Rose, his tech help and sponsors. Colt noted that the Cubs are doing well, and that brings a smile to his face, before signing off. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1:03:53 \u2013 Easter Egg<\/b> \u2013 Adam Rose talks briefly about being into Dr. Phil, and suggested that everyone buy Dr. Phil\u2019s new book.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">REVIEW OF EPISODE<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Score\u00a0(9.0):\u00a0<\/strong>This was one of the more compelling episodes of the Art of Wrestling in recent memory. Adam Rose has had so many difficulties in his life, and the fact that he made it to WWE and continued to overcome adversity was inspiring to listen to. Colt did a great job deftly moving the interview along, but Rose consistently drew me in to his life story. 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