{"id":34763,"date":"2016-11-10T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=34763"},"modified":"2016-11-10T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:18:08","slug":"interview-highlights-sean-studd-son-big-john-studd-talks-pursuing-career-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/11\/10\/interview-highlights-sean-studd-son-big-john-studd-talks-pursuing-career-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Highlights: Sean Studd, son of &#8220;Big&#8221; John Studd, talks about pursuing same career as his father"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-626277604\" 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>&#8220;Big&#8221; John Studd, who feuded with Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan, died at age 47 in 1995 of cancer. His son, Sean, is embarking on a pro wrestling career of his own. He talked with Kevin Eck at PressBoxOnline about his journey so far.<\/p>\n<p>-On the path he&#8217;s taking:\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">&#8220;<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Before MCW had their school, I found this place in Maryland and went up there and took some bumps in the ring and ran the ropes, and I loved it. But I knew that wasn&#8217;t the right place to learn. It was literally just a ring in a warehouse. It was more of a place where people who had already been trained to wrestle could go to practice during the week. They didn&#8217;t have any trainers or anything.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">So for a year-and-a-half or two years, I focused on weightlifting and trying to get bigger and thicker. I was always tall, but I was only like 220 pounds when I started. I also watched as much wrestling as possible. Just like any sport, you have to study tape. With wrestling, if you can&#8217;t get in the ring and learn, you have to study it&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">I&#8217;m doing it the old school way. I&#8217;m in it for the long haul, and I don&#8217;t want anyone to think I had anything handed to me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>-On when he first felt desire to get into pro wrestling: &#8220;<span class=\"s1\">When I was a kid, all I wanted to be was a wrestler like my dad, but when I was in high school, like a lot of people, I kind of grew out of it. But when I went to that show, it was incredible. I never had so much fun in my life. Going to that event, as clich\u00e9 as it sounds, I felt a connection to my dad. I knew if I put my mind to it and started working, it wasn&#8217;t just a pipe dream. I could make it happen.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ THE FULL ARTICLE,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressboxonline.com\/2016\/11\/09\/sean-studd-following-in-his-fathers-huge-footsteps\">CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LISTEN TO AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE KEVIN ECK, A FORMER WWE CREATIVE MEMBER, ON THE PWTORCH LIVECAST <a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorchlivecast.com\/2016\/09\/29\/next-livecast-episode-wade-kellers-interview-thursday-100-p-m-est-8\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT MORE OF TODAY&#8217;S WRESTLING NEWS AT OUR AFFILIATE SITE:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/category\/newsupdates\/\">PROWRESTLING.NET<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3036465465\"><div id=\"pwtor-1222794690\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#8220;Big&#8221; John Studd, who feuded with Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan, died at age 47 in 1995 of cancer. His son, Sean, is embarking on a pro wrestling career of his own. 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