Josh & Cole talk GCW, internet trolls & his friendship with Shigehiro Irie.
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Just over a year ago, I saw this clip circulating around social media and was fascinated not only by the gruesome visuals but that they were inflicted on someone I wouldn’t have expected.
That someone is Cole Radrick, a 25-year-old who has made GCW his primary home for the last few years and has been seemingly on a non-stop tour of wrestling throughout the world with 1000+ matches under his belt.
But he’s not just a deathmatch wrestler which is just one of the things we talked about in our near hour-long conversation on this week’s Josh Nason’s Punch-Out.
Some of the other topics:
- Finding a home in GCW
- Making a name as a traditional wrestler against the likes of Mike Bailey, Konosuke Takeshita, Alex Shelley and others
- Dealing with negative feedback online
- His friendship with Shigehiro Irie
- Whether he has to psych himself up differently for a deathmatch vs. a regular match
- Learning the ropes as a promoter
- Reflections on his world travel given his humble upbringing
- His love of MMA and, yes, sumo wrestling
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