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The year was 2008. A black president was elected into the White House for the 1st time, the U.S. was going through a recession, Houston went through Hurricane Ike & Da Mysterious Q was just starting to learn to ropes of professional wrestling under Tugboat Taylor.

16 years later, Q — the native of New Orleans, Louisiana by way of California — has recently returned from a 1 year absence due to injury to attempt to regain his former je ne sais quoi. That being a former 8-Time Champion in Booker T’s “Reality of Wrestling” (2 reigns, each, of the ROW Television & Texas Championships as well as being a 3-Time ROW Heavyweight Champion & former Tag Team Champion) and being the longest reigning New Texas Pro Heavyweight Champion (644 days from Sept. 2019 to Jun. 2021).

In this interview with our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary, Q talks about how his career began, the moments he enjoyed in The ROW, what led him to New Texas Pro Wrestling & how has Pro Wrestling changed from when he debuted back in ‘08 to now.

Q will be facing off against sworn enemy JJ Blake at New Texas Pro’s “Already Platinum” on Sunday, Aug. 23rd at Campbell Hall in Pasadena (Houston), Texas, USA. Bell time: 6 PM Central, the event will be streamed on ​⁠IndependentWrestling.tv.

You can check out Da Mysterious Q on his platforms:

https://twitter.com/the_carter_blaq (Twitter; we WILL NOT call it “X”)

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https://www.instagram.com/mysterious_q (Instagram)

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Also, if you've enjoyed what we've dished out, be sure to check out our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/focusfights

You can check out the video version of this interview HERE: https://youtu.be/ujJzl1ncf8c

Audio used:

Mysterious Q’s “Only One Way from Here” promo (Intro)

Nas ft. Jadakiss & Ludacris - “Made You Look (Remix)” (Outro; The regular version of Nas’ “Made You Look” is Da Mysterious Q’s Entrance Theme)

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FURY FC 87 will take place on Mar. 10th at Imagen Venues in Houston, Texas with the Main Card airing live on the UFC Fight Pass. If you want to buy tickets ti check out the event in-person, click HERE. Aside from that, check out their links:

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1g9M5m_6tqAjwkJSs7F7g

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In this special edition of "#FocusFightsAudio Presents", our "Chillmeister" J. Christian Gary (@ChrisGary92/@JerryCG92/@CG92BlImp on YouTube) spoke with Former WWE Employee turned Podcaster, Content Creator & Journalist Marie Shadows of Wrestle Tales TV.

In this interview (recorded on Jan. 14th), Marie & Chris talk about what got Marie into Pro Wrestling, what has changed from the Vince McMahon Regime to the Paul "Triple H" Levesque Regime, issues with tribalism in today's Pro Wrestling Landscape, what fans should get excited for in 2024 & who will break out in 2024 among other things.

Before this show began, though, Chris spoke about his mentor, Paul Wein, on the week of 1 Year Anniversary of his passing and what he meant to his podcasting journey. He will be missed. (1.24.72 - 1.5.23) His show, Fever Keeps It Real, is still available to listen to via Blog Talk Radio despite the last episode of the show being in 2020.

Also, apologies for the cuts and audio. The video was a bit out of sync with the original audio, so Chris had to blend in his recording with the original recording.

If you enjoyed what Marie had to say, feel free to check out her content here: http://marieshadows.my.canva.site/marieshadows

If you've enjoyed what we've dished out, be sure to check out our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/focusfights And be sure to contribute to Chris' platforms here: JChristianGary1992 (Facebook) ⁠http://twitter.com/ChrisGary92 (On Twitter & Onlyfans [Must be 18+, but it's not what you think; Chris REALLY wants someone to connect with]) @christiangary1992 (Instagram) $JChrisGary (Cash-tag for CashApp)

While 2023 is winding down as the final fight cards of the year take center stage, there's still some drama taking place outside the ring/cage/fight surface. None of that pales in true comparison to the situation involving Scott Kent, the primary promoter & CEO of Lion Fight (aka Lion Fight Promotions), and his inability to pay his fighters with some them going weeks, months, even years without getting paid for their performance in The Art of the 8 Limbs. On this Special Short Interview Edition of #FocusFightsAudio, "Da Chillmesiter" Chris Gary speaks with Australian Amateur MMA Fighter, Pro Wrestler & Gear Maker Alistair "Iron Box" Fleming aka "Gentleman's Combat" about the issues that Lion Fight has had in paying their most recent Main Event Fighters (Steve "Put 'Em To Sleep" Walker & Jesse Astill), the issues that the similar-styled, yet very different sports of Kickboxing & Muay Thai have in getting big shows across North America & Australia respectively and about the future of promoting things like events, concerts & fight shows as the bigger names keep getting bigger backing over smaller hows that fall by the wayside.

If you enjoyed the show & liked what you heard, feel free to leave a comment, share it out to the masses, leave a good review on the podcast & check out what else we have in store HERE.

Be sure to follow Alistair over on Twitter (we're not calling it X, because Elon Musk is a Massive POS): @Gentlemanscomba

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And be sure to check out the article mentioned in this podcast and support our good friends at Beyond Kickboxing: https://beyondkick.com/news/the-fall-of-lion-fight-the-promotion-hasn-t-paid-fighters-after-their-event/

Songs Used: A mix of Z-Ro's "That's The Type of ***** I Am" with Air Supply's "Sweet Dreams"