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Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling isn’t just another wrestling podcast. It’s a life podcast. Cody Deaner sits down with successful professional wrestlers to discuss how wrestling imitates life and life imitates wrestling. And all the lessons that can be learned in between. Cody Deaner has been a professional wrestler for almost 25 years. He has travelled the world and wrestled for major companies worldwide including the WWE, TNA Wrestling, and various renowned independent companies. He has been a

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01:10:00

Episode 14: Jessicka Havok - Part 1

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/10/19

Cody Deaner sits down for Part 1 of his conversation with former IMPACT Wrestling Knockout Champion & former IMPACT Wrestling Knockout Tag-Team Champion World Champion Jessicka Havok. In Part 1 of this conversation, they take a deep dive into Jessicka’s journey to becoming a professional wrestler. Havok discusses a variety of topics in her career including: Her love of animals & job working at veterinary clinics while struggling on the indies Watching GLOW with her mom and watching

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01:08:00

Episode 13: David Sahadi - Part 2

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/10/12

Cody Deaner sits down for Part 2 of his conversation with IMPACT Wrestling Creative Director for Television David Sahadi. We learned last week that David Sahadi has done it all behind the scenes in terms of wrestling television production. He's worked for NBC Sports, WWF during the Attitude era, WWE, TNA Wrestling, Ric Flair's Last Match, and IMPACT Wrestling. They talk plenty of wrestling over the course of this two-part conversation, including: Creating the infamous & iconic WWF Monday Night

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01:04:13

Episode 12: David Sahadi Part 1

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/10/05

Cody Deaner sits down for Part 1 of his conversation with IMPACT Wrestling Creative Director for Television David Sahadi. David Sahadi has done it all behind the scenes in terms of wrestling television production. He's worked for NBC Sports, WWF during the Attitude era, WWE, TNA Wrestling, Ric Flair's Last Match, and IMPACT Wrestling. Sahadi is Cody's first guest on the podcast who isn't an in-ring performer. However, they talk plenty of wrestling over the course of this two-part conversation,

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01:05:00

Episode 11: Steve Maclin - Part 2

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/09/28

Cody Deaner sits down for Part 2 of his conversation with former IMPACT Wrestling World Champion Steve Maclin. This week, they take a deep dive into Maclin’s career at NXT, WWE, and IMPACT, and all the lessons he learned in that journey. Maclin discusses a variety of topics in his career including: Skills he learned on the road in the WWE Learning from Dusty Rhodes in promo class Seeing NXT blow up in popularity How generous and awesome New Day was with him in his WWE main roster debut Trying to get

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01:00:01

Episode 10: Steve Maclin - Part 1

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/09/21

Cody Deaner sits down with former IMPACT Wrestling World Champion Steve Maclin. They discuss how he grew up as an Irish kid in Jersey, joined the Marine Corps, and eventually trained at the Monster Factory to learn the craft of professional wrestling. He talks about how the lessons he learned in the military prepared him for the wrestling business and how he earned a WWE contract only within his first year of training. He learned many valuable lessons in the WWE Performance Center and his training,

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01:10:58

Episode 9: Crazzy Steve - Part 3

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/09/14

Cody Deaner sits down for Part 3 … the dramatic conclusion of this epic trilogy with IMPACT Wrestling superstar Crazzy Steve. We left off hearing about Steve finally getting a tryout for his dream job with IMPACT Wrestling. However, it happens just as his life is in turmoil – he is moving to the UK after his mother has committed suicide. Hear how Steve navigates this experience and finally secures his dream job with TNA. He also discusses the difference between getting signed vs. staying signed, the

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Episode 8: Crazzy Steve - Part 2

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/09/07

Cody Deaner sits down for Part 2 of this epic trilogy with IMPACT Wrestling superstar Crazzy Steve. We left off hearing about Steve's mother's beautiful advice to him regarding starting wrestling school. He'll discuss beginning wrestling school as a 120 lb blind kid and how Eric Young responded to the idea of training a blind wannabe wrestler. Steve discusses the specialized learning process of how to learn the unique craft of wrestling without the ability to see. He'll discuss his struggles on the

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01:05:18

Episode 7: Crazzy Steve - Part 1

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/08/31

Crazzy Steve's story is an unreal one. It's a story of a skinny, awkward, artistic young kid who grew up in an extremely small town, in a trailer park, amongst a family riddled with alcoholism and mental health issues. Despite his situation, he had a big dream - he wanted to be a professional wrestler. Oh... but he had one other little obstacle in his way of accomplishing this goal... he's BLIND! This story is so epic, it's going to be a TRILOGY. In this first-part of this three-part series with the

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57:04

Episode 6: Joe Hendry - Part 2

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/08/24

Cody Deaner sits down to finish his conversation with the multi-talented IMPACT Wrestling Superstar Joe Hendry. They discuss a range of personal topics including: turning down the "secure" job in order to chase your dream, having a blind faith & plan to succeed in the "hustle," an important caveat many people forget when told to "follow your dreams," not being complacent even when you're successful, and the "why can't it be me" mindset needed for success. They of course talk wrestling too. Joe

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53:27

Episode 5: Joe Hendry - Part 1

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/08/17

Cody Deaner sits down with the multi-talented IMPACT Wrestling Superstar Joe Hendry. They discuss a range of personal topics including: the importance of first impressions, being introvert vs. extroverted, needing to have fear in order to have courage, the importance of growing your intelligence, being truly honest with yourself in order to grow, and throwing the rulebook of life out the window. They of course talk wrestling too. Joe discusses how he felt about Cody being the producer of his IMPACT

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47:57

Episode 4: Courtney Rush / Rosemary - Part 2

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/08/10

Cody Deaner sits down to continue his conversation with the extremely talented and unique Courtney Rush (aka Rosemary). In this second part of their conversation, they discuss a wide range of personal topics including: the great advice they were both given in their career to “be different,” using trending to find success in business, being careful of who we accept advice from, young people’s desire to be “rich and famous,” being in control of your social media vs. it controlling you, the power of

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49:06

Episode 3: Courtney Rush / Rosemary - Part 1

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/08/03

Cody Deaner sits down with the extremely talented and unique IMPACT Wrestling Superstar Courtney Rush (aka Rosemary). Cody and Courtney have been friends for almost 2 decades. They discuss a range of personal topics including: being a private person in a public job, feeling responsible for those who vouch for you, putting positive energy into what you love in order to manifest a positive reality, the importance of mentors, building a support group to maintain confidence, the importance of fun in

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46:23

Episode 2: Josh Alexander - Part 2

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/07/27

In Part 2 of this two part conversation, Cody and Josh discuss the life lessons Josh learned through various hardships; such as, being banned from the United States and breaking his neck... twice! They also discuss how Josh built up and kept his confidence when he became the longest reigning IMPACT Wrestling World Champion in the company's history. Get a special (and super cute) bonus story about the behind-the-scenes happening when Josh's youngest son Jett became a character on IMPACT Wrestling, as

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49:52

Episode 1: Josh Alexander - Part 1

Wrestling is Life is Wrestling with Cody Deaner ·

2023/07/19

In this debut episode, Cody Deaner sits down with former IMPACT World Champion Josh Alexander and discusses the life lessons Josh learned early in his life as a wrestling fan and what he learned about himself when he decided to train to become a professional wrestler and struggled on the independent wrestling scene. Get Part 1 & Part 2 of this podcast early and ad-free, as well as loads of other exclusive content by becoming a patron at patreon.com/codydeaner Advertise on this podcast by

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