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Ricardo Rodriguez is a professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE as Alberto Del Rio's personal ring announcer. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at Three Legacies Wrestling School in Lancaster, PA to talk about how he got signed by WWE and being paired with Alberto Del Rio, having a victory over Roman Reigns, being ringside for Dolph Ziggler's Money in the Bank cash-in, his Royal Rumble entry, why he decided to leave WWE, his battles with addiction, getting clean and more.

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00:00 Intro
00:37 His wrestling school celebrating its 2 year anniversary
02:06 Did he always want to have a wrestling school?
03:45 Being a serious wrestler before his WWE run
05:04 Only cutting one promo ever before he got to WWE
05:25 How he was hired by WWE and immediately put on Smackdown
14:43 Was he upset that he was no longer an in-ring wrestler?
16:30 Working with Roman Reigns in his first FCW match
17:57 When did he start introducing comedy to his WWE character?
19:05 Learning to wrestle like someone who didn’t know how to
22:04 Feeling like he didn’t have enough gratitude when he was in WWE
23:15 Spending consistent road time in WWE with Alberto Del Rio
25:13 Alberto Del Rio winning his first WWE Championship
27:07 Being able to really annoy people in WWE
28:14 How did he practice announcing Alberto Del Rio’s name?
30:15 WWE arranging different cars for them in each city?
32:34 Dolph Ziggler cashing in Money In The Bank On Alberto Del Rio
35:02 Impersonating the Big Show and Sheamus in WWE
36:59 Wearing a Justin Bieber shirt under his tuxedo
38:11 Entering the Royal Rumble in 2012
44:15 Wrestling in Bret Hart’s final match
46:27 Having a match with Santino Marella while wearing his tuxedo
47:42 What led to him requesting his release from WWE
50:47 When did he start becoming ok with wrestling again?
51:48 How he dealt with his addiction to alcohol
01:01:52 Drew McIntyre helping him get into WWE rehab
01:03:54 Wrestlers being open about addiction helping him to get through it
01:06:56 How he learned to control his reactions
01:10:10 Realizing that there is no benefit to complaining
01:14:56 3 things Ricardo Rodriguez is grateful for

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