#Exclusive Singapore's First WWE Superstar Dante Chen Discusses NXT 2.0, Training At the PC & WWE...
Summary
TLDRDante Chen discusses his journey to becoming an NXT WWE Superstar, sharing insights about his signing process, experiences during the pandemic, and his passion for WWE video games. He reflects on his training at the Performance Center, the coaches he works with, and how video games inspire his in-ring style. Chen also talks about his unique presentation, dream matches, and the unwavering support he receives from fans in Singapore and Southeast Asia, expressing gratitude for their encouragement throughout his career.
Takeaways
- 🎤 Dante Chen shares his journey to WWE.
- 📅 He found out about his signing on the last day of tryouts.
- 🤫 Kept his signing a secret for two years due to uncertainty.
- 🎮 Enjoys playing Universe Mode in WWE 2K games.
- 💪 Trains with various coaches at NXT.
- 🌟 Dream match is against the current champion.
- ⚔️ Interested in participating in a War Games match.
- 👥 Admires Rey Mysterio and The Miz.
- 🙏 Grateful for the support from fans in Singapore.
- 🎭 His character presentation is inspired by Mortal Kombat.
Timeline
- 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
Dante Chen在播客中谈到他作为NXT WWE超级明星的经历以及来自新加坡的代表性。他与朋友讨论了在2019年的试训期间收到签约通知的时刻,描述了他在试训最后一天的情感经历。
- 00:05:00 - 00:10:00
Dante分享了他在试训后两年的经历以及COVID-19对他生活的影响。他决定保持低调,正常生活,不想给自己和朋友造成过多不必要的压力。
- 00:10:00 - 00:15:00
探讨了Dante对WWE 2K22游戏的热爱,尤其是宇宙模式以及如何享受与不同角色的对战与故事情节。游戏的控制系统和教程对新手相对友好。
- 00:15:00 - 00:20:00
Dante讨论了在NXT训练期间与教练和其他摔跤手的互动。他在训练过程中与Javier Bernal合作,强调了各位教练的独特风格,提升了自己的技能。
- 00:20:00 - 00:25:00
提到自己在玩游戏时不固定使用一个角色,而是享受在宇宙模式中尝试许多不同超级明星的动作与风格,并且通过游戏中的角色塑造提升了自己在擂台的表现。
- 00:25:00 - 00:30:00
Dante分享了关于自己的角色呈现和风格的发展,谈到如何借鉴自己的服装与面具结合了Mortal Kombat元素,同时也表达了对2K游戏制作上面具与服装还原的认可与挑战。
- 00:30:00 - 00:38:05
最后,Dante感谢来自新加坡及东南亚地区的粉丝支持,重申他将继续努力以回馈所有支持他的朋友们,并期待未来能够再次与播客团队互动。
Mind Map
Video Q&A
How did Dante Chen find out he was signed to WWE?
He found out on the last day of the tryouts in 2019 when he was called into a room with others to receive the news.
What was Dante's experience during the two years before his debut?
He kept his signing a secret and lived life normally, not wanting to assume anything until it was officially announced.
What is Dante's favorite mode in WWE 2K games?
He enjoys Universe Mode, where he can play through matches with various superstars.
Who does Dante enjoy training with at NXT?
He enjoys training with various coaches and has worked with Javier Bernal as both a competitor and tag team partner.
What is Dante's dream match?
His dream match is against whoever the champion is at the time.
What match stipulation does Dante want to be a part of?
He expressed interest in participating in a War Games match.
Who are some WWE Superstars Dante admires?
He admires Rey Mysterio and The Miz, among others.
What does Dante think about the WWE 2K22 game?
He appreciates the depth and ease of the game, especially the tutorial that helped him adjust to new controls.
How does Dante feel about the support from fans in Singapore?
He is grateful for their support and keeps them in mind during his matches.
What is Dante's approach to creating his character in WWE 2K22?
He tries to replicate his real-life character as closely as possible, though he finds it challenging.
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- 00:00:02[Music]
- 00:00:03kick to the gut I like it yo it's Dante
- 00:00:07Chen in the house bro it's so good to
- 00:00:09see you my man likewise good to see you
- 00:00:12guys Mr Young and forign very happy to
- 00:00:14be back on the podcast this time as
- 00:00:18Dante Chen oh okay wait wait what there
- 00:00:21was a previous life uh I didn't know
- 00:00:23that I thought you were always NXT WWE
- 00:00:26Superstar Dante Chen representing
- 00:00:28Singapore and Southeast Asia
- 00:00:31for sure for sure hey shout out man one
- 00:00:36thing I need to always uh give props to
- 00:00:38Dante even though he's all the way
- 00:00:40Orlando Florida even though he's doing
- 00:00:41NXT stuff he still checks out the
- 00:00:44podcast bro he still sees my Ig our IG
- 00:00:46stories up until now so respect man we
- 00:00:49love it yeah we appreciate that 100%
- 00:00:51okay tell us about um the let's go back
- 00:00:56to the tryouts because something
- 00:00:57happened at the triy outs that we didn't
- 00:00:59know before and you know I I I might
- 00:01:03have heard about it on a different
- 00:01:04interview that we did recently but yes
- 00:01:06tell us about the moment you found out
- 00:01:09that you were going to the performance
- 00:01:12center so many would think that I
- 00:01:15received a call that I was told that I
- 00:01:18was selected to be signed however it is
- 00:01:21not the case I learned that I got signed
- 00:01:24to
- 00:01:26WWE on the last day of the tryouts in
- 00:01:29Shang in
- 00:01:302019 wow so that was that was where they
- 00:01:34pulled a handful of us aside and then
- 00:01:37one by one we would go into the
- 00:01:40room and then they would break the news
- 00:01:42to us and then we would leave so that
- 00:01:45was how we found out and that was how I
- 00:01:47found out that I got signed and I happen
- 00:01:49to be like the last one in the line whoa
- 00:01:53okay so like everyone that went in
- 00:01:55before me I could hear them yelling in
- 00:01:58excitement and happiness inside the room
- 00:02:02and I see them walk out Happ in like
- 00:02:05just just happy you know so excited they
- 00:02:08just walk off so you can expect that I I
- 00:02:11kind of know what's about to go down MH
- 00:02:15and that was when I went in they broke
- 00:02:18the news to me and that was how I knew
- 00:02:21how I got signed for forign how is your
- 00:02:24mind not blown because if you look at
- 00:02:25the Timeline that was 2019 he held this
- 00:02:28in for almost was it two years shoot
- 00:02:32yeah two years right bro okay um tell us
- 00:02:36yeah tell us during the two years um it
- 00:02:40was because of covid
- 00:02:42right correct yes so for the two years
- 00:02:46uh I decided to keep it on the low which
- 00:02:50I was going to anyways regardless of how
- 00:02:52long it was going to take between
- 00:02:53knowing of that I got signed and when
- 00:02:56they will eventually announce the news
- 00:02:59but two years in that two years I
- 00:03:02decided that I'm going to live life as
- 00:03:04per normal as though I didn't get the
- 00:03:07call all right so I I never wanted to
- 00:03:09assume that oh like this is going to go
- 00:03:12down like things never things hardly or
- 00:03:15like not all it's not all the time that
- 00:03:17things go according to plan so that was
- 00:03:20how I saw it and I didn't want to tell
- 00:03:22anyone close to me you know all my close
- 00:03:25friends I wouldn't even really tell them
- 00:03:27because like the worst case scario would
- 00:03:30be that they would change their minds
- 00:03:32about it because it would be too
- 00:03:34inconvenient to bring me over at the
- 00:03:35time and they might just drop it
- 00:03:37completely so like it'll be embarrassing
- 00:03:40if I would be telling all my friends
- 00:03:42about it and then for the news to change
- 00:03:45that you know we don't need you anymore
- 00:03:47we don't want you anymore so that is why
- 00:03:50I kept it on the low and just kept my
- 00:03:52two feet grounded and live life normally
- 00:03:55yeah so that was why I
- 00:03:56did and of course uh from the previous
- 00:03:58times we've talked to you we know that
- 00:04:00you first got your um interest in pro
- 00:04:03wrestling because of the video games
- 00:04:05right and thanks to our friends over at
- 00:04:062K by the way WWE 2K 22 is on sale right
- 00:04:10now we all love a good sale right go get
- 00:04:12it um I know you've been playing 2K 22 I
- 00:04:15know foreign has I know I have as well
- 00:04:18uh you were mentioning that your
- 00:04:19favorite mode is universe mode right um
- 00:04:23okay to me that tells me that you like
- 00:04:25the booking aspect of things as well I
- 00:04:28don't know like I used to play a lot of
- 00:04:31universe mode as well until you know I
- 00:04:33kind of got busy so I just started to
- 00:04:35play my rise exclusively but uh yeah
- 00:04:38tell us about your experience with the
- 00:04:39game thus far you know and and here's
- 00:04:42the thing what I love about this current
- 00:04:44iteration of the 2K game right it's very
- 00:04:48in-depth but it's also very easy to
- 00:04:50start as a newb don't you
- 00:04:52agree oh oh yeah U for me well for for a
- 00:04:57newbie I'd say yes it is pretty easy to
- 00:04:59pick up but for someone that has been
- 00:05:01playing the game like ever
- 00:05:03since Smackdown versus Raw MH it was a a
- 00:05:07huge switch for me to be able to like
- 00:05:09grasp a hold of the new controls so what
- 00:05:13really helped was the tutorial that they
- 00:05:15had at the beginning that was really
- 00:05:17helpful with Drew coach coach Drew Gul
- 00:05:21was there to help guide you through the
- 00:05:22whole thing and I I sent out some like a
- 00:05:26like a social media post about it too
- 00:05:28like I think the day before that I
- 00:05:30played it like I was in I was at the
- 00:05:32performance center training with rul as
- 00:05:35well oh really wow which was so funny to
- 00:05:38me so I sent out like a like a like a
- 00:05:40social media post I'm
- 00:05:42like at the WB performance center
- 00:05:44training with Dr literally
- 00:05:48right2
- 00:05:49[Laughter]
- 00:05:52trading yeah that is so amazing exactly
- 00:05:55right and then you know you talk about
- 00:05:57your journey NXT and then you know the
- 00:06:00rest of us all we can do is play the
- 00:06:02myrise function where you know you get
- 00:06:04to you know sort of kind of get the
- 00:06:06feeling right so you're going through it
- 00:06:08as well um how is it mirroring your
- 00:06:11experience both in real life and in the
- 00:06:13game oh yeah it is so similar the the
- 00:06:16details of of the the the the venues are
- 00:06:21so authentic so I I will be playing the
- 00:06:24game and I be and I I will be in the the
- 00:06:27gym at the performance center yeah now
- 00:06:29just be like looking at all the details
- 00:06:31of the gym because that is where I go to
- 00:06:34like almost every day yeah and then when
- 00:06:37I go over to training at the performance
- 00:06:39center when I'm working out in the gym
- 00:06:41I'm like wondering how did the team at
- 00:06:452K manag to capture this so well right
- 00:06:48that it looks ex almost exactly the same
- 00:06:51I'm like oh like I I get confused
- 00:06:53sometimes like am I in the video game
- 00:06:54right now and when I'm playing the game
- 00:06:56I'm like am I at performance center
- 00:06:58right now no nice it's almost like a
- 00:07:00virtual reality completely engulf
- 00:07:02exactly yeah it's my life is completely
- 00:07:04engulfed with with WWE right now which
- 00:07:07is which is crazy yeah so talking about
- 00:07:10right now your experience in NXT um
- 00:07:13maybe tell us a little bit about who you
- 00:07:15enjoy working who are you working with a
- 00:07:17lot in NXT uh what has the experience
- 00:07:21been
- 00:07:23like um well in NXT right now in terms
- 00:07:28of of of coaches right now um they are
- 00:07:32really
- 00:07:33like an amazing like roster of coaches
- 00:07:36that we have uh I have been able to
- 00:07:38train with a few of them and I really
- 00:07:40want to be able to train with all of
- 00:07:42them because everyone brings a different
- 00:07:45um kind of aspect and approach of the
- 00:07:47sport into training so I really want to
- 00:07:50be able to pick all of their brains
- 00:07:52there isn't really like one coach that I
- 00:07:54want to like point out that I want that
- 00:07:57I I enjoy more than the rest because
- 00:07:59every everyone really stands out in
- 00:08:00their own way um in terms of in ring um
- 00:08:04Javier Bernal is one person that I've
- 00:08:06been um in the ring with a couple of
- 00:08:09times both as a competitor and as a tag
- 00:08:12team partner so he is someone that I re
- 00:08:14enjoy working with and recently he he
- 00:08:17actually made his debut on NXT 2.0 on
- 00:08:19the USA Network so I'm very proud of him
- 00:08:21for that and moving forward he is
- 00:08:24definitely someone that you want to keep
- 00:08:25your eyes on aside from Dante Che
- 00:08:30yeah that's awesome bro like I was just
- 00:08:33thinking you you're talking about the
- 00:08:34great coaches that you work with uh and
- 00:08:36you talk about the great uh matches and
- 00:08:38opponents that you had so far uh with
- 00:08:40regards to the game uh this is something
- 00:08:42people always ask other than yourself
- 00:08:45who do you like to play as T
- 00:08:52Chen who's your go-to guy your go-to
- 00:08:55girl so um I actually don't really have
- 00:08:59someone that I would really always play
- 00:09:03as so what I would do is that I usually
- 00:09:06like play the universe mode and I would
- 00:09:09set the roster to the current day roster
- 00:09:11and I would assign every current Day
- 00:09:15show in the calendar of the week wow so
- 00:09:19when I do that I will play through every
- 00:09:21single match from Monday to
- 00:09:23Friday oh and every match has a
- 00:09:26different WWE Superstar and that's how I
- 00:09:28kind of like
- 00:09:29you know like get a chance to like try
- 00:09:31to play with every superstar that's
- 00:09:33that's what I like to do okay okay so
- 00:09:35you're kind of like yeah you kind of see
- 00:09:38try to play as many people or as many
- 00:09:40wrestlers as possible yes correct so
- 00:09:42like like I kind of want to be able to
- 00:09:44like try every single Superstar and see
- 00:09:46every single entrance and try all the
- 00:09:48different move sets that's what I like
- 00:09:50the most I like to try different things
- 00:09:53I I'm not someone that likes to just
- 00:09:54stick with one character and play
- 00:09:55through um you know an entire game with
- 00:09:58just one character right so like I I I I
- 00:10:01like to switch things up a little bit
- 00:10:03and yeah like I don't really have a a
- 00:10:05go-to character at moment okay have any
- 00:10:08of these move sets like you know with
- 00:10:09create a character or create a wrestler
- 00:10:12uh create a superstar sorry and you know
- 00:10:14trying out everybody's move sets have
- 00:10:16any of these move sets inspired what you
- 00:10:18do in the
- 00:10:21ring ah so yes this actually happened
- 00:10:24quite recently
- 00:10:26so I played through my R twice actually
- 00:10:29so I I played through once as a male
- 00:10:32Superstar and play through as a female
- 00:10:34Superstar yes myself second time I play
- 00:10:37through as a female Superstar because I
- 00:10:39wanted to like really did you name her
- 00:10:42dantina CH or something
- 00:10:46Dess I for wanted to like try to make it
- 00:10:49like maybe is a female version of me
- 00:10:51yeah but I couldn't think of like a of a
- 00:10:53clever way to name to to name her so I
- 00:10:55just named her Chen okay very vag yeah
- 00:11:00vag enough sure okay very V so I I I
- 00:11:03didn't put too much work and effort into
- 00:11:05like the moov set and creation aspect I
- 00:11:07just made something like very general
- 00:11:08because I wanted to play through the
- 00:11:10stories more that was what I wanted to
- 00:11:11go for so um I I I went with like a a
- 00:11:16move set that a moov set template that
- 00:11:19best suited or like matched mine the
- 00:11:22best okay and I just went to it and then
- 00:11:25I find
- 00:11:26myself working on the arm a lot with
- 00:11:30this move set so like whenever I play
- 00:11:32through the mattress as this as this
- 00:11:34female character I'm always like I know
- 00:11:37what what controls to go into what moves
- 00:11:39that will help to attack the
- 00:11:42armh okay so like stuff like that like I
- 00:11:45kind of like have applied before
- 00:11:47training before Oh targeting the arm you
- 00:11:50know like being very methodical about
- 00:11:53how I compete in the ring so like that's
- 00:11:56one thing that I felt like this is very
- 00:11:58similar to what do a training and and
- 00:12:00what I have done in the ring before as
- 00:12:02well so that's pretty cool to
- 00:12:05me all I can think right now is we need
- 00:12:07to run a poll to come up with a name for
- 00:12:10the female Dante Chan that's what we
- 00:12:12need to do
- 00:12:13next I I feel like the the fans will
- 00:12:17come up with something amazing
- 00:12:19especially our fans right here in
- 00:12:20Singapore I'm sure I'm very yeah because
- 00:12:24I remember a couple of months back they
- 00:12:26were trying to give you suggestions for
- 00:12:28your finisher right the name of your
- 00:12:29finisher uh do you manage to adopt any
- 00:12:32of it or are you still keeping that
- 00:12:34close to your
- 00:12:35chest I have not
- 00:12:39considered a name that they've suggested
- 00:12:42yet but there have been a couple that I
- 00:12:44thought were pretty creative pretty cool
- 00:12:46a lot of them are very food related yes
- 00:12:51we love our food we love our food in
- 00:12:52sing what can I say right yeah that that
- 00:12:55that's true but I'm not sure if I want
- 00:12:59the audience to be uh laughing when I my
- 00:13:02finishing maneuver to be serious hungry
- 00:13:06case no prata drop or anything like that
- 00:13:10no PR B yeah I mean I've heard them call
- 00:13:13the Dante Inferno so is that like a move
- 00:13:16that you do or is that your finisher now
- 00:13:19that is uh something that Nigel
- 00:13:21mcginness has dubbed on commentary
- 00:13:26oh yeah I I I believe so
- 00:13:29uh I don't mind it I guess but I I feel
- 00:13:32like uh there might be another name that
- 00:13:35I might want to think of okay and that
- 00:13:37that that's been a move that um I've
- 00:13:40done since my
- 00:13:42debut and I actually have not been able
- 00:13:46to execute it ever
- 00:13:48since the year started yeah actually
- 00:13:51yeah that that sounds just about right H
- 00:13:54um interesting question okay yeah
- 00:13:58because I was thinking about you doing
- 00:13:59your finishes and your move set um maybe
- 00:14:01maybe we want to ask you as well about
- 00:14:03the idea behind your presentation your
- 00:14:06masks your costume like how how did that
- 00:14:08come about and this this the the hand
- 00:14:11sign as well
- 00:14:14yes okay uh let's see H so with the
- 00:14:19presentation uh before before we make
- 00:14:23our debut or I made my debut we would
- 00:14:26have um training matches at the
- 00:14:27performance center
- 00:14:29whereby we will wear our own uh attires
- 00:14:34as though it was in front of a live
- 00:14:36audience so what I had before before I
- 00:14:39was in the WWE that was what I wore I
- 00:14:41wore something similar to what we what
- 00:14:43I'm wearing right now and when I wore it
- 00:14:46out um the the coaches liked it the
- 00:14:50producers liked it and they they talk to
- 00:14:53me like hey you know what we like your
- 00:14:54presentation we want to do something
- 00:14:56similar to what you currently have nice
- 00:14:58and then they they felt that my
- 00:15:01presentation kind of stood out to them
- 00:15:04as kind of like a Mortal Kombat
- 00:15:07character okay I see the connection yes
- 00:15:12yeah so that was when like like uh they
- 00:15:13thought like what what if we try try
- 00:15:15throwing a mask on you and try try
- 00:15:17throwing a hood on you and then okay
- 00:15:20then that that is when it all came about
- 00:15:22and then that's what um they've enjoyed
- 00:15:25they they they like the presentation
- 00:15:26that's how we got to where we are today
- 00:15:28me looking like Scorpion or
- 00:15:31Subzero whoa okay okay did you have a
- 00:15:35tough time creating that look in the WWE
- 00:15:372K 22 game or was it you know easy
- 00:15:39enough because I mean the customization
- 00:15:41options are quite
- 00:15:43vast I'm very into detail so like as as
- 00:15:48as similar as I managed to to do it to
- 00:15:51to real life I'm still a bit frustrated
- 00:15:53that I don't get to do it like exactly
- 00:15:56like how it is like close it is close
- 00:16:00but it isn't what it actually is because
- 00:16:03I'm not that that um good with the
- 00:16:05Creation Suite and very basic when it
- 00:16:07com to like comes to it but I've seen
- 00:16:10like so many like um online creators
- 00:16:13they just create amazing they just do
- 00:16:15amazing work like out there I'm like oh
- 00:16:17I wish I could hook myself up you know
- 00:16:18maybe I could I could like contact one
- 00:16:20of these guys hey hey man bro we can
- 00:16:23hook you up man we got one local guy one
- 00:16:25of our followers who has done an entire
- 00:16:28uh sweet for all the wrestlers the local
- 00:16:30wrestlers the statement spw yeah and
- 00:16:34probably if I let let let him once he
- 00:16:36knows about this interview I'll probably
- 00:16:38reach him out and try to take you in it
- 00:16:41bro okay okay okay yeah so I might have
- 00:16:45to do redo my rise again with this new
- 00:16:47character that for sure exactly and then
- 00:16:50we'll get them to create a female
- 00:16:51version of it as well of course we have
- 00:16:53to right we have to yeah only there's a
- 00:16:56creative name for it okay for her we'll
- 00:16:58we'll get the poll out there we'll get
- 00:17:00the poll out there uh let's talk about
- 00:17:02dream matches obviously in the game you
- 00:17:03can create any dream match you want Hulk
- 00:17:05Hogan versus Roman Reigns you know Bret
- 00:17:07Hart versus I'm saying it because I have
- 00:17:09done it before what's your dream match
- 00:17:12as in who would you like to wrestle like
- 00:17:14if you could anybody in the universe if
- 00:17:16you could book any match at any time
- 00:17:18we're stepping into the Multiverse now
- 00:17:20any
- 00:17:24era unfortunately I've I I I've heard
- 00:17:28this question a lot before but like I
- 00:17:30honestly the only dream match that I
- 00:17:33have in mind is whoever the champion is
- 00:17:36at the time oh to be very honest like to
- 00:17:39be very honest like I I I have favorite
- 00:17:42WWE Superstars I have favorite wrestlers
- 00:17:44in mind but I have never thought about
- 00:17:46stepping to the ring across them
- 00:17:49before like it all depends on the stakes
- 00:17:51of the match for me that would be what
- 00:17:53makes a dream match for me perhaps let
- 00:17:55let me rephrase that question reframe a
- 00:17:58bit if we could drop Dante CH in any era
- 00:18:02of
- 00:18:03WWE that you think he will drive in that
- 00:18:06he will do well in which era would that
- 00:18:09be which year which iteration of
- 00:18:13WWE so the moment you asked me that like
- 00:18:15before you finish the question I
- 00:18:17immediately thought of one era already
- 00:18:19was the era where I start to
- 00:18:21watch um the most when I really got
- 00:18:24really into
- 00:18:25it that would be like the 2010 era of
- 00:18:30wrestling of WWE okay okay so this is uh
- 00:18:34it wouldn't necessarily be where I might
- 00:18:36think I would thrive in but it's just
- 00:18:38like the era that I feel like I was the
- 00:18:40most engrossed with WWE like it was the
- 00:18:43era was when like it reignited kind of
- 00:18:45like my interest for it like that was
- 00:18:48when I was in secondary school where by
- 00:18:50like um YouTube was around you know
- 00:18:52social media was around that was when I
- 00:18:54really got into
- 00:18:56it yeah for you the cyclopedia would
- 00:18:59this 2010 period would be the ruthless
- 00:19:01aggression era oh no uh this is uh right
- 00:19:06before the rise of CM CM Pang was around
- 00:19:08Nexus was
- 00:19:10around Cena Randon was on top right I
- 00:19:15was very big into Nexus I was such a
- 00:19:18huge Nexus fan Ah that's great that was
- 00:19:21the era that I really enjoy yeah 2010
- 00:19:24you know what would have been
- 00:19:24interesting you you probably have been
- 00:19:26in the first season of NXT with
- 00:19:29yeah isn't that so cool like like I when
- 00:19:32NXT first got introduced back then I was
- 00:19:33like I I liked I liked the idea of
- 00:19:36having like rookies you know being shown
- 00:19:39to like the WWE Universe I really like
- 00:19:42the idea and then like me and my friend
- 00:19:44in secondary school we would be like hey
- 00:19:46what one day we'll be in
- 00:19:48NXT
- 00:19:50hey yeah I wish I wish I mean it took
- 00:19:54about 10 years a decade later but I mean
- 00:19:56you made it bro yeah yeah you know what
- 00:20:01can't complain I I've been able to meet
- 00:20:03people like uh like wait Barrett at NXT
- 00:20:06who is doing commentary at the moment ni
- 00:20:09so it's it's surreal to me like oh this
- 00:20:11is this is way Barrett leader of the
- 00:20:13Nexus oh so cool to me yeah and then um
- 00:20:17Darren Young who I've made friends with
- 00:20:20over social media as well now known as
- 00:20:23Fred Rosser MH yes also SE season one of
- 00:20:27NXT as well right Texas yeah um that's
- 00:20:31that's that's a very interesting era and
- 00:20:34I think it's also appropriate because
- 00:20:35that's where like your almost
- 00:20:36impressionable secondary school kid
- 00:20:38right yeah that's really good really
- 00:20:41great uh have you played much of the my
- 00:20:44GM mode I asked that because I think
- 00:20:46that's a favorite of a lot of people
- 00:20:48people who have always thought oh I
- 00:20:49would make a great Booker and then you
- 00:20:52know you get put to the test in the game
- 00:20:53have you played much of the my
- 00:20:55GM Okay so before I answer that question
- 00:20:59the
- 00:21:00I the the game that really that I got
- 00:21:03really started to get more and draw with
- 00:21:05and started to follow year after year
- 00:21:07after that was actually Smackdown versus
- 00:21:09Raw
- 00:21:102009 and that is the game right after
- 00:21:132008 which had the GM mode yeah oh okay
- 00:21:17to be honest I never knew what I was
- 00:21:19missing out on with GM
- 00:21:21mode uh and every year people always say
- 00:21:25oh bring GM mode back bring GM mode back
- 00:21:28I'm like I have no idea what I'm missing
- 00:21:29out on and now that it's here we have my
- 00:21:32GM right now unfortunately I have not
- 00:21:35played it yet because I'm actually
- 00:21:37waiting for all the DLC packs and
- 00:21:41characters to be released first and then
- 00:21:44I want to hop into it and play around
- 00:21:45with every single character that is
- 00:21:46available right I mean just the idea of
- 00:21:50being able to do a draft I mean for a
- 00:21:53lot of people that's really like woo all
- 00:21:55right let's go right yeah it's it's it's
- 00:21:58so interesting like I I I really am
- 00:22:00excited to like hop into it I've been
- 00:22:02like know resisting like you know like
- 00:22:04you know not yet not
- 00:22:06yet I want to be able to play with like
- 00:22:08a pathora of like WWE Superstars so
- 00:22:12that's why I'm just waiting for all the
- 00:22:13DLC Packs be released which you can
- 00:22:16obtain if you purchase the NW for Life
- 00:22:19Edition yeah for sure for sure get the
- 00:22:22game it's on sale right now everybody
- 00:22:25yeah man uh okay so moving on um
- 00:22:29obviously the the cover star and I'm I'm
- 00:22:31wrapping this right now Rey
- 00:22:32Mysterio um Legend right and forign got
- 00:22:36the NW o Shir Legends as well have you I
- 00:22:40need to know you know doing the whole
- 00:22:42thing at the performance center who are
- 00:22:43some of the people that you've met that
- 00:22:45inside you might be like fangirling over
- 00:22:47because like on the outside obviously
- 00:22:49you are very professional but on the
- 00:22:50inside fan girl who who are these people
- 00:22:53uh who who may they
- 00:22:55be uh there might be some people people
- 00:22:58that I I believe I I shouldn't name but
- 00:23:01some some others that I I could safely
- 00:23:04share will be people that have recently
- 00:23:06been on
- 00:23:07NXT so I was training one day at the
- 00:23:10performance center in one of the Rings
- 00:23:12and talking to like one of my
- 00:23:15friends um this this gentleman walks
- 00:23:18over as I'm sitting down on the apron
- 00:23:20yeah this gentleman walks over and just
- 00:23:23greets us like hey what's up guys I look
- 00:23:25over it's re Mysterio hey
- 00:23:29I'm like oh goodness I I immedately I I
- 00:23:32got off the apron I stood up immediately
- 00:23:34like oh hello sir it's good to see you
- 00:23:35I'm I'm Dante and yeah I'm like oh this
- 00:23:40Ray Ray approached us to say hi wow wow
- 00:23:45wow shouldn't it be the other way around
- 00:23:47like if I saw him first I ran up to him
- 00:23:50like hello sir it's good to me was that
- 00:23:53the episode where he appeared on NXT 2.0
- 00:23:55with Dominic right that's right when
- 00:23:58when him and Dominic came over to NXT
- 00:24:00yeah that's right that was that was the
- 00:24:02That Was the Same Day actually yeah ah
- 00:24:04okay nice because recently there's like
- 00:24:07a couple of main roster stars who have
- 00:24:09been doing like um like oneof matches uh
- 00:24:12like short feuds um did you uh was there
- 00:24:16any particular WWE superstar that you
- 00:24:18saw and in your mind you were like oh
- 00:24:20man I would love to have like that one
- 00:24:22match up with him to just test myself
- 00:24:25against if they had dropped down or like
- 00:24:27came and NXT
- 00:24:302.0 H you're talking about the guys that
- 00:24:34that have been to NXT 2.0 lately either
- 00:24:36that or anyone who haven't yet like
- 00:24:39right now Apollo crew is uh you know
- 00:24:41spending time in NXT right that is true
- 00:24:45yeah he recently made his return so
- 00:24:46Apollo Cruz is definitely up there but
- 00:24:49someone else would be someone that I
- 00:24:50actually like enjoyed watching as as a
- 00:24:53kid years ago um it it beat The Miz ah
- 00:24:57yes wow someone that um I was kind of
- 00:25:01all struck to see that was at the
- 00:25:03performance center mhm so that was cool
- 00:25:05to see him I I really enjoyed his work
- 00:25:08again back in the 2010 era when he was
- 00:25:11Mr Money in the Bank you know and when
- 00:25:13he cash in and become the WWE Champion
- 00:25:16like he was someone that I I looked up
- 00:25:18to as well so Miz might be up there as
- 00:25:21well and you know if m is in the ring
- 00:25:24you have to step up on that mic game and
- 00:25:26he probably
- 00:25:28we try to elevate everyone in the promo
- 00:25:30department so that would be quite a talk
- 00:25:32all he wants but there are no
- 00:25:34championships to win from talking
- 00:25:37well shots fired yeah yeah taking taking
- 00:25:41the right
- 00:25:43now
- 00:25:44um same thing you can talk all you want
- 00:25:46on social media but until there is a a
- 00:25:49social media Champion I'm not gonna know
- 00:25:52think too much about that right boom I I
- 00:25:54need to drop a microphone I need to find
- 00:25:55a mic to drop uh let me I tell me if I'm
- 00:25:58wrong right yeah there you go let me let
- 00:26:01me go back very quickly to you talked
- 00:26:03about Rey Mysterio right obviously the
- 00:26:04cover style of WWE 2K 22 his career is
- 00:26:08also reflected in uh the game as well uh
- 00:26:11have you played the career mode of uh
- 00:26:15what is it called Already uh showcase
- 00:26:18mode sorry yeah escaped my mind for a
- 00:26:21second have you played through showcase
- 00:26:23mode unlocked
- 00:26:25everything 2K showcase was the first
- 00:26:28thing that I actually jump into nice it
- 00:26:31usually is the first thing that I I play
- 00:26:34for every 2K game because there is when
- 00:26:36you can get to unlock like um certain
- 00:26:38secrets you know Arenas championships
- 00:26:41attires characters so that was actually
- 00:26:44the first um mode that I played so I
- 00:26:46definitely played through the whole
- 00:26:47thing uh I I really love the the the
- 00:26:50narrative aspect of how Rey Mysterio is
- 00:26:53there talking you through about what he
- 00:26:56has in mind at that moment of time time
- 00:26:58and what he should do next to his
- 00:27:00opponent so I I thought it's a really
- 00:27:02cool approach of doing it and the way
- 00:27:04they seemlessly transition from the
- 00:27:07in-game you know cut scene into like
- 00:27:10what actually happened in real life at
- 00:27:12the time so it's a really cool approach
- 00:27:14I really loved it
- 00:27:16yeah very cinematic as well I mean okay
- 00:27:20have you played the game in any ways
- 00:27:22that are I guess unexpected because if
- 00:27:25there's anything I know about Gamers
- 00:27:27right is that they find ways to play the
- 00:27:29game in different you know what I
- 00:27:31mean like because and from what I know
- 00:27:34as well there are a lot of secrets to be
- 00:27:35found in the game uh for example like
- 00:27:38you know the commentators will actually
- 00:27:39make certain references when certain
- 00:27:41Superstars come out that kind of thing I
- 00:27:43don't know if you've noticed a lot of
- 00:27:45that I have actually so it's really very
- 00:27:48cool like all these commentary um
- 00:27:52remarks are are secrets to me actually I
- 00:27:54feel like it's as easy as um
- 00:27:58playing a Shawn Michaels match in an NXT
- 00:28:01Arena yeah like that alone the
- 00:28:03commentators will go off and like might
- 00:28:06not something that you might ever hear
- 00:28:09you know like oh John Cena is here in
- 00:28:12NXT you know for example or or like the
- 00:28:14Undertaker has finally like appeared on
- 00:28:16NXT like it's crazy like it's like such
- 00:28:19things like you might not know whatever
- 00:28:21happened in real life you can easily
- 00:28:23like play it out in WWE 2K 22 and when
- 00:28:27you like the another cool thing is that
- 00:28:29when you pick two superstars against
- 00:28:31each other that had history with each
- 00:28:34other before in the game the commentary
- 00:28:36team will like call back to like those
- 00:28:38moments in time wow so that's yeah yeah
- 00:28:42that's pretty dope u in terms of like
- 00:28:44you talk about fantasy matches or like
- 00:28:47rivalries that kind of thing but we
- 00:28:49don't really talk about match dations I
- 00:28:52just in my in my mind uh Dante Chen in
- 00:28:55real life and Dante Chen as a game
- 00:28:58like which match stipulation do you
- 00:28:59always like to go back to or play and as
- 00:29:02a wrestler which kind of match
- 00:29:04stipulation you love to actually be a
- 00:29:05part
- 00:29:07of oh I
- 00:29:10mean the the boring answer would be that
- 00:29:13I'm I'm very like straightforward into
- 00:29:15the singles
- 00:29:17matches but if I were to think about
- 00:29:20like um match dations I remember uh when
- 00:29:23I was playing like the older smacks Raw
- 00:29:26games they had the same feature
- 00:29:28and you can do it as well right here in
- 00:29:292K 22 I I say right here as if like
- 00:29:32we're here but like my conso right my
- 00:29:34cons right in front me that's why but
- 00:29:36anyway um what I would usually do back
- 00:29:38then is that I would love the the idea
- 00:29:41of finisher matches finish your matches
- 00:29:44oh yes I remember I remember that yeah
- 00:29:47it's kind of cool like and then I would
- 00:29:48do things like um a two hour three
- 00:29:52finisher
- 00:29:54match what you can do that you can do
- 00:29:56that in the game is that possible yes
- 00:29:58you could do that you could like set
- 00:29:59like a timer and then like like first
- 00:30:03first Superstar to like hit the finisher
- 00:30:05twice win the match something like that
- 00:30:07oh is it under custom matches I would
- 00:30:09assume correct it's under custom match
- 00:30:12yeah so so there is kind of like another
- 00:30:15cool feature that I've I've yet to like
- 00:30:17play around with would be the custom
- 00:30:18match feature I've learned something new
- 00:30:20today about the game and I've spent a
- 00:30:21lot of time playing the game that is
- 00:30:23pretty inov you could go crazy with it
- 00:30:26like it could be like uh two of three
- 00:30:28finisher match inside Hell in the
- 00:30:32Cell with a 15 minute time limit
- 00:30:34something like
- 00:30:35that that that the finisher thing is
- 00:30:37actually pretty dope because actually
- 00:30:39that can actually affect how you
- 00:30:41approach the match the match psychology
- 00:30:42can completely change because you're
- 00:30:44racing towards being able to do your
- 00:30:46finisher and to come out ways to counter
- 00:30:48it it's got to be a pretty dope match
- 00:30:50man yeah yeah yeah it get it gets pretty
- 00:30:53intense like like when you see like your
- 00:30:55opponent's like he has his finisher
- 00:30:56ready and like
- 00:30:57like when he's about to go for it like
- 00:30:59the stress levels are you know are
- 00:31:01different right maybe like maybe if like
- 00:31:05uh if you play in a regular match You'
- 00:31:06be like okay can hit me a finish I'm
- 00:31:08going to kick out yeah wow not for not
- 00:31:11for finisher
- 00:31:12match well if this stipulation ever
- 00:31:15comes up on NXT 2.0 we know where the
- 00:31:18idea came from
- 00:31:21already in In The Same Spirit Dante Chen
- 00:31:24the wrestler like what kind of uh match
- 00:31:27is existing that you would love to be a
- 00:31:29part of could it could be like an event
- 00:31:31like Royal Rumble or money the bank
- 00:31:33something along those lines what would
- 00:31:35what kind of situation we like I feel I
- 00:31:37kind of know the answer but go ahead
- 00:31:39please okay okay the the like one match
- 00:31:43immedately popped up in my mind I guess
- 00:31:44I'm going to go with it because the
- 00:31:46first thing I thought of War
- 00:31:51Games nice a war games match with Dante
- 00:31:54Chen and who else as your team mes
- 00:31:58that's the question we'll see like at
- 00:32:00the at the time at this moment of time
- 00:32:02right now we have yet to build um many
- 00:32:06relationships with different partners so
- 00:32:10only Javier Bernal is down up there with
- 00:32:12with me like I'd say would be one of my
- 00:32:14picks but aside from him like we'll have
- 00:32:16to see all right all right I I know who
- 00:32:19your opponents are going to be man is is
- 00:32:22is those dusted diets man
- 00:32:26those J and guys yeah I could see that
- 00:32:30happening actually yeah Mr Young you you
- 00:32:32you had a guess in mind that you thought
- 00:32:33I had what was it Oh I thought you were
- 00:32:35going to say title match as long as I
- 00:32:38mean a title match is clearly a
- 00:32:40stipulation and it is a stipulation of
- 00:32:41the highest order is it
- 00:32:44not a war games for the NXT Tech Team
- 00:32:48titles let
- 00:32:51go how so many people invol okay fine
- 00:32:54maybe everyone in there is a champion
- 00:32:57now this is the type of fantasy booking
- 00:32:59I can get behind right Winner Takes all
- 00:33:02the titles in NXT let's
- 00:33:06go Dante you're Hing off I'm sure you
- 00:33:09have to head off for training suit right
- 00:33:11yeah uh actually like my training was
- 00:33:15supposed to happen at the same time of
- 00:33:16the interview so uh I was told that the
- 00:33:20interview has to be prioritized over
- 00:33:22training so bro we just got into his
- 00:33:24training time now we feel bad yeah
- 00:33:28I need to we need to pay you back for
- 00:33:30this man ah no no no don't worry about
- 00:33:32it don't worry about it all right all
- 00:33:34right no tomorrow get my own my own my
- 00:33:36own lifting afterward once once we're
- 00:33:38done here tomorrow I will gym in your
- 00:33:40honor
- 00:33:41d uh final thoughts on the support
- 00:33:45you're getting from Singapore from
- 00:33:47Southeast Asia what do you want to say
- 00:33:48to the
- 00:33:50fans I want to thank them for all the
- 00:33:53support that they've given me ever since
- 00:33:55day one um regard of whether it was the
- 00:33:58highest of highs or the lowest of lows
- 00:34:00for me um being there by my side back
- 00:34:05home in Singapore and Southeast Asia
- 00:34:06means a lot to me and I'm always keeping
- 00:34:08them at the back of my mind whenever I
- 00:34:10go out through the curtains and
- 00:34:13compete that's great man that's amazing
- 00:34:15we miss you man we miss you here in
- 00:34:17Singapore man likewise man like like
- 00:34:20every morning like I know you guys do
- 00:34:22the podcast at like 12 yeah is 12 we
- 00:34:27moved it to 2 p.m. but yeah yeah yeah
- 00:34:30there there's at a point like okay
- 00:34:31there's no way I can be there live
- 00:34:33anymore at a time where by my schedule
- 00:34:36like allowed me to do so like I would
- 00:34:37like tune in at 12 sometimes but right
- 00:34:39now I can't not not at not like two not
- 00:34:42not at 2
- 00:34:44p.m. so like the next morning I would
- 00:34:46always like as I'm preparing breakfast I
- 00:34:48would like turn on the podcast and
- 00:34:49listen as I my breakfast that is amazing
- 00:34:53man we appreciate that so much man yeah
- 00:34:57Lo we always get yeah we always get
- 00:35:00surprised when like suddenly one time
- 00:35:02random D appear a comment on the live
- 00:35:04chat it always us yes
- 00:35:07yeah oh oh sh Dante wait there's a Dante
- 00:35:11TR left a comment one time previously
- 00:35:16last time wait I think it was a I think
- 00:35:18it was a trxas it wasn't a dant I can't
- 00:35:21remember though yeah it must be it was a
- 00:35:24couple it was a while back it was a I
- 00:35:26remember
- 00:35:27I'm not sure not it was imposters
- 00:35:35yeah we must must check our BS again
- 00:35:39yeah yeah yeah hey don't forget this is
- 00:35:41the fellow who H that you know that that
- 00:35:43secret in for two
- 00:35:45years bro Marvel level
- 00:35:48Man Marvel level yes very important very
- 00:35:52important to be able to keep secrets you
- 00:35:54know at least there some at least you
- 00:35:56know that I'm some someone you can trust
- 00:35:58there you go there you go you go there
- 00:36:00go all right bro thank you so much for
- 00:36:02the time uh we don't want to take up too
- 00:36:03much more of your time I'm sure you have
- 00:36:05to go and do your training and stuff
- 00:36:06like that so hey man you know we'll
- 00:36:09always support you from here from from
- 00:36:12Singapore I know that sounds super
- 00:36:13cheesy but you're living out our dream
- 00:36:15so thank you for that appreciate it guys
- 00:36:18I I really you know I really want to do
- 00:36:20this again you know with you guys I
- 00:36:21really enjoy podcast you know you know
- 00:36:23coming on I I honestly could talk for
- 00:36:26like
- 00:36:27a long time if you talk through like a
- 00:36:29pay-per-view like review something like
- 00:36:30I I always enjoy watching you know like
- 00:36:33hope it's not the last time I'm sure
- 00:36:35there'll be next time for sure man you
- 00:36:37know man anytime you want to hop on you
- 00:36:39just let us know we would love to one
- 00:36:41day do it in person again yeah yeah but
- 00:36:44we'll we'll come we'll come we'll go to
- 00:36:46you we'll go to you we'll go to
- 00:36:48you road trip yeah yeah for sure like
- 00:36:52you know maybe like you guys might have
- 00:36:53to like uh send me a Mark or something
- 00:36:56oh yes yes we should we should hey you I
- 00:36:59don't know whether that one we we'll
- 00:37:01discuss offline how we going the
- 00:37:03logistics of
- 00:37:05it one M
- 00:37:10yeah I think we really want to see both
- 00:37:12of you get together to play my GM
- 00:37:14actually we would love to but we have to
- 00:37:17figure out how to do it man they are the
- 00:37:19logistics of
- 00:37:21it I'm sure we'll be looking forward to
- 00:37:24seeing kick to the gut boys play my GM
- 00:37:26together against each other mhm mhm come
- 00:37:30we'll find a space we'll get someone to
- 00:37:32shoot us and there you go we'll just sit
- 00:37:35there and play for five hours straight
- 00:37:37all right come see who can do the better
- 00:37:39show a lot of content to pull up to put
- 00:37:41up yeah yeah but it's it's worthy if
- 00:37:43Dante CH is watching so I'll watch I
- 00:37:46watch for sure for sure all right all
- 00:37:48right we will we'll talk about
- 00:37:50it thank you so much man um all the best
- 00:37:53with your career man we'll be watching
- 00:37:55every single St the way
- 00:37:57appreciate it
- 00:38:01guys kick to the gut I like it
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