JNPO: The violent & peaceful world of GCW’s Cole Radrick

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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