Ben Kueter 1-15-24

  • 8 months ago
Ben Kueter Interview
Transcript
00:00 (sniffles)
00:02 (groans)
00:03 Time for three questions.
00:05 And Drake just described your entrance
00:08 as he had goosebumps.
00:10 Yeah. Did you feel that?
00:11 Yeah, I mean, it was pretty tough
00:13 just sitting around all day
00:14 and kind of just waiting for this,
00:16 but it's just been something you dream of.
00:20 I've been dreaming of as a kid from a young age,
00:22 and now I'd actually get to do it.
00:23 It was pretty surreal,
00:25 but I just wanted to make sure I was focused on wrestling
00:26 and not all the distractions,
00:29 but it's still pretty cool.
00:30 When you were out on the mat before the duel,
00:34 what was going through your mind?
00:36 What were you kind of visualizing out there?
00:38 Yeah.
00:39 I knew going into that that he was big on underhooks,
00:42 and just for some reason, I just didn't stop him.
00:45 And I don't know if that'll just come
00:47 with more practice and more reps,
00:49 but I've been practicing just consistently
00:52 for the last two weeks, so, with football being done now,
00:55 but still not an excuse.
00:58 I know my lungs were there.
00:59 I could have kept wrestling,
01:01 but physically I just need to kind of tire myself out
01:04 more in practice, but, yeah, it was good.
01:07 I knew what he wanted to do, and I didn't stop it,
01:08 and that took me away from what I wanted to do,
01:11 so pretty disappointed in myself,
01:13 but it's part of it, man.
01:15 Just keep going.
01:17 Ben, you talked about you dreamt of that moment,
01:19 so now that you've got it behind you,
01:22 how do you move forward and keep getting better?
01:26 Yeah, well, I mean, obviously there's a lot of things
01:28 I need to fix in that match, and that's good.
01:32 I mean, I got more stuff to work on,
01:33 and I know what I need to do.
01:35 My coaches know what I need to do,
01:36 so I know I'm in the right place to do that,
01:39 so looking forward to it.
01:42 It was good to get it out of the way,
01:43 and exciting, pretty disappointed in myself
01:46 for how I competed and how I wrestled,
01:48 but I did stick the match out, so that's good,
01:51 but, yeah, just kind of disappointed
01:52 and wanted to put on a better show for the fans, so.
01:56 All right. Thanks, guys.
01:57 -Good. Thank you, guys.
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