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00:00You want some of this?
00:09Come get some!
00:21Atta baby, come on, let him have it!
00:30That's all you've got!
00:34That's all you've got!
00:37It's great to be here in Blue Ridge!
00:45Tonight I win back my Southern Mountain Wrestling Alliance Women's Championship!
00:53Tonight is Kodiak time!
01:00Tonight is Kodiak time!
01:03Tonight is Kodiak time!
01:07If you can't stick to our script, I'm not gonna stick to our deal!
01:25I own you!
01:33You do what I say!
01:34When I say it, and how I say it!
01:37And you, you pack up!
01:41Get out of here, you're through!
01:43I don't care what I said!
01:51I would rather die than let a washed up quitter like you be champion!
01:57Do the job or else!
02:13You bit more!
02:26And he is Lassau!
02:31And he can't earn any insurance!
02:33All right, man.
03:03All right.
03:33All right.
04:03He's sweet to me.
04:03He is nice.
04:04Right, Mom?
04:06You knew about this.
04:08Yes, I did.
04:09And yes, he's a good boy.
04:10Exactly.
04:12And he wants to take me to the wrestling thing tonight.
04:14If he wants to take you, he's going to have to ask me first.
04:21Mom, he has to ask Dad?
04:23That's so old school.
04:26Honey, what about your father doesn't scream old school?
04:29Oh, where?
04:39I believe somebody was killed here.
04:41It's horrible.
04:43Sorry.
04:43I know that can be unnerving.
04:46Thanks for coming out and meeting me.
04:48I thought that Ryan would be here.
04:50I don't think he really wanted to spend his Saturday at a crime scene with his new girlfriend's ex-husband.
04:55And besides, he thought I might be better help.
05:00Why is that?
05:02Well, as a school administrator, it's my job to rent out the gym.
05:06So, um, I gave him a few sets of keys.
05:08The wrestlers could come and go as they needed to.
05:11Did they have, uh, access to the entire school?
05:14No, just the gym and locker rooms.
05:16What about the weight room?
05:19Oh, yeah, that too.
05:22Um, another reason why he thought I might be better help was I actually had tickets to last night's match.
05:27Are you a wrestling fan?
05:29Yeah.
05:30Since I was a little girl.
05:32My whole family was into it.
05:33And now it is my son's dream to one day be a part of the wrestling business.
05:38Barry, right?
05:39Mm-hmm.
05:39I think he's friends with my daughter.
05:41Yeah.
05:41Maddie was over at her house for his 18th.
05:44She's a sweet girl.
05:45She is.
05:46So did the event go well last night?
05:49I, um, waited until it was done and then made sure all the guests were gone and locked up and then left myself.
05:58Did any of the wrestlers stick around?
06:00Most, if not all.
06:01All right, well, tell Ryan that the matches are canceled for tonight for obvious reasons.
06:12What do we got?
06:15Our Vic, Earl Gibson, a.k.a. Earl Jones.
06:18He's the co-owner and promoter of the wrestling company.
06:22I guess it's a federation?
06:23It's Santa Alliance.
06:25Santa Alliance? Not a federation or a company.
06:27You have Southern Mountain Wrestling Alliance, SMWA. It's been around for a while.
06:31Since 1987B, exactly.
06:33Well, if you're being precise, it was found in fall of 86.
06:35Anyways, it looks like he died from blunt force trauma to the back of the head.
06:39From the rigor right here, I'd say the time of death somewhere probably between 10 p.m. midnight.
06:45The fact that you're even part of this conversation, I assume you're the one who found the body?
06:50Oh, well, the schoolhard may come in and claim Jim this morning, huh?
06:53Found him right out of the ring.
06:53Unfortunately, Dwayne bumped it with the buffer.
06:56Unfortunately, he buffed the entire gym, so any chance of finding DNA is gone.
07:00We're not going to find your fingerprints on the corpse, are we?
07:03Oh, I might be telling, but I'm not stupid.
07:07Right there. It's probably our murder weapon.
07:11Contact Dennis Reed from the school and see if it belongs to them.
07:15No, that belongs to the contractor.
07:16The school's contractor?
07:18No, no, the wrestler, the contractor.
07:20Terry Traynor.
07:21He wrestled in the main event last night.
07:23He's a top heel.
07:25Heel?
07:26Bad guy.
07:27I saw him in Chattanooga last year at the big Thanksgiving event.
07:30Turkey Day Massacre.
07:34Best match ever.
07:36You first.
07:38Easy.
07:40The Undertaker versus Mankind 1998.
07:43Cage match.
07:44Mankind takes a huge bump off the cage.
07:47Bump?
07:47Bumps to fall.
07:48The greatest match is WrestleMania 17.
07:50Dudley's versus Hardee's versus Edge and Christian.
07:53Edge spears Jeff off the top of a ladder.
07:55Okay.
07:57Anything else?
08:00I was hanging out after the matches last night to get some selfies from my socials with the wrestlers.
08:04And I heard the contractor and Earl Jones arguing about the money.
08:08I got a legal contract that's binding.
08:13I don't care.
08:15I'm not paying.
08:16The contractor was a real man.
08:24Sounds like motive to me.
08:26Wait for the CSI team to arrive.
08:28Get the contractor and bring him to the station.
08:31Something, sir.
08:32Anything I can do to help?
08:33Stop being involved in every major crime in Blue Ridge.
08:37And everybody knows the greatest match of all time.
08:41WrestleMania 3.
08:43Ricky, the Dragon Steamboat, versus Randy.
08:46My two-man Savage.
08:48Oh, yeah.
08:54You say you have nothing to do with that, huh?
08:56Just because I play a bad guy doesn't make me one.
08:59I realize that.
09:01But we found this next to the body.
09:05You think I'm dumb enough to use my signature prop and then leave it there for you to find?
09:09I've met some pretty stupid criminals over the years.
09:12I left my wrench in my gym bag in the locker room.
09:16Everybody had access.
09:18We heard that you and Earl got into an argument backstage after the match.
09:23We did, but it was a work.
09:25A work?
09:26Part of the shop.
09:28It was rehearsing.
09:29Earl liked to discern himself into the storyline.
09:31It was acting.
09:34It was bad acting at that.
09:35Anybody that heard that and didn't realize it was a work is a complete moron.
09:41So you weren't mad at him?
09:43No.
09:44In fact, I'm the highest paid wrestler he's got.
09:46And I got along with him.
09:48Where everybody else hates his guts.
09:50One of them had to have used my wrench to murder him.
09:53He's trying to frame me for it.
09:55Any idea who that would be?
09:57Yeah.
09:58Boots.
09:58Dirty Boots McRae?
10:01Yeah.
10:02He and Earl got into it yesterday.
10:06You gave me your word that I could retire as champion.
10:10That's before I knew you were nothing but a washroom queer!
10:14Jesus.
10:16Earl stabbed him in the back.
10:17If anybody used my wrench to murder him and was trying to frame me for it, it's definitely
10:24Boots.
10:25Why would you say that?
10:27Because I have what he wants.
10:29Which is?
10:30It's a championship belt.
10:32With everyone having access to the murder weapon, that's not going to be enough to hold on.
10:35It's R.P.
10:38What you got?
10:40The CSI arrived and examined the wrench.
10:42There's a butt on it.
10:44But based on the shape and size of the loon, there's no way it could have been the murder
10:47weapon.
10:48All right, search the gym top to bottom.
10:50See if you can find anything.
10:52Got it.
10:55All the rest are staying at Connor's place.
10:57As far as I know.
10:58You need to search Earl's room, see if you can find a clue who hated him enough to want
11:01to find him dead.
11:13Sheriff.
11:14Thanks for meeting us.
11:16Yeah, not a problem.
11:18Map of the motel, the wrestlers, the rooms of Mark.
11:21We're going to need a key to the promoter's room.
11:24He was actually staying in his RV.
11:26It's parked down the trail there, a little just past the bend.
11:29He said he wanted to feel like he was camping, but I got the sense that he was trying to
11:36keep his distance from the others.
11:42Getting new vending machines from the weights?
11:45You know what they say, keep your friends close.
11:52You know him?
11:53Uh, that's, uh, that's my daughter's boyfriend.
11:58Temporarily.
12:01I think you may have more in common than you know, Sheriff.
12:04Hmm.
12:05Thanks.
12:06You bet.
12:06What's your name?
12:20Hunter.
12:25Locked him.
12:26Where is he?
12:27Japhra!
12:28Freeze!
12:28what's your name hunter lockwood i'm a wrestler never heard of you i wear a mask
12:41bronco yeah what's so important that you broke into your murder promoter's rv
12:49my final check i earned that money seven nights a week on the road
12:53wasn't gonna let earl stiff me dead or not back to your motel room and you stay there we'll be in touch
13:23get this hold back to the station see if you can find anything interesting a lot of stuff to go
13:36through i can't believe i'm suggesting this but get duane to help i want to start interviewing
13:43the wrestlers beginning with boots sure we fought bro was a hothead with a silver tongue we also had
13:58history he and i wrestled a series of iron man matches through the pan in the back of the 80s
14:03got legit heat from him too after that i started performing all over the world multiple major
14:09promotions i headlined three pay-per-views and i was at the top of the card but uh that all changed
14:17the booking slowed down and shows got smaller
14:20then one day earl called me wanted me to wrestle for him exclusively what did he promise
14:28small piece of the company plus and more importantly he promised that when i got ready to call it quits he'd
14:36uh put that world title on me i could retire as champion has that time come i just want to be with
14:43my family go to football games recitals prom be able to still walk them down the aisle
14:50but when i told her all this he broke his word on both accounts
14:58that's what terry saw terry said that you need to be restrained
15:04i'm third generation i love this business it's giving me everything
15:10yeah it's probably gonna be hard but i'm ready i saw your dad wrestle
15:17oh yeah yeah my father it always take me when the matches came to town
15:25and brought a lot of peace to my life during a season when there wasn't much
15:31look
15:34earl was a slimy promoter no doubt
15:40but he was no more slimy than a dozen others i've worked for over the years
15:44and he helped make my career so yes
15:48i hated the man but i also owed him
15:53so i would never kill him any idea who would
15:59well if you're asking me to name one person i'd say tad williamson
16:03why tad because i wasn't the only one that got into an argument with earl yesterday
16:08i can promise you that's not gonna happen
16:12what
16:13you stand in my way old man and i'll kill you
16:21see back in the day we had a cold
16:28now it's not like that and tad he wrestles like a punk
16:32arrogant sloppy he doesn't care what he does as long as he gets over
16:37worst of all he doesn't care if anyone gets hurt
16:42just as long as he looks good doing it in fact
16:45i think he enjoys it
16:47hey
16:56officer covington
17:02it's under mount rushmore
17:06all right
17:12stone cold steve austin hulk hogan rick flair
17:16the rock
17:18not bad
17:19stone cold
17:21hogan
17:22sean michael
17:25trish stratus
17:26trish stratus
17:29it's all right
17:30yeah buddy
17:34what you got
17:48sheriff
17:49i just found something in one of the wrestlers contracts
17:52you think i killed earl
17:58why is that so funny
18:00because i'm the face
18:02the baby
18:04i'm the good guy
18:05so you can't be the bad guy in real life
18:08no
18:09what would my motive be
18:11my contract is up next month and i am out of here
18:14found a document that said that earl owned your character and wanted fifty thousand dollars for it
18:18so
18:18so
18:19that's your motive
18:20look
18:22i was never worried about that
18:24i just told you i'm going to the big times
18:26their lawyers would eat earl alive
18:28if that's true then why did you threaten to kill him
18:30man i was hopped up on red bull and gummy bears
18:33all right
18:34this is locker room talk
18:35if it wasn't you
18:36who killed earl
18:38i don't know
18:39anyone
18:40everyone who ever worked for earl had their reasons
18:42all right
18:42although it might have been somebody who wanted to work for him
18:46give me a name
18:47i don't know
18:48just some kid that had a tryout yesterday
18:51shoot on him
19:17if you can't hold your own
19:24with a guy twice your age
19:26you have no place in this business
19:29because you're the worst excuse for a wrestler i've ever seen
19:33pathetic
19:34it's not unusual for earl to give someone to be a tryout
19:42but something is different
19:43you know
19:44what he had me do to that kid
19:45it was
19:45like he was trying to humiliate him
19:47you know
19:47don't leave down
19:56what's up
20:04so for all of earl's faults
20:05turns out he was an excellent accountant
20:07one of his wrestlers was giving him back half their paycheck
20:10any idea why
20:12no
20:13just that earl was putting in an account called special projects
20:16that's interesting
20:17yeah it gets better
20:18turns out that wrestlers wanted him multiple charges
20:20including attempted murder
20:21what's his name
20:23marcus richards
20:25i don't remember that name on the list
20:27it's because he goes by the alias hunter lockwood
20:29aka bronco
20:31i already told you
20:36i just wanted my final check
20:39don't you mean half your check
20:41i can't figure it out
20:44was earl blackmailing you to keep quiet about the attempted murder charge
20:48or was he hiding you for a fee
20:50no
20:55no
21:04no
21:17no
21:19Oh, my God.
21:49Sheriff, so maybe rather than having to keep paying hush money, he decides to kill him.
22:02Then ransack the RV looking for evidence that Earl was holding over him.
22:06It lines up.
22:08Except this Bronco guy claims to be tying one own over at Jeremiah's.
22:13You want me to check it out?
22:14No.
22:15I'm already going over there for another reason.
22:20Yeah, he closed the bar down.
22:22Big dude.
22:24He can drink an entire keg by himself.
22:31There's another reason I'm here.
22:35I reckon there might be.
22:37We can talk about the situation between our kids and how we're going to end it.
22:41Who says we have to end it?
22:44I do.
22:46Sheriff, what's the harm?
22:48Your daughter's a nice girl.
22:51My son's a nice boy.
22:53She's safe with him.
22:54She's safe with us.
22:56One thing you know about my kin by now is we protect our own.
23:00And it doesn't bother you that I'm the sheriff?
23:02It would not have been my first choice.
23:07I can live with it.
23:09And you?
23:13Well, at least we arrested someone wanted for attempted murder.
23:16Yeah, we're no closer to solving this actual murder.
23:20And we can't keep the wrestlers in town any longer.
23:23What if we get them to move tonight's match to tomorrow in honor of Earl?
23:26Like a tribute show.
23:28They don't seem to be too particularly broken up over it.
23:31No, but their contract stipulates they don't get paid if they don't perform.
23:35So if you need someone to fake a motion, who better than a professional wrestler?
23:39That's true.
23:40Good idea.
23:41Contact the headquarters in Atlanta and see if you can't set that up.
23:45Yes, sir.
23:45So you can figure out who the local guy auditioned for Earl is.
23:49Oh, I think I already know that.
23:51Someone was emailing Earl every day for a couple months requesting a tryout.
23:55Was he harassing him?
23:56No, more like friendly persistence.
24:00Here, there it is.
24:02A guy by the name of Barry Reed.
24:05I know Barry Reed.
24:07You do?
24:08Yeah, he's friends with Maddie.
24:11Text me an address.
24:13I'm going to go check my RP at the school.
24:15Dwayne?
24:19Me, Dwayne.
24:23After the CSI attack, examine the wound more closely.
24:26Feels like the victim was hit a single time.
24:28Something heavy.
24:29Maybe a couple inches wide.
24:31You search the entire gym.
24:33And the surrounding areas?
24:34Well, search it again.
24:36And this time, don't look for anything tangible.
24:40Look for something out of the ordinary.
24:44Yes, sir.
24:49Hey, I just had a request to reschedule tonight's matches for tomorrow.
24:56They claimed that was okay with you?
24:58Yeah.
25:00So why didn't you tell me that your son auditioned yesterday?
25:04Oh, I'm sorry.
25:06I didn't think it was pertinent.
25:07Is that a problem?
25:08No, I just, I need to ask him some questions.
25:12He may have witnessed something that would, you know, help the investigation, is all.
25:17Right.
25:18Um, yeah, I'm pretty sure he's home now.
25:21Thanks.
25:24Genesis, completely different topic.
25:27What is your impression of Blade Weed?
25:33Oh, I'm not really supposed to disgust students.
25:38Fair enough.
25:39But one parent to another, he's a good kid.
25:44It seems to be the overall consensus.
25:46Though I find it hard to believe.
25:48So I hear the tryout didn't go so well.
25:53Ah, no, sir.
25:54Um, I got tossed around like a rag doll.
25:57Mr. Jones says I don't have what it takes to give up, so...
26:01So how did that make you feel?
26:02Pretty bad.
26:03Bad enough to do something about it?
26:05No, sir.
26:06No.
26:07Definitely not.
26:08So what'd you do after the matches last night?
26:10Nothing.
26:11I didn't go, okay?
26:12I just, you know, decided I was done with wrestling.
26:16Done with wrestling?
26:19So, uh, it might have changed your mind.
26:22I slept on it.
26:24And I took my mom's advice, but it being just one person's opinion.
26:28And, you know, like she says, every setback is an opportunity for a comeback.
26:31So I'm using his motivation to train even harder.
26:35It's a positive attitude.
26:37Also, I thought about it.
26:39And I think at least part of the reason my audition was so poorly was because of Mr. Jones, so...
26:45How so?
26:45Well, I mean, he didn't reply to my emails for months.
26:48And then he just sends one out of the blue, saying if I want to try out, I have to be at the gym in 30 minutes.
26:53I don't have time to properly warm up, work into character.
26:58Plus, I think he was kind of taking his frustrations out of me.
27:01Why do you say that?
27:04Well...
27:04We take a shot.
27:30With her.
27:31With her.
28:01Mr. Jones started screaming that she was fired after the weekend,
28:08and, you know, he's going on about how he's going to make it his mission to destroy her reputation.
28:13It was crazy.
28:16You stay here.
28:22Max, I need you to conduct an interview at the hotel.
28:26I'm headed back to the school.
28:31I'm going somewhere.
28:40Earl did fire me, but it wasn't just because of yesterday.
28:44We used to date.
28:47What can I say?
28:49I've always had bad judgment with men.
28:51Earl didn't take it well when I dumped him.
28:54First he made me drop the women's championship,
28:55and now he's had me jobbing out to a different wrestler every night.
28:58I haven't won one single match since.
29:01So it's fair to say you're not exactly wallowing in grief.
29:04Sure.
29:06But I wouldn't wish this on him.
29:08And the truth is, Earl did me a favor.
29:11By firing you?
29:12I had wanted to leave for a while, but I didn't have the courage.
29:16Life as a wrestler's hard enough.
29:18There's no need for it to be toxic.
29:20Well, you know him well.
29:21Any ideas who else might want him dead?
29:23Let's see.
29:24There's Gemini, the wrestler Earl dated before me.
29:27His rider, who he berated every day.
29:29His business partners, who I'm pretty sure he's hiding money from.
29:32Oh, and every single wrestler who works for him now, or has ever worked for him.
29:37Is that it?
29:38Exactly.
29:41The first time I searched, I was looking for blood or any signs of a struggle.
29:46This time I took your advice, found something different out of the ordinary.
29:50See all these right here?
29:51Dirty smudges, except for this one.
29:56Spotless.
29:56Yeah.
30:03It's like it's been wiped clean.
30:06Exactly.
30:07Maybe we get lucky if I encode his DNA on it.
30:10Get with Max.
30:12Collect DNA samples from everyone I've interviewed today.
30:15You send them to the lab with that dumbbell, and get it fast-tracked.
30:20We've kept the wrestlers around another day, but we're going to lose them on Monday morning,
30:24so we're running out of time.
30:25But if you're right, you not only found the murder weapon, but you found a scene that
30:31cry.
30:34Okay, Mountaineer's breakfast.
30:37Mm-hmm.
30:40Right.
30:44What?
30:47Blade's a nice boy.
30:49There are all nice boys around us.
30:51I guess I'm upset that she's even considering dating without you guys.
31:00You kept it from me.
31:01Well, I'm sorry.
31:04Maddie asked me to keep it a secret, and I felt like I had to respect that.
31:08You know, teenage girls, they're kind of like deer.
31:12One false move, and they run.
31:14I just want to make sure that she knows that she can come to me about anything.
31:19She used to come to me and talk to me about everything.
31:24Oh, boy.
31:29Mr. Wise, would you mind if I had a moment of your time?
31:32Yes, absolutely.
31:40Have a seat.
31:47Sir, Sheriff, I know you don't know me, but I think your daughter's great.
31:55I mean, she's pretty and smart and very kind.
32:03She's awesome.
32:06She's not like the other girls, thoughtful and responsible.
32:11And most of all, she's nice.
32:14I realize my family's reputation doesn't exactly help, but I'm really trying to not be like them.
32:24And she makes me want to be better.
32:30So, with your permission, I'd like to take her to the matches.
32:37If that's okay with you, sir.
32:44So, we collected all the DNA and sent it to the lab.
32:51All the wrestlers, including Barry Reed.
32:55Hometown Barry Reed?
32:57Yeah.
32:58Hometown Barry Reed.
33:03What?
33:04He's terrible.
33:05Hold on.
33:07Look at this.
33:09Face your eyes.
33:13Hey, guys.
33:13My name is Barry.
33:14And this is my audition video.
33:17His suplexes are bad.
33:19He can't punch.
33:21He can't throw an elbow to save his life.
33:25Certainly can't take a bump.
33:29Hurts my eyes to watch.
33:31Why would Earl give him an audition after he saw that video?
33:35Maybe he was trying to be nice.
33:38Doubt it.
33:39I heard he berated a kid.
33:41Maybe he enjoys crushing people's spirits.
33:47I told the lab about your time constraint, and they moved us to the top of the list.
33:51That's good.
33:53In the meantime, I may have caught one of the wrestlers in a lie.
33:56Who?
33:57Remember how Terry Traynor said he was the highest paid wrestler in the promotion?
34:01Oh, yeah.
34:03Yeah, he was.
34:04Until recently.
34:05His salary was cut significantly.
34:08Found it when I was going through Bronco's payments to Earl.
34:11It was convenient you forgot to mention that.
34:15It's all the books.
34:17You were the highest paid wrestler, but you're not anymore.
34:19I just think it's a little odd that the champion took such a hefty pay cut.
34:29Okay.
34:31Earl paid me extra to send cash to three different locations each month.
34:35One in Montana, one in Oklahoma, and one right here in Blue Ridge.
34:39Why?
34:40I don't know.
34:42I asked him once, and he told me to shut up.
34:43Mind my own business.
34:45He was my boss.
34:46What am I going to do?
34:48I thought it was his way of laundering money.
34:51Which is why I didn't admit it at first.
34:55That still doesn't explain the hefty pay cut.
34:57A few months back, Earl had me stop sending cash to the one here in town.
35:03Did he give a reason why?
35:05I wasn't asking.
35:06He wasn't telling.
35:08Do you have an address?
35:09Yeah.
35:21Stay here.
35:22Don't leave.
35:23Got it?
35:39Did you get the lab results?
35:40I did.
35:41But unfortunately, our killers did too good of a job cleaning the dumbbell.
35:44There's no DNA on it to compare against any of the wrestlers.
35:47Okay.
35:47Actually, I need you to ask them to fast-track one more test for me.
35:54Do you have an address?
35:55No, stay here.
35:56Do you got to stop the brain!
36:11Yes, sir.
36:11Don't look?
36:12Tori, go home!
36:32Your hunch?
36:35Spot on.
36:38Let's bring him in.
36:42We did a DNA test.
36:58And we discovered that Earl was related to one of our suspects.
37:07Looking back, I remember that you forgot to mention the weight room.
37:10And that turns out to be where the murder was.
37:14And I could not figure out why Earl gave your son an audition.
37:23I met Earl 20 years ago when he was still a wrestler.
37:27We dated for a while, and when I became pregnant with Barry, he made it abundantly clear he wanted nothing to do with either of us.
37:39So I raised my son on my own.
37:42And it was hard.
37:43And we barely made ends meet for a while.
37:46But we were happy.
37:49And then I found out Earl had bought SMWA and seemed to be doing well, so...
37:54I contacted him and told him he needed to pay child support, or I was taking him to court.
38:04He begrudgingly agreed to give me a little money for Barry until he turned 18.
38:09Ever since he was a little boy, Barry just dreamed of being a wrestler.
38:20He was in his blood.
38:21And when I found out he was trying to get an audition, I convinced Earl to give him one.
38:31And he was so excited.
38:33And I was even more so.
38:36And I was watching.
38:39From next to the bleachers.
38:43Barry didn't see me.
38:45No!
38:47But Earl did.
38:47If you can't hold Jerome with a guy twice your age, there's no place for you in this business.
38:56And then went out of his way to destroy my son in front of me, both physically and psychologically.
39:17I'd never seen Barry so upset.
39:23He refused to go to the matches.
39:25He said he was done with wrestling.
39:29And thanks to Earl,
39:30I watched my son go from a boy with a dream to an adult with a first-hand taste of how cruel the real world can be.
39:45And he graduates in the spring.
39:48And Earl took those last few fleeting moments of youth away from him and me.
39:59So I confronted him.
40:03After the matches.
40:05Once everyone had left.
40:09You need to reach out to him.
40:12You need to tell him you didn't mean what you said.
40:15I meant it.
40:17But why did you have to crush his spirits?
40:22Because I knew it would crush yours too.
40:27Maybe even worse.
40:28See, this is payback.
40:34For you making me pay money all those years for some stupid kid who now that I've seen Russell,
40:42I doubt is even mine.
40:48What am I supposed to tell him?
40:54Tell him he's a loser.
40:55You're a pathetic loser.
41:01Just like his mother.
41:15I needed somewhere to hide him until I could figure out what to do.
41:20It was too heavy to take out of the school.
41:24I panicked.
41:25I tried to throw you off with a wrench.
41:46And then I cleaned the actual weapon.
41:52And left as fast as I could.
41:54As a parent, you just want to do what's best for your kid.
42:07We haven't told Barry yet.
42:11I think it would be fair that he would lose his mother and his father on the same day.
42:16First off, Blue Ridge, all of us, I want to thank all of you for coming out tonight.
42:32See, Earl loved wrestling.
42:50And he would have loved this turnout.
42:51So tonight, we turn up and we do it for Earl.
42:57No, brother.
42:59Oh, brother's right.
43:01t
43:02I think it does some things.
43:03Upward.
43:03Thank you very much.
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