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Q Okay. And your second group of those that you have brought in that have worked for

A Other organizations.

Q Other large organizations, what percent of your talent has come from other organizations?

A Right now -- this would be a guess without sitting in front of a talent roster -- 50/50.

Q Okay. And what kind --

A Which is something we're proud of because, I mean, we finally have gotten to a point where we can have that many of our own guys on the show.

Q What is turnover like? I mean, how typical -- a typical year, how many of your -- how much of your talent turn over?

A They don't quit, you know, because they're under contract. They -- it would just be if a character or a story line is not working out. We still have a lot of guys on our roster from the very first show. But there have been a lot that came on, especially in those early days from my understanding that just, you know, didn't have the talent, didn't work out, had -- a lot of these guys have a lot of baggage from pre-existing relationships with other companies and didn't fit the mold.

Q Okay. You had mentioned the baggage that some of your wrestlers bring. I think in the context of that kind of baggage, can you walk us through -- when you're considering whether to contract with a specific wrestler, what kind of factors do you take into consideration? How is that decision made?

A Talent is very important. You know, we are about quality in the ring. Ours is not as much about, like, story lines and -- I mean, we do have story lines and character development, but it is not the -- the focus is not on that. Ours is mostly on the in-ring action. So they have to be -- you know, they have to be good wrestlers. They have to have a reputation of being easy to work with. We -- having a talent -- I mean, if you get 50 men in a room and a few women in a room at any time, it is hard and you want a happy environment, it is a challenge, especially when, you know, these guys have big egos and the whole thing. And we have from the very beginning made this kind of our law, that this is a team, you may consider it an individual sport, it is a team and you have to have the attitude of such. And then secondly, you know, where they are at. I mean, we have a lot of guys on our roster who are former addicts, you know, who have been addicted to pain medicine for obvious reasons. And some who have had substance abuse problems in the past, alcohol and, you know, who have cleaned up their lives and they are now in a different part of their life and are with us now. So we do consider, like, everything about them.

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