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Before the Bell: How Superstars Prepare Before Their Matches
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Cody Rhodes: "All I do is yell about what I'm about to do and it and how I'm going to do it. But it rarely goes according to plan."6 C& X9 T5 b: ~) ^4 H8 N+ |
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Evan Bourne: "Your fingers are not connected to your toes, so I have to get all my nerves firing, get everything functioning at a high level."
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: y6 S5 i e' ~( \Eve: "It's obviously not just a physical game, but a mental game, too. Stretching is for the mind and body."5 e' }- s9 ]6 x$ ~% i
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; M4 t9 ~; @" t' W' U! ^# n" LJustin Gabriel: "I get into another gear 20 minutes before I walk out the curtain, but I don't do a lot of things to prepare."
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) z1 q, r" X+ mKofi Kingston: "I'm trying to get focused and get into the zone. I'm always trying to be better than I was the last time in the ring."6 y6 S# W" Q1 O+ j" q
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. H3 e, z# K$ H$ K0 a5 T rMark Henry: "I can walk around, I can sit or I can lie down, but I'm in my own world."
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Z/ Z. q6 X8 s# T% eThe Miz: "I'm usually pacing around backstage. I'm constantly talking to myself and looking like a total lunatic."
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Sin Cara says nothing while preparing for his match. He chooses to meditate silently.
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William Regal: "Bridging is a lost art, and in my opinion, it's the best exercise for people of my profession to do."( u3 P, I1 U% y" N' o
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- x# a$ O4 B4 i. c6 G _0 b- H vFor more amazing photos and comments from your favorite Superstars on how they prepare before a match, pick up the December issue of "WWE Magazine," featuring The Rock - on newsstands now! |
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