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$ v, Q8 f, ]7 }5 U2 w8 YCody 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."
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% b+ e6 H# q0 Z2 j1 B. MEvan 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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Eve: "It's obviously not just a physical game, but a mental game, too. Stretching is for the mind and body."5 O& a3 W4 p: @+ P, P
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Justin 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."5 h% u4 z/ o1 |
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' F4 C: ?/ Y. p4 eKofi 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."
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Mark Henry: "I can walk around, I can sit or I can lie down, but I'm in my own world."
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The Miz: "I'm usually pacing around backstage. I'm constantly talking to myself and looking like a total lunatic.": d& s2 }# W5 B$ b9 b' L" }2 V
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David Otunga: "I always have my cup of coffee in my hand. It's like brain juice for me."$ ~% }9 f! X: E2 F
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Sin Cara says nothing while preparing for his match. He chooses to meditate silently.+ d+ ^3 W$ R0 Y# G; C
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) ~, t. R2 o8 c) \! S5 XWilliam Regal: "Bridging is a lost art, and in my opinion, it's the best exercise for people of my profession to do.", j! O* ?& R. t( P y
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0 h' c( C% s2 n$ c2 \# sFor 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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