So I just found out something that blew my mind. Apparently I was friends with Karl Anderson before he was Karl Anderson. A couple of my close friends wrestled on the indie circuit back in the day. Because of that, I did a lot of hanging with the local boys. I have Reds season tickets, and few times this guy named Chad Allegra would tag along. He was a good enough dude, and funny. I remember hearing he went to pursue an opportunity in Japan, which was the last I really heard, and I didn't keep tabs on him except to hear the occasional "Chad's dad says he's doing pretty well over there."
Fast forward to last night and I read the transcript of the Doc & Karl podcast. Karl name checks the wrestling school down here, and it caught my eye. Asked a buddy if he had seen it, and he said no. Asked same buddy if he had trained at the same time we were going heavy at Bone Krushers and he goes "Uhhh, yeah? You don't remember Chad?" My brain nearly exploded lol. All this time and I never put it together. Now that I know, I cant NOT see it, and wonder how I never noticed it lol.