⚠️ This is a rerelease of Episode 75 of The DOD45 Show, originally aired in November 2023. Spotify deleted our original account in December 2024, so we’re rebuilding the archive and reuploading episodes. YouTube versions stayed intact.

In this Thanksgiving edition of the show, Tai interviews his real-life cousin Tom Howard—a retired pro wrestler, MMA fighter, stuntman, and actor who’s trained legends, fought beasts, and lived to tell the wildest stories.

This one’s stuffed with:

🥊 Training with John Cena and Samoa Joe
🥊 Founding Ultimate University
🥊 MMA matches with Eric Butterbean & The Korean Colossus
🥊 Behind-the-scenes of Nacho Libre and Muay Thai Giant
🥊 Wrestling in Mexico’s AAA & comparing Lucha Libre to U.S. wrestling
🥊 Rolling his van… twice
🥊 Wrestling influences like Shinya Hashimoto and gimmicks like The Green Beret

🎬 Movie Share: Home for the Holidays
👉 Watch the trailer
Directed by Jodie Foster, this 1995 film is a masterclass in Thanksgiving dysfunction. Called “a perfectly imperfect holiday movie” by The Atlantic.

🎶 Music Share:
• Tai spotlights a batch of unsolicited audience-submitted songs for the holiday—because who better to soundtrack your Thanksgiving than your fellow DOD45 listeners?
• Plus new music from Vast Aire (of Cannibal Ox), produced by Liquid Nails and featuring cover art by Tai
👉 on Spotify

🎧 Tap into the full DOD45 Luvs Song Share playlist:
👉 DOD45 Playlist

💻 More DOD45 Links:
• ArtByTai
• DOD45
• Strange Famous Records
• Mr. Dibbs
• Speakerface Store

💥 Review, subscribe, and share this with someone who still thinks wrestling’s fake, or someone who needs a little chaos with their turkey. Appreciate you riding with us.

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