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<v Speaker 1>When you consider the many narratives woven throughout ten years

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lapsed Fan podcast, it's no exaggeration to say

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<v Speaker 1>it just doesn't get any more significant, any more replete

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<v Speaker 1>with deep, deep meaning than a collision between lapsed Vince

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<v Speaker 1>McMahon and lapsed Hulk Hogan. As unbelievable as it is,

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<v Speaker 1>that is where we find ourselves in just the quarter

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<v Speaker 1>final round of the TLFX Games King of the Cast tournament,

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<v Speaker 1>the tournament to decide who, in fact is the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>character in the history of this cast. The King of

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<v Speaker 1>the Cast, of course, is brought to you by our

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<v Speaker 1>good friends at Garage Beer, small Batch smooth Drinking. The

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<v Speaker 1>garage is always open. There's no bitterness when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to Garage Beer. But when we talk about lapsed Vince

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<v Speaker 1>and laps Hogan, there couldn't be more bitterness. From the

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<v Speaker 1>trial of his life to the WrestleMania journey where they collided,

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<v Speaker 1>of course at WrestleMania nineteen and in so many ways

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<v Speaker 1>faced off behind the scenes, and the WrestleMania is proceeding,

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<v Speaker 1>tore One went on the decision of Vince McMahon Hulk

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<v Speaker 1>Hogan took center stage in Madison Square Garden and Hulkamania

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<v Speaker 1>never really looked back. We've covered all of the flash

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<v Speaker 1>points over ten years of tlf and the matchup and

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<v Speaker 1>the dynamic and the history between Laps Hogan and Lapsed Vince,

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<v Speaker 1>and in a time of great strife and scrutiny and

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<v Speaker 1>question marks around Laps Vince, it's perhaps only fitting that

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<v Speaker 1>he rises to the forefront and gets an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>chop down somebody who once stood across from him in

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<v Speaker 1>Federal Court with the power to put him behind bars.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, it didn't happen that way, as it never

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<v Speaker 1>seems to happen for the Chairman, and here in the

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<v Speaker 1>TLFX Games, Hulk Hogan perhaps finally has a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>put what he would consider Vince McMahon in his appropriate place.

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<v Speaker 1>We couldn't be more excited for this encounter, and we've

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<v Speaker 1>got words to share with you from the principles in

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<v Speaker 1>the final quarter final match in the TLFX Games. First up,

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<v Speaker 1>we turn to Venice Beach and Lapsed Well, you know something,

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<v Speaker 1>Hulka Maniacs. Here we are again. Man, we're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the classic battle. Dudes, We're talking about the chicken in

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<v Speaker 1>the egg which came first man, which one could be

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<v Speaker 1>could exist without the other dudes. And I'm looking Vin

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<v Speaker 1>snick Man dead in the eyes, dudes, and we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>a history that goes way back, brother, that goes back millennia, dude,

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<v Speaker 1>a conflict, dude, that goes back all the ways to

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<v Speaker 1>ancient Roman.

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<v Speaker 2>Julius Caesar, dude versus Brutus, not the Barber brother. So

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<v Speaker 2>I ask you, Vince Snickman, what's it going to be

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<v Speaker 2>this time? Dude? I took him down wrestling in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>and you know what I did what I could, brother

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<v Speaker 2>to bring this company to fruition, dude, because I am

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<v Speaker 2>the WWE dude. I am Hulkamania brother, and you can't

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<v Speaker 2>have hul Comenia Hulk Hogan. So I see Vincic Man

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<v Speaker 2>over there, dude, and I know exactly what's up his sleeve.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that he thinks in his mind, man, that

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna go right from behind and roll up Hulk Hogan. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you see, you know what, dude, I'm thinking way ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of your brother, because I know that's my weak spot.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where you want me to be, That's where you

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<v Speaker 2>want me to think. So I'm gonna come at you

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<v Speaker 2>from all sides. Man, Hulkamania knows no bounds.

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<v Speaker 3>Brother.

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<v Speaker 2>We come from every which way, dude, and I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>come at you from the left, I'm gonna come at

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<v Speaker 2>you from right, from the front, from the back, because

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<v Speaker 2>I got my hulk of maniacs all over the world. Dude,

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<v Speaker 2>who are gonna have my back. They're not gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>looking at my back, brother, but they're gonna have it, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're gonna help me once again prove that Hulk

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<v Speaker 2>Hogan Hulkamania does not need Vince McMahon brother to take

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<v Speaker 2>you things to that next level, brother, to dial things

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<v Speaker 2>back in to kind of not stop. We're gonna stop

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<v Speaker 2>playing hide the ball, brother, Vince McMahon, You and I

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<v Speaker 2>have been playing to hide the ball for years on end,

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<v Speaker 2>and now it comes to an end. Dude. It's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be a quick one, two three after I boot your face, brother,

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<v Speaker 2>and leg drop your ass, because what you're gonna do

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<v Speaker 2>when Hulk Hogan hal Comania and everybody coming from behind

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<v Speaker 2>Vince McMahon fucks you up, dude.

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<v Speaker 1>Strong words from the Holtster who finally hopes to make

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<v Speaker 1>a stand against the boss that has so defined and

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<v Speaker 1>own owned his sense of himself and wrestling fan sense

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<v Speaker 1>of what his contributions to the wrestling business truly were. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps just about anybody who's ever found himself in the

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<v Speaker 1>spotlight in professional wrestling, or herself for that matter, can

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<v Speaker 1>point to our next promo as responsible or somehow able

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<v Speaker 1>to claim dominion over their ability to succeed under these

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<v Speaker 1>bright lights, yours truly included. It was a fascinating meeting

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<v Speaker 1>all those years ago when I came up to the

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<v Speaker 1>Towers and sat down with the chairman for a job interview.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Here I am in the TFX Games of Center,

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<v Speaker 1>wondering if Vince McMahon, who you know from Netflix's documentary

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<v Speaker 1>that is sweeping the nation right now, is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to triumph one more time. He's faced off

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<v Speaker 1>against some of the absolute most vital parts of his

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<v Speaker 1>organization so far in the TLFX Games, defeating his right

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<v Speaker 1>hand man Pat Patterson in our opening round, and then

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<v Speaker 1>taking on, perhaps with all due respect to the Hulkster,

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest box office attraction he's ever had, in Stone

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<v Speaker 1>Cold Steve Austin, soundly dispatching Steve Austin by a margin

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think anybody could have conceived of eighty seven

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<v Speaker 1>point eight percent for lapsed Vince to lapse to Austin's

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<v Speaker 1>only twelve point two percent. As for Laps Hull Kgan.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes into our quarter finals having defeated Laps Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Barnett by a margin of seventy seven point four percent

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<v Speaker 1>for the Huckster to twenty two point six percent for

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Barnett. It perhaps is only fitting that we turn

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<v Speaker 1>to the man who, in so many ways both flattering

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<v Speaker 1>and unflattering, has been the only spotlight week in of

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<v Speaker 1>forward to care about and a lifetime of wrestling fandom,

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<v Speaker 1>the man who has decided and dictated our every whim,

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<v Speaker 1>our every emotion as wrestling fans, and who continues to

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<v Speaker 1>thoroughly dominate our conscious, our psyche, and our sense of

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<v Speaker 1>what's important in this business. Entering the quarterfile around against

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps his greatest creation and ten years of marinating in

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<v Speaker 1>the tlf OVEN, It's lapped Vince McMahon.

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<v Speaker 3>You see, I've taken this tournament. I've already won, and

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<v Speaker 3>I don't need to prove anything because what I did

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<v Speaker 3>was in the first round beat the shit out of

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<v Speaker 3>my best friend. I don't mind doing that if it

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<v Speaker 3>means I get something, And even if I don't get something,

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<v Speaker 3>per se, I still win. And then in the next

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<v Speaker 3>round I face off with stone cold Steve Austin. Another

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<v Speaker 3>walk in the park for me, because when it comes

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<v Speaker 3>down to it, you can't defeat the creator. Now, you

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<v Speaker 3>can be the biggest star this business has ever seen.

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<v Speaker 3>You can sell so much merchandise that we've run out

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<v Speaker 3>of materials to build clothing. But you know what, you

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<v Speaker 3>still can't one up the man who created you, the

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<v Speaker 3>man who made you succeed. I allowed it, and so

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<v Speaker 3>I wiped the floor with Steve Austin. And there will

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<v Speaker 3>be no different with Hulk Cogan. Holk Hogan was nothing

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<v Speaker 3>before he met me. Holk Hogan was nothing before I

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<v Speaker 3>gave him the opportunity to be the best. And if

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<v Speaker 3>I am the one who holds the opportunity to be

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<v Speaker 3>the best, if I created the opportunity to be the best,

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<v Speaker 3>it means that I am better than the best because

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<v Speaker 3>I created it. I created the best. The history of

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<v Speaker 3>this business, the history of entertainment, flows through my veins,

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<v Speaker 3>flows up and down. I am what was, I am

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<v Speaker 3>what is and I am what will be. You can

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<v Speaker 3>make all the threats in the world. You can take

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<v Speaker 3>me to court. Hell, you know what, if you find reason,

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<v Speaker 3>you can put me behind bars. But don't think for

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<v Speaker 3>one moment that I'm not pulling the strings. The strings

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<v Speaker 3>are always in my pocket. They've always been in my pocket.

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<v Speaker 3>I determine the outcomes. I determine the future. I am everything.

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<v Speaker 3>You have no chance, all Cogan, because you cannot take

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<v Speaker 3>down the creator.

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<v Speaker 1>Longfellow perhaps couldn't have said it better here in the

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<v Speaker 1>TLFX Games. It cannot be more colossal when you think

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<v Speaker 1>about the rich ten year history of the Lapsed Fan

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<v Speaker 1>podcast and how these characters have just jumped out of

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<v Speaker 1>your earbuds. Perhaps no two have resonated as deeply and

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<v Speaker 1>as longingly with such has Lapsed Vince and Lapsed Hogan.

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<v Speaker 1>Their story is real, their story is fake. Is the

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<v Speaker 1>outcome predetermined? That's up to you to decide. Keep your

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<v Speaker 1>eyes peeled to the Lapsed Fan's x account at the

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<v Speaker 1>Lapsed Fan for your chance to vote on who advances

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<v Speaker 1>in the TLFX Games King of the Cast Tournament quarter

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<v Speaker 1>final round. As we march so very close to awarding

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<v Speaker 1>the King of the cast the greatest character in the

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<v Speaker 1>history of the lapsed fan. Who will it be lapsed

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<v Speaker 1>Hogan or lapsed Vince. We'll see you next time in

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<v Speaker 1>the TLFX Games event Center when we're at the semi

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<v Speaker 1>final point in our long, decade long journey. We'll see

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<v Speaker 1>you then