What’s the vibe as performers preparing for a live show like the one in Arlington instead on something televised or on the WWE Network?

Hardy: “The coolest for me is when I was, oh gosh, 7-10 years old – we were at a show in North Carolina – and Sting was coming out, this was an old NWA [National Wrestling Alliance] show, and I was able to touch his shoulder. And he had his face painted, his neon green tights on, and the blonde hair – and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I want to do that. I want to make somebody feel like he made me feel right now.’

“So, like this Sunday for example, I’ll be in the back painting up in whatever image I have in my head, and my thing is I hope a kid kind of feels the way I felt back then when they see me, especially because I come out like a zombie when my eyes are closed because I do the eyelids on my eyes and just the moment in itself – one photo is worth a billion words and feelings.

“So, I just hope I can make a kid feel the way Sting made me feel. That’s the funnest thing for me now at live events because there’s not a rush, there’s like a patience behind it – the painting. Just like when I’m painting canvas, I’m using my face. It’s very peaceful. And I just hope I can make that one kid each and every night feel the way I felt back then.”

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