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This was an interesting interview to do, especially considering the nature of Devons line of work: wrestling (she owns her own company and even wrestles herself). Believe it or not, its not often that I encounter wrestlers in every day life. Dont get me wrong Im not implying that Dragon Con is anything like everyday life, it isnt its operating on a whole other level of awesome. But anyway, in addition to being a particularly unique guest, Devon was also cool enough to participate in another one of my videos, Jay and Silent Bobs Rap.
Transcript
Matt Refghi: Im here at Dragon Con and I just encountered someone whos dressed as both a mix of Bane as the mask, as a well a Punisher shirt, so I want to know, whats the story here? I see a lot of blood has a war gone on? Whats going on?
Devon Damo: Yes. I am Bane junior, and I have beaten the Punisher.
Matt: You have beaten the Punisher!
Devon: I have beaten the Punisher.
Matt: Alright, well thats like the first course of
Devon: So, thats the story, Im the first female Bane, Ive not seen one of them here yet. So Im the official first one at Dragon Con.
Matt: Nice, thats good good achievement. Have you seen a female Punisher? Maybe youre a combo.
Devon: No.
Matt: No? Well, there you go, youre the first female Punisher and Bane.
Devon: Yes.
Matt: And what Im wondering is if the first course of the meal is to terminate Punisher, which youve done.
Devon: Yes. So Im at the second course!
Matt: Whos next? Who will it be? Will it be the elusive Batman?
Devon: Batman, of course.
Matt: Batmans next? I see a few around you might end up with quite a few bat-heads in your bank.
Devon: Yeah.
Matt: Alright, so thats cool. Your name, by the way?
Devon: Devon.
Matt: Devon?
Devon: Devon.
Matt: Alright, cool, cool. So, this is Dragon Con, Ive been here four times personally. Have you been here before?
Devon: Five.
Matt: Five! Great. Yeah, so earlier you were talking to me about having a wrestling company, or working within wrestling.
Devon: Yes.
Matt: And wrestlings something, always something that fascinated me. I used to watch it as a kid, there was a lot of drama there, a lot of interesting storylines to follow. I always questioned: is it real, or is it not real, and does it matter? Because its entertainment.
Devon: It is both.
Matt: It is both.
Devon: Its according to what you like. We do both.
Matt: You do both?
Devon: I started out with this site, it was more like WWE, and I do more real stuff with my site, and we started out in Atlanta, so yeah, we do more real but we do a little bit of both.
Matt: Okay, cool would you like to mention your website?
Devon: Yeah, its fwagrappling.com. Female wrestlers of Atlanta.
Matt: Is it just female wrestlers?
Devon: Uh, no. We do mix, but we just smash the guys, so, you know
Matt: Okay, well thats always fun. I mean, theres a lot of, you can maybe take some anger out.
Devon: Yes, take some anger out.
Matt: Thats probably part of the appeal.
Devon: I have a ring in my living room, so .
Matt: The rings in your living room?
Devon: I have a wrestling ring in my living room.
Matt: So you take a break when youre watching TV and just go fight someone?
Devon: Yea, when Im watching TV, Im like boom, lets go to the living room.
Matt: I think youve got a potential product here.
Devon: Right?
Matt: Buy a ring stick it in your living room. Thats great.
Devon: Little Banes pissed off, and ?
Matt: Thats right. You have a problem with your maybe, you know, your significant other, go to the right. Perfect.
Devon: Right.
Matt: Thats great. Do you, yourself, wrestle, or is it a company.
Devon: I do. I wrestle and I produce.
Matt: Do you have like whats your wrestling name, because theyre often very strong.
Devon: Devon. Devon Damo is my wrestling name.
Matt: Oh, so thats the actual okay, cool, thats great. And I guess theres footage from you perhaps available on the website?
Devon: Oh, yeah.
Matt: Alright, kicking the crap out of people, great. So Dragon Con, what attracts you to Dragon Con?
Devon: You know what? Its like Toys R Us, a kid can be a kid.
Matt: Thats right.
Devon: You get to dress up as your favorite character, and just have fun with it.
Matt: Thats cool.
Devon: Its like a moment out of reality.
Matt: Yeah, personally, I agree, and theres so many references you can really appreciate the effort people put into it.
Devon: Very, very much.
Matt: And you come from where, exactly? Where do you live?
Devon: Im actually from Atlanta.
Matt: Oh, yea, you mentioned, because its the Atlanta league for women, right? The wrestling league.
Devon: Yep.
Matt: Yea, we fly down from Canada.
Devon: But a lot of people I talk to today are from all over the world.
Matt: Yea.
Devon: Its amazing how Dragon Con was very small five, six years ago, and now its huge.
Matt: Right. The cameraman, actually, hes a friend of mine, he came to Atlanta two years ago this is his second visit. The first one is infectious, he himself admitted this.
Devon: (laughs)
Matt: You get there and youre like: oh, theres something here.
Devon: Right.
Matt: We fly down from Canada, so
Devon: Canada, eh?
Matt: we cant help it. Weve got the bug. Ive got four consecutive attended years gotta keep it up. Anyway, its a pleasure talking to you. I hope you get the Batman.
Devon: Pleasure talking to you too.
Matt: I hope you do, because thats a goal.
Devon: Im working on it, tonight, tonight. It will happen.
Matt: Especially given the combo status you have here. Female Punisher, female Bane you gotta get the Batman. So thank you very much for talking to me.
Devon: Thank you.
Credits
Featuring: Devon D’amo
Filmed by: Joseph Pereira
