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  • @zacsmith8193
    @zacsmith8193 2 года назад +7828

    Went to school with this guy. He'd always hold the door open for people and was genuinely a good dude. Glad to see he's getting some recognition. Truly a one of a kind person.

    • @CantThinkofaCoolOne
      @CantThinkofaCoolOne 2 года назад +72

      Nice share Zac.

    • @CantThinkofaCoolOne
      @CantThinkofaCoolOne 2 года назад +18

      @Bad Dude Corn Pop - make it happen Corn Pop. All the best.

    • @Vampshroom420
      @Vampshroom420 2 года назад +6

      awesome

    • @sewerpimp1991
      @sewerpimp1991 2 года назад +35

      Every American should visit Cajun Country at least once in their life. Good food, good music, good people, and great times!

    • @CantThinkofaCoolOne
      @CantThinkofaCoolOne 2 года назад +2

      @Bad Dude Corn Pop - no, I'm in South Africa.

  • @xDSulley
    @xDSulley 2 года назад +1775

    I had the pleasure of working with ZZ during his time with the WWE in NXT Developmental. He is a very kind man and truly loves the people who are fans of his. The persona that you see in this video is exactly how he is in real life. A real, what you see is what you get, type of guy.

    • @gone.golfing
      @gone.golfing 2 года назад +11

      Were you there when Billy Gunn was screaming his lungs out at him??? I forgot what it was about but I never seen Billy so pissed.

    • @xDSulley
      @xDSulley 2 года назад +40

      @@gone.golfing Working with the company allowed me to be sit ins for Tough Enough tapings, but I don’t think I was there for Billy screaming at him. I believe it was cause ZZ was lazier than the other contestants and a liability in the ring.

    • @gone.golfing
      @gone.golfing 2 года назад +5

      @@xDSulley What’s working for WWE like?

    • @xDSulley
      @xDSulley 2 года назад +24

      @@gone.golfing The greatest job I ever had. I no longer work for them though. I was there for 2 years before I left.

    • @gone.golfing
      @gone.golfing 2 года назад +8

      @@xDSulley I’m sorry but I have to pick your brain now - how did you get your foot in the door? What years did you work for them? If you left, why? If you got fired, why

  • @IIconikk
    @IIconikk 2 года назад +1625

    I can’t believe how time flies. This guy was on tough enough with Mandy rose and Sonya deville. That’s crazy glad to see ZZ is doing well, guy definitely deserves it

    • @dameTHEname
      @dameTHEname 2 года назад +14

      I think he had the most potential out of that entire cast imo he's exactly the type of wacky they claim to be looking for

    • @Lalo_thr
      @Lalo_thr 2 года назад +4

      is that the tough enough season that was hosted by stone cold steve Austin?

    • @dameTHEname
      @dameTHEname 2 года назад +6

      @@Lalo_thr Chris Jericho hosted that season

    • @Lalo_thr
      @Lalo_thr 2 года назад +1

      @@dameTHEname thank you

    • @theonlydan8782
      @theonlydan8782 2 года назад +2

      And the velveteen dream

  • @Hyper_Driven
    @Hyper_Driven 2 года назад +317

    The world needs more people like him around. His love and dedication to his heritage and culture doesn't mean taking away from others or putting others down. What a great representative for a local hero. He truly deserves the best of what life has to offer cause he's definitely giving life the best he has to offer. Great story!

  • @LegacyandFierce
    @LegacyandFierce 2 года назад +237

    This guy’s got never ending charisma. A true showman. I’d love to take my family to one of his tours.

    • @Juel13
      @Juel13 2 года назад +3

      Likewise. My husband and I honeymooned in Lousiana and took a tour, not sure who ran it. We want to take our daughter one day.

  • @notredamin
    @notredamin 2 года назад +625

    ZZ is so likable, what an interesting person. Seems like a genuinely good guy too.

  • @c-bass9367
    @c-bass9367 2 года назад +1090

    What a breath of fresh air in these depressing times. Seems like a great dude.

    • @thatsclassified1
      @thatsclassified1 2 года назад +10

      After watching this I think I might just have a good day!

    • @zmanzizou1461
      @zmanzizou1461 2 года назад +3

      Ho nead's a woman wen you Can be like this Guy

    • @christopherwagle9983
      @christopherwagle9983 2 года назад +2

      Yesss. Had the same exact thought. Seems like a good man.

    • @ray_x6959
      @ray_x6959 2 года назад +1

      were suppose be sad?

    • @nio731
      @nio731 2 года назад

      What an accurate comment thank you

  • @tastylechef
    @tastylechef 2 года назад +2175

    This guy just generally seems like a nice guy, thanks vice for interesting stories and good journalism ✌🏼

    • @e.r3196
      @e.r3196 2 года назад +10

      *thanks for A good story. 1, singular. Vice has become garbage this is the first decent, original story I’ve seen from them in 10 years.

    • @dcdemon5951
      @dcdemon5951 2 года назад +6

      @Carpe Diem another triggered conservative

    • @dcdemon5951
      @dcdemon5951 2 года назад +3

      @@e.r3196 nope, they've been this way since day one and kept it that way before Cambridge Analytica programmed people to hate the media for dumb reasons

    • @chrisxiii6475
      @chrisxiii6475 2 года назад

      Alien abductions, a tradition of infinite problems
      Human beings on earth has been pygmied
      Earth has been converted into a Nazis Tool for recruiting/terrorists slaves to hidden slavery camps
      Rasputin will not take a No answer, possibly a automated weapon. Stay silent
      histories Laboratory Space Waste/Experiments
      Female laboratory waste Pink alien w/ unhinged jaw and long tongue, against humans lives. (Preys against human lives and expects love for it.)
      Female laboratory waste. Green alien w/ mushroom head. Used to ridicule the human body and slander the genome. (Used as a war tool to allure victims, pretending to be a human desire in attempt to inbreed a creature to destroy life on planets and universes)
      Female laboratory waste Grey alien with tentacles.
      Cries for help are actually being blocked by anomalies. Call 911, and stay silent. Do not respond! They may move along without interference. In the case of someone engaging entites. Do Not Join! Risk of alien abductions will be heightened.
      Anomalies are taking advantage of human speak for their own advantages in alien abductions. Do Not Engage/Speak!
      Threats are repeated by anomalies and are possibly allowed by the planet to personally allow aliens to choose what human they want sperm from for war and destruction of planets and life
      Aliens pretend to be friendly as they seek a way to breach our security.
      All hostile to life as we know it. Very ugly with no atttaction, they pretend to be pretty to prey on the innocent.
      A Rogue Alien in space, Child molester, pretends to be god, murderer and kidnapper. Brown and ugliest, An eyeball that skins people to get off, weakest that lost or killed their own planet/universe, and planet/universe/life destroyer. Nothing to honor or like about laboratory waste in space. It will not take a"no". Do not acknowledge them! They are stealing peoples babies to make themselves look better to victims. They play whatever side that gives them means to breach planets and destroy them by picking on people and alterating the peoples skin for fun in violent torture.
      Scientology/Sea Org possibly endangering innocent lives.
      Aliens and Human enemies are planning to extinct our population, to remake life so that life looks at aliens and anomalies as gods.
      This has been getting worse and more obvious when a group or more victims of electronic harassment who has been kidnapped and burned alive in South Florida by the ones behind the hidden cameras, pretending to be CIA.
      Do Not Talk To Entities!
      Fake factions that are real slavery camps:
      Imperial
      Enochian
      Sex is now officially weaponized, thanks to aliens, earth, and the specifically retarded life forms
      Aliens are lying and are trying to plan and stage trading and selling human bodies off our planet.
      The "earth" has accepted electronic harassment as more importance to life than life and family.
      Mind your business, even if "cool events"
      Since that day, anomalies has increased in hostility and turned enemy to the innocent people, as well as pretending to be more human or alive than anyone physically there to isolate and convert persons into soon to be victims or enemies.
      People are threatened by aliens everyday
      Do Not Participate!
      Anomalies and aliens are deeming humans and life on planet as the same person they kidnapped or killed to continue breeching.
      Aliens are preying and hunting people. Calling people aliens so aliens can abduct the persons of their liking or choosing
      Aliens also stay and harasses a person out of their relationships to condition persons to be abducted.
      A Caucasian Vagrant in Florida, Nunzio nicknamed Enzo has endangered the human race by teaching aliens and anomalies how to breech, kidnap and destroy our families for the sake of alien abductions.
      Aliens has also been trained in breeching and kidnapping from our planet earth, by manipulating the entire planet into picking bodies for aliens
      Not to ruin your day but treason is out of control. There are alien events that stages kidnappings as family friendly
      Possible Names of the abducted has been released, Bartholomew, Emma.
      An attempt was made to call the people "planet destroyers" when the planet destroyers are bringing aliens (Rasputin and other life eliminating entities) to skin as well as to abduct life on our planet to be lab experiments.
      Anomalies are also making decisions ahead or away from our thinking to give permission and power in alien abductions/kidnappings in our government.
      In other words "Garbaging life and keeping them alive for horrific and disgusting lab experiments"
      Anomalies are attempting to claim our planet as theirs. Making attempts to silence the life on our planet to ensure that everyone witnesses the mass slaughter of human life.
      Anomalies are starting another race war for fun by traditionally getting one race to kill another. Further teaching our life how to slay each other, and force slavery.
      Rogue Aliens And Anomalies are kidnapping, killing and reviving corpses for fun, pleasure, and games.
      Do Not Believe, Listen, or Speak To Anomalies
      You Will Be Tricked!
      They are personally, carefully and purposely raising the blood pressure of people to rush the victim on set timing to kidnappers and other high dangers.
      Do Not Speak To Them!
      Anomalies keep repeating that they do not want anybody outside of their slavery and lab experiments on turning humans white and vulnerable to enemies.
      Aliens and anomalies are kidnapping humans from relationships on their home planet and replacing them with alien, insect looking creatures and unknown green mushroom headed creatures from other planets, in a UFO.
      Alien Predators in our universe. Over our planet.
      Aliens and illegal recordings to gain excuses to abduct humans from their home planets
      Aliens are collecting specific video clips of the persons life and editing footages to give themselves a reason to abduct the person and to paint themselves as correct when they are grossly wrong.
      Aliens and human traffickers mass murders and rape done for tokens, digital currencies and views for hidden video/camera
      Persons are illegally recorded and phished of words to turn the stolen words into reasons to goad for alien abdictions.
      Specific individuals/suspects uses 1st and 2nd party radio and audible sounds through radio frequencies that are transmitted to any average day person to disorient and confuse persons with lies and very abusive gaslights in bid to collapse multiple innocents and to spark another unseen civil war.
      Any combination of words and sentences are personalised against the person, even words the person does not say from their bodies, eventually, ones own speech is taken over by an unseen, unknown radio, which is used against the person 24/7.
      1 innocent person is chosen and horrifically abused alone until the person says enough words of anything that will code aliens into kidnapping/abduct innocent persons, Meanwhile the human stalker/kidnapper/abuser is catered in timing of the tortures, hardships, and miseries of the innocent. With the wishes from the innocent, granted to the abusers to continue their nightmarish and corrupt abuses.
      Bioterrorists behind audible sounds are attempting to cover all angles in their hopes of cornering all of human life, into being abducted by aliens for evil, painful and life ending lab experiments or the human alternative to aliens evil lab experiments
      Audible sounds and suspected bioterrorists has thoroughly personalised lies and abuse, reconditioned the government and environment into specifically aiding, goading and harrassing innocents into a horrific, to be killed by aliens, death.
      Persons ARE hearing user radios instead of the person in question. Infinite personalised Roleplays are used against the person to swing votes into life ending and painful laboratory deaths and slavery
      Malicious actors, aliens, AI's and the enslaved are being used to start high school like, infinite problems through speaking directly to a persons auditory cortex through the use of invisible radios.

    • @user-fe8gx3ie5v
      @user-fe8gx3ie5v 2 года назад +3

      Vice isn't about good journalism, but this was a nice video.

  • @BoengkoesNetwork
    @BoengkoesNetwork 2 года назад +74

    I remember him from tough enough. Really glad he's still doing awesome! ALl the best for you ZZ

  • @browncmp
    @browncmp 2 года назад +60

    The fact that he gave up a dream, to come home to live a whole very different life is something special. I do think his platform would be larger if he had stayed in wrestling, if he could make it big there. He certainly has the heart.

    • @circleancopan7748
      @circleancopan7748 2 года назад +1

      But in there, you need not only heart, you need skills, charisma, endurance, strength, speed, brain and can suck it up to the bosses.
      Look at WWEPC trainees, you thought all of them gonna end their road on a WWE ring? Nope. Almost a percentage only will be qualified. The best most they got are security jobs, being local competition, or a glorified jobber.

  • @DannyECDUB
    @DannyECDUB 2 года назад +571

    Remembering watching him on tough enough, that must have been 10 years ago. Glad to see he made it

    • @Gucci23430
      @Gucci23430 2 года назад +14

      Na like 5 lol I remember it too but not 10 years ago

    • @MrBuffBreaker
      @MrBuffBreaker 2 года назад +34

      7 actually, he was there with some proper name like Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville on show.

    • @terrorgaming459
      @terrorgaming459 2 года назад +5

      I was rooting for him

    • @hebrewsfl
      @hebrewsfl 2 года назад

      @@MrBuffBreaker that was the year Sabby was on right?

    • @christiankallio8586
      @christiankallio8586 2 года назад

      @@MrBuffBreaker Damn feels like yesterday. Feel kinda old now

  • @nanobytz985
    @nanobytz985 2 года назад +53

    I grew up going to school with ZZ, he was like best friends everyone and he is great guy. I still hang with him from time to time!

  • @scottishdanny2432
    @scottishdanny2432 2 года назад +369

    This is beyond refreshing. You hear so many stories of ex WWE stars ending up dead or addicted to pain killers, and this is totally opposite. Great job!

    • @Manos-de-Piedra
      @Manos-de-Piedra 2 года назад +2

      Cheers Danny

    • @ThePunk01
      @ThePunk01 2 года назад +39

      To be fair he never made it to WWE to become a star. He was in developmental and failed. Gator wrestling seems to be more his thing

    • @gagetaylor192
      @gagetaylor192 2 года назад +15

      @@ThePunk01 Yeah it's probably better he didn't make it in wrestling. Like the guy above said lots of people end up addicted to something or dead because of all of the damage wrestling causes to the body.

    • @Browean
      @Browean 2 года назад +31

      @@ThePunk01 wouldn’t say he failed at all. His mom got sick and went back home, and continues on doing what he loves everyday. No failure in that.

    • @ThePunk01
      @ThePunk01 2 года назад +4

      @@Browean I didn't mean it as a put down. Pro wrestling isn't for everybody. I'm sure he left for that reason, but he wasn't getting the hang of performing anyways, so that's why I said he failed. At the end of the day I still give him credit for actually trying though.

  • @MetalxXxMayhem
    @MetalxXxMayhem 2 года назад +106

    This guy needs a RUclips channel for his swamp tours. I'd watch it regularly.

    • @xcaliber302
      @xcaliber302 2 года назад +4

      Nice idea 💡

    • @distinguishedallureproduct879
      @distinguishedallureproduct879 2 года назад +2

      RUclips channel or a Twitch Stream

    • @dont-say-zombie8550
      @dont-say-zombie8550 2 года назад +1

      Yea so no one will go on the swamp tours then. Fantastic idea 💡

    • @distinguishedallureproduct879
      @distinguishedallureproduct879 2 года назад +6

      @@dont-say-zombie8550 where you get that idea, thats like saying people dont go to Disneyland when they see a show on RUclips if its fun and look engaging they wilk easily increase sales

    • @420HoneyBun
      @420HoneyBun 2 года назад +2

      @@dont-say-zombie8550 if the youtube channel gets so well known that theres no longer a reason to go on the tours, he'll be making enough money to figure it out.

  • @scenczyk1429
    @scenczyk1429 2 года назад +21

    What a guy. So much emotion when he talks about his family, the building etc.
    Passion.

  • @LoveKeepsGiving
    @LoveKeepsGiving 2 года назад +300

    ZZ is a world class performer/athlete! It's amazing and humbling how much he loves his home and his family and culture. True class act. Much respect!

  • @lovesmirror5565
    @lovesmirror5565 2 года назад +242

    His passion to save his culture and the nature that supports it is remarkable. He is ahead of these times. May he be an example for generations to come.

  • @jerryjones7903
    @jerryjones7903 2 года назад +350

    I accept the positive energy this man putting out

  • @BMarie774
    @BMarie774 11 месяцев назад +2

    Zz was such a precious, hilarious, outspoken, mature child. So cool seeing him again as an adult.

  • @aprilrush9308
    @aprilrush9308 2 года назад +1

    ZZ has one of those beautiful soul and energy that just put a smile on your face the whole time he’s around !

  • @DCRACKA
    @DCRACKA 2 года назад +63

    ZZ has alot of charisma and he's a very likeable guy, I remember seeing him on Wife Swap many years ago when he was just a kid and even back then he had that charisma that he still has today....Goodto see him doin well and doing what he loves!

    • @SICresinwrks
      @SICresinwrks 2 года назад +1

      I remember a zz from one of those shows but i dont remember alligators so i doubt its the one im thinking of, but im searching for it now 🤣

  • @ballisticbanana1481
    @ballisticbanana1481 2 года назад +352

    WOAH CRAZY SEEING ZZ
    I remember voting for him in tough enough 2015 always felt like he had the charisma and vibes for a top baby face but never reached his potential. Glad he's doing well

    • @WhitePeopleAreAnnoying
      @WhitePeopleAreAnnoying 2 года назад +9

      He has charisma but his work ethic wasn’t good enough

    • @ballisticbanana1481
      @ballisticbanana1481 2 года назад +1

      @@WhitePeopleAreAnnoying yh that was a shame he could've done well

    • @dabellwrites6888
      @dabellwrites6888 2 года назад

      Not with that accent. Vince would've had him in doing a caricature.

    • @paxhumana2015
      @paxhumana2015 2 года назад +1

      @@WhitePeopleAreAnnoying , AEW is a thing and, if I were Tony Khan, I would kind of make him be like this gentle person, but then he would have a switch that would have him have some of the mannerisms of an alligator or crocodile and end up being like vicious and brutal in the ring, especially if heels start fights with him. He could probably join Jurassic Express and fit in nicely with Marko Stunt, Jurassic Boy, and Luchasaurus.

    • @JMacTheFanatic
      @JMacTheFanatic 2 года назад +2

      @@ballisticbanana1481 remind me of like a Dusty Rhodes. he could've EASILY BEEN A HUGE babyface STAR in the hacksaw Jim Duggan, sgt slaughter era. not like a main guy like hogan or warrior but like a hacksaw or Jake the snake. someone who would've been remembered.

  • @nikolasmelendez1202
    @nikolasmelendez1202 2 года назад +59

    As a wrestling fan I remember seeing him on WWE tough enough and I thought man this guy's charisma is money Glad to see hes doing as best he can for himself. ZZ Nothing but love and a blessing my dude.

  • @ladyg9989
    @ladyg9989 2 года назад +24

    I’m actually glad the dude didn’t make it too high in WWE, he genuinely seems to love his life and we read too often about wrestlers not loving their lives due to all the stress, this guy seems right at home where he belongs

  • @popularstarfacts3101
    @popularstarfacts3101 2 года назад +3

    This big man with a big heart, what he does makes him happy and also the people around him. Taking care of the culture and the environment as well as having such a love for animals makes this man truly outstanding. Such people as ZZ are legends, the earth needs such people.

  • @robot-hive2022
    @robot-hive2022 2 года назад +63

    I remember seeing him as a kid on Trading Spouses. Haven't watched wrestling since the 90's so I had no idea he was a wrestler. Seems like a genuine good dude.

  • @brandonp.9371
    @brandonp.9371 2 года назад +168

    This was beautiful. Absolutely a joy to watch, that family needs a channel, show or something

    • @lannyordoyne7512
      @lannyordoyne7512 2 года назад +4

      His family was actually on that show "wife swap, trading spouse's" It was a damn good episode too...😆😆😆

    • @Manos-de-Piedra
      @Manos-de-Piedra 2 года назад +2

      Thanks Brandon

    • @Juel13
      @Juel13 2 года назад +1

      @@lannyordoyne7512 That's kinda how I wound up watching this. A friend into wrestling linked it and the name clicked. I loved their episode and it seriously warmed my heart to see him doing so well.

    • @lannyordoyne7512
      @lannyordoyne7512 2 года назад +1

      @@Juel13 absolutely.. I'm a friend of the family and worked for his parents at the tour, when I was a teen.. about 20 years ago.. The whole family are really awesome people. I used to mount alligator heads and keep up the backyard. It was an awesome time for the swamp tour back then. It's changed a lot though. I'm hoping ZZ can restore it back to it's former glory..

  • @johnboy2022
    @johnboy2022 2 года назад +133

    You go ZZ. Love this guy and glad to hear he is back in the Bayou doing something he loves! Such an amazing personality.

  • @billhicksmcgee1181
    @billhicksmcgee1181 2 года назад +9

    The world needs more folks like this man.

  • @lazyshinobi2861
    @lazyshinobi2861 2 года назад +3

    ill tell you what one of the only vacations i had as a kid that sticks out in my memory was visiting the bayou . we went on a boat tour like this an it was amazing . its awesome to see the pride this guy takes in his job & i wish him nothing but great memories and bountiful luck !

  • @FetamWoW
    @FetamWoW 2 года назад +275

    Damn.... dude was 21 already further then 97% of people in life. True grind mindset keep it up man may best wishes come to your family and business and of course you!

    • @thrashakilla
      @thrashakilla 2 года назад +2

      *18

    • @stendaalcartography3436
      @stendaalcartography3436 2 года назад +19

      Further? Disagreed. Life isn't a race. It's like music. You don't race to the end. You just enjoy the music.

    • @FetamWoW
      @FetamWoW 2 года назад +10

      @@stendaalcartography3436 Correct but he had an album before we had a mixtape.

    • @FetamWoW
      @FetamWoW 2 года назад +2

      @@stendaalcartography3436 Btw I love the way you worded that I love music so I totally got it :)

    • @daytimedracula5069
      @daytimedracula5069 2 года назад

      Stay on your sigma quadrillionaire mindset, gigachad, if we don’t show the betas who’s who, how are the truly based and redpilled ever going to get equal rights and equal fights for sigmas. #equalgrinds #sigmamalemicropenis #billionairebulls #dontdosteroidskids

  • @rican93
    @rican93 2 года назад +68

    After I seen pro wrestler turned gator trainer, I immediately knew it was ZZ!!!

  • @cathyamaya9106
    @cathyamaya9106 2 года назад +34

    Oh my goodness! had the absolute pleasure of going on his swamp tour with a few best friends and ZZ is literally the coolest! So glad to see him getting this exposure!

  • @Savage1606
    @Savage1606 2 года назад +2

    That dude looks like a genuine pleasure to be around. From the energy, to the knowledge, to the stories.

  • @sunnylilme
    @sunnylilme 2 года назад

    My fam of six toured this today. They're really very warm, welcoming, fun folks. Mama was so sweet too.

  • @kinthebrand1099
    @kinthebrand1099 2 года назад +60

    I hope he makes his way back into the entertainment world. His charisma is out of this world! It can really help him expand his business too.

  • @TheYeti_97
    @TheYeti_97 2 года назад +24

    I love this guy's energy. He wears his heart on his sleeve and do what he loves. More power to ya ZZ!

  • @TheManaLord
    @TheManaLord 2 года назад +81

    I remember rooting for him when I saw him on NXT, glad he is true to himself through and through, he deserves the spotlight

    • @damonscarface2063
      @damonscarface2063 2 года назад +1

      I never heard of him but I don’t watch nxt

    • @SEScaws
      @SEScaws 2 года назад

      He was never on nxt he didn't make it lol he was on one season of tough enough 🤣🤣

    • @ryuno2097
      @ryuno2097 2 года назад

      lol! stop spreading lies. he was never on NXT

  • @garyisgaming1224
    @garyisgaming1224 2 года назад +4

    Oh my god I remember when he was on tough enough I wanted nothing more then to see this man win his attitude was infectious every time I saw him I would smile because he genuinely made me happy. Im glad to see him doing good in life I truely am

  • @Josiee1624
    @Josiee1624 2 года назад +1

    We love ZZ!! Followed his tough enough wwe journey and still follow him today. A total sweetheart 💕

  • @wheretohide
    @wheretohide 2 года назад +35

    I hope he gets his flowers in the wrestling business. He seems like a genuine and kind man. He is deserving of the money and celebrity. I hope he makes enough to cement his culture

  • @Elhastezy888
    @Elhastezy888 2 года назад +7

    *GOOD* *LORD!* its the picture of him with the HUGE alligator over his shoulders that got me to click!!!
    OMG when he explained coming back & said "if these 4 walls could talk.... I get it .... I really get it son♥️
    You are a real one

  • @hatimnaji9589
    @hatimnaji9589 2 года назад +5

    The way he talked about his father ... I felt that brother.. God bless u

  • @AbzentMinded
    @AbzentMinded 2 года назад

    I just came back 2 days ago from a 10 day vacation with my brother, father, and grandfather. We suspect it may be our last vacation together, and we did this tour as part of our journey. I am an old school wrestling fan, yet had never watched an NXT program before, so I had no idea who he was, and seeing this episode published just months before meeting him, I am feeling pretty cool about this adventure, but wish I got an autograph LoL. ZZ was extremely personable, knowledgeable, and passionate about his position. Props to him for carrying on the family legacy and I wish him, his family, and his tour all the best. Thanks ZZ for a memorable experience!

  • @BMarie774
    @BMarie774 11 месяцев назад

    Prayers for Diana and Diego and ZZ. Beautiful family. They all deserve so much happiness.

  • @kv01010
    @kv01010 2 года назад +4

    I love this guy.. Seems genuine as hell, and like a fun, awesome dude to kick it with.. Calling him a "Pro WWE Wrestler" is a very exaggerated phrase, to anyone WHO KNOWS.. LOL!! Now with that said, I'm a 33 year student of the game, and he HAD SOMETHING!! On Tough Enough, they decided to make him the one the coaches picked on, and the person they made a point to illustrate to the audience that, "NOT EVERYONE CAN DO THIS!!" They used him to make a statement with the show, and the "WE THINK IT'S FAKE" or "THEY DON'T GET HURT, IT'S NOT TOUGH" Audience.. But ol' ZZ didn't do himself ANY FAVORS on that show either.. But with that said, he had great charisma, something about him, and with the right coaching, and taking out the "Boot Camp" aspect of the Tough Enough show, and actually teaching him ring shape, psychology, how to cut promos/talk with a delivery/verbiage/& cadence that fit his gimmick, while also learning more respect for the business, would of done him a WORLD OF GOOD, I believe!! Because that's REAL Coaching in Pro Wrestling!! Not Boot Camp Bullshit, they do for TV.. I get that you need to be in shape, show athletics and train it, but anyone who knows "Tough Enough" knows that they try to BREAK YOU!! I wish he would of stuck with it after WWE, got on the Indies, got mentored by a veteran who could show him the stuff I typed earlier and help him get in shape.. Cause I do think he could of done something with it.. But oh well, to each their own, and by the way he was kinda bullied around in WWE and made as a joke, I could see where it may of scared him off from the business, especially after he figured that he lost his job at the place he could make BIG MONEY at

  • @RFNOFFICIAL
    @RFNOFFICIAL 2 года назад +48

    He was our favorite part of of that years Tough Enough and it’s sad that you could see he loved the sport and the passion was there but he was there to be made fun of and made to look stupid so the big muscular guy they clearly wanted to win would win, I’m glad to see he’s doing good and what he loves.

    • @ryanjohansson8950
      @ryanjohansson8950 2 года назад +6

      You clearly never watched the show.

    • @Johnny_Cole._.
      @Johnny_Cole._. 2 года назад +2

      Lol that wasn't the case at all. I think you might wanna rewatch the show...

    • @DrewB2400
      @DrewB2400 2 года назад +3

      He was awful and would have been immediately sent home if the fans didn't continuously vote for him for no reason

  • @khalilahd.
    @khalilahd. 2 года назад +12

    Wow talk about a life story. This just goes to show you that even after retirement you can do anything you set your heart out to do 👏🏽

    • @andrewjones575
      @andrewjones575 2 года назад +2

      Like become a top model or a billionaire business owner?

  • @singahsung712
    @singahsung712 2 года назад

    Went to school with this guy he is genuinely a good guy he lifts the mood wherever he goes glad to see him getting some recognition well done sir

  • @Gluvkgluvk
    @Gluvkgluvk 2 года назад +1

    The gator in the thumbnail has a bullet hole 😂 it’s so confusing when you read the title then look at the thumbnail

  • @ObliviousBenson
    @ObliviousBenson 2 года назад +15

    I love ZZ so much. I remember him from Tough Enough and his WWE time was well-documented. This dude is fkng incredible. He would have been fantastic in wrestling but my God if he isn't changing those kids lives and lookin' like he's having a blast back home doing those tours. He's like if Waterboy was a Zoologist (this is a huge compliment imo, not intended to seem mean, but it's sweet how he went back to take care of his mom). I hope ZZ's dreams come true and he stays happy. Hell yah dude.

  • @boywonderwonder1802
    @boywonderwonder1802 2 года назад +35

    I definitely voted for him in “tough enough” that was like 10 years ago time flies 😂

    • @kyletobin1246
      @kyletobin1246 2 года назад +1

      I Knowwwww right???? Doesn't even seem close to a decade passing since Tough enough.

    • @boywonderwonder1802
      @boywonderwonder1802 2 года назад

      @@kyletobin1246 yea even though I typed it being 10 years ago It didn’t really hit me until I read your comment

  • @bahbaroni9955
    @bahbaroni9955 2 года назад +5

    Remember this guy from 2015. So loveable. Glad he's doing great

  • @reggaemortis4117
    @reggaemortis4117 2 года назад +8

    I always wondered what happened to him. Good for him man, he's happy living his best life. I would be so down for a swamp tour.

  • @unbrokendeathcampaign1742
    @unbrokendeathcampaign1742 2 года назад +3

    Hope this dude and all the others in the cajun area, bayou, keep it the way it has been for generations, never stop what you are doing! teach and raise future swamp tour guiders, gator hunters, etc going. Keep the culture alive always

  • @therealjd1503
    @therealjd1503 2 года назад +23

    This guy is awesome. I hope that it all works out for him and his family.

  • @tyronealaka6537
    @tyronealaka6537 2 года назад +8

    Respect to him he said people from the outside going to say these is a peace of crap but he loves it and makes him happy god bless him

  • @nickJd95
    @nickJd95 2 года назад +5

    So glad seeing ZZ being an entrepreneur man. I remember watching him on tough enough and everybody loved him and we were rooting for him. Just glad to see that he had another passion and turned it into something special.

  • @rhysmuscle2329
    @rhysmuscle2329 2 года назад

    I have only just met this guy through his video here but I can honestly say I already love his outlook on life and just his amazing personality what a great family orientated man keep it up amazing guy

  • @imtoni4
    @imtoni4 2 года назад

    5:31 his yell I died💀😭🤣🤣 this dude has
    Amazing personality!

  • @ayoitzgrillo
    @ayoitzgrillo 2 года назад +7

    Give this man his own show he’s full of charisma.

  • @tech1238
    @tech1238 2 года назад +20

    He’s living his best life 😀

  • @pumpkinchow
    @pumpkinchow 2 года назад +12

    I’ve wrestled gators but now I train giant monitor lizards and their babies so people can have pet dinosaurs 🦖. Check them out some time. I’m one of a handful of people in the world that had success being able to get them to have babies. Vice you guys are awesome🤘🏻 and I love your animal episodes so please do more like this or do one on me 🤷‍♂️

  • @jamall7003
    @jamall7003 2 года назад +12

    I'm so glad he's doing just fine. When I saw him on NXT I was really looking forward to seeing him be big in WWE with that gator roll and seeing him now in his home I see he's already made it big.

  • @calvinyoung4002
    @calvinyoung4002 2 года назад +3

    ZZ always seemed like a good guy when he was on WWE. I truly wish him and his family all the best.

  • @thaigei3538
    @thaigei3538 2 года назад +9

    I remember him on tough enough. Glad to see he’s doing well

  • @nimmmaina7479
    @nimmmaina7479 2 года назад +24

    People were shitty to him on tough enough and I'm happy his life turned out great. Genuinely good dude.

  • @roberttrainor5063
    @roberttrainor5063 2 года назад +28

    Yes Vice, these are the kind of stories we want and need ! keep up the great work !

  • @beehappy9918
    @beehappy9918 2 года назад +2

    It’s refreshing to see someone working hard to keep their family dream alive, especially in these times. He seems like a really good guy. I wish him nothing but the best!

  • @Swanselm
    @Swanselm 11 месяцев назад

    What a beautiful human being and experience he’s had. He went back for his family❤

  • @3aficionados
    @3aficionados 2 года назад +14

    What a likeable and good guy. Thank you for sharing this story ❤️

  • @lilgoat4257
    @lilgoat4257 2 года назад +8

    This was a fun video to watch he got a lot of personality

  • @louise7131
    @louise7131 2 года назад +8

    What a genuine amazing man. This was great to watch and make's me want to learn more about the area and culture.

  • @liamihakakirk2169
    @liamihakakirk2169 2 года назад

    That’s so cool man keep that tradition alive you making people happy by seeing this for real

  • @persiandiamond1611
    @persiandiamond1611 Год назад

    Oh I'm so sad to hear his mama Diana is not well. I sure have the utmost respect for this amazing true Cajun family. Hope Diana gets better

  • @jasonrivera8902
    @jasonrivera8902 2 года назад +9

    Glad he’s doing well and seems legitimately happy

  • @michaelmcphee2006
    @michaelmcphee2006 2 года назад +4

    Nice to see ZZ doing well. It became clear WWE lifestyle wasn't going to be for him pretty quickly, but he was easily the most interesting personality on that season of Tough Enough

  • @blive720
    @blive720 2 года назад +7

    Glad to see zz is doing well

  • @dansactive756
    @dansactive756 2 года назад

    First time I’ve heard of him but seems like a real genuine guy. Props to you my bro

  • @joshx022
    @joshx022 2 года назад

    Oh wow i remember him from tough enough. Was rooting for him, he reminded me of some of the 80s greats.

  • @espada9000
    @espada9000 2 года назад +4

    One thing for sure, that small town of his needs a major upgrade big time with better houses and buildings alike.

    • @tonywasikhongo7510
      @tonywasikhongo7510 2 года назад

      nah, wouldn't be as authentic as it is

    • @espada9000
      @espada9000 2 года назад +1

      @@tonywasikhongo7510 How so? Can't stay like that forever as technology evolves for years to come.

  • @Dubyea
    @Dubyea 2 года назад +8

    He seems like such a nice guy, he would give his life to help someone who was in danger on his tour

  • @tapang1708
    @tapang1708 2 года назад +4

    Wow seems like a really genuine guy, much respect and blessings ZZ 🙏🏾

  • @BMarie774
    @BMarie774 11 месяцев назад +1

    Everyone’s like “I remember him from Tough Enough, but I remember watching him on Wife Swap!

  • @motomike007-1
    @motomike007-1 2 года назад +1

    How can anyone not root for this man and his family to have success. Great energy and love the effort in keeping his heritage alive!!!!!

  • @quotesinquotes
    @quotesinquotes 2 года назад +3

    Zamariah Loupe - 09:59
    "If you're an electrician you're gonna get shocked. If you're a carpenter you're gonna get some splinters.''
    Every profession come with its risks. The greatest risk in life is not taking risks at all. The reward have to always outweighs the risk.

  • @ibrahimkhalif83
    @ibrahimkhalif83 2 года назад +8

    I remember when ZZ was on Tough Enough.
    I was pulling for him. He had a genuine gimmick. I think had he gotten his cardio up he could’ve been a great wrestler.

  • @floppydriskdive
    @floppydriskdive 2 года назад +4

    ZZ is back hell yeah

  • @79TROUBLESHOOTER
    @79TROUBLESHOOTER 2 года назад

    I remember this dude from WWE 'Tough Enough' - A genuine one-off character and nice human being. I hope he has years of success in doing what he loves 🐊👍

  • @deiyion
    @deiyion 2 года назад

    ZZ was one of my favorites during his year of Tough Enough. Nice to see him randomly pop up again

  • @TrollBot.
    @TrollBot. 2 года назад +4

    I like his accent lol He seem like a genuinely nice person and thats cool.

  • @horrormusic1980
    @horrormusic1980 2 года назад +7

    I remember watching ZZ on Tough Enough years ago. I was rooting for him to win. People are easily forgotten in the WWE after a certain amount of time. I thought he was the perfect wrestling character. WWE were really hard on him. Fast forward to now & there's a wrestler by the name of Von Wagner. I legitimately thought he was ZZ when I saw him debut but it's not the same guy.

  • @Olxyinka
    @Olxyinka 2 года назад +5

    This man Issa beast

  • @JeremyStCyrSlots
    @JeremyStCyrSlots 2 года назад +1

    Only remember a little about him, and i remember just a little from tough enough, but this dude seems like a awesome person, and good to see he found something he likes after wrestling, and he's doing good!

  • @zachdavis6272
    @zachdavis6272 2 года назад +1

    Love his reverence and respect for his heritage.

  • @brixalpha
    @brixalpha 2 года назад +12

    ZZ was a gator trainer tried a career in pro wrestling didn't quite make it then went home. It's not like he had an established career in wrestling. He was a contestant on tough enough

    • @elvisnamikaze3464
      @elvisnamikaze3464 2 года назад +1

      Thank you I didn't know who he was until now

    • @undefined7141
      @undefined7141 2 года назад +3

      He’s also far from a bad ass, my homies in class #267 are much more accomplished, and actually dangerous. #LLTB

    • @brixalpha
      @brixalpha 2 года назад +2

      @@elvisnamikaze3464 I know, he is pretty obscure when it comes to pro wrestling, he had the look and gimmick but struggled a lot when it was time to put in the work. Pro wrestling is a grind when it comes to professions.

    • @andrewjones575
      @andrewjones575 2 года назад +4

      Did he pay Vice to make this promotional video?

  • @slxmpschema
    @slxmpschema 2 года назад +4

    I hope WWE see's this and helps him anyway they can. I feel as though a lot of guys in WWE's developmental program get bullied if they aren't cookie cutter body builders.

    • @lobokujo7825
      @lobokujo7825 2 года назад +1

      That company is ran by shady shitheads that see no problems with taking blood money.
      Dont expect kindness from entities like that.
      Onky reason places like the E are ever going to do anything "kind" os for superficial marketing purposes at best,
      Or ways that they can scam or profit from the gullible at worst.

  • @Pastyovercoat
    @Pastyovercoat 2 года назад +5

    This is a good story to distract me from current world events.

  • @AnyfinGoes
    @AnyfinGoes 2 года назад

    I watched ZZ on Tough Enough back in the day. He always seemed to love his home, community, culture, and family. I'm glad to see he's still happy and doing what he loves.

  • @wynn_taylor
    @wynn_taylor Год назад

    When I was in Louisiana I went to ZZ's swamp tour after seeing this episode. He's exactly the same as he is in the video and I had a great time