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And man, am I excited today to have this man with me? He's no stranger to Truth Talk Live, to. To it's time to man up or to QA, and that is Bill Turner. Bill, welcome back. Thank you for having me again, Nick.
Well, it's always a pleasure to have you. And you're down there. We're going to give you an opportunity to just give a quick introduction down there from where you hail from or where you're living and just give a quick backdrop for our listeners. Uh, I live in Aiken, South Carolina. I've been a huge fan of um You ever since you started wrestling, and was blessed to meet you a few years back and.
I got to attend Man Camp and I'm actually an on-air personality for a local Christian radio station down here in Aiken. And what is that station, just in case our listeners want to check it out or tune in? What is that station? This is WUCC 99.9 FM, and we are all over the web, Facebook. you know, worldwide whip.
Um, you can just Type in them letters, the call letters, and it'll go right to it. W U C C, did you say 99.9, 99.7? 99.9. 99.9. That's what I thought.
They're out of Aiken, South Carolina. And of course, I've been down there and. Visited with you in the past and been on your show, and people could probably already tell you definitely have a radio voice, Bill. And I appreciate that. I apologize.
I'm a little bit deeper than I normally am because of uh seasonal sinus issues.
So Well, it is it it it uh depending on the time of year it is, right, that can certainly certainly factor into our Our health and our wellness. That's without question.
So, well, you mentioned too, you mentioned Man Camp, which, of course, we, you know, we have We have journeyed that together and just in our relationship in general, you've helped sponsor, host some events down there in Aiken in the past, and it's been fun to just build a relationship with you and your lovely bride, Dana, as well. And now you're currently. Not working, right? You didn't mention work, but you're currently you know, you mentioned on radio, but you're currently uh you know, personality, but what do you what is your what is your day job, so to speak? I work for a uh Um A local manufacturer.
Down here in Aiken, and in July, I had a work-related accident, and I've been out of work. Uh ever since. I um I busted my neck pretty good. I came up in an area.
Now I didn't know a hunking bottle was Was hanging low. I had a bump cap on, and it jammed my neck pretty severely. And so, is it a process of rehab, like you're going through physical therapy, rehabilitation? How do they treat that? I've been going through physical therapy twice a week.
I'm trying to avoid surgery at all costs, and they're allowed me to try therapy first. I go back to the doctor on December 16th and we're going to decide if, um if therapy is working or I need to go ahead and 'Cause I I have a ruptured disc, um One of my bits are ruptured and the other two are bulging. Um, so they they won't go in and fix that, of course. That's the base of the neck? Yes, yes.
Yeah, I know all about that. You know, 33 years ago. I had a diagnosis. They said, 33 years ago, they said, you're 33 and you have the neck of a 55-year-old man. And you have you have you have uh bone spurring, you have arthritis, you have a deteriorating disc.
And I'm like, yay. And and for the record, it was not career ending, um, but they said that, you know, the longer you wrestle, the higher risk. you know, you may take a more serious, more permanent injury.
So I totally understand that.
So now, now on that note, so you're home, you're rehabilitating, gives you a lot more time at home. I know you and I were talking yesterday and the discussion came up about being at home more often and around your lovely bride. And that's a change for you guys, right? Because, you know, you're off to work a number of hours a day, but now all of a sudden you're home all the time. And sometimes for some couples, that can present some challenges, right?
Especially if you're not used to that. Would that be fair to say? Yes, um we've uh I've been blessed to be married to her for thirty years and the whole A whole marriage. She's been married to a shift worker.
So. you know Luckily, um she's a very independent woman.
So as I'm working, you know, nights and day shift. Um She handled you know, she handled the household. She uh entertained herself, so to speak. And And I don't wanna say she didn't need a man, of course, but, um She, you know, she didn't need me around, you know, all the time. And then when I was off, we would.
it was pretty much, you know, Be a Hey, he's back and, you know, we would have Fun, so to speak.
So, our marriage has been very good and very blessed. We Very seldom have any arguments, you know, because of shift work.
Well, now. Pass. Seven months or so. I've been around her 24/7. That would be different.
Right? Yes. You know, because I've always told people Yeah. I'm real good in small doses. You know, everybody loves me in small doses.
Um, when you're when you're around me a lot, I do have a tendency to get on one's nerves. Um, And it's because I got a you know, I have a strong personality and, um, I love talking and you know, sometimes, you know, especially if you used to have half your life being uh quiet, you know, when someone invades that quietness. Um Yeah you know, tempers don't you know, I'm not going to say tempers flare, but she, you know, she always stopped what she's doing and, you know, looked directly at me. And So I can assume she's paying attention to me. And, you know, she'll let me say what I have to say and then she'll go back doing what she's doing.
So it's been fun. uh getting to know each other in this way and we laugh about it and um we've always practiced communication. Because I've always felt communication is the key to anything, and so we We talk it out, so it's been, you know, funny and I'll you know I'll say oh you know, Will Is Me just to get her reaction and So it's been a lot of fun. And it it has it's you know, I do give her her own space when I see that she needs it.
So is give and take on both sides. She realizes that I'm so excited to be around her now, you know, like I'm, you know, retired and So she gives me some grace and I give her some quiet time.
Now, has the so has the injury in a sense forced you into retirement? Or at some point, do you think you may try to go back to work? And I'm glad you defined shift work because there may be some out there who didn't know what that was, but that's where you might work a night shift sometimes or you might work a day shift sometimes.
So that is quite an adjustment, not only for her, but even for you, just your body, your sleep patterns, everything, right?
So, yeah, because I would, I would, my job requires me to go, you know, night shift one week, day shift next. Yeah.
So week, I'm changing.
So will you will you go I was just gonna say so will you eventually try to go back to work just depending on what happens with the neck? Yeah, I would like to, uh I was hoping to, you know, of course, work to 65. I'm going on 62 now. Um but If um if I can get If I can get one more y year in, we'll financially we'll be okay.
So I'm I'm trying my best to get back out on the on the floor for another year and then um Then s reevaluate and see, you know, physically if I'm um if I'm good, I'll keep on. If if I see it's taking a toll on my body again, I'll I'll retire.
Well, I would say, you know, not not to not to uh Uh Throw any punches here, but you know, I would say whether you did or didn't, financially, you're going to be okay because I know who you know. You know, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and the Prince of Peace, who provides all of our needs.
So, I get it. I understand the, you know, hey, we just, we would be, you know, maybe more comfortable financially if I get that extra year in. But at the end of the day, you and I both know who provides all of our needs anyway. And I know you know that, but absolutely. Just want to, for our listeners out there, just want to make that statement for our listeners who, you know, maybe struggling financially and think, how am I going to make it?
And if you know the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, I can tell you how. If he provides for the birds of the air, he's going to provide for you.
So there you go. Absolutely. And you know, we've got um a couple of things in the works and And that's really what that I'm trying to work another year so we can actually prep for. Our next adventure, so to speak. Your next season of life, right?
Right. And it really doesn't have anything to do with. um like money like money, household money, it's more or less Uh sitting up. You know, like we're talking about another business, so we're good. We have to set up the LLC, and that's basically what we're getting at.
Well, I mean, God has taken care of me since I came back to Christ. Since the beginning of time, right? He takes care of his sons and daughters.
Well, congratulations on 30 years of marriage as well. And on that note, you know, you hit on something. Communication is key, you know, whether it's in marriage or in the workspace or wherever you're at. And, you know, part of our discussion yesterday, the discussion came up, brought the five love languages by Gary Chapman, that book. And if for our listeners out there, if you've never read that, I would really, and especially if you're married and on top of that, have children, it'd be a great book for you to read because it's going to help you gain insight as to, you know, hey, what is your spouse's love language?
What are your children's love languages? And You know, Gary boils it down to five acts of service and gift giving, physical touch, words of affirmation, and the fifth one's slipping me right, slipping my mind right now, but unless you know it, Bill. But.
So we were talking, you know, and most of the time, it's very rare that both husband and wife have the same love language. And typically, one is primary. That's how Gary states it.
Now, ideally, in a perfect world, you know, it's like, yeah, you can tap into all five of those, like, enjoy giving gifts and giving words of affirmation and acts of service for other people. But usually, it's a primary. And I know I was, you and I were going back and forth. I'm like, okay, but like, okay, yours is physical touch, but what's hers? And so, anyway, go ahead.
I shared our conversation with her, and she said, Oh, my God, y'all got me confused now.
So, I have her all confused.
Well, no, let me clear up the confusion because if hers is acts of service, let's just say, you know, for example. Then that simply means she loves doing things for other people. That's what acts of service is, right? Just, hey, let me do this for you. Let me do that.
You know, whether it's a spouse or children or friend or coworker or whoever, it's just you really enjoy doing things for other people.
Now, I know some, like I have some friends who gift giving. Is their act of service? In fact, I'm thinking of a couple right now. The wife was all excited, brought this gift home. For her husband, and who this couple shall remain nameless, but they're dear friends of mine.
She was all excited, and he just kind of looked at the gift. He you know, he had rhapsodies, like, oh, nice, thank you. And she's like, yeah, and she's like, that's it? And he's like, yeah, thanks for the gift. And I mean, she was like bummed.
She's like, wait a minute, I went to all this effort. You know, go out of my way. To get this gift for you, and was so excited to give it to you, and all I get is a, oh, that's nice.
So, so apparently, Gift giving is not his love language. Right, exactly. But it's hers. We have a. We have a tendency to um Act out I love language.
Don't on other like mine's physical touch, so in my mind You know, she wants me to, you know, touch her, hold her hands, you know, you know, stuff like that. Yeah, yeah. Um, she said, No, you know, I want you to do the You know, the acts of service, and then we can hold hands and stuff like that. You got to earn it, Bill. I'm going to have a talk with Dana next time I'm in town because look, she Dana, when you listen to this podcast, listen, you need to reinforce his love language, not put stipulations on it, Dana.
I'm just saying, I love you guys. I love you, Dana, but you can't put stipulates. That's like saying, well, I'll give you sex as long as you do this, this, this, this, and this.
Okay, maybe it's not an equal comparison, but, but truthfully, Bill, like for real, I'm not saying Dana does, don't get me wrong, but some women, some women, they use that as a bargaining chip. Hey, if you want sex, then you need to do this, this, this, this, that. Have a whole list of honeydews, right? Which is, which is not biblical. Let's just say that for the record.
It's just not. I mean, go read your Bible. I won't give you scripture quotations today. But go read your Bible. But that's not biblical, on either side for the man or the woman, right?
You know, we're to honor our spouses and make ourselves available. But anyway, so I just want to take that time today, you know, just a brief time. We won't, we're not going to delve much further into that other than to. I just thought this would be a great conversation for our listeners out there who, one, maybe aren't familiar with that book, or two, can't figure out why they struggle in their relationship with one another. Because maybe one's trying to do acts of service.
And like the example I gave, it's like, well, that's not really my, you're not really speaking love to me by doing that, right?
So the challenge for all of our listeners out there is if you're married, and even if you're not, if you desire to be married one day, you read that book even just for yourself so you know your own love language, so that then you can then one day have that conversation with a future spouse. And then especially as you have children, I guarantee you, I have four children and they all have different love languages. And you got to figure that out. And it helps to navigate that relationship that much better. What do you do with your spare change?
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That's T-R-A-N-O-N-T.com slash Koloff to learn more. I will say one thing. If you. you do go get the book and you and your spouse or you sit down. Um Again, communication.
You both got to be honest about your love language and then. you gotta practice What you preach. If you read the book and talk about your love languages and then do nothing. And and that includes Just you doing it. You know, if you're if you do it for your spouse and the spouse does not return it, well, so what?
You keep doing it. Keep doing it. That's good. Eventually. Yeah.
Eventually, you know, they'll come around, of course.
Some people, like your husband or your wife, might not have been raised Like that. Right. Where they, you know, they have open communication in the marriage.
So very important to do that and work on it. I mean, you've got to put the work in. Great, great, great words of advice, Bill, for real, for all of our listeners. Great words of advice. And at the very core of it all, in any relationship, in any relationship, you hit on it is communication.
So wonderful.
Well, Bill, it is QA with Koloff, and I do want to give you the opportunity to throw a couple questions my way. And before we run out of time, so what and I have no clue what you're going to ask today, Bill. You always like to throw me some zingers, but what you got for me today? Oh, uh it's um more or less work related. I I uh I like watching um the old NWA you know, videos that they have online.
Old school stuff, yeah. Really, yep. I just really enjoy that. And I watched a uh match with uh It was you and Avan against the Rogue Warriors and um I I can never remember the the extra fella y'all had. Um Well, we had Krusher Khrushchev.
Krushchev. Krushchev. Okay. He he came in to um assist y'all there at the end and It was one of the times where you wrapped a chain around. I think it was Animal this time.
So it was a double chain match. I guess you're right. Yeah, it was one of the ones that you slung him over the top rope, you know, he was on his tiptoes. Double chain mansion. Yep.
Yes, sir. Um enjoyed that. And I know um he didn't. Right. I know you have a friend.
Animal didn't enjoy it, but keep going. Yeah, I know we all were friends. I just um How did he react to that? How was his reaction? Like, you know, God almighty almost killed me.
Or, you know, well, so you know, people don't understand, like, those chains are real chains. Let's just start with that. They're real chains. And, of course, whether we wrap it around a guy's neck or wrap it, like, sometimes they'd wrap it through my mouth. And uh I so I'd be on the receiving end of it, not the giving end of it.
And once I retired, I spent time, true story, I spent time at the dentist getting all the chips. My teeth fixed from those chain matches. And well, and this and then, you know, you wrap it around your fist to throw a punch or something. I'd wrap it around my arm.
Well, you know, certain, you know, the links of the chain can fly here, there, and everywhere. You can only control it so much. And in that particular spot where I'd wrap it around the neck and then run them and throw them over the top rope, like, you know, like I'm hanging them, which essentially I am. But, you know, the goal is to work that to where you're not. You know, trying, you know, not trying to kill them, but you know, just make it look like you are, right?
So that's the objective. And fortunately, with the animal, Nothing ever nothing ever uh got you know got the and and and he you know, that's a part of the Part of the match.
So, you know, he knows that's going to happen. At some point, there's probably coming or whatever.
So he's good with it. But I will give you a little quick side story. Wrestling Sting in Chicago in a chain match one time where I threw him over the top rope. And the key, Bill, is to get. Get your fingers in between your neck and the chain to make sure it doesn't cinch up and cut you off from breathing.
Well, I didn't know, but it was so tight around Sting's neck, he couldn't get his fingers in between. And I'm hanging him, and he's like gasping for breath. And I'm like, wow, look at I go, wow, he's doing a really good job selling what we called selling this, right? And I'm looking at the fans, I'm all mad, you know. And he would later tell me what had happened.
He goes, I was probably 30 seconds from passing out, like from lack of ability to breathe. I'm like, bro, I am so sorry. I had no idea. I just thought you were really selling it great, right?
So, but yeah, so you know, stuff can happen. And not at least in my matches, I would say not intentional, but. But things could happen. But yeah, those chain matches against the Road Warriors, I mean, they were physical without the chains. With the chains, I think they were more dangerous than me, Bill.
Right, okay. Gotcha. Yeah, but fond memories though, for real. Fond memories against Mike and Joe, and you know, God rest their soul. They're both walking streets of gold with Jesus now and no longer with us.
But I'm thankful. I got to just tell you this real quick, and we'll move on to your last question.
So I got to really witness to the two of those guys after I gave my life to Christ. My first book I wrote was called Breaking the Chains: A Handbook to Christian Living. I'm going to get that back in print. This is going to put the pressure on me now talking about it today. I'm going to get that book back in print.
I gave each one of the, I gave the whole dressing room, about 25 wrestlers, that book one time in New Mexico. Animal read it in the locker room. Like literally from cover to cover. In the locker room before the matches. And then it was only about a week or so later when he flew back to Minneapolis that his family was invited to a power team event at a church and he gave his life to Christ.
And then I invited him to a conference in Arizona called Athletes International Ministries. He asked if Hawk could come. And I'm like, no.
Now, for those who don't know, Hawk was a top-line partier. And he always made note that nobody's going to put him, you know, out party him.
So I knew his lifestyle.
So when Joe said, Can can I invite Mike? And I'm like.
Well, Joe, it's a Christian conference. He goes, Yeah, I feel like I'm supposed to invite him, and I'm like, Yeah, for real, invited.
So he called me back a few hours later and goes, he said he wants to come. I'm like, for real. For real? And he's like, yeah. I go, man, let me call Pastor Larry.
So I call Pastor Larry Karachuk out in Arizona and tell him, and he gets it all set up for him. And I rush there. You know, once we finally get out there, I'm like, I find Larry, I'm like, Larry, have you seen the Road Warriors yet? Because I still wasn't convinced they were, you know, maybe Joe would show it, but I wasn't convinced Mike would.
Well, Mike did show. Uh as did Joe. And a pastor out of Georgia, Free Chapel, Jensen Franklin. Yeah, Jensen Franklin. He was the keynote speaker that night.
Hawk was the first one to the altar. And then that weekend, we baptized him there at the swimming pool at the resort. And then for a year and a half prior to his passing, I brought him on the road with me, was discipling and mentoring him on the road. It was amazing, amazing time. You know, just a year and a half prior to his passing.
So, all right, we got time for one more question here, Bill, if you've got another one for me. Um About your ministry. I've told you this before, but the integrity of your ministry is. it's top knots one hundred percent. Um Thank you, sir.
I was just so blessed. I mean, 'cause the first time I met you, I kind of was side-eyed a little bit. Sure. I wanted to make sure because, you know, you never know. And I know how I felt about you, and I was hoping you would be a true man of God.
when I met you and saw, you know, everything that you were doing and um it just impressed me and And I was, you know, thankful to God that you were a true man of God and you believed in keeping. Are you ministry pure and Um, I love the fact that you, you know, you you Mm. really care for men and And men can become godly men. Right. And.
And it's really not a question, it's more of a statement. We, my man's fellowship. Several of the men at my church have gone through man camp, and we're just going after men right now because, you know. Every church has it, I'm sure, but we have the. The women that come to church by themselves, they've been hurt by men that don't know how to be godly man, then we have the women that are married.
And it's them by the self at church 'cause they're married to a man that don't they just don't know how to be God but man.
So Um simply because of your ministry We're gonna uh jump on our men at our church to make them better. Godly man for you know their future marriages and their current marriages, you know what I'm saying?
So Um I just want to say we appreciate you so much and your ministry and how you have helped me personally. in my walk and in my marriage and We're going to keep it going, brother. And I just wanted you to know that.
Well, and I appreciate it, Bill. And I'm very encouraged by that, honestly, because when Lex Luger and I had the vision for Man Camp, part of our goal, part of our hope was that we'll empower and equip Men like yourself, and certainly for your own home, within your own home, but also within your community, your church community, you're out in the marketplace, and that you would put into action. We were talking about earlier with the five love languages, put into action what you learn at camp. And you certainly have, and I know a number of the guys down there have, you know, from Pastor Paul Babb, who, who, you know, is a camp alumni, and Neil Broach. I mean, I just go down a list of guys, James Holsenbach.
I mean, several of the guys, I know there's going to be some I'm forgetting. I thought we had a father and son come who was a Jog my memory here. Wendell. Yeah, Wendell and his son. Trying to remember the son's name now.
Forgive me, Wendell. But anyway, we had father and son that have attended, and so. It's great to hear that you guys are challenging the men who haven't been to man camp. Challenging them to man up. And that's what, really, that's what it's all about, to be godly men.
Because I think you said it. I believe you said it. I'm giving you the credit for it because. We we We look at, we want to be, you know, in your mind, you want to be a good boyfriend, a good fiancé, and a good husband. Um, and we shouldn't look like that.
We should be We should be looking to be a husband, a godly husband, And the same goes to, you know, for the woman. she doesn't need to be you know, I want to be a good girlfriend or I want to be a good fiance. No, you your wife And you need to think of yourself as I'm going to be a godly wife. Um that's good. That's good.
That's what we're trying to build because we're going to take it from teaching they don't know how to tie a tie. you know Um Laundry, you know, the whole gambit. Just ba the basics of life, right? The basics of life. What's the church down there that Pastor Paul refreshed my memory on that?
Pastor Paul, what's the church down there? Pastor Paul is C S R A. Worship center. CSRA worship center. CSRA worship center, and that's right in Aiken.
No, that's in actually North Augusta. His church is in North Augusta. In North Augusta, South Carolina. And if you want more information, you hear us talking about the man camp. Maybe you've never heard about it or familiar with it, go to mancamp.info.
Man, camp. Dot info. Bill Turner on QA with Koloff today. Bill, thank you for being a part of the show. I appreciate you letting me be.
And God bless you, brother. And I hope to see you soon. All right, bless you as well. And for all you out there in listening, land, thank you for tuning in to another episode of QA McColoff. Go out today and have a God-filled of a God-blessed day.
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