Deonna Purrazzo & Steve Maclin on Giving Back | Boots to Boots & "I Built the Freaking Table" — BTT Conversations Friday 11/13/26

Mikey P welcomes Deonna Purrazzo and Steve Maclin, married since November 2022, who host the veterans-and-first-responders podcast Boots to Boots. Steve, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, explains what the Marines taught him about the "hurry up and wait" of pro wrestling, why the show is about the uncomfortable conversations of changing boots, and how his 2021 WWE release became the moment he decided to show people who he really is. Deonna explains why she's "the reins of the operation" and Steve is "the pretty face," and how conversations about PTSD on Boots to Boots have brought them closer.

The middle of the episode is about giving back: Battle for the Brave for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation in June, and JTown SmackDown at Jefferson Township High School, Deonna's alma mater, on Friday, Nov. 13, benefiting the school's athletic department and the Jefferson Township Educational Fund. Steve looks back on his street fight with Adam Copeland at Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling's Northern Rising in Toronto.

The back half is women's wrestling. Deonna credits her circle, including Chelsea Green (whose WWE Women's Championship reign ended at Crown Jewel on Nov. 7, after this was recorded) and Britt Baker, for constantly reinventing themselves, says the next step is more women in power positions behind the scenes, and cuts the promo she'd cut today: going home to Ring of Honor as the inaugural ROH Women's Pure Champion. Opinions are the guests' own.

Host: Mikey P (@MP2310). Guests: Deonna Purrazzo (@DeonnaPurrazzo) and Steve Maclin (@SteveMaclin). More from BTT Studios: bttstudios.tv

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