Man Like DeReiss Speaks On His New Friendship With Four Elders

Man Like DeReiss Found a couple new friends during WrestleMania week while on his way to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Over WrestleMania week, Man Like DeReiss and a few elderly women went viral after the pro-wrestler and the three unknowing women sparked a friendship on a plane ride to the U.S. after helping one of the women get their seat to move forward.

It was there, when the women sparked up a conversation with DeReiss and the rest is history. The four women named Lynn Crawford, 71, Susie Matthews, 73, Rose Sulley, 74, and Christine Goodwin, 80 who have all been friends for 40 years, were actually traveling to Vegas to scatter the ashes of Rose’s late husband, Pete.

Man Like DeReiss ends up inviting them to come watch him wrestle in Vegas and of course, they attended the event. After getting home from Vegas, DeReiss used social media to find the four women and regain contact with them, now inviting them to come to another wrestling show in London. Today, they were all interviewed together on BBC Breakfast.

A group of grandmothers have formed an unlikely friendship with a pro wrestler during an emotional trip to Las Vegas to scatter a late husband's ashes.

Lynn Crawford, Susie Matthews and Rose Sulley told #BBCBreakfast how they began speaking to pro wrestler Man Like DeReiss on a… pic.twitter.com/l3dNkE9oHQ

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DeReiss says he hopes to inspire others to spark up a conversation with strangers, because it could lead to a great friendship.