On this edition of Reset and Rise to the Unbreakable With Amanda Moore, we welcome the producer of Reset and Rise, "Rad Rob" Rob Francois to the show!
Here's his bio :
Rob Francois was born prematurely at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on May 27th 1976. He weight 3 lbs 6 ounces. He was a miracle baby. His mom was to have twin girls as well but they were both stillborn and didn't survive. When Rob was born, the doctor said that if he survived the night, he'd have a good chance of making it. He was put in an incubator in ICU for several days. He kept staring at the heat lamps so much that the doctor put masking tape over his eyes to protect his vision and that left permanent scars above his eyebrows. Fast forward 6 years and that's when Rob got into bowling.
His mom worked at the former Bradley Bowl in Windsor Locks, CT that used to be a regular stop on the PBA Tour throughout the 60's to the 90's. Both of Rob's parents bowled in leagues there, so it was a natural step for Rob to try it himself. He started in a Youth league where he won High Average. That trend continued winning High Game and High Average awards throughout his Junior league years and was part of several teams that were League Champions. When Rob was 12, the worst thing that ever happened to him as a kid was when his parents had gotten divorced when he was in the 7th grade. His mom and left and was dating someone Rob had grown up with at the bowling alley that was only 7 years his senior.
Rob met his future (and Current) Wife in 1998 when he was 22 years old in an Atlanta Braves Chat Room on AOL. For some reason, he said something funny to catch her attention and they started Instant Messaging each other and on June 8th of that year started a long distance relationship. He visited her in Tennessee that summer and they instantly hit it off. On December 17th, 1998 he proposed to her and she said yes. They continued to see each other when he would fly to TN or she would fly to CT.
In 2000, Rob decided to leave home for the first time and move to Murfreesboro TN. He lived in one side of a shared split house near Middle Tennessee State University and had worked as a Retail Manager. Being a strong Baptist Christian, her parents wouldn't let her go to Rob's apartment so she had to sneak out after work. After a year, Rob was lonely for home and moved back to Connecticut where he lived with his mom, his dad, and a friend from 2001 to 2004.
In 2005 Rob's still fiancee moved to CT and lived with Rob until her parents kinda gave them an ultimatum. If you want to live together, fly down here and get married and we will pay for it. So, they did. On February 12th, 2005 they finally tied the knot after 7 years of an on again and off again relationship. They lived with her parents in Rockvale, TN until they were fortunate to buy a home in Smyrna, Tennessee in 2012. It was there that they decided it was finally time to put their own roots down and try to have a baby. After a miscarrage in November 2017, they tried again and they were able to announce to their family on Christmas of that year that they were going to have a baby again.
On August 16, 2018 they had their first child, a girl and she instantly changed Rob's life. Rob has also been a podcaster and YouTube content creator since 2017. He's had several shows including RTW, RTW Rewind and RTW Main Event wrestling podcasts, Straight Up 5, a bowling show that still releases weekly for the last 5 years, and several other former and current shows, including Reset and Rise.
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