1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:00,960
Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on.

2
00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,000
Speaker 2: It's battle Welcome into the Battleground Podcast real quick. Hey,

3
00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,240
Speaker 2: if you can, can you go follow us on Instagram

4
00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,119
Speaker 2: because we need some more followers, So just search Battleground

5
00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,039
Speaker 2: Pod on Instagram, tap that follow button and be come

6
00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,120
Speaker 2: on friend all right. And also, if you enjoy this

7
00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,439
Speaker 2: interview with Tony Cohn, please make sure you subscribe to

8
00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,680
Speaker 2: the podcast because every week we'll be dropping some episodes

9
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,160
Speaker 2: and leave us a nice little comm interview. It takes

10
00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,040
Speaker 2: you all of I don't know, like a minute, minute

11
00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,720
Speaker 2: and a half or so, so if you can do

12
00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,840
Speaker 2: that, that would be awesome. And we also have a podcast

13
00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,400
Speaker 2: channel too, so just search Battleground Podcast, hit that subscribe

14
00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,120
Speaker 2: button and check out some of our past interviews.

15
00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,280
Speaker 1: You can watch those there. But it is a big

16
00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,040
Speaker 1: week for ae W.

17
00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,080
Speaker 2: This week of course, aw Dynamite, aw Rampage, Ticket Park

18
00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,360
Speaker 2: taking part at Cedar Park, Texas at the AGB Center,

19
00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,640
Speaker 2: which again you can still grab tickets to those shows

20
00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,120
Speaker 2: aw tis dot com and ticketmaster dot com. And then

21
00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,600
Speaker 2: this Saturday we just kind of pedal on over to

22
00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,240
Speaker 2: College Park Center at the University of Texas Arlington and

23
00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,080
Speaker 2: we've got Ring of Honor Final Battle and that's gonna

24
00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,319
Speaker 2: be a big one. Chris Jericho versus Claudia, That's gonna

25
00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,760
Speaker 2: be a hell of a show. And then we're gonna

26
00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,920
Speaker 2: just stay in Texas, all right because next week we've

27
00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,479
Speaker 2: got winter is coming uh in Garland, Texas. So it's

28
00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,400
Speaker 2: gonna be a fun time in Texas for ae W.

29
00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,120
Speaker 2: But without further ado, let's get into the theme song

30
00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,360
Speaker 2: you Love to Sing and as well as the Man

31
00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,120
Speaker 2: of the Hour, Tony Kahan sits down with us to

32
00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,000
Speaker 2: talk all things aw and we also talk about the

33
00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,200
Speaker 2: Titans and Jaguars Game of Someday as well.

34
00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:34,640
Speaker 3: Why from the Parts Unknown Studios into the battle Crowd.

35
00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:43,440
Speaker 4: Battle the battle Bound, the battle Crowd, Welcome to the

36
00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:49,000
Speaker 4: Battleground Podcast, your place for all things pro wrestling. The

37
00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,960
Speaker 4: battle Road, the battle Rowd.

38
00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,360
Speaker 3: Now making their way to the microphone.

39
00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,400
Speaker 4: SEXTI it up for your hosts.

40
00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,920
Speaker 2: Welcome to the Battle crownd.

41
00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:04,520
Speaker 1: What's up you guys?

42
00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,600
Speaker 2: Welcome into iHeartRadio's official wrestling podcast, The Battleground Podcast. Man,

43
00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,799
Speaker 2: it is one hell of a week. I mean, you

44
00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,600
Speaker 2: got so many things going on. You got aw Dynamite

45
00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,400
Speaker 2: on Wednesday, you got Rampage on Friday, you got the

46
00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,840
Speaker 2: Ring of Honor pay per view on Saturday. You've got

47
00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,079
Speaker 2: the Titans in the Jaguars game on Sunday. I don't

48
00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:22,960
Speaker 2: know if this guy ever sleeps, Eli.

49
00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,520
Speaker 5: I don't. I don't even want to look at his calendar.

50
00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,799
Speaker 1: I don't want. I don't think he ever has a

51
00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:29,320
Speaker 1: day off.

52
00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,880
Speaker 2: But joining us on the show today, our special guest

53
00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,280
Speaker 2: Tony Kahan joined us via the phone. Man.

54
00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:35,680
Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on.

55
00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,760
Speaker 3: Thank you Tim, thank you Eli, thank you guys for

56
00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:39,440
Speaker 3: having me on.

57
00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,040
Speaker 1: It's glad to have you back on.

58
00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,840
Speaker 2: I mean, you got a busy week, and of course

59
00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,000
Speaker 2: we'll kind of break down, we'll talk about the Titans

60
00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,800
Speaker 2: Jaguar games. It's coming up this Sunday in Nashville. But

61
00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,720
Speaker 2: I mean, you got a busy week. I'm just kind

62
00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,600
Speaker 2: of looking here at AEW Dynamite, which is in Cedar Park,

63
00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,960
Speaker 2: Texas this Wednesday. I'm just looking at the card we're getting.

64
00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,520
Speaker 2: We're finally getting it claimed. We're getting FTR for the

65
00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:06,320
Speaker 2: tag team titles Wednesday night. You've got Samoa, Joe and

66
00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,520
Speaker 2: Darby Allen going at it. I mean, we're gonna hear

67
00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,080
Speaker 2: from MJF. We're gonna get Jake car Gill and the

68
00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,240
Speaker 2: Batti's going at it. Jamie Hater's finally gonna talk maybe

69
00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,840
Speaker 2: hopefully we'll see I mean talk about this card on

70
00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:19,560
Speaker 2: Wednesday night.

71
00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,880
Speaker 6: Well, there's so many exciting things to see Wednesday night

72
00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:28,079
Speaker 6: on TBS on AW Dynamite, some of the biggest wrestling

73
00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,400
Speaker 6: matches we could possibly put on the show. We've got

74
00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,280
Speaker 6: some of our biggest names in major conflicts with each other,

75
00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,360
Speaker 6: and it's a great time to check out AEW this

76
00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,680
Speaker 6: Wednesday night, Tomorrow night on TBS, and I really think

77
00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,520
Speaker 6: Tomorrow Night's show is just gonna be stacked from top

78
00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,080
Speaker 6: to bottom.

79
00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,040
Speaker 3: There's a lot of big rivalries.

80
00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,680
Speaker 6: That are heating up, and it's a great time to

81
00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,640
Speaker 6: be a wrestling fan. We've been waiting to see these matches.

82
00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,000
Speaker 6: FTR versus the acclaimed two of the top teams in

83
00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,480
Speaker 6: the world, two very popular teams, and they're ready to

84
00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,840
Speaker 6: lock up and find out who's going to be the

85
00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,680
Speaker 6: AW World Tag Team Champions Tomorrow night on TBS.

86
00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,200
Speaker 3: I think that's going to be a great, great match.

87
00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,640
Speaker 2: And it's going to be insane. Me and Eli were

88
00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,840
Speaker 2: talking about that because we were like, when it comes

89
00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,760
Speaker 2: to tag teams, you gotta think we've got to get

90
00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,360
Speaker 2: FTR and in the Acclaim together, and somehow it happened.

91
00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,320
Speaker 1: The pin to paper happened last week and we get

92
00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,160
Speaker 1: it this Wednesday night.

93
00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,640
Speaker 6: Well, we've got these two great teams, and between the

94
00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,479
Speaker 6: two teams they hold four different world tag Team championships.

95
00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,160
Speaker 3: That's how decorated they are.

96
00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,279
Speaker 6: And the fans have been calling for it, and the

97
00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,760
Speaker 6: time is tomorrow night on TBS. Everybody around the world

98
00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,400
Speaker 6: is going to be able to see the Acclaimed versus

99
00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:46,039
Speaker 6: FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. It's part

100
00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,520
Speaker 6: of a stacked card on TBS tomorrow night. The lineup

101
00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,000
Speaker 6: is just loaded seven o'clock Central time there in Nashville,

102
00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:54,360
Speaker 6: eight o'clock Eastern.

103
00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,640
Speaker 3: It's on all over the country, just like.

104
00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,600
Speaker 6: Your show, Tim and real excited for the fans to

105
00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,359
Speaker 6: check this one out. That Tag Team Championship match is

106
00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,920
Speaker 6: a huge match, but it's only one of a handful

107
00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,400
Speaker 6: of huge matches on this big Night of Wrestling TV.

108
00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,000
Speaker 1: Tony, I wanted to.

109
00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,160
Speaker 5: Ask you specifically about they claimed.

110
00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,640
Speaker 3: Do you think do you think them.

111
00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,800
Speaker 5: Aligning with Billy Gunn was really kind of like that

112
00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,200
Speaker 5: was the the you know, silver bullet for them. You know,

113
00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,680
Speaker 5: they kind of they're almost perceived, not really as a

114
00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,880
Speaker 5: comedy act, but almost as just a I don't know

115
00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,880
Speaker 5: when they first kind of got together. I don't know

116
00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,320
Speaker 5: if I would have put them in FTR in the

117
00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,039
Speaker 5: same sentence, but now saying it, it makes complete sense.

118
00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,520
Speaker 5: Do you think them aligning with Billy Gunn was kind

119
00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:41,760
Speaker 5: of the turning point for them or where do you

120
00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,560
Speaker 5: think that this just really it all came together for

121
00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:45,600
Speaker 5: them as a team.

122
00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,479
Speaker 6: Well Acclaim to have only been a tag team for

123
00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:49,239
Speaker 6: a couple of years.

124
00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:52,120
Speaker 3: I mean they've really a team for a few years now.

125
00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,360
Speaker 6: So you know, with a few years under their belt,

126
00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,440
Speaker 6: I think they've done an incredible job because just over

127
00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,800
Speaker 6: two years ago in Jacksonville, well A Claim teamed up

128
00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,840
Speaker 6: for the first time ever on AW Dark and they

129
00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,120
Speaker 6: worked their way up from Dark onto wrestling matches on

130
00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,960
Speaker 6: TV pretty regularly, and they didn't win every single match,

131
00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,039
Speaker 6: but they made a big impression, and I think they

132
00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,880
Speaker 6: have quickly earned a place at the top of tag

133
00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:18,600
Speaker 6: team wrestling.

134
00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,760
Speaker 3: I completely agree with what you said.

135
00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,440
Speaker 6: I might not have put them at the top of

136
00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,279
Speaker 6: the list at the very beginning, but I do think

137
00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,800
Speaker 6: really very quickly. With a guidance of Billy Gunn. He

138
00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,599
Speaker 6: has helped guide them to the top of the sport.

139
00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,960
Speaker 6: Billy's a great mentor for them. He's also very popular.

140
00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:42,040
Speaker 6: I think their popularity was skyrocketing really quickly, and Billy

141
00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,880
Speaker 6: Gunn was clearly the right person at the right time

142
00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,280
Speaker 6: for the Acclaim and it's all just come together quickly.

143
00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,760
Speaker 6: It was the perfect combination of things. And most of all,

144
00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,839
Speaker 6: it was the hard work of Max Caster and Anthony

145
00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,240
Speaker 6: Bowens to become the AW World Tag Team Champions.

146
00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,479
Speaker 5: And it was organic too. I mean it almost reminded

147
00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,200
Speaker 5: me of kind of like DX getting over with the

148
00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,279
Speaker 5: suck At and all that. I mean, it's been a

149
00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,240
Speaker 5: very organic thing with the crowd and the reactions and stuff.

150
00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,080
Speaker 6: What's a great point, he lie, the crowd has really

151
00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,320
Speaker 6: bit into the Acclaimed and for a long time they've

152
00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,400
Speaker 6: gotten big responses. One thing I was really excited about.

153
00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,040
Speaker 6: It's been almost a year and a half now and

154
00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,720
Speaker 6: you know, in Daily's place. In May of twenty twenty one,

155
00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:31,520
Speaker 6: we had the first AW pay per view full capacity.

156
00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,600
Speaker 6: It was actually the first wrestling pay per view to

157
00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,640
Speaker 6: go full capacity with fans. May twenty twenty one, and

158
00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,880
Speaker 6: it was so much fun and you could just feel

159
00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,280
Speaker 6: the energy. Everyone was so excited to be back and

160
00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,600
Speaker 6: it was going to be just like the old days again.

161
00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,840
Speaker 6: We'd never looked back since. And one thing I was

162
00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,280
Speaker 6: really excited about in the Battle Oil on that show

163
00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,520
Speaker 6: was the reaction that Max cast would get on his

164
00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,320
Speaker 6: interests and I had a feeling the acclaimed the crowd

165
00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,640
Speaker 6: was just going to go crazy when Max started rapping,

166
00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,200
Speaker 6: and of course you know that that reaction was there.

167
00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,679
Speaker 6: And in a time since, you know, they've hit bumps

168
00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,720
Speaker 6: along the way. There have been injuries at times, Max

169
00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,840
Speaker 6: had to wrestle as a singles wrestler.

170
00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,080
Speaker 3: Then Max got hurt and Anthony had to wrestle as

171
00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:17,480
Speaker 3: a singles wrestler at times.

172
00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,480
Speaker 6: But when the team got back together, the fans were

173
00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:21,920
Speaker 6: really ready to get behind them.

174
00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:23,520
Speaker 3: And I do agree with you.

175
00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,120
Speaker 6: I think Billy Gunn has been a real positive and

176
00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,560
Speaker 6: a great mentor for the team.

177
00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:30,480
Speaker 1: It's exciting.

178
00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,640
Speaker 2: So you watch, Yeah, it's been very exciting to watch

179
00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:34,640
Speaker 2: something else.

180
00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:35,480
Speaker 1: It's exciting to watch.

181
00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,040
Speaker 2: Of course, we're gonna kind of jump a couple days

182
00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,320
Speaker 2: and we're just a few short days from ROH Final

183
00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:45,520
Speaker 2: Battle Live in Arlington, Texas. How will this show stand

184
00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,240
Speaker 2: out from the previous ROH pay per views of twenty

185
00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:49,720
Speaker 2: twenty two.

186
00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,720
Speaker 6: Well, the ROH pay per views have been excellent for

187
00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,280
Speaker 6: entering wrestling, I think so far. You know, we've seen

188
00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:02,720
Speaker 6: at Supercard of Honor, at Death Before dishonor this new.

189
00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:04,000
Speaker 3: Iteration of Ring of Honor.

190
00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,240
Speaker 6: You're going to see some of the best wrestlers in

191
00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,200
Speaker 6: the world having some of the best matches in the

192
00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,240
Speaker 6: world on these pay per views, trying to build a

193
00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,640
Speaker 6: consistent rhythm of great, great shows, and we're two for

194
00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,960
Speaker 6: two so far. Now at Final Battle, it's the final

195
00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,480
Speaker 6: major wrestling pay per view of this year, and a

196
00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,439
Speaker 6: lot of the big scores are going to be settled.

197
00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,240
Speaker 6: Of course, it doesn't get any bigger and Ring of

198
00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,160
Speaker 6: Honor than the World Championship match. Chris Jericho versus Claudio

199
00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,600
Speaker 6: Casti Noli, two great world champions, and really we're seeing

200
00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,160
Speaker 6: two men on top of their profession, two guys with

201
00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:40,880
Speaker 6: completely different approaches, opposite.

202
00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,080
Speaker 3: Philosophies to pro wrestling.

203
00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:47,040
Speaker 6: But frankly, the issue has gotten very personal and not

204
00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,040
Speaker 6: only are their approaches very different, but if Chris Jericho

205
00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,679
Speaker 6: wins this match, Claudio castig Noli has to join the

206
00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:58,280
Speaker 6: Jericho Appreciation Society and go back to applying his trade

207
00:09:58,320 --> 00:09:59,480
Speaker 6: as a sports entertainer.

208
00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,000
Speaker 3: He has, you know, been a tag team with Jake

209
00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,440
Speaker 3: Hager in the past. I've seen Jake Hager.

210
00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:10,360
Speaker 6: Has got a second bucket hat with Claudio, and uh,

211
00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,560
Speaker 6: it's what's in Claudio's future.

212
00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,960
Speaker 3: You know, if he can't beat Jericho this weekend, and for.

213
00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:21,480
Speaker 6: Jericho, this would be eight straight wins in Ring of

214
00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:22,680
Speaker 6: Honor World title matches.

215
00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:23,880
Speaker 3: He's going for that OCHO.

216
00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,000
Speaker 6: And he's had seven wins in the championship matches since

217
00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,760
Speaker 6: he defeated Claudio at Grand Slam, and these have been

218
00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,800
Speaker 6: some amazing matches. Uh, great wins over a series of

219
00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,679
Speaker 6: former Ring of Honor champions and this Ring of Jericho run,

220
00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,080
Speaker 6: it's tremendous. And now Chris going for the OCHO on

221
00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:46,000
Speaker 6: Saturday afternoon, a very special start time for this pay

222
00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,439
Speaker 6: per view. It's an afternoon show, which I think is

223
00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:49,880
Speaker 6: going to be something a lot of fans are really

224
00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,480
Speaker 6: going to enjoy this Saturday afternoon for Final Battle and

225
00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,960
Speaker 6: a lot of great wrestling up till then tomorrow night.

226
00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:01,000
Speaker 6: This huge Dynamite on TBS and a big page coming

227
00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:01,760
Speaker 6: up on TNT.

228
00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,679
Speaker 5: Yeah, and if you've been missing Rampage lately, I advise

229
00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:07,480
Speaker 5: you to check it out. There have been some very

230
00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:13,880
Speaker 5: big developments across the last few weeks, so you know,

231
00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,280
Speaker 5: a lot of meat on the bone there for wrestling

232
00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,680
Speaker 5: on Friday nights. So we'll get back to Jericho in

233
00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,080
Speaker 5: a second. Tony, I had a question about a match

234
00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,000
Speaker 5: I think has the potential to steal the show. It

235
00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,200
Speaker 5: is the Ring of Honor Women's World title match against

236
00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,120
Speaker 5: Mercedes Martinez and Athena. Both of these were incredible free

237
00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,120
Speaker 5: agent signings for AW both formal world champs all over

238
00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,680
Speaker 5: the world. But lately, you know, Athena's really kind of

239
00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,320
Speaker 5: showing that dark side, that mean side. You know, I

240
00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,240
Speaker 5: actually struck Aubrey Edwards. You you had to take you know,

241
00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,200
Speaker 5: punishment out on that. Tony Shavini, even going back to Rampage,

242
00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,920
Speaker 5: mentioned people don't change, They just show you who they've.

243
00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:54,720
Speaker 3: Always been, which I thought was a really good line.

244
00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,880
Speaker 5: What would the women's division look like if Athena was

245
00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,959
Speaker 5: able to win the gold from her? And I mean,

246
00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,280
Speaker 5: do you see her defending that all over the world,

247
00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,160
Speaker 5: you know, under the Ring of Honor banner.

248
00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,760
Speaker 6: Well, potentially, I think whoever wins this match would be

249
00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,520
Speaker 6: in a great position to represent Ring of Honor is

250
00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,520
Speaker 6: a great world champion, and there's a great legacy there,

251
00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,040
Speaker 6: certainly a lot of great champions in the history of

252
00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,960
Speaker 6: Ring of Honor over twenty years of competition, and for

253
00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,800
Speaker 6: the Women of Honor, I think Athena has been anything

254
00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:28,480
Speaker 6: but honorable in her recent matches, So I do think

255
00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,600
Speaker 6: it would be a bit of a different tone from

256
00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,079
Speaker 6: the champion than we get from such a professional great

257
00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,720
Speaker 6: wrestler like Mercedes Martinez. Athena is a great wrestler too,

258
00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,679
Speaker 6: but she shows it very differently and really Athena has

259
00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,640
Speaker 6: frankly been a bully. I think we've seen on aw

260
00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,360
Speaker 6: rampage lately, and so you know, that's something we'd have

261
00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,679
Speaker 6: to keep an eye on, and we've seen Athena on

262
00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:57,200
Speaker 6: rampage is really a handful and certainly I expect this

263
00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,000
Speaker 6: match is going to get very physical, and Mercedes is

264
00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,760
Speaker 6: the kind of wrestler that's gonna stand up to Athena.

265
00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,440
Speaker 3: Mercedes Martinez one.

266
00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:10,160
Speaker 6: Of the boldest, one of the really most experienced competitors

267
00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,200
Speaker 6: in that women's division, and I think that's a great

268
00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,920
Speaker 6: match Mercedes Martinez versus Athena this Saturday for the Ring

269
00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,920
Speaker 6: of Honor Women's World Championship at Final Battle Saturday afternoon.

270
00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:21,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's it's gonna be a fun And that's

271
00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,520
Speaker 2: the great thing is, like what you mentioned, it's an early.

272
00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:25,640
Speaker 1: Time on Saturday.

273
00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,720
Speaker 2: Of course you're gonna be able to watch at four

274
00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,120
Speaker 2: o'clock Eastern, three o'clock here in Nashville time. And I

275
00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,880
Speaker 2: just kind of look at the stack card. I mean,

276
00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,800
Speaker 2: of course, Chris Jericho and Claudio. You've got Samoa Joe

277
00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,760
Speaker 2: versus Juice Robinson, which is gonna be a great match.

278
00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,800
Speaker 2: Mercedes Martinez and Athena. You got Daniel Garcia and Wheeler

279
00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,840
Speaker 2: you to and then you got Swerve in Our Glory

280
00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,040
Speaker 2: and Shane Taylor and JD going at it.

281
00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,440
Speaker 3: I'm really excited about that. Yeah, you're really excited for that.

282
00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:53,200
Speaker 3: That's gonna be cool.

283
00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,520
Speaker 6: Get great to get Swerve in Our Glory competing together

284
00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,480
Speaker 6: in Ring of Honor. Of course they've competed separately in

285
00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,320
Speaker 6: Ring of Honor and they had teamed up on the Indies,

286
00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,840
Speaker 6: but great to see them back together and teaming up

287
00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,680
Speaker 6: in Ring of Honor. Now after this amazing run that

288
00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,679
Speaker 6: they've had in aws to work in our glory.

289
00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:13,120
Speaker 1: Yeah for sure.

290
00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,160
Speaker 2: I mean we me and Eli, we were sitting here

291
00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,160
Speaker 2: talking about it the other night and we kind of

292
00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,440
Speaker 2: marked out and popped when Shane Taylor showed up on

293
00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,080
Speaker 2: TV and I was like, Oh, it's Shane Taylor, and

294
00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,480
Speaker 2: then we get that match on Saturday.

295
00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Shane cool, very cool. I know you guys

296
00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,840
Speaker 3: were excited to see Shane Taylor.

297
00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,920
Speaker 6: A lot of fans were, and there are fans who've

298
00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,520
Speaker 6: never seen Shane Taylor before, and that's okay.

299
00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,960
Speaker 3: You know, you get introduced to new faces all the time.

300
00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,160
Speaker 3: When I was a young wrestling fan, that was one

301
00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,080
Speaker 3: of the things I really liked about w CW Nitro.

302
00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,280
Speaker 6: I think it would be very ironic that the same

303
00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,320
Speaker 6: promoter now would tell you you don't want to see

304
00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,160
Speaker 6: these faces or introduce new people that we've never seen

305
00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,680
Speaker 6: before on TV, because they're actually the ones that did that.

306
00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,080
Speaker 6: You know, all kinds of new faces I'd read in

307
00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,080
Speaker 6: the magazines, people I'd never seen before, and they would

308
00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,600
Speaker 6: just walk out and wrestle on Nitro like it was

309
00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,760
Speaker 6: perfectly natural, and I thought it was the coolest thing.

310
00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,440
Speaker 6: So it's you know, I guess that's not acceptable anymore,

311
00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,800
Speaker 6: even though it's much much, much easier to access information

312
00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,960
Speaker 6: on the Internet than it was in nineteen ninety six.

313
00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,520
Speaker 5: Rue, that is very true, and there's a willingness to

314
00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,280
Speaker 5: work with other companies now and all that. Yeah, of course, yeah.

315
00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,440
Speaker 3: It's been there too. I mean, that's another thing. I mean,

316
00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,720
Speaker 3: certainly you saw wrestlers coming in from all kinds of

317
00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,920
Speaker 3: promotions in the nineties on Nitro, So wrestlers coming to

318
00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:32,160
Speaker 3: TBS and TNT from other promotions is nothing new. People

319
00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,640
Speaker 3: complaining about it at nauseum on the internet. It's certainly new.

320
00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,880
Speaker 6: But I do think but at the end of the day,

321
00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,680
Speaker 6: you want to listen to what the fans are saying.

322
00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,760
Speaker 3: But I think overall there's been a really positive reception.

323
00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,840
Speaker 6: To a lot of the international wrestlers coming into aw

324
00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,840
Speaker 6: and that's why this year we saw one of the

325
00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,880
Speaker 6: best events we've ever done, one of the most positively

326
00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,240
Speaker 6: received events we've ever done, and one of the most

327
00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:59,520
Speaker 6: commercially successful business events we've ever done, was Forbidden Door

328
00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,040
Speaker 6: opening our doors to guests from New Japan Pro Wrestling.

329
00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,920
Speaker 6: Some of those great fights and great matches and now

330
00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,880
Speaker 6: we've built a great franchise there and we've also had

331
00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,400
Speaker 6: a lot of success this year with the Ring of

332
00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,560
Speaker 6: Honor pay per views. One thing I've tried to do,

333
00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,920
Speaker 6: I think we only have three hours of aw TV

334
00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,320
Speaker 6: a week, so I've tried to limit the Ring of

335
00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,080
Speaker 6: Honor focus on Dynamite to mostly the Ring of Jericho

336
00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,320
Speaker 6: and Chris Jericho the Ring of Honor World Champion. We've

337
00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,120
Speaker 6: seen a lot of the other Ring of Honor titles,

338
00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:30,520
Speaker 6: more so recently on Rampage and at times even on

339
00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,600
Speaker 6: Elevation and now going into Final Battle. I think that's

340
00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,320
Speaker 6: a good thing. I saw somebody saying they thought there

341
00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,560
Speaker 6: was too much Ring of Honor on Dynamite, and I

342
00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,560
Speaker 6: thought that was amusing because there's been almost no Ring

343
00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,880
Speaker 6: of Honor on Dynamite in weeks other than Chris Jericho,

344
00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,320
Speaker 6: and frankly, Chris Jericho should be on any wrestling show

345
00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,200
Speaker 6: in the world he wants to be on, so on

346
00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,320
Speaker 6: Rampage that we have had a variety of them and

347
00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,640
Speaker 6: these new wrestlers, and I think that's going to be

348
00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,640
Speaker 6: good for our business because these pay per view shows

349
00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,720
Speaker 6: the Ring of Honor has done have been really successful

350
00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,520
Speaker 6: for us. We've made good money, and the grosses of

351
00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,199
Speaker 6: those shows, frankly have been in line with what I

352
00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,719
Speaker 6: paid for the entire business. I would say it's been

353
00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:15,480
Speaker 6: very successful relaunch, and now I think we'll have potentially

354
00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,200
Speaker 6: some of our best pay per view numbers yet with Final.

355
00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,040
Speaker 3: Battle, especially with such a big.

356
00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,080
Speaker 6: Headline World Championship match like Chris Jericho versus Claudio Castignoli

357
00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,119
Speaker 6: in a high stakes ring him on a world title match,

358
00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,199
Speaker 6: and that is going to cap off what is going

359
00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,920
Speaker 6: to be a huge week of wrestling for us here

360
00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,359
Speaker 6: at AW. We've got so much on tap for Tomorrow

361
00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,240
Speaker 6: night on Dynamite, so much on tap for Friday, great fights,

362
00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,400
Speaker 6: championship matches, and one person who's going to be wrestling

363
00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,760
Speaker 6: both on that Final Battle show and on AW Dynamite

364
00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:56,119
Speaker 6: is the self proclaimed one true King of Television, Samoa Joe,

365
00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,439
Speaker 6: one of the most decorated wrestlers on the planet right now,

366
00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:05,560
Speaker 6: and I believe he is the first person to ever.

367
00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,960
Speaker 3: Hold ae W gold.

368
00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,720
Speaker 6: And Ring of Honor gold at the same time. Wow,

369
00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,359
Speaker 6: And now two people are in line to have a

370
00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,880
Speaker 6: chance to do it also tomorrow night with Dax Harwood

371
00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,040
Speaker 6: and Cash Wheeler, they could become the next people to

372
00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:23,360
Speaker 6: hold AW.

373
00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,560
Speaker 3: And Ring of Honor gold at the same time.

374
00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,560
Speaker 6: But Samoa Joe with a real history making milestone, the

375
00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,960
Speaker 6: King of Television both the Ring of Honor World Television

376
00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:36,840
Speaker 6: Champion and aw's TNT Champion, and he's going to defend

377
00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:42,000
Speaker 6: both titles separately this week in huge matches. It'll be

378
00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,680
Speaker 6: interesting to see if Samoa Joe is coming out with

379
00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,240
Speaker 6: one belt or two belts or no belts next week

380
00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,960
Speaker 6: after this, and it all starts tomorrow night. One of

381
00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,120
Speaker 6: the biggest matches you're gonna see on wrestling television completely

382
00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,800
Speaker 6: free if you have cable or can find a friend

383
00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,680
Speaker 6: with cable it is is Samoa Joe defending the T

384
00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:06,440
Speaker 6: and T Champion against the longest reigning TNT champion of all.

385
00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,600
Speaker 3: Time, Darby Allen, who has been on a real hot streak.

386
00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,400
Speaker 6: He's put together a bunch of wins. We've seen him

387
00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,880
Speaker 6: get the pin at full gear in that big tag match,

388
00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,680
Speaker 6: and then the last two weeks on Rampage he's picked

389
00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,040
Speaker 6: up big singles wins. He's earned a title shot, and

390
00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:25,480
Speaker 6: I'm really excited to see Darby Allen challenging Samoa Joe

391
00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,359
Speaker 6: for the TNT title tomorrow night on Wednesday Night Dynamite

392
00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,399
Speaker 6: on TBS. That is a must see pro wrestling match

393
00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,400
Speaker 6: if there ever was one, for sure.

394
00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,320
Speaker 2: I mean when we saw the graphic of all the

395
00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,719
Speaker 2: lineup the card for Tomorrow night, it's like, like you

396
00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,240
Speaker 2: just said, this is must see, Like you don't want

397
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,399
Speaker 2: to miss out and watch it on the DVR the

398
00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,960
Speaker 2: next day, you gotta watch it live.

399
00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:54,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, man, absolutely, absolutely man. And that's why you know,

400
00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,880
Speaker 3: you never know what kind of big match announcements we're

401
00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,359
Speaker 3: gonna have, and in particular this Wednesday, the car is

402
00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,280
Speaker 3: just stacked for Tomorrow Night. I think this show.

403
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,320
Speaker 6: On CBS, it's one of the most exciting ones we've

404
00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:07,320
Speaker 6: had in a long time. And we've been on a

405
00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,520
Speaker 6: run of great shows and I can't wait for what's

406
00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,240
Speaker 6: to come. You know, there's been so much excitement coming

407
00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,440
Speaker 6: out of aew Folk year. Last week was the first

408
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:21,320
Speaker 6: time we've seen mjf appear on AW Dynamite Live as

409
00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,359
Speaker 6: our world champion, and we know he's got a big

410
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,960
Speaker 6: match coming up next week, his first ever title defense

411
00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,040
Speaker 6: as champion. He'll be defending the championship against Ricky Starks

412
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,960
Speaker 6: that's gonna be a huge match winner is coming and

413
00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,200
Speaker 6: they're both going to be here at Dynamite this week.

414
00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,119
Speaker 6: And Ricky Starks is involved in this Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal.

415
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,960
Speaker 6: There's gonna be some great participants in it. And I'm

416
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:49,640
Speaker 6: telling you right now, I can't wait Ricky Starks versus MJF.

417
00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,240
Speaker 6: And potentially Ricky Starks could come out of this Battle

418
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,520
Speaker 6: Royal in line to challenge MJF for both the championship

419
00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:58,520
Speaker 6: and the Diamond Ring.

420
00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:01,400
Speaker 1: That's gonna be insane.

421
00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,280
Speaker 2: And you talk about MJF coming up on you know,

422
00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,480
Speaker 2: Wednesday Night Dynamite. Last week we saw MJF. He debuted

423
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:14,200
Speaker 2: BBB his his new belts, but also in the same

424
00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,080
Speaker 2: process took out the guy that helped him win the title,

425
00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,359
Speaker 2: Lord William Regal. So do you have any updates because

426
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,240
Speaker 2: I mean last that we saw of Regal he was

427
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:24,560
Speaker 2: getting carted off in an ambulance.

428
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,159
Speaker 1: Do you have any update.

429
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,320
Speaker 2: Ascertaining to Regal in the fallout from the attack by MJF.

430
00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,359
Speaker 6: Yes, you know, we'll be updating the fans on his

431
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:39,080
Speaker 6: status on Wednesday Night Dynamite and absolutely, you know, very

432
00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:45,040
Speaker 6: concerning situation and very much MJF showing his true colors

433
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,600
Speaker 6: that Lord Regal made a deal with the Devil and

434
00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,639
Speaker 6: MJF certainly lived up to his end of that deal.

435
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,439
Speaker 6: And now MJF the World Champion, will appear live on Dynamite.

436
00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,640
Speaker 6: We will have an update on Lord Eagles condition, and

437
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,679
Speaker 6: you know, it's a serious situation and it was some

438
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:10,199
Speaker 6: very compelling wrestling television. Certainly, Lordrigle's longtime protege, one of

439
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,160
Speaker 6: the greatest pro wrestlers.

440
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,160
Speaker 3: Of all time, Brian Danielson.

441
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 6: Was beside himself and accompanied Lord Rigal to the hospital

442
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,480
Speaker 6: and the ambulance. It was a really serious situation and

443
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,960
Speaker 6: absolutely will address that on Dynamite.

444
00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:26,880
Speaker 1: Do you think that.

445
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,199
Speaker 5: Some of this turmoil we'll call it, that's going on

446
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,360
Speaker 5: behind the scenes with the Blackpool, do you think that's

447
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,679
Speaker 5: going to get in Claudio's head against Jericho? I mean,

448
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 5: Jericho is one of those guys where you can't give

449
00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,119
Speaker 5: him an inch. I mean, if you give him an

450
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 5: inch to manipulate, it's over.

451
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:42,280
Speaker 3: Do you think.

452
00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,800
Speaker 5: That that's going to be in the back of Claudio's

453
00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,119
Speaker 5: head going into this main event.

454
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,480
Speaker 6: That's definitely something to think about going into this big

455
00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,440
Speaker 6: main event match I do think that gives Chris potentially

456
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,160
Speaker 6: a psychological edge. Now, it could also motivate Claudio going

457
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,200
Speaker 6: into the match. So I think that's going to be

458
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,040
Speaker 6: a really interesting thing to keep our eyes on tomorrow

459
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,400
Speaker 6: night on TBS on Wednesday Night Dynamite to see where

460
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,240
Speaker 6: Claudio's heads at going into this big championship match after

461
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,200
Speaker 6: such a traumatic week for the Blackpool Combat Club.

462
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:18,120
Speaker 2: Right, yeah, sure, And you know, speaking of traumatic week,

463
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 2: it was a traumatic week for both of us. Titans

464
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 2: lost and Jaguars lost yesterday. It was it was tough

465
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 2: because I was sitting there watching the Jaguars game and

466
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,359
Speaker 2: let me ask you this, what's going through your mind

467
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,600
Speaker 2: when you see your franchise quarterback take get hit with

468
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,159
Speaker 2: that gnarly tackle and you're like, well, oh god, that

469
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 2: just happened. And then he comes trotting out like Trevor

470
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,680
Speaker 2: Lawrence does in the third quarter. But I mean scary moments.

471
00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:44,240
Speaker 3: That was a scary moment.

472
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:49,119
Speaker 6: Absolutely, we were concerned about him, and you know, thankfully

473
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 6: he's gonna be okay, and he was able to come

474
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 6: out and he played hard in the second half. But yeah,

475
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,359
Speaker 6: we were very concerned for Trevor, and you know, certainly.

476
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,360
Speaker 6: I was holding my breath there going into halftime for.

477
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 2: Sure, because I kept seeing them just on Twitter, just

478
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 2: replaying that video of him just getting tackled, and I'm like, yeah,

479
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,400
Speaker 2: your your leg's not supposed to have been that way,

480
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 2: And I was like, you know, this is this is

481
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 2: gonna be that comeback story that I thought. Okay, Trevor

482
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 2: Lawrence is gonna trot to the back, he's gonna get extra,

483
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 2: he's gonna come back and win the game.

484
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:21,640
Speaker 1: But it was a tough one.

485
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,200
Speaker 2: But I mean it's gonna be an even tougher game

486
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,280
Speaker 2: come Sunday because the Titans are coming off of a

487
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,320
Speaker 2: very horrible performance in Philadelphia.

488
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,359
Speaker 1: So yeah, it was pretty brutal.

489
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,240
Speaker 2: What do you think is the key for the Jags

490
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 2: to beating uh Nashville, the Titans this weekend? I mean,

491
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,320
Speaker 2: the Titans have dropped now too straight. Jaguars are on

492
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 2: the up and coming. I mean, you got Trevor Lawrence,

493
00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 2: you picked up Calvin Ridley right there before the trade deadline.

494
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 2: You know what, what do you think in your mind

495
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,959
Speaker 2: is the way that the Jaguars will beat the Titans

496
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 2: come Sunday?

497
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 3: Well, I think Calvin Ridley next year would be a

498
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 3: big addition. Certainly this year, it's gonna be a very

499
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:02,240
Speaker 3: tough game.

500
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,440
Speaker 6: It's always a really physical game when you play against

501
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 6: Tennessee Titans, and we've had some good performances lately. I

502
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,520
Speaker 6: think overall, most of the games this year have been

503
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 6: very competitive for the Jags. Recently we've put together some

504
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:21,240
Speaker 6: great wins. This week was pretty frustrating. I think it'll

505
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 6: give us good motivation going into Sunday's game, which is

506
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,960
Speaker 6: a huge, huge game in Nashville for sure.

507
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 2: For sure, and you talk about coming off of a

508
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:33,400
Speaker 2: huge win, like I was super excited watching that Ravens

509
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,400
Speaker 2: game and then going for two and then be.

510
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: Like, yep, we got it.

511
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,439
Speaker 2: Talk about I mean, were you on pins and needles

512
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 2: that whole game against the Ravens.

513
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,160
Speaker 6: It was tremendous. It was absolutely tremendous. What an amazing comeback.

514
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 6: That is a historic win. It was the first time

515
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 6: in the history of the Jaguars franchise that we'd come

516
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,679
Speaker 6: back that late in the game down a touchdown and

517
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 6: to come back and win and then you know, go

518
00:25:58,440 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 6: for two to win to win the game.

519
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:00,360
Speaker 3: It was amazing.

520
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's just that's one of those like Hollywood kind

521
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,679
Speaker 5: of endings, you know. Just man, Yeah, well, we're not

522
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 5: as optimistic about this coming up game as we would

523
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 5: have been at the beginning a season.

524
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 2: And being a Titans homer, I would I can go

525
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 2: ahead and probably tell you that the Jaguars could probably

526
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 2: beat the Titans. Actually not probably, they probably they will

527
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:22,919
Speaker 2: beat the Titans.

528
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 1: The way that we've been playing.

529
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 3: Well, you know, I would love that.

530
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 1: As a Titans fan.

531
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 2: It hurt me to say that, but you know, like

532
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,360
Speaker 2: Eli said, at the beginning of the season, I was like, Oh,

533
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 2: it's gonna be easy for the Titans to just roll

534
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 2: through the AFC South. And then you see Trevor Lawrence

535
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 2: the way he's come along, and of course Peterson being there,

536
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 2: who is the quarterback whisperer. You know, I look at

537
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 2: this on paper and I'm like, yeah, we're not looking

538
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 2: great for this Titans.

539
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 3: Well, it's gonna be a tough game.

540
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,119
Speaker 6: I think it's gonna be certainly a big end to

541
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,240
Speaker 6: what's gonna be a big weekend for me, and it'll

542
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 6: be a very busy weekend and I can't wait for

543
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 6: that game. It should be a great game and a

544
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 6: lot of big wrestling matches in between now and then too.

545
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:11,880
Speaker 1: Is Winner Is Coming?

546
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 5: Is that next week, Tony?

547
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 3: Or is that two weeks from this? Yes, that is

548
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,880
Speaker 3: next week. That'll be eight days from now.

549
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 6: That'll be the following Wednesday, So after tomorrow then we'll

550
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 6: be a week away from Winter Is Coming.

551
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 3: It's around the Dallas area. It'll be a great show.

552
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 6: It's always one of our best TV events of the year,

553
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 6: and this week leading into Winter Is Coming as potential.

554
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,360
Speaker 3: To also be one of the best shows of the year.

555
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 6: Whenever we go to that building around Austin, Texas, it's

556
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 6: at Cedar Park. Those are great fans and we've had

557
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 6: a great history of some really great shows around there.

558
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 6: And speaking of great fans, I know, Tim, you're based

559
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 6: out of Nashville. Next year we'll definitely be getting back

560
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 6: to Nashville where we have great fans there. We had

561
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,120
Speaker 6: a great show earlier this year there and can't wait

562
00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,399
Speaker 6: to go back to Nashville in twenty twenty three for sure.

563
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,199
Speaker 1: Man, we are excited to hear that. I know my

564
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: five year old's going to be all excited about that.

565
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 3: I can't wait to get Liam to the wrestling matches. Son.

566
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 6: Liam is a big aw fan and we want to

567
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 6: have him at the show.

568
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: He is a very big aw fan.

569
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 2: I'm looking at some of the action the wrestling figures

570
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,919
Speaker 2: that he has, and he's you know, Sanna's going to

571
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,400
Speaker 2: be bringing a lot more aw wrestling figures to him

572
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 2: this year, along with a.

573
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: Couple other things. But he's great, He's loving wrestling.

574
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,879
Speaker 2: But I kind of want to ask you this question

575
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:31,159
Speaker 2: because I know we don't want to take up too

576
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,120
Speaker 2: much of your time, but what has been the highlight

577
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 2: of twenty twenty two for you and the world of

578
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 2: professional wrestling.

579
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 6: I think launching a new event in Forbidden Door would

580
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 6: probably be the big highlight. You know, We've had such

581
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 6: a great year. We brought back events that have been

582
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 6: great for us in the past. I thought Revolution started

583
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 6: to year out on pay per view and lived up

584
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 6: to the original where it was arguably the best show

585
00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 6: of the year, just like the original Revolution, and have

586
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 6: had a great year since then. There's been a lot

587
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 6: of injuries, frankly, some incidents along the way that have

588
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 6: made it a complicated, challenging year. And whether it was

589
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 6: a great double or nothing.

590
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 3: Having great matches at all Out and then Full Gear

591
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 3: I thought was again possibly the best pay per view

592
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 3: of the year.

593
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 6: Really maybe Booke ended the year with our strongest shows

594
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 6: with Revolution in Full Gear. Both of them have always

595
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 6: been great shows and lived up to it this year

596
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 6: for sure, and I definitely thought with Forbidden Door launching,

597
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 6: now we have a fifth pay per view event and

598
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 6: it was actually the most successful.

599
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 3: Debut of any of our shows.

600
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 6: We've got this great partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling,

601
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 6: so a lot of exciting things.

602
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 3: So the launcher Forbidden Door was a major thing.

603
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 6: But really the whole year, it's been a great year,

604
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,720
Speaker 6: and there's a lot to talk about now going into

605
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 6: twenty twenty three, all the exciting things happening in AW.

606
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 6: But nobody's going to know, well, what's happening in AW

607
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 6: going into twenty twenty three if they don't watch the

608
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 6: show tomorrow night, because this week on Wednesday Night, Dynamite, we're.

609
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 3: Gonna find out what's gonna happen.

610
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 6: With the AW World Tag Team Championship, what's going to

611
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 6: happen with the TNT Championship, and so much more going

612
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 6: into Winter is coming. It's a big, big week for

613
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 6: pro wrestling, and we got all these great fans including you, Tim,

614
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 6: including you Eli, and I just really appreciate you guys

615
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 6: giving me this chance to talk about AW on your show,

616
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 6: and we.

617
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 2: Appreciate you coming on anytime we can have you on

618
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 2: the show.

619
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 1: It's always an honor. I was texting Eli and I

620
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: was like, hey, I was like, I know, I've got

621
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 1: his number, but like, how do I text? How do

622
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: I text the.

623
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 2: President the main guy of AW, Like, Hey, do you

624
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 2: want to come and talk?

625
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 1: I was like, I was like, I was so nervous.

626
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: I was like, is this okay to text this? Like

627
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: should I?

628
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 2: How do I word this text message? So I get

629
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 2: texted ask me what's to come on the show? Yeah?

630
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,720
Speaker 3: What was my pleasure? Really? And thanks for asking me.

631
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 6: I'm glad you did text me because this has been

632
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 6: really a good conversation and you know, you're the one

633
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 6: that put it together, So thanks for reaching out. I

634
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 6: really appreciate it and I'm enjoying talking to you. And

635
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 6: also it's been a great opportunity and all these great

636
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 6: markets where your show runs now to talk about all

637
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 6: Elite Wrestling and the shows we're doing every Wednesday on TBS,

638
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 6: including Tomorrow Night, and every Friday on TNT.

639
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 3: And you know, there's all these great wrestling fans all

640
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 3: over the country.

641
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 6: I think a lot of like minded people, and we

642
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 6: all kind of tend to find each other. So I'm

643
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 6: sure a lot of these like minded fans have found

644
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 6: your show, and hopefully I can help you do a

645
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 6: good rating, do a good number, just like we are

646
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 6: going to hopefully try to do.

647
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 3: Tomorrow night on CBS.

648
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 2: Oh, you'll have no worries about having your ratings pump

649
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 2: tomorrow night on TBS.

650
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 1: Ours, on the other hand, it's ours.

651
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, Well, I'm gonna.

652
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 6: Do my best to get Hopefully I can help you

653
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 6: juice this one up this week.

654
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 2: Well, we appreciate that Tony so much for coming on

655
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 2: the show. It's an honor to have you on, and

656
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 2: we look forward to having you in studio next time

657
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 2: you're in Nashville for an aw show.

658
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 6: I would love that. It would be great to visit

659
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 6: both you guys. Thank you Tim, thank you Eli. Yeah,

660
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 6: I would love to visit you guys in Nashville and

661
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 6: bring Liam some wrestling toys firsthand next time I'm there.

662
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 7: We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Battleground Podcast.

663
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 7: Make sure you give it five stars and a nice review.

664
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 4: To stay up to date with the

665
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 7: Show, follow them at Battleground Podcast on Instagram,