1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to the battle Ground podcast. 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 2: You'll pay for all. 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 1: And exclusive interviews with some of your favorite wrestlers. 4 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 3: Stop seeing. 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 2: What's up you guys. 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 3: Welcome back into iHeartRadio official wrestling podcast, The Battleground Podcast. 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: At his battle and uh. 8 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 3: We are joined today by a man that wears mini 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 3: hats when it comes to wwe everybody give it up 10 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 3: for Robert Stone joined the show. 11 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 2: Robert, how are you doing, sir? 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: I also wear collared shirts and I did that for you, 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: like I dressed up for you for this podcast. 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 3: Well I appreciate you doing that, and I dressed up 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 3: for you. Short of I'm wearing my CM punk hoddy. So, uh, 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 3: you you dress up and I just wear a hoodie. 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 3: So somebody, somebody's gonna bring class of this show, and 18 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 3: it's not me. 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 2: Let's just be honest. 20 00:00:59,000 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 4: At least you're honest. 21 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 3: So first and foremost, let's kind of ask how are 22 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 3: you feeling? I know last week you weren't able to travel. 23 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 3: Seems like things are on the up and up. 24 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: For you, right, yeah, Well, so this is actually the 25 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: first interview I've done. It's the first full day I'm 26 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: going to have without the neck brace. No neck brace, 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: no crutches. Ten days ago, I took a beating from 28 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: four random dudes who are going around putting beatings on 29 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: anyone that they could get their hands. 30 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 4: On in NXT. 31 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: And I'm actually posting a video later on my social 32 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 1: media that's going to show you the process and how 33 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: I got that neck brace off. 34 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 4: So you got to sleep for that that's going down today. 35 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 3: Now, did that process involve working out at F forty five, 36 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 3: because I know that you own a couple of those gyms. 37 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 3: I dj at one here in Nashville, so like, I 38 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 3: know how those workouts play out. 39 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: So did that help a little bit in your recovery time? 40 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 4: Surely? 41 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: My eight year old twins are the two who helped 42 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: me get the neck brace off. 43 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 4: It's pretty wild how it happened. 44 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: But hey, that's awesome about F forty five because we 45 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: use DJs for our parties. Also, we actually in the 46 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: Orlando area we own five, so oh nice. 47 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's it's a wild thing. 48 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 4: Do you do the workhouse? 49 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 2: Uh so no, I so I'm the DJ for it. 50 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 2: I've I usually sit. 51 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 3: There and watch the saturdays as I'm DJing, and I'll 52 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 3: jump in during the weeks and They're like, why don't you, uh, 53 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 3: why don't you jump in on a Saturday workout? And 54 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 3: I was like, I'll play the music. Y'all go enjoy 55 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 3: dying out there on the floor when you rotate, and everybody's. 56 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 4: Like, dah, you should try one. You could get through it. 57 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, let's let's let's kind of dive into 58 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 3: this though. I mean we're talking all things, you know, 59 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,399 Speaker 3: F forty five, NXT and everything else. I mean, you've 60 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: done it all, wrestler, manager, commentator, producer. Uh, which role 61 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 3: has been the most rewarding for you? And is there 62 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: one you haven't tackled yet that's on your bucket list? 63 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 4: You know? I think. 64 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: I don't want to be cheesy, but they're all equals. 65 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: So like, obviously, now as I'm getting older and more 66 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: years in the industry, no put intended for the evolved show, 67 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: but I'm evolving in what I do. So obviously, when 68 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: I was younger, wrestling would have been the only thing 69 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: on my mind. But then as I get older and 70 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: this manager thing came up, it was kind of like, 71 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: right time, I could still be a TV character, get 72 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 1: in the ring sometimes, and then that phased out as 73 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: an assistant to AVO, where now I don't get beat 74 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: up as much and have to do the physical stuff 75 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: and now, you know, with a little producing thrown in sometimes, 76 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: and then now this commentary thing. It's just as I'm 77 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 1: getting older and my body's getting more beat up, it's 78 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: nice to phase away from getting destroyed on a regular basis. Yes, 79 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: I love anything in wrestling, you know, checking any box 80 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: to like learn anything new, that's always cool. 81 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 4: So no favorite. 82 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: And as far as other things that I would want 83 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: to do, I mean I feel like now it's kind 84 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: of you know, you name them all, wrestler, manager, commentator, producer, coach, 85 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: Like you know, I've kind of checked off. I've pretty 86 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: much done them. Unless I'm gonna, you know, be the 87 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: server in catering or something and do that. I've kind 88 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: of like done everything, you know. 89 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 4: So I'm loving it. 90 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, And it's a it's a cool thing because I 91 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 3: mean a lot of people, including myself, will always remember 92 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 3: the wild days of Robbie and the fist pumping and 93 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 3: everything else. Uh, And I go back to that and 94 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: I think of that era of TNA and what a 95 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 3: wild time it was. What is one of the craziest 96 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 3: moments from that era that still makes you shake your head. 97 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: So I think the craziest thing that makes me shake 98 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: my head is just actually when you look back and realize, 99 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: like when I started there in twenty ten, if I 100 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: looked around and I can name everyone that was in 101 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: the locker room with me at that time, the insane 102 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: amount of talent. I mean, I think people know, but 103 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: then I think when you really think about it, and 104 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: you would name everyone in that locker room where they 105 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: ended up. How you know, I could name ten guys 106 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: who were on the lower card in TNA at the 107 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: time who are now wherever they're working on the top 108 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: of the cards. You know, future main eventers and hall 109 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: of that were just there in that locker room. It's 110 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 1: crazy just to think about how much talent was there 111 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: and how much talent t Anda produced, which it's so wild. 112 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: You never would have thought that fifteen years later there 113 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: would be a working relationship with the WWE. So it 114 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: shows you anything to get happen. 115 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And you know, you talk about evolve and whatnot, 116 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 3: and you've evolved your persona quite a few times, from 117 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 3: a Robbie to the very proper and polished Robert Stone. 118 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 3: What has been the hardest part for you in your 119 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 3: mind of reinventing yourself while staying true to who you are. 120 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 4: Well, you know, there's really no hard part about it. 121 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the entertainment you know, the entertainment industry, right, Like, 122 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: you constantly have to change what you do and be 123 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: up on your game and be up with what's out 124 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: there in the world that's current. You got to always 125 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 1: even if right now you are in a place where 126 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: you're A ten, you got to be looking three months 127 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 1: ahead to how you can maintain an A ten, how 128 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: you could keep yourself fresh. You know, things get old 129 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 1: and played out very quickly, so that's what makes it fun. 130 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: Like I'm always like looking for new things to do 131 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: on social media, new hairstyles or new suits to wear, 132 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: you know when I was wrestling, new moves to do 133 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: in the ring, or you gotta constantly be changing up 134 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: what you do. And that's like the exciting part of this. 135 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 1: You don't get complacent. You got to be on the 136 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,559 Speaker 1: I'm forty one years old and there's guys in NXT, 137 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: you guys and girls who are a lot younger than me. 138 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 4: They're half my age, And I'm saying to them like, 139 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 4: come on, guys, you gotta do this. You got to 140 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 4: do that. You got to keep moving, and they're like, 141 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 4: how you doing this? And I'm just like, that's what 142 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 4: this is. You know. 143 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: You got to you can't let a day go by 144 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: where you're not putting in the work in some way, 145 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: shape or form. 146 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely. 147 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 3: Of course, our guests here on the show with us 148 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 3: right now, Robert Stone, who wears a multitude of hats 149 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 3: when it comes to the wrestling business with WW and 150 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 3: you know recently stepped in the comment hair's chair for 151 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 3: WW Evolved alongside Peter Rosenberg. What has been the biggest 152 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 3: challenge for you in calling the action compared to being 153 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 3: in the ring yourself. 154 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: So, you know, when I first the first ever time 155 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: I commentated, and it's crazy to think that I've been 156 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: doing this so long, but you know, maybe one time 157 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: in twenty years in character, I threw a headset on 158 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: and did commentary, but you know, never where I actually 159 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: did it or understood. So in my mind it was 160 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: very just like, you know, I put the headset on heel, 161 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: I called what's going on in the ring. 162 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 4: This is not going to be too hard. But the 163 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 4: first time when I ever did it. 164 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: I was asked to fill in for Byron Saxton, he 165 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: was in a Saudi Arabia on Level Up and me 166 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: and Blake Howard commentator, And again I'm pretty much going 167 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: into this, you know, a deer in headlights, not knowing 168 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: what's going on, and between calling the action properly, having 169 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: conversations with my partner, telling stories in the ring, being 170 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: the name every move, having the headset on, and hearing 171 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: countdowns to graphics and replays. There is so much going 172 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: on and it is so much more difficult than I think. 173 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: You know, the average wrestling fan or even someone in 174 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: wrestling realizes how hard of a job it is, whether. 175 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 4: You're you know, the analyst or color guy or the 176 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 4: play by play guy. 177 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: That was just definitely the biggest shock for me, just like, Wow, 178 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot more to this. Plus, you know, 179 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: I don't just you know, if I have a character, 180 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: I don't just want to talk about, you know, if 181 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: there's a garbage man, if there's a character that's a 182 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: garbage man. 183 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 4: I don't just want to say in commentary, hey here 184 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 4: comes a garbage man. 185 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: I want to know about the garbage man's family and 186 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: what he likes and dislikes, you know, just getting you know, 187 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: unique and in depth information about them so I could 188 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: properly tell their story to get them across to the 189 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: WW universe. 190 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 4: So it's it's not easy, but I love it. It's 191 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 4: a challenge, so you. 192 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 2: Know, yeah, absolutely for sure. 193 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 3: And I you know, that's the thing that we've seen 194 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 3: with your career, because I mean we've been following it 195 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 3: for a very long time. 196 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: We could see that when you. 197 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 3: When they ask you to step up to the plate, 198 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 3: you don't just swing for a single. 199 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 2: You hit a home run every time you do something. 200 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's with everything you do in life. You got 201 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 4: to be all in on anything. 202 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: You know, why put anything out there with your name 203 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: on it if it's going to be you know, not 204 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: one hundred and ten percent. 205 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 4: And that goes And this was always my thing. 206 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: Even you know, I'm live events or god, even you 207 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: know at the Performance Center will do they're called PC 208 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 1: live shows where we just kind of do an in 209 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: house show for new superstars to get reps. Even on that, 210 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: I mean, if I'm on those, I'll spray ton, I'll 211 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: wear my best too. It doesn't matter if no one's 212 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: in the audience. If we're on a live event in 213 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: front of you know, one hundred people in Cocoa Beach, Florida, 214 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: I'm always making sure if someone takes a picture of 215 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: me and puts it on X or Instagram, that I'm 216 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: gonna look like a million bucks. I mean, that's just 217 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: you gotta always be on point. That's what being a 218 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: WWE superstar is. 219 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: You know, absolutely, And you know you mentioned this just 220 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 3: briefly at the beginning of this. The WWE and TNA 221 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 3: partnership was once unthinkable, WWE working with other companies, it 222 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 3: was never thought of, never thought we'd see the day. 223 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 2: But now we're seeing this crossover happen. 224 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 3: As someone who has worked in both companies, what do 225 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 3: you think this means for the future of pro wrestling 226 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 3: moving forward? 227 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: I just think what it means for the future is 228 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: that fans are going to have the time of their 229 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: lives because it's like, hey, expect unexpected, Who's going to 230 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: show up on this show, Who's going to show up 231 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: on that show? What dream match can I have actually 232 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: happen now that never would have been able to happen. 233 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: Title verse title from two different promotions. I mean, what 234 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: world are we you know what I mean. And so 235 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: it's a win win for everyone. You know, it's making 236 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: you know, NXT more interesting because you know, you're getting 237 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: different talent. It's making TNA more interesting because you know, 238 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: they're getting brought up to a level where NXT is. 239 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: So everybody wins, the wrestlers, the producers, the owners of 240 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: WW and TNA, the fans. 241 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 4: Everybody wins absolutely. 242 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 3: And of course, you know, the one thing that we 243 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 3: were all excited about when you know, Oba Fimmy came 244 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 3: out to the ring and he was like, all right, 245 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 3: come out here, let's do this. The lights go out, 246 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 3: You're thinking it's the guys that potentially attacked you are 247 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 3: going to come out, and all of a sudden you 248 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: hear a recognizable name come out and it's Moose, who 249 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 3: you know very well from back in DNA days. And 250 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 3: like you said, I mean, seeing the NXT title going 251 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 3: up against the TNA X Division title, this is something 252 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 3: that we never ever thought would have happened. 253 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, twenty twenty five. 254 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: I mean it's just like, yeah, why not, you know, 255 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: And here's the thing, like, it's not the end. I mean, 256 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: you saw what happened with John Cena. You know, this 257 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: past weekend. It's not the end of WWE fans going 258 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: oh my god, did that really happen? Like this is 259 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: just the beginning of those moments where you're just like, Wow, 260 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: this is unreal. 261 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 4: You know. 262 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: It's why WW so hot right now, as it should be. 263 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,719 Speaker 1: I mean, it's the best wrestling in the world. It's 264 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: always been and it will continue to be. 265 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely. 266 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 3: Of course you're able to watch NXT live on the 267 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 3: CW eight seven Central is when you can check that out. 268 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 3: And you mentioned John Cena for a second, and something 269 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 3: that nobody ever expected over the weekend, an elimination chamber. 270 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 2: John Cena finally turning heel. 271 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 3: My eight year old who is a big wrestling fan 272 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 3: texted me because I was. 273 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: Not able to sit there watch you with him. He 274 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 2: texted me and was like we. 275 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 3: No longer like John Cena, the Rock and Travis Scott. 276 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 2: That was the text message that he sent me. 277 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 3: What's going through your mind as somebody who is a 278 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 3: part of the roster seeing something that we never thought 279 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 3: would have happened. 280 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 2: John Cena turning heel, Yeah. 281 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 4: I mean the same thing. 282 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I'm in the world of NXT 283 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 1: and the world of evolved. So I'm not in right 284 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: now the raw and SmackDown world. So when I watch that, 285 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 1: it's still watching like a fan. You know, I don't 286 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: know all those guys and I'm not regularly around them. 287 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: So when I watched that, pl I'm still watching and 288 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: reacting like a man, and like I didn't think about that, 289 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: like that just happened, Like how cool? Like and my wife, 290 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: who does you know, she's not the biggest wrestling fan. 291 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: I even ran up and told her. I was like, 292 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: the clip was on X after and I showed her 293 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: and I'm like, you got to see this, like unbelievable, 294 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: like what just happened, Like this is going to change 295 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: the game, And even she was like, wow, that's. 296 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 4: Cool, you know. 297 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: So it's just, yeah, we shocked, just like your eight 298 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: year old was, Just like my eight year olds were. 299 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 4: What are your eight year old's text on a phone 300 00:12:59,240 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 4: or a watch? 301 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 2: He texts me on his iPad. 302 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: My my twins have watches that they text on, and 303 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: they like spell everything wrong or do voice messages. It's like, 304 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: so I'm curious as he texts you all those names, 305 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: that he spell them all correctly. 306 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 3: So he put on the text he says we hate 307 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 3: John Cena now and Travis Kamas Scott and the Rock. 308 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 4: Okay, there you go, so you got it. 309 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: And I was like I told him. 310 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 3: I was like I had to explain to him like 311 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 3: certain things because he's still in that that age of 312 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 3: like he doesn't get that some of the punches aren't real, 313 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 3: and so like I was trying to explain to him. 314 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 3: I was like, just let it play out. Maybe this 315 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 3: is just you know, John Cena faking it. Maybe he'll 316 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 3: be good again. He's like, no, we don't like him, 317 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 3: and he like put all of his John Cena action 318 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 3: figures in the trash can and he was so distraught, 319 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 3: and I was like, this is this kind of takes 320 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 3: me back, you know when Hogan turned and went to 321 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 3: the nWo and everything. 322 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 2: So this obviously a generational shift. 323 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 3: Like you said, wrestling with WW really really hot at 324 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 3: the NXT, really really hot. 325 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 2: At the moment. 326 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 3: And one thing that you know a lot of fans 327 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 3: that I love on social media or the you know, 328 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 3: the IWC, the Internet Wrestling Community with nuts when you 329 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 3: reference the Robbie E thing during a recent segment, do 330 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 3: you like to drop those subtle easter eggs or do 331 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 3: you know going in you're gonna drop it or is 332 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 3: it just kind of on the fly? 333 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 1: Are you talking about the video where I tried to 334 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: get into the building. Yes, yeah, no, I just it 335 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: was they were they were having an event a few 336 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: miles from where NXT runs and from where I live, 337 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: and it was just kind of like, I feel like 338 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: this would be really fun to do, So I just 339 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: like and to involve my kids, cause like they didn't, 340 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: like they have seen a few matches of me like that, 341 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: but like it's you know, they're not they don't go 342 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: on YouTube often and stuff, so they don't like get 343 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: to see like my old stuff. 344 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 4: So I think I be a part of it. And 345 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 4: then I showed him like who Robbie was and stuff. 346 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: They got to kick out of it and they got 347 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: to be in the video and they thought it was funny. 348 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: And then of course I had to bring my man 349 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: Rob Terry back into it because you know, that's my 350 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: guy still. He's uh, he's doing awesome and he's such 351 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: a you know, just a great dude, So anything that 352 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: can involve him is fun. But yeah, I don't know, 353 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: I just I thought about it a few days before 354 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 1: and I said, because they're right here. 355 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 4: I feel like I have to do. 356 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 1: Something because I think people forget and it's not in 357 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: a you know, I was there eight years and eight 358 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: good years of you know, like we talked about when 359 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: a lot of talent was there and when it was booming, 360 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: and uh yeah. I just it's fun sometimes to remind 361 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: the fans and w T current ww fans still to 362 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: this day when I post something. Every time I post 363 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: something from the past, at least one or two will 364 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: go I knew you looked familiar, or I knew there 365 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: was something it was the hair. Like still people are 366 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: not connecting Robert Stone and Robbie, you know, if they 367 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: just are just tuning in now or whatever it is. 368 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 4: So I like to just do that and make people's 369 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 4: jaw drop. 370 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 3: It's fun and it's great because as a fan of wrestling, 371 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 3: I guess that I've grown up watching this and seeing 372 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 3: that I was like, I remember that. It's kind of 373 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 3: like when when Joaquin was introducing I go back to DJZ. 374 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 2: That's that's my thing, and I'm waiting for him to 375 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 2: at least drop it. 376 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 3: Easter Egg just for fun during an LWO promo that 377 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 3: nobody else but you know, people of my generation will understand. 378 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 3: Just like when you drop the Robbie thing, I was like, 379 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 3: oh my god, this is the greatest thing ever. 380 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 4: He works with TNA. 381 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: You never know if there'll be a TNA reunion show 382 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: or throwback show or some old characters you know who 383 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: knows you know which that would be super cool. 384 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, that would definitely be cool for sure. 385 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 3: And again n XT live on the CW eight seven 386 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 3: Central every Tuesday night and real quick before I let 387 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 3: you go. We always like to kind of jump outside 388 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 3: of the wrestling world with our guest and kind of 389 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 3: get to really know the guests outside of what they 390 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 3: see on TV and social media. 391 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: If you had to. 392 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 3: Describe your your your life story using only three songs, 393 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 3: which would you pick and why? 394 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 4: Okay, so that is of such a do people come 395 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 4: up with that immediately? That answer? 396 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 2: Some people do? 397 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 4: That is rough. I would need a lot of time 398 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 4: to think about. 399 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,719 Speaker 1: So what I will do is just give you three 400 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: songs that are played either a lot in my house 401 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: or that I liked when I was a kid or something. 402 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 4: So one song that my kids love for some reason. 403 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: I don't know if you know it. Tim McGraw, the 404 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: one I had a barbecue you stay in them of 405 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,479 Speaker 1: what t shirt? Yep, it probably has nothing to do 406 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 1: with my life, but we play that all the time 407 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: because my kids love it for some reason. My favorite 408 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: song of all time is Ain't No Fun by Snoop 409 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: Dogg from Doggie Style from the nineties, Best song ever. 410 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 4: And then. 411 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: My wedding song Daughtry. All that I'm after is that 412 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: was me and my wife's wedding song. So I'll give 413 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: you that. But the thing about what would actually tell 414 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,479 Speaker 1: the story of my life, man, I would need to 415 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: give you really good answers. 416 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 4: I'd have to really think about that. 417 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 2: Well, you can always come back on the show next week. 418 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 3: Now that we've got all the Dutch in a line 419 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 3: and order, we can make this happen, and then you 420 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 3: can come back next week for that one question and 421 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 3: then we'll go off into the sunset. 422 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 4: Is that as hard to think about just on the 423 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 4: fly like that? 424 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: Right? 425 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 3: It really is Like some of the guests we've had, 426 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,199 Speaker 3: like have got it right off the rip. You know, 427 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,959 Speaker 3: when we talked to Steve Macklin, he had three songs 428 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 3: bam bam bam, and I was like, how did you 429 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 3: come up with those like is this like you're get 430 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 3: to go in morning playlist that these are the three songs. 431 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 4: He must have talked to someone else that was on 432 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 4: your show and he was coming or something he. 433 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 3: Bus well, Robert, it's an honor and or privileged to 434 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 3: have you on the show man. And of course before 435 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 3: we let you go, is anything you want to say 436 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 3: to people watching or listening to this right now? 437 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, I can't push hard enough. Wednesday Evolve, huge debut. 438 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: Me and Peter Rosenberg will be calling the action to 439 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: be eight pm and then YouTube internationally, so check it out. 440 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 4: It is a brand new show. 441 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: It's got a different feel, kind of a different concept, 442 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: intimate studio vibe, and yeah, do not miss it. Just 443 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: I appreciate you having me on and I can't wait 444 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: for Wednesday.