1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Here we go, h one fifty. Holy crap, we finally 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: made it to one fifty. Never would have thought that 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: in a million years we would have made it this 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: far on the podcast, and you can go back and 5 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: check out some of the greatest episodes. I mean, we've 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: had comedians on, we've had wrestlers on, we've had everybody on, 7 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: and we're celebrating one fifty day with Nick freaking all this. 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: We're giving him two episodes because he's that awesome of 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: a person, and Nick is amazing and he's the real champ, 10 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: the real heavyweight champ of the world, Nick freaking Audis. 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: But before we get into part two, I do want 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: to give a quick shout out to my good friends 13 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: over at the Mixed Tag Podcast. 14 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 2: Later this week, I'm. 15 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: Going to be jumping on with them and I'm going 16 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: to be a moderator for a debate. Never did a 17 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: moderating anything in my life, but I get to moderate 18 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: a debate on the Mixed Tag Podcast. So definitely go 19 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: check those guys out. They are amazing and super excited 20 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: to be a part of that show later this week. 21 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: But it is time, the moment you've all been waiting for. 22 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: You've been waiting all weekend for this episode to drop. 23 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: Part two of our interview with Nick Otis starts now. 24 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: You Double Battle Crown. 25 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 3: Live from the Parts Unknown Studios. This is the Battleground Podcast. 26 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 4: Battle Crowd, The Battle Crowd, The. 27 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 3: Battle Your place for all things pro wrestling, from the 28 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 3: independent scene to w W E A, E w R, 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 3: O H, m w A and Impact Wrestling, the hot topics, 30 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 3: as well as interviews with some of the biggest names 31 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 3: in the game, the Game, the. 32 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 2: Battle, the Battle Round. 33 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 3: The Battleground Podcast starts now. Carrier Hoach, Which Battle and Eli. 34 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Battleground Podcast Episode under one fifty. 35 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 2: Holy crap, we. 36 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: Made it to one hundred and fifty episodes and I 37 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: was sitting here going through uh the group chat with Eli, 38 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: and we were talking about how do we celebrate one fifty. Well, 39 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: we give Nick freaking all this not one but two episodes, 40 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: so we celebrate the big one five zero on the 41 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: Battleground Podcast with Nick Audis. This is part two of 42 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: our interview with Nick Man. We had some great stuff. 43 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: There was a lot of stuff told off the air 44 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 1: that we couldn't put on this podcast, but in this 45 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: podcast we dive into the new deal with the NWA. 46 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: What's next for Nick Aldis with good old sweet Charlotte, 47 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 1: who who would he like to wrestle? We respond to 48 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: some comments that some people have made about Nick Audis, 49 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk about some really cool stuff and 50 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: h man, it is awesome to have Nick Audis on 51 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: with us again. Part two of our interview with Nick 52 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: allus starts here in just a few minutes. But real quick, 53 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: before we get into this, please make sure you follow 54 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: us on Instagram. It is Battleground Podcast, Twitter is Battleground IHR. 55 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: We're also on Facebook. 56 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: You can find us Battleground Podcast and well yeah, we're 57 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: all over the place. 58 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: We're almost to one thousand followers. 59 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: Once we get to a thousand dollars, we're gon do 60 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: a big contest for you guys. So please make sure 61 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: you follow us, and we thank you guys for all 62 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: you do, and thank you for listening to the show, 63 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: and please make sure you share it with your friends. 64 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: Give us five stars and leave us a nice little 65 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: review ski because well that helps us get up there 66 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: in the tops, and that helps us get even more 67 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: guests on the show. But without further ado, let's sit 68 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: back relax enjoy Part two of Your Champion, Nick Aldus, 69 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: you know something that we're all big fans of on 70 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: the show is we were stoked that Nwa came back. 71 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: Nwa Power on YouTube was absolutely phenomenal. We watched it 72 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: every week and meet Eli and our group chats. We 73 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: go back and forth, did you see this? Did you 74 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: see that? And it was amazing. We love it Tonba Power. 75 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: But of course, pandemic happened. Some things happen. You had 76 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: a canceled Cracker Cup and you had to postpone some stuff. 77 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: But now there is the new announcement that NWA is 78 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: getting back to doing shows. It's gonna be on Fight TV, 79 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: and it's gonna be like a weekly pay per view. Nick, 80 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: can you kind of go into some details maybe tell 81 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: us about the new deal. 82 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 4: Yeah. 83 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 5: So look, when you know, when the pandemic started to 84 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 5: get serious, obviously the timing was unfortunate for everyone, but 85 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 5: it was especially unfortunate for us because we had kind 86 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 5: of put all our eggs in one basket, so to speak. 87 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 5: We had built, you know, that whole season of Power 88 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 5: around the match with Marty and I, you know, brand 89 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 5: new arena in Atlanta, the Gateway. Arena's beautiful venue, so 90 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 5: perfect for wrestling. It's one of those arenas where there's 91 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 5: like not a bad seat in the whole place. I 92 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 5: had toured the building with the you know, with the 93 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 5: with the team there. We had laid out like where 94 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 5: the tunnel would be, and you know, how we were 95 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 5: going to light it, how we were going to shoot it. 96 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 5: You know, you know, we planned like how we were 97 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 5: going to do the entrances, like coming all the way 98 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 5: from the from the dressing rooms and all this kind 99 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 5: of thing. And at the time of the pandemic really 100 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 5: starting to kind of uh you know, settle in. It 101 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 5: was we we had already we were already on course 102 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 5: to you know, we had already beaten all of our 103 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 5: previous box office you know, uh performances. I was very 104 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 5: confident we were going to sell that arena out, you know, 105 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 5: which for us, you know, we're we were a brand 106 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 5: who were two and a half years old at that point, 107 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 5: you know, obviously not the brand itself, but you know, 108 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 5: our incarnation of it. And and yeah, like I said, 109 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 5: it sucked because we were just like all our momentum, 110 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 5: you know, just kind of just everything got stopped and 111 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 5: everyone was everyone was trying to figure out how long 112 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 5: this was going to last and how we were gonna, 113 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 5: you know, how we were going to react to it, 114 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 5: how we were how we were going to pivot, and the. 115 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 4: One thing that we all agreed on was that. 116 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 5: Power at GPB in Atlanta is kind of a special place. 117 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 4: The audience. 118 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 5: I know this is a cliche thing that everyone says, 119 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 5: but but I mean this in a very literal sense, 120 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,119 Speaker 5: like the audience were a big part of that show, 121 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 5: and we just we could not we could not justify 122 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 5: or imagine doing that show with no audience. We just 123 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,679 Speaker 5: you know, and look, we we were in a different 124 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 5: position because we weren't obligated to do it. You know, 125 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 5: it wasn't like we had a if we'd had a 126 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 5: TV rights feed deal that you know, it was paying 127 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 5: us millions of dollars to do the show, then obviously 128 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 5: we would have we would have been right in there 129 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 5: doing it like everybody else, like all the other people 130 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 5: out who were obligated to do it. 131 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 4: But we weren't. 132 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 5: So we just said, I think we're just going to 133 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 5: you know, sit on the sidelines for a bit, you know, 134 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 5: take a knee, and then you know, as as time 135 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 5: has progressed, you know, it obviously became apparent that this 136 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 5: this wasn't going to be a couple of months, This 137 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 5: was going to be you know, kind of you know 138 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 5: here for a while. 139 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 4: And so then. 140 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 5: And the other thing that has to be acknowledged, although 141 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 5: don't you know, we don't have to go into any 142 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 5: detail on it, but you know, we obviously had you know, 143 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 5: another sort of unfortunate incident or occurrence that kind of 144 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 5: sort of made things a bit more difficult for the 145 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 5: company in terms of momentum as well. 146 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 4: So it was kind of like a two you know, 147 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 4: one two punch and then. 148 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 5: Well, you know, the reality is that Billy, you know, 149 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 5: Billy was kind of in a hole. He was kind 150 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 5: of in a dark place about it all. Was He 151 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 5: was not he was not very enthusiastic about anything. I 152 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 5: think he just you know, I think he was just 153 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 5: so you know, kind of disheartened by the circumstances. He 154 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 5: wasn't blaming anyone or anything or anything like that. He 155 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 5: was just you know, I could just tell that the 156 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 5: whole thing just had him really down in the dumps, 157 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 5: you know, I mean he was getting ready to tour 158 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 5: stadiums with guns and Roses. Yeah, you know, so it 159 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 5: was like he's you know, he's like he's got that 160 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 5: kind of he's got that major disappointment sitting on him 161 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 5: as well. 162 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 4: And then you know, wrestling fans, god love him. You know. 163 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 5: But they can be very demanding and they can be 164 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 5: very you know, invasive, and it's just you know, they 165 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 5: create these massive expectations and it's just like we know 166 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 5: one minute that it's like, you do you do one 167 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 5: good thing, right, you do like one good show where 168 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 5: you do like a successful pay per view, and suddenly 169 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 5: it's like, when are you going to when you're going 170 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 5: to have a whole roster, When are you going to 171 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 5: have more belts? When are you going to have more TV? 172 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 5: When are you going to do more pay per views? 173 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 5: Like you know, when are you going to do this? 174 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 5: When are you going to do that? 175 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 4: You know? 176 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 5: And then you know, you have one moment of a 177 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 5: sort of slowed momentum, and suddenly it's. 178 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 4: Like, oh, they're going out of business. You know, it's 179 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 4: all in, you know, it's all over. 180 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 5: It's like you can't It's it's really hard because they're 181 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 5: kind of conditioned based on a sort of revisionist history 182 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 5: put to them by the WWE, right like they sort 183 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,439 Speaker 5: of everything gets condensed into these very short kind of 184 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 5: time frames, so they don't realize that, you know, it's nothing, 185 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 5: nothing happens that quickly. 186 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 4: Guys, like, it's. 187 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 5: Much as much there, there's a lot more to it, 188 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 5: you know, And so I think once you know, because 189 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 5: and again this isn't me trying to sort of blame fans, 190 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 5: but there was one of the main things that really 191 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 5: had Billy kind of reluctant to make any moves and 192 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 5: to do anything was just was this sort of was 193 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 5: he was reading all this stuff. 194 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 4: You know, NWA's finished, you know, nwas this and he 195 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 4: just was. 196 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 5: And I think, you know, from a personal standpoint, he 197 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 5: was just like, God, I invested so much of my 198 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 5: own money into this to try to make something that, 199 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 5: you know, to try to create an alternative for fans, 200 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 5: and you know, create this this product that that fans 201 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 5: would enjoy because I'm a wrestling fan, and it's like 202 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 5: suddenly they just you know, suddenly they're just kind of 203 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 5: calling you know that suddenly they're just calling time of 204 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 5: death on you. 205 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 4: And I think he just felt a bit betrayed. 206 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 5: But it took me and you know a few others 207 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 5: who have had our own experiences of of the sort 208 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 5: of fickleness of of of the of the fans to 209 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 5: sort of remind him like, it's just recreational, man, It's 210 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 5: just that, you know, it's it's just something for them 211 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 5: to do. You can't you can't take it too seriously. 212 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 5: You know, It's it's just it's just their version of gossip. 213 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 5: It's it's their version of a bunch of people sitting 214 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 5: around going, oh did you hear that so and so 215 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 5: sleeping with so and so. Go you know, you know, 216 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 5: Kim Kardashian's doing this and she got but implants and 217 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 5: blah blah blah. 218 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 4: It's just their version of it. 219 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:18,959 Speaker 5: They just you know that they love to sit there 220 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 5: and talk about ratings and stock price and then it's 221 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 5: like you don't know about the stock market. You know, 222 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 5: suddenly all these like wrestling fans, you know, suddenly wrestling 223 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 5: people and stuff are suddenly experts on you know, the 224 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 5: stock exchange, you know, because WWE is on the stock exchange. 225 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 4: Now I find all this I find all this stuff hilarious. 226 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 4: You know, it's just like, but it's just recreation, you know. 227 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 4: But anyway then, So. 228 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 5: We've had a great relationship with Fight TV and basically 229 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 5: they you know, our stuff performs really well for them. 230 00:11:56,080 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 5: Our pay per views outperformed, so and you know big 231 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 5: brands on that you know, on their pay per view 232 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 5: platform like three to one. So like we you know, 233 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 5: we were like they're you know, they're constantly sort of 234 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 5: checking in with us, like, hey, how's everything going, guys, 235 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 5: because obviously, like you know, they make money from us. 236 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 5: And so an opportunity came up at a place called 237 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 5: Thunder Studios in Long Beach in l A. And uh, 238 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 5: it will be a combination of Fight TV and traditional 239 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 5: pay per view on demand pay per view, And it 240 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 5: was basically a situation where they said to David Marquez, 241 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 5: you know who has who has a long standing sort 242 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 5: of you know status out in California. 243 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 6: Excellent voice by the way, Yeah yeah. 244 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 5: Great, great, great stick man, And they basically said, look, 245 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 5: there's a there's a time slot here for you if 246 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 5: you want to do something with it. And so David 247 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 5: kind of this put this sort of situation together where 248 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,719 Speaker 5: he basically opened up the possibility to any promotion he 249 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 5: wants to take part in it to have you know, 250 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 5: a pay per view, you know, as regularly or as 251 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 5: infrequently as they like. And we partnered with him on 252 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 5: it because it's a great opportunity for us to go 253 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 5: into a new setting, because the one thing we really 254 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 5: didn't want to do is go back to GPB without fans. 255 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 5: So if we were going to do something, we wanted 256 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 5: to do it in a new, new environment, new setting, 257 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 5: you know, so it feels like a different show, so 258 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 5: that hopefully one day when when we can, we can 259 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 5: go back to GPB and we can have our phenomenal fans, 260 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 5: you know, who play such an important role in our 261 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 5: in our atmosphere. So it was kind of a win win, 262 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 5: and so basically these shows will be they will be 263 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:00,080 Speaker 5: regular weekly shows on pay per view. But that's not 264 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 5: to say that the NWA will be doing weekly pay 265 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 5: per views. It means that there is a weekly pay 266 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 5: per view time slot and the NWA will be occupying 267 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 5: some of those. So it starts on September fifteenth. I 268 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 5: will be on that show, as will you know, several 269 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 5: other NWA talent. We are in the process of finalizing 270 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 5: and securing my opponent for that. We think that if 271 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 5: we can get this deal done, we think that it 272 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 5: will be a matchup and an opponent that I think 273 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 5: is going to excite and satisfy the audience and the 274 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 5: wider wrestling audience in general, and then we will get 275 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 5: to work on creating more new content and then building 276 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 5: to these pay per views as and when we occupy them. 277 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 5: So it's kind of a condensed Sorry, sorry, I don't 278 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 5: mean to cut you off, but it's a condensed a condensed, 279 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 5: a condensed version of the ten pounds of Gold method really, 280 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 5: but with but with pay per views being there being 281 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 5: the kind of focal point you know, once those once 282 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 5: that content has been delivered. 283 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 6: Yeah, that sounds really cool. 284 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: And I know me and Eli were talking about this, 285 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: and I know you put out the tweet of like, 286 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: who should who should be my next opponent, and we're 287 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: still kind of you know, you teased us at a 288 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: convention with a certain legend by the name of Great Muda, 289 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: and we're like, is Nick and Muda. 290 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 7: Gonna go at it because he's us super hard with that. 291 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 5: That happened, So yeah, yeah, that was fun. Look, I 292 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 5: you know, I'm a huge fan of the Great Muda. 293 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 5: I've worked for I've worked for Muda in Japan for 294 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 5: for Wrussell one. 295 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 4: You know, so I would love to make that happen. 296 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 5: I actually pitched that the Madison Square Garden show that 297 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 5: Ring of Honor in New Japan, and you know, obviously 298 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 5: they pass on that. I also pitched. I also pitched 299 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 5: me and Liger. Jeez, there's there's there's that, there's that information. 300 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 5: But but yeah, so and then with Wrestle caid Uh, 301 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 5: it was just something that was kind of presented to us. 302 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 5: Sonny Ono was you know, was handling Muto's stuff and 303 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 5: just kind of went, oh, we think it would be 304 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 5: cool if we did this, and you know, so we said, right, 305 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 5: figure it out, and but it was really just a 306 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 5: it's really just a sort of shot across the bow. 307 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 5: So I mean, look, look they he knows where I am. 308 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 5: We can make that happen. He's just gotta, you know, 309 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 5: just make the price right Mooda. 310 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: This is like, this is exciting because I'm hoping to 311 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: finally see this. You know, you kind of talked and 312 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: we talked about earlier about booking and fans and wrestling fans, 313 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: and you know, there was some heat recently with you 314 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: and somebody in the company up north we're not gonna 315 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,120 Speaker 1: talk about it because you've already addressed it and everything. We 316 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: were super pumped that Mickey returned to TV the other 317 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: night in raw. We weren't really happy the wait it 318 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,719 Speaker 1: panned out during the match and how everything. 319 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 4: I kind of think anybody was no. 320 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: We were sitting there and I was like, and I 321 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: was telling Eli, I was like, like, here is Mickey's return. 322 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: We just had her on the show. Here's a return. 323 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 6: And then like she was so excited. She was like 324 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 6: I cannot wait to get back, and you know, and 325 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 6: then to unfold it the way they did with no fanfare, and. 326 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 7: It cut off. 327 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: You know, you see Joe and all that stuff on 328 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: the side, and we were super pissed off. Do you 329 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: think maybe with her return and that kind of thing 330 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 1: with who the person that's kind of running this stuff, 331 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: do you think maybe that was retaliation from what you 332 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 1: had said, or do you think they're just being clueless 333 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 1: as always? 334 00:17:55,800 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 5: You're not suggesting that the executive direct to of a 335 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 5: publicly traded company with stockholders and huge television rights fees 336 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 5: to maintain would be as petty as to devalue one 337 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 5: of his own assets just to get revenge over a 338 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 5: response to a feud that he himself started, would you? 339 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 5: I mean you really, you can't honestly suggest that that 340 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 5: would be a real thing. 341 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 4: I mean, it has to be a coincidence purely. 342 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 6: I mean, she's she's just probably not ready for TV, 343 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 6: that's all it is. 344 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:40,680 Speaker 5: No, I mean, you know, she's yeah, only only a 345 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 5: sure fire Hall of Famer, you know, multiple time champion 346 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 5: across multiple promotions, groundbreaker. Half the women's roster there, you know, 347 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 5: basically decided they wanted to be wrestlers because of her. 348 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 5: But yeah, look, I don't know, man, Look I think 349 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 5: that I think that you guys have You guys are 350 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 5: a perfect example of the overall sentiment to that. And 351 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 5: times have changed. You know, the fans, the fans have 352 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 5: their own opinion, they have their own voice, and you know, 353 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 5: these these sort of silly, petty kind of tactics and things, 354 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 5: you know, they see through them these days, they don't. 355 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 5: I don't think anybody saw that and thought, oh man, 356 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 5: Mickey James is a JABRONI They everyone saw that for 357 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 5: what it was. So look, man, she's she's as good 358 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 5: as any any woman there is. You know, she's an 359 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 5: all time great and she doesn't need me to fight 360 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 5: her battles for her, that's for damn sure. And you know, 361 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 5: ultimately like she she knows her worth and she'll she 362 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,720 Speaker 5: know she she can make anything work. But the the 363 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 5: I think, you know, I think every you know, every 364 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 5: body in the world could smell that stench. 365 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's just too coincidental, you know, Uh, because if 366 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 6: I'm not mistaken. 367 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 4: Here's the thing, it was just sad. Yeah, it's just sad. 368 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 6: Well, I think you said it best, like, why would 369 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 6: you devalue one of your assets. It's not like it 370 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 6: was uh, you know, this wouldn't be possible. But it's 371 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 6: not like they had the NWA champion in their ring 372 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 6: and they devalued him or something, you know what I mean. 373 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 6: Like she's on your roster. But it's if I'm not mistaken, 374 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 6: when we talked to her about a month ago, she 375 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 6: didn't have a return date lined up. So then when 376 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 6: we saw that, we're like, and then when we saw 377 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,360 Speaker 6: how it happened, like okay, all right, so we see 378 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 6: what's going on now, So well we'll pivot from the 379 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 6: drama here. This this one's a fun one. Who is 380 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,199 Speaker 6: the star from the past? You wish you could have 381 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 6: faced for the NBA Championship. And then talking about present day, 382 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 6: you know, say Billy gives you a blank piece of paper, says, 383 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 6: go go find somebody who who would be a modern 384 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 6: performer you'd want to face for sweet Carlton watch. 385 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 5: I think I think in the you know, in the 386 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 5: modern you know, the current forms, I think it's it's 387 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 5: it's it's Randy Orton for me. I mean I just 388 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 5: think when you when you when you think about the 389 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 5: n w A champion, you know, and you think about 390 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 5: what you know, what a what are the qualities that 391 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,719 Speaker 5: a wrestler needs to have and what you know, what 392 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 5: they need to represent, you know, in order to be 393 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 5: the n w A champion. I think Randy is you know, 394 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 5: he's almost he's almost as perfect for it as me. 395 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 6: Yeah, but I don't know what's happening. 396 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 4: I'm just kidding, Like I'm just kidding. 397 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 6: I don't know what's happened in the four years since 398 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 6: he came back. But he is, I mean he was 399 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 6: always like yeah, you know whatever, he's you know, he's 400 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 6: turned a corner though the last three to four years. 401 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 5: Here's the thing with he's he's just so stupid talented, 402 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 5: you know what I mean, like that he can just 403 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 5: I just then look and I don't I don't know 404 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 5: him well, I've met him a couple of times, but 405 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,239 Speaker 5: I just get the feeling with him that it's like 406 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 5: he's so ridiculously talented that he can just kind of 407 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 5: turn it on and off, like and if he's. 408 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 4: Feeling it, then he you know. 409 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 5: And and I think if there's ever been a point 410 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 5: where he hasn't been, you know, hasn't been quite as 411 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 5: hot as he's been before, I think it's more just 412 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 5: a case of like he's just kind of taking his 413 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 5: foot off the gas. 414 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 4: I don't know that for sure, but I loved I 415 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 4: loved his match with Edge that they do a backlash. 416 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 5: To me, that was and look, Edge has been a 417 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 5: very vocal supporter of mine, and that's a and then 418 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 5: to me, that's like a that's that's a pinch yourself 419 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 5: sort of moment for me, Like to have you know 420 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 5: a guy like that who I you know, another guy 421 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 5: who I grew up watching, you know, and just. 422 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 4: Like he's another guy. 423 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 5: I mean, if it would be Edge or Randy out 424 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 5: out of today's performers that I would want to work with, 425 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 5: you know, for the NWA t But the the cool 426 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 5: thing is that Edge has acknowledged me, you know, and 427 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 5: acknowledged that the nw A and and I I talked 428 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 5: to him a little bit after his match with Brandy 429 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 5: and you know, just told him how much I love 430 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 5: the match, and he, you know, he pretty much said, 431 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 5: in not so many words like that it was kind 432 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 5: of an homage to the same sort of matches that 433 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 5: that that we were, you know, doing an homage to 434 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 5: Flair and Steamboat and you know, Dusty and all the 435 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 5: you know, the the quintessential nw A you know, a 436 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 5: wrestling match for the world title, you know, and and 437 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 5: so you know, to be acknowledged by those guys, you know, 438 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 5: all time greats, it's you know, that's a cool feeling. 439 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 5: But you know, I think right now, I think, you know, 440 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 5: the idea of if you did it right, you know, 441 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 5: if you did like Starcade, you know, oldest and Randy 442 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 5: Orton for the n w A title, I feel like 443 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 5: that's you know, that's that's that's a cool that's a 444 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 5: cool idea. Yeah, seriously, but all time probably Steamboat in 445 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 5: his prime. Yeah, you know, just just I'm thinking, you know, 446 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 5: obviously flair dusty, you know, just the sort of you know, 447 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 5: the big, the huge, all time sort of box office 448 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 5: attractions that were associated with the nw A. But for 449 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 5: but just looking at it from my perspective as the 450 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 5: way I wrestle, and and you know, my my position 451 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:40,239 Speaker 5: as the antagonist usually like Steamboat in his prime, like 452 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 5: I feel it would have been, you know, perfect for 453 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 5: me because he's you know, because of his selling and 454 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 5: his his ability to sort of you know, to his 455 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 5: comeback and his fire and his emotion. 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You've got your own. Yeah, 507 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: I was just looking at it. I was just looking 508 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 1: at it. On Twitter, I follow you and you've got 509 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: you've got You're following four hundred and twenty nine people, 510 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: and I was trying to. 511 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 5: Be Okay, that's right, Okay, yeah, you said I had 512 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:33,959 Speaker 5: four hundred and twenty nine. 513 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,880 Speaker 7: Sorry, sorry, that's my nine followers. 514 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: So but something that that's really cool that I did 515 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: notice is you have your own action figure out. 516 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 7: How awesome is that? 517 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 4: It's very cool. I mean I've had others. 518 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 5: I had two with TNA and I actually even had 519 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 5: one with Gladiators back in the day. My last TNA 520 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 5: one is actually I'm actually looking at it right now. 521 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 5: It's sitting on my bookshelf. But the this one, this 522 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 5: one's cool because I like it because it's kind of 523 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 5: it's kind of in the spirit of the NWA. First 524 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 5: of all, it's going to be it's like a retro 525 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 5: Hasbro style figure. But also the company that are manufacturing 526 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 5: it and selling. 527 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,160 Speaker 4: It is a company called Cella Toys. 528 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 5: They're a British company and they're a startup, you know, 529 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 5: they're they're there are a couple and they basically just 530 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 5: decided like, let's do. 531 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 4: This, and I just really dig that. 532 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 5: Like they they approached me and said, we want you 533 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 5: to be our first figure, and you know we made 534 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 5: you know, we got the deal done. The other reason 535 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 5: I like it is because I made more money in 536 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 5: one day from this figure. 537 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 4: Than I made from any of my other ones. 538 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 5: Jeez, It's so funny, you know when you think, like, oh, 539 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 5: you had like these you know, multimillion dollar companies like 540 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 5: TNA and you know, Sky and stuff, and it's like 541 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 5: I made no money from those figures at all, but 542 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 5: like this one, I've already made more money than all 543 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 5: of those two put together. But yeah, it's you know that, 544 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 5: I just I really love those guys like they've been, 545 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 5: you know, they've been They're. 546 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 4: Just they're trying something. 547 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 5: You know, they're going for it, and I admire that 548 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 5: about them, the entrepreneurs, and so you know, I've really 549 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 5: gone out of my way to try to help make 550 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 5: it a success. And you know hopefully that you know, 551 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 5: they they seem to be very happy with the pre 552 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 5: sales and the pre orders, and you know that they've 553 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 5: they managed to get a US distributor because obviously the 554 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 5: US demand was so high that I think they weren't 555 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 5: necessarily anticipating that, you know, to begin with, and they realized, oh, 556 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 5: like all these people from the US are ordering and 557 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 5: the shipping is crazy so they managed to find a 558 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 5: US distributor and that now the pre orders for those 559 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 5: guys have been really great. So it's it's looking good. 560 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 5: And you know, there's already discussions to parley into a 561 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 5: wider licensing deal for the NWA as a whole. 562 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 6: Well, we're really excited about toys. I'm looking to my 563 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 6: left and I have about fifty wrestling figures. 564 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 5: Oh speaking interested, Yeah, if you're interested to here's the plug. 565 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,719 Speaker 5: So it's if you're if you're pre ordering in the 566 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 5: UK or in Europe, it's Cella Toys dot net. 567 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 4: It's c h E. L l A Toys dot net. 568 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 5: Or if you're pre ordering in the US or anywhere 569 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 5: in North America, it's Body Slam Clothing Club dot com. 570 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 6: Awesome, that's very important news for our audience. If we 571 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 6: if we ever run into each other in Nashville, I 572 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 6: have to get you signed my ten pounds agold. I 573 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 6: got Cody too last year when he was in Nashville. 574 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: And so so we're I'm sorry to interrupt, this is 575 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: a funny story and I'm gonna I told elam. 576 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 7: Thomen at the bus speaking of meeting Nick when he's 577 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 7: in town. 578 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: Oh jeez, can you tell the story about meeting Nick 579 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: in New Orleans that you told us? 580 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 2: We all died laughing about Oh dear did did she? 581 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 6: Did she tell you the story after? 582 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: Okay? 583 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 4: If I don't know off hand. 584 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 6: Yeah, okay. So I was at WrestleMania two years ago 585 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 6: in New Orleans and you know, did a bunch of 586 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 6: the indie stuff and did an XTA did WrestleMania. Actually, 587 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 6: WrestleMania was probably my least favorite thing that I attended, ironically, 588 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 6: but it was either the Saturday of the next T 589 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 6: Show or the Sunday of WrestleMania. We went out and 590 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 6: we were at the sports bar, and I don't know 591 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 6: if Drew Brees owned the sports bar, but there was 592 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 6: a ton of Drew Brees stuff all over the restaurant. 593 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 6: So I'm sitting there and my buddy is like, hey, 594 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 6: I think that's Mickey James and I kind of looked back. 595 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 6: It was like yeah, and I saw you. I was like, oh, 596 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 6: well there's you know, there's her husband. And so we 597 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 6: had we have our lunch and you know, we're eating whatever. 598 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 6: This guy comes and taps me on the shoulder. He's like, hey, 599 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 6: can you get can you take a picture for me. 600 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,040 Speaker 6: He's like sure, So I turn around and it's him 601 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 6: and Mickey and then you know, you're standing there. So 602 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 6: I was like, oh, hey, Mickey and you know, take 603 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 6: a picture. And I turned the U and I got 604 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 6: so confused because I was. 605 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 7: Like, make this like I. 606 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 6: Didn't know which one to call you, and I just said, hey, 607 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 6: Champ and you gave me this go to hell look 608 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 6: and it was hilarious and I was like, oh, well, okay. 609 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 6: So then I sat down and told my buddy's like, well, 610 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 6: I mean, he's the NBA champion. So yeah, So that 611 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 6: was my embarrassing story. 612 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 5: But that is not the first time that I've I've 613 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 5: had an interaction like that that someone's later told me about. 614 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 5: I just think that's I don't think I mean to 615 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 5: give that look. I just I just tend to I 616 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 5: tend to be it's a good it's a good, good 617 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 5: time to talk about it. Actually, considering that the incident 618 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 5: that just happened with Sonya. 619 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 4: Deville, oh yeah, totally. But like I want to make this. 620 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 5: I almost wrote something about it, and then I was like, no, 621 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 5: it's not my place to talk about it. But look, 622 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 5: I get this a lot where people say, oh, yeah, 623 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 5: like I actually met you once where like I you know, 624 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,959 Speaker 5: I found BOYD for Mickey and then you kind of 625 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 5: like made me feel intimidated or whatever. Look, I'm protective, 626 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 5: that's really you know, it's not an ego. It's not 627 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 5: like my ego is bruised. Like I know that she's 628 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 5: more well known than I am. 629 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 4: But it's like I've seen enough. 630 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 5: Guys who have that look in their eye, and I 631 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 5: just go, I don't get a good vibe from this guy. 632 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 5: This guy's you know this this guy's a potential skin wearer, 633 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 5: you know. So I'm like, so I'm just kind of 634 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 5: naturally guarded when she's around, because guys get too comfortable, 635 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 5: you know, they get too you know, they get too close, 636 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 5: they get too touchy, you know, and or they just 637 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 5: or are they just you know, they kind of forget 638 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 5: that that she's giving up her time. 639 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 4: Right for you. 640 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 6: She's not on the job right then. 641 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like it's you know, a picture and a 642 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 5: brief conversation. An autograph is fine, but like, you know, 643 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 5: don't pull up a chair, dude, you know. 644 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 4: And We've had so. 645 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,000 Speaker 5: Many, you know, situations like that where I have to 646 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 5: be bad cop, and I'm sure, you know, I'm sure 647 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 5: that there are fans all over the world who have said, oh. 648 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 4: Mickey's so nice and she's so great. You know, Nick's 649 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,319 Speaker 4: a dick. He's such a dick, you know. 650 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,320 Speaker 5: And obviously partly is because you know, in their somewhere 651 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 5: in their mind they were like, it should have been me. 652 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 5: But the other part of it is because they were 653 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 5: the ones who probably got too comfortable, you know, too familiar, 654 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,319 Speaker 5: too close, and I had to be bad cop and go, okay, look, 655 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 5: we're trying to enjoy our you know, we're trying to 656 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 5: enjoy our meal, trying to enjoy some time, you. 657 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 4: Know whatever, you know, moved along kind of thing. 658 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 5: And it's like, you know, and when I saw that 659 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 5: whole thing with Sonia, it just it gets kind of 660 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 5: it just sort of reinforced that for me, where it's like, 661 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 5: so all of you guys out there who were like, oh, she's. 662 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 4: Great and he's a bit of a dick. 663 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 5: Like you can blame guys like that, you know, you 664 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,359 Speaker 5: can blame the guys who fucking stalk someone and go 665 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 5: and hide in the bushes in their fucking house and 666 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 5: cut through the screen door and come in and. 667 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,680 Speaker 4: Looking to kidnap the motherfucker. Like blame those guys. 668 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 5: That's that's why I'm a bit fucking guarded with people 669 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 5: when they you know, when they get to clinging into 670 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 5: too familiar with with with us, you know, in public. 671 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,839 Speaker 6: Right well, and it's like, you know, they do that 672 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,319 Speaker 6: at like sanctioned meet and greet, So like what are 673 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,960 Speaker 6: they going to do in public? I mean you can't 674 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 6: you have no idea what the next person is going 675 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 6: to do, you know. 676 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, So look, you know, and like I said earlier, 677 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 5: I'm sort of I'm kind of comfortable with the fact that, 678 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 5: for whatever reason, like the vibe I give off to 679 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 5: people at first is not necessarily particularly warm and approachable. 680 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 5: But but if but when she's around, for sure, it's 681 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 5: definitely worse because I'm just unprotective. 682 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,280 Speaker 4: She's she's the opposite. 683 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 5: She's too nice, right, which is which is the part 684 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 5: of the problem, because it's like there are those people 685 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 5: who have, you know, mental deficiencies, mistake sort of friendliness 686 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 5: for something else, you know, or right like she she 687 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,879 Speaker 5: you know, she's she never wants to be the bad 688 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,520 Speaker 5: She doesn't want to be bad cop ever, and I 689 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 5: understand that, but you know, at times people end up 690 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 5: misinterpreting that then as like an invitation and it's not 691 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 5: the same thing. 692 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 6: Well, I felt like a chump because you know, Champ 693 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,360 Speaker 6: is like a general, you know, just what you call people. 694 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,279 Speaker 6: So I was like, I bet you he thinks I 695 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,440 Speaker 6: don't know who he is, and I feel like an idiot. 696 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,319 Speaker 4: Well here's the thing. If you if you paused, if 697 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,239 Speaker 4: you paused. 698 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 5: For more than a second and then when yeah, then 699 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 5: I probably was like Okay, this fucker forgot my mind. 700 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah. 701 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,560 Speaker 6: So yeah, so we we talked about it the whole 702 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,839 Speaker 6: weekend and now two years later, we're still talking about it. 703 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:45,240 Speaker 1: So yeah, so I know we've been talking for a while. 704 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: So and it's it literally is an honor to have 705 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: you on the show. And of course when things are 706 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,880 Speaker 1: kind of back to normal, we'll have to get. 707 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 7: You in the studio. But where can people keep up 708 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 7: with you online? 709 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 4: I'm on Twitter at real Nicole. This is verified. 710 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:03,720 Speaker 5: On Instagram NICOLDI is verified. I do have a Facebook page. 711 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:05,600 Speaker 5: I think that's at real Nicolders as well. 712 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,080 Speaker 4: So yeah, but. 713 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 5: Information wise, mostly you know most of the stuff you're 714 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,320 Speaker 5: going to see at first on Twitter, you know, Instagram 715 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,880 Speaker 5: is probably my second most sort of used platform, and 716 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:25,759 Speaker 5: then nicoldis dot com. It's it's more of a landing 717 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 5: page really for my other stuff like the Superstar bodybook 718 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 5: and all my sort of fitness related stuff. But yeah, 719 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 5: and then please for anyone who's listening who has not 720 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 5: checked out the NWA, everything is really easy for the 721 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 5: NWA on social It's all at NWA. And go to 722 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,759 Speaker 5: YouTube dot com slash NWA. If you haven't watched it yet, 723 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 5: do yourself a favor and binge watch NWA Power. There's 724 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:03,640 Speaker 5: twenty one episodes. If you like wrestling, that takes you 725 00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:09,280 Speaker 5: back to the way you felt when you first watch wrestling. Wrestling, 726 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,799 Speaker 5: that that celebrates all the best qualities of wrestlers, Guys 727 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 5: who talk off the cuff, you know, organic moments, you know, 728 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 5: guys just guys, experienced, seasoned professionals, you know, with the 729 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,719 Speaker 5: ability to just let loose and be organic. Uh and 730 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:29,200 Speaker 5: and and that genuine crowd interaction, not the sort of Pavlovian. 731 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,640 Speaker 4: Like this is awesome clap clap clap. 732 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,520 Speaker 5: Like genuine like fan interaction between the wrestlers and fans. 733 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 4: Then you're gonna love NWA. 734 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:40,600 Speaker 5: Power and I you know, I really hope that some 735 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 5: of you guys check it out, because just for the 736 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 5: promos alone. If you guys cringe when you watch wrestlers 737 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 5: try to recite lines that were written for them by 738 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,919 Speaker 5: someone else who has never been in a fight, and 739 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:58,839 Speaker 5: you know they're they're they're delivering these soliloquies with all 740 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,200 Speaker 5: these word salads, know that no wrestler would ever say 741 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,800 Speaker 5: in a million years yep. And you've sort of decided 742 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,520 Speaker 5: that you got that you don't like it when wrestlers 743 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,719 Speaker 5: are talking. I hear this all the time, that oh, 744 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,279 Speaker 5: there's too much talking. No, there's too much bad talking, right, 745 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 5: trust me. NWA Power is probably sixty percent promos. But 746 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,400 Speaker 5: it's just like the elite promo guys in the business. 747 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 5: And you'll see it if you know, if you watch it, 748 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,799 Speaker 5: I mean you you won't need to get You'll get 749 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,520 Speaker 5: five minutes into the first episode and you will know 750 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,400 Speaker 5: what I'm talking about. I know this because I'm the 751 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 5: first promo on the fucking shut right. 752 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,719 Speaker 6: Well, so far, we've had Camille, We've had Billy, We've 753 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,120 Speaker 6: had Josephus, we had James Storm, we. 754 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: Did have a guy that shoot a promo on you 755 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,200 Speaker 1: because he still hasn't gotten his title shot back by 756 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 1: the name of Jack's Day. 757 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 7: But that's for another episode later. 758 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,239 Speaker 6: Yeah, not to open a can of worms on you there, 759 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 6: but but yeah, So now having the world World Champions 760 00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,279 Speaker 6: obviously the peak for that. 761 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:02,040 Speaker 7: So and we can end the show for the rest 762 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:02,399 Speaker 7: of the year. 763 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,040 Speaker 4: Now you're welcome. 764 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,360 Speaker 8: We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Battleground Podcast. 765 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,000 Speaker 8: Make sure you give it five stars and a nice review. 766 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 8: To stay up to date with the show, follow them 767 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:22,120 Speaker 8: at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.