1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the battle Ground Podcast. This 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: is a podcast all about professional wrestling, joined Battle and 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: Eli as a breakdown what's going on in the world 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: of professional wrestling with special guests including some of your 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: favorite wrestling superstars. 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 2: You never know who's. 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: Gonna stop by now making their. 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 3: Way to the microphone. 9 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: Give it up for the greatest podcast team in the world, 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: Battle and Eli. 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 4: You know, this is a great time to be a 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 4: wrestling fan. Uh, we talk about it all the time 13 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 4: on the show. And the fact that we have the 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 4: inaugural first ever aw Tag Team Champions sitting here in 15 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 4: the studio. We've got SCU in the But what's up, guys. 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 3: In the building. 17 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 2: Thanks for having us, guys much appreciate it. 18 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 5: Thanks for coming in. Uh good for early in the morning. 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, I know, right, can you just have we might 20 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 4: as well just stop the interview right there. 21 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 6: That I guess if you're carrying the belts, it's it's 22 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 6: always a good. 23 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 2: We were up very early ago, three am. 24 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 3: We had our full and full. 25 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: Work the workout in. 26 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 3: We got it, you know, heavy leg day, Yep, you can. 27 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 4: I gotta say those belts are absolutely stunning, just sitting 28 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 4: here staring at them right now. So let's kind of 29 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 4: jump into this. We put out a tweet yesterday talking 30 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 4: about aw bing in Nashville tomorrow night. You guys have 31 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 4: a main event that you're wrestling in. We'll talk about 32 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 4: that later on the show, but we wanted the fans 33 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 4: to kind of chime in and let's see at Champion 34 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 4: Mitzer on Twitter and at Durrett's floor as ninety four 35 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 4: on Instagram wants to know how you guys all met 36 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 4: and how did the team of FCU become. 37 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 7: Well, we were all doing time together and we were 38 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 7: all on a work detail that the. 39 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 2: I had been pinched for a B and E doing 40 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: ten to twenty No. 41 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 7: I mean, obviously, Christopher Daniels is the longest tenured performer 42 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 7: out of the three of us. He by the time 43 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 7: I had already moved back to Southern California and started 44 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 7: training and wrestling, he was already a big deal and 45 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 7: a big name and the quote unquote king of the 46 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 7: Indies and a guy I looked up to, and a 47 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 7: guy that was lucky enough to a couple of years 48 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 7: later become friendly with and spend a lot of time 49 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 7: as a matter of fact here in Nashville and the 50 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 7: early TNA days, and and we became, you know, became 51 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 7: fast friends, co workers, et cetera. 52 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 3: All that Scorpio. 53 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 7: Sky I met in the early the early part of 54 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 7: his career in a promotion called p w G in 55 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 7: southern California and. 56 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 3: Same thing. 57 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 7: Took a liking to each other, had great chemistry in 58 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 7: the Ring. I don't know when Sky and Chris first 59 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 7: met him, assuming it's probably. 60 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,679 Speaker 2: For and then like in in the later part of 61 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 2: Ring of Honor, for us as the addiction, we had 62 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 2: an opportunity to to add a third member and after 63 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 2: a little bit of after a little bit of soul search, 64 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: and we decided that Scorpio Skuy was the best third 65 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: guy that we could put with us. And little did 66 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: we know that he would blend, he would blend with 67 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 2: us so quickly, and we would get so successful so 68 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 2: quickly with. 69 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 3: Him by our side. It was awesome. It was great. 70 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 2: It was like finding your third brother you didn't know 71 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 2: you had. 72 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 5: And PWG that's pro wrestling Grilla is that. 73 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 7: It's uh Super Dragons, super Dragon. There were six guys that. 74 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 8: Started and started out with like six guys including Excalibur, 75 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 8: who does commentary for a w Joey Ryan was one 76 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 8: of them, and super Dragon and a few other guys 77 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 8: that kind of branched off, and I think it's just 78 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 8: super Dragon nowadays. But yeah, in the beginning, back in 79 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 8: those days, it was they called him the PWG six Awesome. 80 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 5: Let's see. 81 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 6: This is from at Eric Daegel from Twitter. He wants 82 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 6: to know what has been the most fun. 83 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 5: Part of aw thus far. I imagine these might have 84 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 5: something to do. 85 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 8: With it, you know, seeing everything that had been talked about, 86 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 8: you know, a year ago coming to light. And actually, 87 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 8: you know, we hear things so many times over the 88 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 8: years in the wrestling business of like, hey, this is 89 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 8: what the plan is, this is what we're going to do, 90 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 8: this is what we'd like to do, and I would 91 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 8: say more than nine times out of ten, which you 92 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 8: know doesn't make sense, but more than nine times out 93 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 8: of ten, they don't happen. And to actually hear, yeah, 94 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,119 Speaker 8: this is what we're going to do, and you see 95 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 8: it happen, and we're going to be on T and 96 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 8: T and then next thing you know, we're on T 97 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 8: and T and seeing also the fans excitement, everyone is 98 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 8: so on fire about this product and what we're doing 99 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,679 Speaker 8: for the wrestling business. Not only is fans actually but legends, 100 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 8: the legends that come in and work with us are 101 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 8: also equally as excited and that's just so much fun 102 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 8: for me. 103 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 4: This is another interesting question on Twitter and this will 104 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 4: be the last fan question at our p Underscore. Andrews 105 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 4: wants to know. Do you guys have different move sets 106 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 4: depending on which tour in the ring, like Sky and 107 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 4: Kazarian do these moves? Sky and Christopher Daniels do something different? 108 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 4: Is there kind of a thing that you guys. 109 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 7: Have or Yeah, well, obviously, Christopher Daniel myself have been 110 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 7: an established tag team for eight years. 111 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, and so we have. 112 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 7: You know, we have that history and we have a 113 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 7: lot of chemistry as a tag team and a lot 114 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 7: of things we have been doing for a long time. Scorpio, 115 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 7: Skuy and myself obviously have had the opportunity to tag 116 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 7: a lot over the last year and a half two years, 117 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 7: and we have kind of developed our own kind of 118 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 7: signature Sky and Kazarian move set in terms of tag 119 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 7: team wrestling. And then when all three of us tag, 120 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 7: when we do the six man tags, we have certain 121 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 7: six man. 122 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 3: Moves that we all do, and then we all kind 123 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 3: of incorporate. 124 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 7: And what's cool is we can take variations of a 125 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 7: move that Chris Daniels and I do and tweak it 126 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 7: for and turn into a move the Sky and I do, 127 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 7: and vice versa. So all of our styles are very similar, 128 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 7: similar base. We all kind of came up watching the 129 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 7: same type of guys and idolizing the same type of wrestlers, 130 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 7: so we all have a similar style. So it makes 131 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 7: like creating tag team moves pretty easy for us. 132 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: It's actually funny, like there's actually that Scorpio and I 133 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 2: have set up that we haven't had a chance to 134 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 2: use yet because Scorpio and I haven't tagged as a 135 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 2: duo yet. But when we do, we're going to show 136 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 2: the world the surprise that we've got for him. 137 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 4: So, oh, this is going to be exciting stuff right here. 138 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 6: So you mentioned earlier about going back a year and 139 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 6: seeing how things have you know, basically what was said 140 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 6: has happened. Do you remember, you know, as one of 141 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 6: the first group signed AW. Do you remember exactly when 142 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 6: you knew you were going to sign with AW and 143 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 6: kind of forgo all the other offers you had on 144 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 6: the table. 145 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: I actually at the very beginning of the well, okay, 146 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 2: at the end of twenty eighteen, there was a ton 147 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 2: of speculation about what Matt and Nick Jackson were going 148 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 2: to do. You know, they had already said they weren't 149 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 2: going to re sign with Ring of Honor, and there 150 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: was tons of speculation. And we the three of us 151 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 2: and the young Bucks would travel together in the same 152 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 2: car when we were working Ring of Honor together, and so, 153 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 2: you know, I think when we were traveling in the car, 154 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: they were sort of out of respect to our situation 155 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 2: and the fact that we were in a contract, they 156 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 2: sort of they sort of under they sort of underdescribed 157 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 2: what they were doing, just just to keep it safe 158 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: for us. But like once January first came around, I 159 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 2: got a call and they basically said, well, this is 160 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: what we're doing, and this is what we want, and we'd. 161 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 3: Love to have you on board. 162 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 2: And I already thought like, no matter what they did, 163 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: I was going to keep myself open and sort of 164 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 2: see what the landscape was going to be. And I 165 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 2: honestly I had no idea that it was going to 166 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 2: be as big as they thought, or as they basically 167 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 2: pitched to me. You know, it was almost like thinking, oh, well, 168 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 2: maybe I'll maybe, maybe I'll do some shows with them, 169 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 2: and then realize, oh, they've got an actual company that 170 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: they're going to do. So I mean, it was a 171 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 2: pretty easy decision once that was described and explain to me, 172 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 2: and I think the guys that the guys probably have 173 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 2: similar stories in that vein. 174 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:07,119 Speaker 3: Yeah. 175 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 7: I mean, all three of us, I think had multiple 176 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 7: offers from multiple companies, and I, in my hearthearts knew 177 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 7: that if the Bucks were going to go down this 178 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 7: road and start their own thing, that I would be 179 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 7: one hundred percent on board because I was. 180 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 3: I was there for the birth. 181 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 7: Of like BTE and this the entire Young Buck craze 182 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 7: that they turned in. That's a complete DIY story that 183 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 7: I watched it happen. So I knew that these guys 184 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 7: had their finger on the pulse. They're smart, they're calculated, 185 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 7: and most importantly, there are two of my very best friends. 186 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 7: And going back to what you asked score earlier, this 187 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 7: part of the funnest. The funnest part of this for 188 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 7: me has been being on the road with my friends 189 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:49,839 Speaker 7: watching this happen. 190 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 3: For all of us as a group. 191 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 4: Our guests in studio right now, SCU taking over Nashville 192 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 4: tomorrow night min It's autotoime. You can still get tickets 193 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 4: right now aw ticks dot com starting twenty dollars. Do 194 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,719 Speaker 4: you guys think that you were viewed as maybe the 195 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 4: underdogs in the tag team tournament. 196 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 3: I definitely think we were viewed as the underdogs. 197 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 8: I kind of try to keep tabs on what people 198 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 8: are saying and predictions in the beginning, and I think 199 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 8: a lot of people originally thought it was going to 200 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 8: be like Lucher Brothers or the Young Bucks, right and 201 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 8: then right out of the gate, the Young Bucks got 202 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 8: eliminated up from the tournament. Then it was like, okay, 203 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 8: this is open, but I believe the Lucher Brothers were 204 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 8: still the favorites. And then obviously, as the story goes forward, 205 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 8: originally it was supposed to be Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian, 206 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 8: but the Lucher Brothers, obviously threatened by that duo, decided 207 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 8: to take Christopher Daniels out, jumped him from behind, pile 208 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 8: drove him on the ramp, and I had to kind 209 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 8: of step in and take his place. 210 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 3: In jeans and sneakers. 211 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 6: Yeah, that was probably one of the coolest moments of 212 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 6: the year. And that's not just for ay W, that's 213 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 6: like all of wrestling. It was just all and then 214 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 6: you know, the fan throwing the shoe back. I mean, 215 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 6: you know, I don't know a lot of big promotions 216 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 6: where you're gonna have that kind of reaction and response 217 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 6: and the crowd being playful, and I mean it. 218 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 7: Was really really cool because that was organic and it 219 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 7: was spur of the moment and it wasn't a script 220 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 7: given to us, and it was us going out there 221 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 7: doing what we do as professionals. 222 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 6: Well, and it's funny because we're kind of across the board, 223 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 6: so we you know, we just interviewed Billy Corgan with 224 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 6: the WA. 225 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 5: And we've talked to a bunch of WW guys and I. 226 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 6: Mean there's nothing, I mean, you could take any story 227 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 6: right now, you know Janella and who eats Sean Spears, 228 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 6: I mean, anything whatever, And there's nothing like that on 229 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 6: like say WWE. You know, ww's forcing this whole Lana 230 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 6: and Russa crap and it's just so like, I don't know, 231 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 6: it just feels like it doesn't feel like a twenty 232 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 6: nineteen promotion. 233 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 8: You know what's really cool about AEW is I'm a 234 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 8: big fan of the dramatics, you know. I mean when 235 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 8: you when you grow up, you know, you're into the 236 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 8: stories a lot of you know, especially when you're a kid, 237 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 8: Like a lot of times you aren't looking at like, well, 238 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 8: this is a great match as matches. A lot of 239 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 8: it is like this was a cool storyline. 240 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 3: Exactly. 241 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 8: The cool thing about AEW because the other side of 242 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 8: the coin is I love like boxing and MMA, and 243 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 8: I love you know, uh, sports in general. So again, 244 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 8: the cool thing about ae W is there is a 245 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 8: perfect mixture of those dramatics. But at the same time 246 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,959 Speaker 8: there's records, uh, there's there's a top ten. So it's 247 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 8: very sports centric and it merges those two things together 248 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 8: so well. It's almost like the UFC when you have 249 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 8: a good like storyline and a competitive fight like a 250 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 8: Connor McGregor and Nate Diaz, those types of things that 251 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,839 Speaker 8: come together and and best of all the world's just merge. 252 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 8: And that's what's AW is doing right now, and they're 253 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 8: doing a great job at it. 254 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,319 Speaker 6: I think, Yeah, I was at All In and then 255 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 6: I was at Double or Nothing, and both of those 256 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 6: shows felt like a big fight environment. You know, it 257 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 6: kind of when I talk to friends, that's how kind 258 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 6: of described. 259 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 5: It's like more of like an mm A thing. You know. 260 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 7: I described the first TV we did in DC as 261 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 7: a playoff like atmosphere because the place was just electric 262 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 7: all night. 263 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's really cool and. 264 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 4: Kind of like another fall up to the question we 265 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 4: just asked, what is it like to be the first 266 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 4: tag team champions for AW? I mean you just set 267 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 4: the history books right there. 268 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 7: Well, I mean you said it, it's history, and I 269 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 7: wear it as a badge of honor. It's something I 270 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 7: don't take lightly. It's it's hugely important. 271 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 2: Uh. 272 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 7: You know, when it's all written about AW and you're 273 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 7: gonna look at the first ever tag team champions, it's 274 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 7: going to be SCU uh and that's I'm very proud, 275 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 7: very honored. 276 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 4: Uh. 277 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 7: It's like you said, going into the tournament as a 278 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 7: bit of the underdogs, especially after CD's injury year. Uh, 279 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 7: you know, it was it was a cool story. I mean, 280 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 7: Scorpio Sky took the role of the Cinderella man. I 281 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 7: thought we told a really good story and. 282 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 3: Like it said, this is cool. 283 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 7: This is something that is going to be on my 284 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 7: resume at this is going to be something in my 285 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 7: imaginary Hall of Fame speech that is on my you know, 286 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 7: right something, it's it's a chapter in the book, you know. 287 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 3: Being the first. 288 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,319 Speaker 7: You know, it's cool to be the first anything and 289 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 7: pro wrestling, and twenty one years in to be the 290 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 7: first for me to still have first experiences pol So, 291 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 7: it's very rewarding, very gratifying, and I'm very honored. 292 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 8: Being the AW originals in itself is incredible because everything 293 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 8: that's happened in this past these past eleven months and 294 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 8: beyond are going to be written about in books. There's 295 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 8: going to be documentaries, you know, for years and years 296 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 8: to come, because we're doing something that's never happened before 297 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 8: and it's making wrestling history in itself. And to on 298 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 8: top of that, become the very first AW tag team champion. 299 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,719 Speaker 8: So you know, twenty years from now, you know, you're 300 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 8: going to look back and say, oh, the very first 301 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 8: was Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian, and who knows, maybe 302 00:13:57,679 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 8: we'll still have them then. 303 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, it'll just be when you're. 304 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 8: Ing, will just be one line. 305 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 4: That's it, right, there's you know, and we when we 306 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 4: started watching the tag team tournament, and when Lucre Brothers 307 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 4: attacked you, I texted him and I was like, we 308 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 4: already know who's gonna win. Like that's who I'm pulling for, 309 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 4: especially you coming in hyped up wrestling in jeans and 310 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 4: shoes and just watching it progress. I was like, that's 311 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 4: that's who I'm betting the farm on right there to 312 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 4: take it all once it's all said and done. 313 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 3: I hope you want a lot of money. 314 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I won like five dollars. 315 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 3: But I mean that was that was the thing, because 316 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 3: it's on you. 317 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 4: It is It's like you said, Cinderella story, and that's 318 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 4: when you sit there and you watch it, and he 319 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 4: comes in and you get the hot tag and then 320 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 4: you you know, you go on and then you beat 321 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 4: the Lucher Brothers. And I was like, holy crap, like 322 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 4: it just happened, and this is like another history moment 323 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 4: that we all get to be a part of his 324 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 4: wrestling fans. 325 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 5: And I thought the tournament was good. 326 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 6: I thought it was good, Like I thought all the 327 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 6: teams had different things they brought to the table, so 328 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 6: it wasn't just you know, five versions of the Young 329 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 6: Bucks or five versions you know, it was all, you know, 330 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 6: different styles going and it was awesome. But yeah, I agree, 331 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 6: though I didn't hear as you talked as much as 332 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 6: like Lucher brother. 333 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 5: So I think that kind of worked your advantage. You know. 334 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 6: I don't know if I shouldest you as mister Daniels 335 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 6: or mister fallen Angels. 336 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 2: Or your honor is fine if you're nasty. 337 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, So can you confirm what the actual injury was 338 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 6: from the Lucher brothers. 339 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 5: Was it a spraying? It's really serious. 340 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 2: I had a pinch nerve, you know, And honestly, I've 341 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 2: had neck issues for almost twenty years now. I mean 342 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 2: I had that injury from w CW back in two 343 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 2: thousand and one, you know, so my neck has always 344 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 2: been an issue, and honestly, every professional wrestler has neck 345 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 2: issues of some sort, just because it's the nature of 346 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 2: the business and it's what we put ourselves through. 347 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 3: You know. 348 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 2: I happen to be a little more susceptible to them 349 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 2: because of the prior injury, but honestly, I've also found 350 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 2: ways to work around that, and that's one of the 351 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 2: reasons that I came back quicker than and originally expected. 352 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 2: My doctors told me that I should be out for 353 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 2: two to three months, and but I mean I At 354 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 2: this point, I figured out like physical therapy to do 355 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 2: and exercise. It's due to strengthen my neck and to 356 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 2: to sort of alleviate any pains that I'm going through. 357 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: And I decided that it was time to come back 358 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 2: and join my brothers. I didn't want to leave them 359 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 2: in the lurch. They've been doing all the heavy lifting 360 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 2: for the last couple of weeks. It's time for me 361 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 2: to come back and and make my presence known. And uh, 362 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 2: and I'm back. 363 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 8: That needs the terminator. I said this in an interview 364 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 8: a week or two ago. He doesn't age, he doesn't 365 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 8: ever get hungry, he doesn't ever get tired. 366 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 3: He doesn't he is. 367 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 8: We can go to sleep at three am, have to 368 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 8: wake up at at three oh two, and he will 369 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 8: not be tired. 370 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 3: He's the terminator. He's not real. He's also our guest. 371 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 4: Right now, SEU is in the building, AW taking over 372 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 4: minuteual auditorium tomorrow night. You could still get tickets at 373 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 4: aw ticks dot com starting at twenty dollars. This past summer, 374 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 4: we got to see you guys wrestle the Rock and 375 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 4: Roll Express at the Fairgrounds. We actually talked to Frankie 376 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 4: had a cigar event. How he was talking about how 377 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 4: honored he was to have this match, which, of course 378 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 4: Rock and Roll Express was at full care this past Saturday. 379 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 4: Is there any other teams that you're kind of wanting 380 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 4: to face that you have on the list to check off. 381 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 7: Any and every especially as tag team champions? And I 382 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 7: say this all the time, like any literally any any 383 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 7: any regular tag team, any two guys they want to 384 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,360 Speaker 7: throw together, literally anybody, I mean wrestling a tag team 385 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 7: like the Rock and Roll Express. I didn't think that 386 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 7: was something I was gonna be able to do, just 387 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 7: because of the generational gap. And when the opportunity came up, 388 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 7: I mean, we jumped at it. We were thrilled. Those 389 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 7: are you know, two of our heroes and two guys, 390 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 7: two guys that paved the road that we were able 391 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 7: to travel down. So you know, that's the equivalent to 392 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 7: being able to wrestle the Legion of Doom. 393 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 3: If I would have had that opportunity, you. 394 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 7: Know, like Chris Daniel, myself in in there with you know, 395 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 7: teams like you know, the Dudley Boys and teams like 396 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 7: just these legendary teams. 397 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 5: So that was that was. 398 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 7: Really really a fun moment, especially to do it here. 399 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 7: And what I believe was the last wrestling show at 400 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 7: at the Nashville Fairgrounds is that the case still was 401 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:17,959 Speaker 7: it the last one. 402 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 5: We have a new building down but in the same but. 403 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 3: That was the last one. 404 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 7: That was the last one in that was that was 405 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 7: really important because we had both you know, done a 406 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 7: few things in that building, and certainly those guys have 407 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 7: So that was that was very special. Another one of those, 408 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 7: you know, kind of bucket list moments, and uh, it 409 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 7: was really cool. But yeah, as as tag team champions especially, uh, 410 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 7: you know, definitely willing to take on all comers. 411 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'll say this right now, I think not 412 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 2: to not to make challenges on behalf of my brothers 413 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 2: who are the actual champions, but I feel like, you know, 414 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 2: no tag team reign in aw is going to be 415 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 2: complete until you you face up against Matt and Nick 416 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 2: and and honestly, uh, if there's any team in the 417 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 2: world that can defeat Matt Nick, I feel like it's 418 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 2: Scorpios Guy and Frankie Kazarian right now. I mean, we've known, 419 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 2: we've we've been friends with Matt and Nick for so long. 420 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 2: We have I feel a special insight into how they 421 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 2: work and how they wrestle that I feel like if 422 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 2: anyone has the actual UH formula to defeat them, it's 423 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 2: these guys to my left. 424 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 7: Well, you guys are looking at these belts. You're thinking 425 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 7: of a setting a potential match. I'm getting kind of 426 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 7: a yeah, you guys, I don't know. Let me just 427 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 7: go ahead and yeah, we're done. 428 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 2: We tapped. 429 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 3: Is that going? 430 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 2: Is that going on our record? He taps, so, yeah, 431 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 2: go on your record? Another victory. 432 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 3: There's no twenty four to seven rules. 433 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 7: The first time when they tapped out from just listening to. 434 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 4: When they put up our stats today, AW, it's going 435 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 4: to be battleground. Oh and one there's well this. 436 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 6: Kind of goes into tomorrow night's match, and you kind 437 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 6: of mentioned this as well. We've had a couple of 438 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,640 Speaker 6: people mentioned this on Twitter and stuff pertaining to the 439 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 6: AW ranking system, how like how is Jericho and Sammy 440 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 6: wrestling tomorrow? Like it was this more of just an 441 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 6: open challenge that you answered, and it's not related to 442 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 6: the ratings or there's some confusion. 443 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 8: Here's I believe Chris Jericho and Sammy Vara are two 444 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 8: and oh right as a tag team, they're undefeated. And 445 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 8: let's face it, Chris Jericho is the world. 446 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 3: Champion les champion. 447 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 8: Chris Jericho is the biggest name in ae W and 448 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 8: that carries weight. And if he calls his shot, you know, 449 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,880 Speaker 8: if he says, hey, I'm le champion and Sammy varr 450 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 8: and I are two and oh and we want to 451 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 8: face SCU for the World Tag Team Championship. One, he's 452 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 8: got a strong argument for that, and two we're not 453 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 8: going to back down from the challenge. I said it 454 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 8: the other night. Do these look like running shoes to you? 455 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 8: We're not going anywhere. If Chris Jericho wants to fight us, 456 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 8: we'll fight him. Like I said, I said this on 457 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 8: social media. Did we were under no obligation to accept this, 458 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 8: but we're not going to turn this match down, Especially 459 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 8: when someone like Chris Chris Jericho asks and challenges you, 460 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 8: basically calls you out, you know we're not going to 461 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 8: We're not the type of champion. Sure, exactly, so, Yes, 462 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 8: the rankings are still in place for everyone. Everyone just 463 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 8: needs to cool their jets. The rankings are in place, 464 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 8: and is. 465 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 5: This is this, are you guys gonna do like a 466 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 5: free bird rule? 467 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 2: Like, Absolutely not. I Frankie and Sky did all the work. 468 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 2: They earned these titles, and their names are emblazoned on 469 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 2: the plates that they wear. They deserve them, and I 470 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 2: would never I would never presume to think that I 471 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: have the right to take one of their spots. So yeah, I, 472 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 2: as far as I'm concerned, Franken skyri the champions. 473 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 3: Those are the guys. 474 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: When it comes time, I'll get my championship, whether it's 475 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:57,240 Speaker 2: the world championship or whatever happens in the future for 476 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 2: aew if we get a secondary championship or if six 477 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 2: man titles come around, I'll get my opportunity. I'll get 478 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 2: my opportunity. But these guys are the champions. They deserve it, 479 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 2: and I would never take any I would never try 480 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 2: and take either one of their spots in this position. 481 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 7: Trust me, CD's gonna win his share of titles. And 482 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 7: the whole freebird thing, that's that's I think one person 483 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 7: said it months ago, and it's just I get that 484 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 7: question literally almost every day, and I say, like, well, 485 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 7: to the best of my knowledge, the freebirds don't work 486 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 7: for aw like, and that's just like that. I just 487 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 7: I don't understand the genesis of that question, but I 488 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 7: get it a lot. 489 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 3: Well, I think the New Day did it. 490 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 6: I think New Day is the only team I really 491 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 6: can think of that really does it. 492 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 8: So we get we get compared obviously visually to the 493 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 8: New Day a lot. 494 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 3: So. Uh, Yeah, that was a joke. 495 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 2: Nobody that I'm often mistaken for Xavier Woods. 496 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 3: Often often it's really weird. 497 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, Frankie's got the biggie chess though, That's what I've noticed, 498 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 2: very big chess. 499 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 4: Oh man, our guest Seu is in the building. AW 500 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 4: Dynamize taken over the Minicula Auditorium Wednesday night. You still 501 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 4: get tickets AEW ticks dot com starting at twenty dollars. 502 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 4: What do you guys think is the biggest challenge for 503 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 4: AW heading into twenty twenty maintaining momentum. 504 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 2: I feel like there's a ton of momentum behind this 505 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 2: right now. I was very fortunate to be at the 506 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 2: beginning stages of two different wrestling companies, TNA and Ring 507 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 2: of Honor, and honestly, the feeling, the excitement about AW 508 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 2: being in the first year of AEW has been exponentially 509 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 2: bigger in terms of the excitement and the anticipation than 510 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 2: the first year of Ring of Honor in the first 511 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 2: year of TNA. And that's not meant to be a 512 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 2: knock on either one of those companies. It's just the 513 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 2: fact that, you know, in the first year of AW 514 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 2: we've secured a television contract to be on TNT, We've 515 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 2: run you know, multiple pay per view events. Just the 516 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 2: excitement and the anticipation for the product, and I feel 517 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 2: like maintaining that excitement and just delivering on that promise, 518 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 2: that's our job for the next for twenty twenty is 519 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 2: to just keep that ball rolling and to build that excitement, 520 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 2: to not just rest on the fact that you know, 521 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 2: we're very popular product right now. The Elite Kenny Omega, 522 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 2: the Young Bucks, Cody Uh, just the just their involvement 523 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 2: in this has had an excitement level in the world 524 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 2: of professional wrestling. Now it's our job to sort of 525 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 2: let everybody know that it's not just flash in the pan, 526 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 2: like there's actual substance behind us. And so that's our job, 527 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 2: Like that's that's what we're trying to do, is build 528 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 2: that momentum and keep it going and build this audience up. 529 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we need to stay the course. 530 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 8: And you know, as the honeymoon period wears off with 531 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 8: the fans and it's not the new you know, pretty 532 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 8: girl at the dance right, so to speak. We have 533 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 8: to keep doing what we're doing, and we have to 534 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 8: focus on what we are doing. And you know, right 535 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 8: now in the dramatic mythical Wednesday Night, we've been winning. 536 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 8: But you know, maybe that won't always be the case. 537 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,640 Speaker 8: Maybe we're gonna lose one or two here and there, 538 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 8: maybe we end up losing every week, who knows. But 539 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:10,959 Speaker 8: we have to not worry about what other people are 540 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 8: doing and stay our course and worry about what we're doing. 541 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 8: Let's let's focus on AW and this is a company 542 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 8: as a whole, including ourselves, and as long as we 543 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 8: are focused on what we're doing and trying to put 544 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 8: out the best product we can possibly do, uh, I 545 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 8: think we're gonna be all right. 546 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 547 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 6: And I think if you look back, like with WCW, 548 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 6: it got to a point where they were just looking 549 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 6: at WW and copy in it. 550 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 5: You know, you had road Dog's brother copy in his gimmick. 551 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 6: They introduced a hardcore title like there was nothing really 552 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 6: original hidden you know towards the end and you know 553 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 6: obviously added to their downfall. 554 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 5: So yeah, I think just kind of focusing, that's. 555 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 7: That's TNA made that same mistake. You know, we saw it, 556 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,479 Speaker 7: you know a lot of times and when they had 557 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 7: a roster like they did and focusing on things that 558 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 7: they shouldn't have been focusing on was one of their 559 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 7: one of their mistakes. And it just doesn't it's not conducive. 560 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 7: Do like a good business model. 561 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, as was baffling to see the roster 562 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 6: they had at one point with a good mix of 563 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 6: the legend some of the best new stars and then 564 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 6: it's still just never ye just idled. 565 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 3: You know, we've said Cap to stick with it. 566 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 8: Obviously there's going to be some bumps in the road. 567 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 8: You know, there's things that we're doing something again, like 568 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 8: I said, that has never been done before. So is 569 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 8: everything going to be absolutely perfect? No, nothing in life 570 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 8: is absolutely perfect. But if we keep working at it, 571 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 8: we'll keep putting out a product that people love. 572 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 573 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 6: Nice, Well, talking about your match this Wednesday night, what 574 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 6: is and you probably don't want to spell everything out, 575 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 6: but you know, what is the game plan for Jericho 576 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 6: and Sammy, what's the biggest challenge facing that team? 577 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 5: Like you said, they're too and zero. 578 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 7: Well, Chris Jericho is, I mean, arguably on one of 579 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:53,959 Speaker 7: those guys on the Mount Rushmore when you look at 580 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 7: his accomplishments. I mean, why he's left out of that conversation, 581 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 7: I don't know, because the guy, in addition to being 582 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 7: around this long and continually reinventing himself the way he 583 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 7: has and still working and wrestling at a high level 584 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 7: and doing things that have never been done, the guys 585 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 7: just he's he is one of the greatest pro wrestlers 586 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 7: of all time, Sammy, also one of those guys that 587 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 7: in a couple of years is probably going to be 588 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 7: a huge star in this business. 589 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 3: He's got a swagger to him. He's a great wrestler. 590 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 7: And the most dangerous thing about those guys being the 591 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 7: Inner Circle is that they're willing to win at all costs. 592 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 7: And Jericho, love him or hate him, is an egomaniac 593 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 7: and he would love to be double champion, as he says, 594 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 7: so that you know, and Jericho's has been doing this 595 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 7: longer than scorp Or I have. The thing that they're 596 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 7: not is they're not at su they don't have the chemistry, 597 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 7: they don't have the spark, they don't have the momentum, 598 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 7: they don't have the fire that we have right now. 599 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 7: Christopher Daniels just coming back, just just added more fuel 600 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,360 Speaker 7: to that fire, and we're ready. We're clicking on all 601 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 7: cylinders and we're ready to main event this week against 602 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 7: those two and show them why we won these belts 603 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 7: in the first place. 604 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 2: And no matter who is out there, as tight as 605 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,479 Speaker 2: the inner circle may be, they're not as tight as 606 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 2: SCU and Christopher Daniels will be watching to make sure 607 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 2: that it's only two on two. 608 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 8: Once again, we are looking at ourselves as the underdogs, 609 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 8: even though we're the champions going into this match. Chris 610 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 8: Jericho with all his experience, Sammy Gavarro with all of 611 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 8: his dynamic movements. But again, like my brothers said, they're 612 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 8: not SCU. They don't have our chemistry, they don't have 613 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 8: the experience as a team that we have, and I 614 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 8: think that's gonna be the difference and we're gonna come 615 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 8: out victorious. 616 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 4: It's gonna be an exciting night tomorrow night at Minicpulala Auditorium. 617 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 4: Aw Dynamite's gonna be in town. Aew ticks dot com 618 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 4: starts at twenty dollars. One last question for you, guys, 619 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 4: go best way to keep up with you guys online? 620 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 4: Social media? 621 00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 3: For me? 622 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 7: Twitter and Instagram, Scorpio, sky my, Aol, instant Messengers. 623 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 3: That's not a thing anymore. Please friend me on YouTube. 624 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 2: I miss that one up Twitter. 625 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 7: I'm Twitter is where I'm most active. Frankie Gazer on Instagram. 626 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 7: Frankie gaseion Official. 627 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 2: Yeah same, I'm more of a Twitter guy at f A. C. 628 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 2: Daniels on Instagram. I'm at f A Christopher Daniels. 629 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 4: There. It is once again, guys, honored to have you 630 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 4: in here. 631 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. 632 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 2: And the worst time we've ever been in Nashville. 633 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 4: I was waiting for it. 634 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 3: It's tiny for the worst, for the worst. 635 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 5: We hope you enjoyed this week's episode of Battleground. 636 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 2: Make sure you give it five stars and leave a 637 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 2: nice review. If you want to stay up to date, 638 00:29:48,440 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 2: follow them at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.