1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: What's up, What's up? What's up? It is the Battleground Podcast. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: I am your host Battle and Boy do we have 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: a good show for you Today. We have a special 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: guest on the show. ELI got to sit down with 5 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: this guy the other night, Blake Christian. You probably have 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: heard of this guy thanks to Jim Cornett making some 7 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: comments about a match that he had at GCW. So 8 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: we sit there and talk with Blake about that tweet. 9 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: We also talk about how he challenged Will Osprey, his career, 10 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: everything growing up into wrestling working with GCW, and we 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: also ask him if he had one wish, what wrestling 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: promotion would he go and work for in the big leagues. So, 13 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: without further ado, check this out. Here is our interview 14 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: with Blake Christian on the Battleground Podcast. 15 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the battle Ground Podcast. This 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 2: is a podcast all about professional wrestling. Joined Battle and 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 2: Eli as a breakdown what's going on in the world 18 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: of professional wrestling with special guests including some of your 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: favorite wrestling superstars. You never know who's gonna stop by 20 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: now making their way to the microphone. Give it up 21 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 2: for the greatest podcast team in the world. Battle and Eli. 22 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 3: All right, so we are back and we have a 23 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 3: special guest with us. And if you've kind of kept 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 3: up with independent wrestling over the last year to two years, 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 3: this guy's name's popped up on the radar. He's wrestled 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 3: for tons of promotions, most prominently probably GCW, but tons 27 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 3: of organizations in the Southeast and Tennessee specifically. He's a 28 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 3: young guy, so he's got a long career ahead of him, 29 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 3: and he recently just went viral kind of inadvertently, and 30 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 3: we're going to talk about that, of course. But on 31 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 3: the show today we have a Tennessee resident, mister Blake 32 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 3: Christian joins us to how's it going, man, what's up? 33 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 4: Man? 34 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 3: So yeah, so we met you at the cap Little City. 35 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 3: I guess it was a fundraiser technically here in Nashville 36 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 3: in August, and uh, mister Brickster introduced us and said, 37 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 3: you know, this guy's gonna be, you know, one of 38 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 3: the stars in the future, and you definitely needed to 39 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 3: talk to him. And we met and we've slowly been 40 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 3: trying to schedule this and we finally lined up the 41 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 3: day and uh, it's all good, man. So yeah, so 42 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 3: we appreciate you hopping on. Uh. First question is always 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 3: a softball question. You know, tell us a little bit 44 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 3: about your background and your upbringing. 45 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 4: Uh. 46 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 3: And then you know, have you always been a wrestling fan. 47 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 4: Since? Uh? I? Then I was like four years old, 48 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 4: maybe maybe maybe older than that a little bit, but uh, 49 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 4: ever since, like I stayed at a babysitter's house and 50 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 4: like her husband would come on and he would have 51 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 4: he would watch wrestling, and I would always I was 52 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,519 Speaker 4: hooked from then on out. So I kind of grew 53 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 4: up as a wrestling fan. I was always into like flipping, 54 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 4: so I mean, like that's that's been a part of 55 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 4: my life forever. In high school, I was a male cheerleader, 56 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 4: and then I graduated my freshman year of college, I 57 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 4: was also a cheerleader, so I had like a cheerleading scholarship. 58 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 4: So I was also a tumble coach at a gymnastics gym. 59 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 4: So like, I've always like flipped since day one. 60 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, the aerial was kind of natural for you. 61 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, and then about I knew I wanted to be 62 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 4: a wrestler right before I was about to graduate high school. 63 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 4: I just didn't like know like how to do it 64 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 4: or what to do. So my parents thought I should 65 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 4: go to college first. So I'm in college, you know, 66 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 4: blah blah blah. And the girl that I was dating 67 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 4: at the time, we'd actually like split up, and she 68 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 4: knew I wanted to be a wrestler and supported me 69 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 4: and all this and that. But we split up, and 70 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 4: I was just pursuing college, you know, and like I 71 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 4: was just going to do nursing and wrestling would come 72 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 4: if it would, you know, so caught up in the 73 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 4: school work and this and that. But then she had actually, 74 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 4: like about i'd say it was a year after that 75 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 4: she passed away. It was in twenty sixteen when she 76 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 4: passed away, and it kind of like set me into 77 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 4: a depression and stuff like that. So I reached out 78 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 4: and then I got hooked on with a little show 79 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 4: in McKinsey, Tennessee, which was like an hour from my house, 80 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 4: and I was going up there constantly training, and it 81 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 4: led me to. 82 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 3: Hear so talking specifically about like Tennesseeing. How would you 83 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 3: describe like the kurr landscape of Tennessee wrestling to somebody 84 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 3: that's been away from the sport or you know, they're 85 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:42,679 Speaker 3: just not an active fan. 86 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 4: Right now, Tennessee wrestling. Like there's there's areas that are 87 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 4: good and like they're they're adapted to the new style 88 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 4: of what wrestling he's evolving to. And then there's some 89 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 4: areas that are like still stuck in the old Southern 90 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 4: days like Memphis days, as wrestlers call it mm hm, 91 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 4: and they're very territorial. And then there's some that are 92 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 4: I don't know why I said territorial, like the territorial. Uh. 93 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 4: There's some that are like evolving. They're smaller companies, but 94 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 4: they're definitely starting to adapt to the new style and 95 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 4: the crowds that are too, so I mean, I don't know, 96 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 4: Like I guess it depends like on where you're at, 97 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 4: Like in the east side, the east part of Tennessee 98 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 4: is more of that that indie style. They they're adaptive 99 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 4: to the like they there's guys that have come from 100 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 4: Kentucky that do that style. They've come down here and 101 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 4: the fans have kind of gotten used to it and 102 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 4: they like it. And then you got people towards the 103 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 4: South like Jackson, Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee that are still like 104 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 4: doing the Memphis ways, And I don't know, it's like 105 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 4: very diverse up here in Tennessee. 106 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, I've noticed there is a lot of kind of 107 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 3: the newer styles popping up in like middle to East Tennessee. 108 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 3: And then you know, if you want to go to 109 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 3: West Tennessee and watch a match that looks like it's 110 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 3: from nineteen eighty six, there's there still stuff going on 111 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 3: for that still there. Yeah. Yeah, So you've talked about 112 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 3: this in the past, but we'll just kind of, uh, 113 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 3: you know, let you rehash it again. You actually worked 114 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 3: a dark match for WWE. For those that don't know, 115 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 3: that's a match that's at a TV taping but it's 116 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 3: not actually on TV. How did you get set up 117 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 3: with that? You know, how did that opportunity rise? And 118 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 3: then afterwards, I guess aj Styles came and talked to 119 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 3: you and whoever you fought, so kind of just walk 120 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 3: us through the night, like how you got set up 121 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 3: with that and then you know, talking with him afterwards. 122 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 4: I actually scored an extra spot at the beginning of January. 123 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 4: So when I did that, I you know, I did 124 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 4: the Monday night roll and we didn't really do anything 125 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 4: that night. We did a congo line gimmick where we 126 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 4: walked past Jerry Lawler. Since we were in Finnacee. They 127 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 4: wanted to do a big thing for him. But the 128 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 4: following night, Tuesday, that we didn't have anything to do. 129 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 4: There were some guys that went to do like pre 130 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 4: tabings and this and that. But they didn't choose everybody, 131 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 4: but they choose they took a few people and they did. 132 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 4: They did some dark matches in front of the SmackDown 133 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 4: and two Oho five live locker room, and you know, 134 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 4: it's just five minutes. They're like, don't climb on the ropes, 135 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 4: don't do anything too crazy. So basically, I'm like, you know, 136 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 4: this is the point to show that you're athletic in 137 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 4: that you got footwork and this and that, this and that, 138 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 4: and so we went in there. You know, I showed 139 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 4: that I can do a big leap frog or a vertical. 140 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 4: I showed that I can sell. I laid my strikes 141 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 4: in and eventually I just we ended the match with 142 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 4: a roll up, you know, and everybody was doing like 143 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 4: finishes and stuff like that, and I'm like, just let 144 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 4: me side stuff you and row you up, you know, 145 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 4: And so we did that, and then about an hour later, 146 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 4: you know, we're putting back our suits on and We're 147 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 4: getting ready to go to catering and watch the show, 148 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 4: and we hear like a knock on the door and 149 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 4: it's aj Styles. He pokes his head through the door. 150 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 4: He's like, you and the guy that you work come here, 151 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 4: and he pulls us out in the hallway, gives us 152 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 4: a bunch of advice tips and stuff like that and so, 153 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 4: and it was really it was really cool, especially like 154 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 4: for that to start off my twenty nineteen which was 155 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 4: when little did I know then it was going to 156 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 4: be crazy after that. But uh yeah, that's that's how 157 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 4: that got set up nice. 158 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 3: I mean, there's so much stuff right now, you know, 159 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 3: as far as federations and organizations and YadA, YadA, YadA. 160 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 3: If there is like a way that somebody could just 161 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 3: hand you a blank check, like where would you like 162 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 3: what would you think would be your you know, your 163 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 3: ideal destination, Like where would you go if you could 164 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 3: go anywhere? And like quote unquote make it, you know 165 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 3: what I mean. 166 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 4: I get to ask this question a lot, like right now, 167 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 4: I don't know, like right now, if there was multiple offers, 168 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,599 Speaker 4: like I would have to look at what's going to 169 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 4: be best to me financially, but also mentally, you know, 170 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 4: like I don't want to be somewhere where I'm not wrestling, 171 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 4: because you know, wrestling is the fun part for me. 172 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 4: The traveling is the hard part, right wrestlings. You know. 173 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 4: So like if I'm not wrestling, then I'm not going 174 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 4: to enjoy it, you know, like, yeah, the money will 175 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 4: be nice, but I'm not wrestling, I'm not going to 176 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 4: enjoy it. So like if New Japan a w and 177 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 4: WW like an Impact and whoever else just like threw 178 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 4: down an offer and they're like, yo, this is what 179 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 4: it is. Like I'm going to look at what's best 180 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 4: for me. I think I know. My thing is I'd 181 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 4: like to do everything, you know. I mean like I 182 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 4: have WrestleMania dreams, but I also have like wrestle Kingdom 183 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 4: dreams and stuff like that, you know. And I got 184 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 4: dream matches that I would like to have with guys 185 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 4: in aw right now. And I got dream matches I 186 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 4: would like to have with guys like an Impact right now. 187 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 4: So I mean like I'm kind of leaving my my 188 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 4: options open as of right now, like people have noted, 189 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 4: but it's nothing too serious for me to just jump 190 00:09:58,960 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 4: on the offer, you know. 191 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, well and it's it's just awesome that there's just 192 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 3: you know, opportunities for people. You know, I mean for 193 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 3: so long, I mean for almost twenty years, it was like, 194 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 3: if you're not in WWE, you're nothing. You haven't made it, 195 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. And what you just said, 196 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 3: I think is what a lot of people's situation is now. 197 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 3: You know, they've signed a big deal with ww they're 198 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 3: getting a lot of money, they traveled to these shows, 199 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 3: but then they don't wrestle, So they're just sitting backstage 200 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 3: at rawle waiting, you know, hoping that they get called 201 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 3: to do something, and a lot of times they don't. 202 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 3: So it's like you said, like, yeah, you're getting money, 203 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 3: Yeah you're getting toy revenue. Yeah you're traveling, But like 204 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 3: at the end of the day, if your passion is 205 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 3: the actual wrestling, then that that may not be the 206 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 3: spot for you. So this is this is kind of related, 207 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 3: maybe a little unrelated. Marty Scurrell just made headlines. You know, 208 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 3: his his deal came up. Everyone kind of assumed he 209 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 3: was going to AW maybe an outside chance NXT whatever 210 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 3: I re signed with Ring of Honor. I guess he's 211 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 3: getting quote unquote WW main event money, and then he 212 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 3: also became the lead booker for Ring of Honor. What 213 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 3: is your what was your reaction to that when you 214 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 3: found out about his deal And do you think that 215 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 3: that opens the door for other wrestlers to gain that 216 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 3: kind of traction or that kind of power behind the scenes. 217 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 4: Marty's like he's got one of the greatest minds in 218 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 4: this business. He's he's he's definitely up there. So Ring 219 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 4: Honor definitely made a good choice with him. You know, 220 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 4: I'm happy to see him stay because you know, Ring 221 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 4: of Honor needs like some star power like him in there. 222 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 4: You know, they got a bunch of good guys in there, 223 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 4: but he definitely helps. Uh So, his creative mind with 224 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 4: booking stuff is going to be it's gonna, it's gonna 225 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 4: it's gonna take him to another level, I'm sure. But 226 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 4: as far as like guys getting that opportunity and not 227 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 4: being inside of WW is good as of right now, 228 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 4: Like to be a professional wrestler is this is the 229 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 4: greatest time to be one. You know, like back then, 230 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 4: you like you said it was WW or nothing. You know, 231 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 4: like if you were in WW, you're probably working a 232 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 4: nine to five job and traveling on the weekends. And 233 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 4: but now like you don't have to do that. You 234 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 4: can be an independent wrestler and pay all your bills 235 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 4: and make a decent good living off of it. 236 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 3: Too, right, Yeah, and I think it could well, And 237 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 3: I think some people forget that, you know what I mean? Like, 238 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 3: you know, if somebody offered you a nine to five 239 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 3: making fifty grand a year, or you could travel doing 240 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 3: wrest you know, wrestling, which is your passion, and make 241 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 3: fifty grand a year, Like why wouldn't you like do 242 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 3: your you know what I mean? Like you're not quote 243 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 3: unquote rich, but you're paying your bills, you're doing what 244 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 3: you love, and like you it's it's really hard to 245 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 3: put a price on that, you know, right, I got lost. 246 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 3: Oh I'm sorry, I'm skipping around. Okay, So let's just 247 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 3: go ahead and dive in. 248 00:12:59,520 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 4: You reached. 249 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,199 Speaker 3: You recently had some controversy arise after a match between 250 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 3: you and Jordan Oliver during appearance for GCW. I saw 251 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 3: you guys at GCW in Nashville, so I was familiar 252 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 3: with some of your stuff before. Actually I've seen you 253 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 3: wrestle three times, but that was the first time I've 254 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 3: seen Jordan, and you know, I saw the clip and 255 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 3: I was like, I don't really see the issue. And 256 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 3: then of course you had some big big I won't 257 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 3: say big mouse, but you know, uh, some famous people 258 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 3: on Twitter chiming in, and some people hated it, some 259 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 3: people loved it. YadA YadA, YadA. Walk us through the match, 260 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 3: you know, kind of you know, give your spin on 261 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 3: the buzz that happened afterward, and just kind of your 262 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 3: I guess, your overall thoughts on the whole ordeal. 263 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, so I got there. I had a few ideas 264 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 4: of like what I wanted to do. And Jordan, you know, Jordan, 265 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 4: he's got the posse, the young Dumen Brooke posse, you know. 266 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 4: And uh, you know last show they beat the hell 267 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 4: out of somebody, and they beat the hell out of 268 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 4: Nick Gage and then Nick Gage brought them back. You know, 269 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 4: they actually get genuine heat at that at independent crowd 270 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 4: like GCW, which is it's different to get heat up there. 271 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 4: You know, Tony Devin, he's the biggest asshole there is, 272 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 4: but like people love him, you know. So for for 273 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 4: Jordan Oliver's music to hit instantly start getting booed like that, 274 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 4: that's something so I knew I wanted to involve those guys. 275 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 4: I knew. I was like, yeah, you know, I'd like 276 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 4: to bring them in to where they're like about to 277 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 4: cost me the match and stuff like that, to where 278 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 4: I start fighting back because my thing is all hard, 279 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 4: you know, So I'm like, what a better way to 280 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 4: tell a story about one one against four right here? 281 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 4: And just keep fighting, keep fighting, keep fighting. So that 282 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 4: that was my idea, and I had a few bunch 283 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 4: of crazy ideas, like to jump from the stage to 284 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 4: the jump from the ring to the stage to the door, 285 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 4: like that was on mine. He could say, He's like, yeah, 286 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 4: I got this idea for like an opener, like to 287 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 4: start out hot, and I was, you know, he told me. 288 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 4: I was like, ooh, that's a lot, you know, but 289 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 4: I was cool with it. You know. So I've done 290 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 4: more intricate stuff, like difficult things, more stuff of quote 291 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 4: unquote that would kill the business or whatever that means, right, 292 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 4: but yeah, souh afterwards, I was, I was, I was 293 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 4: happy with it, and I did not expect the uh, 294 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 4: the reaction that happened. You know. I thought, you know, 295 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 4: I posted run spots before, and it's just gonna it's 296 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 4: just not going to get take off like it always 297 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 4: like this one didn't. It blew my mind when all 298 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 4: this stuff happened. I was actually asleep in the back 299 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 4: of a car on the way home from Iowa when 300 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 4: Jim Cornett had actually posted about it, and the guy 301 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: mouse that was driving as he was like, Jim Cornett 302 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 4: just shpit on you, and I was like, I woke up. 303 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 4: I said, oh really, and then I fell back asleep. 304 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 4: So I mean, I wasn't too bothered by it, you know, 305 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 4: because Jim Cornett shits on a lot of people. He 306 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 4: shits on my friend Marco Stunt, So I mean if 307 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 4: he he's I mean, I don't know, he's protecting the 308 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 4: old ways, and I understand that. You know, I rested 309 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 4: with the Rock and Roll Express. You know, I'm a 310 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 4: fan of the old school. I'm a fan of the 311 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 4: new school, and I'm a fan of what's becoming, you know. 312 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: So I mean, like it didn't bother me that he 313 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 4: was going to shit on it. You know. I figured 314 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 4: if he would have seen it, he would have. But 315 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 4: whereas like Dash Wilder, he actually he shared it too, 316 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 4: and I was like, okay, And then he posted something 317 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 4: on Twitter to where he had said somebody asked him like, 318 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 4: instead of criticizing these guys, why don't you give them advice? 319 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 4: And he's like, well, if they asked for my advice, 320 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 4: i'd give it to him. But since they want to 321 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 4: get on social media and say that they're fine with 322 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 4: the reaction they're getting that, I'm not going to give 323 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 4: it to him. So I was like, you know what, Okay, 324 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 4: I'll buy I commented on there and I was like, 325 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 4: I never turned down to anybody's advice, And so he 326 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 4: messaged me. He was like, Yo, if you're serious, I'm 327 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 4: on a show right now. I'm down to trade some 328 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: I'd love to give you some advices. I'm like that. 329 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 4: I'm like, that's cool, man. You know, I'm down to 330 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 4: listen to anybody, especially if you're in a position that 331 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 4: I would like to be in. I'm going to listen 332 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 4: to what you have to say as far as to 333 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 4: where as you know, maybe I'm gonna do it exactly 334 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 4: how you say I'm going to do it. No, you know, 335 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 4: like if not everybody's advice is going to apply to everyone. 336 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 4: You know, Dashwater my styles different styles. You know, he's 337 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 4: a much bigger guy. And you know, his thing is 338 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 4: the clips not fisted, so and my thing is is flips, 339 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 4: you know. So like I would take what he had 340 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 4: to say, and I would kind of plug it in 341 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 4: my own way. But I damn sure it didn't turn 342 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 4: down nobody's advice, especially if they're in a position that 343 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 4: I was in. I made the post, the thank you 344 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 4: Cornett or whatever post that was that was specifically directed 345 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 4: to the people that sung my praises when I got 346 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 4: announced for like PWG and all that. They're like, oh, 347 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 4: this is so cool, that's awesome. You know, this guy's 348 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 4: good to going to people who are the same people 349 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 4: who would shit on me when Jim Cornett shit on 350 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,399 Speaker 4: me on Twitter. So I'm like, okay, you know, like 351 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 4: two face peek, Well that's going to be in the 352 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,719 Speaker 4: business either way. It was also directed towards Keyboard Warrior 353 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 4: fans that are up Jim Cornette's ass, and then also 354 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 4: guys who have been wrestling for fifteen plus years but 355 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,479 Speaker 4: never traveled forty miles out of their hometown. We call 356 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 4: those guys forty milers, and so like, if you're a 357 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 4: forty miler and you've been wrestling for thirty years, or 358 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 4: however many years longer than me, and you know you've 359 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 4: wrestled all these legends, but you've never traveled like forty 360 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 4: miles out of your hometown. You still work a nine 361 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 4: to five job and you're not traveling, you're not trying 362 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 4: to go anywhere, like then you have no right to 363 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 4: talk to me the way you're talking to me right Like, 364 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 4: I'm going to listen to what you have to say, 365 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 4: whether you're a forty miler or you're not. But if 366 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 4: you're going to trash me and tell me what I 367 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 4: need to do better, but you're still in your hometown 368 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 4: and you can't get out of there when I've done 369 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 4: stuff like PWG, I've done, I've been on the Impact 370 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 4: All Goalie Show, I'm doing gc W and all this 371 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 4: and that, like like come on, man, like maybe you 372 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 4: should be listening to me on how to Like if 373 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 4: you want to talk to me about psychology, and let's 374 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 4: talk about it. But if you want to talk to 375 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,880 Speaker 4: me about what I need to do to go other places, 376 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,640 Speaker 4: don't and you haven't been any other place, like, don't 377 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 4: come for me as far as like that'sh walla, Like 378 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 4: I'm all down to listen to him because he's obviously 379 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 4: in a vision that. 380 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: I would like to be making the money that I 381 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: would be like to make it. 382 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 4: And uh fit Finley, he's like still on it. I 383 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 4: think he's been posting ship since he's like he said, uh, 384 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 4: I like ice cream, but not all flavors are good. 385 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 4: And then he said I like artists, but not all 386 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 4: artists are good, and he just kept on. He said 387 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 4: something about his plane. He's like, I hope my uh 388 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 4: my pilots are qualified and trained enough to get me 389 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 4: home to my family for the holidays. And I'm like 390 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 4: he's just still on it. So yeah, so that's that's 391 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 4: that's gonna be what he does. But uh TJP messaged 392 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 4: me and Jordan, he was like he gave us some advice. 393 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 4: He was like, uh he gave us a story about 394 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 4: Sean Michaels and like he would be telling the same 395 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 4: kids the same thing that he was telling him. But 396 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 4: he was like, also, never doubt your own instincts. So 397 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 4: you know, I took that to heart because like doing 398 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 4: being me got me to where I am now, you know. 399 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, and it's it's weird because like like that 400 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 3: start of the match has become like kind of common. 401 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 3: Like I've seen Kinney Omega do that before. I've seen Osprey, 402 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 3: have seen Zach Sayer Junior like that whole just you know, 403 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 3: do like thirty forty moves just back to back, bam bam, 404 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 3: bam bam. Like it wasn't like you guys created it. 405 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 3: I mean it's been popular for the last five to 406 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 3: six years. So that was just kind of odd. How 407 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 3: out of all these people doing it, you guys were 408 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 3: the ones targeted. And I don't know if it's just 409 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 3: because you know, maybe those other guys are bigger names 410 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 3: or something, but I was just like it almost sounded 411 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 3: like have they never seen this before? Like this, I've 412 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 3: seen people do a kind of a hot start before, 413 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 3: you know, so it was kind of a kind of 414 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 3: a head scratch. But I think Cornett plays into his 415 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 3: image a little bit, you know, Like I don't think 416 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 3: he hates everything that he does, he says. I think 417 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,239 Speaker 3: he just does it to get reactions now, you know. 418 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 4: But yeah, that's definitely true. You know, like you know, 419 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 4: the n w A stuff he went through, and like 420 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 4: that's not my story to speak on, but you know, 421 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 4: he's he's he's trying to stay relevant, So I mean, 422 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 4: props to the guy for it, but like, like he 423 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 4: should on Marco, that's my good friend, you know, without 424 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 4: Marco when' have had a lot of stuff that I 425 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 4: have now. So yeah, totally, he's gonna do what he 426 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 4: does and so I pretty much ignore him anyways. 427 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's probably good advice for everybody. Well, we've uh 428 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 3: we've kind of talked about uh, you know, Genie, Grania 429 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 3: Wish or whatever here here lately you've kind of been 430 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 3: throwing things out in the universe. I saw you mentioned, uh, 431 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:57,160 Speaker 3: wrestling Osprey and Janella's deciding on some stuff. So kind 432 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 3: of playing off of that, I mean, who are some 433 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 3: of your dream opponents And that could be people that 434 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 3: are you know, retired so you'll never get the chance, 435 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 3: or you know modern day athletes, you know, who are 436 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 3: some of your Like I would love to fight these guys. 437 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 4: Like Osbury's at the top of that list. The second 438 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 4: guy on that list is Ricochet. Those those guys, I 439 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 4: pretty much those are two guys that I studied right 440 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 4: before I started training. I knew I was going to 441 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 4: start training. Those are two guys that I would study 442 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 4: over and over and over again. So definitely goes Matt 443 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 4: Sidel are formally known as Von Bourne. Let's see rich Swan. 444 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 4: I was supposed to wrestle rich Swan this coming weekend, 445 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 4: but he had an injury, so that, yeah, that states 446 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 4: I wishing him the uh the uh get well and 447 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 4: so and it will happen eventually, but uh, I want 448 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 4: to wrestle all the rascals. I've currently been in the 449 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 4: ring with Trey McGill. Uh. Now I'm wrestling Dez and Trey, 450 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,679 Speaker 4: Me and Alex are going to get still in February, 451 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 4: so that'll cross days off the list, and then all 452 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 4: I have is Zach TJP. Amazing Red is also another one, 453 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 4: like that's a big inspiration for me, so I'd love 454 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 4: to get in the ring with him. I mean, there's 455 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 4: a lot of guys, you know, Like I was making 456 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 4: a list the other day and I'm just like, I 457 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 4: can't even think right now. There's just so many. But yeah, 458 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 4: there's a lot of three match guys, but Osprey's at 459 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 4: the top of that. 460 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 3: List, so nice, Well, that would be just a crazy match, 461 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 3: I believe if if somebody came well to have to 462 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,719 Speaker 3: be Vince, obviously, but if if Vince came to you 463 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 3: and offered you, brock Lesner, is that something you'd be 464 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 3: interested in? 465 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 4: I mean I'd take it, you know, Like I feel 466 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 4: like he could get some probably crazy reactions off of me, 467 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 4: Like as far as he obviously goes to the ring 468 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 4: and throws everybody around, I feel like he could probably 469 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 4: toss me from one post to the other post and 470 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 4: probably up in the raptors if you want, if he 471 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 4: really wanted to. Yeah, so I definitely wanted. 472 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, why not. He's actually he's been kind 473 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 3: of going towards a more smaller opponent, you know, like 474 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 3: Finn Baller and Daniel Bryan and Kofe and even the 475 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 3: Koffee was kind of a squash, but he's kind of 476 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 3: been liking the smaller opponents. So I was just thinking, like, well, 477 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,880 Speaker 3: that would be a very. 478 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 4: Different I totally I would never turn that down. 479 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. Well we just, you know, we just 480 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 3: entered a new year, new decade. What are We've kind 481 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 3: of mentioned some stuff that you got going on, But 482 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 3: what's twenty twenty looking like for you? Do you have 483 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 3: like are you booked through like August or like, like 484 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 3: what's some of the stuff you've already you know, Concrete. 485 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 3: You've got planned that people can. 486 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 4: Look forward to the Rascals on February twenty ninth at 487 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 4: Black Label Pro. I'm looking forward to that in Los Angeles, 488 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 4: begin with Chris Bay and then I have no idea 489 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 4: who's replacing Rich. Let's see what else we got. A 490 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 4: GCW's got a bond of dates coming up. I'm not 491 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 4: in their Japan days. I'm actually somewhere else that I'm 492 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,199 Speaker 4: that I'm not allowed to announce because it's like a 493 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 4: surprise show that they do, so they like they just say, hey, 494 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 4: it's our surprise show, this is our big show. We're 495 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 4: not announcing. You'll see at the show. So I'm excited 496 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 4: to see that turns out it's in a different country. 497 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 4: So currently work not in Concrete, but currently working on 498 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 4: some UK dates. I'm wrestling Shima and the strong Heart. 499 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 4: It's me Alex and a Susten, So I'm hoping that 500 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 4: will take me to Japan. And then I'm hoping, because 501 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 4: I'm going to keep calling him out that WrestleMania Weekend 502 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 4: is something to do with Osprey because I feel like 503 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 4: that could open that's going to put a lot of 504 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 4: eyes If Osprey's in a match. He's going to put 505 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 4: a lot of eyes on it anyways, And I think 506 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 4: a lot of people think that I just want the eyes. 507 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,439 Speaker 4: I don't. I do. I would like the eyes as 508 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 4: far as like the New Japan higher ups to watch 509 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 4: it and see. My thing is just proving the people 510 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 4: that I belong because a lot of not a lot 511 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 4: of people say that they're that Osprey willed out on 512 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 4: a different level, right, but you know, and a lot 513 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 4: of people are too scared to say, like, oh, like 514 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 4: maybe I'm not ready, you know, but I definitely think 515 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 4: I am, so, I mean, I would definitely like to 516 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 4: prove to the world that I am. Yeah, So that's 517 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,160 Speaker 4: that's another thing for me too. 518 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 3: Well, if not, I'm sure you'll you'll you'll gain a 519 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 3: lot out of the experience, I'm sure, no doubt. Yeah, 520 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 3: just going over the match and doing ten or fifteen 521 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 3: with him, I'm sure we'll just take it up another 522 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 3: no doubt. Well, we'll keep our fingers crossed on that. 523 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 3: I I haven't decided if I'm going to try to 524 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 3: go down there. I went two years ago now, twenty 525 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 3: eighteen to New Orleans and I did spring Break and 526 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 3: saw it was like Nick Gage against Penta. You know Pentagon, 527 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 3: I was like, that's insane. And I saw the pco 528 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:02,120 Speaker 3: versus Walter match, which was bananas, and yeah, I honestly, 529 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 3: I think I liked I think I liked Janella's takeover 530 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 3: or his spring break more than I liked NXT Takeover 531 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 3: and WrestleMania. So but I got a bunch of friends 532 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 3: going and I'm it sounds like the outside activities are 533 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 3: more exciting than the actual WrestleMania event. 534 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 4: You know, it's it's gonna, it's gonna get it's it's 535 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 4: it's a pretty wild weekend. Like all the stuff that 536 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 4: I have going on, which I'm there's something that I 537 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 4: haven't been announced for so I can't announce, but all 538 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 4: the stuff that I got going on, it's it's pretty insane. 539 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 4: So I'm pretty excited for nice. 540 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,239 Speaker 3: Well, speaking of that, where can people keep up with 541 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 3: you online? Are you more active on one thing than 542 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 3: the other. 543 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 4: So I'm really active on my Twitter and Instagram. Uh, 544 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 4: Instagram you only post pictures though, so but I'm really 545 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 4: active on my Twitter. My Twitter is I'm trying to 546 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 4: change this. I can't figure how to change my friend, 547 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 4: but it's it's air Underscore Blake two to two, three four, 548 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 4: and then my Instagram is real Blake Christian Cool. 549 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 3: Maybe maybe you can get them both synced up or something. 550 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 4: So that's what I'm trying. Yeah, I changed my Instagram 551 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 4: figure to change my Twitter. 552 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 3: Yeah cool. Well well that's awesome man. Well we appreciate 553 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 3: you stopping by and you know, shooting the breeze with 554 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 3: us and hopefully, uh hopefully we can get this feed 555 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 3: sounding good and we'll post this up and uh yeah, 556 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 3: keep us posted. Uh, you know, next time you're in Nashville, 557 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 3: whether it's with GCW or just another you know, promotion, 558 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 3: let us know we'd like to come out and hang 559 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 3: and stuff. And yeah, absolutely keep our fingers crossed for 560 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 3: a bright future, a bright year for you. 561 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 4: I'm gonna keep going into I heard that. 562 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 3: Thanks man, thank you. 563 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 4: We hope you enjoyed this week's episode of Battleground. Make 564 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 4: sure you give it five stars and leave a nice review. 565 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 4: If you want to stay up today, follow them at 566 00:28:53,960 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 4: Battleground Podcast on Instagram.