1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: Battle Why from the Parts Unknown Studios into the battle Crowd, Battle, 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: the battle Bound, the battle Crowd. Welcome to the Battleground Podcast, 3 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: your place for all things pro wrestling. 4 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 2: The Battle Road. The battle Crowd. 5 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: Now making their way to the microphones. Give it up 6 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: for your hosts. 7 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Battle Crown. 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 3: What's up you guys? 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 4: Welcome back into another episode of iHeartRadio's official wrestling podcast, 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 4: The Battleground Podcast. 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 3: I'm your host Battle. 12 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 4: I'm gonna bring in my tag team partner because it 13 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 4: is n W a week here on the show. Last 14 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 4: time we went big. This time we're going even bigger. 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 4: Yesterday we sat down and talked with the NWA Women's 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 4: Champion Camille, and uh, you know, I gotta say today's 17 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 4: guest was one that I I kind of threw a 18 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 4: curve body live because uh, this was a surprise guest 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 4: for Eli. He wasn't expecting today's guests, and I said. 20 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 3: Hey, we're gonna jump on, uh be here at this time. 21 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 4: And uh then as soon as we jumped on, I 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 4: told him so he didn't like get nervous for our 23 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 4: guest today. 24 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 5: Yeah, so now you just get to be nervous. 25 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, growing up watching n w A and 26 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 6: you know that kind of turned into w c W. 27 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 6: You know, we we love the history of of wrestling 28 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 6: and the companies and stuff like that. So seeing people 29 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 6: that uh not only were a part of it, but 30 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 6: I mean laid the foundation. I mean literally, I mean 31 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 6: were you. You know, the big tournament coming up this 32 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 6: weekend is named after his family, so I mean it's massive, massive. 33 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,639 Speaker 3: So yeah, so let's go ahead and bring on our guests. 34 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 3: Mister David Crockett. 35 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,559 Speaker 2: Hey, thank you, thank you. It's great to see you. Guys. 36 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 6: Really we've been we've been trying to come up with 37 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 6: schemes distill some of that stuff behind you. 38 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 5: But we'll we'll talk about that later. 39 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 4: We'll just throw a check book your way and be like, 40 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 4: just put any what comments you need on there. 41 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: Checks check's don't work, and it cares doesn't work. It's yeah, 42 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 2: it is. There are so many memories. Matter of fact, 43 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: I had quite a few. And you know, we used 44 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 2: to have a baseball team, a Charlotte Ows and we 45 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: were going to create a museum there and so we 46 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 2: were storing a lot of things that we had and 47 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 2: some kids burned it down and all that is gone, 48 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 2: All of it gone just I mean stuff from our dad, 49 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 2: you know, when he was promoting the big bands, Tommy Dorsey, 50 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 2: Glen Miller, boxing, Joe Lewis, Check Dempsey. You know, it 51 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 2: just goes on and on, Motown, Ray Charles, you name it, 52 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 2: Stevie Wonder, Jackson five. Oh. It just. 53 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 3: That's that hurts me right now thinking about it. 54 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 5: And that's you know. 55 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 4: But you know, something fun is happening this weekend in 56 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 4: Nashville and we're super excited about this. The NWA Crocket 57 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 4: Cups comes to the historic Nashville Fairgrounds. I mean, growing 58 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 4: up here in Nashville, you knew wrestling and the fairgrounds. 59 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 3: Those were two things that went together. 60 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 4: Like you could not go without driving past the Fairgrounds 61 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 4: without seeing some sort of wrestling show. 62 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: Like that's how I grew up. 63 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 4: My grandmother always took me because she would sell antiques 64 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 4: at the flea market. So I got to go to 65 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 4: the wrestling shows on Saturday night. And of course it's 66 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 4: at the Nashville Fairgrounds this weekend, March nineteenth and twentie. 67 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 4: If you can grab tickets right now NWA ticks dot com. 68 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 3: But let me, let's kind of dive. 69 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 4: Right into this real quick talking about Crocket Cup because 70 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 4: a couple of years back it was supposed to be 71 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 4: in Atlanta and then of course the pandemic hit. What's 72 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 4: so special about bringing the Crocket Cup to Nashville. 73 00:03:51,240 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: Oh man, Nashville is home to our base, you know, 74 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 2: our base. You can always it's down to earth people. 75 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: You know, you can look at NASCAR, country music, and wrestling. 76 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: That was our base. And Nashville is a perfect place 77 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 2: to have the Crockett Cup. You know, we started out 78 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 2: the first one was in New Orleans. We tried to bring. 79 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 3: Together Sorry, was that at the Superdome? 80 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 6: Yes, it was, Yes, it was Yeah, that was a 81 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 6: massive way okay, and. 82 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 2: It also was not in our area. It was Bill Watts, 83 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 2: you know, mid South Wrestling, mid South. So at the 84 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 2: time it was Vince McMahon and WWF at that time 85 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 2: was trying to take over the world, and we were 86 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 2: trying to get the other promoters in the other areas 87 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 2: of the United States and really all over the world 88 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 2: because the End of A is a worldwide organization. And uh, 89 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 2: quite a few agreed, you know, their their egos involved 90 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: with that, egos with the promoters and the bookers and 91 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: talent and we even had Giant Baba from Japan, you know, 92 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 2: think about that came over for the tournament and it 93 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 2: was it was fantastic, you know. And then we had 94 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 2: it again and eventually Turner bought us and Turner said 95 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: no more crocket on anything period. Yeah, that's why I 96 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 2: was taken off announcing, you know, they said we cannot 97 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,679 Speaker 2: have a Crockett announce it. So and now it's coming 98 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: back and I am so excited. 99 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, we we were super pumped because we were sitting 100 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 4: here and we we actually had the conversation about and 101 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 4: Eli taking the road trip to Atlanta when they announced 102 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 4: the Crocket Cup and I was like, it's only four 103 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 4: and a half hours away, and you know, we were 104 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 4: we were planning everything, getting ready to buy the tickets, 105 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 4: getting ready for the hotel and everything. And then COVID 106 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 4: came in and I was like, so, what what are 107 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 4: we doing? Like this Crocket Cup going to be in 108 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 4: an empty room and we just watched it on w 109 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 4: A And I think I think what the NWA did 110 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 4: was good was when they were like, hey, we want 111 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 4: to hold Crocket Cup when there's fans around, and you know, 112 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 4: I think having it this weekend at the Nashville Fairgrounds. 113 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 4: That's going to be electric because I mean, you know, 114 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 4: it's not the same sports arena at the Fairgrounds, but 115 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 4: there's still so much history within that fairgrounds. 116 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: Oh yeah. Also Nashville is a destination city, Yes, it is. 117 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: So there is so much to do, you know, you 118 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 2: have you have everything else there to keep everyone occupied, 119 00:06:54,400 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 2: you know, from grandmother, grandfather, father, son, daughters, you name it, 120 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 2: aunts and uncles. It's a family affair, absolutely, And the 121 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 2: nw A was always for the family. Yeah, you know, 122 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 2: we tried to get ticket prices, you know, adjusted to 123 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 2: where you always could bring the family. Yeah, unlike some sports. 124 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 3: Unlike some sports. 125 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 4: And now now there's buy one, get one free codes 126 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 4: that you can get tickets to those shows. 127 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 3: But that's for a. 128 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 4: Different time, for a different day. But I remember growing 129 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 4: up going to the n w A shows, and then 130 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 4: I remember growing up as getting into that teenage era 131 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 4: of being able to go to the n w A, 132 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 4: T and A shows when Jeff was doing that at 133 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 4: the fair Yes, and I remember so many amazing things 134 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 4: that have happened there, like that was like and it's 135 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 4: funny that I say this because this photo's down here, 136 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 4: but I was there the night that Jeff Jarrett won 137 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 4: the n w A title. Here I am my little 138 00:07:53,240 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 4: spider Man shirts, a little whistling autograph and that. 139 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 6: I've ever seen that picture about them. 140 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 2: You need to autograph it and then give it to Jeff. 141 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 3: I'm yes, he signed it, So I'm going to sign 142 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 3: it and be like this is for you, Jeff. Here 143 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 3: you gotta be like, here's a kid. 144 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 4: I mean, I sit here and think about like the 145 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 4: great times and getting to do stuff there at the fairgrounds. 146 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 4: And n w A would is synonymous with the fairgrounds, 147 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 4: and it's an exciting. 148 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: Thing, right, and and the philosophy my father always had 149 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 2: the philosophy of that eventually good will take over evil. 150 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 2: They won't destroy them eventually, you know, but that's always 151 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 2: the struggle and wrestling good against evil. And so we 152 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 2: try not to insult the family or anyone in the family. 153 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 2: And you know, uh, the we try to keep it 154 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 2: from being mean, what from from being a family sport 155 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 2: that you cannot bring your family to. You know, there's 156 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: so many things today, you know. I look at some 157 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 2: of the basketball teams that are out there, and I 158 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: took my my grandchildren there and I went, I cannot 159 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 2: believe this. Yeah, yeah, there's no way I am coming back, 160 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 2: and I haven't been back. You know that it's always 161 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 2: you know, I don't know, but you know, the nw 162 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 2: A is for everyone. Yes, it is still a worldwide organization. 163 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,959 Speaker 2: And I you know, I see it growing. You know that, 164 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 2: let's let's say the grassroots are there in Nashville, MH. 165 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 2: And you know that it's it's going to happen. You 166 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 2: know that. You know that, you know, you don't have 167 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 2: the money of vents, you don't have the billions. You 168 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 2: know that Tony Kahn has, So why not make it 169 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 2: old school nw A that instead of glitz and glamor 170 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 2: that it's more the personalities, you know, and what they 171 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 2: do in the ring and what they do on camera. 172 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 2: You know, to me, that's the most important part. And 173 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 2: I'm excited to be there and this is my first one. 174 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 2: You know that I have actually because with the others, 175 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 2: I was in the production truck, you know, producing and 176 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 2: directing it. And you know I can I can be 177 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 2: a fan because I am a fan. 178 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, you get to be there and kick your feedback 179 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 3: and just watch. 180 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 4: You don't have to be like, hey, get this camera here, 181 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 4: get that over there and run I. 182 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 2: Get my beard there. 183 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 3: There you go, there go, there you go. 184 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 4: So let I kind of want to go back to 185 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 4: this and the casual fan might remember you best for 186 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 4: your announcing duties with current aw announcer Tony Shavanni. How 187 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 4: did you in that position? How did you get in 188 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 4: that position? And what was the highlights of your time 189 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 4: working with Tony? 190 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 2: All right? How did I get in the position. We 191 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 2: used to produce our programs at w r e L 192 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 2: TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, every Wednesday night. We used 193 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 2: to take interviews Wednesday afternoon, all right, and then our 194 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,839 Speaker 2: ring announcer, not ring announcer, but play by play. It 195 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 2: was Bob Caudle and another gentleman, and he showed up drunk. 196 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 3: Yes, that's not good hit. 197 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: So Jimmy and I look at each other, well, go, 198 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 2: there's no way this is gonna happen. He's not a 199 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 2: nice guy. He's a nice guy, but this cannot. So 200 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 2: we flipped a coin and I lost. So I started announcing, 201 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 2: and that's that's it. That's how it started for me. 202 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: And then it was okay. Jim Goodman, who was running 203 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 2: the station at that time, still does. He said, guys, 204 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 2: you need to create your own production studio and production truck. 205 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 2: So I said, okay, somebody I eat me. I need 206 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 2: to start learning to work the camera and audio and 207 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 2: so I was pulling cable in all this. So it 208 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 2: took several several years and then we got that and 209 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 2: then Tony at the time was my sister, Francis Ringley 210 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 2: own part of a single a baseball franchise in Greensboro, 211 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 2: North Carolina, that is where Tony Shavanni was the baseball announcer. 212 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 2: And we said, you know, you know, besides you know 213 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 2: thing and Raleigh, we were producing shows you know, golly 214 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: another Wednesday. Once we left ri L, I said, we 215 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 2: were producing. So I was going in the truck a 216 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 2: lot directing. So we need to find somebody else because 217 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 2: we were producing two shows, you know, mid Atlantic champions 218 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 2: Championship Wrestling and Worldwide Wrestling. So we needed another announcer, 219 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 2: and my sister made a mistake of saying, why not Tony, 220 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 2: and we took him and Jimmy and I looked at 221 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 2: him and said, this is a kid. He needs to 222 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 2: grow a beard or something. So you see the mustache 223 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 2: and everything with Tony and it. You know, it's been 224 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 2: great ever since. He and I loved it together, were 225 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 2: both fans and thoroughly enjoyed it. And then also Bob Caddle. 226 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 2: He helped us both along. I could not have done 227 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 2: it without Bob, and Bob is now ninety nine, I 228 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 2: remember correctly. Yeah, what a great guy. 229 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 5: That's a long life. 230 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 2: Yes it is. 231 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 6: Well, we talked a little bit before we hopped on 232 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 6: the air, and we're very guilty of that because a 233 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 6: lot of times people will give us the good stuff, 234 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 6: but we'll bring it back up. So one thing that 235 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 6: I remember as a kid, and you know I mentioned 236 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 6: to U off air, it was the infamous angle between 237 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 6: Nikita Koloff and Rick Flair. And the point that I 238 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 6: just like to point out is just that, like Nikita 239 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 6: Koloff was one of like the biggest heels. 240 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 5: In the eighties. 241 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 6: I mean, I don't think I think it's easy to 242 00:14:55,840 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 6: kind of forget about, you know, how impactful his careacter was. 243 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 5: And I mean. 244 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 6: I'm still terrified of him. I'll see a clip or 245 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 6: something like, oh my god, I know. So anyways, you 246 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 6: know that the angle led to their massive match with 247 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 6: the Great American Bash that year. What do you remember 248 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 6: about that angle and then the program between those two. 249 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 2: All right, let's talk about Nikita. First. He came in. 250 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 2: He was stiff as nails. Every wrestler going, oh my god, 251 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 2: he's going to hurt somebody. He did hurt quite a few. 252 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 2: And the Russian thing, he believed that he changed his name, 253 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 2: legally changed his name. He yelled and screamed all the 254 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 2: time before television to get that horse voice. So he 255 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 2: has it permanently, you know, and he lived at twenty 256 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 2: four to seven, and he believed it. And it was, 257 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 2: you know, when he when I found out when they 258 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 2: told me what they wanted to do, and I went, 259 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 2: oh god, I could see the gleam in his eye. 260 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: It's like, oh goo goose what? So? 261 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, he was taking too much pleasure out of it. 262 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 2: Huh oh, he was. That's the problem. That's the problem. 263 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 2: He said. It was it was the best time of 264 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 2: my life when I just he said, I could feel 265 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 2: it when I was coming through and I caught you 266 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 2: and I could feel your body flipping around. 267 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 3: And then you're like, yeah, that wasn't my greatest time 268 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 3: in my life. 269 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 2: It wasn't, you know. I had to you know, and 270 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 2: I laid there, going, okay, let's check to see if 271 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 2: things are still in the same place, right, And it 272 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 2: was like, you know, as you're a kid running through 273 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 2: the you know, at the backyards and threads and so forth, 274 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 2: and running and hitting clothesline, he just spin around it. Well, 275 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 2: that's what it was like to have Nikita sickle me. 276 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you couldn't pay me any kind of money 277 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 4: to do that. 278 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 3: What did I love wrestling? There's no way. 279 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 2: Oh. 280 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 6: And it was weird too, because you didn't you know, 281 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 6: you didn't see a lot of like you know, announcers 282 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 6: and managers and stuff like that. You didn't, well, managers sometimes, 283 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 6: but like the ring announcers and the commentators and that 284 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 6: kind of stuff, like they didn't really get involved in 285 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 6: angles very often. And I think that was kind of 286 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 6: what kind of freaked me out as a kid. 287 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 5: It was just like, wait, if. 288 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 6: He's not safe, how am I safe? 289 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 2: You know. 290 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 6: I think it kind of added that whole you know, 291 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 6: mystery the display. 292 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 2: You know, they never told me, but I think it 293 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 2: was Nikita's idea. Oh, I'm sure it was, you know, 294 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 2: because he got so much enjoyment out of it that 295 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 2: it had to be his idea. You know, he said, oh, yeah, 296 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 2: we'll get Rick andvolved, you know, since Rick and David 297 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 2: were in the plane crash. And he said, okay, yeah, 298 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 2: you know, and so I guess he sold Jimmy and 299 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:27,679 Speaker 2: Dusty on it and he didn't care. Yeah, as long 300 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 2: as he's not gonna get it. 301 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 6: Sure, your brother's like, so it's it's him not me. 302 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 5: Okay, we'll do right. 303 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I've always wanted to do it to it, 304 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: so why not let somebody else? 305 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 4: Oh that's that brotherly love right there, right, yes, Oh man, 306 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 4: there's there's not gonna be some brother Well, there's gonna 307 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 4: be some brotherly love this week and again at the 308 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 4: Crocket Cup. I mean, we're gonna be talking to the 309 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 4: Briscoes later this week. Who's also in the Cracket Cup. 310 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 4: That's kind of the I guess the fan favorite them 311 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 4: and Live Rebellion again. 312 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 2: The fan favor I'm I'm gonna have to ask. 313 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 4: I would say that they're the hottest thing going on 314 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 4: right now, and a lot of people are sleeping on 315 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 4: La Rebellion. I think I think with with the Briscos, 316 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 4: they're coming in from that notoriety of like honor and 317 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 4: being worldwide, and yes, La Rebellion is known worldwide, but 318 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 4: to like, you know, to some people that just come 319 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 4: into the NWA, I feel as if the casual wrestling 320 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 4: fan would know more of the Briscoes than La Rebellion. 321 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 4: But I think that this I have a feeling that 322 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 4: we're gonna see for the Krocket Cup, it's gonna be 323 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 4: La Rebellion versus Briscos. 324 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,679 Speaker 2: All right, But there are other people, teams, there are 325 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 2: other people, come on, you know anything, I have seen 326 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 2: so many times that you think something's gonna happen, or 327 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 2: they've told you something's gonna happen, and it doesn't because 328 00:19:54,520 --> 00:20:00,360 Speaker 2: tempers flair, you know, tempers you know that can dictate. Yeah, 329 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 2: I can. I don't give a rip and you know, 330 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 2: and Y holds him down one, two, three, and the 331 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 2: referee is going, it's got to do it. Yeah, So 332 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 2: a bunch of hard ways, so I can, you know, 333 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 2: I can just see all that. 334 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 6: Yeah, people get in their heads too, you know. 335 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 5: That's like pressure. 336 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 6: It's like, Okay, I'm under the historic NNBA banner, I'm 337 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 6: wrestling at the Historic Crockett Cup. 338 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 5: I'm at Historic Nationally. 339 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 6: You know, so sometimes that that weight you know, can 340 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 6: kind of you know, the weight of the expectations can 341 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 6: performances too. 342 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 2: The adrenaline, uh, the that you're you're there, You're part 343 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 2: of this event and you get caught up in it, 344 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 2: and you know, the adrenaline takes takes over and you go, 345 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: I don't want to We'll lose. Yeah. Yeah. 346 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 4: And I think maybe maybe the sleeper team that a 347 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 4: lot of people aren't really talking about, and I will 348 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 4: be a going ahead and jump on that and say 349 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 4: that I haven't really talked about it is Doug Williams 350 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 4: and Davy boys Smith Junior. I mean, you know it's 351 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 4: gonna be the British invasion. Doug and Nick we're gonna 352 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 4: team up for Crockett Cup. But of course Nick's gonna 353 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,880 Speaker 4: have his hands full with Matt Cardona because he uh, 354 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 4: I guess he he said that I want my rematch 355 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 4: clause and uh he initiated that. So I think that's 356 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 4: gonna be another that's a sleeper team right there is 357 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 4: Doug and Davey boy Smith Junior. 358 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 2: H And also, you know there are a lot of 359 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 2: factors outside the ring. You know that that can happen. 360 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 2: You know that, you know, you know somebody might run 361 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 2: in or somebody might get tripped. 362 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 5: You never know what happened matches. There's just it's hard. 363 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 2: To you know, but I guarantee the fans are gonna 364 00:21:59,440 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 2: enjoy it. 365 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 3: We're super excited again again. 366 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 4: Tickets available right now if you want to come to Nashville. 367 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 4: It's a great time to come here because I was 368 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 4: looking at the weather ahead and it's supposed to beautiful. 369 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 3: No snow like last weekend. 370 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 4: But this Saturday and Sunday, March nineteenth and TWENTI if 371 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 4: you can still grab tickets at NWA ticks dot com. 372 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 4: So after I guess Jim Ross was brought in, after 373 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 4: his sious contract was brought bought by Jim Crockett Promotions, 374 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 4: you moved to executive producer of World Championship Wrestling TV programming. 375 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 3: Did you enjoy that's or commentary more. 376 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 5: Or just like I enjoyed. 377 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 2: Behind the scenes. I was a big fan. I enjoyed 378 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 2: doing some of the matches more so as a twosome 379 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 2: instead of a threesome. I think we step on each 380 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 2: other calling the action. We're you know, Jim Ross, Toney 381 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,479 Speaker 2: and I were all fans and so we you know, 382 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: and you know, Jim Ross's an announcer, Tony is an announcer. 383 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 2: I am not you know, I look at you know, 384 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 2: I'm a fan. Yeah, and you can know it. I'm 385 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 2: screaming and yelling and but so I could go behind 386 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 2: and start directing and having the fan the viewer feel 387 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 2: what I'm feeling. You know, as far as you know 388 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 2: audio wise and video wise, you know that when somebody 389 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 2: gets hit, I want to hear it. I want I 390 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 2: want to see that sweat just blow everywhere and hear 391 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 2: that the air get just knocked out of the lungs. 392 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 393 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 2: And and and my younger brother Jack Crocket Jackie, he 394 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 2: was our handheld operator, and he was great. He would 395 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: take the hit. I mean, here they're coming at him 396 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 2: and I'm taking it. I said, you're on and knowing 397 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 2: good and well that they're gonna hit him. As far 398 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 2: as the body coming in because he's you know, he's 399 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 2: hanging on the rope the ring side, and he takes 400 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 2: the hit to get the shot. Yeah, And which was great, 401 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 2: you know, And we had you know, I had great 402 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 2: camera camera guys, great audio guys, video guys, everybody just 403 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 2: we were all just pumped every. 404 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 6: Time yeah, yeah, And I think there's there's a testament 405 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 6: to that that people are still going back and watching 406 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 6: those matches and watching those rivalries, you know. I mean, 407 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 6: if it wasn't top of the line, I mean, I 408 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,400 Speaker 6: think it'd have kind of been forgotten by now. 409 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 2: You know. 410 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 6: Well, one of the cool things that's been happening sifts 411 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 6: specifically to you in the last couple of years, is 412 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 6: you've been popping up on some aw programming when they've 413 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 6: been over in the Crockett territory. What has that experience 414 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 6: been like working with them, considering they were very much 415 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 6: influenced by JCP productions and eventually became the WCW and 416 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 6: you're you're still seeing those seeds bloom in twenty twenty two. 417 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 2: Well, the first time Tony con asked me, they had 418 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,719 Speaker 2: a show here in Charlotte, and I went and really 419 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 2: just thought i'd be backstage and he asked me to commentate. 420 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 2: I think it was on one of the dark matches 421 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 2: as they call it, and it was Tony and I 422 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 2: said afterwards, I said to Tony Kahan, I said, why 423 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 2: did you do this? Why did you open this up? 424 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 2: I said, I buried it. Now it's it's there. I 425 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 2: love it. I want to do it. Yeah. Yeah. And 426 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,360 Speaker 2: he's got his he's got his core, you know. So 427 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 2: you know, I'm just I'm with you, guys. It's yeah. 428 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:15,479 Speaker 2: I was satisfied, you know, just being a grandfather, and 429 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 2: and I got working in my yard and so forth, 430 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 2: and now now it's I love being out there. I 431 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 2: love talking to the fans. I love the wrestling. I 432 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 2: love watching I am I will tell you this. I 433 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 2: have I have not been able to get through a 434 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 2: full show because I'm very opinionated, you know, and so 435 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:49,439 Speaker 2: I see things and and I have to back away 436 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 2: say you don't have control. It's not a damn thing 437 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 2: you can do about it. 438 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 3: So you're just like us. 439 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,199 Speaker 4: We just go to Twitter and be like, hey, that 440 00:26:58,400 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 4: that wasn't what we thought was gonna have. 441 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, and and so you know, I and their 442 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 2: their talent is is wonderful, you know I it is. 443 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 2: Uh So I wish from all the success. At the 444 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 2: same time, I'm looking at the m m W n 445 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 2: w A as a third league. I really believe it 446 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,159 Speaker 2: can happen that they don't have to compete with a 447 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 2: W or w w E. They they just need to 448 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 2: be grassroots, that down to earth that you know, you're 449 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:51,120 Speaker 2: you're quick, you're fast, uh, you're believable, and go from 450 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: there that it does not need to be scripted from 451 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 2: the time they walk through the door until they get 452 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 2: back right. 453 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 6: That's you're you're kind of seeing more and more companies 454 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 6: go away from that. You know, there's one big company 455 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 6: that does it, obviously, but even I mean, you know, 456 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 6: you go back a couple of years ago when they 457 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 6: relaunched or they launched NWA Power and you had the 458 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 6: Rock commenting like, I love this. I mean, he's obviously 459 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 6: a WWU legend, but he's the biggest star in Hollywood 460 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,239 Speaker 6: right now. I mean, when you have that, that's that 461 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 6: endorsement goes a long way, you know, definitely. 462 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 4: And that's the thing that we liked because when we 463 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 4: found out that, you know, Billy was bringing NWA back 464 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 4: where we were intrigued because, like we said at the beginning, 465 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 4: we grew up as NWA fans and we're like, Okay, 466 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 4: how's this gonna go. And when he was like, hey, 467 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 4: we're gonna go back to studio wrestling, and then you 468 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 4: get there and you see the blue and yellow ring 469 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 4: and you're like, okay, this is taking me back to 470 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 4: my childhood. And you know, having just coming out from 471 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 4: the curtain, there's no music, there's no pyro. You just 472 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 4: walk out and you hear everybody that the fans yelled. 473 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 4: It's like when you go back and watch those old 474 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 4: NWA tapes and the old WCW tapes where everybody's yelling 475 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 4: in the crowd. 476 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 3: There's there's no music. And that's the great thing about it. 477 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 4: And we've had the conversations with Billy and Kyle and 478 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 4: and you know, the great thing that we love about 479 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 4: nw A is they said, we don't tell you how 480 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 4: to do your promos. 481 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 3: We give you point A in point B. How you 482 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 3: get there. That's how you get there. 483 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 2: And that's the way we did it. You know that 484 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 2: we had such great talkers. Yeah that it was okay, 485 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 2: we have and it never worked with Rick or Roddy Piper. 486 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 2: You know, you have thirty seconds, not not you know, 487 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 2: it's a minute, thirty or two minutes. It's just yeah, 488 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 2: it's going to happen, you know. And and the matches, 489 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 2: you know, it's okay, we sort of know what the 490 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 2: finish is, but other than that, have no idea. Yeah, 491 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 2: and when I announced, I said, do not tell me anything. 492 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 2: I don't want to know. Yeah, because they did it 493 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 2: one time and even said on air, this is not 494 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 2: the way it's supposed to be. 495 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 3: That's not what I was told. 496 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 2: No, what's wrong with this? 497 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 6: And I don't know if he still does that, but 498 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 6: I know Jim Ross was the same way. 499 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 5: I know for the bulk of his career. 500 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 6: He's like, I don't want to know the finish, you know, 501 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 6: and you can tell you know that there's more authenticity 502 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 6: in their voices that way. 503 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, it's and it's fun, you know. I am 504 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 2: so glad that Jim is back announcing, Yeah, that he 505 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 2: and Tony. I watched it, not this week, was last week, 506 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 2: and I could tell that he and Tony we're taking 507 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 2: more of the commentary back and forth instead of Sony 508 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 2: being stepped on in which I loved. 509 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 5: And this is a. 510 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 6: Kind of bridging between that in aw, what do you 511 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 6: what do you think about Sting still going in his sixties? 512 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 6: Is that is that crazy to you? Or do you 513 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 6: think like if anyone could do it, he would be 514 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 6: the guy that could still do it. 515 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,239 Speaker 2: Well, he's not taking any bumps. 516 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 6: He's not you know they're protecting him, but I mean, 517 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 6: you know, when he's going it's scary. 518 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's scary because you know that at sexty 519 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 2: the body doesn't heal, you know, and two the amount 520 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 2: of punishment his body has taken over the years that 521 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 2: it affects you. I mean, I look at Olie Anderson, 522 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 2: He's in a wheelchair. Yeah, you know, there are so 523 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 2: many wrestlers that you know, from being slammed off and 524 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 2: they went off the top ropes and everything else that 525 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 2: you know, the landing on your back or your neck 526 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 2: or your shoulders, it's arthritis is gonna you know, jump 527 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 2: on you with a big stick. Yeah. Yeah, And you 528 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 2: know I worry about him. Look at Rick Flair. Rick 529 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 2: wants to get back in the ring. Come on, Yeah, 530 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 2: that's crazy. 531 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 6: You even hear rumors of like Hogan trying to do 532 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 6: something and Flare and it's like, you know, it's you know, 533 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 6: obviously we're fans, so I mean we want to see 534 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 6: stuff like that, But then it's like at what cost? 535 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 6: I mean, like are you going to be paralyzed at it? 536 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 6: Like what what's you know? And then you go back 537 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 6: and think, like you know, sting, sting, used to have 538 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 6: a pain pill addiction, and he's very open about that 539 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 6: and you know. 540 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 2: He had pain. 541 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, he had it for a reason absolutely. 542 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 2: So Yeah, I have to say this one guy that 543 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 2: I'm totally amazed with is Diamond Dallas Page. 544 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 5: Oh yeah. 545 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 2: Every night after the matches, Ice packs on his knees, 546 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 2: his neck, his elbows, and his back. Now look at him. 547 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 2: He can fly hand you know, uh, the floor standing. 548 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 2: You know that. I was down there in Atlanta at 549 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 2: his facility doing an interview with Tony and I was 550 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 2: blown away with watching you know, stands on one leg, 551 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 2: holds the other one out and I'm going, who the 552 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 2: hell is this guy? 553 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 6: What do you. 554 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I'm going to sell this video. Yeah, 555 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 2: he's got it. Hey. You know, if anybody, if you 556 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 2: look at the past and look at now, he's one 557 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 2: man that has done it. 558 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 6: Yeah, that's He's an incredible story. He's actually starting so 559 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 6: late and then having the success that he did is 560 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 6: just And. 561 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,160 Speaker 2: He's working with Jake Roberts. Jake Roberts, you know. 562 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 7: And you know Jake's yeah yeah, yeah, but you know 563 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 7: Jake with you know, he had pills and everything else 564 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 7: and his smoking, you know, his Uh, he's always on 565 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 7: oxygen when he's not doing the commentary. 566 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, but. 567 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:11,399 Speaker 2: He's still a funny guy. 568 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's he's the best. 569 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 4: And uh, you know, of course again this weekend, Crocket 570 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 4: Cup is going down at the historic Nashville Fairgrounds. You 571 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 4: can still grab tickets right now n w a tics 572 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 4: dot com. Uh, I kind of want to talk about 573 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 4: Crocket Cup real quick. I mean, I was originally meant 574 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 4: as a way to pay tribute to your father as 575 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 4: well as showcase the best tag teams on the planet. 576 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,879 Speaker 4: What did it mean to you and your family when 577 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 4: it was announced that the NWA was bringing back this 578 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 4: historic event. 579 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 2: At first, I was concerned, you know, I did. I 580 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 2: didn't know. I didn't know the people involved. So I'm going, 581 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 2: you know, very concerned about the use of the name. Uh. 582 00:34:54,920 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 2: Now that I have done my research and talk to people, 583 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 2: that's one reason I'm coming, you know is that Okay, 584 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 2: this is good, you know, this is very good. This 585 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 2: is good for the sport. Uh. It's a good use 586 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 2: of his name. And and I I personally put my 587 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 2: stamp on it because I'm you know, I'm going to 588 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:26,800 Speaker 2: be there and and you know that I'd love to discuss, 589 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 2: you know, with the fans when I'm there. I'll be 590 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 2: there Saturday, inn Sunday, you know about you know, what 591 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,919 Speaker 2: they think of it, you know, and what they think 592 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 2: of the n w A and how to make it. 593 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,920 Speaker 3: Better for sure. And that's that's the thing that we 594 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:44,480 Speaker 3: love about it. 595 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 4: I mean, I think when just when you kind of 596 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 4: think that the nw A is there, they take it 597 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 4: to a whole another level. 598 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 2: And that's what I'm looking forward to that, you know, 599 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 2: And I know that this weekend it's going to make 600 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 2: it to a whole another level for sure. Yes, when 601 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 2: you come, when you watch, you will see something that 602 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 2: you will love. 603 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 6: Well, bouncing off that statement right there, what can fans 604 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 6: look forward to this year or this weekend at the 605 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,279 Speaker 6: Crockett Cup? You know, do you have any insight or 606 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,799 Speaker 6: is it just what? What if someone have a lot 607 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,799 Speaker 6: of for getting tickets, what do you what's your last 608 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 6: push to get them into the fairground? 609 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,280 Speaker 2: Well, believe it or not, since it's not my promotion, 610 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 2: they're not telling me. I know, you know, I hear, 611 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:40,480 Speaker 2: I hear bets and pieces, but uh, you know, I 612 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,880 Speaker 2: don't know anything definitely. I just know that the fans 613 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 2: are going to have a great time. I mean, and 614 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 2: that what they have, they're going to walk away satisfied. 615 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. And it's gonna be exciting stuff to 616 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 3: get there this weekend. 617 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 4: Of course, n w a tis dot com is where 618 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 4: you can grab your tickets for Cracker Cup this weekend. 619 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 5: Yeah. 620 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 6: And and kind of going back to what you said, 621 00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:04,600 Speaker 6: you know, the one thing that we like about the 622 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,880 Speaker 6: NBA is that they do a lot with the little 623 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,879 Speaker 6: so they don't they don't have those budgets that other 624 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 6: guys do. But I mean take their women's division. You know, 625 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 6: they brought in Mickey James, they brought in Medusa, they 626 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 6: brought in all these incredible women that have these you know, 627 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 6: incredible histories with the business. And I mean their women's 628 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 6: division is on fire right now, you know. 629 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:26,600 Speaker 5: And it's just like. 630 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,839 Speaker 6: They're making the most of the budgets they do have 631 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,239 Speaker 6: and the locals that do have and go into these 632 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 6: classic places like Nashville, Saint Louis, you know, you know, 633 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 6: they're bringing in the historical factors into the modern age. 634 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 2: You know, is a stud Yeah, I would not challenge her, 635 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:54,360 Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, you know, I'd put up one thousand dollars. 636 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:59,359 Speaker 2: Anybody want to trying to beat her? Good luck? Yeah. 637 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,280 Speaker 6: Well, we had in the studio and I was actually 638 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 6: asking her about staying, and the way the question came out, 639 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 6: she almost it almost she almost kind of thought I 640 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 6: was I was calling her old and that's not what 641 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 6: I was saying that all. 642 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 5: Oh boy, that was like, uh. 643 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 6: You may have to run interference on this one. 644 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:18,239 Speaker 2: Here. 645 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:21,920 Speaker 5: She's still in great shape. 646 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 6: I mean, she probably could get in the ring right 647 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:24,880 Speaker 6: now if she wanted to. 648 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,560 Speaker 4: All right, oh yes, she said, she still got one 649 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,279 Speaker 4: more left in her. She just got to wait for 650 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 4: that one, that one match that's calling her name. 651 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 2: I could see it. I could see it, so I 652 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:40,000 Speaker 2: could see her. I could see her uh probably tag 653 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:45,320 Speaker 2: team and then swell to a single. 654 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:51,880 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, signed up, so so real quick. 655 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,279 Speaker 4: And uh, you know, I I kind of want to 656 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 4: get your thoughts on this, and uh, I don't. I 657 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 4: don't want to be I guess the guy that breaks 658 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,719 Speaker 4: the bad news. But I just got the notification that Scott. 659 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:02,759 Speaker 3: Hall has passed away. 660 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:08,320 Speaker 4: What what can you share about your time working with Scott. 661 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:17,400 Speaker 2: Scott? I love the guy. He self destruct you know, 662 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 2: with the drugs and alcohol, and you know he was 663 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:27,920 Speaker 2: one of those guys that success killed him, you know, 664 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:31,239 Speaker 2: and and and and it did, and and and it's 665 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:38,200 Speaker 2: a shame. So nice and you know he dried himself out, 666 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:42,680 Speaker 2: you know. And uh he was it's a shame that 667 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,560 Speaker 2: he was coming around. He was coming around that you 668 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:49,400 Speaker 2: know Razor, you know, was was coming back. And you 669 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,359 Speaker 2: know he hit there again. He had that twinkle and 670 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 2: you could see the motions and the two thinking and oh, yes, 671 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:07,719 Speaker 2: he he was terrific. And it's a shame. I you know, 672 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 2: all the best of his family. Uh he was. He 673 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,360 Speaker 2: was wonderful for me. You know, I never had a problem. 674 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:20,480 Speaker 2: I we always got along. I always got along. I 675 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:25,760 Speaker 2: guess the only person I never got along with wash 676 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:34,239 Speaker 2: Lars Anderson. Yeah. He just he woke up me every day. 677 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:36,640 Speaker 3: Those are never the good ones right there. 678 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 2: Ye oh, you know he made Holy look like a baby. 679 00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,400 Speaker 6: But it was it was really just you know, like 680 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,680 Speaker 6: you said, Uh, you know, Dallas has been helping so 681 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 6: many people. And on the Jake the Snake documentary you 682 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 6: saw him helping Scott and you know, he looked really 683 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,319 Speaker 6: great at the Hall of Fame and from what we 684 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,160 Speaker 6: could from what I gathered. This was kind of not 685 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 6: a fluke. I mean, he had a hip surgery and 686 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:04,799 Speaker 6: then it. 687 00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:10,359 Speaker 2: Had he went downhill. That was a blood clock that 688 00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:17,200 Speaker 2: started the fall and it just just kept on going. 689 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:21,000 Speaker 6: Just kid can get around him. So that's very sad 690 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:21,720 Speaker 6: news obviously. 691 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:26,319 Speaker 4: So yeah, and so real quick, because we don't want 692 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:27,560 Speaker 4: to take up too much your time, because i mean, 693 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 4: like Eli said, we could sit here for hours upon 694 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:30,640 Speaker 4: hours and maybe we might. 695 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 3: Do this as a weekly thing and just have you 696 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,040 Speaker 3: come to tell stories. I mean I'm cool with that. 697 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:40,000 Speaker 3: Where uh where can people keep up with you online? Facebook? Twitter, Instagram, 698 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:40,720 Speaker 3: any of that stuff? 699 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 4: Or do you just want to stay away from all 700 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,200 Speaker 4: that the cesspool of the internet wrestling community. 701 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:53,279 Speaker 2: I like it, Okay, Facebook, I do some you know, 702 00:41:53,400 --> 00:42:02,279 Speaker 2: it's I was hacked so many times that I went 703 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:06,600 Speaker 2: away from all that. And I'm I'm learning, you know, 704 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:12,480 Speaker 2: Twitter and Instagram and you know, and I'm slowly figuring out, 705 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,239 Speaker 2: you know, who's a bunch of bs and who isn't 706 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:19,480 Speaker 2: you know who? That's the hard thing because I believe 707 00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,120 Speaker 2: in everyone, and then all of a sudden I get 708 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,359 Speaker 2: burned and all right, okay to leave that one. Yeah, 709 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:31,600 Speaker 2: So uh that and and I guess shows like this, 710 00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:36,920 Speaker 2: you know that I enjoyed doing them and talking. I 711 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:42,080 Speaker 2: wish that, uh, people that had questions, you know, let's say, 712 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:43,799 Speaker 2: will we do it again? You've got you know, all right, 713 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,680 Speaker 2: we're gonna we're gonna have this all right, you know, 714 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,200 Speaker 2: sitting in your questions and let's answer it for a 715 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,160 Speaker 2: while and see if we can get some video in. 716 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:59,280 Speaker 2: And or I have what we call the red books 717 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,880 Speaker 2: in our business started with my father. It was a 718 00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:07,560 Speaker 2: calendar every day of the week, you know, three sixty 719 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:12,680 Speaker 2: five and it had every single match, you know, and 720 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:17,520 Speaker 2: what the finish was and what the net was that 721 00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,120 Speaker 2: night and so forth. 722 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I. 723 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:27,240 Speaker 2: Couldn't keep them all, but I kept three years seventy five, 724 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:37,399 Speaker 2: seventy six, seventy seven, seventy eight. So those are three 725 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:43,120 Speaker 2: good years that that we and those I'm getting them digitized, 726 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,720 Speaker 2: you know, because I don't want to lose them. 727 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:54,399 Speaker 6: And you know, if there weren't anything personal in those, 728 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,560 Speaker 6: those would be incredible. 729 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,560 Speaker 5: I would love to see that nothing. 730 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:03,399 Speaker 2: Personally, you know, nothing now, nothing personal. I That's why, 731 00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:08,160 Speaker 2: you know, it's it's part of history. And I don't 732 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,759 Speaker 2: want you know, I don't want to just sort of 733 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:13,919 Speaker 2: let them go. And you know, somebody said, well, let's 734 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:17,920 Speaker 2: just you know, send them this place a FedEx or ups. 735 00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:19,680 Speaker 2: I said, that's not going to happen. 736 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,360 Speaker 3: I will hand deliver this to you. 737 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:25,000 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, you know, yeah, there's no yeah that yeah, 738 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:30,640 Speaker 2: there's no way. So you know I'm doing that, you know, 739 00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:37,919 Speaker 2: I wish you know, guys, the the amount of footage 740 00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:44,440 Speaker 2: sixteen millimeters two inch three quarter inch one inch that 741 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:53,000 Speaker 2: Turner Broadcasting lost lost from from my father's and we 742 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:58,120 Speaker 2: always kept think about this. He always kept a copy 743 00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,200 Speaker 2: of the tape of the show, whether it was taped 744 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:06,000 Speaker 2: at w BT and Charlotte, GHP and High Point, w 745 00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:10,400 Speaker 2: r L and Raleigh, all those were put away and 746 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:15,040 Speaker 2: until the sell it Turner we had every single one 747 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:19,480 Speaker 2: of them. And we also had sixteen millimeter film that 748 00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,960 Speaker 2: either my older brother Jimmy shot or I shot of 749 00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:28,080 Speaker 2: Benchers because we just didn't have videotape at that time. 750 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:34,239 Speaker 2: All that is gone. They picked it all up and 751 00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,440 Speaker 2: they don't know where it is, you know, events they 752 00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,480 Speaker 2: were They were calling me after the sale and said, 753 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:43,359 Speaker 2: where's all the tapes? Where's all the tapes? Because even 754 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:50,200 Speaker 2: Georgia Championship Wrestling. All their tapes were gone, you know, 755 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:55,120 Speaker 2: And I said, they sent them to Iron Mountain. I said, 756 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,920 Speaker 2: I know, I saw them. You know, they sent them 757 00:45:57,960 --> 00:45:58,680 Speaker 2: to Iron Mountain. 758 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:02,640 Speaker 6: And they came, that's gonna be one of those like 759 00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,840 Speaker 6: in like twenty years, they're gonna find it in a 760 00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:09,200 Speaker 6: box somewhere, you know, and somebody that hidden treasure or 761 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,000 Speaker 6: something like. I just don't understand how that happens. I mean, 762 00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:14,560 Speaker 6: the video assets. That's one of the big parts of 763 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:15,400 Speaker 6: a sale like that. 764 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:19,279 Speaker 2: You know, Well, no I can tell you why, and 765 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,000 Speaker 2: I guess we're getting a subject here. But no one 766 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:27,480 Speaker 2: and I repeat, no one at Turner liked us, wanted 767 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:33,439 Speaker 2: us besides Ted Turner that no one they and he 768 00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:37,319 Speaker 2: took us and threw us up at them, said all right, 769 00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:42,160 Speaker 2: look at this wrestling. It costs less. They dominate the 770 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,279 Speaker 2: hour that they're in, all the hours that they're in. 771 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:49,799 Speaker 2: Why can't you guys do this? And this is the baseball, 772 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:55,080 Speaker 2: the basketball and those executives and they all and it's 773 00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:59,400 Speaker 2: a stick, but they, you know, wrestling just redneck guys 774 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:02,560 Speaker 2: say it's redneck. It's beneath them, you know, I'd look 775 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:06,920 Speaker 2: at you know, growing up. You know that, you know, 776 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:12,360 Speaker 2: I asked my dad, you know you know people I know, 777 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,080 Speaker 2: you know these country clubs, he said, he said, they 778 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:19,000 Speaker 2: won't let us in. He said, it's not going to happen. 779 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:23,440 Speaker 2: I said, really what, and he said, because it's wrestling. 780 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,680 Speaker 2: It's entertainment. You know. Besides you know, the wrestling, it's 781 00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:30,359 Speaker 2: also the other stuff we're and you know, so you 782 00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:34,560 Speaker 2: develop an attitude and and all of us at w 783 00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:39,920 Speaker 2: CW developed an attitude that we're Ted's redheaded step children, 784 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,719 Speaker 2: and we're proud of it, and we throw it in 785 00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:44,040 Speaker 2: their face every time we could. 786 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:51,279 Speaker 6: I affectionately referred to wrestling as the redneck opera. Yes, yes, 787 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,879 Speaker 6: I'm from West Tennessee. So Memphis Wrestling was like my thing, 788 00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:59,920 Speaker 6: and uh okay. It was basically studio wrestling, just like NWA, 789 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:04,319 Speaker 6: and occasionally you get some NBA people. I remember Rick 790 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,160 Speaker 6: Flair was on the Memphis show. He fought err who 791 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,359 Speaker 6: was the aw A Southern Heavyweight Champion at the time. 792 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:11,720 Speaker 5: He wasn't the AWA. 793 00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,239 Speaker 6: World Champion at the time, but they went to a 794 00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:16,040 Speaker 6: time limit draw on Memphis Wrestling and he just came 795 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,480 Speaker 6: into town with NWA belt and he defended it, and 796 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:21,440 Speaker 6: it was against Jerry Lawler, who was arguably more popular 797 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:25,319 Speaker 6: than Rick Flayer in Memphis. But yeah, so all that 798 00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:27,240 Speaker 6: stuff is just Ingrained. 799 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,480 Speaker 2: Lawler and they were part of the NWA. That's why you. 800 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:33,400 Speaker 6: Were there for a while. And it's strange because towards 801 00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:35,960 Speaker 6: the end of all, you know, before it kind of 802 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:40,080 Speaker 6: came down to just two people WCWWWE you know, the 803 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:42,759 Speaker 6: Memphis stuff started doing more stuff with a w A, 804 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:46,120 Speaker 6: and then they and they kind of, you know, it's 805 00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:48,840 Speaker 6: almost like Jerry Jerry Jared almost kind of was like, no, 806 00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:53,160 Speaker 6: we're not doing that anymore. And I never got the clear. 807 00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:53,680 Speaker 5: I don't know. 808 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:55,760 Speaker 6: I don't know how that. I don't know what happened 809 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:57,680 Speaker 6: with that. I don't know why they kind of started 810 00:48:57,920 --> 00:48:59,600 Speaker 6: separating from the n w A. 811 00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:02,680 Speaker 5: But I don't know, I don't know. 812 00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,920 Speaker 2: It's the question, Well one has to do with egos, 813 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:10,839 Speaker 2: egos and what works for them. 814 00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:11,640 Speaker 5: Mm hmmm. 815 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:16,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, So you know that's fine, Yeah, that's what it is. 816 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:17,040 Speaker 3: What it is. 817 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,799 Speaker 6: Well, most importantly you you will be in intendance this weekend. 818 00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:21,280 Speaker 5: At Crockett Cups. 819 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,920 Speaker 6: So, yes, all of our fans, if we have fans, 820 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:25,240 Speaker 6: all of our listeners. 821 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:29,960 Speaker 2: Are you sure, now, come on, I. 822 00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,560 Speaker 6: Mean, I'll be there, He'll be there, we'll be there. 823 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:34,239 Speaker 4: So we'll definitely have to grate a photo with you, 824 00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:36,920 Speaker 4: and we'll hang out with you this weekend because you're 825 00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:37,560 Speaker 4: not having to work. 826 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,239 Speaker 3: You're just there to hang out with us as rest. 827 00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:40,600 Speaker 2: That's right, that's right. 828 00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:47,360 Speaker 4: Uh, mister Crockett again, it'd please, it's it's it's I'm 829 00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:49,480 Speaker 4: speechless right now, just because we're getting to talk to you. 830 00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:53,240 Speaker 4: So thank you so much for being on our show tonight, 831 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,280 Speaker 4: and we look forward to seeing you this weekend. 832 00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:57,960 Speaker 2: All right, guys, it's it's been great and I look 833 00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,480 Speaker 2: forward to seeing you Saturday and Sunday. 834 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:05,560 Speaker 8: We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Battleground Podcast. 835 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:08,160 Speaker 8: Make sure you give it five stars and a nice review. 836 00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:09,400 Speaker 2: To stay up to date with 837 00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:26,440 Speaker 8: The show, follow them at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.