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It's the 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:34.399 second Wednesday in a row that he is not here. 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:40.160 Is that a trend? I don't know. He believes that 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:43.800 he will be back in action tonight on Wrestling Observer Radio. 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.119 If he's not, I don't know what happens in that case. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:51.320 Garrick Gonzalez, I'm sure we'll have to step up. Will 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:55.040 Brian be there or not? I don't know. You gotta 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.960 become a subscriber to Wrestlingobserver dot com and follow along. 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:03.640 You'll know what's happened. I'll give everybody his Twitter feed soon. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.280 Maybe you can check him out that way. But joining 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.840 us today Filthy Tom Lawler, because you need a man 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:14.160 to step in in times like this, and there's no 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:18.120 one manlier with the exception of Don Fry than Filthy 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.760 Tom Lawler. And we got a lot to get into. 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:27.480 Aw Dynamite is tonight, not from the Box Center, from 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:33.720 the Bok Center, the Bok Center, I like the Bok Center, 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.679 the Bank of Oklahoma City Center, that's where that's going 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:40.520 to be from. We had NXT last night. We have 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:45.280 Seven Bucks Productions making a movie about Rick Flair, possibly maybe, 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:49.840 and we have a deal for the CW and NWA 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:53.240 that I thought we knew about months ago. 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Filthy is at the Tom Lawler 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:35.400 for the continued Adventures of Brian Alvarez at Brian Alvarez. 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:37.520 If you want to know what's going on in the 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:40.680 world of professional wrestling at WO and F four W 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:45.400 and the broadcasters at Sports Byline USA. Jim Valley's at 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:49.000 Jim Valley, Here's here with you on Saturdays one pm 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:52.440 Eastern time, ten am Pacific. And Andrews Aerian is here 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.840 with you on Sundays at Andrews Aarian six pm Eastern Time. 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.400 I'd also love for you to give the Wrestling News 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.080 a shot as a part of your I won't give 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:02.719 you the long plug. I'll just tell you to head 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.279 on over the Wrestling News dot Com and at Wrestling 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:08.479 News av on Facebook and Twitter. Find it wherever you 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:13.120 find your favorite podcast. Filthy. Do you believe at all 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.480 that Brian is really sick as he sits there in 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:21.240 Hawaii right now, and you know he kept during the 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:24.160 breaks of the show yesterday. He kept looking back behind 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:27.040 him at the window or the sliding door that was 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:29.640 right behind him. He kept looking out there as if 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.240 he was truly missing something, and he was. He was 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.920 missing Hawaii. Do you believe that he's actually sick today? 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:41.080 I think that Son of the Beach is trying to 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.320 pull a fast one on us. And if he's not, 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.280 I hope he feels better imminently. 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:50.520 Were you a big fan of that show, Son of 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:52.440 the Beach? Because I was, And this this is a 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.160 nineties throwback for people from back in the day, but 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:59.880 I was a proponent of that show, the Howard Stern 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:01.680 produced Son of a Beach. 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:08.640 Mike, I have the perfect segue for you. Oh yeah, huh, 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:16.080 because speaking of deplorable things that include Howard Stern making 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:22.400 the news today was one interview with Howard Stern by 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:27.440 none other than the man that's probably gonna hope we 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:31.160 can't see him at all, but he's in the eye 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.240 of rustling fans right now, and that's John Cena. 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.520 You'd think knowing that you're gonna be asked about something 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.960 like this. I mean, I know he's got the Argyle 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.720 movie out, but that's been out for a while now right, 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.400 I don't know what it was because I haven't heard 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:51.080 the show yet that what the reasoning was that John 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.320 Zena was on Howard Stern today, but you know, he's 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:58.840 been on Howard Stern a lot and what's been terrible 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.440 and we'll get to what he said on the show today, 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.600 but people are pointing out that one of the times 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.800 he was on Howard Stern, he was talking about Canyon 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.520 after Canyon had went on Howard Stern and talked about 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:17.679 his life in WWE and how he was treated and 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:22.920 how he was scripted after Vince McMahon found out that 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.360 he was talking about coming out of the closet and 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.440 the situation with the Undertaker where they had a closet 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.000 in the middle of the ring that he came out 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:35.640 and sang boy George too before the Undertaker pretty much 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.520 murdered this man with chair shots, including one to the 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:44.200 head that was disgusting by no matter how you cut it, 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:49.120 just a terrible headshot. And John Cena came on not 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.960 long after that and said Kenyon's lying. He was never 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:56.240 that good to begin with and he was just complaining. 0:09:56.280 --> 0:10:00.120 He came out afterwards, and you know, people are bringing 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.360 this up now, now, why are they doing that? Well, 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.280 Kenyon committed suicide at the age of forty, you know, 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:08.640 a New York guy, and Ashley Massarrow committed suicide at 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:12.479 the age of thirty nine, and she had her claims, 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:15.960 you know, kind of you know, they're out there right now. 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.640 And obviously NewsNation we talked about it yesterday, people looking 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:24.080 into her claims about being sexually assaulted while on a 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:29.280 WWE tour. But John Cena appeared on Howard Stern today 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:34.040 and once again while not saying anything about Ashley Massarrow 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.880 or anything specifically, at least from what's up on the 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:41.000 web page right now over at Wrestling observer dot com. 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.520 This was posted up by Ian Carey not long ago 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:47.800 John Cena opening up about his relationship with Vince McMahon. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.600 He says, quote, I can say this. I'm a big 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:55.280 advocate of love and friendship and honesty and communication. But 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.920 in the same breath, I'm also a big advocate of accountability. 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.959 I think if you explained it well, Howard, if someone's 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.040 behavior lies so far outside your value system that the 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:08.920 balance shifts of like I can't operate in a world 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:12.520 where this works, then that's the end result of being accountable. 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.920 Stern then asks in about how he plans to handle 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:19.520 the situation as it relates to Vince McMahon and their 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:23.480 friendship and relationship, and Scena answered, right now, what I'm 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.880 going to do is love the person I love, be 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.840 their friend, and by that it means, hey, I love you. 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:34.040 You have a hill to climb. There's the saying of 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:36.960 you don't know who your friends are until the s 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.079 hits the fan or your backs against the wall. That 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.800 doesn't make any of what's going on any easier to swallow. 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.880 But just telling somebody like, hey, I love you, man, 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:47.959 this is going to be a hill to climb. We're 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:51.320 going to see what happens. And that's that. It sounds 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:53.760 so cliche, but it has to be one day at 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:56.480 a time. But at the same token, I've openly said 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.800 I love the guy. I have a great relationship with 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:05.640 the guy. So that's that. Did he really have to 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:10.240 go on Howard Stern and really take questions about Vince McMahon, 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.800 And if you are going to take questions about Vince McMahon, 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:15.720 that's the best that you can come up with for 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.240 the allegations and the situation. That's been put upon Vince 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.120 McMahon with all of the things that we now know 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:25.680 about Vince McMahon, after all of the NBA's settling with 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:29.080 Rita Chatterton, who for years said that he raped her, 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.760 is this really? You know? I guess everybody's got their 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.520 view and they're entitled to come out and come out 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:40.160 and say it. But I don't know, dude, John Cena, 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:44.359 the man or you know, the public figure and entertainer 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.640 any like, did it help him at all? Here? Did 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:50.480 it help Vince McMahon and what his images. 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:55.280 World life? I think John Cena would have been better 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:58.880 off having the trademark ghost write a statement for him 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:02.640 on Howard's Stone than what he said, because even if 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:05.880 we look at it from the standpoint of John Cena, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:10.439 John Cena I'm sure feels indebted to Vince McMahon. How 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.120 could he not. He's been the face of a company. 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:18.120 Probably his dream was given to him because of the 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:21.480 business acumen and the business dealings of Vince wick Mann, 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:27.440 so I'm sure he feels indebted to him. However, vincick 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:31.040 Mann has put out a statement maintaining his innocence in 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:35.559 the face of these claims, So you know, perhaps you 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:37.800 can give John Cena the benefit of the doubt and 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:42.440 say he's basing his feelings about Vince on the fact 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:46.600 that he believes Vince to be innocent when it comes 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:56.599 to this situation. But in the face of everything social media, society, 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:02.520 what's right and wrong on this planet, I think John 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:05.959 Cena should have, you know, thought about his choice of 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:11.839 words a little bit better, much like actually another top 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:18.400 WWEE superstar did, because Randy Orton was talked about They're 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:21.120 asked about this very subject in a few interviews with 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.880 Sports Illustrated, the New York Post, and I think he 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.480 handled it, yeah, a little bit better. 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:30.560 I believe he did as well. Orton said, quote, I've 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:32.160 got to say this, I wouldn't be where I am 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:34.840 without Vince McMahon taking a chance on me a handful 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.240 of times. I would not be where I am today 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:41.480 without Vince McMahon. But f I'm reading this, ass what 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:44.880 you've seen in read, I've seen in read. As far 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.680 as commenting on it, it efan hurts my heart. It 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:54.200 hurts my heart. Randy Orton, Brian Danielson, Kevin Owens. There 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.760 have been a lot of people who have said, you know, 0:14:56.880 --> 0:15:00.200 over years. You know, people that a lot of people 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:05.160 who don't like Vincent have never liked WWE. It always 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:08.840 kills them to hear people that they like say respectful 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.880 things about Vince McMahon. We're say father figure type things 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:15.480 when it comes to Vince McMahon. But there were obviously 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:20.200 two distinct sides to this man that you know, at 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:24.240 his core. I mean, as we're finding out, is is 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:28.240 pretty evil. Is pretty evil when you stack up everything 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:31.840 that he's been accused of from over the years and 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:35.880 and everything that we're we're finding out. But this obviously 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.160 is going to be a story that continues to play 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:43.560 itself out, and I guess as time goes on, everybody's 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.760 going to be asked about this, you know, working in 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:48.880 the business, certainly working for WWE at some point or another. 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:51.160 But there's got to be a better way to do 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.440 it than the way John Cena did. At least in 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:57.800 my opinion, the story seems ever alive. 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:22.320 Meantime, you are listening to Wrestling Observer Live with Brian 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:26.680 Alvarez and Mike Semperviv on the Sports Byline Broadcasting Network. 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:30.800 Welcome back to the show, Mike semper vv Filthy Tom 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:33.760 Lawler here with you. It's a Filthy Wednesday on the program. 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:38.600 Brian Alvarez indisposed right now in Hawaii. Hopefully he's feeling better. 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.080 Hopefully he'll be back with Dave Meltzer tonight for Wrestling 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:47.440 Observer Radio after AEW Dynamite is all wrapped up and 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.440 over with. If not, I'm sure Garret Gonzalez will step 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:53.160 in and then we will hope that Brian is okay 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.520 for the Brian and Vinie Show, the next one of 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.640 those that takes place, so we can hear him talk 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:03.000 all about NX in his love of the acting of 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:07.280 Lyra Valkyria and Tatum Pasley. Filthy if we have time, 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.239 We're going to get to that show later on, but 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:13.960 there's still a lot to get into today. There's thespianism 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:17.600 possibly on the front when it comes to Rick Flair. 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.040 This was posted up to the front page of the 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.080 site by our own Josh Nason this afternoon. It says 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:28.240 The Rap reported on Wednesday that Dwayne the Rock Johnson's 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:31.639 seven Bucks Productions. Hey, did you hear back in the 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.000 day when he was struggling, he only had seven bucks 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:36.560 in his pocket and he parlayed that into where he's 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:38.520 at today. I don't know if you heard that story 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:42.920 or not. He said it a lot. Anyway, He's developing 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:46.920 a project on the life of Rick Flair. It's Johnson, 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.960 his ex wife, Danny Garcia, and here I'm Garcia will 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:54.680 they'll all produce it alongside Kevin Mischer of Michler Films. 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:59.240 The team previously teamed up on twenty nineteens Fighting with 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:02.240 My Family, which was a good movie, a film based 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:06.320 on the life of aw Sorea then Paige in WWE. 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.880 Flair was not named as being directly involved, and as 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:13.080 of this writing, he has yet to publicly comment on it. 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.840 Johnson gave the following statement to The Rap about the project, 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:20.600 which had no timeline, included I'm not going to read 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:22.800 all this. He just says he idolized Ric Flair and 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:26.680 he can't wait to tell his unbelievable story and that 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.680 he changed the game and thank you for the house Rick. 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:34.280 While Flair has been the focus of several documentaries hold 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:36.800 On Filthy, this will be the first time he will 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.479 be depicted in a feature film, if that's what the 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:44.560 project turns out to be. Grayson Waller actually portrayed Rick 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:49.240 Flair on the now canceled Young Rock TV show, which 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:53.520 was awful, as was the guy that played Rick Flair 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:57.840 in The Iron Claw. But hey, did you ever hear 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.520 that story about the Rock when we haven't seven Bucks? 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:02.439 Did you ever hear that one before? Tom? 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:06.440 Yeah, I have heard that one. But what he fails 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:10.000 to mention is that he also hit the genetic lottery 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.520 by being the son of one of the most famous 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:18.120 wrestling families of all time. You know what I mean? 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:20.919 Like he was gonna get opportunities. 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:24.160 It was possible, you know, not everybody you know? It's 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:29.160 there was a free trip to Miami, Right University Miami. 0:19:29.240 --> 0:19:31.800 You got a scholarship there. Not too bad, not too bad. 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:36.440 But enough talks. Enough talk about the Rock. I want 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:39.400 to talk about you and I, Mike. We should set 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:41.560 up a time where we can go to the theater, 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:47.879 kick our feed up, bring in some whoo energy, maybe 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:55.400 snack on some wings, and watch this Rick Flair biopic. 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:58.280 Do you think Buddy Landell is going to get in there? 0:19:58.920 --> 0:20:03.800 The real nature my generation? I hope. So maybe some 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:07.040 Scoot Andrews. I'd like to see a cameo in. They're 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:10.840 the Black Nature Boy, Black Nature Boy, like Scoot Andrews. 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:14.040 Oh, well, you know Buddy Rogers obviously, you know I 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:17.040 have to have them crossing paths at some point, you 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:19.720 know where he had a short feud with Flair in 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:23.879 the Carolinas in the seventies. They battle over the nature 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:28.000 boy name and all that stuff. But yeah, you know 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:31.800 him and that goofy Woo energy drink. You know, if 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:35.280 Flair if they give him the microphone tonight. You know, 0:20:35.440 --> 0:20:39.399 people complain last week about Darby Allen and that, you know, 0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:43.439 really Rickety asked promo that he had, you know, against 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:46.240 the Young Bucks. I can imagine if he gave Rick 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:48.439 Flair the mic tonight, all he would do would be 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:52.120 praised the rock and praise WWE. So if he's going 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:54.479 to be on the show, Tony, do not give him 0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:58.639 the microphone or he will think rock profusely tonight about 0:20:58.680 --> 0:21:02.520 whatever this possible movie is going to be. But you 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.520 know we just talked about in the first segment about 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:10.840 Vince and all that stuff. The story of Rick Flair 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:14.000 can easily be told because he's lived such a long 0:21:14.040 --> 0:21:18.040 and interesting life and he is so revered publicly by 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:22.200 people that never really look past the surface. And if 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:25.800 they have much like Mike Tyson, they kind of turn 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:28.080 their other their heads the other way when it comes 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:33.520 to any allegations or anything about Rick Flair's personal life 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:35.919 and any shortcomings he may have. 0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:36.520 That way. 0:21:37.400 --> 0:21:41.120 Can you see this movie again, it's being made by 0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:44.560 the rock and everything. I mean, how much, if at all, 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:47.399 do you think they get into any of that, because again, 0:21:47.440 --> 0:21:50.080 you probably only have an hour and a half hour, 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:52.960 forty five minutes for a movie like this. I mean, 0:21:52.960 --> 0:21:54.679 what do you think this thing was? It would be 0:21:54.760 --> 0:21:56.119 about brother? 0:21:56.359 --> 0:22:01.320 You think they're gonna have Rick Flair flashing his wiener 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:02.840 on the airplane in this. 0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:07.680 I look, here's I don't think he could. Look if 0:22:07.680 --> 0:22:10.880 you're telling the story about Rick Flair seventies Lothario, I mean, 0:22:10.920 --> 0:22:13.360 I'm sure you could have there's a possibility you could 0:22:13.400 --> 0:22:16.000 have him helicopter in around. I guess I don't. You 0:22:16.119 --> 0:22:19.120 might Brassers might have to come on board to produce 0:22:19.160 --> 0:22:24.239 the movie, But like you know, look, I don't want 0:22:24.280 --> 0:22:26.800 to I don't want to look at that movie. I say, 0:22:26.800 --> 0:22:28.760 you barely have time to tell the good things in 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:31.080 this movie. I mean, I'm wonder how much of the 0:22:31.119 --> 0:22:33.480 bad they're really gonna tell and how again, would this 0:22:33.640 --> 0:22:36.240 is just gonna be a goofy movie. I mean, I 0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:38.960 don't know. I just can't see. As time continues to 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:42.159 move on, do we really need a Rick Flair biopech 0:22:42.400 --> 0:22:43.959 Is that something you're that interested in? 0:22:44.800 --> 0:22:49.280 I wouldn't mind seeing, you know, some replays of his 0:22:49.400 --> 0:22:54.520 early times training up in Minnesota, you know, or maybe 0:22:54.680 --> 0:22:59.840 the time surrounding the fatal plane crash that he was 0:22:59.880 --> 0:23:02.520 in evolved in and has come back from that. There's 0:23:02.560 --> 0:23:06.320 plenty of people like me who, even Mike, even in 0:23:06.400 --> 0:23:11.920 their advanced age of forty, missed out on the heyday 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:16.160 of Rick Flair. His best times were before I can 0:23:16.200 --> 0:23:20.800 even remember. So while I've seen forty years of this 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:25.560 guy wrestling, I still missed out on the previous twenty, 0:23:25.800 --> 0:23:29.399 which apparently was his best work. So for someone like me, 0:23:31.080 --> 0:23:35.399 I would much rather see this than the page movie. 0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:40.399 H I don't know if we need to necessarily glorify 0:23:40.440 --> 0:23:45.360 a man who's been I guess. Oh, he was almost canceled, 0:23:45.800 --> 0:23:48.240 I guess in some ways, but he made his way back, 0:23:48.320 --> 0:23:51.080 much like Mike Tyson did. As you mentioned, I don't 0:23:51.119 --> 0:23:53.919 know if we need to be glorifying, you know, people 0:23:53.960 --> 0:23:56.320 like that but in the grand scheme of things, when 0:23:56.359 --> 0:24:00.760 you look at it in the vast world of professor wrestling, 0:24:01.440 --> 0:24:06.000 sadly well, he's done almost ends up on the low scale. 0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:09.880 I can't remember who said it, but somebody said, if 0:24:09.880 --> 0:24:13.920 you don't care about getting canceled, you can't get canceled. 0:24:14.680 --> 0:24:17.239 It's kind of like the case for Rick Flair. I mean, 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:19.320 it was kind of the case for Dana White after 0:24:19.359 --> 0:24:22.760 what he did. You know, obviously, you know Vince McMahon, 0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:26.440