1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Battleground Podcast. 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 2: You'll pay for all things. 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 3: Pro and exclusive interviews with some of your favorite wrestlers around. 4 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 2: Stop being. 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: What's up you guys? 6 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 4: Welcome back into iHeartRadio's official wrestling podcast, The Battleground Podcast. 7 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 4: It is a e W full gear week, and man, 8 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 4: it is a stacked week for sure. And joining us 9 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,319 Speaker 4: are no strangers on this show. They've been on here 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 4: plenty of times. And they got a big match ahead 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 4: of them this week. And give it up for FTR 12 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 4: joining the show on. 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 5: Guys, and. 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: Hey, what crowd? 15 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 2: Crowds all here, Let's. 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: Get it bigger? Of course? 17 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 4: Uh, you guys have a big match ahead of you 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 4: this weekend. You recently earned another shot at those tag 19 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 4: team titles after a wild four way and of course 20 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 4: now you're in that talks of the three p for 21 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 4: the ae W Tag Team champions. 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: How does the. 23 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 4: Team of Brodido compare to past teams that you have 24 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 4: faced for those titles. 25 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 3: I think they're a little more unorthodox than any other 26 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 3: team we've worked with before, wrestled before. I mean, you know, 27 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 3: you talk about the teams we've we've wrestled, you know, 28 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 3: in the past, like the Young Bucks and even Jet 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 3: Speed you know who is a newly formed team as well. 30 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 3: They all are well oiled machines. And not to say 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 3: that Brodido isn't a well oiled machine. They're just, like 32 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: I said, very unorthodox. But for some reason, they have 33 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 3: chemistry and they they they they're working well together. Brody 34 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 3: is very large individual and Bandido maybe the best wrestler 35 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 3: in the world today. 36 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 5: But putting those two. 37 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 3: Factors together, I would say, don't equate you to the 38 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 3: greatest tag team of all time. 39 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, they're very different than most tag teams we've ever 40 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 6: faced before, even though we've had history with Brody, who've 41 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 6: never faced this iteration before, right Like, it's always been 42 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 6: a different style of partner. And Bendido hands down as 43 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 6: probably the singles male wrestler of the year at this point, 44 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 6: or at least he's on his way to it, and 45 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 6: now he's on top of the aw tag world too. 46 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 6: So I mean, you look at what he's done individually 47 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 6: and now with Brody and their friendship, with their history 48 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 6: and how much chemistry, how well they jailed at such 49 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 6: a short amount of time. And we can speak firsthand 50 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 6: because we had a front row seat for a lot 51 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 6: of it. We went thirty minutes of those guys in 52 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 6: Glasgow two. We had the Triple Threat the next night 53 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 6: and or not the next night but at Forbidden Door, 54 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 6: and they pinned us in that match. Whether it was 55 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 6: the legal guy or not, that's not my place to 56 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 6: say it was not illegal. But those guys are spectacular. 57 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 6: With both of them, Brody is one of the best 58 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 6: big men in the business. I love being in there 59 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 6: with him because he's so physical and that that is 60 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 6: what I prefer. 61 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 5: But Bendido and him together it's a crazy combination. 62 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely. 63 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 4: And when you when you see these tag teams get 64 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 4: thrown together, sometimes you're like, is this really going to work? 65 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 4: Because most of the time it's just kind of a 66 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 4: one off. Here we're done. But it seems like these 67 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 4: guys work. But it's more you have the advantage because 68 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 4: you guys have been a tag team for way much longer. 69 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 5: Yeah. 70 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, well, I mean I think we have an 71 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,119 Speaker 3: advantage over any tag team in the world, not even 72 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 3: because of because of our relationship and how long we've 73 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 3: been aa team. But I don't know if there's any 74 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 3: other team in the world, maybe of all time, that 75 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 3: has that studies professional wrestling like us, and that maybe 76 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 3: takes it as seriously as we do, sometimes. 77 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 5: A little too seriously. 78 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 3: But on the other side of the coin, you know, 79 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 3: those guys have a lot to have a lot to prove. 80 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 3: They want to hold onto the tag team champion. I 81 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 3: think a lot of people did think what you guys 82 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 3: may have fought. They were thrown together team, and I 83 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 3: think that they want to prove that they're more than 84 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 3: that because those. 85 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 5: Guys have been friends for for a long time. 86 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 3: I mean, they may not have been, you know, tag 87 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 3: team partners in a wrestling ring for that amount of time, 88 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 3: but they've known each other for the better part of 89 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 3: a decade. They've worked in Ring of Honor together, they've 90 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 3: worked in Mexico together, and so they've traveled together. So, 91 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 3: you know, as much as I'd like to say FTR 92 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 3: has the advantage, and we absolutely do have an advantage, 93 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 3: it's not the advantage that a lot of the casual fans. 94 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 6: May think, Yeah, no matter how long we've been teaming, 95 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 6: I've always thought when we stepped in the ring that 96 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 6: we had the advantage because we are just all around 97 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 6: better wrestlers. 98 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 5: We are smarter, we're more well studied. 99 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 6: We've trained this forever like this is what we want 100 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 6: to do, and like we've been obsessed with making history 101 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 6: since the moment we became a team. 102 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 5: Like everybody else wants to do certain things that they find, 103 00:04:58,279 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 5: we just wanted to go down in history. Is the 104 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 5: best step or do it? 105 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 6: That's what we've been chasing since day one, and we 106 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 6: have plenty of big match experience at this point. It's 107 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 6: today is the nine year anniversary of Toronto d I 108 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 6: y two out of three falls. We've been doing this 109 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 6: at a high level for a long time. They have to, 110 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 6: but we're always gonna have the advantage if you ask me. 111 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, speaking of the history of FTR, Stokey Stokely 112 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 2: Hathaway has joined the ranks over the last year, and 113 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 2: the quote has been you guys have wanted to work 114 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 2: with him, even going back to the previous employer days, 115 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 2: and you know, it's one of those things where you 116 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 2: don't necessarily need him, but then you look at you know, 117 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 2: Jimmy Hart with the Heart Foundation, or Paul Allering with. 118 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: The Legion of Doom or Road Warriors whatever wherever they were. 119 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: What from a talent standpoint, what Drew you guys to him, 120 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 2: and then what does he bring to the team, know 121 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 2: as f tr. 122 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 4: Uh. 123 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, like you you said that we don't need him, 124 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 3: and that that is that is true to an extent. 125 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 3: But I also don't think that he necessarily needs us either. 126 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 3: I mean, just because he's such a talented human being. 127 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 3: I mean not even in front of the camera, but 128 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 3: behind the camera as well. He's just as charismatic and 129 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 3: justice funny, and I think he. 130 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 5: Knows who he is. 131 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 3: But we wanted we had pitched an idea back in 132 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 3: twenty nineteen and twenty nineteen beginning of twenty twenty to 133 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 3: have him as our manager, and it just didn't pan out. 134 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 5: And then fast forward to twenty twenty. The beginning of 135 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 5: twenty twenty two, we. 136 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 3: Had gotten rid of Tolly and there was a guy 137 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 3: who was his contract was coming up, and his name 138 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,799 Speaker 3: was Malcolm Vivens at the time, and I told Tony 139 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: that I think he'd be a great guy for us 140 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 3: to work with, and that was the plan when we 141 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 3: brought him in. But fate just had it that the 142 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 3: fans took a liking to us for whatever reason, and 143 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 3: we spent the better part of three years on the 144 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 3: opposite side of the coin with Soakley. Now, I think 145 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 3: that he brings a whole different code of paint to 146 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 3: what FTR is, what they have been, what they've represented. 147 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 5: For so long. I also think that we are able 148 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 5: to feed. 149 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 3: Off of his charisma and the energy that he brings. 150 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 3: And I think that this run that we've had so 151 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 3: far is probably one of our most to me at least, 152 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 3: is one of my most fun runs that we've had 153 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 3: because we've been exploring a much deeper character within ourselves. 154 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 5: And that's, you know, thanks in part just to Stokely. 155 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, he's such a talented individual and he's so so 156 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 6: multifaceted and that dynamic like the fact that he can 157 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 6: be funny, he can be serious. 158 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 5: He knows when to involve himself or interject, he knows 159 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 5: when to tone it down. He doesn't take away from 160 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 5: what you're trying to do. 161 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 6: Like I think his understanding of wrestling as a whole 162 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 6: is what's helped make this work so well for us, 163 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 6: because he knows when it's time for him to beat 164 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 6: him and turn it on and do what he does, 165 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 6: and he knows when it's time to let us do 166 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 6: what we do. And we also all know when it's 167 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 6: time for us all to get on the same page 168 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 6: work together. Hey Stokele, we need you to do this, 169 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 6: and he's he's there every time. He's so reliable, he's 170 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 6: so good at it. He understands it almost from a 171 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,239 Speaker 6: wrestler's point of view, which is rare with a manager. 172 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 6: But he's he's smart and that makes a world of 173 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 6: difference for us. And the fact that he is so 174 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 6: entertaining it is fun for us. It makes this new 175 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 6: for us. It's something where like it's listening to him 176 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 6: talking about getting no hose, it's all over the place, 177 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 6: Like I could not keep it together because his delivery 178 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 6: is so perfect and he's he's so mad when he 179 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 6: says it right right, Like he's just go on all 180 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 6: day about Stoke and how talented he is. 181 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 5: But I love what he brings to what we were 182 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 5: doing right now, and he's added so much to it. Yeah, 183 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 5: I think I think that. 184 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 3: I think the reason that works is because we've had 185 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 3: this philosophy for you know, eleven years now, and that's 186 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 3: there's no selfish ambition. When we talked, when we first 187 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 3: started teaming, it wasn't one of the you know, at 188 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 3: the time. In the company we were with, it was 189 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 3: more or less two singles guys together and they wanted 190 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 3: this guy wanted to get his stuff in and this 191 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 3: guy wanted to get his stuff in. And when we 192 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 3: first started teaming up, we threw that out of the 193 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 3: window and listened. We said, how can we make each 194 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 3: other look better and as a unit? And soapily is 195 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 3: the exact same way as us. He doesn't want to 196 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 3: overshadow or he doesn't want to overshadow us. We don't 197 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 3: want to overshadow him, and we both want to accentuate 198 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: the other, the the other characters. And I think that 199 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 3: I think that's what's made it work so far as there's, 200 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 3: like I said, no selfish ambition, and we don't mind 201 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 3: letting him shine, and he doesn't. 202 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 5: Mind letting us shine. 203 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 1: That's yeah. Absolutely. You talk about how entertaining he was. 204 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 4: I think back to recently, because my eight year old 205 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 4: loves to watch wrestling with me. I think back to 206 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 4: that moment where he had bro Brody stuck behind the 207 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 4: door and Brody punches the whole My eight year old 208 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 4: laughed his ass off. 209 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: That was like something out of Adam Sandler movie. I 210 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,239 Speaker 2: mean it was absolutely perfection. 211 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 4: But like you guys said, he bring he brings the 212 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 4: entertainment to where you guys can be serious, and then 213 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 4: he brings it to where, like you said, you're you're 214 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 4: trying not to break on TV, but he doesn't. 215 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 7: Yeah, the perfect he's the perfect balance for us because 216 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 7: we are too serious most of the time, and he 217 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 7: helped bring that lighthearted this out a little bit more where, 218 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 7: like I'll say. 219 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 5: It, we're hilarious. 220 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 6: We're probably more charismatic than anybody else in this this 221 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 6: wrestling world. 222 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 5: Right, we don't show that all the time. 223 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 6: We take a step back for the rest of the 224 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 6: world to appreciate others. But Stokely helped to bring that. 225 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 5: Out of us. 226 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and it's fun to watch it on TV 227 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: for sure. 228 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 5: Now. 229 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 4: One thing that that's awesome is you guys have done 230 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 4: it everywhere. Everywhere you've gone. You've won titles, different promotions, 231 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 4: different style else, same results every time you win. 232 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: Right when you look in the mirror, Now, do you 233 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: ever think about how the version of. 234 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:12,319 Speaker 4: FTR in today's society compares to how you were when 235 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 4: you first started. 236 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, I do, and I think that we've. 237 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 6: Changed over time to an extent, but we always try 238 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 6: to stay true to ourselves, and wrestling in twenty twenty 239 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 6: five is still a lot different than wrestling in twenty fifteen. 240 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 5: So we want to try to give people what they. 241 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 6: What they deserve, but we like to do it still 242 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 6: on our terms, and we like to take the people 243 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 6: on the ride that we want to take them on, 244 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 6: and not the other way around, where we're only doing 245 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 6: it the way that people tell. 246 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 4: Us to do. 247 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 6: That's, you know, you've got to listen to the fans 248 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 6: at times, but other times you got to make them 249 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 6: think they know what's going on, and then you take 250 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 6: you jerk the rug out from underneath them. 251 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 5: And that's what I think we're always. 252 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 6: Going to try to hold true to is keeping wrestling 253 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 6: grounded as much logic as you can in this world, 254 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 6: because there's not a whole lot of logic in wrestling, So. 255 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 5: Keeping it grounded in logic and trying to keep the 256 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 5: fans guessing. 257 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,439 Speaker 3: I think, you know, I think that you know, for 258 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,719 Speaker 3: so long, for for a very long time, we were 259 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 3: just trying to do things to make people react, right, 260 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 3: and we were just trying to get noticed and trying 261 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 3: to get to where we are now. That's where we 262 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 3: wanted to be. And I hope this isn't speaking out 263 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,839 Speaker 3: of turn or like too much of a pad on 264 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 3: the back. But now that you know over the last 265 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 3: since you know, since twenty twenty two, I would say 266 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 3: that we're finally because we've seen the metrics and everything. 267 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 5: We're finally over. 268 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 3: And so I hope that's not speaking out of turner 269 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 3: being too like egotistical, but we're finally over. So now 270 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 3: you know, we get to I get when we put 271 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:56,719 Speaker 3: matches together. Now it's it's cool to put like perimeters 272 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 3: on the match or like put a what is the 273 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 3: word that I'm looking at, put like a. 274 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 5: Oh my god, I just talked to my life about 275 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 5: this today business. 276 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 3: But try to put a goal set, a goal that 277 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 3: maybe other wrestlers aren't doing in their match. You know 278 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 3: a lot of wrestling today, not just from our company, 279 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 3: but from you know, all the companies. They have these 280 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 3: tropes they do right because they know there's going to 281 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 3: be a built in reaction to that, whether it's a 282 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 3: dive or a you know, a you know a certain 283 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 3: spot or whatever. 284 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 5: I know what that is. And so now we try 285 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 5: to put these perimeters on the match. And say, okay, 286 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 5: well we know that. 287 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 3: Four matches tonight are going to do this, so let's 288 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: take it the other way and see if we can 289 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 3: get an emotional response from the fans instead of a 290 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,719 Speaker 3: you know, a built in this is awesome or you know, 291 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 3: clap because someone died over to. 292 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 5: The top rope. 293 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 3: So I think that's the biggest difference now than when 294 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 3: we were before, and also obviously a hell of a 295 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 3: lot older. I was watching our match this past week 296 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 3: and I was like, how in God's name am I 297 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 3: bumping and feeding? That may be too much inside baseball 298 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 3: and feeding. I'm forty one years old? 299 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 5: Why am I doing that? But but then I remember 300 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 5: the direct DEPOSITI over two weeks, and. 301 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 4: That's why you're like, oh, yeah, yeah that remember that, 302 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 4: Remember that that pair of shoes or whatever. 303 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 3: You know, you know. 304 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 5: We did in twenty fifteen somehow. 305 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, right, hey, there you go. That's a victory right there. 306 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 307 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 2: You know, so you guys are you know, classificted, you know, 308 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 2: kind of the old school approach and all that good stuff, 309 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 2: the revival and all that. You know, there's still you know, 310 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 2: there's a new crop of that we're seeing. Adam Priest 311 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 2: has popped up on aw programming. Tommy Billington, do you 312 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 2: think that, you know, kind of in this air of 313 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 2: you know, instant video and instant moments and viral and everything, 314 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 2: do you feel it like the old school approach is No. 315 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 2: I intend to kind of do for another revival kind 316 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 2: of that old school Matt psychology approach that you guys 317 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 2: are kind of known for. 318 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I do. 319 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 5: And I think everything is cyclical, like wrestling goes in cycles. 320 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 6: And I do think that people for the past five years, 321 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 6: five six years, have been into the the escalating bumps, 322 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 6: the escalating style, the car crash upon car crash, had 323 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 6: dropped upon had dropped style, yep. And I think people 324 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 6: have been refreshed by seeing people scale that back a 325 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 6: little bit. And you see, like Zach Saber Junior is 326 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 6: a guy who does very little to none of that 327 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 6: type stuff, but he's been at the top of. 328 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 5: His game and like steadily gaining that momentum in the past. 329 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 6: Few years to the point where he's had a banner 330 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 6: year for himself the past year. So, and you mentioned 331 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 6: Adam Priest and Tommy Billington, and there's a couple other 332 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 6: guys that they're they're not the norm for what is 333 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 6: going around now, the current younger generation or style. I 334 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 6: think so. Yeah, I do think that people now are 335 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 6: wanting to see more of what evokes emotion out of 336 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 6: them as as opposed to what evokes like the oh 337 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 6: shit out of them disgusting. 338 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 5: But yeah, I just think that. 339 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 6: Now people what to be taken on a ride, like 340 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 6: we said before, as opposed to just seeing people getting 341 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 6: more and more dangerous. 342 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 3: They're absolutely a you know, I don't necessarily believe in 343 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 3: the or subscribe to the theory of old school and 344 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 3: new school. 345 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 5: You know, it's about what works and what doesn't work, 346 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 5: that's it. 347 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 3: But but if we are talking about old school, and 348 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 3: if we're going to use that phrase and use that term, 349 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 3: there absolutely is a place in the world for it today. 350 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 3: And those guys have gotten recognized because they are allowed 351 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 3: or they have allowed themselves to wrestle that way. It's 352 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 3: gonna take a lot of self confidence as a wrestler 353 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 3: to do that. I mean, like I was just saying earlier, 354 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 3: it's easy to fall into the tropes and make the 355 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 3: people make noise, even if it's just the people doing 356 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 3: their part of the show. When you step outside of 357 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 3: the wrestling box, what the wrestling box is in twenty 358 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 3: twenty five, and you have enough enough confidence in your 359 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 3: own abilities to say, Okay, I'm gonna try something different 360 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 3: instead of going straight, I'm gonna take a slight left 361 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 3: turn and see where it takes these people. It may 362 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 3: not work that night, you know, or it may not 363 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 3: work the way that you thought, but people will still 364 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 3: remember it because it is a slight left turn. 365 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 5: But yeah, you gotta. 366 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 3: I think that that's why the indis maybe aren't as 367 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 3: popular as they have been before. It is because every 368 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 3: single person is wrestling the same and there is no 369 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 3: there you know, there is no. 370 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 5: Diversity as far as the styles go. 371 00:17:58,960 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 6: Today. 372 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 3: But any wrestler's listening, you just gotta believe in yourself 373 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 3: and understand that they're going to be there for you 374 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 3: as long as you put forth the effort. 375 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 5: Yeah. 376 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 4: Absolutely, Well, I know that our time is coming up here, 377 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 4: so I've got just a couple more questions before we 378 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 4: let you go. I know recently there was there was 379 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 4: chats online Tony Kansa that he had interested in building 380 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 4: an AW like affiliated training facility out in Asheville, and 381 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 4: he literally name dropped you and Adam Copeland just wanted 382 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 4: to kind of get an update on that. 383 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: What's going on? 384 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 4: Is this still a real conversation happening or is the 385 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 4: book kind of closed on that chatter. 386 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 5: You'd have to ask Adam and Beth on that one. 387 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 5: There's still a little upset after Toronto, So I don't. 388 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 2: Know, Oh, something happened in Toronto. 389 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 5: I don't know where that stands. All I know is 390 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 5: that that is I don't know for for cash too, but. 391 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 3: You know, speaking specifically for me, training is something that 392 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,959 Speaker 3: I'm very very very interested in, something I love doing 393 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 3: win and uh, you know, we did have a few 394 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 3: guys and girls come to Asheville from AW and uh 395 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 3: they were doing very well. We were working with staying 396 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,160 Speaker 3: Son as well, and uh, you know, it is something 397 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: that is an itch that uh, training will stretch for 398 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 3: me and I hope to one day be able to 399 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,880 Speaker 3: do that. You know, if it's with AW, that would 400 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 3: be even better. So we'll see right now. 401 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 6: Honestly, especially for us, we do most weeks we do 402 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 6: dynamite and collision and that's you know, four days on 403 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 6: the road or so given at that point. So it's 404 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 6: hard to like and then you count pay per views 405 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 6: or international tours, Like we got Nework this week for 406 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,199 Speaker 6: Full Gear, then we got Cardiff and everything coming up 407 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 6: in December, so like there's there's no set schedule for 408 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 6: us ever, and it's a lot of weeks where it's 409 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 6: up in the air where you're just not home enough 410 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 6: at all. So it might be easier for us once 411 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 6: we're a little more part time. Also, Yeah, and again, 412 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 6: if Adamcbeth get over this slight misunderstanding in Toronto, maybe 413 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 6: we can get that figured out. 414 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: That was you know, it's just an accident. It was 415 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: a misunderstanding. It's you know, I was I was blinded. 416 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 5: Try to stop him, but it's too. 417 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 4: Late, you know, what accidents happened. Workman's comp will fix 418 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 4: that later down the road, you know. So last question 419 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 4: before we'll let you go, because I mean, we have 420 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 4: you guys here on and when when you think of 421 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 4: tag team wrestling, when you think of feuds, obviously we 422 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 4: have to bring up FTR versus the Brisco. I mean 423 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 4: that feud is up there with you know the likes 424 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,200 Speaker 4: of the Rock and Roll Express versus the Midnight Express, 425 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 4: or the Free Birds and the Von Erics. 426 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: When you guys started that that feud with him. 427 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 4: Did you think that it was going to be that 428 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,399 Speaker 4: sort of magnitude that we're all sitting here putting it 429 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 4: up there with those feuds of the von Erics and 430 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 4: the free Birds and everyone else. 431 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 5: I didn't. 432 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 3: I mean, we had never met those guys, you know, 433 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 3: until we met them, you know, and we had never 434 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 3: been in the ring with them. So obviously, when you've 435 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 3: never been in the ring with someone, that can go 436 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 3: either really good or really bad. And again, I think 437 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 3: that was for guys who who did trust their abilities, 438 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: and we didn't have to rush anything, and you know, 439 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 3: we knew we had the opportunity to create something, to 440 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 3: create something special. But I think we were trying to 441 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 3: create something special for ourselves too, because if you think 442 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 3: about FTR at that time, we were kind of just floundering. 443 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 3: There was nothing for us to do, and we had 444 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 3: a little chip on our shoulder for that. The Briscoes, 445 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 3: you know, the future of Bring of Honor was uncertain, 446 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 3: and so they wanted to secure themselves a contract as well. 447 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 3: And so when you got two sets of guys who 448 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 3: have a chip on their shoulder and something to prove, 449 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 3: usually more often than not, when the talent is there, 450 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 3: magic will come and that's what happened. 451 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, I didn't. Oh, I didn't think it was gonna 452 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 6: be something like it became because there was no there 453 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 6: was no plan going into it. There was no guarantee 454 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 6: that it was even gonna happen. It was just something 455 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 6: we all four decided to push for without ever meeting 456 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 6: or really talking about. We just we all knew we 457 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 6: wanted to work with each other, so we started going 458 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 6: back and forth on social media and it just kind 459 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 6: of took life on from there. But again, like going 460 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 6: from one to two, two to three, we didn't know 461 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 6: we were going from one to two and two to three. 462 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 5: Like even with the third one. 463 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 6: Happening the way it happened, we didn't know about that 464 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 6: until Tuesday, the week of So, like looking back on 465 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 6: it now, the way it all happened and like timed 466 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 6: up perfectly to happen the way it did. I'm so 467 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 6: happy that it did, and I'm glad that it hopefully 468 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 6: will go down to history like that. But I never 469 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 6: would have thought it going into it. 470 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 5: Even the dog collar match. 471 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 3: I remember beforehand we were like, this isn't the first 472 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 3: match we've had. We're not main eventing, so there's really 473 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 3: no pressure on us tonight. Let's just let's just, you know, 474 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 3: let's just have fun. And we went out there and 475 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 3: did what we did and it was the best match 476 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 3: I've ever had in my whole entire life, and so 477 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 3: it just, you know, it was it was very special. 478 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 5: It was magic. 479 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 3: And if my career had ended that night after the 480 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 3: dog collar match, I would have been completely satisfying. 481 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it was. It was an incredible feud 482 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:27,120 Speaker 1: for sure. 483 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 4: And like I said, it goes up there with you know, 484 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 4: the feuds of the Rock and Roll Express, of Midnight Express, 485 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 4: free Birds, and Von Ericks. 486 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: I mean, you think about it, and it was. It 487 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: was a masterpiece of a feud for sure. 488 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 4: I know time is up for us, so before we 489 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 4: let you go, FTR, is there anything you want to 490 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 4: say to the fans watching or listening to this right now? 491 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 3: Nope, I don't have anything to say to them other 492 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 3: than we're gonna be eleven time World Tag Team Champions. 493 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 3: Doesn't matter what anybody says on social media or on 494 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 3: any other wrestling show, We're the greatest tag team of 495 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 3: all time and nobody has done what we've done in uh, 496 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 3: the last eleven years held the championships. We've had seven 497 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 3: different promoters, ten different championships across seven different promotions. 498 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 5: Tag Team of the Year, Match of the Year. We're 499 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 5: just the best to ever do it. Yeah. 500 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 6: Saturday we joined Rarefied Air yet again. Three times aw 501 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 6: Tag Team Champions. Only one other team can say that 502 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 6: and get your get your tissues ready, and I don't 503 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 6: mean your happy tissues.