1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready shuts up? About to 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: hit the fan? Welcome to Unsanctioned Thursdays in Wrestling with Freaday. 3 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Unsanctioned Thursday, the show that exists solely 4 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: because of you, the listener, the man, the woman who 5 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: puts up with all the commercials that we throw at 6 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: you with apologies, Thank you. Let's start the show, all right, 7 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: you guys. First off, I want to say thanks a 8 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: lot to everyone who shared their thoughts on the whole 9 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: KOFE and Xavier woods departure. The post on Instagram got 10 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of views and a lot of attention 11 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: and tons of comments from you. You can see how much 12 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: they connected with the fans over the years, I mean 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: over a decade, and how much love and respect they have, 14 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: So that was awesome. It's nice to know that my 15 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: thoughts on them are pretty much the same thoughts that 16 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: you guys have. And some people disagree too. You know. 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: Some people were like, hey, man, it's time you got 18 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: to make room for new people. And I feel you 19 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: on that too. Man. I'm not here to dump on 20 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: anybody's opinions. I only dump on crappy storylines like the 21 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: gingerbread Man that's never gonna go away. Now they're going 22 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: to bring it back because somebody's listening and they know 23 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: I hate it. They're like, you know what, just to 24 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: piss off Freddy. I think there should be a resurrection 25 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: like Jesus did. And all of a sudden, here comes 26 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: the gingerbread Man again, this time with two candy canes. Dun, Dun, dumn. 27 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: Let's talk about some cool shit, talking about taking swings, 28 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: taking swings. This is going to be an awesome episode 29 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: of Collision. If you watched it on Saturday. They did 30 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: something that has not been done by a weekly wrestling 31 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: TV show, at least not a large like major promotion. Probably, 32 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm guessing, y'all, but probably since the WCW 33 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: day's back when they did spring break shows with the 34 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: ring in the middle of a pool, right or if 35 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: like you watch Japan stuff, they did a lot of 36 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: like crazy matches like that in Japan. But I'm only 37 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: just getting hip to some of that stuff over the 38 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: last few years. I didn't watch it like back in 39 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,399 Speaker 1: the day or anything like that. So here we are 40 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: at the Sofi Center in Palm Beach, Florida. This place 41 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: looked so cool that by the way, they lit it great. 42 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: Just the lighting was awesome. The setup looked cool. Is 43 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: it literally looked like they were playing on a par three, 44 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,119 Speaker 1: like just a single hole, like a single part three. 45 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: There was like one hundred and forty seven yards. It 46 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: had a sand trap. Yes they used it, don't worry. 47 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: They threw people off balconies. It's aw But they used 48 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: the environment, which is like what every wrestler dreams of 49 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: when they go to an arena. I've seen Kevin Owens 50 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: talk about this where he's like, yeah, I just I 51 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: would look around the arena and go, yeah, oh I 52 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: could jump off that. Oh you could smash my face 53 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: into that. That would be cool. Like so these wrestlers' brains, 54 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: you know, as soon as they hear they're going to 55 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: a golf course, they probably looking it up online and going, Okay, 56 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: what cool crap can I do? Well, they did it. 57 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: It doesn't happen often because people are afraid to take 58 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: swings in modern society because they get shit on so 59 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: much in social media and turned into memes and stuff 60 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 1: like that. So most people play it safe. But I 61 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: guess when you're a billionaire. You can take whatever chances 62 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: you want, and they certainly did hear and I thought 63 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: it worked, man. I thought it was really really cool 64 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: and fun. They had golf rope around the ring to 65 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: separate the crowd from the ring. They had cameramen dressed 66 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: in polos and khaki pants like they they embraced the 67 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: whole thing. It was called Fairway to Hell. It was 68 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: visually awesome. The crowd was really hot. They were into 69 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: this whole night. I thought it was great. We're gonna 70 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: give some love to two matches, and the first one 71 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: was for the national title, which is held by Jungle 72 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: Jack Perry. My wife watched this match because she knew 73 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: Luke really well his father, and so anytime I Jackson, 74 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: I say, hey, man, Luke's son's wrestling, and she'll come 75 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: in and she'll watch and show and show love and 76 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: and respect. Man, it's pretty cool. So she watched this 77 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: match too. Versus Mark Davis, Jeff's favorite name in wrestling. 78 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: This guy's a beast and he's gotten way buffer like 79 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: Jim Tomy Dick, not like Jack, like Lex Luger, but 80 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: like that baseball player Jim Tomy just kind of like 81 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: a big tree trunk. But he's big and he's bad 82 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: and he uh, he's just kind of bad ass. He's 83 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: got a badass beard. He spits a lot when he's 84 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: looking into camera during the matches, when as he's speaking 85 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: and yelling, he just looks mean as hell. So I 86 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: don't think Jeff should talk shit about his name or 87 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: he's gonna get beat down versus I never said anything 88 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: about you, Mark, I'm pretty fucking nice bro. Anyway, he 89 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: was going against Jack Perry Davis earned another shot through 90 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: the don Kallis family positioning for the national title. That's 91 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: why you get a manager, guys, That's why you get 92 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: a manager. You can't get these matches on your own. 93 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: Perrys is more, it's the best. He's like, he's not 94 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: an anti hero. He's just very sort of young and 95 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: defiant and any sort of obstacle in his way, and 96 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: it feels like any sort of bad he's a good 97 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: guy right now, So any bad guy criticizing him, he's 98 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: just gonna kind of put it in their face. That's 99 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: where he's coming from. His segments are better backstage than 100 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: in ring. I like when they do that. More not 101 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: allowed to build up for this. This was just supposed 102 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: to be a cool match, or was it because something 103 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: crazy happened. Rickoschet, who's still bitter you petty petty man 104 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: you lost weeks ago, sneaks out of the ring, blam, 105 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: cracks him with a golf club. He's dressed like a 106 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: golf guy too. It's pretty funny. Smashes Jack Perry with 107 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: a golf club. Whack, another sweet sound effect for you there. 108 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: Jack Perry goes down and Mark Davis freaking wins the championship. 109 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: I would not have called this. Jeff would not have 110 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: called this Alex. Maybe he would have called the Ricochet 111 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: running for sure, But it gives Ricochet multiple enemies now right, 112 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: He's got Jericho, He's got Jack Perry now so as 113 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: soon as the Jericho things over where Jack Perry can 114 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: get revenge on him, Jack could help Jericho get a win. 115 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: Jack could say f that I want this title. There, 116 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: you go anywhere you want with him. You just got 117 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: to give Jack mountains to climb. He can't, of course 118 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: he can. I shouldn't say he can't. But he's more 119 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: fun to watch chasing a dream than holding on to 120 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: a dream, if that makes sense. The main event, the 121 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:28,679 Speaker 1: AEW World Championship. Darby has been wrestling every single week 122 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: and every single dude, and this week he has to 123 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: go against Pac, who's jacked as always. I wish I 124 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: was jacked like pokinstead, I'm skinny, little punk ass. Anyway, 125 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: he's got a winning record over Darby first off, so 126 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: there's the threat of the loss right there, and the 127 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: commentators help put that over beautifully as they always do. 128 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: Pac representing the Death Writers is a representation of their 129 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: ideology of restructuring and making the title something that's harder 130 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: to earn, that's not given. It's earned through blood, through sweat, 131 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 1: through tears, through sort of a reforming of yourself, right, 132 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,799 Speaker 1: and he holds and and he holds that same ideology 133 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: as a part of the Death Riders. So that's their 134 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: kind of like you know, Yin and Yang, so to speak. 135 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: And Darby freaking hates them, right, like we've seen them 136 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: get body bagged and drinking, drag behind trucks and blowtorch. 137 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: One time. I think he came out with freaking chainsaw 138 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: a blow dart gun, like he's brought everything to the 139 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: table but the kitchen sink. Anyway, I'm not going to 140 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: get into the match too much, Like you got to 141 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: watch the match they used the world, so to speak, 142 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: and Darby got thrown off a balcony. He almost missed 143 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: the freaking tables. It was so scary to watch. As 144 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: a father, I'm just like, oh my god, my son 145 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: races go karts. He wants to be an F one driver, 146 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: and I you know, if he spins out or gets 147 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: close to the wall. Man, it's is a father, you know, 148 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: it makes your heart. My daughter she's not wanting to 149 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: be in dangerous stuff, so I don't at least physical stuff, 150 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: so I don't worry so much about her with that 151 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. But you know, when your son's going 152 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: sixty three miles an hour in a go kart, it's terrifying. 153 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: When I watch Darby Allen get thrown off a three story, 154 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: two story, three story balcony, two story balcony into tables 155 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: and just catches the back half of the tables, I'm like, 156 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: please don't let his parents be watching this, Like, just 157 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: don't don't let his parents be watching. It's horrifying. And 158 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: I get why people would say to guys like Will 159 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: Ospray and Darby Allen, like change your style, But it's 160 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: not because they're intimidated by it. I think that these 161 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: are men that are probably fathers that are like, yo, dude, 162 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: I don't want you to die like I want you 163 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: to live and wrestle as long as you want to, 164 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: not as long as you can. There's a difference. So 165 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: it's just terrifying to see him do this. That said, 166 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: make your art, dude, I'm just an over scared father. 167 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: Make your art. I am not criticizing you in any way, 168 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: shape or form. I cannot take my eyes off your matches. 169 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: When you fly in the air and plummet to one's destruction, 170 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: either yours, your opponents, or in most cases both, it's 171 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: amazing to watch. It's amazing to see you get up 172 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: time and time again. And I respect people who make 173 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: their art their way right, like Jackson Pollock. Some people 174 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: dump on Jackson pollock painting right because it looks like 175 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: splatter paint almost, But to me that he was like 176 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: vomiting emotion. There's a reason he made American contemporary artist famous. 177 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: Like people connected to the emotion that he felt when 178 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: he did his style of paint, not the way it looked. 179 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: They could feel something, and Darby makes you feel something 180 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: and He makes you believe in something, and I think 181 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: that's why this works so well, and maybe that's his 182 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: comp right. Instead of comparing him to another wrestler, which 183 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: is very hard to do because there's not a lot 184 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: of people like him, you compare him to another artist, 185 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: to somebody else who's work you know and respect, and 186 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: that's who I compare him to Jackson Pollock because sometimes 187 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: when he bleeds, he's making a painting out there. It's 188 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: just one color. So anyway, Darby gets the win. I 189 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: would have picked him, but they beat the crap out 190 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: of each other. There were sand traps, water hazards. No, 191 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: I'm just kidding, there's no water hazards. That'd have been 192 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: sick too, but really fun, really awesome. Let us know 193 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: what you guys thought of the match. When people take swings, 194 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: you know, like, did you hate it? Do you just 195 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 1: want the stuff to happen in the ring? Did you 196 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 1: love it? You like when stuff is different and unique, don't. 197 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: I wish Jeff was here because I bet he loved it. 198 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: He loves when things gimmicky and crazy and strange. I 199 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: thought they took a big swing. I really respected it, 200 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: and I thought it worked on every level. At first, 201 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: I was like, yo, man, like nobody's using the environment. 202 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: I was like, oh yeah, they're saving it for the 203 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,760 Speaker 1: main event. Only the main eventers get to use the 204 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 1: whole arena, and that's what they did, and I thought 205 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: it was really cool. That's our episode for today, guys, 206 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: thanks for listening. I gotta go take my son car 207 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: racing and help him chase his dream. You guys, make 208 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: sure you keep chasing your dreams. Don't give up even 209 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: if you have a nine to five. When you're off 210 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: that nine to five, focus on that dream, work on it, 211 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 1: make that shit come true. Lots of respect, lots of 212 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: love to all you guys. Keep listening. Po