1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: Hey guys, Josh the Goods Woods from Ring of Honor 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: and this is the Battleground Podcast. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 2: Why from the Parts Unknown Studios to the. 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 3: Double Battle Crown. 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 4: The Battle round, the Battle Crowd. 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Battleground Podcast, your place for all things 7 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: pro wrestling, the Battle the Battle Crowd now making their 8 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 2: way to the microphones, give it up for your hosts. 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 3: Welcome to the Battle Crown. 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 4: What's up you guys. Welcome to the Battleground Podcast. 11 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 3: And uh, you know, it's an exciting time on the 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 3: show because well we have we're welcoming back to somebody 13 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 3: on the show that was on the show a year 14 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 3: ago in June, but he was on with another guy 15 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 3: that kind of stole the show during that interview. But 16 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 3: Josh Woods is on the show signless kind of stole 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 3: the interview from you last time you're on the show. 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 5: That's impossible. There's no way. 19 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: Silence, just disgruntled and angry. Here's no personality I can 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: eat it. 21 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 3: But Josh Woods joined us from Ring of Honor. Josh 22 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 3: Man House, thing's been hanging for you, man. 23 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 5: A little to the left. I kidding, I'm sure I'm 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 5: a child. Thing's been great, man. 25 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: You know, I'm glad we're still kind of doing We're 26 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: doing things, and I wish, you know, we were more 27 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: open and they have fans and stuff. 28 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 5: But been just training a lot, wrestling and lifting, and 29 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 5: I just bought a house. 30 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: I'm just like doing all this stuff and I have 31 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: to be an adult now and it's weird because I 32 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 1: just want to play the Deod games and right, any 33 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: cookies all day? 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 3: Right, I mean, And congratulations on getting the house, and 35 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,279 Speaker 3: you talk about being an adult. You got a pretty 36 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 3: sweet Miley Cyrus take top on right now, right, that 37 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 3: is the best thing in the world. Of course, you 38 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 3: know there's a lot going on. You say, Ring of 39 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 3: Honor is not having fans and you wanting fans. But 40 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: I gotta say Ring of Honor has done really, really 41 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 3: good during this whole pandemic. And everybody that we've had 42 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,919 Speaker 3: on from the Ring of Honor roster has spoke highly 43 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 3: of management and Ring of Honor and the fact that 44 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 3: you know, Ring of Honor kept everybody on payroll and 45 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 3: you know, didn't decide to say, you know what, we're 46 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 3: gonna light people off. 47 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, no, that's that's incredible, man. 48 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: That just that just you know, has like cheesy as 49 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: it says, and it's like the honorable thing. 50 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 5: To do, and you know, I was a ring of honor, 51 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 5: but like, yeah, that's pretty awesome. 52 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 3: Man. 53 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: You know, this is like a really hard time for everybody, 54 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: and just the fact that they've been able to do 55 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: that for us is phenomenal and just says kind of 56 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: a lot about them as a company and as a 57 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: whole in general. 58 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 5: So I mean, I'm not unhappy about it. 59 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 3: Right, And that was the cool thing is that they 60 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 3: took care of you guys, and that that that says 61 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 3: a lot about a company when they've done something like that. 62 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 3: And you know something also, something really cool is you 63 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 3: have a prolific background as an amateur wrestling and of 64 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: course four time All American and collegiate champion. So what 65 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 3: drew you to wrestling not wrestling as we like to 66 00:02:58,280 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 3: call it here in the South. 67 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 4: What drew you to wrestling when you were young? 68 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 5: Little wrestling? 69 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: Uh? You know, I watched it a little bit growing up. 70 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: I wasn't like a diehard fan like everybody else was. 71 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: Riding was like, oh man, I can tell you who 72 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: main invented in WrestleMania three, Like, well, I've never seen 73 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: WrestleMania three. 74 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 5: So I don't know. 75 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: Uh, I kind of started watching it towards like the 76 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: end of the Attitude era, like when Brock was kind 77 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: of coming in. 78 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 5: That's like kind of like a little span of where 79 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 5: I watched it. 80 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: So I really enjoyed, know, like like the shenanigans man 81 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: like with like d X and you know Stone Cold 82 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: come out with like. 83 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 5: The little uh little that's a little gimmick. 84 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: For the something sodiac is it called the little ice 85 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: thing whatever? 86 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 4: Which oh the zamboni? 87 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, that thing he would like come 88 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: out and he ran across it and like, yeah, that's fine. 89 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: So I thought that was very sweet, and you know, 90 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: just like kind of all like the tom foolery and 91 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: more so like the wrestling. It was like okay, cool, 92 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: but it's just like that that those kind of shenanigans 93 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: really were interesting to me, and I enjoyed that a lot. 94 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, growing up like I grew up 95 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 3: watching wrestling, especially being here in Nashville going to the 96 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 3: Fairgrounds every weekend, and it's it's kind of funny because 97 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 3: now it's like, you know, back then, you didn't want 98 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 3: to tell people you are a wrestling fan because people 99 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 3: would make fun of you. It's kind of like when 100 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 3: they would be like, oh, you've got a Creed CD. 101 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 4: That's that. Oh no, no, no, that's not mine. But deep 102 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 4: down you listen to Creed's No, I'm not sad anything's 103 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 4: wrong with Creed. 104 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 3: It's like when people hate on Nickelback, Like there's no 105 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 3: reason to hate on Nickelback either, right. 106 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: Like I don't get that either, man, Like Dark Horses 107 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: are really good album, like nickel Back's not good, Like Okay, 108 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: well you're an idiot. 109 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I try to tell that to people. It's 110 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 3: like it's like the cool thing to hate on Nickelback. 111 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 3: But if like, if you ever go to a live show, 112 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 3: you will understand why Nickelback is awesome. 113 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, man, Like I'm a big fan. I think 114 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: they're pretty cool. Man, Like that what's his name Chad 115 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: Roger had that cool, that cool collab with Josie scottland first. 116 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 3: Yes Here, and people people keep saying that that killed 117 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 3: Josie Scott and Chad Krueger's career, and I'm like, how 118 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 3: like that is from Spider Man and that is one 119 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 3: of the most iconic movie songs up there with like 120 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 3: evan essence bring me to live. 121 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, man, people just like to hate on stuff, dude. 122 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: I don't know, man, it's if you like it, you 123 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: like it. 124 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 4: No shame, right man, It's just ridiculous. 125 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 3: Josh Woods is our guest on the show right now. 126 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 3: And you know, as a member of the twenty twelve 127 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 3: US MMA team, were you ever approached by M and 128 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 3: A organizations kind of like UFC, probably to join their ranks, 129 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 3: and you know you did some time there, But how 130 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 3: did you feel their training and training for pro wrestling 131 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 3: differs and is similar similar? 132 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 5: I was personally never really approached by anyone. 133 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how that works that I never really 134 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: pursued it after I signed with the XT. But so different, 135 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: Like you can compare them right, like apple and orangers. 136 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: They're both fruit, they're both juicy, they're good. It's just 137 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: so different, man. And there's so many more thing you 138 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: can have with MMA. It's athleticism, really like cutting dry, 139 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: it's athleticism. It's who who's better today, Whose technique was better, 140 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: who hit harder, who was more crisp? You know, we're 141 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: like wrestling, there's so many other things think about on 142 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: top of the athletic athleticism of it. You know, you 143 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: you just gotta wear cameras and crowds and psychology can 144 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: put things together. Man. But like if I'm going to fight, 145 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: it's like, well, I know I have to win. I 146 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: know I can't get hit as much, and I have 147 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: to you know, counter this, this and that. So I 148 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 1: think there's just a mind game alone is a little 149 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: different as far as like a very very big stretch. 150 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 5: Of things you have to kind of worry about. 151 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: So that's a little more stressful, right because like I 152 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,559 Speaker 1: never I didn't do any of the indies like prior 153 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: to NXT, and you know, and I've been doing amateur 154 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: wresting since two thousand and one. 155 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 5: So just like at that point, it's just your machine 156 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 5: just doing stuff. 157 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: When it comes to pro wrestling, there's so many things 158 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: you have to think about, and it's just constant growth. 159 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: You constantly have to have to oh, if I watched 160 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 1: this match from last time, and oh, well, if I 161 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: did this a little different, maybe I get this reaction 162 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: or this didn't make sense. 163 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 5: Let me put it here. 164 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 3: You know. 165 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: So you think about those kinds of things, and that's 166 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: like the hardest part and the biggest difference for me. 167 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure. 168 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 3: And it's kind of a completely different thing because with 169 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: with wrestling, you can, you know, if you if you 170 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 3: mess up a move, you can recover really quickly. But 171 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 3: in MMA, if you mess up a move, you could 172 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 3: be you know, put to sleep. 173 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, no, you're done. 174 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 3: So there's no there's no you know, little errors that 175 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 3: you could have in MMA, But in wrestling you can 176 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 3: just you know, mess something up, end up on Bacha 177 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 3: Mania's Instagram page, and then you just continue on with 178 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 3: your match. 179 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 5: You know, I just hope for the best, right Yeah. 180 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: Uh. 181 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 3: You mentioned your time with NXT and kind of take 182 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 3: us back to your time at the performance Center. What 183 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 3: were some of the fond memories that you had and 184 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 3: you know, who are some of the names that you 185 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 3: were able to learn from in and outside of the 186 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 3: ring there. 187 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: Uh. I mean I had a really good experience there. 188 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: I know, like a lot of people kind of have 189 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: different opinions on that. There wasn't anything I really was like, 190 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: oh man, I hate it here. I really enjoyed like 191 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: how regimented the schedule was. Just coming straight out of college, 192 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: you know, and wrestling from there and then having that 193 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: kind of a regiment really helped me a. 194 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 5: Lot because I like to learn. 195 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: I like being in that environment where and say, hey, 196 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: you got to be here at this time, you have 197 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: to do this at that time. And yeah, there's a lot, 198 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: there's so much and and just coming in it was 199 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: so new for me. I was like, Oh, give me 200 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: all the stuff. I want to do everything. Oh well yeah, yeah, 201 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: I wanted everything. But there are some guys who are 202 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: already really good and they just want to wrestle, like 203 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: they don't they don't want to train, they don't want 204 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: to you know, have to sit and watch film and stuff. 205 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: And that's cool, man. Like some people are just really good. 206 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: Some people just love wrestling. I want to wrestle, so 207 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: you know, I get, I get both sides of the coin. 208 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: H I had like a really cool so you know, 209 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: because like the amateur stuff, you're automatically kind of grouped 210 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: in with those guys that we just have like a 211 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: very natural rule uh chemistry and with everyone. So Sawyer 212 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: Fulton was there, Tucker Gable, Dawkins like those were kind 213 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: of like the bigger. 214 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 5: I think everyone else. Yeah, those like we're like the 215 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 5: kind of the main like amateur guys. 216 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: So like we're kind of all like really cool no 217 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: matter what because we have that that background together. 218 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 5: Right, and uh so that was really sweet. 219 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: So I learned a lot from Gable, like Gables amazing 220 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: and and I wish I would have been able to 221 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: work with him once, so it would have been like 222 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: really cool. But we got to train a lot and 223 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: we did like one like you know, PC match together, 224 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: which is pretty sweet. But I think it would be 225 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: pretty cool now just how far I've gotten and then 226 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: to just kind of. 227 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 5: Where I started, it would be pretty sweet. I think 228 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 5: I think Gabes would would like it aescension. Those guys 229 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 5: were really cool to me when. 230 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: When I was there, I was really eager to learn, 231 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: and I'm still cool with them now. 232 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 5: They live out in Tampa and that's kind of towards. 233 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: Where I'm moving, so it's been really cool to kind 234 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: of hang out with them and catch up with those guys. 235 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 5: Apollo was really. 236 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: He was really cool to to kind of hang out 237 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: and like just talk to because you know, his his 238 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: indie experience is way different than a lot of other 239 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: people's and and he's a very humble guy. And I 240 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: got to like work a lot with him. Elias yep, 241 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 1: poor alias. So so I'm like poor guy. So we're 242 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: kind of learning like he he, I got a little 243 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: more advanced a little quicker just because you know my background. 244 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 5: So I learned very fast. 245 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: And uh sounds so arrogant, right, but. 246 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 4: Now this is this is your show, so you say 247 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 4: whatever you want on here. 248 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know, it just sounds it sounds arrogant, like, oh, 249 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: I learned so fast, I'm so good. 250 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 5: But I wasn't really that good. 251 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: I just pick up on like the physical part, like 252 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: the moves and things very quickly, just because I've been 253 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: taught wrestling moves my whole life. 254 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 5: So it's just here's a different style of wrestling moves. 255 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: Right, So I'm learning how to like you know, pull 256 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: punch it or or make them more safe and like 257 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: look good. And I remember I hit I hit him 258 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: like a couple of times, like pretty stiff. I'm like, 259 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: oh my god, dude, I'm so sorry it happens. 260 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 3: Dude was like you're like, oh, I'm about to get 261 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 3: a receipt later for these, and that. 262 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: Corbyn was actually you know, Corbyn is it was really 263 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: cool man, Like he didn't really get not he didn't 264 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: get along with people. 265 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 5: But I can see how people didn't like him, and 266 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 5: that's cool. 267 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: Man. 268 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 5: Not everyone is for everybody, and that's fine. 269 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 1: But I had a pretty relationship with Corbyn, so I 270 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: kind of learned with him. He helped me a lot. 271 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: I never stiffed him because I was very scared, so 272 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: I tried really hard. Toto like not crappy with Corbyn. 273 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 5: So I was pretty sweet. Man was so long. 274 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: But I'm trying to think, like who else was like 275 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: very influential of course, you know Adam Pierce and and 276 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: Norman Robbie, those were kind of like coaches. I like 277 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: really was with the most and was able to learn 278 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: from them a lot. Yeah, Adam is phenomenal. With Norman, 279 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 1: like those gouts are great. Sometimes they'll still bother them, 280 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: Hey can you watch this match? 281 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 3: And so yeah, but that's kind of a cool thing 282 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 3: though that you're able to still kind of hit them 283 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 3: up and they can, you know, still help you out 284 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 3: with stuff. And you know something also really cool. And uh, 285 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 3: I know we've kind of touch bases on this last 286 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 3: time when we talked, but we've you know, a lot 287 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 3: of people coming onto the show new How were you 288 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 3: approached by Ring of honor to be a. 289 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 4: Part of their Top Prospect tournament. 290 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: So I did a tryout camp for them, and uh, 291 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: I guess I did not do bad because here I am, 292 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: but it's me, so yeah, I did. I did pretty 293 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: good at the camp, so I kind of got that 294 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 1: opportunity pretty much from that. Like I flew myself there. 295 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 1: I put myself up in a hotel like I did 296 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: the camp, just like you know a lot of other 297 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: people have in the past, and and that really helped 298 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: me a lot. 299 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 5: And I got me noticed because you know, I didn't. 300 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 5: I didn't. 301 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: I was never really on TV with NXT. I didn't 302 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 1: really have a big timeframe in between NXT and then 303 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: the indies where I was doing stuff because they have 304 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: the non compete with NXT. 305 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 5: You can't just go straight from NXT to working the 306 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 5: next day. You can't do that. 307 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: There's certain people to have different times. I think it's 308 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: like ninety days or whatever whatever the thing is. 309 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 5: Now. Yeah, I couldn't do anything. 310 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: So in between that time period, like like right when 311 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 1: I finished, I think I did the camp and then 312 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: that's kind of one thing led to another in the 313 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: snowball effect, and then I did okay and here we are. 314 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 4: You're on this sort of okay podcast that night. 315 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 3: So, you know, last year, we were kind of sitting 316 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 3: here thinking it was like, what was the last wrestling 317 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 3: show that we went to on the show, And it 318 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 3: was when Ring of Honor did their show here in 319 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 3: Nashville right before they went right before the shutdown went 320 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 3: because it went from Nashville to I believe Saint Louis 321 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 3: and then after Saint Louis was Vegas and then everything 322 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 3: kind of shut down. 323 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 5: And yeah, and for the titles and they cheated. 324 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 4: Yes, and we were like, what the hell just happened? 325 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 3: So, yeah, so what kind of challenges did you face 326 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 3: last year when the pandemic kind of forced everyone to 327 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 3: take time off? 328 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 4: And like, you know, how did you stay in ring shape? 329 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 4: How did it fail to return? 330 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 3: And what do you think the future looks like with 331 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 3: fans slowly coming back? 332 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 5: So during the pandemic, Florida's like the wild West. 333 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, oh for sure. 334 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 5: You see the news a Florida man, does this Florida 335 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 5: person does that? 336 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 3: I have? I have. 337 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 5: I've been in Orlando for a long time. I think 338 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 5: since two thousand and seven. That's a long time. 339 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: It's fourteen years. I made like a lot of really 340 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: good connections, and it pays to not be a sack 341 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: of trash. So that's that's just news for everyone. So 342 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: if you want to just be a good person, and 343 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: a lot of good things. 344 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 5: Happened for you. 345 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: So a couple of my buddies owned different gyms, and 346 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: I was able to stay in shape, like in the 347 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: gym and to do mma training as well, like because 348 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: some some of the resting schools were closed, so I. 349 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 5: Didn't really get out of shape per se. The first 350 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 5: couple of bumps back, we're like a little oh god, 351 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 5: why you know, You're. 352 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 3: Like, oh God, yes, I remember this. 353 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 5: Yeah it's like, oh okay, that's what that feels like. 354 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, So that was that, But that that helped 355 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: me a lot. 356 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 5: Like that kind of helped like the the. 357 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: What's the word, It's like some people got real depressed 358 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: or like a lot of the guys that are like 359 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: the wrestling is their whole life. Yeah, there are guys 360 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: like they feeling a lot more than others because they've 361 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: been doing it way longer than me, or guys that are. 362 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 5: Just like, man, I'll have to do it myself. 363 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: And and I was starting to get that a little bit, 364 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: but like with the MMA stuff and then like doing 365 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: a little more amateur things with my MMA friends that 366 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: kind of helped me stay I kind of level. 367 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 5: Without I didn't get really depressed or like sad or anything. 368 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: I missed it. I meant because you know, this is 369 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: like our life, and like I love it. And I 370 00:15:58,520 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: was like, oh, maybe I should go back to the 371 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: M and training. But then I was like, oh god, 372 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: I'm so rusty. I haven't done that in a while either. 373 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 3: Just just go out there and just kind of have 374 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 3: fun for a little bit but don't take it serious. 375 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's what I was doing. Man. 376 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: I have like a couple of good friends that like 377 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: are competing actively and guys are profighters and guys signed 378 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: with you FC that I was able to train with. 379 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: And it was cool just to kind of roll around 380 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: and goof goof off a little bit, because you know, 381 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: just it's like in every other sport, there are some 382 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: guys that don't have egos, like they don't want to 383 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: get shown up or whatever, and and I think once 384 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: you can decide like who's not going to hurt you? 385 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 5: And I'm like, hey, man, like I don't do this. 386 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 5: I don't care. I don't care. If you tap me out, 387 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 5: you can have it, don't break my arm. 388 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: Right, It was more fun for me to kind of 389 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: roll around, like with my friends that haven't able to 390 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: kind of get in with a while just because our 391 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: schedule is picking up and whatnot. So that that was 392 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: kind of fun. And like, I still miss it a 393 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: little bit because that that that competition mindset is still 394 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: I love it. 395 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 5: I love competing. It's it's definitely fun for me. 396 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: And you know, going forward now that things are starting 397 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: to kind of open up a little bit, they're not 398 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: they are where. 399 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 4: You could be like Texas and be like the hell 400 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 4: with it. Everything's open. 401 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean yeah, I don't know everyone feels about that. 402 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 5: I think it's kind of cool. It's gonna be interesting 403 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 5: to see what happens. 404 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, right. 405 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 5: Right, yeah. 406 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm just hoping, you know, you know, I know we're 407 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: taking the right steps where I think we're taking a 408 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: little longer just to make sure everyone is safe and 409 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: that that's like that should be everyone's priority, is safety 410 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: mans I Actually for the athletes, talent production, like everyone, 411 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: that should be the number one priority for everybody is 412 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: keeping everyone safe and sound so not rushing. 413 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 5: It is a good idea in my opinion. 414 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: But you know, I'm ready to be back to kind 415 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: of some sort of new normal where we only have 416 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: some fans or something like that. 417 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 5: But I'm I miss it a lot. 418 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 4: I'm ready, yeah, for sure. 419 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 3: And it's you know, you start seeing some other stuff 420 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,959 Speaker 3: putting fans in there, and it's kind of you know, 421 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 3: you get that good feeling. But at the same time, 422 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 3: like you said, I mean, you gotta be safe and 423 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 3: that I think Ring of Honor, when you look at 424 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 3: everything that's taken place over the past year, I think 425 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 3: Ring of Honor has stepped up and has kind of 426 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 3: set the bar high on how to handle everything, like the. 427 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 4: Ring of Honor bubble. 428 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 3: And you know, when we were talking to the the bouncers, 429 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 3: like they were talking about how you mean, you get 430 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 3: tested several times while you're there, and they're like, you know, 431 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 3: there's a lot of downtime, but it's they said that 432 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 3: they feel so safe and like everything is is COVID 433 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 3: is not a thing to them when they're there in 434 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 3: the bubble because everything is perfect. 435 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's very it's very very efficient and safe. So 436 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't really have a problem. I'd rather 437 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: take one hundred COVID tests in a row and get 438 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: my brain poked like a mummy. 439 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 3: I mean, once you get past that first test, it's 440 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 3: not as bad because you know what's coming. 441 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: Is it? The mean, like the first on how to 442 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: do how to do it myself propter things like we h, 443 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: they send us a kid, and then you like to 444 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: examine like the. 445 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 5: Person on the zoom call. 446 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: So you're you're you're trying to do it, and some 447 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: people like don't go up enough and they have to 448 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: redo it and oh snap, do it. Sorry, yeah, you 449 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: don't go up there enough, and it's like you got 450 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 1: to get in there, and like I was like, oh my. 451 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 3: God, yeah, like the first the first time that ever 452 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 3: happened to me. I was sitting there and I was like, oh, 453 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 3: this isn't so bad. She's kind of stuck it in there, 454 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 3: and then she like shot all the way and you 455 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 3: could fill it in your brain and I was like, oh, okay, 456 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,479 Speaker 3: thank god, it's over. She's like no, no, no, no, got 457 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 3: the other Notril two. 458 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: And to hold that there for ten seconds, like my god, what. 459 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 4: And if you move they start you have to redo it. 460 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 4: It's Yeah, it's. 461 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 5: It's a it's microwave seconds due, they're they're brutal. 462 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 4: It's yeah, it's it's pretty rough. You know. 463 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 3: Something really fun that wrestling fans have been talking about 464 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 3: is this forbidden door that's been opening with with uh, 465 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 3: you know, other companies working together. Now, is there anybody 466 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 3: in another company that you would like to uh get 467 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 3: in the ring with like a dream match right now 468 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 3: Josh Woods versus? 469 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 5: Has anyone even ready to do that? 470 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: Like? 471 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 5: Uh? Actually? 472 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: Man, So when Kenta, when Kenta first got to NXT, 473 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: he I think he messed up a shorter, I believe, uh, 474 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: and he got taken off for a little while. 475 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 5: And because I've finally not been crappy like I was, 476 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 5: that was okay. I got to kind of. 477 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: Like, so when you get hurt, they have like the 478 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: very protocols for whatever everyone if it's concussion or injury, 479 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 1: you kind of get back in very slowly, and like 480 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: some of the guys like will roll with like the 481 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:44,199 Speaker 1: people coming back in. 482 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 5: So I got to roll with Kna for like a while, 483 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 5: and like for me, I'm like, oh shit, like this 484 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 5: is Kenta. Yeah, dude, it's amazing. He's phenomenal. 485 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 1: Uh, so I spent like a lot of times a 486 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 1: couple weeks doing like, you know, hours with them at 487 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: a time, and and that was really cool for me, 488 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: like just learning how to just not be anything crappy. 489 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 1: So I would love to work Kenta, like at some point, 490 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: I think it'd be really fun. He hits hard, but 491 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure I hit a lot harder than him. 492 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 3: So well, let's, uh, let's throw that out there in 493 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 3: the universe, because I mean, you know, uh, it seems 494 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 3: like last year we started seeing Ring of Honors slowly 495 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 3: working with n w A, and n w A is 496 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 3: coming back, and it seems like a lot more people 497 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 3: are kind of, you know, being more open to working together, 498 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 3: which is a great thing for wrestling fans. So we're 499 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 3: we're seriously hoping that we get Josh versus Kenta sometime 500 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 3: down the road. 501 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 5: That would be great. Man, would I would love that? 502 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 5: That'd be so cool? 503 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 1: Man. 504 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 3: Okay, man, I'm just sitting here thinking about that match, 505 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 3: Like I'll just go ahead and say, let's do sixty 506 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 3: man iron man match. 507 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 4: You want to do that with Kenta? 508 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 5: What? 509 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 2: No? 510 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 3: Or do we want to or do we want to 511 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 3: have it? R O H pure tournament rules. 512 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 5: Pure would be pretty fun. 513 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's something like a thirty minutes this 514 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: is less somewhere in the middle, right. 515 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 4: Like thirty, let's do thirty? 516 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 3: What? 517 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 4: What is kind of? 518 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 3: I guess what's next for Joshua? I mean we've still 519 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 3: we're still fresh into twenty twenty one. What are your 520 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 3: goals in r o H for this year? 521 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 5: Uh, I'm pretty sure. I'm not sure what's airing right now? What? What? 522 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 5: What just aired? 523 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: For I think the second match of my me and 524 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: Dalin is about to air, or it airs this week, 525 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: or it already aired, but that that airs, so that's fun. 526 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,120 Speaker 1: I said this in an in a in a pre 527 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 1: match thing like I love the pre stuff we're doing, 528 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 1: like the the more kind of backgrounding type things like 529 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: before matches and more character pieces. I guess which is. 530 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: I think they're pretty cool. And I know I said 531 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,959 Speaker 1: this before that I guarantee in like twenty twenty one, 532 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have Ring of Honor gold. And that's that's 533 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: still very real for me. That's not something I just said, 534 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: like let me say this cool line because it sounds cool. 535 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 5: Yeah. 536 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: No, like I've I've been a champion and like everything 537 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: I've done, so this is just kind of like hope, 538 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: this is the next thing you can win, So like, hey, 539 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: let's do that. So either it's you know, getting back 540 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: with Silas and uh and you know, going back for 541 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: the tag thing or I'm really I'm really into the 542 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,479 Speaker 1: Pure thing right now, Like I love it. I think 543 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 1: that's been a very successful showing for myself. And like 544 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: if it's like, hey, one or the other, like. 545 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 3: Pure Rest when we yeah, when we found out that 546 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 3: ring Avana was bringing back Pure Wrestling and then we 547 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 3: saw that belt, We're like, who would be the perfect person? 548 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 3: And we thought the entire time on this show that 549 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 3: it was going to be Josh Wood's winning the tournament. 550 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 3: We weren't thinking that Gresham was gonna win it. We 551 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 3: we thought this was the perfect opportunity, perfect thing for 552 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 3: Josh to win. 553 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 5: You're only saying that because you have to. 554 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 4: No, I'm not saying that because I have to. 555 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: No. 556 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 3: We when we found out the tournament, we saw the bracket. Eli, 557 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 3: who's my co host, who's on available at the moment, 558 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,159 Speaker 3: we texted and I was like, just go ahead and 559 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 3: pencil Josh all the way in, Like there's nobody else 560 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 3: on here for this that this is Josh Wood's wrestling 561 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 3: written all over it. 562 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 5: Stopping. 563 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 3: So I think that that that's gonna be the thing, because, uh, 564 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 3: you know, I think Gresham is going to slip up 565 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 3: here soon. And I think, you know, people when we've 566 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 3: had people on this show, they go on to win 567 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 3: the titles. And I think that that Josh Wood is 568 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 3: gonna win that Ring of Honor peer title. 569 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 5: What movie is that with Dan Cook? Where he where 570 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 5: is it? 571 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 4: Good Luck Chuck? 572 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, you guys like the Good were He like. 573 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, but we don't sleep with the wrestlers, but 574 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,959 Speaker 3: we just make sure that they get on there and 575 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 3: they you know, get that title. 576 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 5: Take the same thing. 577 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, Man, Like Gresham is arguably one of the best 578 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: wrestlers in the world. He's phenomenal. I would put him 579 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: like right up there with Jay Daniel Brian those are 580 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: just like he's freaking great. And uh, anytime I'm in 581 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: the ring with him, sometimes like we'll watch like his 582 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: other stuff and I'm like, man, I don't remember how 583 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: I don't even know how to wrestle anymore. 584 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 5: I'm like, he's so good. 585 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 1: And then like when we have matches it's just like 586 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 1: I always feel like I'm learning or thinking differently in it, 587 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: and he elevates everyone he wrestles with, and and when 588 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: that match does happen, and it's gonna happen, like it's 589 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: gonna happen. 590 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 5: It has to happen, right. 591 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 4: It has to happen. Maybe we maybe we get it 592 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 4: at the nineteenth anniversary show. 593 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 5: No, No, I don't know. Maybe I don't know. 594 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: Uh. Yeah, So like that, that's kind of like where 595 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,160 Speaker 1: I want to be at man, Like I think at 596 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: some point, like that's just gonna solidify, like what I've 597 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: been doing and and and what's next for me would 598 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: would be beating Gresham. That's kind of like where, you know, 599 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: I open up my locker to work out and there's 600 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: a picture of Grash. 601 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 5: I just look at it and I motivated to do stuff. Yeah, that's. 602 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 4: Well, Josh. 603 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 3: We do appreciate you taking the time out of your 604 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 3: busy schedule to talk to us. Where's the best place 605 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 3: everybody can find you on social media? Where's a where 606 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 3: do you want people to follow you? 607 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: Uh? You know you can creep on me if you want. 608 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: At the goods on Twitter and Instagram. That's those are 609 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: my things, sign on my DM say what but. 610 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 5: Or be weird? I don't know. I like weird stuff. 611 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 5: It's kind of fun. I get a lot of weird stuff. 612 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 5: I can't talk about it. 613 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 4: Well, I have to save that from when we're not recording. 614 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 5: But uh, well, go on after this. 615 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Josh, we do appreciate you stopping in the 616 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 3: show tonight, and we think twenty twenty one is going 617 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 3: to be a big year for you. That roh per 618 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 3: title is going to be around your waist by the 619 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 3: end of the year. I'm gonna go ahead and call 620 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 3: it right now on the show. 621 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 5: Yes, thank you, dude. Thanks for having me. 622 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: I always say, it's so cool if you want to 623 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 1: talk to me something like a weird I'm kind of 624 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: I'm not that cool, so it's cool you guys want 625 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: to have me on again. 626 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 4: So thanks so much, man, Thanks for coming on the show. 627 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 5: Josh, my pleasure man. 628 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 6: We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Battleground Podcast. 629 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,719 Speaker 6: Make sure you give it five stars and a nice review. 630 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 4: To stay up to date with the show 631 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 6: Follow them at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.