1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:01,800 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 2: This is the Battleground Podcast where your host Battle. We'll 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 2: talk wrestling with friends, laugh at comedians who are way 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: funnier than he is, and some other crap. Now broadcasting 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 2: live from Parts unknown on Music Row. 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: Here he is Battle. All right. 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 3: So for a while now, we've been talking about some 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,159 Speaker 3: new things happening with this podcast, and if you know, 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 3: in the past, it's just kind of like here and there, 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 3: comedians stop buy, wrestlers stop by. But now we are 11 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 3: devoting it to one thing, and that is wrestling. We 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 3: will be talking wrestling every week, and of course comedians 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 3: are still gonna stop buy. And you're probably saying Battle, 14 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 3: Why are you saying we? Because I have a tag 15 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 3: team partner. Yes, Eli is in the building. 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: Hello. 17 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 3: He has his own podcast as well, Music City Horse. 18 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 3: So if you like horror stuff, that is the podcast 19 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 3: check out. So Eli here we are. 20 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 4: What's up? 21 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, right off the bat, we got a 22 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 5: Hall of Famer on the show. 23 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: Hall of Famer Rikishi is on the show. Is how 24 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 3: can you kick off a show that way? 25 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: Rikishi? 26 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, So let's let everybody know, let's kind of dive 27 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 3: into this real quick. Let's introduce the world to Eli. 28 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 3: Tell everybody out there listening right now, who is Eli? 29 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: Uh? 30 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, So I started Music City Horror podcast about two 31 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 5: years ago, and we're not as consistent as this show, 32 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 5: but we put out you know, one or two shows 33 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 5: a month and mainly horror, but we'll dive into what 34 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 5: I call genre stuff. You know, we've talked about uh 35 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 5: you know, e T and you know, kind of varies 36 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 5: from time to time, but mainly horror and other than that. 37 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 5: Just yeah, just I got back into wrestling a couple 38 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 5: of years ago and that's how you and I kind 39 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 5: of got hooked up and start talking. And yeah, so 40 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 5: this is right up my alley. This is awesome. 41 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 3: So we are going to every week talk about wrestling, 42 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: and also want to give a quick shout out to 43 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 3: Jesse for introducing me and Eli together. 44 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: Tell you and Jesse if. 45 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: He's listening right now, which I hope you are, we 46 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 3: want to have him on the show to talk about 47 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 3: his wrestling background and how he got into wrestling and 48 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: how everything started. But Eli is going to be the guest. 49 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 3: We are your new tag team. This is Battleground and 50 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 3: well how about this, let's just go ahead and jump 51 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 3: right into the interview with Rakishi. 52 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: That sounds like a plan. I'm stoked. Let's get ready 53 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: to rumble it. 54 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 3: So it's going down tonight at Zany's seven o'clock. Twenty 55 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 3: dollars for general mission, thirty five for Vip the Man, 56 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 3: the Myth, the Legend. 57 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: Rakishi, he's in the villain. 58 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 4: How you doing, sir, Thank you, my brother, Thank you 59 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 4: for having me. 60 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 1: Man, Thank you so much for coming in Nashel. 61 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 4: What's up? You know? Can't wait to go visit the 62 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 4: waffle holes. 63 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: The waffle house. 64 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 3: I've also got Eli in the studio with us, So 65 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 3: let's let's kind of jump into this. For those not 66 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 3: in the note, tell everyone a little bit about your background. 67 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 3: How you got started in the wrestling business. 68 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 4: Well, I come from I'm proud to say I come 69 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 4: from the family of the Samoan dynasty, one of the 70 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 4: biggest family in the industry today, and I actually got 71 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 4: started from my brother, the Tonga kid. If we all remember, 72 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 4: let me just set the record street for now. No, 73 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 4: we're not twins. We're brothers. And I got a chance 74 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 4: to go see my brother performed back in the day 75 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 4: in Masison Square Garden. I'll know if you guys remember 76 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 4: the angle. It was him and Jimmy Snooker, Uncle Jimmy 77 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 4: versus Roddy Piper and Bob Orton and so at seventeen 78 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 4: years old, my brother was the main event there a 79 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 4: Master's square garden and every since then I got the 80 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 4: edge now falling into my uncle's Alfonseca also ww Hall 81 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 4: of Famers. They were the one that took me up 82 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 4: underneath their trees. My mother is Alfa and Sika's sister. 83 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 4: So from there on, you know, thirty one years ago, 84 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: I was underneath that tree. And let me tell you good. 85 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 4: I got hit many times. 86 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 3: You know, you talk about the famous wrestling family, so 87 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 3: let me ask you some of your influences. The business 88 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 3: inside your family are out who everybody. 89 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 4: Was h Well. 90 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 5: The family tree that probably takes up a lot of it. 91 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, that'll be here for you know, an hour and 92 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: a half. 93 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 4: That would be another episode. But you know, I mean, 94 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 4: it starts from Uncle Hi, Chief Peter My Via to 95 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 4: Alpha and Sikat to the late Mighty Yoko Zuna Uh 96 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 4: to the Rock to Stamo the Head Shrinker Uh, to 97 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,599 Speaker 4: my brother Omanga Uh to the Tonga kid Uh to 98 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 4: Alfa Junior let me see who am I missing? The 99 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 4: USO's Roman Reigns a Reno and Hawaii Black Pearl Jacob 100 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 4: to Lance on Oi and myself, and I think I'm 101 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 4: missing somebody, But. 102 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: Now we'll find out when somebody. 103 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 6: Yeah, so that's the tree right there, and you know 104 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 6: there there's still some that are are also coming today, 105 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 6: you know, I mean we're training, uh out there at 106 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 6: the Academy in Knoxboro Academy out in Los Angeles. 107 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 4: That's k n O k x p r O dot com. 108 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 4: I'm proud to say that one of our graduates is 109 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 4: rusf that's in the w W today. 110 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: So that's a Nashville. 111 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, he's he lives out here in Nashville as well. 112 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 4: So yeah, so that's the tree and that's where I'm at. 113 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 4: It is. 114 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: Well, it's just really cool to see that. 115 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 5: And then, like you mentioned, it's still expanding obviously you're 116 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 5: uses and whatnot. 117 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: For a group of a certain age. 118 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 5: We remember the smoll And Swat Team. 119 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, that was the original Paul Hayman. 120 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:04,679 Speaker 1: Guys right. 121 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 5: Recons the original the O G and myself. That was 122 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 5: when he was probably dangerously right right right now? That 123 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 5: was was that your cousin was that some some. 124 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 4: That's h that's my cousin Samuel. Uh. Sam is uh 125 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 4: uncle Alpha's oldest son. 126 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: Gotcha okay? 127 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 4: Cool? Yeah, And so he was the one that you 128 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 4: know has a lot to do him as well, uh 129 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 4: of actually molding me back in the day, you know, 130 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 4: when we started out uh for the van Erics in Dallas, Texas. 131 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 4: That's the supportatorium, and so we came from there up 132 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 4: to Atlanta and we were able to link up with 133 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 4: Paul Hayman and a lot of a lot of the 134 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 4: teachings came from USA. Right there, who's a big Samuel 135 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 4: we'd like to call that family, right. 136 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 5: Well, what was it like working in those those specific organizations, 137 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 5: because you know a lot of people don't realize, you know, 138 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 5: w W has and always been what it is now. 139 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 5: You know, there was territories and there's different regions and 140 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 5: at the time, the von Erik region that was they 141 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 5: were the guys, and then you know you had Crockett 142 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 5: over in Georgia and that eventually became the WCW. So 143 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 5: you know, within a short time you worked for two 144 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 5: of the biggest companies at the time. 145 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: So what was that like in that time? Period. 146 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 4: Well, for me personally, it was great. I mean, you know, 147 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:28,679 Speaker 4: when you're starting off, you're just going to where opportunity comes, right, 148 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 4: and you know, it was a fun learning experience, you know, 149 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 4: especially when you're traveling with family. So for me, again, 150 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 4: I was green. You know, I was a young kid, 151 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 4: like I think I was twenty two or something like that. Wow, 152 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 4: and you know, you know, having your daily conversations with 153 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 4: your uncles to be able to you know, be that 154 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 4: mentor and to you know, help us on the road. 155 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 4: But then you know, following my cousin Big Sam, you know, 156 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 4: it was great for me. You know, I just wanted 157 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 4: to you know, the goal was to get to WWE. 158 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 4: But at the same time, you know, we all understand 159 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 4: that you have to be able to get booked someplace. 160 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 4: You got to be able to do the work. And 161 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 4: you can't get to w W if they don't see you, right, 162 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 4: and so are you name it man. I've wrestled in 163 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 4: Red Barnes, I've wrestled in front of five people, I 164 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 4: wrestled in front of five thousand and fifty times, I mean, 165 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 4: and so all that, you know, helped prepare me for 166 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 4: the for the big show, which is ww and the 167 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 4: career that I've had. So it was a group effort 168 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 4: in my family to be able to help groom me 169 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 4: and get us for the family itself, for everybody that's 170 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 4: in the morning dynasy. It helped groom all of us 171 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 4: how to prepare ourselves for the industry. 172 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: Right, that's awesome. 173 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 5: Well, you mentioned, you know, WWF and not much longer 174 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 5: after that you moved over and you guys were packaged 175 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 5: as the head shrinkers. You know, you just mentioned in 176 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 5: the WWE and w w F that was your goal. 177 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 5: What was you know, what was your thought process? You know, 178 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 5: technically you're signing with a rival company, so like what 179 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 5: you know, what was the thought process of moving to 180 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 5: New York? 181 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: And then also what was that first run? 182 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 4: What was that like? 183 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 5: Working with events? What was he like back back in 184 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 5: the day? 185 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 4: Well, the paycheck was good right there. Yeah, I mean 186 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 4: at the end of the day, you're in it for 187 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 4: that too. Where you know, when you have a family, 188 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 4: we look at it different. Uh, it's a great opportunity. 189 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 4: Anytime you're able to move to any company, Number one, 190 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 4: it's a challenge and it's to be able to get 191 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 4: up there and compete and perform and know you're worth that. 192 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: While you're there, U kind of proven yourself. 193 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 4: Yeah. For for us, it's it's our culture, man, it's uh, 194 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 4: we're there to be able to you know, to uh 195 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 4: take care of our family, to represent our culture, to 196 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 4: let the world know who someone people are, and you know, 197 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 4: so we take it further than we utilize the businesses 198 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 4: a platform. You know, we get it as far as 199 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 4: you know, different companies and so forth. But whatever company 200 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 4: that we go through, it is that mentality for us 201 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 4: to get out, represent the culture, for us to get 202 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 4: out take care of our families, for us to get out. 203 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 4: At the end of the day, it is the paycheck 204 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 4: of what you're doing out there. Otherwise, why are you 205 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 4: out there for? You know, we get it. We we 206 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 4: understand inside out. Like we're not the PlayStation restless. You know, 207 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 4: I don't go into the industry thinking that. And so 208 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 4: that with the teachings from our uncles to understand the industry, 209 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 4: why you are there because your body's not going to 210 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 4: be twenty one, twenty two forever. So while you're pounding 211 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 4: it and putting in what we like to call pay 212 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 4: your dues, you need to get out there and get it. 213 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 4: Whatever doors opportunity opens, get in there, do your best, 214 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 4: be respect but understand the game. 215 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 3: Man Rakishi our guest right now, he is at Zanies tonight, 216 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,199 Speaker 3: seven o'clock, twenty dollars tickets for GA thirty five. Get 217 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 3: you that VIP and you get to hang out for Tishi. 218 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,599 Speaker 3: He's in the studio with us right now. Let me 219 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 3: ask you this. So you bounce back to WCW the 220 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 3: mid nineties before moving back to WWE for your longest 221 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 3: run in your career, how are the companies different the 222 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 3: second time you work there versus the first time. 223 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 4: Oh my goodness. You know, honestly, man, I really didn't 224 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 4: pay too much attention to all that. You know. Again, 225 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 4: it was like when you come, there's so much stuff 226 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 4: going on in professional wrestling and in different companies, from 227 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 4: the politicans, from the drama, from your daily you know, 228 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 4: your daily struggles trying to survive in this industry. Dude, 229 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 4: it's not easy, man, And so we never really paid 230 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 4: attention to all we did. Us. We protected each other, 231 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 4: The family protected each other, and it was always that 232 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 4: nit that post, nit like that. And you know, my 233 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 4: uncles would always be the guide for us all we did. 234 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 4: We went out there. We were the workhorses. We went 235 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 4: and we we we we we did what we were 236 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 4: taught to do to represent. But when it came time 237 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 4: to stuff like that, you know, we were also feared 238 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 4: in the industry, so nobody really tried us, right, I 239 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 4: mean keeping we were somemans before we were pro wrestlers. Now, 240 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 4: if anybody know about some moans and our culture, we're happy, 241 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 4: go lucky people. But when you cross. 242 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: Us, it's not good. 243 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 4: This is the time. I mean, you talk about UFC. Yeah, 244 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 4: you know, you talk about cage matches. You ain't never 245 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 4: seen a pissed off someone. So it was always that 246 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 4: with the respect of but you know again, it's it's 247 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 4: just one of those things that we never paid attention 248 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 4: or was it really important to us. 249 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: Gotcha okay? 250 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 5: Okay, So you did the work and you went home. Basically, 251 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 5: I mean you tried not to. 252 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 4: Well, I don't get caught up. I wouldn't put myself 253 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 4: in all that drama. 254 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: You stuck to yourself and just let it go. 255 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 4: You know what I mean. Yeah, I mean I'll listen, 256 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 4: I'll see it, but I'm smart enough to watch it 257 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 4: to see it. Coming about a way, right, You know 258 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 4: what I mean this When you're in the locker room 259 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: and in the professional wrestling industry, it's just very If 260 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 4: you're not smart to see you and understand things that 261 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,439 Speaker 4: goes around you, you know, it can definitely be the 262 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 4: death of some right, you know. And so you know, 263 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:41,679 Speaker 4: I try to I like to remember it as keeping 264 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 4: it like a fun job for us, and I think 265 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 4: that's what we've done and it's really helped us to 266 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 4: our career. Okay for sure. 267 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 5: So probably your most famous character obviously is Rakishi. How 268 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 5: did that develop? You know, did you have much input 269 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 5: in it? Is it something you invents, bounced id is 270 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 5: off of each other? 271 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 6: Oh? 272 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, most definitely. I mean well, first of all, shout 273 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 4: out to the mighty Yokozuna, my cousin Rodney and NOII 274 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 4: when they came. You know, this was towards partly the 275 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 4: character that I really liked was the assultant, right coming 276 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 4: towards the end of that contract, I signed a four 277 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 4: year deal and coming to I think they squashed it 278 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 4: in three months after because you know, they had other 279 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 4: plans to Brett Hart getting ready to to turn Hugh 280 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 4: at the time. 281 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, you fought heart for the title, right as the 282 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 5: Sultans like a money night raw or something. 283 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, and so anyhow so bread it was, you know, 284 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 4: switching over turning Hugh at the time. So who better, 285 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 4: uh to to put bread over than the assultant, right, 286 00:14:52,480 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 4: and so was a hustle favorite thought right there. So 287 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 4: so the character of kore Rakishi was bounced back and 288 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 4: forth between Vince and myself, you know, kind of like 289 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 4: he wanted to do the deal uh you know with 290 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 4: Yoko back in the day, but wanted the real type 291 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 4: of some more I mean bare ass and everything. You know, 292 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 4: It's like, okay, I you know, I was kind of 293 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 4: iffy at the moment, you know, I didn't want to 294 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 4: you know, kind of do the same thing my cousin 295 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 4: was doing. And then uh, you know, we I said, well, 296 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 4: you know, let's give it a try. The first thing 297 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 4: was I wanted to talk to my family first. My 298 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 4: kids were still in school, and when I seen the 299 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 4: drawing of this thing, I just wanted to make it 300 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 4: clear you know that you know, we know how kids 301 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 4: can be cruel in school, and so I didn't want 302 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 4: them to ride my kids over this deal here. Yeah, 303 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 4: and so we went here and got okay and everything 304 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 4: was good. Dad would support whatever decision you But they 305 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 4: laughed at it. They seen the drawing. 306 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 3: Thet you kind of sit there and you're like, man, 307 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 3: I'm about to just go out there wearing nothing, and. 308 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 4: You know, so I just wanted to switch it up. 309 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 4: So once I got that that support, it was a 310 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 4: full throttle for me. I was gonna make this character work, 311 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 4: but I wanted to switch it up. I wanted to, 312 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 4: you know, dye my hair a different color. I didn't 313 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 4: want it to be, you know, the norm. I wanted to, 314 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 4: you know, add something different. At the end of the 315 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 4: I just it's the same sumo character, but in my identity. 316 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 4: And you know, we we put it together, bounced it 317 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 4: back and forth with the office. And Dude, when I 318 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 4: came out the first time and I took that skirt off, 319 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 4: nobody knew what I had up underneath it. And you 320 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 4: can almost feel here twenty thousand people man. 321 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: Like just gasping, wow. 322 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 4: Like you know what I'm saying. And that's the first 323 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 4: time I've ever heard that in my resting career. 324 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 5: You got what the boys call pop, right, the pop. 325 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 4: That's what it was for me. Hey, I'll take it there. 326 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: It is right there. 327 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 3: Our guest Rakishi is hanging out in the studio. He's 328 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 3: at Zany's tonight seven o'clock. You can still get tickets. 329 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: So let me ask you this. 330 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 3: One of my favorite groups of all time had to 331 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 3: have been Too Cool, one of my favorite groups. I 332 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 3: tried to dance in the living room. I told my 333 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 3: parents that I had to have the jackets and I 334 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 3: had to get something put on it. So was the 335 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 3: pairing of you and Too Cool always play or just 336 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 3: an organic no try? 337 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 4: It organically came through. Man. I can't remember it right 338 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 4: off the top of my head, but we were put 339 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 4: together on one of the TVs. And I think it 340 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 4: was Sunday Night Heat or back in the day or 341 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 4: main Event. I can't remember, but you know, we we 342 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 4: were put together. We came out there, we did the deal, 343 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 4: and we talked about doing the dance, you know, like 344 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 4: an idea to give the people, some the fans something different. 345 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 4: It's always after you see somebody win, it's the referee 346 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 4: raise their hands and that's it. And so I says, man, 347 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 4: we need to try try something different, you know what 348 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 4: I mean? And so that that's how that became about 349 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 4: to where we Okay, can you dance Scot He said, well, 350 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,239 Speaker 4: I can do this. 351 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 1: We'll give it a try and see what happened. 352 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 4: I'm looking at grand Masters, say what you got and 353 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 4: he came up with the thriller and the shovel. 354 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 3: And you know, you kind of see reflections are doo 355 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 3: cool right now with you know, Naomi and our truth Melon. 356 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 4: Well, I think we you know what I know. 357 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: I think it rubs off because they started. 358 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 4: Something from the day back in the day. And again 359 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 4: I'm honored to see that going on today as you 360 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 4: know on TV as well. But you know, so when 361 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 4: we were put together, we came up, we did that 362 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 4: dance after the match. Man, it was just again you 363 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 4: know when you hear that pop, you know it works. 364 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 4: And so you always want to utilize those what I 365 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 4: call strong points into your into your matches and so forth. 366 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 4: And we did it at one time and here we 367 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 4: are years later, man, people still doing the dance. 368 00:18:58,960 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: I still try to do it. 369 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 4: Song keeps ringing that beat, keep ringing in my head 370 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 4: all the time. 371 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: Kind of it in your sleep all the time. 372 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 4: Reaching for the yellow glasses. 373 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, it's got to be a process of 374 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 5: just let's try this, to try this, and then when 375 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 5: you find the sticks, that's when you run with it. 376 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 4: Well yeah, I mean, I guess that's in anything, you know, 377 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 4: any professional you know, you're trying to find what works, 378 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 4: and uh, you know, in the sports entertainment business, that's 379 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 4: what it is for us, you know, And I'm always 380 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 4: thinking that way. You know, I always try to keep 381 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 4: things fresh for the fans, you know that every time 382 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 4: I come out. I mean, at one time, I think 383 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 4: that's where I finally came up with the three sixty 384 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 4: bump or brock Lessener or China gave me a clothes line. 385 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 4: You know, you always see the cruiser weights and those 386 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 4: can fly like that when they give you a clothes line, 387 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 4: you're they're able to turn their body. But you never 388 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 4: see a four hundred and fifty pound guide do it right, 389 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 4: And trust me, on the house shows, I kept bad. 390 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 4: I kept bad. I mean, damn there, you know, break 391 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 4: your neck trying to trying to you know, find it 392 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 4: and once you find it and then that's it. So 393 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 4: it's those things there that I like to always try 394 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 4: to keep my game up like that. And for you 395 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 4: professional wrestlers, the indie circuits that's out there. You want 396 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 4: to try to you know, try to keep your your 397 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 4: your uh, find something that makes you different from everybody, 398 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 4: whether it be a bump, whether it be an interview. 399 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 4: Don't worry too much about your gimmicks because you need 400 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 4: to learn fundamentals first and learn how to work first. 401 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 4: And then if you can work, then you can work 402 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 4: any gimmick, you know. So with the with that type 403 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 4: of bump, there it goes again. It goes back to 404 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 4: my culture. It goes back to my training with my uncles. 405 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 4: Is like I'm never satisfied where I'm at. You always 406 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 4: want to keep you know, pressing that button, pressing that butt, 407 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 4: to see what else I can give the fans, to 408 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 4: see what else can I do and give to the industry, 409 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 4: to you know, to keep building this brand of Rikishia 410 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 4: to someone in dynasty. So it's competition within ourselves, right, 411 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 4: That's just crazy, man. Yeah, you know, but that's what 412 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 4: it is. 413 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's that's that's an awesome way to look at it. 414 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 5: And especially you know, you're putting the entertainment in the 415 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 5: sports entertainment part of it, So that's awesome. Around that time, 416 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 5: you became the Intercontinental Champion. You defeated Crispin Waugh and 417 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 5: had it for a while and then eventually I guess 418 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 5: Kurt Angle got it from you. 419 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: I guess that's who you dropped it too. 420 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 5: When did you know you're getting that belt? And what 421 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 5: was it like holding one of the top single belts 422 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 5: in the business. 423 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 4: Well, man, I I really don't remember that. I remember 424 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 4: the chops from right. Oh, man, I remember the soup 425 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 4: lex from Kurt Angle to You know, those type of 426 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 4: things happened on the fly, and when opportunity comes for 427 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:01,239 Speaker 4: whatever reason, again, you know, you take that uportunity and 428 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 4: you do the best you can out there, and especially 429 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 4: that's where you want to showcase your skills and stuff. 430 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 4: And when you work against pros like that like Chrispin 431 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 4: will and man, let me tell you, between him, Eddie 432 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 4: Guerrero and Kurt Angle, I probably never worked against people 433 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 4: that are so like relentless. You can see it in 434 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 4: their work and their actions, like it's like non stopping 435 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 4: that it's perfection of what they bring out there. And 436 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 4: when you have an opportunity to get out on the 437 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 4: big stage to perform with guys at that caliber, it 438 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 4: just brings you up to park. It brings you up. Okay, 439 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 4: case when I was tired today, but right now you 440 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 4: got to give it all. You can't, you know what 441 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 4: I mean. And for me, again, it's personal because it's 442 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 4: for the fans this way, our families trained. It's for 443 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 4: the fans be able to go out there and try 444 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 4: to you know, even if you're not booked as the 445 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 4: main event, but you try to go out there and 446 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 4: you steal that show. You steal that show. You give 447 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 4: everything you got and when you got pros like that 448 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 4: that you're booked with that night, you can rest ashore 449 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 4: it's on. And so you know, I was very happy 450 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 4: and honored every time that I found out that I 451 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 4: was booked against guys like that, because it just helped 452 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 4: me with my skills to be able to bring it 453 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 4: up to part that I you know, to be able 454 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 4: to show the fans that you know, a four hundred 455 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 4: and fifty pound blonde hair, some of them wearing a thong. 456 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 4: We can get down too. Yeah, we can move fast too, 457 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 4: and we can bring the show too. Man. 458 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 3: Our guest right now, RAKESHI is hanging out. He is 459 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 3: at Zany's tonight. Twenty dollars you get your tickets for 460 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 3: GA thirty five dollars VP. You get to hang out 461 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 3: Rakesha before the show seven o'clock. You know, you talk 462 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 3: about booking and one thing that I remember growing up 463 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 3: watching wrestling, there was a moment shocking. This was a 464 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 3: moment that shocked me. Let's talk about the hill turn 465 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 3: as the guy who tried to run over Stone colds 466 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 3: to you, Austin, when did you find out this was 467 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 3: the angle and going to be feuding with the top 468 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 3: guy in the business. 469 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 4: Probably the day I walked into the buildings. 470 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: I said, hey, what are going to do? 471 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 4: You see my face when I did that Bromo that 472 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 4: interview there, it's like, you know, the Great White Hope. 473 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 4: My face was like I didn't want to do this. 474 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 4: This was the biggest, the highest part of my career 475 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 4: as being a love babyface in the industry, and this 476 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 4: was like that was like my comfort zone to finally 477 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 4: there after all these different characters throughout my career with 478 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 4: the roller coaster ride, like my boys would want to say, right, 479 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 4: and then when you get that and then all of 480 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 4: a sudden it's just okay, we're you're getting ready to 481 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:03,560 Speaker 4: turn heel here. 482 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 3: This is what we're here's what you're gonna do. You're 483 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 3: gonna get in this car. You're gonna run over Stone Cold. 484 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 3: So no pressure. 485 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 4: Sounds good, you know what I mean on paper, But 486 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,439 Speaker 4: then you know, I just took time to to be 487 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 4: able to sit back and think about it for a second. 488 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 4: You know, at the time, you know, our roster, as 489 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,479 Speaker 4: far as baby faces, we were loaded, Oh yeah, we 490 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 4: were loaded on that side. Whereas the heel side there 491 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 4: wasn't too many top guys. 492 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: On that a lot of monster hills. 493 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 4: So at that time, and since business wise for me, 494 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 4: it made sense for me to switch over. Though during 495 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 4: that time, I know, I got a lot of heat 496 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 4: from all the Rakishi loyalty fans down there, and uh, 497 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 4: you know, but at that time, again you understand opportunity, 498 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 4: you know, and to be able to switch over and 499 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 4: to work with guys like Stone Cold, work with guys 500 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 4: like my family, members of the Rock and so forth. 501 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 4: Is we're talking Undertaker, We're talking the top names in 502 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 4: the industry, and you're right there with it in the 503 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 4: in the street. Whether I went over or not, I 504 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 4: don't care, but just to be able to, you know, 505 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 4: to grace the ring with main events like that. It's 506 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 4: just ain't that what you're in it for? Ya? You 507 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 4: know what I mean? Is it that the opportunity was 508 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 4: as a young kid walking through to be able to 509 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 4: train wherever they're at. That's you know, one day they 510 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 4: dream of stuff like that happening, and so when opportunity comes, 511 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 4: you seek it, you take it, and you do the 512 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 4: best you can with it. 513 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 3: I really don't think I have to go to church 514 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 3: this Sunday. After listening to right. 515 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 4: There, I'm sorry, Hey, this is what's. 516 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 1: Over here giving us the sermon right now? 517 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 5: I was like, is it Sunday shooting out there? 518 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 6: Yeah? 519 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: I heard that? Oh man, yeah that was you know, 520 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: like battle is just saying. 521 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 5: I mean, I would I was not expecting that turn 522 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 5: when it happened, So I think a lot of people 523 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,199 Speaker 5: were really shocked by it. 524 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 4: So yeah, I mean, you know it was. It was 525 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 4: a fun time during that time. You know that you 526 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 4: got the Rikishi blonde nice guy, and then you got 527 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 4: the other song the bad Man, right, the bad you 528 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 4: know my favorite was the Rikishi. Yeah seriously, but hey, 529 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 4: this is what it is in professional wrestling. It so entertainment. 530 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 4: Don't take don't take things. So seriously, what I do know? 531 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 5: Well, leading all you know from that, you know, twenty fifteen, you're. 532 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: Inducted in the Hall of Fame. 533 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 5: Thank you, thank you, And you know, obviously that just 534 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,959 Speaker 5: validates that you were a standout during your run and everything. 535 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 5: So you know, congrata you guys. What did that mean 536 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 5: going into the hall? And what was it like for 537 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 5: your your sons to induct you. 538 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:54,119 Speaker 4: Well, it was first of all, it was emotional for me. 539 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: I mean, you kept it together pretty well. 540 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 4: I was. 541 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: I was impressed with that. 542 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,879 Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean when when the call came from the 543 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,160 Speaker 4: office that I was going to be inducted into Hall 544 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 4: of Fame, I actually hung the phone up because of 545 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 4: professional rustling. You never know one of them, you know, 546 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 4: the boys were always ribbing each other, of course, you 547 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 4: know what I mean, we'll call each other's home and 548 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 4: mess with each other. So I hung the phone up 549 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 4: and then the phone rang back again. 550 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: No, no, don't hang out this time, I don't hang out. 551 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,199 Speaker 4: This is for real. Yeah, yeah, YadA, And so I 552 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 4: probably got to call me. I think I was like 553 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 4: a month and a half out or a month or so. 554 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 4: And you know, first thing to mind, after I hung 555 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 4: the phone up and realized that this is really happening. 556 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 4: I just kind of went back in time. You know, 557 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 4: I thought about just man, you know, the body aches, 558 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 4: all the road trips, all the sometimes no payoffs from 559 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 4: the p and sometimes sleeping in the rest area, couldn't 560 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 4: afford hotels, the food, you know, walk into Denny's and 561 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 4: you know, just take you know, bring out crackers and 562 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 4: peanut butter jam and you know all that. And to 563 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 4: be able to do what I do and the fans 564 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 4: recognize that the hard work and the time that's been 565 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 4: put on. And then to turn around to have my family, 566 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 4: I again rewind back. You know what was I doings 567 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 4: for the sacrifice I can never get back, you know, 568 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 4: the birthdays of my kids and and you know, all 569 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 4: the important days of Thanksgiving and Christmas and stuff like that. 570 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 4: And to be inducted into a city where I was 571 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 4: born and raised, the Bay Area, was just an awesome 572 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 4: feeling and meaning that there was a kids that ran 573 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 4: the streets of San Francisco that had a preacher as 574 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 4: a grandfather. I was a my mother was a preacher's daughter. 575 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 4: And tell you, and I'm gonna tell you, wrestling saved 576 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 4: my life. It really didn't. To be able to come 577 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 4: back and be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 578 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 4: that city meant so so much to me, and so 579 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 4: much because for me now, my second life of becoming 580 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 4: the ww Hall of Famer is to be able to 581 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 4: go out and tell my story, to be able to 582 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 4: let these kids, especially the generation today, to know that 583 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 4: they're worthy. They are somebody that you can get out 584 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 4: and be anything you want with the technology of today, 585 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 4: to be able to get out there and do what 586 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 4: you need to do and make the right choices. So 587 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 4: I want to utilize this time and I've said it 588 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,719 Speaker 4: and time over and again that thank you to the 589 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 4: ww universe. Thank you to just the moms and pops 590 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 4: at the barns that used to come watch me back 591 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 4: in the day. Thank you to the moms and pops 592 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 4: store down the corner that helped, you know, give me 593 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 4: a sandwich here and there. Thank you to those that 594 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 4: are all over the independent circuit for helping me, giving 595 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 4: me a place to be able to do what I 596 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 4: love and helping me get into the WWE Hall of Fame. 597 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 3: Man Rikishi over here just spitting knowledge preaching to us today. 598 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 3: You can hear more stuff like this tonight at Zany's 599 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 3: seven o'clock. 600 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 1: Tickets are twenty dollars. 601 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 3: You know, you talk about your sons and how successful 602 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 3: they are in ww and then your daughter in law, Naomi, 603 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 3: what was it like? And I read this that they 604 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 3: ranked them as one of the greatest tag team of 605 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,040 Speaker 3: the decade. When you're going through your mind, you're like, 606 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 3: wait a second, too cool? 607 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: Was the greatest tag t or SST or SSTA? 608 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 3: So what do you think when that's going through your 609 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 3: mind and you see how successful your boys are in 610 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 3: the WWE. 611 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 6: What. 612 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 4: To me? Like, the first of all, I'm proud of 613 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 4: my sense, but I know them personally, you know, I mean, 614 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 4: they're they're they're they're competitive. You know, they like to compete, 615 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 4: they like to get out there and everything they do 616 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 4: when they get on the field, it's always that. It's 617 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 4: that that work ethic. You know, they want to be 618 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 4: the best. And and another thing is I feel that 619 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 4: they're successful because of the knowledge of the industry, of 620 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 4: what they've seen their family go through and their father 621 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 4: go through, their uncle Manga. The list goes on. The mariokozuna. 622 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 4: I mean these you know, these boys were around all 623 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 4: that so, I mean they really it was like you know, 624 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 4: in them before they got there, all they had to 625 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 4: understand was was the platform, you know, when to get 626 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 4: out there and deliver, right, and you know they're doing 627 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 4: their thing. To me, the boys, they've been there eleven 628 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 4: years now, I feel, and I posted this out the 629 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 4: other day, it was like, I feel that my boys 630 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 4: have nothing else to prove in WW. As a father, 631 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 4: my concern is for their their wealth of their body, 632 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 4: that you know that there continue to be okay and 633 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 4: stay healthy, stay away from all what's out there in 634 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 4: the field. And I feel now with Hollywood, I kind 635 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 4: of almost see them taking a step into Hollywood, you know, 636 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 4: as you can see their MIC's skills. Once they gave 637 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,479 Speaker 4: them the mic phenomenal stuff. Be yourself, get out there 638 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 4: and do it. You know, you know what it is, 639 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 4: do it, and once they gave them the green light, 640 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 4: there you go. It's just to me, it's the most 641 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 4: entertaining promos to watch you. And I'm not just saying 642 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 4: that because they're my boys. I'm saying it from a 643 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 4: wrestler to a wrestler. When I'm watching and I said, damn, 644 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 4: you know they. 645 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: You feel it when they start talking. 646 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,640 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I mean and you you people can relate 647 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 4: because their interviews they're funny, they're they're entertaining, you know, 648 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 4: they get serious. It's that emotional ride, and I think 649 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,759 Speaker 4: they'd really perfect that on those skills on the mic Man. 650 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,240 Speaker 1: Right now, our guest Rikishi is in studios. 651 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 3: He is a Zanies Tonight, twenty dollars tickets for general mission, 652 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,800 Speaker 3: thirty five for VIP now. Yesterday I sent out a 653 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 3: tweet thing on Instagram about asking some listeners for some 654 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 3: questions and we're gonna get just like maybe one or two, 655 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:27,320 Speaker 3: and one person wanted to know, and we talked about 656 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,879 Speaker 3: how you stayed out of politics. But one person said, 657 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 3: is it true that you had three different sets of 658 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,399 Speaker 3: ring gear that you kept with you, A normal one, 659 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,760 Speaker 3: a kind of stinky one, and a real stinky one. 660 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,360 Speaker 3: And would you wear the stinky one if if you 661 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 3: were wrestling someone that had heat backstage? 662 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 4: They must have followed to see my show over there 663 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 4: at the Punchlines in San Francisco. 664 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,919 Speaker 1: Absolutely, yes, I was gonna say. That was a very 665 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:53,800 Speaker 1: detailed question. 666 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,799 Speaker 4: So I think they're listening there. We all if you're 667 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 4: one of the boys, you understand ribs now listen. I 668 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 4: was taught by the best in the business as far 669 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 4: as ribs, and mister Fuji was me top dog red 670 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 4: and ribs. And also I haven't say our friend Owen 671 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 4: Harten Davy boy, we talk about guys that you don't 672 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,080 Speaker 4: want to rib. And so I was taught by the 673 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,319 Speaker 4: best with Fuji, like when you rib somebody, you better 674 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 4: be able to take a rib. And so his rib 675 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 4: don't come. It might not come today, it might not 676 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 4: come tomorrow, it might come a year later. Well my 677 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 4: ribs was this if if if if you ribbed me, 678 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 4: I would never put it over, meaning that I'm not 679 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 4: even gonna let you know that I'm upset about it. 680 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 4: Or but when you live on TV where everything no hose. 681 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,080 Speaker 1: Bar, it's a whole newball game. 682 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,719 Speaker 4: Who's gonna say something about the stinky zone. You'll be 683 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 4: selling it out there. It's like, you know, like everybody else. 684 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 4: And at the same time, it's like that's when I 685 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,600 Speaker 4: pulled out certain thongs. 686 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, there it is, But I can't tell you who 687 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: get it? No, No, you have to come to lay Yeah. 688 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 3: Oh man, our guest for Keishi right now is in 689 00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 3: the studio. And one more fan question, and we'll let 690 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 3: you get out of here because I know you got 691 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:20,240 Speaker 3: a busy day. Where did the stink face move come from? 692 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:28,960 Speaker 4: Well, uh, I mentioned this earlier today. It actually was 693 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 4: born in Mobile, Alabama. It was a house show on 694 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:37,279 Speaker 4: Sunday and I worked against the late rate trailer mister 695 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 4: boss man man he was he was a good dude 696 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 4: man and the normal the normal match. You going, you're 697 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,360 Speaker 4: closed lining somebody not being in attentioned? Were that I 698 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 4: closed line? The boss man he fell in the corner, 699 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,879 Speaker 4: which we know today's Steve face position. You got twenty 700 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 4: thousand people out there screaming their head off, and you 701 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 4: just hear this one voice feels like it's at the 702 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:05,800 Speaker 4: front row someplace. 703 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:14,760 Speaker 6: Ricky, Ricky, turn around and stick your body in that place. 704 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 4: Now, when you hear that, you're trying to like look 705 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,840 Speaker 4: for the person who is saying that. And this is 706 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 4: where that motion comes from. And as I turn around 707 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 4: to my left and I looked to the turnbuccle, there 708 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,840 Speaker 4: was Ray Traylor and sitting down in stak faced position. 709 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,799 Speaker 4: Now we never even talked about that. This is tappened organically, 710 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 4: all right. As I turn around and I take that 711 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,000 Speaker 4: first step. You know what we call a pop in 712 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 4: the business. When I take that. Took that first step, 713 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:51,879 Speaker 4: it's almost like a volcano by ready to rupt. Took 714 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 4: the second step. The crowd got louder and louder the 715 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:01,360 Speaker 4: closer I got to boss Man. It was so loud 716 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 4: that you can even barely hear each other. Turned around, 717 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,440 Speaker 4: and when I planned, I turned around, I laced up 718 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:13,239 Speaker 4: the throng even higher, and there was my man, boss Man, 719 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 4: give it to me, Baby, give it. We got it, now, 720 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,080 Speaker 4: we got it. Now we're going home. And man, bless it, 721 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,360 Speaker 4: soul man. I gave it. Jim and Trey Balzman was 722 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,400 Speaker 4: the first one to get the stink face and that 723 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,880 Speaker 4: was it. That was on a Sunday. Guess what I 724 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 4: did on Monday Night Roll. 725 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,719 Speaker 1: The next day, same thing again, and that was it. 726 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 4: As soon as I did that on Monday Night Road, 727 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,839 Speaker 4: the next team was just history. After that, everybody fell 728 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 4: in place on the list all the way from Vis mcmah, 729 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,319 Speaker 4: Stephanie m Man, you you name it, all the tap 730 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,759 Speaker 4: top names. I knew when Vince got it, you can 731 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 4: rest assure everybody else is going to get it. Oh man, 732 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 4: you know so, I guess I was like the hit 733 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 4: Man back in the day. 734 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,480 Speaker 1: Then, such amazing stuff right there. 735 00:38:58,520 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 3: If you want to hear more that we didn't get 736 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:01,840 Speaker 3: to ask Rakeishi and you want to ask him something, 737 00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:06,359 Speaker 3: Zany's Tonight, seven o'clock, twenty dollars. Get your tickets right 738 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,600 Speaker 3: now Zanies dot com. RAKESHI, thank you so much for 739 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 3: stoping by, man Listen. 740 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 4: I want to send a shout out to Nashville, Tennessee. 741 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for throughout the whole year, I 742 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 4: mean throughout the year of our family some on Dynasty. 743 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,799 Speaker 4: We want to thank Tennessee. Thank you Nashville for the 744 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,880 Speaker 4: love and support of to someone in Dynasty. And I 745 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,320 Speaker 4: look forward to seeing you guys tonight at Zeny's. 746 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:32,439 Speaker 1: So definitely not gonna lie. 747 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,719 Speaker 3: How can you kick off a brand new podcast than 748 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 3: other than Hall of Fame or Rakeishi man Eli? 749 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 1: How about that? 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We are going to talk wrestling, 759 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,880 Speaker 3: all things pro wrestling, all things local wrestling, everything wrestling 760 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,279 Speaker 3: is going to be right here. Next week is going 761 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 3: to be a fun show because it is WrestleMania week 762 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,880 Speaker 3: and we will dive into everything that has to do 763 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,840 Speaker 3: with WrestleMania, n XT takeover and maybe we'll talk about 764 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:32,719 Speaker 3: this Gronkowski and Connor McGregor retirement and that is very 765 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:37,560 Speaker 3: suspect hmmm, right before wrestle Mania. 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