1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: I love the new direction that they're going in Jeff, 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: as far as the way they're getting out of matches, 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: coming back into matches, the way they're shooting segments backstage 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: now and not just leaving the interviewers hanging out to 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: dry like they have for the last twenty five years. 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: And now your mate events introducing the hosts are Wrestling 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: Within Freddy, Jeff Died and of fur Ready Price Soon. 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a brand new episode of 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: Wrestling with Freddy, Wrestling with Friends because my cohort, my 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: partner in crime, my co host, mister Jeff Dye is 11 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: with me. Thank you, sir for being here. How was 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: your week? How are you, sir? 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 3: Feeling good? The tour is going good. The last Cowboy 14 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 3: in La tour has been awesome. We were in Texas 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 3: this week, so that was very fun. If you want 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: tickets to come see me live, go to Jeffdie dot com. 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 3: The new tour has been super fun. Doing theaters is 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 3: a whole different beast. 19 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: It's been awesome, dude. The theater life as opposed to 20 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: the c We'll have to talk about that off air 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: because people want to talk wrestling. But I do have 22 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: a question. Do you have a JBL cowboy hat? I do. 23 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 3: I have multiple cowboy hats, and I've been wearing I 24 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 3: wear cowboy boots all the time and nobody even notices 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 3: because my jeans are just cowboy boots. 26 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: I always thought you were like Converse or something. I 27 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: wear cowboboats. 28 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: But also shout out to all the short guys. Me 29 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 3: and you are tall guys. We don't ever worry about 30 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 3: our height, but we've got short friends. You know, if 31 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 3: you wear cowboy boots around, not only will women like 32 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 3: it because they're like, this guy's a man. He's got 33 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 3: cowb boots, but a Cawai boot has a little heel 34 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 3: on it, So you're about an inch taller when you 35 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 3: wear cowboy boots. So just a little recommendation for our 36 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 3: short kings. 37 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: So my dad's best friend was this cat named Paul Williams. 38 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: Paul Williams was a musician and he's still a musician. 39 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: He's still alive, but a famous musician in the seventies. 40 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: He wrote some Willie Nelson songs. He wrote The Rainbow 41 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: Connection that everybody loved, and now he's the president of ASCAP. 42 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: The musician's guilt and has been forever. And he's like 43 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: four foot ten and he would wear cowboy boots that 44 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 1: had these three inch heels because my dad was like 45 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: six two and a half when they be on television 46 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: together and my dad had him out as the as 47 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: the comic guest when my dad hosted the Tonight Show 48 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: and my pops was only like twenty twenty one years 49 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: old when he hosted. He's still the youngest dude ever 50 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: hosted and the first dude that Johnny let do it. 51 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: And then they came out and they he walked up 52 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: to him and it looks like that he's three feet 53 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: taller than Paul, but Paul still has those cowboy boots. 54 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,839 Speaker 1: And the first time I came to Los Angeles after 55 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: we had left, Paul Williams picked me up at the 56 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: Burbank Airport. I was like probably a fourth grader and 57 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: he picked me up in a black Ferrari Testa. It 58 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: was just like Magnum p I's but he had musician money, 59 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: but it had like the T top right, so it 60 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: wasn't a full convertible. And I was like, WHOA, that's 61 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: the sexiest car ever man, And he goes, hey, little Freddy, 62 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: and I'm like, in my head, I'm like little, I'm 63 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: your he and he's he still calls me little Freddy 64 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: to this day, and I'm almost my dad's. Yeah, man, 65 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: short Kings rule and they make one hell of a musician, 66 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: just asked Billy Joel. Yeah, we got a lot to 67 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: talk about. A good week of wrestling. Yeah, it was 68 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: a good week of wrestling, and it gave me hope 69 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: that stories are in the pipeline. Maybe not for everyone, 70 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: but there are stories in the pipeline that have me 71 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: compelled enough to watch and I want to get into them. 72 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: But first and we'll talk story too. The one shit 73 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: thing that happened, Sorry for my language, The one horrible 74 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: thing that happened this week is our favorite female wrestler, 75 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: Ria Ripley, had to forfeit the title and she was pissed. 76 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: You could tell. It wasn't just she she's good on 77 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: the mic, but this wasn't just hey, let me perform this. 78 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: You could see she was pissed, like she was about 79 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: to go on the run of all runs. She just 80 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: beat Becky Lynch, who's the top female in the game, 81 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: which makes Ria Ripley the top female in the game 82 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: that match existed to put Ria in that position, and 83 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: then clearly she was going to have this awesome story 84 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: with liv Morgan because Live can act to especially in 85 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: the back stage stuff, which is more her strong suit 86 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: than out in the ring, at least I think more 87 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: like actory kind of stuff. It looked like they were 88 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: gonna have a storyline where Live is pissed and it's 89 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: gonna she's gonna take revenge and it is game on, 90 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: and this would be the time for Ria to really 91 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: really frigg and shine and whenever the injury happened, nobody 92 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: knows exactly when, but the storyline reportedly is when Live 93 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: attacked her on Monday Night Raw and got revenged way 94 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: too friggin soon. And I feel bad for both women, 95 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: more for Rhea because she has the injury, which is 96 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: at least three months if it's a shoulder, and her 97 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: story is destroyed. Her championship, she didn't lose, she she 98 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: had to give it up, and the Live Morgan storyline 99 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: is now smashed and they're gonna have to kind of 100 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: cut and pay something else together to make it work. 101 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: I think she's going to be the next champion, and 102 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: that way, when Ria gets better, she can have her 103 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 1: own revenge chore, and now she'll be the guy, the 104 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: good guy. You think he's gonna get the belt. I 105 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: think Live, Morgan, think Live. I think it's gonna be Becky. 106 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: That's probably You're probably right for me. The story in 107 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: my head was Live gets in and then when Rhea 108 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: comes back, Lives been raining terror on the division and 109 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: everyone's super happy. But the smart business move is to 110 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: put it back on Becky because she's the number one 111 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: dog in the company. I just don't know what happens 112 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: to Live. Then if she goes back to the back 113 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: of the line, well, I feel like, well, we'll Live 114 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: will try to come out and chase that belt from 115 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: Beck's is what I think. I think. 116 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 3: Becky, you know, gets it. She's the biggest draw she's 117 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 3: a star. She's killing it in the ring. Come back 118 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 3: a little early, she'll she'll do her uh, she'll you know, 119 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 3: they'll build her back up again because you know, although 120 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 3: she's the biggest drawing and the most famous, like we've 121 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 3: there does feel like it wasn't as hot as it 122 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 3: once was. So I think if they could build that 123 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 3: back up and make Becky give her another chapter, if 124 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 3: you will. 125 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it was and as hot as it 126 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: once was, because she wasn't the focal point point of 127 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: it this time. She was the one helping out. But 128 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: after everything I said you, I think, yeah, I agree 129 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: with everything you just said, and you destroyed my whole story. Sorry, no, 130 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: it happens sometimes. The logic sometimes defeats and wins the day. 131 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: But yeah, man, so we wish you the best. Rea. 132 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: It sucks because we love with a shoulder too. We 133 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: love it and I hate when shoulders get hurt. I've 134 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: had like eight billion operations on my right shoulder. But 135 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: the good news is the science is super advanced now. 136 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: The physical therapy is better than it's ever been. And 137 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: I don't think will be without Rhea Ripley for too 138 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: too long because she's a beast. So not a lot 139 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: of stories to get into. But before we get into bloodline, 140 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: I do want to say something about some of the 141 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: changes WW He's gone through, not just storyline wise, but technically. 142 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: I love the new direction that they're going in Jeff, 143 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: as far as the way they're getting out of matches, 144 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: coming back into matches, the way they're shooting segments backstage now, 145 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: and not just leaving the interviewers hanging out to dry 146 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: like they have for the last twenty five years. But 147 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: my favorite thing of the week, My favorite moment of 148 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: the week was Jay Uso was wrestling Finn Ballard and 149 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: Finn Balord loses clean and Jimmy's looking or Jay's looking 150 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: great so that he can go take on Damian Priest 151 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: at Backlash. And finally he gets out of the ring 152 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: because the rest of Judgment Day comes in and they're 153 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: trying to f him up and he's like, nah, you 154 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: get this super kick flopa and then he jumps over 155 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,679 Speaker 1: the That's what it sounds like. And I'm a master 156 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: of sound effects, Jeff. Now, my man just had to 157 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: wrestle like a fifteen minute match, and now he has 158 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: to run the friggin stairs, and I love that. At 159 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: one point you see him like, hold up, we're gonna 160 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: just stop for one second. Catch my breath, point to 161 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: the crowd. Yeah, people love me. All right, I'm good, 162 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: let's freaking go. My man runs all the way up 163 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: the second half of these stairs, goes into the crowd 164 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: that's out by the concession stands. He's high fiving people. 165 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: There's babies there, they're like, yeah, I love you. There's 166 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: ladies there. I love you. Guys will like yo, a man, 167 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: I freaking love you. None in that way, but I 168 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: love you. And then this one last poor guy is 169 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: just in his way and ja just shoves about the 170 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: way and goes out through the through the hallway, and 171 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,119 Speaker 1: then he sees like the security guard. The security guard's 172 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: trying to keep a straight face, but he can't because 173 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: Jaus was like, you didn't your face? Y ain't. The 174 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: guy's like yeah, okay. And then he goes outside and 175 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: we see Sammy saying, and he's just standing out there 176 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: in the cold, I don't know the temperature, it look cold, 177 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: and he's staring up at the building and Jesus was like, yo, man, 178 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: what are you doing out here? I just had to 179 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: bounce from the from the judgment day. They're trying to 180 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: kill me. What's going on? And Sammy's like, yo, man, 181 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: When I was a kid, I stood right here looking 182 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: at this building and I would watch matches and now 183 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: I'm going in as the Intercontinental champion and I'm doing 184 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: it right freaking now. And he just like goes straight 185 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: and now the camera that just followed him up, the 186 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: camera guy holding the steady cam, which I don't know 187 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 1: how much it weighs, but at this point it's feeling 188 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: like it weighs sixty seventy pounds. Probably has to go 189 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: all the way back through the arena. Sammy's now high 190 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: five and everybody. They're in Montreal, so the crowd loves him. 191 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: He goes all the way back down the stairs. The 192 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: camera stays with him. He goes back into the crowd 193 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: two different times before he goes into the ring to 194 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: wrestle Chad freaking Gable. That wasn't a one shot, you guys. 195 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: That was a wonner. That's great. That's like a Boogie 196 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: Knights wonner. Dude, like when the guy goes into the 197 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: swimming pool and back out of the point, you know 198 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: there's boobies everywhere, you know' scene but he yeah, scene. 199 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: But yeah, man, I thought that was the coolest thing. 200 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: It was so different for WWE, and it was a 201 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: great sort of like organic transfer from this match to 202 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: that match instead of just the same old stuff. And 203 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: I really hope I don't hope they do that kind 204 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: of shot every week because that'll get old, but I 205 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: hope they find cool organic ways to get in and 206 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: out of the action like they did. And I feel 207 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: when you see stuff like that, it makes you confident 208 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: that they're going yeah, and change. Change is tough. 209 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 3: And if you're a young person who thinks, oh, I'm 210 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: fine with change, well just wait till get older and 211 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 3: then you'll start noticing yourself go, hey, some of this change. 212 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 3: You know, it's just one of the hard parts about life. 213 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 3: You know. I'm a big baseball fan, and as I'm 214 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 3: getting older, they're changing a lot of the unwritten rules, 215 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 3: you know, the bat flips and the pimping a strikeout 216 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 3: and like little thing the eye, but even the uniforms 217 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 3: of the jewelry, all the different things. But that's just 218 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 3: young people. It's getting cooler. Baseball is getting cooler. I 219 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 3: should be more fine with the changes instead of being like, well, 220 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 3: they shouldn't be wearing diamonds on there. 221 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: It's fine. So things are good. 222 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 3: So one of the things that's exciting about wrestling with 223 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 3: Vince McMahon leaving is you're gonna get changes. But it's 224 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 3: not just like, oh, a wrestler that Vince didn't believe 225 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 3: in my now get a chance because Triple Ah is 226 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 3: in charge. It's like no, no, No, you're going to notice 227 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 3: all sorts of changes things that they're the broadcast is 228 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 3: going to be different. The words they use won't be 229 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 3: policed a in a in the ways that they used to, 230 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 3: and we're noticing it with production already. 231 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:18,959 Speaker 1: They're doing things. 232 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 3: That you're like, oh that's different, or oh I like that, 233 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 3: or maybe you won't like it, but there are these 234 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 3: exciting changes. And I got to say, overall, I'm really 235 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 3: into the way it's being shot and the way it 236 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 3: looks like. 237 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: I like it a lot. 238 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 3: They've gotten rid of a lot of those corny kind 239 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 3: of three D things, you know how they were like 240 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 3: really into that? 241 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, man, that was that was weird. I never got that. 242 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: I sometimes just because we have the technology doesn't mean 243 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: we have to use Yeah, you know what I mean, 244 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: Lucas practical effects rule. Man, I just heard the new 245 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: Beetlejuice has no CG. Nice. 246 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 3: This is a little side quest, but you know, why 247 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 3: would a dinosaur in Jurassic Park in nineteen ninety three 248 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 3: look more real than a dinosaur or in twenty twenty 249 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 3: two with Chris Pratt. It doesn't make any sense. And 250 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 3: this is the things should be looking realer, not worse. 251 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 3: So yeah, same ideas, like this technology doesn't always need 252 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:12,719 Speaker 3: to be used. I thought it was weird when you 253 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 3: would see a big stupid thing and at first I 254 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 3: hears how dumb I am. 255 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: At first, I was like, is. 256 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 3: That really in a stagium or is that just on 257 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 3: the TV ballue? I didn't understand what it was. And 258 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 3: then after a few of them, I was like, all right, 259 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 3: I get what this is. But anyways, I like the 260 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 3: way the new stuff looks. I think they're doing really 261 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 3: really good job. And maybe it's just because change can 262 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 3: be exciting, but I like. 263 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: It a lot. Another change that we had it we 264 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: haven't really talked about that much is the commentators. Michael 265 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: Cole is a breadth of fresh air, and I think 266 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: it's because of one dude, and that's freaking Pat McAfee. 267 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: I have never heard Michael Cole laugh so much. I 268 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: have never heard him have such a good time. I 269 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: have never seen him have so much fun on and 270 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: off camera as I have since they paired him up 271 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: with this dude. That guy is like, I didn't know 272 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: how he was gonna do. Man, it's a hard job. 273 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: And there have been professional commentators that have come in 274 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: that have tried on, professional hosts of TV shows that 275 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: have tried to come in, and he came in and 276 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: it took him like one episode to find himself, and 277 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 1: now he's freaking killing it every single week and he's 278 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: really brought a lot to the I mean every time 279 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: he yeats, Michael Cole's literally saying things like please don't 280 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: eat in my face. 281 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 3: Also add Pat mca anybody keeping a real list of 282 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 3: this podcast. Add Pat McAfee to the guys I used 283 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 3: to not like and then they came into wrestling and 284 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 3: I like him now, Like I was never a Logan 285 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 3: Paul guy, and now he's a wrestler. 286 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: I love him. I thought Pat McAfee was annoying. He's 287 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: in wrestling, now I love him, Like do love Logan Fall? Yeah, dude, 288 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: besides Rond because he does cool flips and jumps off 289 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 1: the top of rope. 290 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 3: You're like, oh, yeah, it's like any controversial person should 291 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 3: just become a wrestler. Because then I'm like, no, this 292 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 3: guy rules. It makes sense. He's got a Pokemon card 293 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 3: worth a billion dollars. 294 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: I'm so old, so quick. All right, dude, moving on, 295 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: I want to talk about solo Soca and the Bloodline. Yes, 296 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: not Roman Reigns and the blood Line. He's no, He's 297 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: nowhere to be found. Jeffy's He's been seen on the 298 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,079 Speaker 1: set of a Hollywood film. That's all we know. Solo 299 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: Soca came dressed way different. Usually he dresses like uh 300 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: my man. Daal Seem from Street Fighter Too. What a 301 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: great reference with the wraps around his wrists and his ankles, 302 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: right barefoot, coming in ready to do the stretchy arm. 303 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 3: Don't yeah you know DDP says a not your mama's yoga, 304 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 3: but dal Seem was the first saying not your mama's yoga. 305 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: You know. Dal Seam was making shut out. I was 306 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: on a weird algorithm wrestling algorithm on Instagram the other 307 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: day and he does like a lot of inspirational stuff 308 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: for wrestlers that are trying to get sober and things 309 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: like that. He's really changed a lot of lives and 310 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: help people just through philosophy, not just yoga. And he 311 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: said some quote that I'm going to screw up that 312 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: he did not screw up, but he was like, yo, 313 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: if you if you don't allow yourself to heal from 314 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: the cuts of others, you'll bleed all over those who 315 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: have never cut you like that. I mean, like, if 316 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: you don't heal from your past, you're going to harm 317 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: the people who love you now. And I was just 318 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: like scrolling through wrestling clips of like indie wrestlers and 319 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: like indie promotions on some algorithm, and all of a 320 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: sudden that just came up and had like motivating music 321 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: behind it. I was like, Oh god DDP, you're killing me, dude. 322 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: So anyway, we have the same account, but we've never 323 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: met anyway, So we have the same account, dude, just 324 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: so you know, Oh, that's awesome. 325 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 3: Shout his name out. 326 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: No, his name is Raoul. Haha, you'll never know. Now, 327 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: Sola Sikoa comes and he's not dressed like d'll seem 328 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: or or Sigat or was it was the other guy's name, 329 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: the tie Fighter Sack the mooe tie Fighter. Yeah, the 330 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: guy that was the boss at the end of the 331 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 1: first one. Yes, Sigat, not m Bison, the guy that 332 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: was the Mutai. I think, yeah, that dude. So he's 333 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: not like that dude either. You guys, he's dressed like 334 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: like like a bad guy in James Bond, like the 335 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: guy that gets no dialogue, but looks smooth. He's in 336 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: a suit, he's got a turtleneck. The turtle deck maybe 337 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: wasn't the coolest part of that, but the rest of 338 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: his suit was hot. And he comes in and Paul 339 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: Hayman's like, Yo, what what is this man? What's going down? 340 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: And Solo's playing the leadership role and he's not having 341 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: it from Paul Hayman and he's talking about I gotta 342 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: I want to know what this friggin word means. He's 343 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: talking about Toma Tonga, his MFT. What the hell is 344 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: the mftche had no idea. He goes, my MFT, mother, 345 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: motherfucking tongan. Is that it? No, I don't know, that's 346 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: what it is, multifaceted tonguean. I gotta get jacked like 347 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: tomat Tonga too, by the way, and stop eating ice 348 00:16:52,720 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: cream at night. He comes out and he's doing really well, 349 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 1: and you've seen him grow as far as his skills 350 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: and his comfort with the character and what he brings 351 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: to the table. But he's like, yo, I'm not a 352 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: number two guy now, I'm not a number three guy 353 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: that's gonna lose for the next year. I'm gonna be 354 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,719 Speaker 1: a number one guy and you're gonna do what I 355 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: tell you to do. And this got me thinking, Paul, hey, 356 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: this is all character story stuff. If Paul Hayman's character 357 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: has access to Roman Reigns, which we know he does, 358 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: then he could find out if bringing Tomatonga in was approved. 359 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 1: If it wasn't approved by Roman Reigns, then this storyline 360 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: would be over. So my question is who else could 361 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,719 Speaker 1: have approved it? And to me, the only answer is 362 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: the Rock, which would mean the Rock is sort of 363 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: working against the machinations of what we know and understand 364 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: is the bloodline, which then when Roman does come back 365 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: and he can say, what the hell is all this? 366 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 1: I didn't approve any of this. Why has Jimmy been 367 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: smashed and buried someplace? Why is Tomatonga here? Why is 368 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: this other new guy that WWE just signed? Why is he here? 369 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: I didn't approve any of this? And then Solo can say, 370 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: that's right, he did, and then you hear the music 371 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: and the Rock comes out and then they have their 372 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: match whenever that match is gonna be. But that was 373 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: the only that's where my head went. When Roman Reigns 374 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,120 Speaker 1: isn't approving this stuff. I'm like, well, then who's given 375 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: him approval? Because he's not going to go against Roman 376 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: like that. If Roman's not there, that's kind of a 377 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: punk move. So it's got to be the Rock. That's 378 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: my weird conspiracy theory. What you think about that? Is 379 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: it just weird? 380 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 3: Could be their way of keeping him in here? Well 381 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 3: he's not. I gotta say, I've I've I'm always beating 382 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 3: the same drums. But I hate part time wrestlers unless 383 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 3: you're injured, you know, like when you're injured, Like I 384 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 3: get it, you can't wrestle. 385 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: And I know that, you know. 386 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 3: Like as much as I might criticize wrestlers like the 387 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 3: miss or seth Rollins, at least they're there all the time. 388 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 3: At least they want to be in storylines. They want 389 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 3: to work, they want to do the live shows, they 390 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 3: want to do the the you know, house shows. But like, 391 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 3: I just can't do this, Like the Rock is like 392 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 3: I'll be back for WrestleMania, Like WrestleMania was last week. 393 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 3: What do you mean you'll be like, Well, that's not 394 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 3: exciting for me that I'm gonna see you again in 395 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 3: a year or like that. 396 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 1: The that's like we've mission impossible when it was said 397 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: to be continued at the end, You're. 398 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 3: Like, ah, son a bitch, Yeah, exactly, Like the Undertaker 399 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 3: came back after retirement sooner than a year, and so 400 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 3: it's a little disappointing to me that they're now trying 401 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 3: to creatively keep you know, Roman Reigns in the storyline 402 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 3: even though he's not around, and you're keeping the Rock 403 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 3: in the storyline even though he's not around. It's like, 404 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 3: I just I have very low tolerance for like part 405 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 3: time wrestlers, just because and we're supposed to as wrestling 406 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 3: fans go, well, it's because they're so famous. It's because 407 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 3: if they're in Hollywood, don't you want him to have 408 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 3: big movie careers. I don't care about their movie careers. 409 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 3: They make shit movies. I want to see, uh you know, 410 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 3: I don't care about if John Cena is in a thing, 411 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 3: like I want to watch them as wrestlers. It's like 412 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 3: when I go throw my first pitches, everyone's going, well, yeah, 413 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 3: it's fine if he's funny, but he's out there just 414 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 3: throwing a first pitch, we don't care. That's how if 415 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 3: you want to see John Cena in a movie I'm like, 416 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 3: I like him wrestling. I don't need him in a movie. 417 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 3: Why is he making Amy Schumer? You know it makes 418 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 3: no sense. 419 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: He was funny in that movie. He was one of 420 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: my favorite things in that movie. They're good. 421 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 3: I mean, I'm just saying I don't. 422 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: It doesn't with you. I'm actually with you. 423 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 3: I need you to be in my wrestling ring, making 424 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 3: the wrestling stories. That's what you're good at. 425 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: I want to feel like you're committed to it as 426 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: much as I am as a viewer. So I get 427 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 1: what you're saying with that. I will say this very rarely, 428 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 1: are there is there anyone that's bigger than the business 429 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: because the business moved on after the Rock left, so 430 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 1: he wasn't. But at this point in his career, I 431 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: think guys like that get an exception. But I say 432 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: guys like that, I should say guy like that like 433 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: he's the only dude that I kind of give a 434 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: free pass to because it helped get Cody over. If 435 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 1: it helps get other people over, he can. To me, 436 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: he can pull it off. But I totally hear what 437 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: you're saying. It's it's like given an MVP to somebody 438 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 1: who missed you know, thirty games. It just feel weird. 439 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: It feel weird. Last thing, Hunters bringing back the Draft. 440 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: The cool thing when I worked there was the draft 441 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: gave you a chance to work with someone that you 442 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: hadn't worked with yet. They had two writers rooms, the 443 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: raw room and the SmackDown Room, and the NXT room 444 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: or ECW room it was, it was both. Back then. 445 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: It was like one dude in an office that just 446 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: hated his life and finally got to the SmackDown room 447 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 1: was like sweet human beings. I can actually like interact 448 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: with people again. But we got excited for the Draft 449 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: as a creative team because it gave you the opportunity 450 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: to get new people, try to get new people over 451 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: write new storylines. If God forbid, you were in a 452 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: story that sucked and didn't work, you know, you could 453 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: suggest that person get drafted and get another shot on 454 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: the other show. So it basically was opportunity. As a fan, 455 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: I only liked the Draft one time, and it was 456 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: it was when Vince McMahon was gonna draft the Rock 457 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: to smack Down and the Rock comes out and he's like, 458 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna draft the Rock to smack Down to smack Down? 459 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: Is that what you want? You want the rock on? 460 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: Is that what you want? And Vince goes down and 461 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 1: he goes it doesn't matter what you what, and it 462 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: was like one of my favorite It doesn't matters ever 463 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: other than that, as a fan, I watching both shows 464 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: any sure, I don't care which show you're on, and 465 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: sometimes I want you to be on both anyway, if 466 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: you're the champion. So I never cared. It sounds like 467 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: you didn't give a shit. 468 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 3: I never give a shit. And also I think that 469 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 3: they should. It makes things too predictable. If I know 470 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 3: who I'm gonna see on SmackDown and Raw, I'm already 471 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 3: tuning in, like you just said. It isn't like I'm going, oh, 472 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 3: there's a match with Seth Rollins, I need to watch tonight. 473 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 3: I'm watching Raw and SmackDown no matter what. So don't 474 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 3: tell us what to expect. You don't even need to 475 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 3: worry about that. And in fact, if I didn't know, 476 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 3: it might think make things a little more exciting. Like 477 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 3: instead of me going like what is Cody Roads doing 478 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 3: on Raw? You know for whatever, I would just go 479 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 3: we got Cody Roads tonight. Like I don't make it. 480 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 3: It'll make things seem more unpredictable if they didn't do that, 481 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,919 Speaker 3: And maybe they have a better reason for doing it 482 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 3: that I'm just not thinking of or don't know. But 483 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 3: for me, I say, don't even have the two camps. 484 00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 3: Just have wrestling. 485 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: You can still call the show Smack and Raw. But 486 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: whoever shows up shows up. Yeah. Yeah, the storylines can 487 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: cross over too, man. I know, and listen to this 488 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: w w E. There's an eleven year old kid. I 489 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: won't say his name. He's not my son's football team. 490 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: He's obsessed with the brand. But there's only certain wrestlers 491 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: he'll watch, right. It's like, if it's not Cody or 492 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: Kevin Owens, he doesn't care about the other guy's wrestling. 493 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: So if you said, you know, you never know when 494 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: Cody's going to be on, he could be on Raw, 495 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: he could be on Smack exactly. You know what I mean? 496 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: Like those kids follow their favorite guys or their favorite girls, 497 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: whoever it is. Jeff, it's time to pat ourselves on 498 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: the back of my friend. Are you ready for some love? Hell? 499 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I love love. 500 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: Everybody loves love. Man, if you don't love love, something's 501 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: wrong with you. We got some love all the way 502 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: from Australia from Emma Frad. I hope I'm saying your 503 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: name correctly, Emma. But she starts off great stories, great show. 504 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 1: She gave us a five star review. I didn't even 505 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 1: know there were five stars, so thank you for that. 506 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: And she says, and she wrote a lot, so this 507 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: is you know, it's real. It wasn't just like your 508 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 1: sweet show Peace. I've been a listener of Wrestling with 509 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: Freddie since its inception over two years ago. I was 510 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: instantly fascinated by the earlier episodes that break open what 511 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: it's like to write for live TV and work with 512 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: wrestlers and big execs like Vince McMahon. Freddie is a 513 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: great storyteller and you can truly hear his passion for 514 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: the business, Oh thank you, willingness to grow as a writer, 515 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: and most importantly, prioritizing that the wrestlers have the final 516 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: say in their own promos. I do feel that way. 517 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: As the show evolved, it welcomed Jeff into the fold, 518 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: who instantly charmed me. It's so cool to hear both 519 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: Freddie and Jeff's opinions on storylines and in ring talent. 520 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: I now feel like I've got two more buddies who 521 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,639 Speaker 1: love pro wrestling. There's always room for more and I 522 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 1: love hearing them recap, breakdown and predict all there is 523 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: in WWE. Aew and hopefully soon Freddie's own promotion. Ah, 524 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: thank you, thanks already and thanks Jeff, Emma. You're the 525 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: sweetest person in Australia. Thank you very much, Jeff. What 526 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: do you want to say to sweet m. 527 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 3: I appreciate the love. We love that you like wrestling. 528 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 3: Yeah what, just she She's got no advice, She's just 529 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 3: a happy fan. 530 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 1: Huh, just happy. And I freaking love Australia. We shot 531 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 1: Scooby Dooo down there and it's like my second third 532 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:20,439 Speaker 1: favorite place in the world. 533 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 3: He has shot Scooby Dude down there. 534 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, in this little little town, little area called the 535 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: Gold Coast. And uh at like a studio that they 536 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: had there that was like a Universal Studios, only it 537 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: was a Warner Brothers Studios, but it still had all 538 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 1: the same roller coasters. Pretty cool and uh yeah, man. 539 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: And there was a tiger one time there that they 540 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,959 Speaker 1: let the baby tigers come and play with us, and 541 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 1: when it got hungry, it started biting my boot and 542 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,239 Speaker 1: even at like three months it went right through this 543 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 1: like the steel toed boot. I was like, yo, yo, 544 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: he's bitding my foot. He's biting my foot. They had 545 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 1: to get him off. You can hear that story and 546 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 1: more on Unsanctioned Thursdays Every Thursday. They show that y'all 547 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: are responsible for That's why we do it every week 548 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: because you demanded more, so you get more. On behalf 549 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: of Jeff. I'm Freddie Prince Junior, wishing all of you 550 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: a fantastic day and a fantastic week of professional wrestler. 551 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 3: Thanks for the love, Emma. 552 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: This has been a production of Iheart'smichael Toura podcast Network. 553 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 554 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.