1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the battle Ground Podcast. This 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: is a podcast all about professional wrestling, joined Battle and 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: Eli as a breakdown what's going on in the world 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: of professional wrestling with special guests including some of your 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: favorite wrestling superstars. You never know who's gonna stop by 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: now making their way to the microphone. Give it up 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: for the greatest podcast team in the world, Battle and Eli. 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 2: So let's just go ahead and say that this is 9 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 2: an honor on the phone right now, the goat tag 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 2: team of all time. This is what we're saying right now. 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 2: Matt and Nick Jackson, the young Bucks are on the 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 2: phone with us. 13 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 3: What's up, guys. 14 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 4: Thanks man, I always like being called that. 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 2: Next to the introduction, I mean, we us on the 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: show are huge fans of you guys, and we're excited. 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: Aw is gonna be a Nashville next Wednesday, the fallout 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: show from Full Gear. What's something exciting that you want 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 2: to tell the national listeners of why they should come 20 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 2: out Wednesday night? 21 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 4: Oh man, this is the fallout from the pay per views, 22 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 4: So just that alone should be enticing for fans to 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 4: come and see what happened on a crazy pay per view. 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 4: That's going to happen this weekend, So it's going to 25 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 4: be great. 26 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's always a good time after a pay per review, 27 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 5: just to kind of see how everything plays out. 28 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 3: I mean, it's going to be a stacked lineup this weekend. 29 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 2: You're taking on Santana and Orties, which that in itself 30 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 2: is going to probably blow the roof off of the building, right. 31 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 4: Oh man. 32 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 6: We've only wrestled them one time. It was on the 33 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 6: in the middle of the ocean on a boat and 34 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 6: nobody really start, but the people who were there said 35 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 6: it was one of the best tag matches they'd ever seen. 36 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 6: So really excited. I think that we can pull out 37 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 6: a different type of match with Santana Orties, a more 38 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 6: violent match, a not so beautiful, graceful Young Buck style match, 39 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 6: but a more fifth swing and a bar fight. So 40 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 6: we're really excited to show the people of a meat 41 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 6: streak of the Young Bucks. 42 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: Oh man, this is like getting exciting, getting me pumped 43 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: up for Saturday night, but even more pumped up to 44 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,239 Speaker 2: see the falling out on Wednesday night. 45 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 3: Something I kind of want to know. We'll go back. 46 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 2: What was kind of the hardest thing about getting aw 47 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: off the ground for you guys. 48 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 4: Oh, Man, I would probably stay hiring just all the 49 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 4: wrestlers because once it was January, Man Deb Deb tried 50 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 4: hiring almost every single wrestler on the planet. It seems 51 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 4: like that had a couple of years of experience. So 52 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 4: we really we really had to go search and uh 53 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 4: look for talent that we felt could make a difference 54 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 4: in wrestling, and so that that was probably the hardest thing, 55 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 4: was trying to find a full roster full of wrestlers. 56 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 4: But once we started getting going, it was like it 57 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 4: became easier to uh to get talent because talent came 58 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 4: to us and they they wanted to get signed by AEP, 59 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 4: so that got a little easier. But the initial part 60 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 4: of that was probably the hardest, right. 61 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, So this one kind of pertains to the unofficial 62 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 5: Wednesday Night Wars. Here on the show, we're obviously hardcore 63 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 5: AW fans. I'm personally on a protest of the other 64 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 5: product at the moment. What do you think overall of 65 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 5: the show AW Wednesday Night Dynamite Thus far in the 66 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 5: run of the. 67 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 6: Show, I think that we're getting a group, you know, 68 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 6: like we really had no prior to television experience as 69 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 6: a group, Like we did a couple of pay per 70 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 6: view shows, which are as you know, four or five 71 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 6: hour marathon shows where you have a lot more time 72 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 6: and you don't have to worry about commercial breaks and stuff. 73 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 6: So the fact that we're only you know, a little 74 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 6: over a month in and we've we've kind of gained 75 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 6: our footing as good as we have already, it's pretty 76 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 6: mind blowing, to be honest, because we're a brand new 77 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 6: baby company and we're figuring all this stuff out, you know, 78 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 6: as we go, Like people are watching us learn on 79 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 6: the fly. So man, I'm actually super proud of the 80 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 6: product that we've put out already with just a few 81 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 6: episodes that we've done, Like I'm really happy with the 82 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 6: way the tag Team Tournament turned out, and I'm really 83 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 6: happy with a lot of the segments that we've done. 84 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 6: We've already created a lot of memorable moments. I'm really 85 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 6: proud of the match we had with with Private Party 86 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 6: a couple of weeks ago that that alone, I think 87 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 6: is one of the highlights of the year already on 88 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 6: our show, Like, there's just been so many fun segments. 89 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 6: The debut episode comes to mind with the Inner Circle reveal, 90 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 6: Like I think people were genuinely shocked. But yeah, man, 91 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 6: I can't say that I you know, I do anything 92 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 6: different right now because I feel like so far it's 93 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 6: been a home run. We just have to keep moving 94 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 6: forward and keep the show interesting. 95 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, totally. 96 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: And you know, the one thing that we always talk 97 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: about is we get on here and me and my 98 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 2: co host Eli, we will literally text back and forth. 99 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 3: Did you see what just happened on AW? You got 100 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 3: to get it on? You got to get it on. 101 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 2: Like there's times that I will stop what I'm doing 102 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 2: if it's work related, just to make sure that I'm 103 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 2: watching AW on Wednesday nights. 104 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 4: That's flattering, man, that's cool to hear. It so means 105 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 4: we're doing something right. 106 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is. 107 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: And it's it's we'd say this all the time. It's 108 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 2: a great time to be a wrestling fan. But it's 109 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 2: just that fresh product. The we had Cody on a 110 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, and it's like the no Bs. 111 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: It's just straight wrestling, and that's the one thing we 112 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 2: love about you guys and Wednesday Night. 113 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 3: It's just it's wrestling. 114 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 2: It's not the god awful storytelling of somebody sleeping with 115 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 2: somebody's wife kind of thing. 116 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 4: Well, you know what, we we want to focus on 117 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 4: wrestling and we're going to continue to do that because 118 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 4: we feel like we have some of the best wrestlers 119 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 4: in the world and we don't have the best actors 120 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 4: in the world. But let the other companies do soap 121 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 4: opas you know what I mean, Like, let's focus on 122 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 4: what we're good at. 123 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 5: Right So we're a big belt guys. We actually have 124 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 5: a belt made for the show, and I got Cody 125 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 5: to sign my NW a word on heavy title. So 126 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 5: kind of in the talking about titles and stuff, are 127 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 5: there any talks about kind of introducing a mid card 128 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 5: kind of belt, you know, like an Intercontinental or US 129 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 5: or even like a TV title to kind of go 130 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 5: along with the three main belt you guys have right now? 131 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 6: Right now, we're we're just focusing on the three main 132 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 6: ones that we have with the women, the tag in 133 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 6: the in the World heavyweight title. I feel like as 134 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 6: soon as you know, there's there's an oversaturation of title belts, 135 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 6: and every single segment on the show, you see a 136 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 6: wrestler coming out with a championship title and you can't 137 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 6: really keep tracks, like we really for now, we really 138 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 6: want to just highlight those three main ones that make 139 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 6: them as as big and as important and as all 140 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 6: euble as we can, and we want it to be 141 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 6: like if there's a if there's a Dynamite episode and 142 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 6: there so happens to be you know, attack gam title match, 143 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 6: then that match should probably go on last, or even 144 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 6: in the case of the if there's a really great 145 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 6: women championship title match, maybe that match should go last too, 146 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 6: Like it should be so important of the titles and 147 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 6: then the value of them that they should be able 148 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 6: to close any show. 149 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 4: So for now. 150 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 6: I know there's been there's been chatter, you know, internally 151 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 6: about adding another title, but I don't think anytime in 152 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 6: the near future. 153 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 2: Now, okay, because I mean the three belts you've gotten 154 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 2: now are absolutely beautiful belts. The tag team Belt, the 155 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 2: Heavyweight Championship Belt, and of course the Women's Championship Belt. 156 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: Like all of them, they have their own kind of 157 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 2: unique thing. And like the Women's Championship Belt, the one 158 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: thing that we kind of talked about on the show 159 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 2: is it's not like an overpowering, huge belt that's just 160 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: going to swallow whoever's wearing it. 161 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's true. Unlike the world title, which is like 162 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 4: the biggest thing I've ever seen in my life. 163 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, that thing is massive. 164 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 2: And the moment that you guys start selling replicas of 165 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: that belt, I will be probably one of the first 166 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 2: people to buy that belt online. 167 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 5: And you can make that two of us. 168 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 3: So one thing we kind of want to talk about. 169 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: I know that you guys have Tuesday Night you have 170 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 2: on YouTube that AW the Dark Matches. Is there has 171 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: there any kind of been talks of adding like a 172 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: second show to cable television or you just kind of 173 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 2: focus right now on Wednesday nights and then maybe eventually 174 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:15,239 Speaker 2: a second show. 175 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 4: Well, never say never. Who knows we have enough talent 176 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 4: should do a second show. But right now we're just 177 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 4: focusing on the one show we have, which is Wednesday 178 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 4: and early on. We wanted to film these Dark Matches 179 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 4: on purpose. It gives the wrestlers more experience and to 180 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 4: make it count. So that's why the matches on AW 181 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 4: Dark count for the overall record. So I guess you 182 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,839 Speaker 4: could say we do have two shows going on right now, 183 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 4: but right now we're focused on just Wednesday Night, and 184 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 4: if something does happen, we will be ready. We have 185 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 4: enough wrestlers under contract. 186 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 3: Nice. 187 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 2: And the one thing I like about you guys and 188 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 2: stuff is you have the win loss record and you 189 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 2: go off of that. You don't just go off of 190 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 2: you know, here's a big name person, let's just give 191 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 2: them a title shot automatically. 192 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, I was just about to say it. By doing so, 193 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 4: it does cause a headache for when we have to 194 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 4: book certain matches, but you know what, I think it's 195 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 4: worth it in the end. Like we were up with 196 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 4: Tony till five am. Every time we see him talking 197 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 4: about what matches we could go with and if it 198 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 4: matches with their win lost record and all that. So 199 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 4: it takes a lot more brain power, but I think 200 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 4: it's going to be worth it in the end. It's 201 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 4: just going to say that, like we want we want consistency, 202 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 4: and it's tough in the world. 203 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 6: Of television, like you don't want to have plot holes 204 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 6: and you went things to make sense. 205 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 4: So we really take this seriously and we want to 206 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 4: pay off the viewers from watching one episode, we wanted 207 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 4: to pay off the next time they watched the episode. 208 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 4: It should all kind of cling together and come together, 209 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 4: and continuity is really the big keyword here. 210 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 2: Right, our guests on the phone right now, The Young 211 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 2: Bucks are going to be in Nashville next Wednesday. AEW 212 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 2: Dynamite is taking over Minisual Auditorium. You can get your 213 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 2: tickets at aew ticks dot com. 214 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 5: So this is more of a e VP question and 215 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 5: not so much a wrestler question. But what do you 216 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 5: think is the biggest area of opportunity for AW right right? 217 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 4: The second oh Man with the with the group that 218 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 4: we've assembled, it's really disguised the limit, I know, as 219 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 4: cliche as that is to say. 220 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 6: Like with the women's vision that Kenny has put together, 221 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 6: like you can really see some some special special matches 222 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 6: that you've really never seen. And and we talk about tag. 223 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 4: Team wrestling like I can do it until I'm blue 224 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 4: in the face. 225 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 6: For twenty years, you've never really seen tag. 226 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 4: Team wrestling since really, I guess the tlc Ara, have 227 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 4: you really seen mainstream wrestling attach itself to tag team wrestling? 228 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 4: And here we are, you know, at the forefront of it, 229 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 4: and we really want to show the world like that 230 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 4: we have the best tag teams vision of the world, 231 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 4: and we clearly do. If you if you just take 232 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 4: a look at at the group of guys that we've got, Like, 233 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 4: we've got a division like no other in the world 234 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 4: right now, and and that was my nixt goal is 235 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 4: our main objective. I remember staying on stage and saying that, 236 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 4: like with aew, you're gonna get the best tag team 237 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 4: tag team division in the world. And here we are. 238 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 4: We just came off of a super successful tag team 239 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 4: tournament that Stu won last Wednesday, and and I. 240 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 6: Think people are clamoring over. 241 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 4: I think I think I think everyone's loving the action, 242 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,559 Speaker 4: so uh. And then and then not to mention the 243 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 4: main event title scene right now, the storytelling that Cody's 244 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 4: doing right now, it's Jericho. It's what what a what 245 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 4: a eight bad guy character? Is that? 246 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 2: What is he? 247 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 6: The age forty eight and he's the hottest wrestler in 248 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 6: the world right now, Like if he's not the greatest 249 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 6: of all, type of do it, you know? And we 250 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 6: got a guy like Kenny Omega, who some people probably 251 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 6: have said he's the greatest wrestler in the world right now, 252 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 6: but you've never really heard of him. He just wrestled 253 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 6: in Japan. But now he's on TV every Wednesday. So 254 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 6: it's really it's really endless. You can watch our show 255 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 6: for two hours you can see something just fresh that 256 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 6: you know, you can see a Darby Allen coming down 257 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 6: a ramp on a damn skateboard. 258 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 3: I lost my mind when I saw that happen. 259 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 4: It's really endless, man. 260 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 6: There are no rules now, there are no boundaries to 261 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 6: the party. You know, we have a variety show. You 262 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 6: can see the best Friends with Orange Cassidy come out. 263 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 6: There's a little bit of flavor for every single wrestling 264 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 6: fan in the world I think, which. 265 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 2: By the way, Orange Cassidy is probably like the greatest 266 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,599 Speaker 2: like gimmick I've ever seen. Especially the fact that the 267 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: kids sitting in the front row mimicking the entire setup 268 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 2: was amazing. 269 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 4: It's clearly working man. He's got a connect show with 270 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 4: the fans, and it's hard to explain to old timers 271 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 4: what he really is. But what connects is over and 272 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 4: if you can't explain it, just look at the reaction 273 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 4: he's getting from the audience and you go from there. 274 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 2: You know, something we kind of joked around about. We 275 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 2: always kind of like create these matches on the show, 276 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 2: and we we kind of joked around about this. We 277 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 2: put Darby Allen against Orange Cassidy with a hands tied 278 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 2: behind their back match. 279 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 3: Oh my god, can we make that happen? Like, just 280 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 3: thinking about it, I love it. 281 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 4: That's a great wouldctually be really good because they're both 282 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 4: experienced with that sort of wrestling, So probably, Hey, anything possible. 283 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 5: All right, So this may be the final question. You know, 284 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 5: we appreciate your time. We know you're tied up with 285 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 5: a lot of stuff. What are you guys looking forward 286 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 5: to most as we head into not only new year, 287 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 5: but a new decade for the brand known as AE. 288 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 4: W oh Man. That is a hard question to answer 289 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 4: because right now we're just living our It's like, I 290 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 4: guess I could just say, if I continue to do this, 291 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 4: then I'm happy, you know, because everything's just been such 292 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 4: a whirlwind and so much fun, and it's just a 293 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 4: dream come true to do what we're doing on a 294 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 4: weekly basis. 295 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 5: Oh totally. 296 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 4: I just I look forward to coming to work every 297 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 4: every week now. And we've got such an amazing team. 298 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 4: So if we can just keep telling really nuanced, complicated 299 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 4: stories that people like, and we create characters that are 300 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 4: appealing to an audience, and we have just killer wrestling 301 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 4: matches long, competitive wrestling matches that people can get behind. 302 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 4: I think we're going to have a great television show, 303 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 4: so we just keep pushing forward. We've got the greatest 304 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 4: team in the world to do it, so I'm just 305 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 4: excited to keep doing it, man, And. 306 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 2: It is an exciting time. Like we will always say 307 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 2: on the show, it's an exciting time to be a 308 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 2: wrestling fan. And if we had to, I guess pledge 309 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 2: our allegiance right now when it comes to Wednesday nights. 310 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 2: We know where our loyalty is on this show, and 311 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 2: that is with ae W. 312 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 3: But it's just because the product you. 313 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 2: Guys put out is phenomenal and we love everything you 314 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 2: guys are doing and we cannot wait to see you 315 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 2: guys here in Nashville next Wednesday. 316 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 4: Thanks Mat, I appreciate it. Appreciate we just see that. 317 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 5: Thanks again for your time, guys. 318 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 2: Thanks guys, We'll see you next Wednesday. 319 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 7: We hope you enjoyed this week's episode of Battleground. Make 320 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 7: sure you give it five stars and leave a nice review. 321 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 7: If you want to stay up to date, follow them 322 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 7: at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.