Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. Are you ready, it's about to hit
Speaker 1: the fan. Welcome to Unsanctioned Thursdays Wrestling with Freddy. Ladies
Speaker 1: and gentlemen. Welcome to unsanctioned Thursdays with Uncle Freddy and
Speaker 1: Jeff Jackpot died gold Serge. Everybody's going to talk, all right?
Speaker 1: That was the death metal version. Sorry, but we're gonna
Speaker 1: die well, it's death metal. It was an upbeat song. Nervous,
Speaker 1: it's just the content. Welcome, Welcome to the show, everybody,
Speaker 1: the show that y'all helped create. That y'all keep on
Speaker 1: the air because you guys keep telling your friends. You
Speaker 1: give us those refews, you give us those downloads, So
Speaker 1: thank you. The show is still going. It's all because
Speaker 1: of you. Let's get right to it. First of all,
Speaker 1: Haul Cogan, who I was ever a fan. I've always
Speaker 1: rooted for the bad guys. But he turned seventy, bro
Speaker 1: and it's nice to see wrestlers make it into the
Speaker 1: seventies and eighties. Doesn't always happen. And the Haulkster, the
Speaker 1: man with the largest pythons in the world. What you're
Speaker 1: gonna do, Jeff, when it's your seventieth birthday? Brother.
Speaker 2: I have knowed if I'll make it, but here, if
Speaker 2: I do, I hope that I you're well, that I
Speaker 2: get to live my life like hul Cogan.
Speaker 1: How how old was Richard Belzer? He lived forever? He
Speaker 1: was a comedian. You're gonna see at least I didn't
Speaker 1: even know Richard Belzer passed? Didn't he pass away? I
Speaker 1: feel like if he didn't, shit, I'm sorry Richard. He's
Speaker 1: probably friends of my dad, doesn't He didn't want to
Speaker 1: hear about his untimely demise. My bad, my bad. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know. He bought a house in France with that
Speaker 1: money he sued Hault Cogan for when Hogan choked him out.
Speaker 1: Do you remember that? Oh yeah, that was Yeah, he died.
Speaker 1: He died this year. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Hold Cogan put him in a in a sleeper in
Speaker 2: an ability and eye him down to the ground. He
Speaker 2: just let him fall into the back of Bellzer's head
Speaker 2: hits the stew floor, bro terrible.
Speaker 1: Dropped like a bag of wet mice. Dude, just ye,
Speaker 1: it was back bop like it was not good.
Speaker 2: Also shocking that old Cogan never got any you know
Speaker 2: what I'm saying, Like you know that.
Speaker 1: The Golden boy was never gonna take any heat.
Speaker 2: Dutch Schultz, Schulz Schultz slaps the news reporter. He gets
Speaker 2: shipped off to Japan for a few years and then
Speaker 2: never works in wrestling again. Whole Cogan, though, does it
Speaker 2: right on American television and no one says anything.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and original bells about a about a house in
Speaker 1: France with the with the money. I heard him talk
Speaker 1: about it in an interview. Rest in peace bells a
Speaker 1: peace bells are and Happy Birthday The Hulk Cogan, the Hulkster,
Speaker 1: the Hulk of Maniacs. You're still responsible for one of
Speaker 1: the goofiest storylines of all time, which was when Kevin
Speaker 1: Sullivan took all the Hulk Ofmaniacs And do you remember
Speaker 1: the cut seed where like all the smoke is around
Speaker 1: and he's like walking through the jungle and he's like,
Speaker 1: what's this. There's no whole Comediacs here. I can't feel
Speaker 1: any of the love, brother, And it was like the
Speaker 1: negative energy was taking his power. It was so never
Speaker 1: I don't know that it's so good. It's well's so bad,
Speaker 1: it's good, but yeah, he was taking power. Yeah, please do.
Speaker 1: And then the famous.
Speaker 2: Sullivan got a cameo on Suburban Commando too. It must
Speaker 2: have been around that.
Speaker 1: Time, probably exactly around that time. And then he was
Speaker 1: also involved in the Jeff Jarrett lay down match, which
Speaker 1: was horseshit. So for those you must be called out for.
Speaker 1: But for all the good stuff, you protected America from
Speaker 1: the evil Iron Chic. Even though I was cheering for Shiki.
Speaker 1: You saved us from Iran. So we appreciate you for that.
Speaker 1: You beat the Bolsheviks, both of them separately. I'm sure
Speaker 1: a hundred times appreciate that as well. Salute. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about a dub Collision. Saturday Night's greatest show, better than
Speaker 1: Saturday Night Live. And it opened up This was the
Speaker 1: my favorite opening so far. I don't always love it,
Speaker 1: but I like that they try to do something different
Speaker 1: with the show where they've got characters talking live to
Speaker 1: the camera saying, like tonight, I'm going up against Jeff
Speaker 1: dyeing a steel cage because that's the only thing that's
Speaker 1: going to keep this ring from spilling out into the crowd.
Speaker 1: Collision tonight. And then it cuts to Jeff and he
Speaker 1: says some six shit and then you guys old school, yeah,
Speaker 1: and it just feels cool now. It doesn't always work
Speaker 1: because the energy of the talent has to match what
Speaker 1: the top of a show needs to be, and it
Speaker 1: doesn't always. But this night they started with The Acclaimed
Speaker 1: and my Man rapped and it was a perfect beginning
Speaker 1: to the show. I love the way it opened, and
Speaker 1: they cut to other people too, which was cool, but
Speaker 1: I don't even know if they needed to. I feel
Speaker 1: like it should just be the Acclaim doing spoken word
Speaker 1: wrap every single Saturday night. I just think that would
Speaker 1: be awesome. But the show opens up with Shavanni in
Speaker 1: the middle of the ring shout out to Tony. Shavanni's
Speaker 1: still doing it, looking the same. He hasn't aged, whereas
Speaker 1: the rest of us are just say no, yes slowly.
Speaker 1: He's looking good. He's well preserved, as are you, my friend,
Speaker 1: he says, well, it's time to bring him out, and
Speaker 1: they bring out the hottest heel in wrestling, Ricky. He
Speaker 1: calls himself absolute Starks, but I'm calling him Ricky. God
Speaker 1: damn Starks. Baby. He walked out and had like a
Speaker 1: purse backpack, like man purse double backpack vest On. That
Speaker 1: was heat. Just that alone was heat and he was
Speaker 1: strutting with it and the son of a bitch is
Speaker 1: wearing the belt that he whipped the ass of Ricky
Speaker 1: the Dragon Steamboat with, which is an awesome little touch
Speaker 1: to the wardrobe, I must say. And he goes in
Speaker 1: the ring and Shivani's like, look, I know you're upset.
Speaker 1: You put your hands on an official and that's a
Speaker 1: wrap for you. You got suspended for thirty days. And he
Speaker 1: takes the mic and he spins the whole thing and
Speaker 1: basically says, there's consequences to your actions. Chevanni's like, well, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're experiencing that now. He goes, no, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: no consequences to Ricky Dragon Steamboat's dumb ass for interfering
Speaker 1: in my match. It costed me a win. That's why
Speaker 1: he got his ass whip. And all these old school
Speaker 1: parents know what I'm talking about. It hurt me more
Speaker 1: than it hurt you. He puts it all on Ricky,
Speaker 1: which is such a douchebag move, but it's funny. I
Speaker 1: will say this. This was the first week that he
Speaker 1: got some booze. It took whoop on a seventy year
Speaker 1: old man's ass. Ricky and Hogan, both seventy years old.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Ricky too. My grandma that that was
Speaker 1: her favorite wrestler. She had a crush on Ricky the
Speaker 1: Dragon Steamer. She go, al, Freddy, he's so handsome, Freddy,
Speaker 1: he's so handsome. She loved it.
Speaker 2: What about him as a steamboat that's the tricky that's
Speaker 2: it's like probably like them, he's got the motor of
Speaker 2: a steamboat.
Speaker 1: You know, it just keeps on trucking. I'm geting we call.
Speaker 2: A lady a firecracker or something.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, tomkats real steamboat out there, firecracker.
Speaker 1: I haven't as you never called a girl a firecracker before.
Speaker 2: That's really Oh yeah, because I like old things, gonna
Speaker 2: say she's a real fire cracker.
Speaker 1: Look at that Dame over there. Yeah, can you say
Speaker 1: dame anymore?
Speaker 2: Or no?
Speaker 1: Can you say dame?
Speaker 2: I think dame is an official titles. Yeah, it's broad
Speaker 2: they get mad about Oh look at the dams on
Speaker 2: that broad.
Speaker 1: Well, it's because you over pronounced the b R and
Speaker 1: broad so it sounds way more aggressive. Yeah, you can't
Speaker 1: do that, bro You gotta say it's just like look
Speaker 1: at these broads And then they they're like what, Well
Speaker 1: he said it kind of softly. But if you're like,
Speaker 1: look at these broads over here.
Speaker 2: I said, those broads are hot.
Speaker 1: He called his hot. But that's why you're going to
Speaker 1: catch the fire, dude. You GISs it like that. You
Speaker 1: gotta smooth out your bees and rs Man, Well heel
Speaker 1: Ricky did a great job again. I think he's the
Speaker 1: top heel on all of AW right now, he's now granted,
Speaker 1: he's gotten to be with CM Punk and he's getting
Speaker 1: a storylines and he's opening the show nearly every damn week.
Speaker 1: But I feel like he's earned it at this point.
Speaker 1: Every time they've given him a little, he's made a lot.
Speaker 1: And if you can turn what's what was the saying
Speaker 1: that Taz said, turning chicken shit into chicken salad. If
Speaker 1: you can do that, then you have a skill, and
Speaker 1: he did so. Now they're serving him up with better
Speaker 1: ingredients and look at the dishes that he's serving up
Speaker 1: man every week, he's doing something real, real good. Some
Speaker 1: have been better than others. But he hasn't had a
Speaker 1: bad episode of AW collision yet. I don't anticipate seeing
Speaker 1: one anytime soon. I love that he said, screw you
Speaker 1: think I'm gone for thirty days. I got my manager's license, bitch,
Speaker 1: like a realtor's license. That was great. I loved every
Speaker 1: second of it. Dude, you still loving Ricky?
Speaker 2: Right? I love Ricky. I wouldn't say he's the best
Speaker 2: healing ae W, but he is who is who is
Speaker 2: definitely MJF.
Speaker 1: MJ's a babyface right now, he's his baby. Oh my god, dude.
Speaker 1: They they literally double closed lined a waiter in a
Speaker 1: Chinese restaurant. Man, there's no more babyface moved than that.
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 2: I got Randy Moss in trouble for you know, he's
Speaker 2: just for criticizing catering. I think I think that that
Speaker 2: makes you a bad guy when you beat up.
Speaker 1: The take take m JF off the table. Then Ricky, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Ricky stocks he's a superstarter.
Speaker 2: He's so so stinking good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2: I like that you said earlier, and I guess you
Speaker 2: said it on the last episode on la'st what you
Speaker 2: said that he earned his booze because that's how much
Speaker 2: people love him. Is that like like finally he's getting
Speaker 2: like all right, oh, I see what he's doing.
Speaker 1: But like, yeah, they gotta they want to help get
Speaker 1: the character over. The smart fans are like, Oh, I'm
Speaker 1: supposed to do I cheer, They're gonna go his baby face.
Speaker 1: Oh so bo I love that. I love that. Yeah
Speaker 1: boo when you're supposed to fans boo when you're supposed
Speaker 1: to Yeah, figure it out. The other thing I wanted
Speaker 1: to talk about, and we can talk the main event
Speaker 1: too if you want, but Powerhouse Hobbes, who was also
Speaker 1: interviewed by the only man credible enough to handle a
Speaker 1: dude as buff and swollen and shoulder thick as Powerhouse Hobbs,
Speaker 1: Tony Schavani once again conducting the interview, and Hobbes did
Speaker 1: his thing. It wasn't at the level of Ricky as
Speaker 1: far as like message communication, but it was very simple.
Speaker 1: It was very clear he had a message this chapter
Speaker 1: in his book of his life. Basically he's more like
Speaker 1: looking internally now, being more introspective and philosophical, and this
Speaker 1: next chapter is going to be redemption. He lost his
Speaker 1: last two big matches and there's no power in that,
Speaker 1: there's no glory in that. So he needs redemption and
Speaker 1: that's the name of his next chapter. So the only
Speaker 1: way to get that is to wrestle one man, and
Speaker 1: that's the Redeemer Mayro and the crowd pop, and I
Speaker 1: know you pop because this is two big, meaty men
Speaker 1: about to slap people. As Biggie would say, shout out Biggie,
Speaker 1: and Miro makes him wait, and then he finally comes out.
Speaker 1: Does this thing? Looking around is looking great? The beard's
Speaker 1: trimmed and tight sculpted, the sculpted beard and everything we
Speaker 1: think is going to be good and we're going to
Speaker 1: get this awesome confrontation. But then he gets attacked by
Speaker 1: Aaron Solo Solo or Solao I think, and Nick Camarado.
Speaker 1: They attack him from behind. Despite Hobbs's wishes, Miro fights
Speaker 1: him off, but eventually Hobbs catches him and he slams
Speaker 1: him with a spinebuster, and then he places the Book
Speaker 1: of Hobbs, which, so you know, no guys, looks like
Speaker 1: a bible, like an old school bible that you'd find
Speaker 1: in like a wild West church somewhere. He lays it
Speaker 1: on the chest to Miro, and now we get the
Speaker 1: promise of a powerhouse Hobbs versus Miro match, which I
Speaker 1: never really saw in my head. And once he said
Speaker 1: his name, I couldn't have been more excited. So I'm
Speaker 1: really looking forward to these guys getting in the ring
Speaker 1: and U slapping the meat Jeff.
Speaker 2: Two big boys.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 2: I popped hard. I I don't know why Miro doesn't
Speaker 2: wrestle more. I feel like I don't know what. We
Speaker 2: didn't get to see him much as RUSI if we
Speaker 2: didn't get see much as mirrors. That's not true, but
Speaker 2: you don't see him as often as i'd like to say.
Speaker 1: I think he was hurt for a long time.
Speaker 2: This yeah, whatever it is, I started, you know, you
Speaker 2: know when I've always liked Hobbs, you know when I
Speaker 2: fell in love with Hobbs on ae W Fight Forever
Speaker 2: on Xbox I play as Hobbs pretty often. I like him,
Speaker 2: like that's made me start to like him, which that
Speaker 2: happens sometimes a video game play with a guy like Oh,
Speaker 2: I guess I think.
Speaker 1: I think I do like Penta, so big fan of this.
Speaker 1: I like what they're doing.
Speaker 2: I like the Book of Hobbes kind of feels like
Speaker 2: Jericho's list, or it feels like the Tribal Chiefs necklace.
Speaker 1: You know it's a gimmick.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's new, kind of like fun thing, and I
Speaker 2: like that a lot. So I was excited about this.
Speaker 1: I love it. I like to see where it's gonna go.
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Speaker 1: tremendous learning experience for me. As always, we appreciate you
Speaker 1: guys for this second show. You're the reason it happens.
Speaker 1: Thanks to everyone at Michael Toura for saying yes to it. Jeff,
Speaker 1: I'll see you next Wednesday. Oh love you guys.
Speaker 2: See you brother.
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