1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: So it's it's trickier to get to know the bad 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: guys because they don't want you to get to know them. 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: They just want power and money and fame and influence. 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: And so I get that from them that they're a 5 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: part of the actual decision making process in reality and 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: in story. But they've probably been given the most motive 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: as far as tag team's there. And I for me 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: and what I came up with on wrestling and my 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: what I like in entertainment is the reason why. And 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: so I just need a little bit more of that. 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: I hope that answers. 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 2: And Jeff, like I said, I talked about Jeff was here, 13 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: you would say the Outrunners with their eighties. 14 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: He loves the Outrunners. 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: And now you're made even introducing the hosts are wrestling 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:57,279 Speaker 2: win for. 17 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: Ready, Jef Died and of Ready friends soun what's up? Everybody, 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to Wrestling with Freddie Wrestling with friends this week. 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: Definitely with friends, because we're reaching out to all of 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: you to ask questions that you have throughout the season. 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: Any questions you have, as inappropriate as they may be, 22 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 1: they will be answered psych but I will be taking 23 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: questions from all of you. Our producer Alex who's awesome 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: and rules and loves wrestling. He's not just producing for 25 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: the cash. Ah, he loves wrestling as much as we do. 26 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: He's going to be reading the questions and or playing 27 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: the voicemails. Jeff is on assignment, which means he's at 28 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 1: fifty thousand feet in the air, flying somewhere from doing 29 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: a comedy club somewhere and making people laugh, making some 30 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: people cry if you're sensitive. But anyway, here we go. 31 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: Let's start the show, all right, Alex, I will allow 32 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: how many questions today? I will allow up to forty 33 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: questions today, knowing that we won't get past three because 34 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: I talk a lot. All right. 35 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: This first one comes from reebs Loves Roads and Wrestling 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: on Instagram. In your new wrestling venture, will you be 37 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: able to give your opinion on getting and bringing in 38 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 2: new talent? 39 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: One hundred percent? Yes. I you know. I'll never throw 40 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: anyone under a bus. I don't like doing bad business, 41 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: even if someone does bad business on me. I just don't. 42 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: Maybe that's not true, but I think it is. But 43 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: I'll definitely talk about the process of trying to get 44 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: people that I'm passionate about. If something unique happened. As 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: far as how I got them excited and they're comfortable 46 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: with me sharing the story, then yeah, I'll share everybody's story, 47 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: but you always have to be make sure that you 48 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: know everybody involved is comfortable with that. I've told stories 49 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: that make people laugh and heard from actors later on 50 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: that were like, man, I wish you wouldn't have told 51 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: that story, like it was kind of embarrassing, and I'm like, oh, 52 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. I thought it made you sound cool. 53 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 1: You know, you beat that guy's ass. And he's like, yeah, 54 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: but I got kids now, and you know I don't. 55 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: I don't want them knowing that part of me. I'm like, oh, 56 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: that's my bad. So as long as the wrestlers were 57 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: cool with me sharing the story of how I got 58 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: them or didn't, then yeah, I would share everything, but 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: both parties have to be cool with it. 60 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 2: Reebs, what are your thoughts on former WWE superstar Teagan Knox. 61 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 2: I think she's super talented, untapped resource that hasn't been 62 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: given a chance to shine. My husband and I love 63 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: the podcast and listen in every week. First of all, 64 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: thank you to you and your hubs. And I liked 65 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: Teagan a lot. I thought she had this cool kind 66 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: of nineties like rom Com look to her, you know 67 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 2: what I mean, Like like the Rachel Lee Cooks and 68 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: the Julia styles of the world. I thought she had 69 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: a great look to her. I think the problem that 70 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: she had in WWE was injury, and I think she 71 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 2: was getting hurt more often than they could trust her 72 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 2: body to give her the push that a lot of 73 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: us wanted to see for her. I loved the voice. 74 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: I think she was from Wales. I love that accent. 75 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: My wife worked with this dude from Wales, and when 76 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: they speak Welsh, it's like the craziest, crazier than Dutch. 77 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: Y'all got the craziest language in the world out there 78 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: in Wales. I thought she was super cool and she 79 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: had the shiniest wizard I think was her finisher, and 80 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: I like that too. It always looked good. So I 81 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: was a Ticker Knox fan. I just think that you know, 82 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: when your body betrays you, there's freaking nothing you can do, 83 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: and a lot of these wrestlers want to get back 84 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: so quickly that maybe they're trying to come back too soon, 85 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: and then they hurt something else or they reinjured something 86 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: that wasn't all the way quite healed. Yeah, injuries friggin 87 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: suck and hers definitely did this. 88 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: Next one's coming in from the Potato Pope on ig 89 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 2: Potato pulp. With Freddy's love of Japan, I'm surprised he 90 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 2: doesn't watch your Japan Pro Wrestling. How did we get 91 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: him to talk? How do we talk him into watching 92 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 2: Wrestle Kingdom and Russell Dynasty this year? 93 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: Okay, so you might not have to talk me into 94 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: it because I might have watched a couple episodes over 95 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: the last couple weeks. When I was in Australia and 96 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: having my downtime, I could not find WWE or AW 97 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: on any of their channels out there. I started going 98 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: on YouTube and I went on a deep dive on 99 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: NJPW New Japan Pro Wrestling, and I watched a lot 100 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: of their matches. Man, because I'm not the lead of 101 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: this movie, so I had some downtime, and like I said, 102 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: I couldn't find any others. So I've been watching. I 103 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: already liked the style. You nailed me on my All 104 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: Things Japan. Yeah, maybe I will. It's not as hard 105 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: as it was a year ago for me to find 106 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: wrestling pay per views. Even though I'm old, I'm learning 107 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: how to navigate the internet. I'm learning what Google's all about. 108 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: I've even ordered a couple things off Bleacher Report. What 109 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: that's right? And I didn't screw it up once. I 110 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: ordered some Uber Eats. I just downloaded that app. I'd 111 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: never have ubered before until I was in Australia. I 112 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: downloaded the app and I didn't screw it up once. 113 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: Not only did I get some to come to my 114 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: house and pick me up, and I didn't make him wait. 115 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: I was standing outside because I'm good good rider. Is 116 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: that what you call a good passenger? A good Uberer? 117 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: And they I saw that at Uber Eats on the app. 118 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: I didn't even have to download it. I just pushed 119 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 1: that on the right and boom. I ordered Japanese food 120 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: to my and it was Japanese food. I swear to God. 121 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: I ordered Japanese food to my house and the miso 122 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: soup came hot. I gave a twenty percent tip. Well, 123 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,799 Speaker 1: in Australia you can only do fifteen, but on Uber 124 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: you can do up to twenty. So I gave him 125 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: a twenty percent tip because the soup was hot. So yes, 126 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: I love Japan. No, it won't be hard to get 127 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: me to watch, and maybe we'll even get to talk 128 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: about him on the podcast next season. 129 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 2: I really appreciate that question. That was I hope you're 130 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 2: a writer. Should I say your driver gave you five stars? 131 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 2: Because you know you get you get stars as well? 132 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 2: So oh shit, you get stars. Oh I'm so glad 133 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 2: I was on time Fred sucked a one star passenger 134 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 2: eats and Uber if the guy was cool, I don't know, 135 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 2: maybe it wasn't. This one comes from Peter Peter surs 136 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: on Ig. He's a I followed him. He's a comedian. 137 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: I want to get into wrestling as a backstage interviewer 138 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 2: or pre post show commentator. Would love to know how 139 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,239 Speaker 2: I can get involved in your new promotion or any promotion. 140 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 2: I'd love this podcast. Okay, dude. 141 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: First of all, WWE has like an open door policy 142 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: on taking the resumes and things like that reels. If 143 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: you have a reel, I would submit that right away 144 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: to WWE. AW kind of already has that spot filled, 145 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: I feel like with RJ, but WWE does not. They 146 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: don't have anyone that's funny. They have a couple guys 147 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: that have tried to be funny on the pre shows, 148 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: but they're not so I you know, there could be 149 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: an opportunity for you there, but I would present a 150 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: reel of your work. If that gets you a meeting, 151 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: then you can talk about your passion and knowledge of wrestling, 152 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: and then those two things combined perhaps could get you 153 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: an opportunity. As far as mine goes, mine has switched 154 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: so many times. There used to not be a spot 155 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: for that kind of a person. And if I ever 156 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: get my shit off the ground in the new way 157 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: we're trying to do it, there certainly will be room 158 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: for that type of a position. So just keep listening 159 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: and reach out. If you ever hear me, pull this, 160 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: pull this this damn dream off. Until then, keep grinding, 161 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: and I hope to see on WWE. Dude, i'd aw 162 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: do I feel like already has that spot filled. 163 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 2: Next one's coming in from four eighty three Tom Tom 164 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 2: for eighty three on IG that's Big Tom? 165 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: Sorry, Big Tom. 166 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 2: Who is your favorite WWE tag team of all time? 167 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: That's pretty I might have to give you two. Oh yeah, 168 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 1: I might have to give you two because it's hard 169 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 1: to rate the new ones and say they're as great 170 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: as the old ones because their careers aren't done and 171 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 1: over yet they're still building them. So as a as 172 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: a kid, it was probably the Heart Foundation because I 173 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: was a big Brett Brett hart nerd. And then when 174 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: I worked at WWE, it was certainly the Hardy Boys, 175 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: and now, man, now it's tough, it would probably still 176 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: be the Heart Foundation. I mean, the New Day is 177 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: pretty awesome, but again it's hard because they're they're in 178 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: the middle of their journey, like they have another ten 179 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: years before they should be compared to any other tag 180 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: teams out there, and they already have a decade in 181 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: the business. So those would be the three that I 182 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: would give you. I'd give you Heart Foundation, Hardy Man 183 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: that leaves out Edge and Christian that leaves out the 184 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: Dudley Boys. That leaves I mean, I even like the 185 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: Italian Stallions back in the day, was that Paul Romo 186 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: and and something Powers Jim Powers Maybe I don't even remember, 187 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: but man's that's tough. I would say those three though, 188 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: New Day, Hardy Boys, hard Foundation and that sucks to 189 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: leave out Edgen, Christian and the Dudley Boys. And I'm 190 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: a crappy fan for doing so. There you go. 191 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 2: You have any from the New Regime from AW and 192 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 2: WW that you like that you're following right now? 193 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,959 Speaker 1: You know, I like what the New Day does story wise. 194 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: As far as AW, they focus more on tag teams. 195 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: But it's more difficult to get into the wrestler's characters 196 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 1: in AEW because they focus more on giving a superior 197 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: match than WWE. But in doing so they've sacrificed the 198 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: story and the getting to know you phase of a 199 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: lot of these wrestlers careers. Like if you weren't hip 200 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: to them in the indies, then too bad. So sad 201 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: you don't get to know their story, And that to 202 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: me is like shit, how much more wrestling do I 203 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: have to watch to keep up with these cats? Like 204 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: tell me who you are? It's not hard to do. 205 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: They just aren't focused on it. They do it a 206 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: little bit like they gave us a little bit with 207 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: the Acclaimed Once Daddy asked was in the in the mix? 208 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: You started to get to know their personality a little more, 209 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 1: and then eventually they're their win and run with the titles. 210 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: Uh private party. They haven't given us much to get 211 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 1: to know them a little bit lately with the MVP 212 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: stuff and then wanting to do it without him. That 213 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: gave us a small sense of their motivation, but I'd 214 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: like to see more of that. So it's hard. Man. 215 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: I like the Luta Bros. But they're not there anymore 216 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: FTR again, Like, I know who they are, but I 217 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: don't ever get a chance to know why they're wrestling 218 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: the guys they're wrestling, So it's hard to get a 219 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: sense of of what motivates both men other than we 220 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: want gold, which is cool. It just that can't be 221 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: the story every time. And the young young bucks, you know, 222 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: it's it's tricky with them because they've been given the most, 223 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: so I understand them the most. But they're bad guys. 224 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: I'm not supposed to like them, and I don't so 225 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: for the right reason. So it's it's trickier to get 226 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: to know the bad guys because they don't want you 227 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: to get to know them. They just want power and 228 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: money and fame and influence, and so I get that 229 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: from them. They're a part of the actual decision making 230 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: process in reality and in story, but they've probably been 231 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: given the most motive as far as tag teams there 232 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: and I for me and what I came up with 233 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: on wrestling, and what I like in entertainment is the 234 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: reason why. And so I just need a little bit 235 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: more of that. I hope that answers. 236 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 2: And if Jeff, like I said, I talked about Jeff 237 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 2: was here, he would say the Outrunners with their eighties 238 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 2: the act. 239 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: He loves the Outrunners. Their handshake is money, man. They 240 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 1: did the New Day handshake. I love that, the Arnold 241 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: Schwartzenegger Carl Weather's Predator handshake. That shit's money. When you 242 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: got biceps, that's the best handshake to get. You know. 243 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: I got to give a Jeff is fifty feet plug 244 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 2: because even love he loves those guys. This one, This 245 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 2: one's coming in from Jim Balcony ninety six on Instagram. 246 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a tough guy. Name. 247 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: What do you think about the C two the AW 248 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 2: Continental Classics so far? 249 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 1: I like the Continental Classic. I like the philosophy behind it. 250 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: I like that there's no outside interference allowed. There's a 251 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: certain level of respect and decorum that comes with that, 252 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: unless you're Kyle Fletcher and your cheat to win. So 253 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: I like the format of it. I don't want them 254 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: to rely on tournaments to give the best matches I'd 255 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: love to see again. I'm beating a dead horse here. 256 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: I'd love to see story behind it. But it is 257 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: nice to get to see these sort of dream scenario 258 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: matches so quickly grouped together. Does that make sense? Like 259 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: you get you'll get like two three weeks, these insane 260 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: matches without a story because you don't need it because 261 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: they're forced to wrestle in like a kumite. Right, So 262 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: it's much more like watching a you know, an action 263 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: movie as opposed to a Liam Neeson action movie, right, 264 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: which is more character driven, like you took my daughter. 265 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: I'm taking everything from you, motherfuckers. That's more WWE. There's 266 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: this more Jackie Chan movie, which is like, Yo, I'm 267 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: fighting forty dudes and I'm gonna freaking win and I'm 268 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: gonna show you how I'm gonna win because I'm gonna 269 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: be creative with it, and that's more the aw style. 270 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: I feel like, nice. 271 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 2: This one's coming in from CG Camp seventy nine. What 272 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 2: do you Freddy think about inducting matches into the WWE 273 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 2: Hall of Fame? Similar to how the UFC has the 274 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 2: Fight Wing and he gives he gives some examples like 275 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 2: Savageteamboat from so Many three, Austin bread Wrestme thirteen, stuff 276 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 2: like that, just to change the format a little. 277 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: That's pretty cool and I could definitely see that happening. 278 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: I think that's a great idea. I could definitely see 279 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: the WWE opening a wing for the greatest matches of 280 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: all time. I could see them doing that. They're going 281 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: to run out of ideas. I mean, they induct too 282 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: many people every year. The induction process is not as 283 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: legitimate as you would think. I mean they were when 284 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: I worked there. They were asking the writer's room to 285 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: come up with who's going to go? I'm like, why 286 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: are we qualified to make these nominations and doing all this? 287 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 1: Like shouldn't there be a board of decision makers with 288 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: like all these old school people on it. But no, 289 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: maybe they've changed it. But when I worked there, the 290 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: selection process was bullshit. But I think that's a wonderful idea. 291 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: The UFC does do that. I think the is it 292 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: the Hollywood Museum of Movies whatever it's called in Beverly Hills, 293 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: They have like some of the greatest scenes of all 294 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: time that you can go and rewatch. So I think 295 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: that's a I think that's a great idea, and I'll 296 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: bet you you see that in the near future, and 297 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: when you do, you can take credit for it. You 298 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: can be like see I said on a podcast and 299 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: some asshole at WW heard Freddy's podcast from some other 300 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: asshole and they got the idea for it and stole 301 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: my idea. You're damn right, they stole your idea. It 302 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: was good. It was a good idea. You're not gonna 303 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: get paid for it, Jack, you got screwed on that, 304 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: but it was a good idea. 305 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 2: A lot of residuals to this podcast and to people 306 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 2: who listen. 307 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: He just mentioned. 308 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 2: He has a side quest, what are the odds of 309 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: you going to Pittsburgh to do a comic con? 310 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: Love the show? That was pretty scary as well. Pittsburgh's 311 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: a direct flight, so the odds are good. If I 312 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: have to take two flights, the odds are zero. And 313 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: I only do like two maybe three a year. I 314 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: don't think I'm doing any this year. I'm working too 315 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: much and trying to get too much shit going, and 316 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: then I have to cancel. Nothing's worse than I feel 317 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: so shitty when I cancel the convention and people say, 318 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: like it's no big deal, like people do it all 319 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: the time. But I get it. I understand that people 320 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: are buying plane tickets, people are paying for hotel rooms, 321 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: and sometimes it's just to see one person, even though 322 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: they know there's going to be fifty people there. Sometimes 323 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: it's just to see Hayden Christiansen because you connected to 324 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: that dude so much. Sometimes it's just to see Jeff 325 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: goldbloomus you love Jeff Goldblum. Sometimes it's just because you 326 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: want to see me. And when I cancel, you're out. 327 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:19,959 Speaker 1: I don't know how many hundreds of dollars on your 328 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 1: plane ticket, I don't know how much the convention costs you. 329 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: I don't know how much your food cost you while 330 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: you were out there. You got to freaking eat. What 331 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: are you going to starve? And then you're just out 332 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: all that money And that makes me feel like shit, 333 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: and I'm not able to reimburse you know you guys 334 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: to even though I feel bad like that's that's just 335 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: not going to happen and be too many of you 336 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: and my ass would be bankrupt. So yeah, man, I 337 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: really don't like committing to them unless I know for 338 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: a fact I can be there and this year is 339 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: gonna be hard, so I don't think I'm gonna do 340 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: any of this year. But I like Pittsburgh. I saw 341 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: a great Kurt Angle match in Pittsburgh. Son of a 342 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: Bitch lost to Stone Cold, but whatever, he should he 343 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: should have won that match anyway. But yeah, I would 344 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 1: totally to come there and do a convention there. I 345 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 1: just don't have plans for it in the immediate future, 346 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: but you never know, my bro Very cool. 347 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 2: This one's coming in from Ac Brooker on IG. Two 348 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 2: great names in a row. I hope those are your 349 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 2: real names. Huge fan of the pod guys. Top three 350 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 2: on Spotify wrapped. Wow, that's pretty cool. That was pretty 351 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 2: scary in my top five. 352 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: Very good. Hey, shout out. That was pretty scary. 353 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 2: My question is, now that we're nearing the end of 354 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:33,719 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, what has been your most memorable moment 355 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 2: of wrestling this year? 356 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:46,239 Speaker 1: Oh man, that's that's a tough one. We watch, you know, 357 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: eight hours of wrestling a week. That's not including the 358 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 1: pay per views and premium live events, so there's a lot, 359 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: a lot a lot going on, and I want to 360 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: make sure I get the year right. 361 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 2: Even they also say, do you have any iconic storylines 362 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 2: or moments that had you really pumped, fired up, or 363 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 2: jumping out of your seat to go with that question. 364 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: I mean, there was a moment between MJF and will 365 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: Ospray that I thought was overlooked by almost everybody that 366 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 1: was so smart when will Ospray says, you're jealous that 367 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: these people cheer for me, and Max responded with they 368 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:28,479 Speaker 1: used to cheer for me before you showed up. And 369 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: I thought, for a heel to be that vulnerable and 370 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: petty at the same time was so smart. I wanted 371 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: that storyline to last a lot longer than it did, 372 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: and it definitely could have. And I hope these two 373 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: meet up again next year for something and have some 374 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 1: reason to fight, because that storyline was not long enough 375 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: for what those two can do on the microphone. But 376 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: the signing of will Ospray and his debut in aew 377 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: just with his song and his entrants alone, I was 378 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: really excited because I wasn't as hip to him as 379 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: the rest of you were. I was just getting hip 380 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 1: to him as he was getting signed and starting to 381 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: watch stuff on Instagram and saw him do the flip 382 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 1: where they did the edit with the super Saiyan hair 383 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: when he lands like that. Was my introduction to will 384 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: Osprey was he was a super Saiyan, so I got 385 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: really excited for that. I thought he did great. I 386 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: thought when Triple H kind of shit on him and 387 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: Ousprey took the opportunity to shit back, I thought that 388 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 1: was really smart. Most of the time, I don't agree 389 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: with that, but the way he handled it was with 390 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: such I don't know is dignity the right word grace. 391 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,439 Speaker 1: He's a gruff, gruff guy, so I don't know how 392 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 1: often we applied dignity and grace to a tough guy. 393 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: But that's how he handled it. He shipped on him 394 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,919 Speaker 1: a little. He's like, hey man, he done some shady 395 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: stuff too, my brother, so just don't forget about that. 396 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: I'm not hating on you. It's just you hit me once, 397 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna hit you once back. And he gave as 398 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: he got, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. 399 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: So I've liked what he's brought to the table and 400 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: what he's brought to the game so far, and I 401 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: wish him and aw a lot of success because I 402 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: don't want to see these these guys and girls go anywhere. 403 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 2: He did it with a lot of bruughness. I want 404 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: to say, a lot of it, a lot of the problem. 405 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 2: Brooker also mentions I didn't want this to go on. 406 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 2: Read that I know you're no longer in Australia, but 407 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 2: mentioned that if you know, if you're still in Australia, 408 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 2: are you doing any meeting greets from a fellow Aussie fan. 409 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: No, meet and greets in Australia, man, I was just 410 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: there to work, no conventions or anything like that. My 411 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: friend was directing the movie. She also co wrote the movie. 412 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: I was out there to kick ass for her, do 413 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: my thing we got. We don't finish the movie until February. 414 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: We shoot a little more in Los Angeles, so I 415 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: have some time to kill in between. Yeah, no meet 416 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 1: and greets. Out there just out there trying to kick 417 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: as much ass as I possibly can and bring the 418 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: best performance possible at camera. 419 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 2: And this question that Snacks goes along with that, what 420 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 2: was the what is the process of getting such an 421 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 2: iconic franchise like I know what should did last summer 422 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 2: back in theaters. 423 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: Again, Dude, I passed the first time they brought it 424 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: to me. I didn't want to do it. I passed 425 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: when they brought the news She's all that to me 426 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: because originally She's all that script was super inorganic for 427 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 1: me and Rachel to be in it. I was just like, 428 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: you're just forcing us into these roles and it's not 429 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: even the characters we played in the first one. You're 430 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: like acting like they didn't exist, and they're the reason 431 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: people liked the movie. They related to the characters, and 432 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: they're like, well, we think it'd be cool for you 433 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: to be the principle, and I was like, yeah, that's 434 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: not happening. Miramax just totally screwed this whole that whole 435 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: thing up from my perspective, like it just felt forced 436 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: and weak, and I think matt ended up playing the 437 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: role that they that they offered me, but I just 438 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: didn't respond to what they were trying to do in 439 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: any way, shape or form. And I assumed it would 440 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: be the same with I Know what you did last summer, 441 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: and so when they first brought it to me, I 442 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 1: was like, pass, No, don't even want to read it. 443 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: Didn't have the best experience, you know in the first place, 444 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: don't need to revisit it. I think this stuff can 445 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: be really lame, and it's going to be forced and inorganic, 446 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,479 Speaker 1: and shitty didn't even give it a chance. And then 447 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: a few months later my wife said, Hey, our friend 448 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: jen Is has taken over. She's going to direct the 449 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: movie and co write it. And I was like, oh, 450 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: that's interesting. She was like, yeah, she wants to talk 451 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: to you, and I was like, oh no, And so 452 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: she I take the meeting and we sit and talk 453 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: and she starts pitching the Ray and the Julie characters 454 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: and it's not like forced or inorganic at all. It's 455 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: very natural and where they are in their lives now 456 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: at this point, and how they're going to help shape 457 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 1: this story. And these new characters that are the focal 458 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: point of the movie, these these new young people. And 459 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: she approached the characters with such care and respect that 460 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: it was a very not a very easy yes, but 461 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: much easier to say yes than I thought it would be, 462 00:23:54,760 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: because the characters were protected and and they weren't, you know, 463 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: they weren't the leads of the movie, which is fine, 464 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: I don't care about that, but they were still important. 465 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: It wasn't just hey, let's get all the equity that 466 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 1: Freddy built up in the nineties and get a chance 467 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: to market it and get older people to come see 468 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: a horror movie too, not just young people like that's 469 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: what she's all. That felt like when they offered it, 470 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: and this felt the opposite. So it became much easier 471 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: to come in and jump in. That might not answer 472 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: your question exactly the way you phrased it, but I 473 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: don't know if I can answer it any better because 474 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: I don't. You know, the only other film I've done 475 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: that was sort of like a franchise was Scooby, and 476 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: I know I wouldn't. I wouldn't do that again. It's 477 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 1: organically it just wouldn't. It just wouldn't work. And I 478 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: don't love Warner Brothers. I'll just leave it at that. 479 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: I'm sure their feeling as mutual, or at least it 480 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: was back then. It's probably all new people now. Actually no, 481 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 1: there's still somebody there that probably doesn't like me. But yeah, 482 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: so this felt natural and nothing felt forced. So it 483 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: was an easy yes. Whereas you know in the past, 484 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: when these things have happened, or the way I project 485 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: things will happen in the future on other projects, it's 486 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: a very easy no. 487 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: Do you need to get permission to use the name 488 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 2: of the film. Are there a lot of steps into that, 489 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 2: like into you know, bringing a film back up from 490 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 2: the dead. 491 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: Basically, no, I mean it's it's still the same person 492 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 1: that owned the rights is still involved with this one. 493 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: So there's no there's no process at all. That only 494 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 1: exists when you're originally getting the rights from Judy Bloom 495 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 1: herself back in the nineties when we first got it, 496 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: and that only got that only was was purchased and approved. 497 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: Because this is successive Scream. Without Scream, there is no 498 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: I Know what you did last summer. A lot of 499 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 1: people confuse them and think, I Know what you did 500 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: came out first. We wouldn't have been greenlit if Screen 501 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: didn't make a bazillion dollars. Kevin Williamson, who wrote Scream, 502 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 1: adapted I Know What You Did Last Summer from the 503 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: book to the movie. The movie's much different than the book. 504 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: I think it's much better than the book. There's not 505 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:05,719 Speaker 1: a lot of action in the book. But yeah, there 506 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: is no I Know what You did without Scream. And 507 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: that's kind of how horror works, you know. It goes 508 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: on these ten year runs where one movie opens the 509 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: door for a bunch of movies, and then they kind 510 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: of water down the movie that got them all the 511 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 1: opportunity until they're no longer valuable, and then the business 512 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 1: gives up on them the second half of that decade, 513 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 1: and then a new movie comes out, made by a 514 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: new director or sometimes an old school director with a 515 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: new lease on life and finds a new idea, and 516 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 1: they're trying to outdo what the other directors have done before. 517 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 1: And that's why it evolves so much more quickly than 518 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: every other type of movie, because these directors are constantly like, well, crap, 519 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,439 Speaker 1: I can't do this because people have already yelled and screamed. 520 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: They're not going to see the same scare twice since 521 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 1: I got to find a new way to scare people. 522 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 1: That's why James Wand turned I Know You Did Last 523 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: Summer into a comedy and nobody screams anymore. They laugh 524 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 1: at it because you know, he's making these morality horror 525 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: films right where it's like, if you want to escape, 526 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: can you chew off your own ankle like a wolf? Like? 527 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: You know? It just it just changed the way we 528 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,239 Speaker 1: looked at horror, which was really really cool. I love 529 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: James on I'm not shitting on him, but fuck that guy. 530 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, man, So as far as like being a 531 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: part of a franchise, you have to approach it with respect, right, 532 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: But I think most actors are approaching their roles with respect. 533 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: Most actors and most directors aren't going to go, well, 534 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make this so much better than the original. 535 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: You know, you go in there with respect and love 536 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: for the original, and in doing so you have a 537 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: chance to maybe have it better received or maybe not. 538 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: But if you go in there and I know, I've 539 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: seen some actors and some directors say, oh, I didn't 540 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: even watch the source material or I didn't even read 541 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: the book, And it's just like, if you think that's 542 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 1: making you sound cool, you're wrong, Like it just makes 543 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: you sound ill prepared and lazy, Like why wouldn't you 544 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: want to have as much as well? I want to 545 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: go in fresh. You're gonna have your own ideas based 546 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: on how you were raised, and you receive information like 547 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: it's your perform no matter what. But it's intelligent to 548 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: show respect to the material that you were offered because 549 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: usually it's something that people plan on being super successful 550 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: because it's an intellectual property. It's an idea that someone 551 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: had that was successful and that a studio believes they 552 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: can make money on, so maybe give it a view. 553 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:19,719 Speaker 1: I read the book for I Note you did last summer, 554 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 1: and I watched the cartoons for Scooby Doo, and I 555 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,920 Speaker 1: would approach any sort of franchise thing the same way. 556 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: So I think that's the best way to approach the franchise. 557 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,400 Speaker 1: If that should answer your question completely. Yeah, that was good. 558 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: This last one is not really a question. It comes 559 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: from Matt Teals nineteen ninety five. Man. 560 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 2: I really wanted to say thank you, and it was 561 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 2: lovely to meet you in Australia. I'm a huge fan 562 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 2: of the podcast. They met you in Australia Seals nineteen 563 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 2: ninety five. 564 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: Dude, why didn't you say where we met? Matt? I 565 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,719 Speaker 1: met a handful of people in Australia that said they 566 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: were fans of the podcast, and it was tripping me out. 567 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: We were getting so much love in Australia. I had 568 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: like four people come up to me and be like, hey, 569 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: I like the podcast. One guy said fuck Jeff for 570 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: real some Australia. I was like, fuck that Jeff guy, 571 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: But you're all right. Man, I thought i'd hate you. 572 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: I was like, well, I appreciate that you don't hate me. 573 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: But Jeff's all right, dude, He's like, I'm sure he's fine. 574 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's fine. But if that guy so he 575 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: got mad at Jeff for something, But yeah, man, thanks 576 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: for the shout out, thanks for the love. I appreciate it. 577 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: Australia is one of my favorite places in the world. 578 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: We shot the first Scooby Doo there and I lived 579 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: there for five months. We were there, I didn't get 580 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: to bring my dog because you guys have crazy quarantine laws. 581 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: Your dog has to be quarantined for six months, or 582 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: at least back then they did. I'm like, man, I'm 583 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: only out here for five I can't do that. So 584 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: I didn't get to see my boy Tyson. He was 585 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: this one hundred and twenty pound akita. He was such 586 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: a stud and he was all muscle. You're like, one 587 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 1: hundred twenty pounds. Was he fat? No, he wasn't fat. 588 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: He was spelt baby. And I missed him so much. 589 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: But we were in the Gold Coast, which is like, 590 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: if you like gambling or golf, it's amazing. But if 591 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: you don't it's not that cool. And I was in 592 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: my twenties and not into either of those things because 593 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: I'm not in my sixties. And so I would cruise 594 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,479 Speaker 1: down to Sydney every single weekend and that was my city, 595 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: that was my vibe, those were my people. I snuck 596 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: up north to the hilaria called Noosa and served some 597 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: nice slow rollers. But when I was there, not this trip, 598 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: I didn't have time. But on the first Scooby because 599 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,479 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of scenes were just Shaggy and Scooby, 600 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: I didn't have to be in those scenes, so I 601 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: had days off. But yeah, I love it out there. 602 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: It's such a beautiful country. The food's good, the people 603 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: are good, the weather's good. The driving's crazy. But the 604 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 1: driving in La is way worse, So I don't know 605 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: I'm bitching about that. Holy shit, I almost died right 606 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: when I got off the plane leaving the airport, like 607 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: three different times, almost in three car accidents. It's just 608 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: people at La sucker driving so bad. But yeah, shout 609 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,479 Speaker 1: out to Australia. I love you guys. You've turned out 610 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: some pretty awesome wrestlers over the years. Not talking about 611 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: Nathan Jones, talking about Kyle Fletcher, Baby Kyle Fletcher. Nathan 612 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: Joe was awesome in Ongbach though I don't know if 613 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 1: you guys have seen Bach. It's this movie with this 614 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: guy named Tony Jai or Tony ja He does like 615 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: muy Thai in his movies. He's like the Jackie Chann 616 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: of Thailand. And he did this movie where these people 617 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: were stealing his elephants and like selling him to Zeus 618 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: and he's like, yo, fuck Zoo's fuck you and Nathan 619 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,719 Speaker 1: Jones is like, no, fuck you and he beats him up. 620 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: And then at the end of the movie he comes 621 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: back and he beats Nathan Jones. Is huge at Nathan 622 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: Jones is like six ' eight, like three hundred and 623 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: five pounds of just pure muscle against Tony Jai, who's 624 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: like a buck fifty five little muay Thai guy, maybe 625 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: like five four or five five. And he has to 626 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: like just do everything muy Thai can do to beat 627 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: your ass, and he does and he beats up Nathan Jones. 628 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: So you lost, Nathan Jones. Suck it, Kyle Fletcher for life. 629 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: That's the end of our episode, y'all. Thanks for listening. 630 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: Happy holidays, peace. This has been a production of Iheart's 631 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: Michael Toura podcast Network. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit 632 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to 633 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: your favorite shows.