1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: Why from the Parts Unknown Studios into the Battle Crowd, 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: Battle the Battle Found. 3 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 2: The Battle Crowd. 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Battleground Podcast, your place for all things 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: pro wrestling. 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: The Battle the Battle. 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: Round now making their way to the microphones. Give it 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: up for your hosts. 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Battle Crown. 10 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 3: What's up you guys? 11 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: Welcome into iHeartRadio's official wrestling podcast, the Battleground Podcast. And 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 2: it is a big week in Nashville coming up, and uh, 13 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 2: well there's a lot of things going on, and if 14 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 2: you're a pro wrestling fan, you know everything that's been happening. 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 2: I'm gonna bring in my co host, Eli, because we're 16 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 2: all pretty pumped about everything that's going on surrounding that weekend. 17 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: I mean, we were texting back and forth once we 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: found out the announcement of star Cast is gonna be. 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 3: A Nashville Yeah, kind of a no brain. I mean 20 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 3: I was at the original star Cast. I went to 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 3: All In in Chicago, and that's where I met Arn 22 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 3: Anderson and I've told that story a million times. He 23 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,559 Speaker 3: signed my belt and it's. 24 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 4: An incredible event. 25 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 3: I mean, if you if you just do that the weekend, 26 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 3: you'll leave fulfilled. I mean it is incredible. It's kind 27 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 3: of like a comic con for wrestling fans. And with 28 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: all the panels. They just announced the last week the 29 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 3: bunk House Brawl. Uh, and I mean yeah, just a 30 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 3: lot of stuff going on. 31 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: Definitely for sure. 32 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: And of course you can still grab tickets. It's star 33 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: Cast with not one but two ours starcast dot com. 34 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: You can get all the details there and uh, joining 35 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: us on the show, the Podfather, the guy behind star Cast, 36 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 2: mister Conrad Thompson, joins us. I was gonna say, hey, hey, 37 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: it's Conrad Thompson, but that's your slogan. 38 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: I'll allow it. Thank you the opportunity to come on. 39 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 2: Thanks for coming on. 40 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 4: You're kind of like the mayor. 41 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 3: You're kind of like the mayor and pro wrestling like everybody, 42 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 3: Like if we mentioned Conrad, they're like, oh, I call 43 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 3: you know what I mean, Like you're kind of shaking 44 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 3: hands and kissing babies. 45 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate you saying that. I don't know what 46 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: I'm doing, but I'm trying hard. Man. 47 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 2: Whatever you're doing, it's working because US wrestling fans are 48 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 2: every day waiting for a new episode of something coming 49 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 2: out from one of your mini podcasts. 50 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 3: That you do, and of course your podcast Empire. 51 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: Yes, your podcast Empire. 52 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: I appreciate. 53 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 2: That's what he's called the podfather, you know. So let's 54 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: talk about Starcast. Let's kind of go back and I 55 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 2: go back to the the I guess the beginning of 56 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 2: starcast your this is your baby correct. 57 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: Sure, we'll go with that. 58 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: So for some people that don't know what starcast is, 59 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 2: kind of give them like a quick synopsis of how 60 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: this started and what was it about the first one, 61 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 2: of course that Eli was at. 62 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: So in late twenty seventeen, there started to be a 63 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: lot of chatter that Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks 64 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: we're going to try to one up Dave Meltzer's challenge, 65 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: if you will, that they couldn't sell at ten thousand 66 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: seed Arena, and Cody said, I'll take that belt. And 67 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: there became a lot of talk and chatter that hey, 68 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: maybe they're going to try to put together a show. 69 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: And my wife and I went to Mexico for the 70 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: New Year and hung out for her birthday, and we 71 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: came back through the Atlanta airport through customs, and I 72 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: happened to see someone standing there in a New Japan 73 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: jumpsuit with a hoodie on, and I did a double 74 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,399 Speaker 1: take and I thought, wait a minute, I think that's 75 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: Brandy standing next to that individual. I think that's Cody, 76 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: but I'm not sure. We'll fast forward and about two 77 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: hours later I got a DM that said, hey man, 78 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: were you just in customs in Atlanta? And so we 79 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: started going back and forth and I said, hey man, 80 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: I got an idea I want to pitch you, and 81 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: he goes okay, and I said, if you guys are 82 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: really going to do this all in arena show and 83 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 1: try to put ten thousand people in the room, what 84 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: if we made it a destination and what if that 85 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: was a convention surrounding your event? And I said, hey, 86 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: if you guys don't sort of do one yourselves, somebody 87 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: might do it and you don't have any ConTroll or 88 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: influence over it. And said, okay, well that's an interesting idea. 89 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: Can you put something on paper and I'll show the bucks? 90 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: So I did. He hit me back the next day 91 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: and said, hey man, they really like it, but one 92 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: caveat no wrestling. We want this to be the only 93 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: wrestling show. And I said, wow, that's fair enough. So 94 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: we started working together and Cody and I became really 95 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: really good friends during that time, and I'm really proud 96 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: of that original starcast. I mean, I'll be honest, I 97 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: had absolutely no freaking clue what I was doing. I 98 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: had never done it before. You know, I've done a 99 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: lot of business in the mortgage world before, and I 100 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: had done a lot of podcasts, but I'd never put 101 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: together an event, you know, with meat and greets and 102 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: lines and ticketing, and that was just it was overwhelming 103 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: and one of the worst weekends in my life, but 104 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: one of the most rewarding because everywhere I went people 105 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 1: were thanking me for putting together what they were calling 106 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: the Woodstock of wrestling. So I realized, man, this this 107 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: was kind of fun, but it was out of my system. 108 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: And then fast forward a few months and what do 109 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: you know, aw became a thing, and Tony Kahn was 110 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: as a friend of mine, and he asked me to 111 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: come do the press conference in Jacksonville and we sort 112 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: of kicked off eight w and they said, Hey, we 113 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: really want to run our first show, and it sure 114 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: would be cool if you did one of those conventions 115 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: for it. Our cast two in Las Vegas, and then 116 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: we did it again for three, and did it again 117 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: for four, and then the pandemic happened. We took a 118 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: couple of years off, and when I saw it was 119 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: a stadium show coming to Nashville and no Wrestle Con 120 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: and no Wrestle Cade, thought, oh man, it's just two 121 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: hours away. I said, I wasn't doing this anymore, but 122 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: it's just two hours away and there's gonna be right 123 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: seventy thousand fans or we thought at the time maybe, 124 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: And I still had, you know something in me that said, 125 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: I gotta deliver the roast of Rick Flair. We had 126 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: teased that, we had promoted that that was the plan 127 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: for it to happen in Vegas. He wound up being 128 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 1: hospitalized and we couldn't pull it off. But somehow, someway 129 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: we pulled it off. And me being me, I thought, well, 130 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: what are we going to do Sunday? I mean, there's 131 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: no Summer Slam. And I decided, hey, what if we 132 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: did a super show, like a super indie show. And 133 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: then eventually someone pitched me an idea that said, don't 134 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 1: you think it's a little off putting, It's a little 135 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 1: disappointing that a lot of wrestlers have their last match 136 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: and don't know it's their last match, you know, like 137 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: when Kobe Bryant had his last game, we knew a 138 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: season ahead of time. Yeah, a farewell tour and every 139 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: city he played in people could celebrate him. But a 140 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: lot of times a guy just has his last match 141 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: and did not know that. 142 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, And it could be a throwaway, it could be 143 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 3: a crappy match, it could be in front of one 144 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 3: hundred people. 145 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 4: You never know. 146 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: Well, So the thing that really stuck out to me 147 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: is I was doing a podcast with Eric Bischoff earlier 148 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: in the year and we talked about Hulk Hogan and 149 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: t and A I don't know, fifteen years ago or 150 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: whatever it was, and he had his very last match 151 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: in the UK and a random six man tag, no 152 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: cameras present, and he never wrestled again. And then I 153 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: did Hulk Coven's last match wasn't out of rest, it 154 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: wasn't out a Summer Slam. It wasn't even in America, 155 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: it wasn't in New York City, it wasn't in Tampa. 156 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,239 Speaker 1: It was somewhere in Europe in a six man tag 157 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: with no cameras. And I thought that this doesn't seem right. 158 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: And anyway, as long as I've known Rick, every few 159 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: months he would hit me up, and you know, we 160 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: would be hanging out and casually he would just bring 161 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: it up. Hey what if? So I said, Hey man, 162 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: what if? And before I finished the sentence, I'm in 163 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: so right. I thought I would never promote wrestling. I 164 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: swore I would never promote wrestling, and now I am. 165 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: And it just so happens to be Rick Flair's last match. 166 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: So no pressure, guys. 167 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:38,679 Speaker 4: No no pressure. 168 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 3: Let's just go to the Mount Rushmore and pick one 169 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 3: and there you go go crazy. Yeah, And I think, 170 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 3: you know a lot of times when I tell my friends. 171 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: That maybe. 172 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 3: I don't remember how Cody refers to him, but you know, 173 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 3: grew up and then they kind of lost interest and 174 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 3: all that telling him about the weekend and Flair's last 175 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 3: match and everything, and the number one thing is like, 176 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 3: why the fuck he do that? 177 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 4: For the control? 178 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 3: He this is his way to do it exactly. This 179 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 3: whole weekend is going to be a celebration with the roast, 180 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 3: the Four Horsemen reunion, his final match. I mean, it's 181 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 3: it's it's kind of like you said, like Kobe's the 182 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 3: year plan of the fair. Even I'm a big Cardinals 183 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 3: Fansel Poohols in the home run derby, I mean, he 184 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 3: had a monster reception, didn't win it, but still it's 185 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: just kind of their farewell and all that kind of stuff. 186 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 3: So I can't really fault him for that at all, 187 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 3: because you're absolutely right. 188 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 4: I mean they could. 189 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 3: They could wrestle a house match and then they get 190 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 3: back and then they're cut and then boom, that's it. 191 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 4: They're done wrestling. I mean, you just have no control 192 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 4: over it. 193 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, here's the thing for me. As we're 194 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: recording this, the Rolling Stones are touring m why. 195 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly, It's in their blood. 196 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,719 Speaker 1: A lot of people who are against the idea of 197 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 1: Rick wrestling said, oh, he must need the money, all reckon, 198 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: Mick Jagger needs the money, right, No, he's doing it. 199 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: I mean Rick could comfortably retire just on his cameo 200 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: earnings much less. He is the highest autograph circuit rate 201 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: of anyone. I know. That was a big offerar recently 202 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: about another star who's in that business now, when people 203 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 1: were saying, you believe they charged that much for Rix 204 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: is almost double so he's fine. Yeah, this is more 205 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 1: about the glory and he wants to be on that 206 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: stage and walk that aisle and be Rick Flair one 207 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: last time. And given the fact that since he wrestled 208 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: last he lost his son and he nearly lost his life, 209 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: and man, what's wrong with being Rick Flair one more time? Exactly? 210 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: I'm all for it, his doctors for it. He feels 211 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: like he can do it. He's comfortable, his doctor's comfortable. 212 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: Let's go, man, We're gonna have some fun in July 213 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: thirty first at Rick Flair's last match dot com definitely 214 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: for sure. 215 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 2: And you talk about Rick Flair's autograph and I've got, 216 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 2: you know, several autograph stuff from Rick and you know, 217 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 2: like you said, he doesn't need the money. I was 218 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 2: there in an autograph signing last year in Franklin when 219 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 2: he was cutting cameos while he was signing stuff like 220 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 2: there's no reason, but it's that's That's what's the We've 221 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 2: talked about this on our show before. That's what's hard 222 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 2: with the the IWC, the Internet wrestling community, the cessful 223 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: of people because you know, everybody saw that, hey, this 224 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 2: is Rick's last match, then you've got those negative nancies 225 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 2: over here, like why is he doing this like you said, or. 226 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: Well, what what's gonna happen? 227 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,959 Speaker 2: Or I think I was reading something on one of 228 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 2: the Reddit message boards was like, I can't wait to 229 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 2: watch this ship show. 230 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's I mean not even given giving it a chance, 231 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 3: and I mean it's just well. 232 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 2: And I've watched the videos of him, you know, before 233 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: the whole thing went down with Jay. 234 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: Lethal, I watched the videos. 235 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 2: He was in there taking bumps like it was nothing. 236 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I would not have guessed his age with some 237 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 3: of those bumps, Like, wait, is even his seventies? Is 238 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 3: what's going on here? So but I think it's just 239 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 3: with the with the backing of the doctors, I think 240 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 3: a lot of people are feeling more comfortable about it. 241 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 3: You know, I think there was I think the main 242 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 3: concern was his health obviously, and since he seems to 243 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 3: have a clean bill of health for the match, I mean, 244 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 3: why not let's roll. 245 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think it's his call. You know. 246 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: I know that there was a couple of pretty vocal 247 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: people who tried to motivate you know, local municipalities and 248 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: things like that and get them to stop this. But 249 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: the reality is it's up to Rick and you know, 250 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: that's this is America. This is what we do. And 251 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: and on some level, I know that a lot of 252 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: people are going to be upset with this. But what's 253 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: the difference between some of these touring acts who are 254 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: all over the world and playing their ass off and 255 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: losing twelve pounds of sweat and height and all this 256 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: performing their shows, and Rick doing his thing. It's a 257 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: tag match, guys. If you're expecting a five, six or 258 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: seven star Affairs, Yeah, Kenny Omega AJ style, Brian Daniels 259 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: and hard hitting, that's not what this is going to be. 260 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 4: Forty five minute iron Man, We're not getting at her. 261 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: You know, I've become pretty good friends with with Brian 262 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 1: James in the last year, and he he often says 263 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: the money is in the moments. And when people talk 264 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: about you know, let's talk about hul Cogan and the Rock. 265 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: That's Cody Roads, who we talked about earlier. That's his 266 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: favorite match ever. Is it his favorite match because of 267 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: the high spots, because of the hot, flashy moves, because 268 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 1: of the false finishes, or because of the moments. I mean, 269 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: there were so many great moments from all in and 270 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: I know you guys were there, But to me, the 271 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: real main event was Cody and Nick Allless. Not what 272 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: went on, but when those guys just stood across from 273 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: each other and looked at each other, and the crowd 274 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: just got louder and louder and louder, and they looked 275 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: to the left, and they looked to the right, and 276 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: they just got louder and louder and louder. There wasn't 277 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: a Topey suicida, there was no seven to twenty, there 278 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: was no table spot. They were just ready for that moment. 279 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 4: That was a moment, and that was the moment. 280 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're going to get that moment at Rick Flair's 281 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: last match, probably several of them. Yeah, you know, are 282 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: you going to see you know, some sort of Jack 283 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: Evans style plancha? Lord, I hober things are gone awry 284 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: if that's the case. But yeah, you're gonna feel some emotion. 285 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 1: And I think we've captured some of that with the 286 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,599 Speaker 1: docu series that I hope you guys have seen. The 287 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 1: Last Match. Episode one and two were out now and 288 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: and episode three comes out this Monday at six o five. 289 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: And people are telling me that it makes them feel 290 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: and that's something they haven't had in wrestling in a 291 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: long time, and that makes me, you know, feel proud 292 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: of what we're doing. Absolutely. 293 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 3: I was going to ask you about the original all 294 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 3: in so I had a I was in a suite, 295 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 3: so I was kind of a way but umble Bragg Okay, yeah, 296 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 3: yeah's well, but you know that's one thing about like 297 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 3: that event, and then generally the aw stuff. 298 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 4: They the tickets are affordable. 299 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 3: I mean I've had fringside or like floor seats, d aw 300 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 3: that's a fraction of some of. 301 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 4: The other guys. But anyways, it was really just howffordable 302 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 4: it was. 303 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 3: But anyways, just being that far away and just when 304 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 3: they so Cody and Nick Aldus from twenty eighteen that 305 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 3: was my match of the Year for that year. And 306 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 3: I've told We've had Cody and I told him that, 307 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 3: I've told Nick that, told Billy Corgan that. I mean, 308 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 3: it was just I think it was because of almost 309 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 3: kind of approaching it like a fight, you know, watch match. 310 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 3: It was a big fight, feel absolutely, and I think 311 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 3: that kind of maybe speaking on Cody's behalf, but kind 312 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 3: of how the Rock and the Hogan, you know, who 313 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 3: would have thought we'd ever see that in our lifetimes? 314 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 4: And the same thing. 315 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 3: Who would have thought we'd see Cody fighting for the 316 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 3: same belt as Dad had. You know, there's so much 317 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 3: story there and you know, was it a five star match? 318 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 3: Probably not, But I mean just story itself and the moments, 319 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 3: you just can't put a price on it. We just 320 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 3: we don't get a lot of matches like that. We 321 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 3: get a lot of you know, incredible athletic events, you know, 322 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 3: spots and you know a lot of stuff like that, 323 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 3: but a lot of these just moments. 324 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 4: You just they are. 325 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 3: Few and far between, you know, absolutely, what do you so? 326 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 3: This is kind of a fun question. What is your 327 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 3: when a casual fan runs into you? I mean, what 328 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 3: is your reception with the casual fans? Because at the 329 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 3: heart you are a fan. But then you definitely have 330 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 3: a stature that most fans don't have. 331 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 4: You know, you know, most people respectful respective to you, 332 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 4: do they. 333 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 3: Hold resentment because you have all those belts that me 334 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 3: and battle want for. You know, like, what's your what's 335 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 3: your interaction with the common I mean the usually respectful or. 336 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: What Well, first of all, I don't know what that 337 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: means like everybody else. I mean, I think people who 338 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: put on airs and carry themselves better than their assholes, 339 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: and I hope to never be one of those people. 340 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: So but no, I've never had a bad, you know, 341 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: personal experience. You know, I'm sure if you did a 342 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: vanity search of my name on Twitter, you can find 343 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: a whole host of people who are fans or polite 344 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: or nice or whatever. But I don't care. You know 345 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: that that's that's kind of a that comes with the territory. 346 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: You're going to be a public person, then you're gonna 347 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: share your opinions. People are gonna share their opinions about you. 348 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: But I'm not doing what I'm doing for those people. 349 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: Those people anyway. 350 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Well for the course, they'll they'll they'll they'll 351 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 3: ut least the venom online. 352 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 4: But in person it's all. 353 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 2: You know, they'll come up and ask you for a selfie. 354 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: Yeah well yeah, and by the way, they should. I mean, like, 355 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, why not, Like, you know, you know, the 356 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: belt comment makes me laugh because you know, I am 357 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: a belt nerd, and in that community, there's there's a 358 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: thing called cafe belts where you get these belts and 359 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: then you don't tell anybody you have them, and you 360 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: don't share them with anyone in there just for you. 361 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: And I've always thought that was kind of dumb, Like 362 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: you know, I uh, I think we're all supposed to 363 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: be in this together. You know. Growing up, I had 364 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: one wrestling friend, uh and I still have that friend today, 365 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: and we have almost nothing else in common but yeah, wrestling, 366 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: And we have very different opinions about what good wrestling are. 367 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: But we're still friends and in our forties now, and 368 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: and the thing that is the nective tissue between me 369 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: and Clint from Hershie is wrestling and nothing else but 370 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: but that that's enough. And if that's enough, then then 371 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: everybody who's watching the same stuff I watch, man, we 372 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: can get together. So it does annoy me when I 373 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: see fans who try to combine wrestling and politics, or 374 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: wrestling and religion, or wrestling any sort of polarizing issues. 375 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 1: And I understand that there's a lot of folks who 376 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 1: have a big following who say, hey, I want to 377 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: use my platform to share my truth and all that, 378 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: and hey, man, have at it, you do you? I 379 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 1: just want to talk about fun stuff and sell stuff, 380 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: and hey, y'all want to come meet some wrestlers and 381 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: play with some old ring used belts and see some 382 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: panel discussions and see Rick Flair wrestle one last time. 383 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,959 Speaker 1: That's what I'm into as opposed to you know, I 384 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: hate this guy and here's why Stolberg and then fuck 385 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: him you. 386 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 2: Know, of course, speaking of I guess guys that you 387 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 2: want to say fuck him too. After listening to My 388 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 2: World this week with Jeff Jerry, boy, there was. 389 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: Him, there was I was. 390 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 2: I was sitting there listening to it and I was like, 391 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 2: how is this going to play out? Because we had 392 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: just finished watching the second episode of the docu series 393 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 2: leading up to the last match Jared pulled that crap 394 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 2: in the parking lot. I was like, this is gonna 395 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 2: be interesting to see how this is going to play 396 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 2: out on the podcast. 397 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: And boy, you came in and gave. 398 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 3: Zero bucks when you started that episode. 399 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: Well, you know, it's a little annoying. You know, when 400 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: you first start dating someone, you send your representative. That's 401 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: why I've always explained it to someone. So like, I 402 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: have a friend who's probably watching this who recently got divorced, congratulations, 403 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: But he has a basement field with old wrestling stuff 404 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: like old Steiner jackets and all kinds of belts, really 405 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: cool stuff. But that's probably not something you show somebody 406 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 1: on your first date. You know, right, he's into that, 407 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: and you're probably also not you know, passing gas or 408 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: you know, sharing crazy opinions. You're on your behavior. 409 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like. 410 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: That's the Jeff Jarrett that I've done business with for 411 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: the last year and a half. You know, if you 412 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: follow Jeff Jarrett on social you wake up every day 413 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: to a barrage of all this positive thinking stuff. But 414 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: now you see the real Jeff Jarrett, which is a selfish, 415 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: self centered, arrogant, cocky thinks his shit don't stink, needs 416 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: his ass whipped kind of dude, and he's going to 417 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: tote an old fashioned country ass whipping July thirty first 418 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: at the Municipal Audatorium. 419 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 2: Boy, I'd hate to be Jeff jarreted or j Lethal 420 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 2: right about now. 421 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: So, and the thing is, like, you know, it's it's 422 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: all fun and games when it's two on one with 423 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: a seventy three year old with a sucker punch in 424 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: a parking hut. It's another thing when Andrade is in there. 425 00:19:55,040 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: And Jeff had some unfair and impolite comments that I'm 426 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,280 Speaker 1: sure when many figures out what was said. He's going 427 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: to be none too happy about. He's an eye for 428 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: an eye kind of dude. 429 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 3: So without a doubt, and one of the best in 430 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 3: the world currently, so you know that doesn't hurt. So 431 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 3: this is we're kind of interested about this. And if 432 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 3: you can't reveal too much, you know, because yeah, I 433 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 3: won't take any offensive. 434 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 4: So can you kind of clarify I guess? 435 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,479 Speaker 3: So we're really confused when a lot of these events 436 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 3: came up under the Crockett Promotions. 437 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 4: I mean I was under the assumption Vince owned all 438 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 4: that stuff. 439 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: He does not. 440 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 4: Now is that just the name and then. 441 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 3: He owns Vince owns the video or does Crockett own 442 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 3: the video? Like, can you kind of shed some light 443 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 3: on that? 444 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 1: So, uh, Jim Crockett Promotions sold to Ted Turner and 445 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: they created World Championship Wrestling, and so all of the 446 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: intellectual property, specifically the video, the rings, the contracts, all 447 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: of that was then sold to Vince McMahon for Nichols 448 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: and he's owned it ever since. But a trademark is 449 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: a funny thing. If you don't use it, you lose it, 450 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: and they didn't use it. So we have a resident 451 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: gimmick attorney mister Mike Dawkins. Oh yeah, and he's helped 452 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: me secure quite a few trademarks, and I've introduced him 453 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,120 Speaker 1: to I don't know, one hundred and fifty wrestlers. 454 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 4: Wrestling with every day. 455 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I said, hey, man, hypothetically, what if? And 456 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 1: he checked and it was available And around that same, 457 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: you know, last year in twenty twenty one, Tony Shavanni 458 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: and I went episodically week by week through nineteen eighty 459 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: six of Jim Crockett promotions, and I have to admit 460 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: I never saw that stuff. I didn't start watching wrestling 461 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: until eighty eight. I'd seen clips, but I certainly didn't 462 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: have the proper contexts that I got last year. And 463 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: through the course of that we would have David Crockett 464 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: on as a guest, and David Crockett would have was 465 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: having so much fun in wrestling. We became fast friends, 466 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 1: and it became very apparent that he really really missed it. 467 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: And I think once upon a time he thought, man, 468 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: it might be fun to do some stuff with AW 469 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: or the NWA. But I knew that he really really 470 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 1: wanted to do it one last time, and I loved 471 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 1: his excitement and enthusiasm for calling the show, and I 472 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: know that Tony Shavanni just had a blast working with him, 473 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: so I pitched him, and I pitched Tony Shavanni on, hey, 474 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: let's get the band back together and do one more. 475 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 1: And I don't know who was more excited about that idea, 476 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: David Crockett or Rick Flair, because David jumped at the chance. 477 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: So technically, since I'm the one who had the account, 478 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: I guess if you will with the attorney Mike Knwkins, 479 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: I am half owner of Jim Crockett Promotions, but I've 480 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: told mister Crockett on August first, it's one hundred percent his. 481 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: I'm trying to steal his family's legacy or anything like that, 482 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: but I just know if I'm going to be the 483 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 1: person helping signed some of these contracts and put together things, 484 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,679 Speaker 1: and I probably need to have my name on some stuff, 485 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: but it's one hundred percent his come August first. And 486 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: if I'm honest with you, I don't know that he 487 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: wants that to. 488 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 3: Be the end, you know, That's what it doesn't seem like. 489 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of fun and he's wondering, hey, what if? 490 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: But just speaking for me, I don't know that that 491 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: I want to keep doing this. This is a lot 492 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: with fifteen podcasts and a mortgage company, and I'm trying 493 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: to remodel a house and got two kids going to 494 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: college and a wife who still likes to see me occasionally. 495 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: So there's a lot going on and this has been 496 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. But I don't know how we 497 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: follow this realistically. I mean, maybe we'll try someday, but 498 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 1: it's going to have to be the right circumstance, the 499 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: right time, the right idea. But at least for now, 500 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: this is going to be the ECW equivalent for, you know, 501 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: one night Stand, the transformative weekend for me as a 502 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: wrestling fan. I didn't have proper closure for ECW. I 503 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: didn't know it was going to close. Most of them 504 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: in Pine Bluff, Arkansas probably didn't know this is the 505 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,479 Speaker 1: last one. Maybe they did, but it just wasn't fitting. 506 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: That wasn't how they were supposed to go out. So 507 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 1: when they announced ECW's One night Stand, I was twenty 508 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: four in a front row seat was one thousand bucks, 509 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: but I didn't care. I had to be there, so 510 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: I made the treck there and I actually managed to 511 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: find Jeremy Borash's email and begged him for an opportunity 512 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: to buy some front rows for Hardcore Homecoming and did 513 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: the double dip and got both And it was such 514 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: a cool experience to have that closure as an ECW fan. 515 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: New Crocket promotion fans never really got that, and I 516 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: don't think people realized how great it was until it 517 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: was gone. And now that it's been gone for a 518 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 1: long time, I want to be able to use some 519 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: of that old music, use that old set, use those 520 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: old announcers, use those old graphics, and well, who better 521 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 1: who's more synonymous with Jim Crockett Promotions than acts like 522 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: the Four Horsemen or the Rock and Roll Express or 523 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: Rick Flair. And they're all going to be there July 524 00:24:58,720 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: thirty first. 525 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 2: That's right, And of course you can still grab tickets 526 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,239 Speaker 2: at starcast dot com. That's where everything's at. You can 527 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 2: also go to Rick Flair's Lastmatch dot com. And I'm 528 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 2: looking at this, I mean, you got a stacked lineup 529 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 2: of who's who's and like you said earlier, this is 530 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 2: kind of like multi promotions in the events. And of course, 531 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 2: earlier in the week you talked about the bunk House 532 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 2: and then you just announced a new match. Can you 533 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 2: tell us about that one that you just recently announced. 534 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: Well, the Buckhouse Battle Royal is something that I was 535 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: really really proud of. I wanted to have a tip 536 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,719 Speaker 1: of the cap to the old school Jim Crockett promotions 537 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: big events, and throughout nineteen eighty five, nineteen eighty six, 538 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty seven, there were so many Buckhouse Stampedes. It 539 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: was a regular thing, not just on the big pay 540 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: per review that we saw in nineteen eighty eight, but 541 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: a lot of the live events. You know, there were 542 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: ten man, twelve man, fifteen man, twenty man, and I 543 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: just thought it was really cool. And since we do 544 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: have a lot of promotions, and someone asked me, maybe 545 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: it was Jeff on My World, he said, which promotions 546 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,479 Speaker 1: are involved? And I sort of tongue in cheek, funded 547 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: all of them. But I really can't think of many 548 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,120 Speaker 1: that we missed, right, And thanks to this Battle ORL, 549 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be able to check off a lot of 550 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: others and really make this what I feel like is 551 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: a woodstock of wrestling. So I'm really proud of the 552 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: bunk House Stampede, and we're kind of doing it to 553 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: honor one of our friends from my group chat that 554 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: has become effectuately known the Sad News Bears, something we 555 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 1: did with Adfree Shows dot Com but we lost Mark 556 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: Neilson earlier this year, somebody that we talked to, I 557 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: don't know, twenty times a day for eight years or 558 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: something silly. And we got an Austin Hall boot, So 559 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: the same type of boot that Dusty Rhodes wore, and 560 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: it's been completely bronzed. Wow, and it's gonna have his 561 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: m N initials on it and the rest of the 562 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: world won't know, but we'll know. And that's gonna be 563 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: our little thing. If we ever do another one of 564 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: these events, you can damn We'll bet there will be 565 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: a bunk house Battle Royal and that bronze boot will 566 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 1: live on. But the match that we're really excited that 567 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,840 Speaker 1: we just announced during aw Donald Mike is Jonathan Gresham, 568 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: who has been the Ring of Honor World Champion. He's 569 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 1: gonna be in a four way match with Taqushta, who 570 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: has gotten everyone's attention in a W one of the 571 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: biggest buzzword wrestlers in the game right now, freshly released 572 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 1: from a W is Alan Angels. He'll be in that 573 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: four way match as well. He's anxious to show everybody 574 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 1: what he can do outside of the a W temp 575 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 1: and out here on his own and then the round 576 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: and out. The four way is maybe the next big thing, 577 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: mister Nick Wayne. It's gonna be guns blazing, a super 578 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: independent match, the best of everything, maybe the next big 579 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: thing with Nick Wayne, maybe the best technical wrestler. And 580 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: mister Gresham uh, mister Allen Angels comes in, you know, 581 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: a fresh off of a little bit of controversy a 582 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: few years ago with that Kenny Omega match that Dave 583 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: Meltzer loved so much. He wants to show people he's 584 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: not a one trip pony and that he's got more 585 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 1: in the tank than what he had an opportunity to 586 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: show in a W And then of course, my goodness takesha. 587 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: I think by now everybody realizes we're he's going to 588 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: be a big star in years from now. I'll be 589 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: proud that to say that we had him on on 590 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 1: Rick Flair's last match. 591 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And you know, it's kind of funny because you're 592 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 3: kind of bouncing off that last dayment. Tony Kahan's been 593 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 3: finding these young stars. And I mean whether it's Wayne 594 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 3: Nick Wayne, what is he seventeen? Still sixteen, seventeen seventeen, 595 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 3: He's ridiculous. I mean, I wasn't good at anything at 596 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 3: his age, much less something like professional wrestling, you know. 597 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 3: But so I'm sorry going all over the place as 598 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 3: far as like maybe not necessarily like wrestling, like actual wrestling, 599 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 3: but the panels if you could direct traffic teamy, but 600 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 3: like if you could tell people like, look, if I 601 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 3: was you, I would check out this this weekend, Like 602 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 3: is there one kind of panel or live show you 603 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 3: really are excited about? You really would encourage people to 604 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 3: check out. 605 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: Well, if I'm honest with you, I think a lot 606 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: of that comes down to just, you know, realistically, what 607 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: are you into? You know, if you're if you're a 608 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: younger fan, you probably want to hear from Brian Danielson 609 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: and Claudio Kasticknley. If you're a collector, you probably want 610 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: to check out the Major Figure Wrestling podcast. But for me, 611 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: being the old school fan, you know what I really 612 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: want to sit down and watch is the last ride 613 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: of the Horseman. These guys have never been together on 614 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: the same stage like this ever before, and realistically, it 615 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: won't happen again. It's Rick Clair, it's Arn Anderson, it's 616 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: Lex Luger, it's Barry Wyndham, it's JJ Dillon, it's totally Blanchard. 617 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: If Allie Anderson was able to make public appearances, he 618 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: would have been there too. But those are all the 619 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: JCP horsemen and they're going to be there. We're calling 620 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: it one last ride for the Horseman. But if you're 621 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: an old school WWFN, I don't know that it gets 622 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: much bigger because I've been fortunate enough to have a 623 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: bunch of live shows over in the UK, and then 624 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: every time we're over there, all they do is talk 625 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: about Summer Slam nineteen ninety two, a fantastic event that 626 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: was with Brett Hart and Davy boy Smith. And we're 627 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: going to get to relive that with Brett. So that's 628 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: going to be really really special. And I'm proud, you know, 629 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 1: to do a little shameless plug here click this with 630 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: Kevin Nash. Is going to be fantastic. They just havebuted 631 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: their new podcast. It debuted very very strong. It started 632 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: out at number one. It's going to be represented there, 633 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: as is Mick Foley's podcast. Foley's pod. That'll be the 634 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: only event where I'm on stage and talking and running 635 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: my mouth. But I can't think of anybody I'd rather 636 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: be on the stage with the Nick Foley. I think 637 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: this will be the first time Page has a live 638 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: microphone and we'll hear from her. 639 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, that was a big get too, by the way, Thank. 640 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: You, thank you, and Johnny Gargano. Man, nobody knows what's 641 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: next for him. He seems to be maybe the biggest 642 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: free agent out there right now where people want to know, 643 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, is he going here? Is he going there? 644 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: We'll try to dig out some answers. And I'm really 645 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: excited that we're going to close the event with a 646 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: conversation with Matt Hardy. You know, he's obviously had a 647 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: challenging year, you know, from a family perspective, and he's 648 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: going to have a pretty open and honest talk about 649 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 1: that and about mental health and addiction. And it's going 650 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: to be really unlike any other panel we've ever done. 651 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 1: But if you're just looking for laughs, I don't think 652 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: he can beat the roaster Rick Flair Indians. And I've 653 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: heard a lot of the jokes that I can't repeat 654 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: there and a few of them. I said, Gui, you 655 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: sure we can do that, and they keep reminding me 656 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: it's a roast, this is what you're supposed to do. 657 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: But there will be some laughs. But what I'm most 658 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: excited to hear is just all the air suck out 659 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: of the room because that happened at the roast of 660 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 1: Bruce Prichard. We've only done one other roast and it 661 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,080 Speaker 1: was at the very first Star cast. I'll never forget 662 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: either Mike Lawrence or Dan Saint Germain or at the podium, 663 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,440 Speaker 1: and they had one of the best lines I've ever heard. 664 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: I can't believe people are excited to see Jeff Jarrett, 665 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: but Jeff Jarrett is here. As for me, I think 666 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: the best angle Jeff's ever been in is Karen. 667 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 4: That's a Hall of Fame line there. That's a Hall 668 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 4: of Fame line right there. 669 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: Unbelievable. And they tell me that, you know, we ain't 670 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: say nothing yet, and so I don't know what that means. 671 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: But people are worried about Flair's health on Sunday, worry 672 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: about his health on Friday. 673 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, is going to especially because I saw that Wendy's 674 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 2: gonna get up there. 675 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, every which way the wind blows. Who knows, maybe 676 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: we can get number four, number three, number two. I 677 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: know number one will be there because number one is 678 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: coming in on my dime. But yeah, we'll see about 679 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: two and three and four if we close the gap. 680 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 3: Well, and as a final endorsement, I'll tell you real 681 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 3: quick for those that maybe still haven't, you know, got 682 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 3: tickets for the whole weekend or whatever. 683 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 4: So when I went to the first s ourcast, I. 684 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 3: Met Arn Anderson totally and JJ and Arn signed my 685 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 3: TV title. And then I met Lex and I want 686 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 3: to say, I saw his I think he had the 687 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,719 Speaker 3: the n W A U S belt with him. I 688 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,960 Speaker 3: think it was I can't remember which. 689 00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 4: One he had. I just held it. I don't even remember. 690 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,520 Speaker 3: And then I got to I didn't put the rogue on, 691 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 3: but I bought the thing where I got to see 692 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 3: Rick Flair's robe and the big gold from the Shyytown Rumble, 693 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 3: And I mean I was just floored. I mean I 694 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 3: was blown away, you know. And I mean it's stuff 695 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 3: like that. You know, you have all your favorite wrestlers, 696 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,360 Speaker 3: they're signing things, pitchers, the whole nine panels. I mean 697 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 3: it really, if you want to think of it, kind 698 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 3: of like a comic con of wrestling. 699 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 4: It really is. 700 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 3: I mean, people dress up. I mean, it's just it's 701 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 3: an incredible time. I really can't recommend it enough. And 702 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 3: with it being in our backyard, there's really not a 703 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,240 Speaker 3: reason not to pack that place out. 704 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 1: Well. I appreciate you guys, you know, saying that we're 705 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: having a lot of fun with it, and I hope 706 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: fans will at least take a look and check it out. 707 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: It's at rickclairs Last Match dot com. And if for 708 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 1: some reason you can't make it, everything's available on pay 709 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: per view. You can see all these panels that we've 710 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,239 Speaker 1: plugged on Fight and the actual wrestling match on Sunday night, 711 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: Rick Plair's Last Match. You can order it on your 712 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: cable system. You can order it on your satellite dish, 713 00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: or you can get it on Fight And if you 714 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 1: get it on Fire, you'll have it on demand to 715 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: watch any time you want, you know, forever, over and 716 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 1: over and over again. And you can do it on 717 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:08,800 Speaker 1: any device, so you can do it on your smart 718 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: TV or your computer, or your phone or your tablet 719 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: or whatever. So Rickclairs Lastpats dot com has all the 720 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,240 Speaker 1: details and hey, since you guys are collectors. Somebody's walking 721 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: away with Rick Flair's retirement robe. 722 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:21,800 Speaker 4: Now, yeah, that is crazy. 723 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 3: When I saw the package with the robe and everything, 724 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 3: I was like, holy crap, that's a grove. 725 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 2: When I first saw that, I was like, I'm pretty 726 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 2: sure this will go back in that corner of Conrad's 727 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 2: office at his house was all the belts. And I 728 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 2: was at the press conference that day and I was like, oh, wait, 729 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 2: I can win this. 730 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 3: I can buy a raffle ticket for this. 731 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 1: And it all goes to a good cause too, the 732 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 1: First Step Foundation, you know, for folks who've been struggling 733 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: with addiction and are looking for that you know, new 734 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,880 Speaker 1: lease on life. Sometimes they need a little help getting started. 735 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,800 Speaker 1: And the proceeds from Rick's retirement robe will help those folks. 736 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,879 Speaker 1: And we're doing that, of course in honor of Read 737 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,879 Speaker 1: and and his trunks that he's going to wear that night, 738 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: so you know, his top the hill wear, and his 739 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 1: trunks the hill wear, those are going to be raffled 740 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,319 Speaker 1: off for the Dusty Rhodes Foundation, which is a brand 741 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:10,320 Speaker 1: new foundation. The Dusty will part of Cody right and 742 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: til they're all involved. And what it does is it 743 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: allows adolescent youth. So you know, middle schoolers, high schoolers, 744 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: kids who have to have certain requirements to play in 745 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,760 Speaker 1: school sports, but for whatever reason, just they can't afford 746 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 1: the opportunity to play those sports. Well, this will help 747 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 1: allow those kids the chance to succeed in athletics. And 748 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 1: it's something that I know is important to the Rhodes family, 749 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,240 Speaker 1: and we're excited to know that some of Rick's athletic 750 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: gear will help, you know, pay for gear for for 751 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,360 Speaker 1: kids who are trying to do their thing in sports. 752 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got one more kind of fun one and 753 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,360 Speaker 3: then we'll let you We'll let you get going. So 754 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,359 Speaker 3: there's a lot of chatter online that are saying that 755 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 3: the lineup for Rick Flair's last match is even stronger 756 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 3: than the Marquee pay per view that's going on that weekend. 757 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:58,800 Speaker 4: Does that stroke? 758 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 1: Are you going a little bit? Wow? 759 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 3: Look at it, you know, I mean on paper, the card, 760 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,279 Speaker 3: you guys have a symble and it just keeps getting better. 761 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,279 Speaker 3: I mean, like I know, you said like there's this 762 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,759 Speaker 3: is a lot of undertaking, but I mean, you know, 763 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 3: if you're tooting your horn, I mean, these these matches 764 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 3: you're booking are pretty solid. 765 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,719 Speaker 4: This is a pretty solid event that's going down. 766 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: Well. I appreciate you saying that. You know, I kind 767 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,480 Speaker 1: of approach the podcast as, Hey, what would I want 768 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,640 Speaker 1: to listen to? And I position myself as the first listener. 769 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of times folks who get 770 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,879 Speaker 1: into podcasting say, well, here's what I want to talk about. Well, 771 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: it's not really what you want to talk about that matters. 772 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,800 Speaker 1: It's what do people want to hear about, and what 773 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: you figure out what they're buying. It's easier to sell 774 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 1: them stuff. And that's the reason wrestlers used to quote 775 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: unquote call it in the ring. We'll try some stuff 776 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: and it gets a big reaction, We'll do more, We'll 777 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: try some other stuff, and if they're not responding, we'll 778 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,320 Speaker 1: stop doing that and move on to something else. And 779 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: so I've really tried to do that with the podcast topics. 780 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: And if it's something that I find entertaining or compelling 781 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 1: or I'm having a good time, I'm with I know 782 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 1: that other folks because I am our demo, right, I 783 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: am a wrestling fan. I'm the average age, the average 784 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:10,319 Speaker 1: age of our listeners forty one. I'm forty one than 785 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 1: most of our listeners like ninety six percent are dudes. 786 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 1: I'm a dude, So I just I have an understanding 787 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: of what did we grow up liking we as an audience. Now, 788 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 1: does that mean there's younger people who listen? Sure? Are 789 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: there older people who listen? Sure? But I think this event, 790 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 1: what I tried to do is, Hey, what do I 791 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,919 Speaker 1: want to see? And if it's something that I could 792 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: get excited about, then I think I can sell it. 793 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: But it's really hard for me to sell things I 794 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 1: don't believe in if it's something like you can hear 795 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: some some of my commercials where I'm really selling my 796 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 1: ass off, and it's because buddy, I love that one. Yeah, 797 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:47,759 Speaker 1: And you just know the difference. And this event is 798 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,320 Speaker 1: what I would want to see. Those are the matches 799 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: that I would want to see. And I think that 800 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: other fans have gravitated to that and said, hey, me too, 801 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,399 Speaker 1: that looks pretty good. And I think sometimes folks who 802 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,799 Speaker 1: make those decis in wrestling, maybe they they're too far 803 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 1: removed from being a fan and so the way we 804 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,480 Speaker 1: do things. But you know, this show was built by 805 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: a fan for the fans, and it's a lot like 806 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:12,919 Speaker 1: all In in that regard where it was a show 807 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:17,400 Speaker 1: by the boys for the boys. Well buy the fans, 808 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,560 Speaker 1: for the fans, and I hope they did it, and 809 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: if they do, maybe we'll get talked into doing another one. 810 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: This is the one. But this is the last match 811 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: for Rick Flair. It's Rick flairs Last Match dot Com. 812 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 1: It's incredible. 813 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 2: Well, Conrad, we don't want to take up too much 814 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:34,759 Speaker 2: your time. I know you're a busy person. And of 815 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:36,800 Speaker 2: course Rick Flair's Last Match. Dot com is where you 816 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,359 Speaker 2: can buy the tickets. Is there anything else you want 817 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 2: to say that people that are watching this listen to 818 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 2: this right now before we let you go. 819 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:44,840 Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you this. I know you guys have 820 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 1: a lot of listeners in the Nashville area. And if 821 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: you happen to see Jeff Cherret over the next week 822 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:50,960 Speaker 1: or so, you know, tell him, tell him how much 823 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,880 Speaker 1: he meant to you. Because although this is being promoted 824 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,719 Speaker 1: as Rick Flair's last match, this is Jeff Cherrett's last day. 825 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 1: Andred is gonna make sure that he tried to stab 826 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: my kids grandfather in the head. We're not tried. He did. 827 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,279 Speaker 1: It was bad and then he ran his mouth on 828 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 1: his podcast and when Andrade finds out there will be 829 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: a reckoning. Buckle up, mister jareded. 830 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,360 Speaker 5: We hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Battleground Podcast. 831 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 5: Make sure you give it five stars and a nice review. 832 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 5: To stay up to date with the show, follow them 833 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:41,919 Speaker 5: at Battleground Podcast on Instagram.