WEBVTT - The Iron Sheik 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.840 Hey, this is Brian Alvarez and this is today's edition 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:08.160 of the Wrestling Observer Daily podcast on the eight Side Network. Ready, 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:14.280 when you're ready, let's get it off here. How's it going, everybody? 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:17.920 Brian Alvarez here on Wrestling Observer Live. We are here 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:21.119 every day Monday through Friday, New Pacific three Eastern, Sunday 0:00:21.200 --> 0:00:24.800 three Pacific, six Eastern, and of course Sundays with Jim 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:29.680 Valley at ten Pacific, one Eastern. At Saturdays Sunday's are 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:32.000 andrews Arian. Hey, we got a lot to get into 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.320 here today, not the least of which is the passing 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:39.600 of the Iron Chic. And normally Mike Simber VV joins 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:41.080 us for the show, but he has the day off 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:46.199 today and joining us will be Lance Storm, who has 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.360 met the Iron Sheek. He's gonna talk to us about 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:53.000 the Sheic. We'll tell you about his career and plenty more. 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:54.760 It is also Wednesday on the show, so you know 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.920 what that means. Last night was NXT. We'll do the 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:01.680 NXT report later on here today day, we've got the 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:06.160 lineup for aw tonight. Six segments have now been announced 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:12.360 for the show, including another TBS Championship match, as Chris 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.800 stat Lanner will be facing Anna j. It's gonna be 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:17.959 the full lineup for the show coming up tonight. And yes, 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:23.920 another major announcement from Tony Khan, which I believe is 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.600 five weeks in a row, we've had a major announcement 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:30.280 from Tony Khan. We've also got the raw ratings from 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:35.319 Monday night with no NBA Playoff competition, and there is 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.920 a lot of competition tonight for Dynamite, So when that 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:41.800 number comes in tomorrow, to not be expecting some gigantic 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.759 number for Dynamite, because it ain't gonna happen. We've also 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:49.160 got to the Strong Independence Day lineup. This is the 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:52.640 new Japan Strong show which is taking place in Japan 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:57.880 on Independence Day and well on July fourth and fifth. 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.440 And we have also got a couple of a w 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.680 wrestlers are gonna be working on that show. We have 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.680 also got an update on two of the NIL athletes 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:10.000 we're all over NXT yesterday. They clearly want to get 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:15.320 those two signed and uh NXT notes as noted and 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.480 everything else. If you want to text us you have 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:21.000 questions for Lance four two five seven eight zero seven 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:23.400 five sixty six. That is four two, five seven eight 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:25.960 zero seven five sixty six, Brian at Wrestlingobserver dot com 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.040 at Brian Albers on Twitter. Back in a moment Observer Live. 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.959 Are you in the show? Brian Alvarez here Wrestling Observer Live. 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:52.160 Mike Simbervidi, also of Wrestling Observer dot Com. Hossane cosro VISII, 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.440 better known wrestling fans the Iron Cheek, passed away eighty 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:59.799 one years old. His official Twitter account revealed the news 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:03.440 on Wednesday, says, remembering the Iron Cheek today, we gather 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:05.960 with heavy hearts to bid farewell to a true legend, 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.480 force of nature, iconic figure who left an incredible mark 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.160 on the world of pro wrestling. He was with great 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.720 sadness we share the news of the passing of the 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.520 Iron Chic, but we also take solace in knowing that 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.799 he departed this world peacefully, leaving minor legacy that will 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.200 endure for generations to come. Beyond the rustling persona the 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:25.320 world knew so well, The Iron Cheek was a devoted 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.280 family man, cherish the love and support of his wife 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.280 of forty seven years, Carol, stood by his side through 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:34.800 thick and thin, offering unwavering encouragement throughout his life. Their 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.400 bond was an anchor, providing him with the strength of 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:42.480 faith the face of the challenges life presented. His children, Tanya, Nikki, Marissa, 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.000 his son in law Eddie. He was not just a 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.920 wrestling icon. He was a loving and dedicated father, instilled 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.840 in them the values of perseverance, determination, the importance of 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:57.200 following their dreams. The aronschieks, guidance and unwavering belief in 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.000 their potential served as a driving force for his children, 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:07.160 empowering them to become better visions of themselves. Then they've 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.400 got a bunch of notes here on his career. Of course, 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.680 He ended the one thousand, four hundred and seventy day 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:18.960 reign of Bob Backland beat him for the belt December 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.880 twenty sixth, nineteen eighty three, which was of course, to 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:26.400 set up the win by Hulk Hogan twenty eight days later, 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:30.160 as Hogan won the title kicked off Hulk of Mania. 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.679 He had a WWF tag team title run the first 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:38.839 rustle Mania. He had that biography the Chic. Of course, 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.760 like fifteen years ago or so, he did that podcast 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:48.039 which literally, I mean after that podcast came out where 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:51.360 he just was ranting and raving I mean he got 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:56.240 like a probably a straight decade of bookings off that podcast. 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:02.000 And yeah, I remember just very quickly. You know, I 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:07.720 started watching wrestling regularly in like eighty eight, eighty nine, 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.160 and so you know, I did not see a lot 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:12.240 of the Iron Chic. You know, he would make appearances 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.960 here and there, and then he had that They had 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:16.880 the famous I think it was the two thousand or 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.080 two thousand and one WrestleMania when they had the Legends 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:24.880 Battle Royal seventeen and they, of course they announced all 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:30.880 of these legends, and I predicted that the Legends Battle 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:34.880 Royal would be won by the Iron Chic because I 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.800 saw the list of all of the legends and I 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:39.920 was like, there's one guy who they ain't gonna be 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.839 able to get over that top rope, and that's the 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.400 Iron Chic. And in fact, that is exactly what happened. 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.640 And it's really amazing when you think about all of 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:53.680 the issues, the substance abuse issues and everything else that 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.080 the Iron Cheek had and the fact that you know, 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.080 it was like twenty five years ago. It was like, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:00.919 this guy is gonna be able to out of a 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:06.120 Battle Royal and then you know, he just continued on 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:11.680 and he lived through twenty twenty three, eighty one years old. 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:14.720 I mean, it's really incredible when you think about it. 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.279 And anyway, the point of when I first saw the 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:20.400 Sheik was years later. I went back and I was 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.479 watching somebody had sent a tape or something, and it 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:27.520 was a tape from Portland Wrestling, and this would have 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:34.960 been from probably the late seventies early eighties, and the 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:38.479 Iron Chek was in this match, and the heat for 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:43.640 this match was like impossible, and the Iron Chic was 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:51.039 so lean and so mobile, and I just watched this 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:53.400 guy that went, my god, look at this guy when 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:57.839 he was young. He was absolutely incredible. And of course, 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.560 you know a lot of amateur wrestling, a lot of 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:04.400 pro wrestling, and a lot of living in the eighties 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:07.200 and nineties. I mean, it takes a toll on a guy. 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.080 But like if your first memories of the Iron Cheek 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.600 were like that Battle Royal where they couldn't even get 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.000 the guy out of the ring, you got to go 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:18.320 back and watch some vintage, as Michael Cole would say, 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:24.680 vintage Iron Cheek, because he was an incredible, incredible athlete. 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:27.080 But Lance is joining us here today on the show 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.200 and Lance you've met the Iron Cheek. 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.520 Yeah, memories, But I want to mention the there was 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:34.560 a documentary. I think it was out on iTunes Aria 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:35.520 twenty fourteen. 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:36.760 The documentary came. 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.680 Out and it's phenomenal. And when you realize all the 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.520 things this man did, you know, being a bodyguard for 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.960 the Shaw of Iran, you know, competing for the Iranian 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:51.680 Olympic team in amateur wrestling, it's like he was. He 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:56.440 was a badass dude and really, especially when he had hair, 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:58.680 you know, a young man, a real handsome man at that. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:03.080 But yeah, I like you first saw him in wrestling 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:07.040 when he was tagging with Chic sorry, tagging with Volkov 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.400 she Can Volkov managed by Slick. That was sort of 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.120 my first experience him as a fan. But I met 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:17.480 him at a local show here, just an independent PWA show, 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:20.200 and I chatted with him for a while. He was 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:21.920 I think he was in a wheelchair, but he could 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.240 still stand and walk, just not a lot because the 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:27.560 photo I have of him were standing. But yeah, I 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.040 remember him showing me his knee. He'd pull his pant 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.720 leg up and sitting in the chair with his knee bent. 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:36.079 At ninety degrees, he could grab his calf and basically 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.920 just move his whole bottom leg forward like an inch 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.960 or more, and it's just like, well, yeah, like it 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.480 almost like it wasn't detached and just the muscles were 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:49.040 holding it. He could slide the bottom part of his 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:50.720 leg forward like his knee. 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:55.280 Was like his shin is his tibula, The lower. 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.000 Half of his leg at the ninety degrees could just 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:59.400 like you're pulling the leg out from underneath the table. 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:05.240 It was weird, God, But yeah, if you mentioned the 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:09.040 seventeen Battle Royal, my wife had the same logic. But 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.000 I checked I with someone this morning, and it's unfortunate, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.560 but I guess that was his penultimate match. He had 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:19.360 one other independent match, a handicapped match where he probably 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.160 didn't do anything after that. But it's a shame his 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:27.280 final pro wrestling match wasn't a win at WrestleMania seventeen. 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:30.240 Well, for all of us that don't know about that match, 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:35.400 that was his final match was a win at WrestleMania seventeen. 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:40.840 And I was alerted by somebody that you know. Shortly 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:43.240 after that interview came out with Iron Chic, which was 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:45.400 full of stuff that we cannot say here. On the show, 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:51.960 we had his manager, Dan Murrati on Figure four Daily, 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.520 So if you're a subscriber, it's in the archives right now, 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.920 and DJ has found the exact date. It is March 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:03.560 twenty seven, two thousand and six. So if you go 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:07.600 into our archives, it's Figure four Daily March seven, two 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.600 thousand and six, and he writes here one of the 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.920 funniest things I have ever heard. I only very vaguely 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.880 remember this interview, but you can go back and check 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.640 it out right now. And for those asking if we 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:22.559 want to throw this out there, since people have asked 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.800 if you go into our website and you go into 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.520 the podcast archive, people are like, well, how do I 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:31.840 find what I want? Well, there's a list of all 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.640 of the shows, and at the very bottom, the last 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:38.000 thing on the list is podcast archive, and if you 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.920 click that, you can actually be taken to archive dot 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:44.319 fw online dot com, and it is it is searchable, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:48.160 so you can go down here two thousand Actually, first 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.840 you go to Figure four Daily, and then you hit 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.160 two thousand and six, and then you hit the month, 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.840 and it's very easy to find. So March twenty seven, 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:01.640 two thousand and six, Dan Murrati talking about the Iron. 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.360 Is there's still a link anywhere to all of the 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.080 song drops you used to play on the show. I 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:11.480 don't have the Iron Chic. I won't mention the drop 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:13.880 used in it, but his version of the monster Mash 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:15.280 is one of my favorites. 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:17.760 Yeah, I have that somewhere. 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.120 Because birds we can't use on this show. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.760 Yeah, times will change the last twenty years. I don't 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:23.600 know if you're aware of that or not. 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:28.199 Everything, yes, but many chek drops from the old shows 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:33.520 were highlights of mine and I used to His run 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:38.199 on the Howard Stern Show was also during the only 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.439 time that I was actually a Stern listener. I had 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:43.400 serious radio for a while, so I used to listen 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.400 to Chica on Howard Stern a lot, and those drops 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:51.880 always brought me joy. So respect the legend, rip the 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:52.680 Iron Chic. 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:57.680 Cameraman zoom back in a moment with more Observer Live 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:29.400 back on the show. Bryan Alberrez here wrestling Observer Alive. 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.959 No Mike simper V be here today, upgrade. I can 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.600 get him back at some point here, help me back tomorrow. 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.319 I gave him the day off because next Wednesday I'm 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.280 not going to be here, so I'm giving him this 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:46.160 Wednesday off, so just so y'all know, I'm gonna be 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:50.240 at field Day. That's what I'm doing next week with 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:55.400 the Youngster. I remember field Day? No you don't remember 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:55.920 field Day? 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:56.640 No? 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.840 You know the term have a field day? Right, Well, 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:03.280 what they do is they they have a field day 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.720 on the field. There's like a bunch of games and 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.080 all sorts of stuff. So I'm gonna have a field 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:15.040 day at field Day. Tonight is dynamite and yes, for 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:18.000 the fifth straight week, we have a major announcement by 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.560 Tony Kahn, and I think that's gonna continue all the 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:25.000 way to collision. I think he's going to just announce 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.280 something new for the show every single week. But the 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:33.880 lineup for the show as Orange Cassidy swerves Strickland for 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:39.120 the aw International title. Will there be a title change tonight? Huh? 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.440 Yes, you think so, that's my guest. 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:45.720 Yes, all right, Lance is predicting. Yes, I'm thinking easy 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:50.200 fifty to fifty maybe more. We have the Blackpool Combat 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:55.439 Club Moxley, Claudio and Wheeler against Trent, Rocky Romero and 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:59.199 Chuck Taylor. We have Chris Stadlin are defending the TBS 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:00.040 title against. 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.920 A j that title will not be changing. 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.720 We have Jy White versus Ricky Starks with Juice Robinson 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:10.319 an FTR band from ringside. We have Jack Perry and 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:14.800 Hook versus Preston Vance and Drellistico in a Texas Tornado match, 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:21.960 and a promo from MJF. That's a lineup for the 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:24.960 show coming up here tonight, and it's going to face 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:30.200 some stiff competition, unlike Raw Monday, which had no NBA 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:35.000 playoff competition. First World title match on Raw in almost 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.120 two years, it did a one point eight three million 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:42.160 and a point five to six in eighteen to forty nine. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:44.920 Was that the first title defense of this title? 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:50.240 Yeah? First title defensive any title in two years. 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.280 Of this specific title. Has Seth defended it before? 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:55.360 Well, no, he just won it. Okay, he won it 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.560 and he had a tag match last week, so this 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.600 will be the first one. They beat the Las Vegas 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:04.480 Golden Knights versus Florida Panthers Stanley Cup playoff game on 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.960 TNT for first place, although the game did much much 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:14.040 higher in total viewership in eighteen to forty nine, but 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:18.840 it was aired on TNTTBS and True TV, so with 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:22.120 a point five to four They were second place for 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.560 the night, but they did one point six eight million viewers, 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.760 beat everything on English and Spanish TV first for the 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:33.840 night on all of television. So there you go. The 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:39.160 first hour one point eight three million, the second hour 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:43.320 one point nine zero million, and the third hour was 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:45.520 one point seven to six million. So the third hour 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.320 was the lowest, but usually that third hour is a 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:50.880 pretty substantial fall, so well, one point seven to six 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:53.840 and the third hour is very good and meant that 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:58.280 people wanted to see the title defended, even though Damian 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:03.040 Priest lost last week. So that's the raw numbers. We 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:07.680 also had the Independence Day lineup, which is I noted 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:12.040 on the Filthy Tom Show. Yes, the Neute ban Strong 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:16.880 Independence Day Show is airing on Independence Day, US Independence Day. 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:20.480 The show is taking place in Japan July fourth and fifth. 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.200 But the reason it's called Independence Day is because Ghetto 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.480 really likes that movie Independence Day. I'm not making that up. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:27.640 True story. 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:29.440 So in honor of Will Smith, is he gonna go 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:30.160 slap somebody? 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:35.560 He might? He might. We have got three two matches announced, 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:39.800 so for the July fourth show, we have got TJP 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:44.160 and Francisco Akira versus Clark Connors and Dan Maloney who 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:47.320 is not the manager of the Iron Chic, and that 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:51.120 is for the ISWGP junior tag titles. And we also 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:56.480 have Kenta facing Eddie Kingston, so Eddie Kingston is coming 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:58.520 in not only for that show, but also for the 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:03.400 g One. So we've got that. I think there was 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:07.240 another one announced as well, but I can't find it here, 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:13.040 but I guess I'll find it here at some point, right, sure, exactly? 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:14.160 I got faith in you, Brian. 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:17.480 I think they added a what was the match they added? 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:21.480 They added something with Moxley? Right, anybody got that in 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.560 front of him? I got so much news I don't 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:29.960 even know what to do with myself. We had an 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:34.920 interview with Tony Kahan in Sports Illustrated and he was 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.240 asked about cmpunk and he said, we have not seen 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.040 tmpunk in a long time, since all out last September. 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.240 He looked great in his last match to the fans. 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:45.600 He's very important. He's very important in the company too. 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.520 He's been a big draw for US historically throughout his career, 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:50.600 and the launch of the new show happens to line 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:54.359 up with the schedule of his rehab of his triceps surgery. 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:57.359 He said, we have an amazing opportunity with AW on 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.400 Saturday nights on T and T. June seventeenth was the 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:04.920 brainchild of David Zaslov, who is the Warner Brothers Discovery 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:09.479 CEO and president. He asked about more AW, specifically Saturday 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.000 nights on TNT when it was pitched to us by 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.280 T and T. I was so excited. It's so exciting 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:17.720 the timing of Punk's return and how it corresponds with 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:23.919 the launch of Collision. So yeah, we'll see how it 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:28.440 does in terms of business. Right now, the Collision lineups, 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:32.760 the Collision ticket sales numbers, they're not through the roof 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:38.320 the United Center is doing pretty well. Not as well 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:41.800 obviously as the first time, but some of those other 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:44.840 Collision shows on the tour. 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:52.119 Yeah, it's interesting because they're doing obviously the Collision Show, 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.800 which is the finals of the owen Hart Tournament here 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:58.320 in Calgary. And when they announced the Calgary date, when 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.560 it was just a house show, there was a lot 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:05.200 of press, Like the major news stations in town were 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:08.280 covering it in their sports section. I saw two or 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.520 three news bits on it. I haven't seen a thing 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:13.160 since they've announced it as a TV taping. 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:20.920 Well, let's see, we've got Collision in Regina on July eighth, 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:24.000 they have got thirteen hundred tickets sold for that show. 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:30.080 We have got collision in Calgary which is at thirty 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:34.119 four hundred. That's for the Saddle Doome show on July fifteenth. 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:38.840 We have got a collision in Newark on July twenty second, 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:44.000 which is at four thousand. And if we've got any 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:48.240 of these are all from wrestle Tics. We've got Toronto 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:53.400 on June twenty fourth. They're at eighteen hundred tickets. 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:54.320 Wow. 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:57.400 And keep in mind it's like Forbidden Door. They've got 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:00.560 Forbidden Door, which is like it's sold out in Lee. 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:06.919 But then Collision eighteen hundred at this point, and then 0:20:06.960 --> 0:20:12.720 if we can find the let's see if we've got 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:16.040 I got a bunch of pre sale codes here, because. 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:18.760 I know Dave mentioned about running in Saskatchewan in the summer, 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.679 and I assume he's right, but I know when I 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:25.840 was in WB they only ran Saskatchewan in Saskatoon in 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:29.680 like February when there was ice in the rinks and 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:33.560 Saskatchewan Tonians if that's the word we're looking for a 0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:35.800 place to get inside and have some entertainment because the 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:39.520 weather was so damn cold, because it's really cold in 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:42.040 Saskatchewan in the winter, but we always went there and 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:44.640 when it was cold. 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:47.720 All right. So the latest on the United Center. We 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:51.840 haven't an update since June fourth, so it's been We 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:53.920 still have three days of ticket sales, but as of 0:20:54.000 --> 0:20:57.080 June fourth, they were at eight thousand, which means that 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:01.960 since the announcement of CM Punk actually being on the show, 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:06.160 they sold nine hundred and ninety four tickets, so they're 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:10.399 currently at eight thousand. They've got twenty two hundred left. 0:21:10.720 --> 0:21:13.600 They're currently set up for two hundred and fourteen. Obviously, 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:16.359 if they start really selling tickets, they can open it 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.880 up to probably more, but looking like it'll probably finish 0:21:20.960 --> 0:21:25.960 around I don't know, nine thousand. We'll see. So those 0:21:25.960 --> 0:21:26.960 are the numbers. 0:21:26.600 --> 0:21:29.439 For approximately a ten percent bump with the add of 0:21:29.480 --> 0:21:31.000 c and Punk a little more than that. 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:33.960 Yep, he headed ten percent after the announcement last week. 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:37.480 We had a couple of NXT notes. We'll do the 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:40.960 report here in a moment, but Haley and Hannah Cavender, 0:21:41.720 --> 0:21:46.920 who are NIL athletes, they actually appeared on the show yesterday. 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:50.240 THEA Hale won a number one contenders at Battle Royal. 0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:53.200 A large chase U contingent entered the ring to celebrate, 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:56.320 and both of the twins were in the ring holding 0:21:56.320 --> 0:21:59.560 Hale up on their shoulders. They have not signed with 0:21:59.800 --> 0:22:05.120 w yet and we'll we'll see what happens. But I mean, 0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:09.200 obviously WWE wants them, and you know, there are a 0:22:09.200 --> 0:22:13.600 lot of things going on in basically, you know, they 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:17.760 make a lot of money and these WWE NXT deals 0:22:17.800 --> 0:22:21.159 are not for a lot of money, and so you know, 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:25.680 it's like, I mean, what are you gonna pay them? 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:27.600 I mean, you're not gonna pay them a million dollars 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:29.679 each to go to NXT. It's just not gonna happen, 0:22:30.160 --> 0:22:32.760 are they Are they willing to go to NXT for 0:22:33.520 --> 0:22:37.240 you know, probably five figures a year at the beginning, 0:22:37.640 --> 0:22:39.400 with the idea that they'll end up on the main 0:22:39.480 --> 0:22:42.760 roster at some point and it make a lot more 0:22:42.800 --> 0:22:43.680 than that. I don't know. 0:22:45.359 --> 0:22:47.600 Exceptions are always made in WB though. 0:22:47.440 --> 0:22:49.080 They are, But that's a lot of money, dude. They 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:51.439 make a lot of money, a lot of money. 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:54.200 They were paying Practice two hundred and fifty grand a 0:22:54.280 --> 0:22:56.000 year to be in Memphis back in the day. 0:22:56.840 --> 0:22:58.800 Yeah, but still, so. 0:22:58.680 --> 0:23:01.560 They can pay these women if they really want them. 0:23:02.040 --> 0:23:04.480 I am pretty sure that if they are paid anything 0:23:04.520 --> 0:23:06.720 less than a million dollars a year, they're gonna be 0:23:06.720 --> 0:23:09.439 making a pay cut. And there's two of them, so 0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:11.400 I don't think they're gonna be you know. 0:23:11.359 --> 0:23:14.280 Well, if they allow them to keep their sponsorship deals. 0:23:14.200 --> 0:23:17.560 Yeah, yeah, I guess we shall see. Plus, you know, 0:23:17.760 --> 0:23:20.120 they it'll also depend on what of their options they 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:24.000 have other than what they're doing right now. So they 0:23:24.000 --> 0:23:26.600 were there. I mean they want them on TV. I 0:23:26.640 --> 0:23:28.760 mean I would bet you anything that if they signed 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:32.680 them tomorrow, they would be all over the show next week. 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:35.399 They wouldn't be wrestling obviously, but I mean there are 0:23:35.400 --> 0:23:37.040 things that you can do with them, as far as 0:23:37.040 --> 0:23:39.119 like putting him in with a unit of I mean, 0:23:39.119 --> 0:23:40.800 they held up the AHL for crying out loud. They 0:23:40.800 --> 0:23:42.959 could put him with Chase you and just have them 0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:45.719 on the show every week, but now working. But they 0:23:45.720 --> 0:23:48.520 were there, and we'll talk more about NXT after the break. 0:23:48.520 --> 0:24:09.800 Observer Live back of the show. Brian Albaretz here Wrestling 0:24:09.840 --> 0:24:12.639 Observer Live, Landstorm joining us here today. You know what 0:24:12.680 --> 0:24:18.040 else makes a great Father's Day gift besides steak? Why 0:24:18.080 --> 0:24:22.760 a cameo. You can get a cameo from me for 0:24:23.160 --> 0:24:28.520