1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:06,359 Speaker 1: Right now your mate event. Introducing the hosts. 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 2: I'm wrestling with Freddy Jeff Die hand Freddy Rich Junior. 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: What's up everybody, It's Freddy Prince Junior. Welcome to a 4 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: brand new episode of Wrestling with Freddy. Mister jeff Die 5 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: is away this week, but we do have someone that's 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: going to fill in today as our guest and our 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: co host, and we're very lucky to have him. We 8 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: love having guests. You know him as Mike Rome. We 9 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: know him as the nice guy Austin who hooked us 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: up with the sweet voice work at the beginning of 11 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: our show. Welcome to Wrestling with Freddie. How already, sir 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: good man? How are you? Thanks for having me? Listen 13 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: to the voice. Listen to that voice. That's all you do, 14 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: the announcing. You sound like you should be, like on 15 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: the radio Sunday night, and like Maria Thomas wants you 16 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: to know, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. It sounds so smooth 17 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: and buttery. 18 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 2: Bro I feel like that was everything during my childhood. 19 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: Like you turn on the radio and like this request 20 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 2: goes out to Maria in the car. Michael wants to 21 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: know he loves you very much, and then you know, exactly, 22 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 2: but you have the voice. You've been in chill business 23 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: a long time though, right, but even before wrestling. Yeah, yeah, Unfortunately, 24 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: were you in Nickelodeon? 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 3: Were you in Nickelodeon brat Yeah, So, like I grew 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 3: up obviously kind of grew up in Nickelodeon, But I 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 3: used to host tons of stuff for them, Like you 28 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 3: did a lot of live stuff and you know, touring 29 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 3: stuff and then you know, went on the road with 30 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:35,199 Speaker 3: him for a while. 31 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 2: That was like most of my life. I was a 32 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: good fourteen years of my life just touring around doing 33 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 2: stuff with Nickelodeon. 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: I have so many friends in this business who spent 35 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 1: time in Nickelodeon, and they all say the same thing 36 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: when I say, hell, was it thy man? They didn't 37 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: pay shit. I mean, it's that's kind of It's that's 38 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: across the board, you know what I mean. Like it's funny. 39 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: I always tell the story I I was interviewing, like 40 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: you know, I had a degree in other stuff, and 41 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: I was like, I'm gonna go work for marketing for Nickelodeon. 42 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: And I interviewed three separate times, and three separate times 43 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: I interviewed. It was three different groups of people working 44 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 2: in that department because the rotation of just people coming 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 2: in and then hiring people who would work for less, 46 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 2: and then hiring people whould work for less than hiring 47 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: people for less, it's just wild. 48 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 1: It's wild rotation there, including their shows. Yeah, so talk 49 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: about getting rid of a show quick. That's why they 50 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: started doing those syndicated pre buys, because no riders would 51 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: work for him anymore unless they guaranteed them one hundred episodes. 52 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: The other way, I mean the other things. 53 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 2: When you're working with kids, it's it's hard because the 54 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 2: attention spans so short, right, So, like I feel like 55 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 2: I did I. 56 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: Did Punky Brewster the remake, and they're they're one The 57 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,959 Speaker 1: one girl was a super pro, the oldest one. But 58 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 1: the other ones I was on their ass. I think 59 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: I even got a human resources complete but I'm like, 60 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: human resources tell them to be professional and stop throwing 61 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: shit on the goddamn set. Hey man, it's things have changed. 62 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 2: That's the thing is, Like I remember seeing game shows 63 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: so much when I was a kid, and I'm like, 64 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 2: I wanted to be in a game show. And then 65 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 2: when I was in a game show, they're like, yeah, 66 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 2: they're not watching it anymore, because you know, they moved 67 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 2: on to the next thing, and I. 68 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: Was like, what I always wanted to be on Double 69 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: there when I was a kid man, I always wanted 70 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: to double there when I was a kid. Where are 71 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: you y? Of course, was what started my nickelodeon love 72 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: O God, did you win or did you lose? We lost? Well, 73 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: at least we lost, I can I can at least 74 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: have some joy in that. 75 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 2: I did not get the huffy bike, I did not 76 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 2: get the sneakers. I didn't get any of that stuff. 77 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: I was very upset about it. It's a point of 78 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 2: it's point of contention right now. But it brought you 79 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 2: to the business. 80 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: It got it. It bit you. You realize you had 81 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: the voice, You're a good looking dude, you had the talent. 82 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: Win does or how I guess is more importantly, how 83 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: does the opportunity for WWE come to you? Or do 84 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: you seek it out? So I did not seek it out. 85 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 2: So I was a big, big wrestling guy when I 86 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: was younger, and you know, as everybody was, you had taker, 87 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 2: you know, you know, watching like the Saturday cartoons, Hogan, 88 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: Junkyard Dog, all that stuff, seeing lu albayin I'll do it. 89 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 2: Like just seeing all these different characters, you know, they 90 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: were larger than life. So I was a huge fan 91 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,839 Speaker 2: when I was younger, and then, you know, I worked 92 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 2: for Nickelodeon for a while. When I left Nickelodeon, I 93 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 2: started doing theme park stuff because there wasn't really much 94 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: to do in Florida once you kind of stopped doing that. 95 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 2: And then you know, we lost our film in since 96 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 2: about here and they weren't filming anything. So I was like, 97 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 2: all right, cool, Well I started working. I was doing 98 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: Scooby Doo and Shaggy at studios. 99 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: Yeah. 100 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 2: Bro, I've seen Scooby Doo more times than anybody in 101 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 2: this world because that was our training movie. Like anytime 102 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 2: we brought somebody new in no show in that movie. 103 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 2: So we played it over and over and over again. 104 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 2: It was part of the WB speck for us to train. 105 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 2: So you would go through that, and we had a 106 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: training manual, you know, stand by Scooby Doo and you 107 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 2: do your thing and this and that, and it was 108 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 2: for Fred's and dad who. 109 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: Had to be who had to be in the Scooby 110 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: Doo suit? And did anyone ever faint in the Florida heat? 111 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: Not. While I was there, we were pretty you know, 112 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 2: we were pretty good about staying in the shade. Every 113 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 2: once in a while we get stuck next to the 114 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: mystery machine. It was kind of sucky because you know, 115 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 2: it's one hundred degrees outside. It's heading off that off 116 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 2: the black concrete. 117 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: It was terrible. 118 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: I was sitting there with my like shaggy I have 119 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 2: photos a shaggy wig just dripping on children. 120 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: Like swink scoom and like doing the whole thing, and 121 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: like it was Sorry, we wouldn't have made that movie. 122 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: It wouldn't have been popular. Again, yah, partially responsible. Still listen, 123 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: it got me paid for a while, so thank you. 124 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: So so how does it so? You're having to do that, 125 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: You're sweating balls and all of a sudden, what how 126 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: do you get out of it? 127 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: So I got this gig American Idol with Fremantle that 128 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 2: was popular. Disney had a venue. We were working over there. 129 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 2: I was doing hosting and doing warm up hosts for 130 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 2: them for a while, and one of the guys that 131 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 2: I worked with had just got a job. I guess 132 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 2: they shut our they shut our venue down, they shut American. Iile. 133 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 2: They're like, hey, look we pumped all this money into it, 134 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 2: We're not making any money. People don't understand it. 135 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: So it's done. 136 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 2: We're like, okay, cool, what do we do now? So 137 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 2: I go over to Indiana Jones at the Parks. He 138 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 2: got this audition. He goes, I got this wrestling audition. 139 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 2: I don't know what it is, and I was like wrestling. 140 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 2: I was like, dude, you're not wrestling. 141 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: What are you going to do over there? And they're like, oh, 142 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: they're looking for hosts. I was like what. So he 143 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: auditions and then I don't hear from him for a while. 144 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 2: He kind of like drops off the face of the earth, 145 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 2: and then he pops up and goes, dude, I got 146 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 2: the job. 147 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: This is what's happening. They have me hosting. We do 148 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: live events. 149 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 2: One of the things that people don't understand, and one 150 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: of the things I never understood before I started working there, 151 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 2: is we do more live events than we do TV. 152 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, we do more house shows and people, I 153 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 2: don't think people understand that. So most of what we 154 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 2: do is off the cameras, and so that's just interesting. 155 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: So we get to like run those shows. So we 156 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: go out there and we open the show and we 157 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 2: talk and we host and you know, we're working an 158 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,480 Speaker 2: audience and we're doing all this stuff, which is so 159 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 2: different from the TV side, and so he's explaining all 160 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: this stuff to me and I was like, dude, I 161 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 2: had no idea. 162 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: He got me an audition. I auditioned well. 163 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 2: Actually, first I showed up at like sixty tapings and 164 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 2: what felt like sixty tapings because back then they used 165 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 2: to do like four or five episodes of NXD and 166 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: one sitting, So I would sit there through five episodes 167 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 2: in my suit and like in the thing, and I'm like, 168 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 2: what's up. And finally I got to talk to somebody 169 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 2: over there and they're like, yeah, we'll set up an audition. 170 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: And I got this audition and they're like, yeah, dude, 171 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 2: it's gonna be great. We love you, You're you're gonna 172 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: get hired, don't worry about it. And I left and I, 173 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 2: you know, I'm texting everyone. I'm like, bro, I think 174 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 2: I just booked this thing. It's gonna be great. And 175 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 2: then I never heard from them again. That sounds about right, Yeah, months, 176 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: like months on end, because I think I was in 177 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 2: the middle of doing Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Orlando, 178 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: and I was doing We had this icon called Jack 179 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 2: the Clown, and I was in the process of, you know, 180 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 2: doing this huge show where it was this carnival of 181 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: carnage and we basically murdered people on stage and it 182 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: was this big freak show kind of thing and it 183 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 2: was it was freaking awesome. 184 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: So I was like, this is great. 185 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 2: And I'm in overnight rehearsals at the time, so I 186 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: met like I think I got there at eleven and 187 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 2: I would go till six am, and then you know, 188 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 2: i'd go and I did this audition and I was dead. 189 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 2: I was dead asleep, but I'm like, I got to 190 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 2: nail this audition. So it was kind of devas at 191 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: the time, because you know, when you're sleep patterns thrown 192 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 2: off and you're not sleeping, you feel like everything just 193 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 2: a little harder. Some months and months go by, and 194 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 2: I remember it was January. 195 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: My memb versus Superman had just come out and I 196 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: got preview tickets for it. So I like how you 197 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: date things. That's funny. Yeah, it's always related to things 198 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: like no, I'm with it. 199 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: So I was sitting in the theater and I've been 200 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 2: waiting for this movie, and you know, it was like 201 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 2: just stupidly long for no reason. And I get the 202 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 2: phone call and I'm looking at it and I'm looking 203 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: up the screen. I look down at my phone and 204 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: I'm like, nah, I've been waiting for this movie forever. 205 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 2: I'm not getting up. I'm not getting up. So I 206 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 2: sat there, I watched the entire movie. I left and 207 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 2: it was just like, hey, this is uh this is 208 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 2: At the time was Johnny Greco. He was the head 209 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,599 Speaker 2: of live events. It's like, just Johnny Grecor. I just 210 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:44,599 Speaker 2: wanted to reach out to you. 211 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: Call me back. I was like okay. 212 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 2: And then Greg Hamilton, the guy who used to be 213 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 2: the ring announcer for SmackDown, the guy who recommended me, 214 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:52,359 Speaker 2: calls me, you know, Michael. 215 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: Cole, and I'm like, what is happening? What is happening? Though, 216 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: We'll call you some other time. 217 00:08:55,440 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 2: And I was like, oh no, no shit. So that 218 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 2: whole night I can't sleep. The next morning, at like 219 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 2: seven am, I get a phone call from Greco. He's like, hey, 220 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 2: Cole's gonna call you. Just stay by your phone. I 221 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: was like, okay, cool, Literally hang up the phone. My 222 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 2: phone rings within split seconds and Michael Cole's like, hey, 223 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 2: does Michael Cole I want to do this interview or 224 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: you know, we want to interview you. We wanted to 225 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 2: talk to you, but listen, we've got Mania coming up, 226 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 2: We've got UK tours, we've got all this stuff happening, 227 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 2: so let's let's circle back. 228 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: After April. I was like, all right, cool, let's do it. 229 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: Oh man, what a roller coaster though so far. 230 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then you know, through that process, you know, 231 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 2: months go by, and then you kind of wonder, You're like, 232 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 2: did I actually have this conversation because nobody reaches out 233 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 2: to you, Nobody says anything. Nobody's like going, hey, what's up. 234 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 2: Just want to check in on you and make sure 235 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,839 Speaker 2: you're doing good. I don't hear anything. But then, you know, 236 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 2: being on this side, you know Mania, like that build 237 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 2: up to Mania is such a roller coaster, and then 238 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 2: like so much going on, and then we do the 239 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 2: UK tours and then it's just I get it now. 240 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 2: But back then I was just sitting there go So 241 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 2: then I'm like, you know, texting Greg and Cole and 242 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 2: I'm like, hey, do I need to bring anything this 243 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 2: dinner or anything? Just trying to get any kind of 244 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 2: response from them, and he's like nope. 245 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: But now you know, like when you're in it, it's 246 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: one hundred percent of your life, Like there is no 247 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: there is no free time. You're legit on call twenty 248 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: four to seven. It's crazy. 249 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 2: It's all encompassing. There's no off seasons. It just continues. 250 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 2: It is a machine that does not stop. It doesn't stop. 251 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: In your most recent memory, because this is something lately, 252 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: the crowds have been so hot in certain places that 253 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: I've actually had to talk about the crowd on my 254 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: show because their reactions have been so great. So in 255 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: your most recent memory, what's been the loudest crowd? Because 256 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: it doesn't translate always through the television like London Canada, 257 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: those were two of the biggest shows. The Philly Show 258 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: was really really loud. What's in most recent memory the 259 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: hottest show? And why? And if you know why, we 260 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: can discuss it otherwise we can guess. I want to 261 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: say the thing I think London sticks out to me. 262 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: I remember they. 263 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 2: Always they always go so hard, man. It was crazy, 264 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 2: and I don't know if it's just because we're not 265 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 2: there very often. Like if you watch a soccer game 266 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 2: over here it's different, but you watch one in the 267 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 2: UK and like, they're just loud and they sing and 268 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 2: they chant and they do all this stuff, and then 269 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 2: you know, I feel like that's something that translates just 270 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 2: passionate fans. But I remember La Knight's entrance and he 271 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 2: came out and that place popped. Yeah. The only thing 272 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 2: that I could relate it to was when we did 273 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 2: raw was it twenty in New York when Stone Cold's 274 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 2: glass broke and he came out. I remember the crowd, 275 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 2: Oh that hole, like it's it's this vacuum that sucks 276 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 2: out and then it just gets so loud. It felt 277 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 2: like that, and it's the first time I felt that 278 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:52,599 Speaker 2: in a while, and I was like, oh, they go 279 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,599 Speaker 2: so crazy for him. I honestly think London was the 280 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 2: audience that made cheering heels acceptable and cool. I feel 281 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 2: like they started that before AW did, before WWE fans 282 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 2: in America were starting to get hip to heels. In London, 283 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 2: they were just like, look, we get these fuckers once 284 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 2: a year before cheering for whoever we wanted to do, 285 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 2: and that's it. If we like both dudes, both dudes 286 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 2: are getting songs. If we don't they're getting booed and 287 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,719 Speaker 2: that's it and we don't care how you booked it. 288 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 2: And I saw it firsthand when Jeff Hardy, an undertaker, 289 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: went at it over there when I was at the company, 290 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 2: however many twelve years ago, however long ago it was, 291 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 2: and I was like, man, they're just cheering for whoever 292 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 2: they want. And it really pissed Vince off. He didn't 293 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 2: like that on the right guy. Yeah, and that's and 294 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 2: that was his philosophy then. I don't I don't know 295 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 2: if things have modified since then, but they seem more 296 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 2: lax to it because everyone kind of has to be 297 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: because the audiences have decided that they're going to cheer 298 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 2: the way they want. But in London it's just different, man, 299 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 2: Like Canada shows a certain appreciate you tell me if 300 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 2: I'm off track on any of this, a certain appreciation 301 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 2: and respect. Puerto Rico was like a rabid controlled chaos 302 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: and London is like they belong to us and they 303 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,719 Speaker 2: should be here, damn it, and they're not. And it's 304 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: just like it's a different kind of love, man. And 305 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 2: it's the it's the way, like you said, with their 306 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 2: soccer games, like they they're singing songs to these wrestlers. 307 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 2: They're singing praises as if they were like gladiators in 308 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 2: an arena. It's yes, it is the hottest crowd in 309 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 2: the world. And I want to give it to Puerto 310 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 2: Rico for some reasons, but it's London, man It is 311 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 2: London or Manchester, whenever city they go. I will say 312 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 2: this with your Puerto Rico, that entrance, Bad Bunny's entrance 313 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 2: in Puerto Rico, with that entire in the way it was, 314 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: the way it was shot, and just watching every single 315 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 2: person that was probably hands down the coolest thing I've 316 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: ever seen in my entire existence since I've been at 317 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 2: the company. Watching all those people sing a song for 318 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 2: an entrance and just watching the camera. I can't even 319 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 2: the way they shot it with the drone and then 320 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: pulled out and you see everybody just singing the same song. 321 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 1: It was. You know, wrestlers are kind of like rock 322 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,839 Speaker 1: stars in a way where you know very much. So 323 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:15,719 Speaker 1: they kick out. 324 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 2: They're out there and they're you know, jamming out with 325 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 2: the crowd and they're they're vibing and they've got music 326 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 2: and all this. So actually having a rock star come 327 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 2: out and you know, do his thing and have his 328 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 2: song and do that. It's just so cool to see. 329 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 2: I will say that is probably up there and one 330 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 2: of the all time favorite things I've ever seen. 331 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: First of all, we agree rock and roll is wrestling, 332 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: and I went to a gar concert in the nineties, 333 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: so I know it for a fact. I've been there too. 334 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: It's like souplex face. I want to go backwards a 335 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: little bit to something you said. People always ask me 336 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: to describe the audition process, and the first time I 337 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: do it, it's always very generic and they go no, no, 338 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: no no, But I mean, like, specifically, what did you 339 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: have to do? Did you and so I want to 340 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: I want to torture you the same way I'm tortured. 341 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: And what is it you had to do within the audition? 342 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: Was it just let's see if this guy sounds right 343 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: when he's delivering names? Did you have to do a 344 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: fake interview? What was the process? Like what it specifically 345 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: did you have to do? So I feel like it's 346 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: very different now. 347 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 2: But when I went through that process, I remember piecing together, 348 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 2: you know, before I got it, I remember piecing together 349 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 2: like clips. They were very specific. It was like, hey, 350 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 2: it has to be a minute. As most reels you 351 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 2: don't want anything too long, but it was had to 352 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 2: be like, you know, excited speaking or like this. It 353 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 2: was just a hosting reel. They wanted to see something 354 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 2: where you know, it was conversational. And then when I 355 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 2: got in there, I did a ring announce, a ring announcement. 356 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 2: I don't remember who it was I had to ring announce, 357 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 2: but it was just a generic ring announce and the 358 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 2: mint a of the PC to music. So they gave 359 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 2: me the way, you know, they gave me the city, 360 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 2: and then they gave me the name, and then just 361 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 2: did that and then I did interviews. 362 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: And that was in the performance center in the ring. 363 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: Oh cool, I actually know what that looked like. I 364 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: can't see it that. 365 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 2: It was the middle ring that was closest to the wall, 366 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 2: not the two back ones. And now I guess there's 367 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 2: other ones now, but like there was one that was 368 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 2: like right when you first walked in the PC, it 369 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 2: was like directly in front. 370 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: It was that middle ring. 371 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 2: That's where we did everything because we had all of 372 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 2: our announce set up there too, so we could control 373 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: the audio and do all this stuff. 374 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: And that's where we did the PC Lives and we 375 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: were in there. 376 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 2: But I remember, so I was in there, and then 377 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 2: we did earpiece work where I say I was interviewing 378 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 2: I think it was Bull Dempsey at the time. 379 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: He was back there and I was interviewing him, and. 380 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 2: Then they would hit me on the earpiece and they're like, hey, 381 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 2: stall for like two seconds, and so I'm asking about, hey, 382 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 2: you know, Tyler Breeze, this happened, and I was trying 383 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 2: to remember what had just happened to him in NXC 384 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 2: at that time. So I'm like trying to call that 385 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 2: out stalling time. They're like no, no, no, throws to them, 386 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 2: all right, all right, back to you guys, and you know, 387 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 2: we'd do that kind of thing. It's funny because we 388 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 2: did so much TV work and then they wanted me 389 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 2: to do something where I basically came out and I 390 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 2: was like, Hey. 391 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: What's up, Orlando. Welcome to WWE Live. 392 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 2: You know, make sure you use the hashtag ww Orlando. 393 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 2: That is your direc connection all the super stars, and 394 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 2: you know, I went around and like, oh, your sign's awesome, 395 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 2: and oh look at that shirt. That's great, you know 396 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 2: this and that, and kind of did some interaction out there, 397 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 2: you know, the opening contests and schedule for one fall, 398 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 2: so we kind of cover the base between TV stuff 399 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 2: and then live event stuff, so it was kind of 400 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 2: like a mesh of the two. 401 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: So how long total do you think the actual audition was? 402 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: How much time do you think it was? Maybe thirty minutes? Wow, 403 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 1: that's long, bro, But I mean it, Wow. I'm just 404 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: used to a different format, so that's yeah. 405 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 2: I would say that the thirty minutes encompasses like coming in, 406 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 2: seeing the PC, walking around, and prepping me for it, okay, 407 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 2: then doing it. So I think the actual audition like 408 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 2: actually doing stuff. Maybe ten I've had to wait longer 409 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 2: than your audition was. For meetings, Oh god, Bro. 410 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: And you're in a room with like eight people that 411 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,479 Speaker 1: look just like you, and you can hear the other 412 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: actors in there, and you can hear if they're either 413 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: killing it or if they're dying. So your confidence level 414 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: either goes up or down based on that. There's always 415 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: one like douchebag who comes out and is like booked it, 416 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: like and you're just like, bro, but that's not how 417 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: it works. And then that person I had been in 418 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: those rooms, dude, I love those rooms. I hate those rooms, 419 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: but I love them. Like when I was a young actor, 420 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: I like you know, in my early twenties, I hated it. 421 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: Once I made it, I liked it a lot more 422 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: because I had friends in the business and you would 423 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: see guys and be like, hey, buddy, And then you 424 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: would see like the guys that used to be you 425 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 1: that were just freaking out and they'd have to leave 426 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: the room and practice their stuff outside. Or the guy 427 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: who didn't care if you heard that he was going 428 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: over his lines, so he didn't care if he distracted you. 429 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: He was just going to do his thing. And then 430 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: there was like the two people who would talk super 431 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 1: loud because they didn't care, and the system would go, 432 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: we have people reading, could you please keep it down? 433 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: Like when I got older, I loved that dynamic because 434 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 1: it was like a sitcom, right, And I'd just sit 435 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 1: there and I made sure I was always off book, 436 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: and I would bring my sides anyway, just so it 437 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: never looked like a complete performance, right even if it was. 438 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,040 Speaker 1: And I would just sit there and sit back. I 439 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: can just watch everybody. Here comes my guy who's gonna 440 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: say nailed it, come out totally nailed, and I'm like, yeah, 441 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: I knew he was. 442 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 2: A crazy study of like archetypes in that room. Like 443 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 2: I've definitely been all like not the nailed guy, but 444 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 2: I've been all those people. I've I've been the nailed 445 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 2: the guy, but I've never been out loud. Like I 446 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 2: walk out of there and I'm like, luck, guys, whatever, 447 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 2: And I go to my car and I'm like. 448 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 4: You're like, yeah, there's nothing wrong with that man. And 449 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 4: by the way, there's nothing wrong with the nailed the 450 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 4: guy either. I got love for for all the actors. 451 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 4: Feelings can get can get better. And then in show business, 452 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 4: my my uncle, you say, it's not called show friends, 453 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 4: it's show business, and he is, which he goes which 454 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 4: words bigger, and I was like, oh, yeah, business is 455 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 4: way bigger than show So that's why nobody gives a 456 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 4: flying f about anything ever. 457 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: But it's the truth in wrestling too. I got one 458 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,360 Speaker 1: more f Are you all right? Lay down? And then 459 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 1: we work on a side question and it's gonna be 460 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: the hardest question you've ever been asked? Or have you 461 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 1: ever screwed up a dude's name or a chick's name 462 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: on their way to the ring? And yes, did you apologies, yes, 463 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: And how quickly did you apologize when they got in 464 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: the ring or did they come up to you and 465 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: be like, dude, you screwed up my name. 466 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 2: Okay, so two times two times that the first time 467 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 2: you never forget. You never forget the first one. So 468 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 2: I'm I'm I'm a stickler for that stuff, like I 469 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 2: want to like make sure obviously. When I first started, 470 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 2: I'm like, I gotta rememorize everything. It was a house show. 471 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 2: The first time I ever did was actually a house show, 472 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 2: and it was an NXT house show. And I feel 473 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 2: like we were in like Fort Myers or something like random, 474 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 2: some random town, and Blake and Murphy used to be 475 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 2: used to be a tag team and Alexa used to 476 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 2: be with them, Yeah, and they broke them up at 477 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 2: one point. So at one point they were broken up, 478 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 2: they started going solo and so in when I used 479 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 2: when I first got there, I was used to saying 480 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:04,640 Speaker 2: Blake and Murphy and so Wesley Blake was coming out 481 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 2: to a match, and for some reason, I think I 482 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 2: called him Wesley Murphy or something like that. I mix 483 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 2: up their names for some reason. 484 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: Or Blake Murphy. Yeah, it was something like that. And 485 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: I remember the good thing. 486 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 2: So he's a heel, right, So I mean it works 487 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 2: out perfectly because then you know, he pulls, he puts 488 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 2: me in the corner. He starts just he takes the 489 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 2: microphone and he cuts a promo on me, and he's just, 490 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 2: you know, how how bad I am at my job 491 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 2: and how terrible and how suit and hair is and 492 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 2: just all this stuff. 493 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 1: Like he's just he's going. 494 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 2: In and and he's he was He's such a cool 495 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 2: dude in general. So it was just funny because I'm 496 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 2: like sitting there, I'm like, oh man, and I felt 497 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 2: so bad. And afterwards, like I went straight to him 498 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 2: obviously because I have to stay out there for the 499 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 2: rest of it, so I can't just go straight up 500 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 2: to him and apologize. And I, you know, obviously I 501 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 2: apologize in the ring, sorry, you know whatever. 502 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 1: Afterwards I go street in character also out of character apology, Yeah, 503 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: for sure. So I b line backstage and I apologize 504 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: and he was super cool about it and like whatever. 505 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: But I ended up I bought him a bottle. 506 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: Of whiskey and I brought it the next house show 507 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 2: and I was like, yo, man, seriously, bro, that'll never 508 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 2: never happened again. 509 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: That was my fault. 510 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 2: It was just one of those like Freudian slips that happens, 511 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 2: and it never happened again with him, but he was 512 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 2: always super super cool about it. The only time that 513 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 2: I vividly remember doing it during TV. So something that 514 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 2: people don't realize is what timekeeper is and how the 515 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 2: ring is set up. You cannot see the entrance way period. 516 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 2: I cannot see the entrance way. Even if I stand up, 517 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 2: I can't see the entrance way. So if somebody comes 518 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 2: out and somebody's with them, or they change an entrance, 519 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 2: or they change the person that's in there, and it's 520 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 2: a tag team. 521 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: And by the way, this crap happens frequently, yes, dred percent. 522 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: So there was a time and it was the Iconics 523 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: and I missed the Iconics. I do too. 524 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 2: We were flowing through things. I think we were going 525 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 2: a couple of sakes blind we were we were blind 526 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 2: saging at that time because there were some changes happening whatever. 527 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 2: And this is before Now we've got a full Now 528 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,200 Speaker 2: we've got a monitor, so I can see what the 529 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 2: camera sees at ringside, which is great, But back then 530 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 2: we did not the Iconics come out and at the time, 531 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 2: it was supposed to be Billy Kay having the match, 532 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 2: and so I'm like, the following contest schedule for one 533 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 2: falls for whatever. 534 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: And then she starts coming on and I'm like introducing 535 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: first Billy and they're like no, and I go Peyton Rice. 536 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: I said, Billy Peyton Royce, Like. I tried to change it, 537 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: but they caught, like changed, tell me just to make 538 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: the last one like fade into insignificant. I was like, 539 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: Billy Peyton Rose. You never heard anyone say Billy. You 540 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: would never hear anyone say that. Just did they lay 541 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 1: into you too? Or did did because they were heels 542 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 1: their whole career, right they did. I don't think they 543 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: got it, you know, it's funny. 544 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 2: I don't remember if we had a conversation about it 545 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 2: afterwards or I think there was so much going on 546 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 2: at that time that it was just everybody kind of 547 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 2: just knew that things changed and everything happened, and you know. 548 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: It wasn't anything that anybody got mad at at the time. 549 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: I love them. They have a podcast which is actually 550 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: on my premiere streaming network. So if you guys do 551 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: like them too, and you want to check it out, 552 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,719 Speaker 1: they got a lot of podcasts over there. They got 553 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: Van Dams, they've got the Million Dollar Man's, they've got 554 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: the Iconics. All those podcasts are over there at the 555 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: premier streaming network. You're gonna stick with us for unsanctioned Thursdays. 556 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: And I got a surprise for you, because you and 557 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: I have a shared passion horror, full on horror films. 558 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to find some that you haven't seen, 559 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: get you hit with some other stuff, and then you 560 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: can throw something back at me. Austin, tell the people 561 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,360 Speaker 1: where they can find you. On all your social goodness. 562 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 2: I am at Austin m Romero on pretty much everything, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, 563 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 2: you name it, I'm there sometimes. 564 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being our guest today. You 565 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 1: guys get more of mister Rome. We like to call 566 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: him Austin tomorrow on the episode that exists, because if 567 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: you guys downloading so many of them and making our 568 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: bosses happy, keep it up. Thanks for tuning in. This 569 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: has been Wrestling with Freddie. This has been a production 570 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 1: of Iheart'smichael Toura podcast Network. 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