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We catch you up on everything that’s been going on during our month long hiatus and preview Backlash!
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Return of the Chick Foley Show
00:00:01
Speaker
Welcome to the Chick Foley Show.
00:00:23
Speaker
What is up, Holy Fan? We are back for the first time in damn near a month. It's Cinco de Mayo as we're recording this. The closing hours are Cinco de Mayo, so you guys will be hearing this starting on Friday morning, but we are back with another episode of the Chick Foley Show. Unfortunately, Sheena is not with us at the moment, but she will be making an emergency run-in here in a little bit.
Life Updates and Adjustments
00:00:47
Speaker
So let me start by just introducing the rest of the stars of the show, Marco. How's life up in Massachusetts?
00:00:53
Speaker
Going good. I'm uh pretty excited to be you know back back together talking some wrestling some figs It's been it's been a while. It seems like it's been like seems like it's been ages Since we've all been together Yeah, the the mania recaps the last time that we all we all got up man. So yeah pretty wild Jordan what's going on out in Nebraska man?
00:01:15
Speaker
Things are good here, man. Yeah, it's it's been a while since we've done this. Hopefully we're not too out of practice, but Yeah, man, it's just been a wild couple weeks here. So same thing with you. I'm sure
00:01:30
Speaker
Oh yeah, it's been beyond busy for us here in Kentucky. We left out of Virginia middle of the last month, basically the week after WrestleMania. We've been staying with my parents here in Kentucky and we're in the middle of closing on a house down in Tennessee.
00:01:48
Speaker
Anybody that's got kids, you know, it's just crazy when you're kind of just in that in-between state Staying at somebody else's house. It's stressful every day is another adventure just trying to keep the kids entertained and Occupied but we're getting through it and before you know it we're gonna be back in the new and improved sharpshooter studios I've ready to bring you guys all the audio gold that you're used to Marco plug the chick Foley Twitter handle and
00:02:15
Speaker
Yeah man, on the Twitter machine, you can find me, Chick Foley Show, you can follow me, give updates on everything Pod Foundation, any news that's happening in the wrestling world and the fig world.
Social Media Plugs and Discounts
00:02:30
Speaker
I usually try to keep up to date with that, so you can definitely find me there. And obviously, you can find Sheena on IG at Chick Foley.
00:02:41
Speaker
And Jordan, you want to plug your social media just on Instagram at the Fig God.
00:02:50
Speaker
And we want to remind you guys to follow pod foundation to keep up with all the latest from ourselves the extra cooler show turnbuckle tavern and coming down the aisle. I want to make sure that you guys are using code chick Foley to save 10% at ringside collectibles on all your figure purchases and support all the new product dropping over at chalk line you guys ready to talk some wrestling. Yeah, let's get into it.
NXT Spring Break Review
00:03:17
Speaker
All right, let's start off with NXT Spring Break. And first off, did anyone else besides me watch it? Because I know we had the live thread going on Facebook and I felt like it was basically just a one-on-one conversation between me and my man Zach Hertz going back and forth about the show.
00:03:34
Speaker
It was just you answering your own questions. Seth, how you feeling about this show? Good, Seth. How are you today? I mean, I chimed in a little bit. I was kind of preparing for the raw down, but I did watch it as I was going in. I thought it was a solid show, personally. I thought it was really
00:03:53
Speaker
I thought it was really good. Um, I didn't, I didn't see any, I didn't feel there were any down spots in it at all. Um, I only think I didn't like about it. They didn't really like go full in with the theme, like a spring break theme type of thing with like, I don't know, like maybe like change up the set a little bit. But other than that, as far as like the wrestling and entertainment one, I was so Marcos.
00:04:15
Speaker
So you were wanting to see like Girls Gone Wild a Jace on the product, man? Like chicks just flashing and doing body shots and stuff to go with the spring break thing? Not necessarily. Maybe more like a MTV. You said those spring break weeks. Maybe something like that. Like just people dancing around and stuff like that. And nothing scandal-y clad. But you know, go forward. I mean, come on.
00:04:44
Speaker
Yeah, it's funny you mentioned that, man. I hadn't thought about that in years, but I remember as a kid always looking forward to MTV Spring Break Week. They would always go to Cabo or Cancun or something. It just always looked lit as fuck, man. By the time I got to the age where that was something I would actually do, I don't think you could have paid me to go to that kind of scene.
00:05:08
Speaker
That's never really been like, you know, my vibe. But as a kid, I was like, oh, this is what I got to look forward to when I grow up. You look so fun. But yeah, you know, something like that. I mean, because NXT right now is geared towards the younger audience. So like you figured they would kind of like throw something like that in there. But, you know, missed opportunity. Maybe they'll do it next year. Who knows?
NXT Highlights and Character Storytelling
00:05:30
Speaker
Yeah, I thought it was a fun show. Definitely not take over worthy, but maybe take over light. It was pretty good for a 2.0 show. I like how they quickly addressed and got rid of, for storyline purposes, Malcolm Bivens, Persia Perada, and Dexter Loomis with just a couple of skits. So at least we got some sort of acknowledgement and it wasn't just like, hey, ignore everything you've been seeing for the last few months on TV. So that was good.
00:05:58
Speaker
What do you think the match of the night was, Marco? Dang. That's going to be a rough one. I might go with the opener with the triple threat match. I think that would be my favorite match of the night.
00:06:14
Speaker
I think the opener was definitely my favorite as far as belt about action. Um, I did like the Viking Raiders versus Creed's though. My favorite mass just cause I'm always a fan of main roster guys coming down for, for cameos on NXT. And I thought that match just really slapped. Um, Jordan, you said you just got the highlights man. Did anything from the highlights stick out to you as, as a more casual NXT observer?
00:06:39
Speaker
And this one just felt like a mid-90s in your house show to me. There's just a bunch of thrown together matches. There's not a whole lot of storyline behind any of them. It was just kind of there. Yeah, I watched the highlights of it.
00:06:55
Speaker
Yeah, I like seeing the Viking Raiders and XT. It just, it fits more of who they are. They don't need to be a comedy act, dude. They're just some ass-kickers and out there to wrestle and XT lets them do that. So I'm all for them actually staying down there. But yeah, I don't know. This one just kind of felt thrown together. It was just like, hey, we're going to do this just to try to draw some ratings, which I get because they're not really getting much on ratings anymore.
00:07:22
Speaker
Yeah, I just throw them together show it was what it was. But yeah, I'm not really a weekly NXT viewer anymore, unfortunately.
00:07:33
Speaker
Yeah, speaking of the ratings, I actually think NXT could be well served by going back to like a Peacock exclusive, like how NXT was originally just being a WWE network exclusive.
Rural Recording Challenges
00:07:46
Speaker
I think that was definitely the glory days of the brand. And I think it just works out best considering it's developmental.
00:07:52
Speaker
One other thing I want to address real quick. I got a text from Jordan, you know, asking me to pep it up a little bit. Just so you guys know, I am recording. Again, like I mentioned, I'm at my parents' house right now. So I have my parents and my son Brett sleeping down the hall from me. And she knows upstairs. The reason she is not with us is she is actively trying to get the future women's champion, Stella, down to sleep.
00:08:16
Speaker
Normally, it wouldn't be an issue, but my parents have all hardwood floors downstairs. It's real hardwood. It's not laminate or anything. This shit's from over 20 years ago. The sound just bounces off of it, man. Jordan, that's why I'm trying to talk a little bit softer than usual with you. I'm trying not to have the whole-
00:08:38
Speaker
I'm trying not to broadcast the show throughout the entire house. Yeah, I don't mind the NPR version of Seth talking right now. It's pretty good. Thanks, man. Here's how Seth opened the show, guys. Hey, welcome to the Chick-Fully show, guys. I'm your host, Seth Phelps. Hey, nice to see you guys. Is it D-card? Is it D-card DeMio or 420?
00:09:02
Speaker
Hey, man. Yeah. Like Marco said, man, I'm going for the, uh, I'm going, I'm going for the NPR AM radio vibe. You know, we're going to get some, uh, we're going to get some fucking steely Dan and some other scooter besides playing here in a little bit, man, as the, uh, as the show goes on. Um, so with all that out of the way, man, does anybody got anything else to add on NXT?
Cinco de Mayo Celebrations
00:09:26
Speaker
Nope.
00:09:29
Speaker
All right, let's have a drink then for Cinco de Mayo.
00:09:44
Speaker
All right, I will kick it off. Again, it is Cinco de Mayo, so it was only appropriate that I drink a Mexican beer, and I'm drinking some soul. So normally, I would go with Corona for my Cerveza of choice. In a pinch, I might do a Dos Equis, but my dad hit Walmart on his way home today, and this is what he grabbed. And it's a scientific fact that free beer tastes about 20% better, so that's what I'm drinking. And to be honest, it's going down pretty easy. Jordan, what are you sipping on, man?
00:10:14
Speaker
uh in honor of Cinco de Mayo I am drinking a margarita tonight it's just uh I drank some corona's earlier and now we're on the margarita train so happy Cinco de Draco
00:10:28
Speaker
What I mean you gotta be more specific dude, you know, this is a drinking podcast What what kind of margarita you're rolling with so I went with some dobel tequila I mixed my own. I did some margarita mix little sweet sour mix Little pinch of lime. So just a homemade margarita lime margarita Nice man. All right and Marco, what are you drinking man?
00:10:53
Speaker
Of course, it's a single demise. We have to go with the with the chick fully favorite the WrestleMania 17 the term on a tequila With the the broken skull margarita mix So yeah, just sipping on that. Oh, yeah Yeah felt it felt it was suitable. We're talking wrestling single to my own It all added up
00:11:19
Speaker
All right. So Jordan and, uh, Jordan and Marco are on the margaritas. Sheena didn't even make it to the opening bell for this podcast. So it may be a one man monologue by the time, uh, by the time the show ends tonight, we'll see if these guys can, uh, can hang. Uh, you ever had to talk backlash? Let's go to do it.
Bobby Lashley vs. Omos Debate
00:11:38
Speaker
Alright, so I don't really got a whole lot of detail on kind of the format for the show. We'll just kind of go match by match. Starting it off with Corbin versus Madcap Moss. Jordan, what thoughts do you get on this match?
00:11:53
Speaker
Definitely a match that needed to happen just for the fact that Madcap finally got tired of being pushed around by Corbin. I do have some high hopes for this match honestly. I think Madcap showed a lot the last couple of months. Corbin is what he is so I don't expect much from him anymore but yeah I'm hoping Madcap shows out and has another good match for a pay-per-view.
00:12:18
Speaker
Yeah, the storyline has been lackluster to say the least, but both of these guys are generally pretty good once the bell rings. I'm saying though, I got high hopes for Moss. I hope he wins this match, gets a repackage and
00:12:36
Speaker
You know puts Baron Corbin in the rearview mirror Marco how about you man? How do you see this one playing out? Yeah, definitely. I definitely see a madcap. I was taking the taking the W here It goes without showing that like
00:12:50
Speaker
Baron Corbin, as much as people hate him and stuff like that, that dude's super consistent across the board when it comes to matches. You can pretty much put him with anyone and you can get a pretty decent match out of him and his opponent. And Madcap Moss is obviously a rising star. You can see them pushing him to the moon at some point. I'm actually low-key looking forward to this match to see how it plays out.
00:13:22
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going off of nothing aside from my own just speculation and guessing off this but I'd be willing to bet Baron Corbin is the kind of guy that like really gets under people's skin backstage because I think we all know he's far from being the most talented wrestler that there is or the flashiest.
00:13:41
Speaker
And we've seen a lot of really amazing guys either released or being allowed to walk out the door over the last year and a half in WWE. But it seems like he just does exactly what Vince McMahon wants, both on the mic in the ring, whatever he just checks off all the boxes for what Vince is looking for for a mid Carter. And that's why this dude has survived cut after cut and why he's going to be around for a really, really long time. Yeah, he's
Baron Corbin's WWE Journey
00:14:06
Speaker
solid. He's like, he's like, he's good in the ring.
00:14:09
Speaker
He's great. Like you said, he's great on the mic and he, you know, he, he doesn't injure, he doesn't get injured. He doesn't injure people. You never hear like, you know, Baron Corbin's going all willy nilly and injuring, you know, top stars and stuff like that. So he's really consistent. Um, I mean.
00:14:26
Speaker
Don't see him getting released anytime soon I mean like you said he's definitely he definitely plays about the books and it's definitely helped I mean they he's been in definitely like some top tier matches who as well and some main event matches So I mean he retired Kurt Angle for God's sakes. I mean we can't forget that. Yeah, no lie
00:14:47
Speaker
Yeah. I'm still not a fan, but yeah, I think, you know, he might as well get used to it because he's not going anywhere. Another feud that I think has started to run out of some steam, even though it was looking pretty good going into WrestleMania, Bobby Lashley versus Omos. Marco, what do you think, man? Is Lashley going to take the L this time now that he's got MVP going against him?
00:15:11
Speaker
Probably. I think, you know, WrestleMania Backlash is obviously the rematch pay-per-view. And, you know, with the WWE, the 50-50 booking on most of these, you gotta think that Omos has taken the W. Plus with, you know, with MVP with him. And you kind of seen a little bit more out of Omos as far as his character goes.
00:15:36
Speaker
A lot of people talk about the Omos experiment and if it's over and if they're done pushing him and stuff like that, but I think it's just the beginning. He doesn't technically have to go crazy and win a world title right now, but I think you stick MVP with him and take him along for the ride. I think he's going to get something good out of it. I think he's definitely taken the win from Bobby Lashley this time around.
00:16:05
Speaker
Yeah, he's, uh, he's definitely got the size advantage, which is rare for somebody going against Bobby Lashley. He's got MVP working for him also. Now, if only Bobby Lashley had a couple of guys to watch his back and help you in the odds, you know, but, uh, for whatever reason, he's just decided to fire the herb business not once, but twice.
00:16:24
Speaker
still don't understand that one. What about you, Jordan? You hyped up for this match to be completely honest with you. I'm going to be completely honest with you guys. Me and Seth talked about this on the last pod warriors. Like I'm all for them rerunning some storylines back from WrestleMania, but dude, I don't need a carbon copy of WrestleMania as the next pay per view.
00:16:46
Speaker
dude this this feud has lost so much steam in the last couple weeks i honestly don't know how people can watch weekly television anymore dude it's it's just not enjoyable i mean i'll record them and then fast forward through it just see if i miss anything but yeah dude this one definitely ain't doing it for me
00:17:04
Speaker
Um, like you guys said, the MVP thing being infused into it was cool, but I don't know, man, just three weeks of this has just kind of ran its course for me and I've just kind of over the whole thing. I mean, almost definitely needs this one more than lastly. So I guess that's probably who will win, but yeah, I mean, is anybody going to be mad if we'll
Live Crowd Reactions
00:17:24
Speaker
actually wins? Like I got nothing for this.
00:17:30
Speaker
Marco, you're definitely more in tune with the week-to-week product and the rest of us from doing the raw down over on the term vocal tavern feed with Young Anthony and J-Bone. What has the live crowd reactions been towards this feud? Does it seem like people are still into it or has it just been flat anytime they have a segment? Not flat because Bobby Lashley, obviously, he gets a good pop.
00:17:56
Speaker
I don't think
00:18:13
Speaker
Not so much of Omos in an MVP and a throne there too as well. But it's not, I wouldn't say it's flat. I would say there's, there's rumblings. There's, there's at least some noise when both of those guys are, you know, in the vicinity of each other. So, I mean, it's, I mean, Omos is an attraction. We kind of talked about this on the rundown, like he's, you know, and then we talked, we kind of talked about like, does, does that even matter anymore? Like the, uh,
00:18:43
Speaker
like the, you know, come see this like big giant dude when there's like guys his size that are way more athletic and that type of stuff. So, I mean, that's obviously that's a whole other conversation, but I mean, I could see why like Jordan would be, you know, not interested in this feud at all. But I can also see why like a kid would be interested because Omos is a giant dude and Bobby Lashley looks like a superhero. So I can totally see both sides of it.
00:19:10
Speaker
but yeah it's one of those weird like weird uh enigmas where it's you know Bobby Lashley is getting the pump MVP gets a reaction but Omos doesn't and I think kind of you know they're getting the reactions that Omos needs but I don't think he would obviously walk down and get the reaction that they would get so yeah it's it's a weird situation with that feud
00:19:37
Speaker
Yeah, I really liked Omos as AJ's bodyguard. To me, there's just zero charisma in his performances in the ring, though, man. I think he was better just as a side dish, I guess, to better. An accessory for somebody else, man, just because I don't know. He reminds me of the great Kali when he's actually in the ring wrestling. It just doesn't do it for me, man. Something about it.
00:20:08
Speaker
Alright, let's go on to another WrestleMania rematch right up Jordan's alley.
Finn Balor and Judgment Day Speculation
00:20:14
Speaker
AJ Styles going back against Edge, this time with a special stipulation of Damian Priest being barred from ringside. We saw Finn come out and help AJ on Monday. That seemed like it really came
00:20:28
Speaker
out of nowhere it was Bullet Club Day so maybe that's why they just threw us a bone but obviously the speculation is already going wild if you watch WWE at all in the last 25 years you know that probably wasn't an accident and it could be setting us up for a swerve bro Jordan what do you think man are we gonna see Finn turn heel and join up with Edge's Judgment Day faction
00:20:51
Speaker
Oh, boy, I hope so, man. Nothing would get me more excited than seeing Finn Balor join Edge and Damian Priest. Let me tell you. Let's have Finn Balor play third wheel of those two, man. I'm just going to get all jacked up about WWE tonight, man. This is just great. No, but seriously, this match should be pretty good. But dude, no, I'm not excited about Finn going into a faction with those two. Nothing could probably get me less excited than that.
00:21:23
Speaker
I kind of like it, man. I don't know. Maybe it's just wishful thinking because I'm such a Finn Mark. I don't think he would automatically be the third wheel. I could see him being like the top dog and, you know, Edge almost going to like a like Ric Flair and evolution type role with Finn being the main dude in the faction. You know, Finn's not the greatest on promos. If he had Edge talking a lot of shit for him and he just had to go out and wrestle, I think that could be a good setup, man. What do you think, Marko?
00:21:53
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with you, Seth. Yeah, definitely. I mean, it would definitely help, you know, because obviously if you read like the social media and Twitter and all that stuff and was like, oh, Finn Balor's, you know, getting buried and obviously he lost the title to, you know, theory a few weeks back. And I think I think having him
00:22:15
Speaker
You know, even turn heel, just seeing him as a heel would be pretty cool as well. Like, just like a full blown, like, like, evil Finn Balor. And we might see the demon Finn Balor at some point, since that kind of like fits that faction. But yeah, I agree with you with him being like, he wouldn't pay the third wheel, he'd definitely be like the second, like the right hand to edge.
00:22:38
Speaker
him being the senior to Damian Priest and Damian Priest still being like that like student to both of those guys so I think you kind of need like a Finn Balor type in that in that group and then obviously the rumors with Rhea Ripley possibly joining as well so I mean I think that's a pretty cool faction personally. Did you just say that Finn Balor would be the senior to Damian Priest?
00:23:02
Speaker
Beating like it in the as far as like the you know in ring. I mean he is a year older than him, but good lord like Yeah, I think it's funny they always they kind of they kind of pushed Damien priests is like young up-and-coming superstar, but As far as like, you know the status in WWE like obviously Prince Balor's been there longer Yeah
00:23:31
Speaker
I hope I hope you guys are right and they still they yeah, and they present him Yeah, they present Damien priests as a young guy on TV for whatever reason even though I think he's yeah He's older than all of us on the he's 39 years old So he's almost as old as like Bret Hart was when they were trying to push him out the past year in WWF back in 97 Pretty crazy to think about all right. We're halfway through with the backlash card. So let's get a word from the term bubble tavern. I
00:23:58
Speaker
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00:24:28
Speaker
All right, one other disclaimer for this special edition of the Chick-fil-A show before you go any further. If you guys notice any audio hiccups or glitches or anything on this episode, it is strictly because I am out in the country recording right now. When I say the country, I mean the country.
00:24:47
Speaker
I'm talking we're 15 miles from the closest gas station where I'm taping out right now out in the, in the sticks of Kentucky. So don't blame it on Jordan or Marco. It's all on, uh, on me and Sheena this week for the, uh, all the headaches and hassles and horseshit with this episode. Um, let's get on to the top three matches of the show. We'll start off with another WrestleMania rematch just for, just for Jordan.
Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes Predictions
00:25:11
Speaker
Seth Rollins versus Cody. What do you think? Is this one getting your goosebumps? All right, this is better. This is definitely better. I mean, this should be the match of the night, obviously. I think this feud has been good, the parts I've seen of it, what I've watched on weekly television. It is cool to see Cody back, obviously. I just wonder how long he actually stays at the top of the card. But yeah, him and Rollins will put on a great match.
00:25:40
Speaker
There's there there's not really much that needs to be said that they're gonna throw down. So yeah, I'm excited for this one Yeah, if I could break kayfabe for a minute I'm a little bit worried on this one Because I don't see anywhere discuss storyline other than Cody going over Seth again, man I really don't see them I see Cody's first loss on this run coming from Roman Reigns And I feel like they're gonna they're gonna put my you know have my boy take the clean loss once again, man, which is
00:26:09
Speaker
pretty depressing but I don't see any way that's that's coming away with the dub on this one just from a non-kf perspective. Marco, what do you think, man? Is there any way Seth Rollins can revenge his loss from wrestling? No, I'm kind of with you on that. I think Cody's definitely taking the win. Obviously, there's going to be like a crazy near fall.
00:26:32
Speaker
for Seth, you know, looking like he's gonna win, but I think Cody's gonna take the W. And I kind of think this is gonna be like a...
00:26:42
Speaker
I'm not sure how long. I mean, you really can't do a rubber match if Cody wins two times in a row. Why do a third
Cody Rhodes and the WWE Title
00:26:49
Speaker
one? Yeah, that's it. My thing is, I think this might be either a changeover for Seth. Maybe he'll change his character up again. I can see him taking some time off for a little bit, if anything.
00:27:07
Speaker
who knows. I definitely want to see like for some reason I want to see a change in Seth Rollins maybe like go back to that like you know just like just more vindictive not not coming out laughing and you know playing into the crowd and stuff like that just come out and be like a full-blown heel essentially and I'm hoping maybe like you know
00:27:29
Speaker
Yeah, he's basically like uh, he's like a grand theft auto character or something right now, man He's kind of like playing, you know, he's a hail but he's kind of playing into the crowd with the the oh And all that stuff but uh, I don't know. I definitely see him losing um and it's you know, we talk about this a lot of the raw down like
00:27:48
Speaker
We definitely think Cody's gonna win the title. The rumors are he's gonna win the title at some point and bring back the winged eagle. That's what it's for. If you guys haven't been reading social media, that's like the... That would almost make it be worth it. That's like the hot topic going around. That's like the rumors and whatever. But the other thing is it may not be televised when he does. A lot of people think it's gonna be at MSG where his father didn't.
00:28:12
Speaker
We use unsuccessful in winning the title. So other people think it's not gonna be televised when it happens It's gonna be off TV and then you get a lot of factors coming up You have that up clash at the castle coming up and obviously that's gonna be Roman Reigns versus Drew McIntyre I don't see any other match besides that so he Roman Reigns is definitely gonna have the title in September so who knows we we can't count Cody out or Seth Rollins out of the title picture just
00:28:40
Speaker
just yet anyway, I think. If they ended Roman Reigns title run on a non televised event, everyone knows how I feel about Roman Reigns. If they honestly did that, that is one of the dumbest things WWE will have ever done in their entire run. That would be the stupidest fucking thing I've ever seen. Well, you won't see it because they need another paper. You have MSG, man. No, we're not doing that.
00:29:12
Speaker
Yeah, it's been it's been a while since they've had a pay-per-view at MSG man I can't even I don't think since I came back wrestling that was came back watching wrestling. They've had one They had a couple of a televised house shows on the network, but yeah, but that was it man So maybe we'll get a maybe maybe we can get a special pay-per-view at MSG to make that happen That would be kind of cool to bring it full circle
00:29:30
Speaker
for the Dusty story, but I think there's like some licensing fees and stuff, man. It's real expensive to do a, to do TV or paper paper out of Madison Square Garden, like they charge extra. Yeah, they, I was actually, I started to listen to the Road Dog, his new podcast that he has out there. He actually talked about that, like how MSG isn't his favorite arena, mainly because of the production costs. He's like being a producer on, obviously on SmackDown. He said it was like really expensive.
00:30:00
Speaker
to do anything there, essentially. So yeah, I don't see them televising it there. I mean, if they do, I mean, that'd be cool. But yeah, I think if something does happen, it's going to be off. It's going to be off. It's not going to be a premium live event as they have now.
00:30:17
Speaker
All
Six-Man Tag Match Disappointment
00:30:18
Speaker
right. Speaking of Roman and Drew McIntyre, let's get into this six man tag. We got the bloodline one up against Drew McIntyre and RK bro. Um, I'm pretty hot about this one, man. Cause I was really hyped up for the tag team unification match. I don't know. And they didn't even really give us any storyline reason for why it went away. Like they were hyping that up hard for like four weeks and all of a sudden it was just like, bam, no, it's going to be a six man tag. Uh, the behind the scenes rumors are that.
00:30:47
Speaker
ticket sales were kind of lagging for this event. And they were like, fuck it, let's get Roman Reigns in a match. And so this is their answer. But it's definitely a bummer, because I thought that first off, I thought RK bro and usos just would have tore it down in a pay-per-view match. And more importantly, I just think it would have been really cool to
00:31:07
Speaker
to have the titles unified, you know, they already did it with the WWE title and the universal title. So why not these Jordan? What do you think about that? The match getting scrapped and us getting basically the house show special. This is again, this is a straight up thrown together match.
00:31:25
Speaker
Yeah, I would prefer Drew and Roman not be in this match and let's just get the unification match. The RK-Bro and Usos could have made it out of this show and I don't think anybody would have been mad about it. I mean, I don't know. I don't get this match. You're probably right. It's probably for ticket sales just to get Roman on.
00:31:45
Speaker
I don't know man it's just this is just such a cop out a month after WrestleMania and Roman's not even defending the title I just I don't know man it's it's this is a weird one for me and the most and the the usos and RK bro storyline was like the most interesting thing that was happening
00:32:03
Speaker
on WWE TV on a week to week basis, man, and now it's just up in smoke. Marco, I do got to give you and Sheena credit because even though Uncle Dave kind of took me in Jordan's side that Roman wasn't hurt, it's really starting to make me think like maybe he was injured, man, because it seems like, you know, obviously we haven't really seen him in action at all on
00:32:24
Speaker
on SmackDown or Raw. And it seemed like they were very hesitant to even put him on this pay-per-view. I'd be willing to bet we see him less than five minutes of in-ring action. So maybe you guys were right. Maybe it was one of those once in a blue moon times that I was wrong about something. But either way, we're getting it scrapped and we're getting the six-man tag instead. Who do you see going over in this one, Marco?
00:32:47
Speaker
I definitely I mean since they're kind of like setting up the Drew McIntyre Roman Reigns, sorry kid I mean that I mean this is probably I mean they probably didn't want to they kind of scrapped that Shinsuke Nakamura storyline too because it looked like shouldn't it was gonna be like yeah, well that would have been cool man, it's gay and Roman Reigns at the pay-per-view that would have been pretty awesome but um
00:33:08
Speaker
Yeah, it's that. And I think, I think RK-Bro and McIntyre are gonna, you know, win. I think Jimmy is gonna be the one to get pinned. Mainly because this is, I kind of brought this up before. So I think it was also scrapped because did you guys see recently they released cam footage of his arrest in July of last year? Did you see that?
00:33:56
Speaker
the cop and like he I this video just comes out of nowhere and then out of nowhere they don't do the unification title match so I'm thinking me that my own conspiracy brain is thinking there's something to that I'm not not saying like you know he's gonna go to jail or anything like that but there could be some type of legal things happening
00:33:58
Speaker
did you guys know that happened
00:34:19
Speaker
For me, anyway, that's what I'm thinking. And the reason why he might not be around to, you know, be a unified champion for long. It might be something where he's tied up in something else. That was my own thing, so. Just the abruptness of them canceling that match was kind of weird.
00:34:39
Speaker
Like it just, ticket sales are none. They could just throw Roman Reigns in a match with Drew McIntyre and then just have that unification match still. Just add another match to it. I don't think adding him to that as a triple threat match makes any sense at all as to like, hiking up ticket sales. I think it's something more behind the scenes. And I think it kind of has something to do with that video that released like a week ago out of nowhere. We'll see.
00:35:07
Speaker
To me, I don't think, I mean, it's definitely a possibility. Who knows what goes on in Vince McMahon's crazy brain. I don't think DUIs, I don't think he really sweats them. Look at Jeff Hardy. He had like, what, like 29 DUIs and WWE was still bringing him back time after time. I don't know, man. I think it's Roman injured and they wanted to hold him out, but then the ticket sales pushed him.
00:35:29
Speaker
We'll see time will tell I'm really hoping I think hell in a cell as our next pay-per-view after this one I'm hoping maybe we just get our paper on the uso's in that one Because I know those guys would tear it down Going on to what I think should be the main event the I quit match Between Charlotte and Ronda Rousey.
Charlotte vs. Ronda Rousey Analysis
00:35:47
Speaker
I don't see any way again. I'm gonna break kayfabe. I don't see any way
00:35:52
Speaker
that they could convince Ronda Rousey to say, I quit and lose this match. What do you guys think? Does anybody think Charlotte has a chance to come away with the dub in this one?
00:36:03
Speaker
I honestly would be more so like even if it wasn't an I quit match I'd be more surprised if Rhonda lost two straight matches to be completely honest with you and then then put an I quit stipulations I think that made it even more that there's there's no way I agree with you you can't have a former UFC fighter come in we're breaking kayfabe a little bit here but
00:36:25
Speaker
can have a former UFC fighter come in and say, I quit in a wrestling match. Like dude, that would look pretty bad. I just, yeah, I agree with you. I don't see anything that like that happening. So y'all goes around as well.
00:36:39
Speaker
Yeah, they could they could always hit the world rumble 99 mankind and rock gimmick Just play that actual audio What do you think I don't see her sticking around Personally, that's my thing. I don't see her
00:37:04
Speaker
Sticking around to be a champion and defending the title. I mean, I'm not like I'm not sure obviously I don't know like that but her contract says and how long she's like signed on for but I just
00:37:15
Speaker
I don't see SmackDown being the go-to show to see Ronda Rousey holding the title. You know what I mean? I personally don't see her winning. Yeah. It definitely doesn't seem like her heart did it on the phone. Yeah. Even the storyline. She doesn't seem like she's into it. I don't know. She just phoned it in most of the time.
00:37:39
Speaker
I don't know. I think Charlotte's going to win. It's just going to be some weird stipulation that they throw in where she wins. Like Rhonda Rousey is going to pass out and get knocked out or something stupid like that. I don't know. So you're picking Charlotte wins, but Rhonda still doesn't say I quit. Save them both.
00:37:58
Speaker
Yeah, I could see that man. That may actually be the most realistic outcome. I don't think there's any chance Miranda says I quit. We'll see if she leaves with the belt or not. Let's hear from our good friends at the Extra Cooler show. Hey everyone, it's Nick, better known as Extra Cooler. Is there anything better than diving back into the wrestling archives and watching classic matches from the past?
00:38:22
Speaker
Yes, there is. It's doing that with your buddies while cracking jokes and enjoying some ice cold beverages. If that sounds like fun to you, then be sure to check out my new podcast, The Extra Cooler Show, where each episode, my Survivor Series team and I review an old school match chosen by you, the listeners. The Extra Cooler Show is available wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to subscribe and follow us for new episodes every other Thursday morning.
Wrestling Figures Update
00:39:00
Speaker
All right, it is time for the figure for where we get all caught up on wrestling figure news. It's been about a month, so we got a little bit to get to. We want to remind you guys to use code chick Foley to save 10% on all your figure purchases at ringside collectibles ton of awesome preorders are up right now.
00:39:20
Speaker
First off, let's start with figure news with Chella. I think we covered all the WrestleMania access reveals on our last news bomb. There hasn't been a whole lot on the AEW front aside from inbox pictures of unrivaled series nine. Also, shout out to the Eddie Kingston figure. I think we all universally dragged that one when it was a reveal. The MOC version looked a lot better. Did you guys get a chance to check that out? Yeah, I was actually thinking the same thing. I was actually looking through the
00:39:50
Speaker
The the reveals. Yeah, definitely. It definitely looks way better than what we've seen at the At that was at that last pay-per-view that they had fans best Yeah, definitely looks way better. Yeah. Yeah, don't get me wrong. It's still not Yeah, nobody's gonna confuse it for a defining moments or an ultimate edition, but it's still miles better from from what we go ahead Christian doesn't look that bad either I mean
00:40:19
Speaker
it's a little bit you know it's not as bad as what i remember it to be essentially that christian is by far though i'm sorry what they were going for
00:40:30
Speaker
Yeah, I can respect what they were going for because they definitely made an effort to make it old man Christian and then just do the easy thing and, you know, make standard Christian. But I feel like when they were on, you know, when the designers hit there, like, you know, the age slider, they put it about 12 years too far. This is like straight up senior citizen Christian, man.
00:40:51
Speaker
Yeah, he looks, he looks grizzled. But let's get to our good friends across the pond, Chella. So first off, the atom bomb figure has shipped. Did either one of you guys get this figure yet? The Chella atom bomb? I didn't either. Okay, well, I guess I'm the only psycho that gets everything that drops. So I grabbed it. If you go to the major resting figure pod, IG, they put a pretty detailed review
00:41:21
Speaker
I think they just got a bad figure, man. Theirs looked pretty rough. It had different tones, different skin tones on the arms. The bubble had already come off the card when they got it. I think they just got one of the first ones off the line or something. Mine looks fine, man. I never had the OG Hasbro. I have a really, really good replica, which is a fancy word saying fake, Hasbro, atom bomb.
00:41:52
Speaker
Jordan saw them, though. Tell me those don't hold up, Jordan, those fakes that I got. I mean, they're good, but they're still not the real deal. That's why I didn't order the Atom out because I have the real deal and it's mint. I just don't need this fig more than anything.
00:42:11
Speaker
There you go. Tell me, tell us you're rich without telling us you're rich. Hey, broke boy, the rich people are speaking.
00:42:23
Speaker
But yeah the We shipped pretty cool looking figure. I'm looking forward to the chase glow-in-the-dark one I don't know if you guys can hear this beeping. I think one of the boys is going off in the living room We also had a reveal they're making Legion of doom from summer slam 92 So the big thing on this is gonna be the gold shoulder pads you guys get chances. This is awesome. Yeah, that's pretty cool. I
00:42:48
Speaker
Yeah, they've been definitely been some of my most wanted figures for a long time. I wish action figure attack Steve Ozer actually came out on the ringside collectibles forums and said that Legion of Doom has got some issues going on with disputes with their estate and that's the reason why.
00:43:06
Speaker
There haven't, there hasn't been a new legend deal with them. They said this is one of the first looks that they'll put out though, if they do get their rights. Yeah. Really, really cool. We're also getting the killer bees, which is awesome. Um, I, you know, I, I was always a big fan of the killer bees gimmick and most importantly, we are getting rhythm and blues, Greg Valentine's. You guys get to check this out. Yes. Thank God. We finally get this figure. This was a, this was a long overdue Hasbro line figure. So I'm really happy we're going to get this finally.
00:43:38
Speaker
Yeah, that's actually like quickly going up the charts for my most wanted like legends figure right now from the elites man, I think that would be so cool because Mattel has given us two really awesome honky talk man elites. If there was one criticism I had of the updated legends lines, it's been the lack of like first time in the line figures, we're getting a lot of re releases and stuff.
00:44:02
Speaker
If that's the case, give us something cool like this, you know, I would totally be for a, an elite version of the rhythm and blues Greg Valentine. I think that'd be awesome. For sure. That would be a great thing for them to do. Jordan, what's some of your I'm about to go investigate what this toy is it's beeping man before so it doesn't ruin the whole rest of the podcast. Do you have a most wanted legends figure right now. Most wanted legends figure.
00:44:31
Speaker
Uh, I think I'm still gonna go with the the razor Ramon from his WCW debut in the the jean jacket and the jean the jeans like That's by far one of my most wanted figures right now. So I would definitely go with that I know we've gotten razors before but I just think that look would be so cool in figure four How about you Marco? Huh? That's always a tough one For me
00:45:02
Speaker
day i mean they could release every ultimate warrior figure and mark me and mark who are gonna buy oh yeah they can keep doing that yeah definitely i mean that's that's a that's a no-brainer definitely um yeah i mean
00:45:17
Speaker
I mean the only one that comes to mind is Mr. Fuji, man. We definitely need a Mr. Fuji. Depending on which one, I mean hopefully if it's a Legends deal you get all the Mr. Fugees, but to start it off, definitely old school Mr. Fuji with the top hat and the suit and stuff like that. That'd be pretty cool, I think.
00:45:41
Speaker
I think we'll, I think we'll get that in one of the, either the summer slam or WrestleMania lines. I think that's what they're starting to do with the managers and stuff like that. Some of the figure. Yeah. I just think they're going to start using that more, which that's what they should have been doing all along. I think, cause we don't need like, uh, the 20th Ray Mysterio, right? Like the Dominic that they're doing in the, what is that? That survivor series or summer slam wine. Like that's awesome. Like that's something people want. Like.
00:46:08
Speaker
That's what they got to use that for I mean that and that makes people buy the line to it smart. Yep
00:46:15
Speaker
Agree definitely. Yeah. Yeah, who so I heard you guys mentioned mr. Fuji Would you guys rather have like the 80s like devious one in the tuxedo or do you guys want the so you go Zuna stop mr? I'm hoping if I'm hoping if they do a legends deal we get like both so but the but the first one is the devious one I want to you know tuxedo Mr. Fuji and then that's the second time around we get Mr. Fuji with you know
00:46:43
Speaker
I would I would love to have Mr. Fuji with the bucket of salt and stuff I think that'd be awesome but I mean either one I'll do like we can't get picky when it comes to these right like when they're doing managers like we also want slick Fuji all those guys so I'm not gonna be picky about it Harvey Whipple did I want a Captain Lou Albano dude Captain Lou let's just do a legends manager line
00:47:08
Speaker
The problem with that is, dude, I think those are going to be peg warmers. That's why they got to do it in the build a figure form. Like, yeah, they just got to be really careful because I mean, we got to remember guys, these toys are geared towards kids. Like kids don't know who captain look well by knowing sleek and
00:47:27
Speaker
Mr. Fuji are and you really think some kids gonna be like a dad I want that mr. Fuji figure instead of that Roman reigns next to it like What I say to that is F them kids Hey dad, I want let me get this Harvey whoople man shut up damn it and
00:47:54
Speaker
You guys get a kick out of this. So, you know, it took me like three trips getting up and frantically investigating the beeping was actually the fridge. That's what it sounded like. The music was playing for the figure four. I ran over to grab a second beer and I had such a rush. I didn't close the fridge all the way. That's what I've been beeping for. I thought that's what it was. I didn't want to say anything.
00:48:17
Speaker
Why did you say because I don't know if I would have said the fridge like why would the fridge be beeping idiot?
Rare Wrestling Figure Stories
00:48:25
Speaker
I Know how you are All right, let's get back on track there is a story I was wanting to share with you guys between messaging was with another person who was lucky enough to have the chief J strong will figure in hand and
00:48:44
Speaker
And unlike my dumb ass, they still have it. They didn't turn around and sell it. They did some investigating. They questioned the person they got it from. And I just thought this would be pretty interesting for all of the listeners. So it turns out that it was two cases. So there was a handful, I don't know exactly the number, but there were
00:49:05
Speaker
There were several that got released to Australia, right, which makes sense because that's closest to China. So they were early distribution. And then somehow or another, there were two cases that made it to Pennsylvania and they ended up in a skid sale. So skid sales are also sometimes called pallet sales.
00:49:25
Speaker
What that is is basically overstock stuff or stuff that's going to get returned to the company or whatever. It all gets shrink-wrapped up. You'll have a pallet with a different amount of boxes just shrink-wrapped on there. You don't even know what all you're getting. It's similar to Storage Wars. You guys remember that show? You just come on, I think TLC maybe.
00:49:47
Speaker
where people would bid on the storage units. You kind of just get a glance from the outside and got to start bidding. It's like that. People would just, they have, there's places where they'll have these pallets of just random shit shrink wrapped up together. Like you could have, you know, Coca-Cola next to like toilet paper or whatever, but it's all shrink wrapped together. And a lady in Pennsylvania got this particular one and there were two cases of nothing but Chief Jay Strongbow figures, 16 Chief Jay Strongbows. And she put half of them on eBay.
00:50:16
Speaker
and half of them on Facebook marketplace. And that's why that initial batch, the ones I got one from, they were selling for 40 bucks because this lady didn't even know what she had. She was just like, oh, I got these stupid WWE figures. Let me throw them up. I just thought that was pretty wild, man. I would love to know exactly how these two managed to make it somehow to Pennsylvania while the rest of it seems like they're never coming out.
00:50:42
Speaker
But yeah, so if you go to a pallet sale, you know, you never know what you're going to get. You may get, you know, one of the most rare wrestling figures ever made. Remember that time that you had a Chief J Strong Boy and you sold him for a hundred dollars? Remember that time? Hey, like the Chris Farley skit. You remember that time you said the love you take is equal to the love you make?
00:51:05
Speaker
I do, I do, I do. I still, I still stand by it there. We got our boy, the mad reaper working on it. I think when all is said and done, I'm going to have the best chief Jay Strombo figure that's ever made. So we'll see who gets the last laugh.
00:51:20
Speaker
Yeah, definitely hurts man, but I was doing it for my family. You know, I had good intentions when I did it. So I'm not, I haven't been beating myself too much. I haven't been beating myself up too much about it. And I still got faith despite what you may hear from anybody out there, even really reliable sources. I just can't imagine that these figures are all going to go get melted down somewhere. I think they're going to find their way out sooner or later, one way or another. I still got faith that, you know, the chief's going to come home sooner or later, man.
00:51:50
Speaker
So it's been a month since we've done the, since we've done this. So let's, uh, we won't, we won't, uh, you know, we won't be here all night doing this. Let's go through like kind of what some of you guys top purchases from the, uh, the last month figure wise Marco, you want to get us started.
00:52:06
Speaker
Yeah, we were actually just talking about this earlier, so another hard to find figure, Batista Ultimate Edition, the Target exclusive, which seems like it's a legends line for the Ultimate Edition.
00:52:22
Speaker
I had to call up the Fig God to help me get one of those. And it seems like you can't find him anywhere now. I was actually just talking to him about it. He can't find him. If you go on Twitter, there's people still asking for it. And if you go anywhere, people are still asking if it's been restocked anywhere. And it seems like it hasn't. So I mean, if you have a Batista in your position, I mean, you're one of the lucky ones right now.
00:52:47
Speaker
Other than that, I picked up the DX Army. So the DX Army is complete, except for, obviously, X-Pac. But for right now, I have my own Big Shift X-Pac. I kind of took the X-Pac that was recently released in the DX gear and just put the DX shirt on them and the camo pants and stuff like that.
00:53:11
Speaker
leather jacket I think it's from like Finn Balor or something just do it on there so that's kind of like a placeholder until the to the actual XPOC figure shows up
00:53:29
Speaker
Actually, I'll round it off with this. So I've been kind of piecing together a WrestleMania 3 pay-per-view card deal. So obviously with the build-a-figure Vince McMahon, you have him doing the WrestleMania 3. I have the, obviously, Harley race and the junkyard dog that came out a while back, as well as Macho Man, the defining moments.
00:53:58
Speaker
and the goodness of Elizabeth so I pretty much got like all the all the pieces for the only ones I don't have is like the um the obviously Jesse the body venture doesn't have a figure um as well as there's no you know gear specific uh Jake the snake that came out so kind of that's kind of like a stand-in uh I have the honky tonk man as well there so I kind of like veered away from the tag teams because I don't really have the space for them so
00:54:26
Speaker
I kind of focus on the singles matches of WrestleMania 3. But yeah, that's all. I was secretly putting that together. So, yeah, I have my B and Gene, I have my Howard Finkel, I have my Girl of the Monster with the red jacket. I just took the red jacket from B and Gene and the arms and did my own match with the bat. So, yeah, it looks pretty sick. Although, actually, I'll probably take a picture of it and post it in the Facebook group so you can see.
00:54:55
Speaker
You need to get a custom Adrian Adonis one. That's true. I actually have a kind of a custom Jesse the Body. I use the superstar Billy Graham. The young version of him without the beard and kind of threw on one of Macho Man's bandanas and the glasses and stuff like that. So kind of like a makeshift Jesse Ventura in the mix. So yeah, those are my purchases so far.
00:55:26
Speaker
Alright Jordan, how about you, man? So, since we last talked, I got Ultimate Edition, Batiste obviously, I got the Triple H, all of Series 14 including the Edge Chase, and then today I finally got my Brodie Lee and Negative One, and that figure, that set is awesome. Yeah, it is really cool, man.
00:55:49
Speaker
Uh, for me, yeah, that set was a highlight. I got the chase mocks, the new japan version with the shorts. Love that figure. I basically, yeah, I found the, uh, whenever I found that Jericho chase at game stop, I threw that bad boy up on eBay and basically flipped it into that chase model.
00:56:06
Speaker
Yes, mox is my favorite wrestler in AW so I had to have that figure. And then I just want to give another plug to the new, the newest Ultimate Editions, the new Mr. T and Hulk Hogan. The Mr. T figure is really cool. But that Hulk Hogan, even though he is a racist piece of shit.
00:56:25
Speaker
that is still like, it's the best Hulk Hogan figure ever made. Wow. And I think it's probably top 10 all time for Mattel, man. I don't know if you guys got that one yet. I didn't get it yet. I got the shipping. It just... Yeah, I seen a lot of fig photography of it with the different head scans, dude. And yeah, it literally might be the best
00:56:46
Speaker
Hulk Hogan, it might be one of the best figures ever made, not even just the best Hulk Hogan, even though he is a racist piece of shit. You always have to throw that in there. But yeah, they outdid themselves on this one. It's definitely one of those ones that
00:57:07
Speaker
It's definitely one of those ones that it just looks like they shrunk the wrestler down and made like just a little major version of it. It's crazy. But yeah, those are my favorite ones. Let's hear from our good friend J-Bone, John Swallow, and then we will get into some listener mail for this week.
00:57:29
Speaker
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00:58:12
Speaker
All right. And our first listener mail. You can't just jump in like this. You can't just jump in on nonchalant. First 55 minutes of the podcast. I told her right at the start of the show is to, you know, I explained to him what our, I explained to him what our living situation has been for the last month. And now it's been chaos.
00:58:34
Speaker
You're upstairs dealing with that, but here she is. It's the Chick Foley show, even if Chick Foley's only around for the last couple of minutes. Oh, man. I finally got her down for the three candidates, submitted her. Give the listeners your perspective on what you've been up to the last month, and you can tell them about your big boy purchase.
New House Excitement
00:58:51
Speaker
We just got done with weekly purchases. We didn't even talk about the biggest one. So yeah, Seth probably told you guys we're kind of squatting here in Kentucky during our transition from Virginia to Tennessee, which
00:59:01
Speaker
has been great. We're very fortunate. We're not staying in a hotel because that I'm staying in a hotel by yourself, you know, it's just you and your, your spouse, significant other, whatever it's cool. You know what I'm saying? Get a little room service. But when you got two wildlings running around trying to get them settled, like that sounds like hell to me. So
00:59:17
Speaker
being able to stay here at our parents' house and all that kind of stuff, it's been great. So we've been kicking it out here in the country. I'm surprised we even have enough internet service to do this podcast right now, because literally where we are, if the Nest cameras, if you're on your phone and the Nest cameras kick on, the TV will shut off, the Wi-Fi on the TV will shut off.
00:59:36
Speaker
We are we are deep, deep in the in the sticks. But it's been good. And my weekly purchase, we just confirmed today is we got a house. So that was that was our big boy purchase of the week. So stoked for that closing on May 18. Yeah, your mini farm. I got Yeah, I got a little mini farm in the backyard. So everything worked out. We'll share more about that later, especially as we move in and kind of give you guys behind the scenes of
01:00:02
Speaker
what it looks like and all that. But yeah, if you're not house hunting right now, I definitely envy you because it's been a process. So stoked to have that off my plate.
01:00:14
Speaker
And you got some listener mail for us. Well, yeah, that's why I'm here. So first one comes in from Phil done it. He says, which of the four podcast members is going to finished lowest in the picks league? I'm going to say Seth, dude, historically, Seth, just like, I'll, uh, yeah, I'll, I'll take this one. So I think it's a good bet between, I think Jordan and Marco are probably neck and neck for who is going to finish first out of the four of us Jordan, because
01:00:39
Speaker
always in the finals. Excuse me. Can I finish? Jordan because he is the most experienced gambler out of the four of us. Marco because doing the awesome work they're doing over on the raw down. He's definitely more in tune with the week-to-week product and the rest of us.
01:01:00
Speaker
We've seen how much the week-to-week product actually pays off in the paper. True. I think I'm going to be last just because I got in a bad funk. I did good the first season we did it, but I got in a habit lately. I've just been picking based off what I would book. I think I did good the first season because I was really putting myself in Vince McMahon's mind.
01:01:21
Speaker
And I've been bombing here recently, man. So yeah, me and Vince got two different ideas about how the show should be booked. So that's why I've been struggling so much. So yeah, I'm going to say I'm going to finish at the lowest out of the four of us this time. Is it unanimous? We all think Seth's going to finish at the bottom of the pack of the four of us. No, because I am the most experienced gambler. I'm also the most experienced loser of the gamblers. So I finish at the bottom. It's going to be a race to the bottom, Seth.
01:01:49
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you should you should uh okay i'll see you there you should uh uh george you should actually talk to uh tom see if he has to do like a uh a gambler show that sounds like that's gonna go down a hole i don't want to but and that doesn't sound good all of a sudden we're putting we're putting thousand dollar bets on bad midnight dude yeah that i mean yeah
01:02:16
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Me next comes in from Johnny JB. He says which sherry Martel figure Do you prefer the latest summer slam 22 elite or the series 65 elite? I like the summer slam one just cuz It's a it's a better figure, right? It's kind of sherry more strictly as a manager She's more like sensational sherry slash scary sherry mode and you can still use it with the macho man one the one from
01:02:42
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The previous one was cool for
Iced Tea vs. Soda Preferences
01:02:44
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a wrestling Sherry like it was really good for an event specific WrestleMania 6 But I never really remember her wearing that like big purple poopy dress That we saw her in on that one. So I take the newer one. Anybody feeling I like purple poopy See you can tell I've been dealing with the babies too much got purple poopy dress, you know She's still cold sober also
01:03:08
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I would argue that being sleep deprived and tired is equivalent to being buzzed and semi drunk. Am I wrong? Definitely. Yeah. It definitely gives you some sort of a, you know. That one you're drinking with this plan.
01:03:26
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All right, Zach Hertzler says, speaking of drinks, what do you prefer to drink? Ice tea or soda? Soda, dude. So you guys know I'm in the Navy. The only time I drink ice tea, there was a Coke machine on my ship that for whatever reason always had super ice cold, lemon brisk tea. That was the only time I ever get ice tea. For whatever reason, it just hit different out of that. Other than that, I would never drink tea over soda.
01:03:55
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It's so funny. I mean, I don't really drink either on a regular basis, but being from like Kentucky and stuff, like a lot of people drink sweet tea, dude. Like a lot of freaking people drink ice sweet tea. I feel like Zach kind of set tea up for failure though, because he's not even asking like tea or Coca-Cola or like tea or Sprite. He's putting tea over the entire breadth of all sodas. Like it can't compete, dude. That's like, you know, it's like Thanos put up against all the Avengers.
01:04:20
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Yeah. Yeah. I'm definitely going to say soda. Again, I don't drink either on a regular basis, but there is, there's really nothing that hits quite like an ice cold Coca-Cola when it comes to just the regular like Cola flavored Colas.
01:04:33
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Would that be your right cola flavor? There you go. It's like the RCs, the Coca-Cola, the Pepsi's, all that. Coca-Cola definitely reigns supreme. A lot of people around here drink RC. RC is pretty good. Pepsi is just like, you're subhuman to me if you like Pepsi more than Coca-Cola. Subhuman. Wow. I got to have a hot take, especially being from Kentucky. Traditional Southern sweet tea, to me, that's disgusting.
01:04:59
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I would drink like room temperature tap water before I drink sweet tea. Jordan, do you like sweet taste? You seem like you seem like somebody who I'm about to take this a step further. I'm going to take this step further. I'd rather drink muddy water than drink any tea. Wow.
01:05:16
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I do not like lemon tea at all. I like tea. A brisk lemon ice tea in a can is good. I like tea. Like McDonald's sweet tea, like if I accidentally take a sip of somebody's McDonald's cup and sweet tea, like I'm spitting out. The problem with McDonald's sweet tea is they never use enough ice. When you do a sweet tea, it's got to be like to the brim. Yeah. Ice. It's got to be almost like. Yeah. It can be super syrupy. Yeah.
01:05:43
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But yeah, I do like sweet tea. I haven't had sweet tea in a long time, but I got in a habit for a while drinking just regular, like, unsweet iced tea, and it was good, but yeah, it can't mess with freaking Coca-Cola, dude. Tony Barker says, if you had unlimited resources, what would your ultimate summer vacation destination be?
Summer Vacation and SummerSlam Plans
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Um, SummerSlam, July 30th, Nashville, Tennessee. I don't need the resources on my own limited resources. I'm executing my summer vacation dream. So yeah, it's going to be awesome. And I encourage everybody from the Foley family.
01:06:20
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There's still tickets available for SummerSlam get tickets and get your ass to Nashville Are you and Kim gonna make it happen? We're gonna make it happen I was I was actually just thinking about that I was gonna like kind of put out a thing saying like hey if you guys are like you know on the fence of like buying tickets like Don't think that you we all have to sit together at like the event like just buy tickets Go see the event and then like you obviously we can all beat up before you can beat up after like it doesn't have to be like a game before the yeah, yeah, so like
01:06:50
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Yeah, just get your, just get your ass there. Yeah, we're hitting Broadway at like two o'clock on SummerSlam Saturday. It's going to be so much fun. I'm stoked. SummerSlam is going to be freaking awesome. I can't wait, but my ultimate summer vacation destination, I would go back to Kauai, dude. That was just like the most peaceful, relaxing, chill,
01:07:13
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Vacation on the most like beautiful little slice of earth that there is. Yeah, I was awesome I feel like that's more like a fall though. I feel like we went to perfect time. You know, we did go in the fall Yeah, summertime is probably gonna be like sitting on like the surface of the sun Those freakin, you know, uh coastal breeze and all that kind of stuff, you know, the fall was perfect though Fall was perfect. But yeah, if I could go back to kawaii wouldn't matter what time of year it was because that place is dope
01:07:38
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Anybody else get any summer vacations before you wrap this thing up? My actual summer vacation spots are going to be Nashville with the Phelps. And then I'm going to the Forbidden Door in Chicago. But if I had unlimited resources, if I had unlimited resources, I would spend the summer in Bora Bora.
01:07:59
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Oh, yeah. Nice. Yeah, super exotic. There ain't no cell phone service there. That's it. It's perfect. See if I can remember how to do this. It's been so long. You can find me at Chick Foley Marco running the Twitter machine over at Chick Foley show and then find us on
01:08:23
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the interwebs at ChickFullyShow.com. All right, and remember use code ChickFully to save 10% at Ringside Collectibles and check out all the amazing stuff dropping from Chalk Line. All right, I'm going for two straight. Sheena, hit me with the trivia question of the week. All right, which of the following inductees was not inducted posthumous? Wow.
01:08:49
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Was it junkyard dog may young buddy Rogers or the grand with yikes Which one was not which one which of the following was not inducted may young May young I think junkyard dog was the only one that was even still alive when The Hall of Fame was a thing that he died in like 99 or 2000. I think so. Thanks for the depressions in the show
01:09:19
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All right, you can bring us back up, though. You were only here for the last 10 minutes. Sheena, hit us with the closing thoughts for this week's show. Closing thoughts for the week? I'm just going to double down on what we just talked about. If you can make it happen, do make it happen. Get the summer slam. It's going to be a fully fam, fantastic weekend, and I hope to see you all there.