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Wrestlemania Preview plus: BRING CHIEF HOME: Heel Husband’s Latest Figure Folly
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Introduction and WrestleMania Week Excitement
00:00:12
Speaker
What is up, Coley fam? It is WrestleMania week and we are back with another episode of the Chick Coley Show. Before we get into our official WrestleMania preview, let's introduce the stars of the show. Sheena, how you doing? I'm good. I'm a, you know, I'm a little bit.
00:00:29
Speaker
I feel like I'm out of the loop. Like I can't believe this is WrestleMania week. You know, we've talked about it before. The builds kind of felt a little bit meh, but, um, uh, in more important news, this is like my last, this is like the countdown, the last 12 days that I could possibly ever spend in Virginia. We're about to move in a.
00:00:44
Speaker
me and the kids will be out of here in like 12 days. So I spent 10 years in Virginia. And so it's a little bit, a little bit emotional. So this might be the last podcast we record in, uh, should get one more. If you get a WrestleMania review MBA, you down to the last two or three podcasts here in, uh, in Virginia, it's definitely the end of an
Other Wrestling Events During WrestleMania Week
00:01:00
Speaker
era. If you will, Marco, how's life up in Massachusetts?
00:01:03
Speaker
Going good, going good. I'm sharing the same sentiments as Sheena with the WrestleMania week. It doesn't feel as big as usually does, but there's tons of wrestling though. If you're not interested in WrestleMania, you got ROH, you got the first, the rebrand.
00:01:20
Speaker
Coming on Friday you have you have the multiverse of matches coming from impact So like that so if you're not if you're not big on WrestleMania this weekend, there's still some wrestling to watch So yeah, you know what I will say though is is a WWE has this really strange way of
00:01:36
Speaker
like always whenever the show feels like it's just gonna be a complete downer sometimes they like come through and freaking you know hit it out of the park and it's just like they come out of nowhere and uh bring out an awesome show so i'm hoping that's what happens um so i'm gonna i'm gonna stay positive i'm gonna stay hopeful that you know wwe just brings it for the weekend and uh we're not as disappointed on the other side of this thing yeah it's still wrestlemania at a minimum it should be a fun show uh
WrestleMania Memories and Social Media Promotion
00:02:00
Speaker
jordan what's up out in nebraska man
00:02:02
Speaker
Uh, things are good. Uh, just to echo what everybody else said. Yeah. It feels like we're on the road to a Monday night. We're on the middle of October. We'll get through it and it'll still be a fun weekend. So definitely all of our mania memories were popping up in my Facebook, Jordan from WrestleMania 31 this past couple of days. So I was getting to relive the Phelps Wells mania weekend. Uh, so that, that was good. That definitely brought the mania weekend vibes, uh, to the, to the week, you know,
00:02:30
Speaker
Yeah, that was solid. I feel like this is the third year straight, man, that WrestleMania Fever has not got me caught up. WrestleMania 35 was the last time I was really, really hyped to where I'm like 10, 12 days out. I'm counting down the days till Mania. I feel like these last couple of months, I'm still excited. It's going to be fun. But yeah, it's really only a few matches that are really giving me the goosebumps as I think about it. Was 35 two days?
00:02:53
Speaker
No, 35 was one day. Yeah, 35 was one day, 36. Yeah, the two-day manias is really where it kind of just like loses a little bit, dude. I think you just kind of get lost in it all because it's just so much, you know, and there's no way to like tell really deep storylines when you have that much time to fill, you know? I don't know. I mean, if you look at the actual match total though, there was this many matches on like 35.
00:03:15
Speaker
34 33 cause it's only 14 matches total across the two nights. I feel like, I don't know. I can't really put my finger on what what's missing about it. Um, cause I thought that at first too, I thought maybe it's just too nice, but if you actually look at it, it's about the same amount of content. Cause remember like WrestleMania 35 was like seven hours long. Let's, let's get through housekeeping and we'll, we'll dive deep on our WrestleMania thoughts. Uh, Sheena remind the listeners where they can find you guys on social media.
00:03:40
Speaker
You can find me on Instagram at Chick Foley, Marco running the Twitter machine over at Chick Foley show. Most importantly, you can join our Foley fam at chickfolishow.com and keep up with all of our pod foundation brethren over at pod foundation. You got the extra cooler show coming down the aisle and our guys over at turn, buckle, tavern. So all that content, everything that you need for your week in wrestling is over at pod foundation.
00:04:05
Speaker
Yeah, and speaking of the two bad chads over at Turnbuckle Tavern, we're starting to take a page out of their book and going to have some some chick fully show spin offs coming at you guys here in a few months. Marco, tell us about the new interview series you're cooking up. Yeah, so, yeah, speaking, I mean, definitely with the Turnbuckle Tavern, they kind of like the, you know, they kind of got my gears going with the these have that show that visits the tavern. That kind of went away.
00:04:30
Speaker
And then the obviously turnbuckle sessions that was around. It's still around, but obviously the format changed from a interview series to more of like a current watch along and stuff like that. So I figured I'd kind of pick up the reins and do some interviews.
00:04:49
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going to try to get some other content creators, other wrestling podcasts, people out there, people I interact with on Twitter, probably that a lot of people aren't familiar with, that I'm familiar with anyway. I'm trying to introduce them to our fan base, our family. Yeah, that's basically how it's going to be.
00:05:11
Speaker
That's kind of like a working title, but we're going to use the Chick Foley Show Presents open mic with the MVP Marco.
New Shows and Spin-offs Announcement
00:05:20
Speaker
So look for that coming soon. And like I said, I obviously definitely have you guys on there if you're willing to.
00:05:27
Speaker
Talk about some stuff. Definitely not coming on the show. I mean, if you pay my fee, I'll show. Yeah, we got to get some contract negotiations. But speaking of the Pod Foundation as well, Extra Cooler put out a really cool graphic for mania weekend. So you can do your picks and post them up in your stories or on your social media feed. So you can
00:05:48
Speaker
Choose who you want to win and share it and make sure you tag our guy Nick at extra cooler so you can go to his his Instagram feed and it's like his last post on there. So big week. Yeah, Sheena kind of hit the hit the run in there and took my thunder. I was also going to announce that me and Jordan got a spin off coming down the pipe. The pod warriors. We actually already recorded the pilot of it because I thought I was going to be out of town for about three weeks. We needed to have some kind of canned podcast.
00:06:12
Speaker
But me and Jordan, like at least once a week, we have like, you know, 35 minute conversation on the phone about wrestling. And we just thought like, I can confirm that. Yeah, we should start like laying some of this stuff down on audio. So we're still kind of kicking around the format. We'll probably drop this Saturday morning. We kind of counted down our our favorite WrestleMania is ever. It's going to be stuff that's not so topical, going to be kind of like evergreen content is what we're going for with those kind of similar to some of the stuff we used to do.
00:06:37
Speaker
on the Patreon feed. Man, that should be kicking off sometime this summer, once me and Sheena get settled in our new place in Tennessee, and we're able to spend a little bit more time creating content every
Sponsor Promotions and Match Anticipation
00:06:48
Speaker
week. So stick around for that. There will be a pilot that's out this Saturday. You guys can check it out and give us some feedback on it. But the actual series probably will be kicking off till later on this summer. Also, I want to remind you guys to support our presenting sponsors, Ringside Collectibles and Chalk Line, use code CHIPFOLI to save 10% on all your figure purchases at Ringside.
00:07:06
Speaker
that barbed wire set just came in stock today and the Darby Allen ringside exclusives were hitting over the weekend. The Darby looks great, dude. Yeah, definitely. Little coffin box. Check out Sheena's IG. She put together a pretty sweet reel. Very golf for Darby. And then use code PF10 to save 10% off Chalk Line. Again, shout out to our buddy, Extra Cooler. He had his jacket dropped last week, sold out within a few hours.
00:07:29
Speaker
We have confirmed with Chalkline that there will be a full restock on that towards the end of April. So if you're going to grab that Hasbro jacket, you will have another opportunity. They don't sleep. Yeah, for sure. You guys ready to get into mania? Let's go. Sure. All right. So again, there's 14 matches plus the Kevin Owens and Stone Cold Steve Austin segment, match, KO show, whatever you want to call it.
00:07:52
Speaker
We collectively were not really in the mood to go through all 14 matches in detail. And quite frankly, some of these matches don't really
00:08:01
Speaker
deserve the time. So what we did kind of just this afternoon, I hit up the other three, I hit up Sheena, Marco and Jordan individually to send me the top five matches they're most excited for. And I put together a little power rankings, counting them down. So we're gonna go five to one, and then we'll do some speed round predictions at the end on the leftovers. So we'll start off with the fifth most anticipated match collectively for us. It is Becky Lynch versus Bianca Belair. Sheena, what's your thoughts on the Raw Women's Championship match?
00:08:31
Speaker
Well, the, before Monday, I would say that the, the build had been pretty stale for this. And you know, it's, I mean, we know that it's happened since summer slam. Um, you know, when Bianca lost her title to Becky in like two seconds, um, which was unfortunate, but thankfully, like I said, when that happened, I was like Bianca, that's not going to hurt Bianca and she's, she's been awesome ever since. So.
00:08:52
Speaker
She definitely deserves this moment. She's going to get her title back. Um, but I think Monday when she cut Becky's hair and she had that, that big moment, it really kind of, uh, you know, set things in motion to make this a big, feel good match. You know, I'm not sure she's going to win. I'm starting to get, I was thinking that at first when this match was first announced, it seemed like I was going to be into the story, but.
00:09:12
Speaker
As times, you know, Becky has still not gotten the crowd to completely turn against her. And, you know, she's obviously got the cool rock star haircut now since she got it cut. I think that was almost a little bit heelish the way Bianca Belair did it. I got to film the crowd at mania might turn on Bianca and cheer Becky on. And we might see Becky end up winning and then see a complete heel turn for Bianca after the match, maybe a little double turn action.
00:09:35
Speaker
I've been saying, uh, we've talked about this in our pod foundation chat. I would love to see a heel Bianca. I think she could just be a mega heel dude, just like to the, to the highest extent. And so I would not be mad at that at all. I mean, obviously I would love for her to, to win the title, um, back, but man, yeah, if we, if we get a full blown, uh, heel Bianca, I'm here for that.
00:09:57
Speaker
Yeah, if you listen to like the if you listen to the raw down like we kind of crapped on Young Anthony his uh his take on the whole actual like Bianca Becky storyline and how he thinks it's like, you know It was good and we're just like it there's there's really no payoff until like this weekend and with the payoff I think
00:10:17
Speaker
You guys are in the right direction. Her cutting Becky's hair definitely shows some signs of a heel turn. We've seen the same thing with Montez Ford. You can see him trying to turn a heel as well. They attacked arcade roads. I think Bianca's winning, and I think she's going to cheat to win.
00:10:36
Speaker
She's going to do exactly what Bianca, what Becky Lynch has done to her every time they wrestled. And I think she's had a cheat to win and become a full heel and win the title that way. Double turn. You think in double turn, but Bianca. It's kind of like a baby face haircut. I mean, it's.
00:10:56
Speaker
You know, they're kind of leaning that way. I mean, obviously I could be wrong, but it looks like, uh, Bianca's in a win, but as a heel and she's on a cheat. I wouldn't be mad at a full blown heel Montes and Bianca kind of like working as a team together. You know what I mean? Like, uh, not, not a tag team or anything like that necessarily, but just kind of like doing their backstage segments together and stuff like that. You know what I mean? And just kind of like running rough shot through the, through the division and stuff. I think that would be awesome.
00:11:20
Speaker
Yeah, I could totally see that as an act work. And personally, I would, I want to see Montez stay away from her just because I feel like even as great as Bianca is, I feel like Montez has the potential to be an even bigger star. Like dudes should definitely be, if he's not made a video in a WrestleMania within the next four or five years, then something's definitely going on through rails. And I just don't have faith in WWE to, uh,
00:11:42
Speaker
to book a couple's storyline well. Just take a look at what happened with Seth and Becky in 2019 when they were the hottest babyfaces in the company. Jordan, what do you think, man? How do you see this one playing out? Yeah, like you guys said, until this week, this really didn't do anything for me. I mean, both of them have had two weeks off during the WrestleMania storyline, so I didn't love that. I'm still not in love with this match, and you guys know how much I love women's wrestling, but
00:12:09
Speaker
And these two women's matches just are not doing it for me this year. Yeah, I don't know what it is either because it's I mean, these are on paper, these matches are like, mage, but I don't know why I'm not really excited to see them. You know, it's not like I feel like it's just so repetitive or something. I don't know. I don't know. I do think Bianca is gonna win though. I just
00:12:29
Speaker
I don't know. It just doesn't, it feels weird that they wouldn't let her win at this point. I mean, they did the summer slam thing and everybody was pissed about it. It just feels like her payoff has to come eventually. Um, and I mean, what better time than to do it now. And I mean, when she won it last time, it wasn't even a full crowd. So like, actually, even if she turns heel, I still think she's going to get cheered. I mean, people love Bianca.
00:12:53
Speaker
Uh, and I do not, I mean, we're not going to talk about this match and I don't think Charlotte's going to lose. So I'm going to go with Becky's the one that loses their title at WrestleMania. So just for the record, I'm the only one picking Becky to win. All right. I like my odds. Jordan, what
Speculation on KO Show and Match Predictions
00:13:08
Speaker
do you think about the crowd? You think the crowd's going to cheer Becky or Bianca?
00:13:11
Speaker
Uh, I'll say the beginning, they are 75, 25 in favor of Bianca. We got some Steiner math by middle of it, uh, maybe 50, 50. And then, uh, one third of the one oh two here, dude. I feel like I need to get a fucking, uh, some graph paper out how this crowd reaction is going to change. I just, I just asked who they're going to cheer for. He's going to be moved by move. Ten minutes and 37 seconds into the match. We're going to get a 25% swing.
00:13:42
Speaker
33 and a third. Yeah, I think they're going to cheer Bianca. I mean, I just feel like they're ready for her to win the title again. So, yeah. All right. Fair enough. We will see. So at least we got some division up here on the picks. Number four, we want to know if this is officially a match, the KO show. Kevin Owens versus Steve Austin. As of today, the rumors are still that this is going to close the show on Saturday night. I was going to say, I thought it was closing the show.
00:14:07
Speaker
Really leads me to believe we're going to end up getting an impromptu match. I think it's going to be something similar to The Rock and Eric Rowan. To close the show? It's going to be better than that. I think it's going to be more than just kick to the gut stunner. But I think we are going to get an impromptu match. I think you're going to have the bell ring. And we get one last match for Steve Austin. Jordan, what do you think, man? What's your thoughts on the build so far and how this thing is going to go?
00:14:32
Speaker
So spoiler alert, I voted this as my number one most exciting thing because dude, you put Austin in the middle of that ring. You already know that's going to be pop of the weekend, no matter what happens. Like, dude, he's going to get the most overreaction of the weekend.
00:14:47
Speaker
What kind of entrance do you think you think you think we're going to see a four wheel or anything? Anything kind of crazy? I think he's going to walk out. He's going to walk out. The BMF walk, everything. Yep. I do. We have to have props, dude. Kevin Owens has carried this entire storyline himself. 100%. He's done a great job with it. So good. I mean, this is the third time this has happened in what the last like six years, because Bray did it with Undertaker and Cena did it with Undertaker. Yep.
00:15:12
Speaker
Dude, it takes someone special to carry an entire storyline into a mania. Yeah, I agree. Cops, Seth Rollins. He did have a little bit of a crutch, though, because I mean, it is stone cold. So like they could have just said this six weeks ago and everybody still be excited about it.
00:15:28
Speaker
But still, he's done a good job. That whole thing with making Stone Cold's music and making the Ross crowd lose their freaking mind and then coming out and doing the thing where he was cosplaying Steve Austin and then hitting the music again, it was great, dude. It was just perfection. You got to give props to that IG video that Steve Austin dropped. That was a pretty epic promo that he cut out there in the Broken Skull 2.0 rant.
00:15:50
Speaker
I do agree with you though, Seth, there is going to be a, some kind of a match. It's not going to be the 12 seconds that the Rowan and rock was, but it's not going to be long either. I mean, it'll probably be two minutes. So I love how you guys are comparing Kevin Owens to Eric Rowan. That was an unannounced match, you know, and as of now, Hey, that was the rocks last ever, last ever WWE match. He threw a stunner Taurus Peck. Like they're not going to have him out there for some seven minute match to ruin his body. I mean,
00:16:20
Speaker
is just totally fine i think that that's totally fine but i don't see how that is gonna close the show i mean i guess anytime you close the show steve austin passion beers and you know yes but at the same time like.
00:16:36
Speaker
I feel like that's just going to be kind of an abrupt ending. Can you imagine them running something after Stone Cold comes out to the ring and does his beer bashing? Yeah, yeah. Dude, the crowd would be dead for the rest of that show if they had set for night one. For night one, it's a good ending. I feel like that's a perfect way to get everybody happy, hyped up, and be like, you know, we'll be back tomorrow night for the most opendous night two in WrestleMania history. Yeah, you definitely can't open with the KO show. Because most people are there to see Stone Cold, and they'll probably leave if they know that, like,
00:17:05
Speaker
Charlotte Flair or something like that is going to close out. Not that she's not a main eventer, but obviously with that storyline going in, it's not the most exciting thing. I think the opening match is going to be Seth Rollins.
00:17:20
Speaker
That's how you, I think that's how you're going to kick off WrestleMania weekend. Yeah. Whoever it's going to be. It doesn't matter. I think it's whatever. I mean, if it's going to be, I think it's either going to be, they're not going to put Charlotte and Rhonda on first. I think it's going to be, yeah, I think it's going to be Seth or Becky and Beyonce. I think it's going to be just to like kick off the whole, cause it's already like we've been talking about. It's kind of like, eh, WrestleMania. So if I mean night one anyway, it's not looking so great.
00:17:47
Speaker
So what better way to kick off the show with something huge and then end it with something huge with Stone Cold? Yeah. Seth has opened Mania twice. That's a good spot to be in, man. Be the first person to have your music playing at WrestleMania. You can see him standing out in the middle of the ring. Who's it going to be, huh? Who's it going to be?
00:18:06
Speaker
What do you guys think Austin's gonna be rocking man? I'm thinking I'm thinking jorts and a cut off t-shirt man. Yeah sleeves cut off That's what I'm thinking. Oh that's no shirtless with the vest. No, I don't think he's gonna I don't think he's gonna come out in the gear I don't know. I mean, no, no just if you if he went classic Monday Night Raw intro with the jeans and the in the vest I could maybe see that but I don't know. I think we're getting I think we're getting jorts and t-shirt. Yeah, that's what I think
00:18:31
Speaker
That'd be a big key. If he's in jeans, I don't think a match is happening. I think George, you can see the match happening, man. Yeah, impromptu, yep. Stone Cold is going to wear real jeans, dude. I don't see Stone Cold walking out there in any pajama jeans like Dean Ambrose. You know what I mean? He's going to be wearing Levi's or Wranglers or something. You don't want to mess around at WrestleMania trying to have a match in real jeans. Remember a time on the build to WrestleMania 30 when Batista ripped his jeans. That's right.
00:18:59
Speaker
It's just not a good look, man. But yeah, should be a lot of fun. Either way, we're definitely going to see some Broken Skull, American Logger getting drunk. And yeah, should be a great way to end night one. Let's move on to match three. I'm interested in you guys take on this one because this one didn't even make the list for me. The rest of you guys all had it. Edge versus AJ Styles. Jordan, what's got you most excited about this match?
00:19:23
Speaker
Dude, this is arguably, I mean, it's been kind of cringy sometimes, but the build for this has been outstanding. I've loved the build for this match. It's definitely a dream match for me. I've wanted to see this for a long time, so I'm really excited to see it. I do like the whole edge heal thing. It's a nice touch to it, because dude, I love AJ, but heal AJ does not hit the same for me, man.
00:19:49
Speaker
Everybody loves to cheer AJ. He's just, he's a baby face. He's just such a proud favorite. I mean, other than that repair plug haircut, he had a couple of years ago. I kind of love, I kind of love, you know, sniveling heel AJ with the, with the good brothers and all that. Like, I think he's just so good. Well, I know, but I'm just saying like, I don't know how you, how anybody can't like a heel AJ when he's just being like little smart ass. Like I just, I love it, man. I get it. I mean, I'm just, I'm really excited for this match. I don't,
00:20:19
Speaker
I don't have the rhyme or reason, I guess I just have enjoyed the build and I know these two are going to put it down. Yeah, it's just going to be a great match, dude. Once the bell rings, yeah. This is definitely a contender for best match of the weekend, build a bell. I'm not really emotionally invested in it outside of that, but I do know it's going to be some great action. Who do you see winning this one, Marco? I think I see you.
00:20:41
Speaker
I think it's going to be, I think it's going to be a trilogy type of a deal. I think obviously it's not going to be a one off match. Um, I can see AJ Styles winning just because, um, you know, there definitely had to be a clear heel and a clear baby face. And I think like AJ sounds kind of, it's kind of like on a redemption story with him. Like, you know, obviously Tina with Omos and, you know, going that route and it was kind of shitty. Then he was like, oh, kind of like a losing streak after that.
00:21:07
Speaker
And I think like this whole thing was like kind of like to remind people who the phenomenal AJ Styles is. And I think definitely Edge is a person to do that. But I think it's, you know, you have WrestleMania backlash right after. I think they're going to run it back again during that. So I'm going to say AJ this time and Edge if they face off again, the next one and then probably Hell in a Cell or something like that would be their last and final match.
00:21:34
Speaker
Yeah, I see AJ winning. I think Edge is going to do the honors for him, put the younger guy over. AJ is really not that much younger. He just looks younger. At least in the rest of the years, yeah, he's a little bit younger. What do you think, Jordan? You think AJ is getting the dub? Yeah, I just think it makes too much sense for AJ to win, but they are definitely going to run it back. But yeah, I'll go with AJ for this one. Shane, do you prefer Edge as a face or a heel? A heel, for sure. Yes. Yeah.
00:22:04
Speaker
He's just, he's just got a heel face, dude. That's not a bad thing, dude. He's just, you know, he just got, he's just got that look, dude, just a very heelish look. All right, before we get to our two most anticipated matches of the weekend, let's have a drink.
WrestleMania Lifestyle Chat
00:22:33
Speaker
Alright, I'll kick it off. Me and Sheena are both drinking some local Norfolk brews. I am drinking the
00:22:45
Speaker
Yeah, Oh bank roller. Yeah, so smart mouth are our favorite local brewery here. They have had an ongoing series where they make beers based off of cartoon characters. And this one was based off Scrooge McDuck. So it's a goes a fruited sour ale. So and they were finding like the most exotic fruits ever. So I mean, I've only even heard of two of these four. So you got papaya and mango, which we know, then guanabana.
00:23:12
Speaker
Fajola and Karuba. That's the other three fruits that are mixed into this, man. It's really good. They even got a little bit of like gold sparkle actually in the beer. So you're worth more after you drink. Yeah, very luxurious. And it's like a 9% beer too. So it hits. But that's what I'm sipping on. Very delicious. I'll kick the Sheena. What are you drinking, Shane?
00:23:30
Speaker
So I am drinking this, it's called caveman confetti. It was part of their, we got their Saturday morning, uh, box set and it came with like a bunch of cereal flavored, uh, beers. It was just, oh man, it's so good, but they, this is caveman confetti. I'm pretty sure you can, um,
00:23:45
Speaker
It's fruity pebbles, you know, so they can't really call it fruity pebbles, but they literally infused the beer with fruity pebbles, but it's a fruity sour ale. Freaking delicious. Built on a bedrock of 125 pounds of fruity pebbles. They put 125 pounds of fruity pebbles in the freaking tank when they were brewing this up. That's awesome. Yeah.
00:24:04
Speaker
Yeah, it's good stuff. They also have one called sticky bricks. It was like rice crispy treats. And then they had like a Lucky Charms one that was called like Saturday morning. So they've, um, yeah, smart mouth is the best though. They're probably my favorite brewery in Norfolk. It's one of the top like three or four things I'm going to miss about living in Virginia is being 10 minutes away from them in O'Connor. Cause they're always cranking out really good stuff. Uh, Marco, what are you drinking, man?
00:24:26
Speaker
I'm sticking with the old favorite, Lord Hobo, Boobsauce, double IPA. Actually, the funny thing is me and one of my buddies actually went there last Saturday because they added another section to it.
00:24:43
Speaker
So we're sitting there talking to stuff, we're at the bar, and they have all the, everything's on tap, some things are labeled, some things aren't, but there's a middle section where there's no labels on any of the tap, nothing. So people order drinks and they're just filling it up, and we're talking, we happen to look, and we're like, dude, how the hell do they know what beer they're pouring for that person?
00:25:08
Speaker
So we ended up asking the dude and he totally kept a kayfabe and he's just like, yeah, we can't tell you, we can't let you know what, uh, he's like, I'll give you a hint. He's like, there, he's like, there is a, there is a way to do it. He's like, and it's kind of like in a, like a, like a, like an order that they do or something like that. So I guess the tabs are in order so they know which one to go to. But I thought it was pretty funny that, uh, none of the, none of the tabs have labels on them and they were just pouring drinks off the right for people. It's kind of funny, but, uh, yeah.
00:25:33
Speaker
It's a great place to visit. Hopefully you guys, uh, come to visit here at some point and you can have some drinks. We're getting farther away. We had big plans to travel to East coast. Uh, when we got back over here and it's just been, you know, one thing after another, I did end up, uh, searching and finding some broken skull American logger too. So. Oh, sweet. Yeah. In your local stores or what? Yeah. It's a kind of search around for it, but, uh,
00:26:03
Speaker
They ended up, it ended up popping up in one of my, uh, it's like a, oh, it wasn't at a total wine, which is kind of weird. They ended up getting it later, like the, like later in the week. But, uh, is that one of my local liquor stores ended up, um, they had like a full rack of them. And I was like, Oh, shit. I grabbed a bunch. I didn't drink any yet saving it for maybe a weekend. Yeah. We're saving ours for man. Yeah, definitely. Jordan, how about you, man?
00:26:28
Speaker
I went with the brewery is clown shoes. This is an East Coast brewery. It's from Boston and Windsor Vermont. I'm drinking rainbows are real. It's a hazy IPA. It's delicious. So good. It's a citrus IPA. It's really good.
00:26:46
Speaker
I am familiar with it. Yeah. It's so good. I don't know if, uh, I need you some research, man. I guess the rainbow might be like some part of like hazy IP. I might have something to do like the hop blend or something. Cause I've had a few hazy IPAs that are like neon rainbows, rainbow lights and stuff like that. Like we just need it. We just need to hit up Matt. We need to hit up, uh, you know, Matt Russic from the extra cooler show. He's our hop God. So maybe he knows what, what, what are the rainbows have to do with hazy IPAs, Matt? Yeah. I've seen enough of them. They can't just be a coincidence.
00:27:18
Speaker
All right, so before we get back into the WrestleMania countdown, we don't have a full figure segment to share this week, but I do have a little story to tell about someone that was very special to me that's now gone. So as you guys know, if you listen to the show, me and Sheena have been planning, we're not planning, we are moving to Tennessee and we've been on the
00:27:43
Speaker
the home search and everything. We're in a pretty big house right now. We're in a four bedroom. It's probably a little bit too big for us to be honest, but we were in a rush to find a place out here in VA. We're never going to be downsized in a little bit.
00:27:58
Speaker
As part of that, I briefly, I momentarily thought I was going to cut my figure collection down to about 120 figures. This is from like 1,500 down to 120. So I figured out what I was keeping and stuff and started selling off some of the rest. And one of the first figures I sold was something that I had managed to get for retail.
00:28:18
Speaker
Chief J strongbow elite if you guys know this thing is like complete radio silence now like there's yeah, no news Adam Atel We will know if it's getting canceled because of you know cultural appropriation Or just weird distribution if this thing's never coming out because there was like a week where there was a couple sets of them on eBay and
00:28:36
Speaker
And then they were gone. Like one hasn't showed up for like three weeks. And I've been checking because after about three days of thinking I'm going to get rid of my collection, I'm texting with Jordan. And what'd you tell me, Jordan? You were like, dude, these things make you happy. You got to keep the collection going. So I immediately pulled. I pulled a complete 180 U-turn beside I was keeping everything. But unfortunately, one of the first figures I sold was again, that Chief Jay Strombo, because I knew he was a red hot figure and I could make a quick buck, which I did. Made a little bit of money, but now he's gone and we can't find him. So we are on the mission.
00:29:06
Speaker
We're going to bring chief home. We're going to find a way. If you're out there, we're going to get you back in the collection back where you belong. I already hit up the dude that I sold it to on eBay asked if he would sell it back to me. I mean, I still feel like it's going to show up because I'm just, I'm kind of doing the math in my head. I really can't imagine that.
00:29:27
Speaker
legit like the most rare Mattel figure ever I managed to have and then get rid of it I don't think my luck is that bad I think I just need to be patient and a couple people I know that are like inside sources they said yeah it's not getting canceled it's just got really jacked up distribution and it'll probably end up at one of the online retailers hopefully ringside dude one of those sold on March 4th for $600 with 73 bids
00:29:49
Speaker
Yeah, I saw that. Yeah. So I got I got mine for 30 bucks off that random batch that was up from Pennsylvania. And then I turned around and sold it for 130. And this was open. I was sold for 130 loose. The last one that sold sold for 80, though. So I think that one that went for 600. I want to say Zack Ryder, AKA Matt Cardona, got that one. And I think maybe somebody got the heads up that he was one bid on it and they just pushed that thing up. But that was a confirmed auction. Someone did pay six hundred bucks for a card.
00:30:17
Speaker
The rest have gone in the range from a hundred to 200 bucks. Like I said, mine went for 130 loose. Um, but yeah, I'm definitely kicking myself out. So you literally like, you decided you were going to sell your collection and you chose like the one figure that you can't replace to just throw up first. Well, one, I didn't think it'd be irreplaceable. You know, shout out to Beyonce. Um, I just, uh,
00:30:40
Speaker
I knew that was the hot figure and I was like, screw it, if I'm gonna start, let me make a quick buck, you know? So this guy spends like freaking, you know, four evenings, like up in the Mark cave, like after the kids go to bed, just like pulling all the figures down, pulling all the totes out, just making all these lists of things he's gonna sell, you know, getting everybody all hyped up, like, you know, I'm just liquidating the figure collection and whatnot. And I'm strolling through Target, like, you know, on a Saturday morning with my son and I get a text and it's just like,
00:31:09
Speaker
I think I'm keeping all the figures. I think we're keeping the collection going. I'm just like, what? So what do you mean? You've literally spent the last four nights, you know, getting all this stuff prepared to just liquidate, dude. And he also, while he was there, he's like, well, since we're going to keep the collection going, go ahead and go over to the Funko section and grab that Becky two belts that I sold. Yeah, I had a Becky. The two things that I sold, I sold three things.
00:31:35
Speaker
Once I decided to really start selling shit that would have been keepers. Otherwise I sold that J strong bow. I sold my Becky two belts pop and I sold my Roddy Piper Motu figures. So the Roddy Piper Motu, you can grab that for like 12 bucks off eBay. Marty got Becky two belts back and now we just got to bring chief home.
00:31:51
Speaker
That's the mission. We're going to get together. We're going to get some little rubber bracelets that we're going to sell to all the foley fam. If you guys want to wear them, we'll sell, you know, the money will be go to the bring chief home. So yeah, you could be a part, you could be a part of the mission. You could help support, you know, reunite in the family back here. What is wrong with you?
00:32:14
Speaker
This whole time, so you're not selling anything. It's all you're done. No, no, I'm still selling a bunch of stuff. We had a whole room dedicated to the wrestling collection. I'm selling everything except for the figures, my signed pink phone posits from Bret Hart and our signed Seth Rollins Money in the Bank. We're keeping our art too. All of our paintings and our
00:32:36
Speaker
wrestle art, keeping all that kind of stuff. But yeah, we have a bunch of like memorabilia and all that kind of stuff that we're just kind of like downsizing. I think people were like, wondering if I was okay, because I was posting stuff on Instagram. And then I was getting messages like, you're selling some Bret Hart stuff. Are you okay? What's going on? And I had to just tell people, no, we're fine. The downsizing, you know,
00:32:57
Speaker
But yeah, it's, um, you know, we've done this a few times with a few different collections that we've had, you know, I had over, I mean, Jordan remembers, dude, I had over 200 pairs of sneakers, man. I take it down to 24. So it's, I definitely have the ability to do it, but I just, I really love the figures and I may still end up collapsing down the collection because I know what it would look like down to a hundred figures and it was sick. Like I'm going to take a picture.
00:33:18
Speaker
Because that's what we got displayed right now is what was going to be the keepers. I showed Jordan, it's a nice ass collection. And it's still over 100 figures. But yeah, they still bring me a lot of joy. I love collecting them. There's so much cool new stuff that's coming out that would just not come close to making the cut of a collection of only 100 figures. And that's why I want to keep it going.
00:33:38
Speaker
Yeah. And even before, but even before you had decided you were just going to go like, you know, freaking guns blazing to get rid of all the figures. Like you, you still had a huge sale being of things that were like already on the chopping block. I've had a rolling tub of like 200 figures for the last couple of years I've been selling. I'm constantly taking like, you know, if new stuff comes out, it'll bump older figures out of the collection and stuff like that. So I'm, I wouldn't say I'm super choosy, but I'm pretty selective on what, what's a keeper and everything.
00:34:03
Speaker
Yeah. And it just, it just opens up, you know, we, we've gotten rid of, rid of a few collections over the years. Cause we used to be like, we collected turtles. Uh, we had neck of horror figures, bad ass, black star wars, black series. We had a bunch of stars, black sneakers, you know? Yeah. Yeah. All the chalk line NFL jackets. Oh yeah. We had a complete set of chalk line NFL jackets. Yeah. That's right. That's right. Yeah. You got a coveted one. Yeah. You got a one.
00:34:31
Speaker
A lot of people want it. I think that's part of collecting, man. I think it's just the cycle. You get stuff, then you sell it back. I've sold a bunch of stuff. You may or may not know. I have a bunch of vintage dishes and things like that that I sell. I just sold a bowl for $350 yesterday.
00:34:47
Speaker
that I paid like I thought I, you know, back in the day when I got it, you know, I usually thrift all of my, uh, like Pyrex and stuff and get it, get it on the cheek. Cause I've been collecting for like 10 years. And so I paid like 70 bucks for that bowl. And I was like, God, man, I can't believe I paid 70 bucks, but it was a super rare bowl. And then, yeah, I flipped it yesterday for $350. So yeah, my, my thing is, is like,
00:35:10
Speaker
It just deserves to be displayed. I feel like if you're going to keep stuff like all in storage bins, the difference between hoarding and collecting is like a shelf, you know? A little bit of organization. A little bit of organization, a little bit of display space. So I feel like, you know, I just can't hang on to things anymore that aren't getting the love and the shine that they deserve, you know?
00:35:31
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. Sorry to derail the WrestleMania conversation. I just thought you guys would get a kick out of that story. I have photo proof and the eBay proof that we had a Jay Strongboat in this house for about two weeks, and now he's gone. But Chief, if you're out there, we're going to bring you home, buddy. We haven't forgotten about you. Seth was like Leo DiCaprio in the Wolf of Wall Street. He texted me. He was like, we're not fucking leaving. I had a TV. I'm not leaving. Yeah, I had a meeting with all the figures. I was like, you're not fucking leaving.
00:36:01
Speaker
He asked the Fig God, he was like, do you think it's a good idea that I sell for my collection? I was like, are you an idiot? I was like, dude, it's one thing that brings you joy. You're just gonna go to the store and Fig Hunt not buy anything. What's wrong with you? Yeah, I mean, thank you, Jordan.
00:36:16
Speaker
I've always been a positive employee. I bet you guys would get a kick out of this too. So for our move now, the way they set up, it's all virtual. So we actually had somebody last Friday afternoon do a, we had to do like a video tour of the house, right? So they could see what all we had. So they could kind of figure out, you know, how many people to send on the crew and everything.
00:36:35
Speaker
And I went in the wrestling room and I was like, yeah, I was like, I was like, here's, I didn't even show them like all the walls, all the memorabilia. I just kind of quickly showed them the wall with all the figures. I was like, here's where the kids keep on action. They're perfectly organized. I got like one of my little display cubes is like Bret Hart, Steve Austin from freaking survivor series 96. Like
00:36:57
Speaker
Yeah, this is where my four year old keeps his, you know, 97 DX figures. It's like when your mom walks in on you and you're doing something you're not supposed to, you're like, nevermind. Even after all these years, I still have shame as a collector, man.
00:37:15
Speaker
Yeah, it's always awkward. Yeah, see, it's so funny because I don't, but yeah, that one time you went in, what was it, Yoko Zuna that you went to get? You're like, yeah, I think he was the big guy. This was Hall of Champions Series 2, I think, at Target. I already had the other three. I just needed the Rikishi. And I'm there by myself. And there was this really awesome chick in the electronics section that, like, she just asked me. I didn't even have to ask. She was like, are you looking for something? I was like, yeah, like my son's looking for these WGB things.
00:37:42
Speaker
Like I played dumb. I was like, I think I got like, I was like, my wife gave me like the DC PI code or whatever right here. She's like, Oh, let me go get him. And she brings the case out. I know I needed her Kishi, right? She's like, uh, she's like, you know, which one you wanted. And I was like, yeah, I think my son said he wanted the fat guy. She was like, Oh, this one. I'm like, yep, that's the one. Yeah. Yeah.
00:38:05
Speaker
And then there was a time when the Hall of Fame two packs came out, the Wild Samoans and Warrior and Papa Shango. Oh, yeah. She and I got them to pull a case, but it was going to be ready to like the next day. So I had to go to Target to pick them up. Again, I played it dumb. I go up to the counter. I'm like, yeah, I'm here to pick up some action figures for my kids. I think my wife put them on hold. And they opened up the case. They're like, you know which ones they want. And I was like, oh, there's two different sets. Just give me both of them. I'll just take both. Yeah.
00:38:34
Speaker
I don't know. I don't even care. I'm just like, Hey, got any new figures? Oh, nevermind. See ya. Yeah, I have no, I have no shame. There's been times where I try to play it off also, but then I realized like, I'm rocking like a in your house hat with like a ultimate warrior t-shirt and shop line.
00:38:52
Speaker
This same guy that shows shame is the same guy that ruthlessly walked into Toys R Us and pretended to be someone else to gain a macho man defining moments figure out of hold from somebody else. We'll have to do a whole series sometime on my top five figure collecting hijinks, man. I've had some moments. Yeah.
00:39:12
Speaker
All right, let's get into our top two WrestleMania matches.
Mystery Opponents and Predictions
00:39:15
Speaker
All right, at number two is Seth Rollins versus TBD. First off, let's go around. Everybody make a prediction. If it's not Cody, who do you think it should be? Who do I think it should be or who do I think it is? Should, could, whatever. It could be a whimsical one or it could be an accurate, whatever you want. Give us a, give us a non Cody prediction. I have a really strong inkling that is going to be Shane, dude.
00:39:41
Speaker
I think they're going to troll us with Shane. I think Shane's going to come out and then Shane's going to announce Cody. Now that you say that. Shane will troll us because that rumor was already out there. That would not be bad. That would get the crowd booing. They'd be pissed off and that would get them primed to pop. Wasn't there rumors that he was supposed to have a storyline?
00:39:58
Speaker
After the rumble, was Seth Rollins before he got fired and stuff? It's a smart crowd at Mania, so they would know that. Shane comes out. I think it's going to piss people off and they'll be booing and it'll get them that much more juiced up for when Cody music hits to a rough. We know Shane's flying in for Mania weekend, so yeah, that's a good prediction. I would not be surprised at all to see Shane somehow tied into this segment. Marco, what do you guys think? Give us a non-Cody prediction.
00:40:26
Speaker
I mean, I was bouncing around a few. I mean, Elias might do that again. They might have Elias come out.
00:40:34
Speaker
Um, they get beat up and that would be, I think that would be worse than Shane. Yeah, probably. I mean, there's history there though. Cause remember he trolled the crowd for Cena and undertakers match 34. But that's what I, that's what I keep going back to. I think this is going to end up looking very similar to Cena and undertaker. Yeah. Um, I do think if it isn't Cody, uh, there's a strong possibility it could be Gable Stevenson as well.
00:40:59
Speaker
He might make a big way to debut here for sure. At Vania? Wow. Well, that's the only, I mean, there's really no one else besides like an Elias making a return. Gable Stevenson making his debut. Shane McMahon or- There's really nobody else out there. Yeah, like who else?
00:41:18
Speaker
I mean, there was, I mean, I was talking to one of my friends and they think, I mean, obviously this would not happen, but like, they open the forbidden door, and Will Osprey shows up as his opponent, which would be insane. That'd be cool. I would pop for that. Yeah, I would pop for that. Yeah, that'd be pretty, but obviously it wouldn't happen, but you know.
00:41:37
Speaker
It'd be, it'd be a moment. Definitely. Just like a one-off. Well, I'm going to jump, I'm going to jump ahead real quick because, um, you know, since we're already on the topic, we did get some listener mail from Mike Bellcaster, um, our buddy from over at the term buckle Tavern. He said Cody, Shane or Gable. So we'll go around and say, if you had to pick, if you had to pick one, who are you putting your money on that? It's going to be Cody, Shane or Gable sets Cody. Yeah. I put it in like 99.9%. It's going to be Jordan. If I put money on it, Cody, if I'm thinking WWE wise, Shane.
00:42:06
Speaker
Yeah, I know who else it could be man. We know Vince McMahon is hand picking the opponent, right? Who can they would be looking to give this person one last send off in front of all the fans could always be Undertaker. Undertaker come out. He could still do a choke slam, walk the ropes and hit a tombstone. And it's this whole thing. Undertaker could play the hits. That's the only other one I could see besides.
00:42:28
Speaker
Besides Cody and the crowd wouldn't say what you want, though. The crowd would lose. Yeah, of course. I mean, we would be like, ah, you know, that could have been something better. But yeah, at the same time, like we've never really seen Seth and Undertaker even interact either. So that could be a cool one off. And you could still do Seth and Cody on on Raw the next night.
00:42:47
Speaker
We're even on night two of WrestleMania again, which said that they should really take advantage of the two night format But uh, but yeah, I think it's definitely gonna be set in Cody for sure The other I was gonna say is maybe beer bring beer out there You know, he's been on his way to raw for like the last six months. Let's finally see him make his debut Yeah See the mask on is everybody think Cody's getting the win. Yes. Yeah Yeah
00:43:13
Speaker
Yeah, I think so too. I think Cody's going to get the win and I'll double down. I think Cody's going to get the traditional post mania title push. I don't think he's going to win the belt, but I think you're going to see him main event for a couple of months after this before he before he tumbles back down quickly to the starters. Yeah, the island of irrelevancy as a Roman Reigns would say.
00:43:31
Speaker
Yes. Yeah. Were we about to ask you? Nothing. I was just going to say, we also got a comment from our buddy Justin at in-ring art. He said, when Shane's music hits assess mystery opponent, how quickly can we exit out and watch the office? Right there in Peacock. So it should be pretty quick. Yeah. Yeah.
00:43:48
Speaker
Um, yeah, I agree. I think Cody's going to win should be a good showcase match. And I'm just kind of even more so than the match. I'm kind of just interested in how they actually execute this segment. So hopefully they get creative and give us something memorable because this is definitely going to be a moment as, uh, as Jordan likes to say, I'm excited to see what Seth wears for his ring gear. Yeah. He's always got some, some, uh, really awesome ring. I hope he wears like a stardust inspired ring gear.
00:44:13
Speaker
That would be pretty freaking dope, man. It may tip the hand too much, but yeah, that would be pretty cool if he gives some little... Just come out in the whole bodysuit, man. Just come out in the stardust. He should wear some black pants with polka dots. I would pop for that. Yeah, he's definitely going to come out dressed as a Rhodes.
00:44:28
Speaker
a Rhodes gimmick. What if you were regular Rollins here but did the Stardust? He's got strong connections with Dusty, dude. So, you know. He could do the Stardust face paint. We've never really seen Seth with face paint before. Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. But yeah, the only thing that makes me think it's Cody showing up on Saturday is because this match is happening on Saturday. If it was on Sunday, I think they would save it for a Raw debut, you know, like kind of tease that he's going to show up and have no opponent come out.
00:44:56
Speaker
for, for Seth Rollins. Um, but yeah, it's on a Saturday. He's definitely showing up. That's it. And yeah, he's going to win. I think it's going to be a program too. I don't think it's going to be a one-off match. I didn't think I'd have a feud going into like a little bit, um, later in the year, not too far in the year, but you know, all the way to like, you know, June or summer slam or something like that.
00:45:17
Speaker
I'm calling it right now. I think the main event at the April pay-per-view is Cody versus Roman Reigns, man. WrestleMania backlash. I think he's going straight to the top. Yeah. All right. Let's go to our- That's assuming that Roman retains.
00:45:32
Speaker
Yeah. Well, we're getting to that right now. The number one match, Roman versus Brock. She can kick it off. What do you think is going to win? This one is tough for me because I can totally see a scenario where Brock ends Roman's reign. Um, no play on words. Yeah. But I just, and I feel like he's one of the only ones that's even worthy of that. You know, like, I mean, who else in, in WWE, can you see?
00:45:56
Speaker
Taking the title from Roman if it's not just beat him at the Royal Rumble accept it. Yes, that's That would have to be they would have to build that for a while I don't think that that would be something that just like came out of nowhere and then like it like you said in like the freakin April or May pay-per-view It's like oh yeah Roman at this point Roman's dropping the belt at either a Saudi show. Yeah, WrestleMania or summer slams. Yeah, that's really the way three times He's dropping it but
00:46:21
Speaker
Yeah, I think Brock and Seth are the only two people that could beat him. Maybe Drew, if you warm Drew up a little bit. Seth's got the history though, so Seth's always kind of got like... Yeah, Seth would be the one I would choose. He's got like the trump card on Roman. You know, Roman still hasn't beat Seth on pay-per-view, but Brock, yeah, in kayfabe, it's really Brock right now. He's the only one with a shot.
00:46:37
Speaker
I see Roman winning this with one caveat. There's one thing, one wild card that you could throw in the mix that I think would cause Roman to lose and that is the rock. I think the rumors are swirling that they've already got it penciled in for WrestleMania 39, rock versus Roman in the main event.
00:46:55
Speaker
You could have the rock come out, distract Roman, and you know, leaving him getting F5. You could have the rock actually get physical and interfere. You could just have the music hit. Rock doesn't even necessarily got to be there to make it a moment, set the crowd off, just hit the music. Rock's distracted looking at the crowd and Brock gets him.
00:47:14
Speaker
I think that's definitely in play, but unless we see the Rock get involved, I think Roman is winning. He's going to be holding up both belts at the end of the night. I'm going with Roman too. That's going to be, I mean, can you imagine? That's going to be a freaking epic visual at the end of the show, dude. Just like Roman standing there with both belts, with that dope ass music. Yeah, I'm going. Yeah, it's going to be sick. I'm going to go with Roman as well. And I think Rock, we were talking about this last night, the Rock is showing up, but he's going to show up after the match.
00:47:42
Speaker
Well, the views hit after the match because because yeah, that's that's been the MO for Roman when he wins a match at a pay-per-view at a big pay-per-view. He always gets interrupted by somebody.
00:47:53
Speaker
Um, yeah, if it was anybody else, you know, Roman's had so many mania moments that I feel like, you know, if it was anybody else, um, it would be like, no, you know, why would you take that moment from them? But Roman, I feel like he's, he's in a position where, yeah, he could have his like mania moment in a row by the rock. And it would be a hell of a moment. You know, maybe they could get the, the, uh, the banner for WrestleMania next year, you're already hung up for whatever reason. They could both point at it. You know, that's what fits with me.
00:48:17
Speaker
Wow. Point at the time, pal. Tickets will be on sale for next year's WrestleMania. The other thing, too, is that they kind of, on Monday Night Raw, when he was out there cutting his promo, before he cut his promo, they thought the statistic of him being in the elite class of being the longest reigning current
00:48:38
Speaker
day champion, like with Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sam. So he's, he's, I think he's definitely winning and I think he's carrying it till next year. I don't think anyone's beating him till like next WrestleMania. He sounded like go well, pal. I think he's going to hit a thousand days at some point. He said they're going to make him like the, like the biggest modern day.
00:48:59
Speaker
like ever champion for that company. There's like there's no one else there that can do it. That has like I can see it. I don't want the I feel like Rock and Roman is better if the belt's not involved, though, because I don't think anybody's. Oh, no, they don't have to do that. Yeah. He can lose. He can lose it to the rock itself. The title.
00:49:16
Speaker
Like that's it doesn't have to be a title match. I mean, I don't think they'd have a non title matches. It may have been a WrestleMania, though. You know what I mean? I mean, it could whoever's who's the who's the real like head of the table of that family? Who's the real breadwinner? You got to have dude, you got to have that picture moment with the title and the pyro going off in the, you know, yeah, they're going to go off the air without somebody holding the WWE branded winning. I mean, the rock lose this land. That's that's the case. He's not.
00:49:45
Speaker
I mean, that, that really solidifies Roman Reigns as like the greatest like wrestler, like now. It would be, it would definitely be a cool ending to mania. If we get to see the rock out there facing off with Roman, what do you think Jordan, you'd think a rocker Brock's or excuse me, Roman or Brock is winning on a Sunday night.
00:50:03
Speaker
So if you had asked me this question eight weeks ago, I would have said there's no way that there was even a chance Roman loses. Dude, Brock is about as hot as anyone has ever been right now. And I just feel like everyone knows for a fact that Roman is winning. Like, I don't know, man, like just the way you guys were just talking. Like, I feel like that's the way everyone thinks. Like they don't they think it's just a foregone conclusion that Roman wins.
00:50:29
Speaker
Dude, I seriously think that if it wasn't unifying the titles, Roman wins no matter what. I think them unifying the titles, I don't know. I just have a weird feeling that they're not going to have him hold the belts, both belts. Well, I'll argue that point to say that, you know, just breaking down, you know, the fourth wall a little bit, breaking kayfabe.
00:50:48
Speaker
They, I don't think that they're going to unify the titles and then give them to Brock who isn't going to be around a lot after WrestleMania. Exactly. Yeah. I don't, I don't see him being, uh, you know, on Monday night raw every Monday after, after mania season. So he's, he's, he's as over as he can be right now. I'm going to miss cowboy Brock, you know, bootleg Brock on my, on my TV on Monday nights, but I just don't see, uh, I don't see him either.
00:51:14
Speaker
See everything you guys are saying though is why I think he's going to win. Like dude, everybody just assumes it's a done deal that Brock is not going to show up anymore after WrestleMania. Like this is just a done deal. He's not going to be there. Like that's, I think that's why they didn't disclose his contract and stuff this time. Cause like, they don't want you to know what he's actually doing.
00:51:36
Speaker
Dude, he even said on that McAfee interview, he's never had more fun wrestling than he's having right now. He's been around more than ever. He I feel like he has been on TV almost every week this year, man. So I just I feel like dude, the money like
00:51:49
Speaker
Like you guys were saying about Rollins getting heated back up. And if they truly are going to do the Rock, like you guys said, Rock and Roman next year, if the Rock does come out, I agree with Seth. There's no way that's for the title. I just don't see them doing that because no one will buy the Rock winning. So have Brock win it now. Have someone take him off, take it off in that SummerSlam, maybe like Rollins or somebody like that wins it at SummerSlam. Wouldn't that be fitting if we were there?
00:52:15
Speaker
Oh, yes, I just do. I feel like they got to do something rather than just do what everybody thinks is already going to happen, because I mean, we've went down this match card, not just on the show, but I mean, like in our private time and do a lot of these matches are just like so telegraphed on who's going to win. I just feel like this is this is their time to do something that nobody thinks is going to happen.
00:52:39
Speaker
And I'm going to take Brock for that reason. Um, do I think it's like a guarantee that he wins? Absolutely not. I would definitely bet Roman. Like you said, I think everything else is so telegraphed that I think, you know, when I said, when he asked me first, what, who I thought it's just, it's tough, man. Like either way, it could happen either way. I don't think Vince even knows who's going to win. I think this is going to be one of those times where like, when we hear about it, you know, months from now that, you know, the winter wasn't decided until like the day of the show or something. Cause
00:53:08
Speaker
There's paths forward with both guys winning, like compelling paths forward with both guys winning. It should be a badass match. I'm definitely going to go back sometime before Saturday and watch their match from Crown Jewel again, because I only watched that match once. I never watched it again after that, but it was definitely the second best match they've had besides the one from WrestleMania 31.
00:53:28
Speaker
Maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll watch 31 and then I'll watch crown jewel, um, to kind of get me hyped up. Cause those are definitely the two standouts out of all the, the Roman and Brock matches so far, but it's going to be crazy. They're hyping it up as the biggest WrestleMania match of all time. They're pretty much giving it impossible. Uh, standards still going to be stupendous. Um, but Vince is definitely going to pull, you know, pull something out of his, his, his magic hat for this one, man. Cause, uh, they got to at least try to deliver on the hype. Um, Sheena, do we got listener mail? We do.
Future WrestleMania Main Events and WWE Stars
00:54:04
Speaker
All right, this question comes in from Brian Vermeer. He says, book the next year's two main events for next year. Kind of worded that here. So book the next two main events for the two night WrestleMania for next year. He says he expects MJF versus KO on night one.
00:54:23
Speaker
You heard what I said. So Seth, I'm going to throw this one to you. I don't think MJF's contract comes up until 2024. I believe what he says. I think I'll say Rock and Roman for one night. And I think we're finally going to get Becky and Rhonda. So I say Becky and Rhonda and Rock and Roman. Okay. All right. You got to give Jordan and Marco a chance.
00:54:43
Speaker
Yeah, you can go. I was just going to throw each of you guys a question, but who do you think, Marco, what's going to be the two-night main event for next year? Yeah, next year, definitely Rockin' Roman. It's in LA. I can definitely see
00:54:59
Speaker
Uh, I mean, definitely Becky Lynch in, uh, in Rhonda Rousey. That's, I mean that if, if Rhonda Rousey sticks around, cause she obviously didn't show up to raw this past Monday. Well, that was on WWE. She came out and said WWE did not send her a plane ticket, dude. So that was, that was on WWE. Um, that was, that was a botch on their party. They had that,
00:55:23
Speaker
It was supposed to be on SmackDown though, why would she be on Raw? I remember they had all the SmackDown, it was basically an episode of SmackDown on Raw and all the SmackDown stars were on Raw. But yes, it was gonna be Ronda and Charlotte versus, no, wait. Ronda and Bianca. Ronda and Bianca versus Charlotte and Becky, yeah.
00:55:43
Speaker
They just pulled it from, yeah, they announced it and they kind of just pulled it from social media. I know that would have been an Epic, but yeah, they didn't send Rhonda a plane ticket. So she didn't show us. So what about you? What do you got for your main events? I'm going to go rock and Roman, just like you guys.
00:55:57
Speaker
And then for the women's main event, I'm going to go the fatal four way between the four horse women. Ooh. I think, I think they're going to unify the titles at some point. And I think next year, that'd be a great way to do it. Cause I think they're going to run Rhonda and Becky this year. I think that's going to happen at summer slam. I just, I don't think Rhonda is going to stay another year. I think they're going to enjoy it. No, she definitely does not. I think they're going to run it this year and we'll not see it, but they got to do the four horse women fatal four match at some point.
00:56:28
Speaker
Yeah. All right. Sam Rosenthal wants to know aside from Roman, who's the next man to main event, uh, mania often like, you know, under the age of 50. So like, who's going to be the next like porch carrier for, for WWE? I'd love to say Seth, but we've talked about it a few times on recent episodes. I feel like Seth is just, he's in the Randy Orton slot, right? Yeah. Roman is this generation, Cena, Seth is Randy Orton. He always could always be elevated to them one spot at any time, but.
00:56:55
Speaker
I don't think he's going to be the guy for any extended period. There was, there was a moment there after Roman's cancer that it looked like it might happen. And for a number of reasons, it just didn't quite pan out. So I think Seth's going to be in the Randy Orton spot. I'll say Brian breaker, man. I think, dude, I really think the sky's limit. I was, I've, I had him in dolphin, my top five most anticipated matches.
00:57:15
Speaker
And WWE is repairing its relationship with the Steiner. They're going all in on this guy, man. I think he needs to debut on the main roster with the name Rex Steiner, the name he was going off of before he came on. He's a big enough deal that he'll keep his name.
00:57:33
Speaker
Um, the dude can work, right? It's crazy that he's really been wrestling with us in two years and his matches are already awesome. Yeah. And he's got all kinds of charisma and he can talk. So yeah, I'm, I'm buying up all the bra and breaker stock that I can buy right now. I mean, I'm going red old man.
00:57:48
Speaker
as the main eventer. I love Riddle too, man. I love Riddle too. I think Riddle definitely has the fan base, definitely has the WWE universe behind him. He's too lovable not to. Everyone just loves him. I think he proved it with him, team of Randy Orton. Obviously, them shortening his name to Riddle. He had to work with that as well. I just say, yeah, I definitely think he's going to be a main event.
00:58:16
Speaker
I love, yeah, I love Riddle and I mean, I, I'm, we've been calling to freaking, you know, strap the rocket strapped to him for a long time, but I just worry as far as like his, uh, his size and his stature and stuff and his like, you know, kind of character. I don't know if he's a big guy. He's a big guy. He's a big guy. He's like Kerry Von Eric, man. He's a, I think, I think if we ended up doing Roman and rock next year, I think Brock and Matt Riddle could be like the men's. I would love to see Brock in that riddle.
00:58:43
Speaker
Yeah, Matt Riddle can go, dude. He's big. I would like to see him. He's been really entertaining. He's like set size, right? No. Matt Riddle is like, he's a big dude. He's like, he's more broad than Seth Rollins. He's bulkier. Like, yeah, I don't know if it's the bare feet that are throwing you off. Matt Riddle is a horse, dude. Like, yeah, he's not one to mess around with.
00:59:04
Speaker
Yeah, I could, uh, I'd like to see him bring a little bit of the mean streak that he had an NXT back to the main roster. He's definitely been more just lovable goof on the main roster. He had that mean streak in NXT, but yeah, Matt Riddle, uh, that that's a great pick. Yeah. I love that one. Yeah. I mean, it says he's, uh, are these six two.
00:59:21
Speaker
I'm reading the six two. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know why I was just, I was like, I was like, you know, he's not a super heavyweight, but he's like, size is definitely like not an issue. He's not Adam Cole. You know what I mean? No, no, definitely not. Yeah. I mean, yeah, he's way bigger weight labor.
00:59:37
Speaker
Way more charismatic, way more athletic. All right. I'm going to go ahead before, before we get into all this Adam Cole slander, I'm going to pass it to Jordan. Jordan, who do you think is going to be the torch carrier for WWE for the next generation? I'm with Marco. I think it's going to be Riddle. I just, that dude has star. I mean, he's going to be a star. He's too relatable. Like people, like, you know, people like Riddle. He's like one of your friends essentially. Like that's how much you can relate to the guy. I mean,
01:00:06
Speaker
I would have said Peter Dune until they changed his name to Butch and then that. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. I'll pick somebody different. I'll go Walter.
01:00:16
Speaker
Oh, he doesn't exist either. No, it's Walter. I'll never call him. He's going to power bomb you if you call him Walter. I'll never call him Gunther. His name is Walter. Yeah. All right. And last but certainly not least, Cody Baker, favorite WrestleMania match of all time.
01:00:37
Speaker
Oh, I mean, duh, Brett Harper, Steve Austin. Yeah, that's the obvious answer. Favorite match ever. Yeah. Marco. Oh man. That's everyone's favorite match though. I mean, it's cool if that's your favorite match. Yeah, you can't. It's like the greatest match of all time. I mean, I, I mean, I'm going to go, you know, we'll go media 17. We'll go stone cold on the rock. I mean, you can't go wrong with that as well. Not a bad pick Jordan.
01:01:04
Speaker
I mean, everybody knows what my favorite match is. It was the match that started it all for me. It's warrior Hogan. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I don't care. I don't care if it's the greatest match ever. It's it's. No, no, no, that matches.
Greatest Matches and Memorable Moments
01:01:15
Speaker
This is favorite. This is not greatest. This is my greatest match of all time. This is favorite. That match is a five star. It's it's too much going into it. It is the first ever. He's the first ever double champ. I mean, come on. It's. Yeah, I want to say champ champ, first ever champ champ.
01:01:32
Speaker
Yeah, clearly Bretton Austin is, is the winner for me, but I'll pick a WrestleMania 31 main event, uh, Brock versus Roman with the heist of the century happening at the end. Um, it was just one, the match was just Epic all around dude. Second.
01:01:48
Speaker
Seth Rollins, we went into the, we went into the WrestleMania and just cheered on Seth Rollins, rocking our Seth Rollins gear. And he fought Randy Orton and we weren't even thinking about him cashing in that night after he got the best RKO of all time. Um, and, uh, when he cashed in, it was just something that's like burned in my memory forever. So, uh, it was, it was an epic moment and definitely one of my favorite moments. Here we are. Uh, seven years later, rock and Roman still going out.
01:02:13
Speaker
So much has changed in the landscape of WWE. And it was seven years ago, exactly today. Yeah. No, it was yesterday. Yesterday was all the all the raw memories I posted because the picture I posted today in my stories, I had posted all of, uh, you know, mania was so long that night, like I posted all the stuff the day after. So we were, we were going to the raw after WrestleMania. We were part of the worst WrestleMania post WrestleMania rock crowd of all time. Yeah, totally off topic, topic, but on topic.
01:02:43
Speaker
Uh, that, uh, that RKO, that Randy Orton gave Seth Rollins, they actually do that in the, in the new WWE 2K22 game. So if you, if, uh, Seth Rollins goes to do the stomp to you, you can, uh, reverse it and do the RKO, but everybody does it and it pisses me off. Cause not everyone, like if you're a Hulk Hogan facing Seth Rollins, then he, you can reverse with an RKO.
01:03:06
Speaker
If they need to fix it, that's how epic of a moment it was. But they do the, they do the video game history, but they do their arcade. They do the Randy Orton like action too. Like the, the whole, like after he does an RKO and he was all crazy. They do that same animation. It's awful. So they need to pick up our listener mail for today.
Personal Insights and Social Media Engagement
01:03:30
Speaker
All right. You can find me on Instagram. I'm about to see you guys. Okay. So I'm going to go ahead and forewarn you. Most of you guys, I probably have a country accent already, you know, um, to my family and stuff. I've lived away from home for so long that like, they don't feel like I have a country accent anymore. But once I get with like my country, you guys are going to notice a shift.
01:04:00
Speaker
more country than ever. So, uh, you can find me on Instagram at Chick Foley. Marco run the machine over at Chick Foley show, join our fully fam at chick fully show.com and, uh, follow the pod foundation and all of our friends that podcast over there.
01:04:27
Speaker
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Trivia and Nostalgia
01:04:36
Speaker
It's time for the trivia question of the week. Marco is going for two straight. Now we had some controversy last week Marco.
01:04:42
Speaker
He kinda sat on it. Michael punched in the Google machine. He sat on it for about 12 seconds. And then just randomly, just with 100% confidence, found it out. We had some digital forensic experts listen to it. They could not conclusively determine that he did, that he utilized outside assistance or not. This week, we're putting Marco on a five second timer. So Jordan, help me out. If you need to read the question, we're gonna give him the five, four, three, two, one.
01:05:12
Speaker
And, uh, Marco, you got to spit out an answer, whatever your best guess is, dude. All right. All right. You ready, Marco? Let's go. Two straight. Let's go. Two straight, Marco. All right. At the 1995 Survivor Series, one team was Mabel, Lawler, Helmsley, and Blank. Five, four, three, two,
01:05:37
Speaker
Well, take a test. Just throw somebody out there, Marco. Say it again. Say the lineup again. Oh. Oh, boy. All right. All right. You know what? Just that's it. Just say the answer. We're not going to. It was Isaac Yegel.
01:06:05
Speaker
I don't blame you at all Marco. I hate trivia. I hate being, I got that one. She asked me before I had to guess that I wasn't confident. I just remembered that Jerry Lawler and Isaac Yankham were
01:06:15
Speaker
Yeah. That is a pretty bad-ass match. If we could tie it into a quick retro recommendation, that was the Undertaker's first match back after he got his face broke by King Mabel. He's rocking the Phantom of the Opera mask, and he just wrecks shit in that match. It's a 4-0 sweep, but it's basically the Bone Street crew going up against King Mabel and his squad. So that's what we're talking about. So he's 95. And if you go back a couple months, we actually haven't watched a long episode.
01:06:41
Speaker
from that show.
Closing Thoughts on WrestleMania Weekend
01:06:42
Speaker
Um, Jordan, you got any closing thoughts as we head into WrestleMania weekend, man? I hope, uh, I hope this weekend's better than the build. Cause if it's as bad as the build, uh, I'm going to be passed out in the middle of night one and two.
01:06:56
Speaker
Everybody be safe. Uh, it's going to be a ton of wrestling. Don't forget about standing deliver on Saturday. I'm telling you guys, those, the NXT guys and gals are going to show out on Saturday afternoon. It's the first time that you point out who's been outside of, uh, the, uh, the little studio in Orlando. So they're going to deliver and they're going to stand. I'm telling y'all right now, dolphin bronze are going to end up being the match of the weekend. You can book it. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it could be, I think the latter match was going to be though.
01:07:25
Speaker
They got to show up. That was going to be great too. Hit the music. Yeah. Don't sleep on 2.0.