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Ringside Fest Reveals & Analysis + Full Gear Predictions + Much Much More
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Sheena, Marco, and Seth review and discuss all the figure reveals from Ringside Fest and preview AEW Full Gear for this weekend. Plus, we argue over the MVP of the Thanksgiving Dinner table. Listen, Rate, Review
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Celebrating 101 Episodes and Pro Wrestling Catch-Up
00:00:20
Speaker
What's up chick Foley fam. We are here starting the, uh, the new century of chick Foley show episodes of episode one on one November's here. And, uh, since it's been such a quiet week in world events with nothing really going on, we figured we'd catch you guys up on what's happening in the world of pro wrestling. Sheena, welcome everybody to the show. What's going on people? What up. Wow. Okay. Marco, how's things going in Massachusetts?
00:00:46
Speaker
It's going good. Everyone's just falling in line over here, like the tribal chief has put us all in line. So that's what we're doing on these parts. All right. So we celebrated our 100th episode last week. So now time to kick off 101 and go from there. Sheena, tell them where they can find you on social media.
Social Media and Patreon Promotion
00:01:05
Speaker
So you can find myself at Chick Foley on Instagram, and then you can follow Marco, giving all the Twitter updates over on the Twitter machine at Chick Foley show.
00:01:16
Speaker
All right. And then we also have for our premium foley fam members, we have the Patreon page, chick foley show dot com. A bunch of bonus content on there. The biggest thing is you get access to our private Facebook group for one dollar a month or 10 bucks a year if you want to go and pay for the next 12 months. It's a really awesome figure hunting group. The guys have been crushing it, coming up with the Decade of Domination figures, lots of the collector's edition Undertaker showing up.
00:01:40
Speaker
In addition to everything else, you know, NECA figures, Funko pops. Some Chase unrivaled figures have been popping up in the group too. Yeah, we've actually had people finding the Chase Jericho, so a lot of good stuff and it's an easy way to kind of save your mileage, save your time on figure hunting. You just post up there what you're looking for and nine times out of ten.
00:01:57
Speaker
somebody will come through with the figures that you need. It's best for your community on the internet.
Introducing Figure Friday with AEW Unboxing
00:02:01
Speaker
Additionally, for the bonus content, we're about to start rolling out a new feature called Figure Friday. So every Friday, me and Sheena, or sometimes it'll be us rolling solo, sometimes together, but we'll have a quick video, you know, five to 10 minutes and it's either going to be an unboxing of something new or we'll take an old figure from years gone by and just kind of do a detailed look at it. We'll do some comparison shots with other figures of that wrestler and some different stuff.
00:02:27
Speaker
We're going to be rolling that out this week starting off with the AEW Jericho and AEW Brandy figures. So we're going to unbox those, show them off. We'll compare them to some of Jericho's WWE elites and some of the female WWE elite figures so you can see what AEW's take on female wrestlers is compared to Mattel's and it's going to be good stuff. So give us your feedback on that. Let us know how you like it and what you want to see and we will make it happen for you.
Halloween Contest Winners and Family Festivities
00:02:53
Speaker
She and I talked about the Halloween costume contest we had last week.
00:02:55
Speaker
Yeah, so we called out all people on Instagram to share their Halloween costumes with us. Let us tag us, let us see it, what you got going on, any wrestling related costumes. We were so into, we reposted a lot of them on the stories and we were giving away a Cain and Pete Dunn figure to the winners. We were choosing one category from adults and then another winner from the kids category. So we're gonna announce those winners now.
00:03:28
Speaker
The winner of the Pete Dunne Elite is at Decaulup. Our buddy Kenny Dinkins, he dressed up as Bray Wyatt in the fun house. He did have the lantern. It looked so damn good. So yeah, Kenny, congrats on winning the Pete Dunne figure in four hour. Kane, it was at Sammy 2099. Him and his little guy dressed up as the bar and they looked fantastic. So congrats guys. And we'll be hitting you guys up to get your details and get those figures sent out to you. Marco, how was Halloween for you guys?
00:03:56
Speaker
Um, it was, it was, um, it was pretty decent. We, uh, not sure if you've seen our pictures. We had a, we always do like a family costume. Uh, so we did a Schitt's Creek. Uh, it was pretty cool. I feel like I'm the only person in the whole world that has not watched Schitt's Creek. I like, I saw the hashtags on your costume and I was like, uh, cause I didn't know what it was at first and I was really kind of surprised cause I'm usually pretty good at picking up on those things, but I feel like everybody had a Schitt's Creek costume this, this year. Oh yeah. I mean, that was like the go-to costume. So sure you have enough people to do it. You have to.
00:04:26
Speaker
Yeah, they get it done, but yeah, a lot of people really like that, so that was pretty awesome. Other than that, not much trick-or-treating. We had a couple of neighbors drop bags of candy off to the house, as opposed to actually just going to the house, which is kind of odd.
00:04:42
Speaker
It's COVID, it's COVID Halloween, so that's expected. But that wasn't too bad. It was pretty cold that night too, so we didn't stay out too long. We just went to a few houses and that was pretty much it. Turned around, went back home and spent the rest of the night in. How'd you guys? It was nice over here. It was Brett's first time trick-or-treating. We handed out candy last year. I went home to my mom's house and we handed out candy. It was so cold in Kentucky last year that I didn't get him out and about.
First Trick-or-Treat Experience During COVID-19
00:05:10
Speaker
get candy so this was his first year actually trick-or-treating and he was so into it like i didn't know how he would you know be if he would be shy going up to the doors or whatever but what was really cool is that most people had like the candy shoots i don't know if you saw him on like facebook and instagram people having like candy shoots set up so it could be like safely distanced so they would like put the candy down the shoot and like you know Brett would catch it in his bucket and it was so it was so awesome
00:05:32
Speaker
It definitely didn't have like, you know, in years past, like there's just so many kids out trigger treating and you know, it was just like the streets are packed. It definitely didn't have that vibe to it. We saw we saw several families out and about and several families were handing out candy, but it just felt a little bit off. But it was it was awesome for Brett and Stella. They both loved it. And they both looked amazing in their costumes. They were Jack and Sally from
00:05:53
Speaker
the nightmare before Christmas, or I guess you could say they were Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae if you want to go that route from Halloween Havoc. They had the same costumes, but yeah, they had fun. Obviously Brett was stoked to get so much candy and we're like parceling it out throughout the week. Now he's just like, Brett wants a piece of candy, please. So we're dealing with that. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. It was kind of
00:06:17
Speaker
It was almost like a highly concentrated version of trick or treating because it was really only the traditional like good houses were the ones that did it. You know, a lot of the places where you'd probably get like a pack of narrowators or, you know, God forbid some candy corn. Those guys pretty much set out Halloween, you know, no decorations to light on the porch.
00:06:35
Speaker
It was really just a hardcore Halloween lovers that were participating in the trick or treating. So that meant the kids, you know, they made a big deal out of it anytime the kids came up to get some candy and the kids got loaded up. They were getting it by the fistfuls. So they definitely had a high candy per house ratio going. So I think it was a pretty efficient trick or treating for their first time out. And it was definitely a special memory for us. Speaking of special memory, Sheena, tell us about the official kickoff for the Chick Foley Show toy driver
Annual Toy Drive Launch
00:07:02
Speaker
this year.
00:07:02
Speaker
Yeah, so we kicked off our toy drive. All the details are posted on our social media. So they're in our Facebook group for our Foley fam. They're on the Instagram page. So we posted up our PO box address if you want to send donations like you want to actually send toys. And we posted up our PayPal address if you just want to send monetary contributions and
00:07:21
Speaker
let Seth and I do the shopping. So we're excited to get out and shop for that. We've already got so many donations rolling in. You guys are so wonderful and so many people have committed to contributing. So it's going to be such an awesome year this year. Um, we actually just, uh, Sal in our Facebook group, Sal Grecca, he, uh, raffled away a legends eight warrior. And so many of our guys contributed. It was so awesome. And we have a winner for that. So we did the drawing tonight and the winner is
00:07:49
Speaker
One second. Let me get my fancy sound machine going. Here we go. Robert Carey. So Robert, congrats on winning the Legends 8 Warrior. That's so freaking awesome. And thank you so much, Sal, for putting that figure up for raffling. 100% of the contributions are going to the toy drive. And guys, we want to make this our biggest best toy drive ever. It's only our second one. But again, so many families are in need this year. It's been a crazy year for so many.
00:08:17
Speaker
and we just want to impact as many families as we can. So we're accepting all toys, all books, the only things that aren't accepted by Toys for Tots or any realistic looking weapons are like edible, like food, candy, that kind of stuff. So anything other than that is good to go. So you can ship it to our PO box or again, just send donations and we will do the shopping for you. And just check out the Instagram feed. We'll be posting it in the story on the daily, a link to get the details for the shipping address and PayPal and all that stuff.
00:08:45
Speaker
Yeah, a lot of good stuff. Just chip in. Like I said, we did a great job last year. We're really trying to double what we did in 2019 to just provide a nice little boost for the Christmas spirit for all the extended Foley fam out there.
Merchandise Promotion and International Listener Acknowledgment
00:08:59
Speaker
ProWrestlingTees.com still got a lot of awesome designs up there. If you're looking to get a little stocking stuffer for the wrestling fan or the chick foley show fan in your life, hit up ProWrestlingTees. We've got plenty of different designs. The cool thing about ProWrestlingTees is you have multiple different styles of shirt that you can get any of the graphics you want printed on.
00:09:16
Speaker
So check that out and then also ringsidecollectibles.com, our good friends there. Make sure you use code CHICKFOLY anytime you order figures. We're going to go into detail a little bit later on. Ringside Fest at Home was off to an amazing start today and just a lot of amazing figures. So more to discuss on that later on.
00:09:35
Speaker
Also, for our giveaway this week for the show, we're gonna make it easy. It's gonna be one we've done in the past. Basically, just send a screenshot to Sheena's Instagram account or you can send to Marco on Twitter of yourself listening to the Chick Foley show. So that's all you gotta do. Literally, something you're already doing and you get a chance to win a free figure. We're gonna be giving away an Elite 75 Calisto. If you guys remember, this was the one that came with the Lucha House party shirt and the pinata. Really cool figure. And yeah, all you gotta do is fire up a screenshot
00:10:03
Speaker
you have a chance to win. Last week, we wanted to give a shout out to our international listeners going on SoundCloud, looking at the stats. We actually had listeners in addition to Canada and the UK where we always have a very big following shout out to the Chick Foley fam there. We also had listeners out of Indonesia, Portugal, Germany, and Austria.
00:10:22
Speaker
If you're part of Chick Foley Show worldwide, hit us up. We want to know who you are. Yeah, slide in the Sheena's DMs on Instagram or shoot an email to chickfolishow at gmail.com because we want to talk to you and find out a little bit about what the pro wrestling scene is like in those countries. If you're one of those people worldwide that's listening to this, feel free to reach out. We'd love to talk about you on the show.
PAC's Return and Potential AEW Championship Quest
00:10:45
Speaker
That's all our housekeeping notes out of the way. Let's move inside the squared circle with chicks top six. This segment is brought to you by our friends at chalk line. Lots of amazing stuff dropping from them. They have plenty of options on their website right now. So again, it's holiday season. So if you need to do some shopping, if you got somebody who's into, you know, awesome jackets or cool shorts, hit up chocolate.com and make a purchase because it would be the perfect gift. So story number six.
00:11:12
Speaker
Pack is back. First off, how do you guys say it? Because I'd always been saying it, pock. I say pock. Yeah, I say pock. I'm a kid in the 90s. I'm used to two-pock and ex-pock and stuff. But they seem like they were calling them pack on the AEW the other night. So Marco, what's your take on it?
00:11:30
Speaker
I was actually surprised to see a return. I actually totally forgot he was gone for a while. No, I kind of forgot about him. Is that really bad? I just totally forgot. No, because I did too. Well, they had that when he was teamed up with the lucha bros and they were the death triangle, remember? And then I just... He kind of lost his bros to Eddie Kingston. He just kind of took his team from him.
00:11:55
Speaker
Um, I'm actually, I'm excited to see him return. Obviously he's probably one of the better talents there. Um, uh, they're definitely lacking in that department when it comes to like, uh, some of their star power. So glad to see him back. Um, I think he'd be good with like Darby Allen or even, I mean, even somebody like Eddie Kingston, I think that they would have good match ups. I just think that, yeah.
00:12:15
Speaker
I'm excited. I'm excited for him to be back. I definitely feel like he has way more potential in AEW than he ever did in WWE. Once they gave him the moniker, the man that gravity forgot, that was right. That was it, right? The man that gravity forgot. It was just like, and they made him come out looking like Mighty Mouse. It was just over from that point because he was so mage in NXT and then he got up to the main roster and it was just
00:12:35
Speaker
it was just not enough. So I'm pumped to see what he's going to do in AEW. And that little vignette was awesome. Like, you know, just kind of just being about talking about being isolated and the way that they shot it and everything. It was just kind of like, you know, split personality type thing. So I'm excited. Yeah, it was really badass. I just, you know, after seeing it, I all I could think was like, why did we never see this guy?
00:12:54
Speaker
in WWE, you know, he showed a little bit of this when he had his heel run on 205 live as a last year, but we still didn't it still wasn't anything close to what we saw here. I just I feel like I almost I never remember really cutting any promos in in WWE and definitely nothing like like what we saw on on Wednesday night. So yeah, I think
00:13:14
Speaker
It's just, you know, they really miss the boat on this guy cause he's got the ability to go as high as, uh, you know, as any, as the company wants to let him. So we have no idea how high he can fly. Yeah. That leads me to my next question. Do you guys think that he would be the AW champion in 2021? I think that's a little bit of a stretch. Um, I can see him being TNT champion. Um, for sure. I just, I don't know. I feel like there's too many guys in line right now for AW champion. I don't, I don't think that he's.
00:13:43
Speaker
I don't know, maybe. Yeah, that's a possibility. He's just, he's just got back to, so we had to see him in a program and where they put him. Um, if they put him right in the main event scene or if they keep him like in the mid card area, but, uh, it's a possibility. If, if it is, I would probably say towards the end of next year, not anywhere in the beginning. You know, it definitely seems like Kenny Omega and or Adam Page are in line for the next run.
00:14:09
Speaker
with the belt. But I'll tell you what, I think those guys are lucky that we're still in the pandemic era and there's no live crowd there. Because I feel like when Pac or Pac, whatever we want to call it, when he comes back, I feel like the fans are just going to be eating it up, having him back, seeing him in action, seeing the charisma and stuff.
00:14:28
Speaker
I think that he's just going to be over like Rover. And if I feel like if the live crowds are there, AEW would be forced to really kind of push this guy up right into the main event and maybe leapfrog a couple of guys who are right now are kind of positioned to be in line for the next shot with the, with the belt.
00:14:44
Speaker
Yeah. I just, I think, um, well, first of all, can you imagine how many abs he's going to have when he gets back? Cause you know, like, you know, guys on the road, like, you know, they, they work out, they look amazing and everything, but we always see when these guys take breaks and they're actually able to like work out and sleep and recover and eat well and do all the things they come back looking like a million bucks. Like, you know, when they, when they've had that risk. So, you know, Pac always looked amazing with like 27 abs and like 0% body fat. So can you imagine now that he's had his little hiatus, like how he's going to come back? He's just going to be like, it's going to be totally
00:15:13
Speaker
Totally shredded but yeah, I'm excited to see what he's what he's gonna do But I feel like if they have him come out and like lose early on that's gonna be a huge mistake and a huge misstep So they got to bring this guy out and just have him like running through the freaking division You know what I mean?
Jey Uso's Storyline with Roman Reigns and Family Faction Potential
00:15:28
Speaker
Just like like wrecking stuff Yeah, very excited to see what he does next story
00:15:35
Speaker
We saw Jay Uso get what is undoubtedly the biggest win of his career. He had Daniel Bryan clean on last week's episode of SmackDown. Daniel Bryan is without a doubt a modern day legend. Jay Uso beat him. I think the Roman effect is really, you know, he had a couple of badass matches with Roman. I think that conditioned him. You know, it's like after after fighting Roman twice, it was almost kind of a step down in difficulty level to use some video video game terminology. And he wouldn't beat Daniel Bryan.
00:16:04
Speaker
And that caused him to finally realize that Roman was right all along and he joined up with him. So what'd you guys think of the match and the post-match story? I'll let you take the lead, Marco.
00:16:16
Speaker
Yeah, I love the match. Obviously, I think Daniel Bryan, he let into it in the pre-interview he did. He wanted to face the Jey Uso that faced Roman Reigns. Before he faced Roman Reigns, he wouldn't have thought of even stepping in the ring with him. Now, he had those two matches of Roman Reigns. Now, that's the Jey Uso that he knows and he wanted to face. That's who he got. It was a great match. I mean, Jey Uso is definitely a talent.
00:16:45
Speaker
And do you mind what he could do with the ring? So I mean, he's not in there to prove anything. They did. That match was for a spot on the SmackDown Men's Survivor Series team. So Jay is on the team now.
00:16:59
Speaker
So that let's not forget that part. Uh, but after that, yeah, they, after the after match, uh, festivities that, uh, that happened, do you see the little like, like hail turn of, uh, of JU? So, or, or maybe just falling in line and listening to what is, uh, his big, his big cousin was telling him to do. But, uh, yeah, no, I enjoyed that. It went on for a while. Yeah.
00:17:22
Speaker
You got injured doing the frog splash. Well, I'm not, I mean, well, he injured quotation marks, but, uh, yeah, yeah, it's that's, that's the best thing going to WWE right now. That whole, that whole storyline, it's only going to get, it's only gonna get better. Um, especially when, when, um,
00:17:38
Speaker
When the other brother gets back into the mix and see what happens with him, is he going to be the face? Is he going to fall in line? Are they going to reunite the bloodline by making a hail faction as opposed to a, we'll see. But yeah, I enjoy that whole last segment. SmackDown has been like the gold standard right now for our WWE programming.
00:17:59
Speaker
I just thought it was really, I just thought it was really awesome because, you know, um, breaking kayfabe here for a minute, like Jay Uso had like, I can't remember what interview or what, where he said it, but he said that Daniel Bryan was the one that like basically like gave him the knot, you know, like he said that, uh, you know, he was like, you know, let's, let's go with Jay. So, um, that, that was pretty cool that he got to do that and, you know, got to get over Daniel Bryan.
00:18:20
Speaker
I thought the promo was really emotional and I think these guys are just doing some really awesome work. I think it's really easy when you're family and you know each other so well. We see this time and time again with people who are like best friends in real life or their family in real life. They have, well, with the exception of the Bellas.
00:18:35
Speaker
They don't work very well. I wish you had died in the womb. I will never forget her saying that. How many other promo lines from 2014 do you remember that? I do remember that. I do remember that. It was memorable, but I don't know if it was in a good way. It was awful.
00:18:55
Speaker
Again, we just see we see it time and time again with these guys like that know each other so well. And you know, their family or like best friends, they just put on some of the best performances. And I thought their their promo was really awesome. And it just felt kind of like real and gritty. And I feel like there is kind of probably something like underlying there, you know, I mean, because Jimmy and Jay
00:19:13
Speaker
Have always been in like the tag team division, you know, and like Roman's always been the superstar So they've always been a peg down Roman even before they were wrestlers, you know They were all three on the you know, the starting defense of their high school football team and you know from everything you You read and you see on the like the documentary step the Usos they were both really good But Roman was the one that went to Georgia Tech, you know, he was all ACC You know made it to all the way up to the NFL which even though it didn't pan out if you even if you're in an NFL training camp That means you're a badass football player
00:19:45
Speaker
Yeah, so this is going back to their childhood. You know, Roman's always been the superstar. Yeah, and you can feel that. I think like I legitimately felt that like, you know, and I don't think it's like real life beef or anything, but I feel like there's there's a part of it that's got that like real tinge of like, yeah, you've always been the chosen one. You know what I mean? And like, I've always been just like a peg down and I love this. I love what they're doing right now. I love that like he did. Jay actually did kind of like fall in line. We're just going to have to see where Jimmy
00:20:12
Speaker
shakes out. Like if Jimmy's going to give in, or I mean, I'm sure Jimmy's going to come in and be like, what the hell are you doing? And all that kind of stuff. But ultimately will he, you know, join the, join the tribe. Yeah. I want to see Jimmy just join up. I just, I want to see it so much. I just, I love the visual of it. I've always loved the Usos and Roman's always been basically my, my second favorite wrestler of the modern era behind set. So I would love to see Jimmy join in, you know, I don't know how it's going to go. I don't know if he's going to end up
00:20:37
Speaker
feud with him and end up, we ended up seeing Jimmy versus Jay, which could actually be a banger of a match. You know, that's, that's kind of a big money match that WWE has never given us. Jimmy versus Jay would be awesome. So maybe we'll see that down the line. You know, the way Roman had to beat Jay to get Jay to join, maybe Jay's gonna have to beat Jimmy. But with all these Samoans out here, you know, we're talking about the Anawahi family, you know, basically
00:20:59
Speaker
only second to the hearts, I think, for the best family in wrestling history. If you guys could add another Samoan to the group, past or present, so we're opening this up all the way from wrestling history, who would you add outside of Roman in the Usos, Sheena?
00:21:12
Speaker
Um, well, let me, I'll, I'll take it to the modern era. I think I would add Joe just like thinking realistically here, I would add Joe. Um, you know, I know we got, you know, Joe from Samoa and Samoan Joe, but, uh, I would add Samoa Joe to this, to this faction because they need like a big enforcer like that. I feel like, you know, they got Jay and Jimmy who are like, you know, kind of like the henchmen, you know, they got a Roman who's the leader and I need just like this big brooding force, just this muscle and power. So I would, I would add Samoa Joe.
00:21:44
Speaker
Marco, how about you? See, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go opposite of Joe. Well, not really opposite, but I don't, he, cause he can speak, he can talk. We don't need another talker in there. Um, you have, you have Paul Heemann, you have Roman. They can all talk. I think you should go. I'm going to go to Umaga as he, uh, as that guy, maybe modern. He was a little bit, he'll be that brooding. I'm just going to kick the crap out of you guy. Like they just sent him out to do the dirty work. He doesn't have to speak.
00:22:13
Speaker
He's a, he's, you can see Roman just like giving him the nod and then he just, the thumb. Well, he just looks, yeah. I mean, the thing about Umaga is he's, he's definitely just got that like look though, the tattoos, the break, like, you know what I mean? Like he's just intimidating just to look at, you know? Yeah. So I think, I think he would be, he would definitely be the perfect fit just to like be just a total heel. Like you said, no talking, nothing. Just like, just all ass kicking.
00:22:37
Speaker
Yeah, he'll keep the Usos in line if they try to fall out of line. He'll be like the backup guy for Roman Roman. He'll be like the second set of eyes to keep that group in line. Yeah, it's kind of the same vein as you guys. Same type of role. It's silent enforcer. That's just a real badass. I'm going with Haku. Okay, okay. We heard the background story. A lot of the rest were saying, you know,
00:23:00
Speaker
You know behind the scenes outside of kayfabe haku is actually one of the toughest guys backstage I just think he'd be awesome. You know probably wouldn't have him wrestle too much I just have him be out there at ringside with Roman with you So he's just there is this intimidating presence to to kind of add even more of a violent edge to the group So yeah, all good picks and you know, I'm just really excited to see where this storyline goes Like you said, it's just solid
Anticipating Roman Reigns vs. The Rock at WrestleMania
00:23:22
Speaker
gold right now. It's the best angle in wrestling Roman is the best wrestler in the world right now and I
00:23:28
Speaker
It's just awesome. I can't wait to see where this builds to for WrestleMania. I'm still holding out hope that we get the rock to come back because that would just be so money. That would be so much both in that storyline, seeing Roman finally go up against the rock and give the rock a proper final match instead of his, you know, six second squash against Eric Rowan at WrestleMania. All right, so let's move on to story number four.
NXT Feuds and Historic Wrestling Rivalries
00:23:52
Speaker
So this was a truly emotional moment. You know, it's been a progress is at its best when it kind of tugs on our heartstrings. And this one was definitely one of the top moments of, you know, this past year and possibly of all time. On Wednesday night, we saw Candice LeRae destroy Shazi Blackheart's tank. I thought I was going to check on Marco. I was like, Marco, are you OK? That was rough. That was rough for me.
00:24:15
Speaker
Yeah, just all time. He'll move by Candace shots. He just, you know, she sold it over the top. You could just feel the anguish in her when she saw it happening on video.
00:24:26
Speaker
Where do you guys think this ranks in all time dastardly moments? What's some of your favorite moments like this? Oh, man. Right off the top of the dome. It's up there, but it just can't compare with Chris Jericho killing Francesca back in 2016 when he killed... Now we have Francesca too, but you guys remember when the original Francesca, we later to rest. That was just horrible and I thought I was gonna...
00:24:54
Speaker
not recover from that. Brock, when he destroyed the car that Seth gave to J&J Security, do you remember that whenever he gave J&J Security this amazing gift? Yeah, I think that was only a heel move because we love Seth so much that
00:25:10
Speaker
So it doesn't matter. I was devastated. I wanted Jane Jane Jay security works so hard, you know They do they do so much for Seth, you know And he was finally giving him a roar to give him this beautiful shiny red car and Brock just came out Ripped the doors off kick the mirrors off like the whole nine. So also, you know Andre breaking Hulk's chain and
00:25:30
Speaker
I feel like that, you know, when he, when he pulled that chain off, you know, it was just like, you could just see Hulk's just heartbreak into a thousand pieces. So I feel like those are like some top moments that are up there with like, uh, you know, just dastardly moments of superstars breaking other superstars things. What did, uh, what do you got, Marco? Where are you staying with you?
00:25:50
Speaker
Oh man, you got to go back to Stone Cold with the cement truck to store the Corvette. A beautiful white Corvette. Beautiful, beautiful piece of machinery just destroyed by a cement truck. So bad. I mean, if you want to go with Dassly. Stone Cold's destroyed a lot of things. Oh yeah, definitely. He destroyed like the rocks car. Oh yeah, he rolled over with the Ford.
00:26:16
Speaker
No, it's the monster truck. The monster truck. Yeah, that's right. If you guys want to go dastardly deeds, you can even go Triple H ruining Stephanie's wedding. Yeah, that was an all-time right there. He basically date raped her and then married her. Yeah, that's right. He just ruined every girl's dream as they get married and have the perfect wedding and he just came in and
00:26:43
Speaker
destroyed it. But I can if I can break kayfabe for a second, that is one angle that always bugged me because.
00:26:50
Speaker
You know, you remember our Triple H, you remember how it went down, right Marco, how he was basically like faking her voice or whatever, like turning his head and he like, yeah, I've always thought that that would have went so much better. And they just showed Stephanie like wasted, you know what I mean? If she was just like super drunk and- Yeah, you know, you do things in here when you're intoxicated, like, you know, you're kind of just like, like saying things and doing things that you don't really mean. Yeah, it would have been a better angle than her just being completely annihilated and, you know,
00:27:17
Speaker
Triple H taking advantage anyway, so I had to miss that this is one of my big pet peeves from the attitude era Did you have any other ones you want to talk about? No other than the fact that they did they NXT had to put Tony storm and shots II black card against each other That's it. That's it. That's a dancer That's a deathly moment in my own in my own life right there You can't do that. Those are two of my favorites and you you pit them against each other. What's wrong with you? But uh
00:27:44
Speaker
I'll talk about some of mine. I got to say, I think you guys are kind of playing in the minor leagues with you guys moments. So I'm thinking about, you know, first off, talk about when when Randy Orton burned down Bray White's house. Yeah. Yeah. That was awesome. We got that iconic shot of Randy, you know, strike strike in the pose with the house on fire. It looked like he was about to drop the hottest mixtape of 2017 and then taking it way back. So what about when earthquakes smashed Damien?
00:28:10
Speaker
Oh yeah, it's good. It served up the snake burgers, you know. So I put that one a little bit higher than Shotzi's tank, it destroyed. And then kind of in the same vein, what about when, yeah, when Big Boss Man killed Al Snow's dog and then served up the pepper steak. Pepper steak. Pepper, yeah. Yeah, those are definitely way more dastardly. Anytime you add animal cruelty into the mix, it's going to take it up to the next level. Also with Boss Man was the time when he
00:28:40
Speaker
When he, you know, hijacked big shows.
00:28:46
Speaker
Big boss man in 99,000 was just a total shithead man. He really had some all time heal moments. This one was bad though. Obviously it didn't involve animal cruelty, which is always a plus, but it was just cold blooded. You could just see the meanness seeping out of every pore from Candace when she did it. I think we got some serious heat, which the thing I love about this is it's a women's wrestling feud that doesn't involve the championship. A lot of times the women get short changed and
00:29:14
Speaker
The storylines away from the championship don't really get the attention they deserve. But I think this is kind of the hottest storyline in NXT right now with the tank getting destroyed. So really excited to see this. I think we got to take over in like the first or second week of December. And I'd love to see a hardcore match between Candace and Shotzi and see what they can do.
Holiday Brews and Wrestling Match Predictions
00:29:33
Speaker
All right, so we're halfway through the chicks top six and it's now time for our weekly beverage break. So Sheena, tell us what you're sipping on. So I'm sipping on. I got these tonight. I went to Harris Teeter, which is a local grocery store here. And I did like a build a six pack and I just got a bunch of holiday brews because I want to try a bunch of different things over the next few weeks while we're recording the show. So I got the Sierra Nevada celebration. It's fresh hop IPA. It says it's layered pine and citrus hop aromas.
00:29:59
Speaker
Um, delicately, delicately against a rich malt sweetness, uh, wintertime classic. It's good. It's a little heavy for my preference. I actually like heavier beers, but it's got a, I don't know. It's, it's very hoppy. Um, yeah, but it's 6.8% ABV. So yeah, Sheena is going to be toasted by the end of the show. Yep. Marco, what are you drinking?
00:30:24
Speaker
I'm sipping on another same thing, the triple IPA. It's the Hobo 5 local brewery here called Lord Hobo. It's a really good beer. I'm an IPA guy anyway, so I can't go wrong with that. I actually found some stone cold, the Broken Skull IPAs in this area. I haven't drank them yet. They got them up in the DC area around Arlington and stuff, but that's it. Nothing down here in Hampton Roads down south.
00:30:54
Speaker
Nice, yeah, I'm just drinking Ruby Redbird. I've talked about it a few times before. It's by Shiner Box. It's just a light beer with a little bit of grapefruit flavor added. So, nice little easy drinker to get me through. So, you know, you guys, you're drinking the triple IPA. Sheena's drinking the, you know, it's like a borderline stout. So, you know, the last 10 minutes of this episode, guys, might just be me going on a monologue. So, bear with me. I'll try to carry it, because I think both of you guys are gonna be a little bit tipsy. All right, let's move on to story number three.
00:31:24
Speaker
So Sasha will be defending her SmackDown Women's Championship against Bayley in a rematch from their Hell in the Cell bout this Friday night. Now we know with Sasha on the main roster, the story with her, she's been able to win the titles, but she can't keep the title. Do we think that this Friday night she'll finally successfully defend a belt? I think so. I think so simply because they actually acknowledged it on TV. Bayley made a point to make sure that we knew that
00:31:53
Speaker
That's why, uh, you know, she's challenging her cause she can't keep it, you know, and Bailey's the rightful owner of that title. So I don't know. Plus I'm really excited about seeing Sasha and Oscar. So I hope that she wins. Like, you know, my hope is that she wins so that we can get a Sasha versus Oscar at survivor series. So, um, I'm pulling for my girl. I'm pulling for the boss. Yeah. Same. I'm hoping Sasha finally wins. She deserves it. She's been, she's had an awesome 2020 so far. Um, and it would be great to see, like you said, her and Oscar is always going to be a treat. So.
00:32:23
Speaker
That's what I hope we see. But I don't know. You never can't count it out. They've made it part of the storyline. So I could just as easily see it, you know, that they keep it going. And Bailey ends up winning this thing. I think that, you know, obviously all the fans are going to be very nervous for Sasha. Marco, how do you see it playing out?
00:32:39
Speaker
I think Sasha's going to, I think she'll retain. That storyline's been built up a lot between her and Bailey for the past portion of the year. But yeah. On and off for the last five years or so. Yeah, yeah. I think she's retaining. I think they did that precursor, basically like, hey, every time you've won one, you never defended it. I like to actually go back in my own and do some research to see if she actually lost them on TV or she actually
00:33:09
Speaker
where she only loses them on pay-per-views. It was mostly TV losses, right? No, no, no. She always wins it on TV. Oh, that's okay on flip-flop. The way it's always worked is she's won them on TV and then they'll have the rematch or whatever will be on pay-per-view and she'll lose. That's right. I think she's going to win. She's going to break that cycle and retain.
00:33:31
Speaker
Yeah, I think it'll just be like the definitive punch that she needs. You know what I mean? Just to kind of like solidify that like she is legitimately the women's champion because both of the women, you know, they knocked it out of the park with their hell in a cell match. But I think this will just be like the little cherry on top to let, you know, let it know it's boss time around here. Exactly. All right. Story number two. No, we're not having a run in from the gobbledygooker.
00:33:58
Speaker
We're celebrating the fact that Thanksgiving season is here. So we're about three weeks. Yeah, it's Thursday So we're three weeks away from Thanksgiving. That's crazy three weeks. Obviously, you know, we're all foodies here We like to like to talk about the different stuff that you know, we're chowing down on So I just want to kind of kick it off, you know aside from the traditional turkey. What's you guys favorite Thanksgiving food?
00:34:20
Speaker
Oh my gosh. I love stuffing. Stuffing is my favorite. Any sort of carb that tastes like meat is definitely a winner in my book. I really like to have stuffing and then put cranberry sauce. Take a bite of cranberry sauce and a bite of stuffing at the same bite. It's a savory, sweet, tangy. Oh my God, it's so good. We've actually already kicked off the holiday season with we had our first
00:34:48
Speaker
Um, like Thanksgiving style foods. We went to this, uh, this little local spot called red smoke and they had this sandwich called the Jake and it's like basically like a Thanksgiving sandwich. Like it's like smoked cranberry mayonnaise. Oh yeah. Cranberry mayonnaise, smoked turkey stuffing on this like roll and it was so freaking good.
00:35:07
Speaker
it was amazing like the turkey like you know turkeys typically like it can be pretty dry this turkey was like so moist um and it was just amazing so yeah i just i love november because i love all things i'm more of a sides girl i've said this on the show before every time i feel like november like i i take a little bit of turkey and then i want like all of the different sides because that's that's my jam marco how about you what's your favorite
00:35:31
Speaker
Yeah, I think, yeah, we connected on this the last time we spoke about it. Me and Marco, we were always on the same wavelength. No, it's stuffing all day because there's, especially obviously now because it's COVID, you're probably not going to be traveling to different houses and different family members' places, but the whole thing behind stuffing was everyone made stuffing different. So you can have a different type of stuffing everywhere you went.
00:35:51
Speaker
We got stuffing and then you've got dressing. They're two different. Two different. Yeah, that's true. No, they're not. They're the same thing. No, they're not. What's the difference between stuffing and dressing? I don't know the exact difference right now, but I've had stuffing and I've had dressing. Okay, so stuffing is actually made to stuff into the turkey, I think. I think it's the same dish. Maybe it's a different name on the
00:36:14
Speaker
Either way, it doesn't matter. I like it all. I like it all. We're doing some live doodling right now. What's the honorable mention? I love dumplings too. If people have dumplings on Thanksgiving, I love chicken and dumpling style dumplings. Those are my favorite.
00:36:31
Speaker
So again, a carb that tastes like meat. Yeah. Sheena didn't nail it. We'll give her credit where credit's due. It's the same. It is the same dish. So I think we're both right. It's the same dish, but stuffing is if it's cooked inside of the turkey, which, you know, I think started about 10 years ago, you know, right. Stop doing it. And saying it wasn't healthy, but I'm sure you could probably still do away with it. Do you stuff your turkey, Marco? We don't. We're not turkey stuffers over here.
00:36:54
Speaker
Yeah, my mother did that. What the heck is this? That's so weird. My mother, that was her thing. She stuffed the turkey and cooked it while it was stuffed. It wasn't anything separate. But dressing as well is a southern thing. That's what my father used to do because he's from Mississippi. He used to have two different types of turkey stuffing and dressing.
00:37:24
Speaker
So, yeah. Never. There's never too much. So I got a controversial pick. I'm going to go against the grain for my fair food. I'm calling the gravy. I think the gravy is the most important part. You got to have a good gravy. That's real talk. So that's what that's the kind of the thread that ties everything together on your Thanksgiving plate. That's right. The way I like to make my plate and then kind of just drench everything in the gravy. So if the gravy is wax like that could throw your whole plate off. But if you know if it's on point, it can kind of just enhance every single thing on your plate and kind of just give it, you know, one
00:37:53
Speaker
one kind of common taste to keep things going. So I'm going with the gravy and another plug for Popeyes turkeys. Popeyes turkeys have been around for about 12 years now, but every year when I tell people that's what we do for Thanksgiving, they're still blown away by it. So I think they need to do a better job of getting the word out. But if you want an easier way to prepare Thanksgiving dinner, Popeyes have turkeys that they flash
00:38:15
Speaker
flash fry with all the traditional Popeye seasonings and all you got to do is reheat it and they give you easy easy to follow instructions for reheating it and then if you want to throw your own little you know pizzazz on it and stuff you can so definitely hit up Popeyes because the turkeys are on point they're delicious we've been doing it for what like what since like 2010 right
00:38:33
Speaker
Yeah, I think 2010 was the first time we started. 2010, we got our first Popeyes turkey and we've done it every year since. And so I like, I'll inject it with like Cajun butter too. So I like, you know, you take the turkey thought out and then I inject it with Cajun butter and then we cook it and you just heat, bring it up to temperature. Dude, so freaking moist, so flavorful, like it is so money. And you don't have to worry about it being like undercooked, which is like the, which is like the amazing thing, right? Like, you know, with turkey, like,
00:38:58
Speaker
everything else is ready and you're like, oh crap, the turkey didn't get done. So you got to throw that thing back in there. But yeah, the Popeyes turkeys make it so simple and it's literally the best turkey I've ever had. My father-in-law makes a mean fried turkey. He fries his own, which scares the hell out of me. I don't advocate for anybody to fry turkeys because it's just dangerous. But if you do fry them, they are really good that way. But yeah, if you can, go to your Popeyes. Start reserving them now, but we usually just get ours and just keep it in the freezer and then
00:39:27
Speaker
Yeah. Cause I think you can pick up the day of like, we'll actually reheat them for you, but we usually just get it frozen and reheated ourselves. So yeah, definitely hit it up. We'll keep, uh, we'll keep a little bit of the, uh, the food talk going, um, all month long. We'll, you know, maybe we'll talk about desserts next week or something, but yeah, I just wanted to, you know, we're going to give you more than just wrestling here on this show. So definitely wanted to get everybody in the Thanksgiving spirit. Cause it's going to be here before you know it. All right. It's now time for.
00:39:55
Speaker
the main event of the chicks top six. So we're about to kick off the next round of the Chick Foley Show Prediction Championship.
Prediction Championship Challenge and AEW Match Previews
00:40:06
Speaker
And I just want to mention that Sheena has held the belt since August 30th. Marco, she's been dominating you for two plus months now. You know, you won SummerSlam. But then one week later, she got it back at payback and she's held it ever since. So we got a nine match card coming up. And then I got a bonus tiebreaker.
00:40:23
Speaker
that I'm going to give for you guys. So Marco, you're going to have a chance to win even if it ends up being a tie this time. But yeah, we're going to kick it off. So here we go. Let's see if Marco can finally take the crown from Sheena. So without further ado. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get ready to rumble.
00:40:47
Speaker
Alright, we're kicking it off with the pre show match. This is going to be NWA Women's Champion Serena Deeb defending against Allison Kay.
00:40:58
Speaker
So am I going first? Yeah. Okay. I'm going to have to go. So I don't know, like, uh, you know, I don't have my ear to the ground hardcore on NWA at the moment. Um, but well, NWA has kind of been dormant since COVID. That's what I'm saying. But I mean, um, she, Serena beat Thunder Rosa to get the, to get the title. So, um, I'm going to have to go.
00:41:19
Speaker
I'm going to have to go with Serena retaining because I can't imagine that, you know, they're going to change the NWA title to change hands with the NWA title on AEW television. So I'm going to say Serena retains. Marco.
00:41:31
Speaker
Yeah, I'm gonna go with Serena Deeb as well. Allison Kay was the NWA Women's Champion before Thunder Rosa. So I mean, she does have a, it's a possibility she could win, but Serena just won it. So I don't think she's gonna lose it right away. I don't think she's like a Sasha Banks where she's gonna win it and then lose it on a pay-per-view. So Serena Deeb's my choice. Yeah, side note, even more than like WrestleMania not being in front of fans last year, I think NWA is like,
00:42:00
Speaker
the COVID casualty that kind of, you know, tugs on my heartstrings the most. I was a huge fan of the NWA's comeback. You know, the power shows that they had on YouTube were awesome. And they had Marty Skrull starting to get involved. You know, we bought the Crockett Cup pay-per-view last year. That was one of my favorite pay-per-views of 2019. That was just a really, really fun show, you know. So I love everything that Billy Corrigan and the team there at NWA was doing. So I'm pulling for them to make a comeback once
00:42:28
Speaker
you know, hopefully this thing eventually blows over. But yeah, so cool to see A.W. getting involved. You know, when Muncie and Nick Aldis have a match sometime, he'd be an awesome addition to A.W., at least in the short term. And yeah, so, all right, so both of you guys pick and screen a deep. So let's move on to the main show. So the next match, Orange Cassie versus John Silver.
00:42:50
Speaker
All right, I am going to go with Orange Cassidy. I mean, out of these two guys, I mean, no shade to John Silver, but Orange Cassidy is legit like the one of the faces of AEW at this point. So I'm going to have to go with my man Orange. Marco? Yeah, same. Orange Cassidy, definitely. He lost to Cody when he faced him for the TNT championship, and this is going to be his bounce back win. So definitely take it, take it Orange.
00:43:18
Speaker
Couldn't have said it any better, Marco. I think you kind of nailed it. Orangecast is going to get his momentum back right here. All right. Now we're starting to get into the big ones. So this is going to be the stipulation is if MJF wins, he gets to join the inner circle. MJF versus Chris Jericho. Marco, how do you see this one going?
00:43:36
Speaker
Oh boy. This is horrible. This is a bad one. This is a hard one to choose because it could literally go either way. But this might be the one we differ on. I have a feeling. I'm going to go with MJF as a winner of this match. I think he's going to join the inner circle and it's just going to be
00:44:00
Speaker
Turbo from from any you're gonna see the the down spiral of the inner circle at the rejoins. That's my that's my prediction
00:44:09
Speaker
Yeah. You said we were going to differ, but we're not. I'm going to go with MJF, man, because I just think it's just going to make for such a weird dynamic, you know, because like you said, you know, MJF is going to beat up Chris Jericho and then these like, you know, all of, all of Jericho's inner circle lackeys, they're going to be like, well, MJF is the real powerhouse here. You know what I mean? So why don't, why don't we follow MJF? So, and I think it's going to cause like this like power struggle between MJF and, and Chris Jericho. So I'm, I'm going with MJF.
00:44:38
Speaker
So I don't think there's going to be a power struggle. I actually think MJF is going to put Jericho out of commission. You know, MJF, he's kind of on the surface. You think he's kind of a modern day million dollar man or whatever, but really, he's this insecure psychopath. And I think we're going to see the psychotic side really come out. And I think he's going to take Jericho out in.
00:44:57
Speaker
He's not only is he going to join, I think he's going to be the new leader of the Inner Circle. I can see that, yeah. I can see him just totally snapping and just beating Jericho to death with a chair or something like that. I got a feeling this match is going to be uncomfortable. I don't know why, I just get the vibe that MJF is about to go off. He lost to Mox in pretty convincing fashion at the last AWP review and I think he's going to bounce back in a big way here and I think he's going to put Jericho on the shelf for a little bit.
00:45:25
Speaker
All right, so everybody's all aligned so far. Let's see if we can have a difference on this now. AEW Women's World Championship. Marco, we're going to kick it to you first. This is Hikaru Shida defending against Nyla Rose.
00:45:40
Speaker
Um, man, who's that? I was talking to somebody actually about Nyla Rose and how like, how much of a badass she was, um, her in the air, just like destroying everyone and saying she was going to break, break bitches basically. Um, um, I think it's famous. Uh, Nikki Bella was famous for that one. I'm a break you bitch. Um, I'm gonna, I feel like Nyla Rose is going to, I'm going to pick Nyla, Nyla Rose, I think.
00:46:08
Speaker
I think she's due to get the title back. Um, she has a new partnership with, with, uh, Vicki Guerrero, uh, as the mouthpiece and stuff like that. And I think, I think, I think she's going to be able to take it to, to do like different heights with the title if they, if, if she has it. So, um, I think she'd had her, had her run with the title, not that she didn't do much with it, but I think now Rose is a better fit. So you can say she didn't do much with it.
00:46:33
Speaker
Yeah. All right. She didn't do much with it. We're probably gonna have to come down to the tiebreaker for this prediction champion because I'm going with Nyla Rose too. I just don't see any way. Like you said, Sheeda has not done much with the title. I don't know if it's, if it's a result of, you know, the pandemic and all of that kind of stuff, but
00:46:51
Speaker
AEW's women's division has just been kind of crap from day one. One thing they've fallen flat on for sure since this thing started off. Yeah. It's just, there is nothing interesting. Britt Baker is literally the only interesting thing. I'm probably going to get heat for saying this because people are like, oh, well so and so was so amazing in the indies and you just don't watch enough wrestling or whatever.
00:47:12
Speaker
I mean, there's nothing I've seen from their women's division that made me be like, whoa. Especially when you just align it side by side with WWE's women's division, which is just like wrecking shit and just looking like the best women's wrestlers in the entire world. So. Look at that match on just a random Wednesday episode of NXT between Ember Moon and Dakota Kai on Wednesday night. That was better than anything AEW has done in their first year in the women's division. So. True. They've taken out tag teams, the single stuff, everything else AEW has been killing it.
00:47:41
Speaker
You know, their women's division is just, it's basically been irrelevant for lack of a better term. Relevant is the term. It's true. All right, so we're five matches to go, and you guys are all in alignment. So let's see how this goes out. Lee Marko are too synced up for this. All right, so we're going to get some cinematic action in the next match. This is the Elite Deletion match. Matt Hardy versus Sammy Guevara. Sheena, you go first.
00:48:06
Speaker
Okay, so I think Matt Hardy, I think part of his coming back and just being like, yeah, I'm okay, everything's good, it's all good. I think part of it was like, I'm gonna smash Sami at the next pay review. So I think is no doubt about it, Matt Hardy is winning this match and he's gonna get his freaking revenge on Sammy Guevara.
00:48:29
Speaker
See, this is, this is what we're definitely going to differ on this one. See, I think Sammy's going to win because Matt Hardy won that last match that they had, even though he was like, I mean, if that's how you win, then I don't want to win. That match was a bowl and shoot ugly to a quote JR.
00:48:45
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, the only other thing is like, what is Matt Hardy have to have to like prove besides like he's Matt Hardy. I mean, I know he like said, Oh, I'm going to go for the, the AW world championship. I don't think that's happening at all. This is, this is a, um, a league where, uh, wins and losses matter, bro. You know what I mean? So you can't just, you can't just be losing and saying you're going to go for the AW title.
00:49:11
Speaker
I think Sammy's winning and then they can have a rubber match. Cause I'll be there to be the first and second matches that they had. Um, and then it'll be, uh,
00:49:21
Speaker
They'll have a third one. True. I just feel like there's been so much contention between Matt and Sammy because it was like the week before the pay-per-view, right? Then he smashed him in the head with a chair and busted his eye open. Then the pay-per-view happened and he basically bounced his head off the concrete. Brain trauma. I just feel like, surely Matt Hardy's got to stand tall at the end of this.
00:49:43
Speaker
I mean, he, like I said, he did already, uh, not really stood tall. He staggered tall. He staggered tall, but yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to go with Sammy. Well, see this, I love it. Cause it makes these matches more interesting. All right. Here we go, Marco. We're moving into, to main event territory. We're going to let you go first on this one. So up next, we've got an I quit match.
00:50:13
Speaker
for the AEW World Championship. Jon Moxley, defendant against Eddie Kingston. Okay. All right. So they rarely swerved me and swayed me on that problem that they had one day. And you can't deny, everyone says it. Eddie Kingston is great on the mic. He makes you feel for him. Even though he's not like that, he seems like he's not the greatest guy to feel for.
00:50:38
Speaker
He's real. He brings the realness. Yeah. He's like a scumbag type of dude that you like him to, but he's just not a good person. They really put that across. Even Moxley, he's the same. He's not the most likable guy. He's like a scumbag type, but people like him for some reason. He's charming. Yeah, he's a charming scumbag. That's what they're going for. We love those type.
00:51:06
Speaker
That's what I like to think of myself. I'm going to go with Eddie because I feel like it's going to be like the biggest sell. We were saying it a couple of weeks ago or maybe last week, it's not a big sell. This is the main event. It's Eddie Kingston versus Jon Moxley. Why would you want to buy this pay-per-view?
00:51:31
Speaker
Why would you want to see this? You want to see Eddie Kingston win. And I think that's what you're going to see at the end of the night. I could be wrong, but I have a really weird feeling that the big takeaway from this pay review is Eddie Kingston after his 18 year run as a wrestler has finally touched gold.
00:51:50
Speaker
Well, I get totally, I don't know. I love a good surprise title change, right? My pick, ultimately, I'm gonna go ahead and spoil it. My pick is Jon Moxley. I think Jon's gonna retain. I just think, or I think Mox is just, he's just doing the damn thing right now, so.
00:52:07
Speaker
However, that promo on Wednesday night where he was talking about, you know, you made your mom a promise that you are not going to be able to keep, that kind of like swayed me a little bit. Like, you know, I think, but I think they're swerving me because I was thinking like, damn, you know,
00:52:22
Speaker
You can't bring mama into the fold unless you're gonna really show out, you know what I mean? Because at the end of the day, if Eddie loses, you know, he's really, he's truly let his mama down. And as a mama, I'm just, I can't imagine that he would let that happen. So, I don't know. I'm going with, I'm going with Jon Moxley, but I love their promo. I thought it was super emotional. I thought the whole thing was really well done. I thought they both played it well. And I'm pumped to see this match on Saturday.
00:52:50
Speaker
Yeah, I think you guys are giving Eddie Kingston way too much credit even though he's an awesome firm. I told you guys remember at.
00:52:58
Speaker
at all out. You know, you guys were both saying that MJF was going to beat mocks and I told you this guy's unstoppable right now. You know, like I said, it's an I quit. If it was a regular match where, you know, he could get some brass knucks or some outside interference, I'd give Eddie Kingston at least an outside shot at winning. But you're not going to get mocks say I quit. This is the guy who got his ass beat by Brock Lesnar. You know, he got got, you know,
00:53:23
Speaker
throwing off the side of the cell by Seth Rollins. This guy got curb stomped through cinder blocks by Seth Rollins. This guy's been through hell and back in the wrestling world. The only way this guy's saying I quit is if the rest of Eddie King's a little gang comes out and has Renee Young held hostage or some shit. There's just no way this dude loses an I quit match, which I think I said it when they announced the stipulation. I think it takes some of the drama out of it just because the way he's booked right now, unless there's some swerve that
00:53:53
Speaker
that I'm not seeing that they're going to introduce, I just see absolutely no way that Moc says I quit. Can you imagine the ratings on Wednesday night if Eddie Kingston wins on Saturday and then the freakin', what's going to happen on Wednesday? Everybody's going to tune in to see what the hell is going to go down. You know what I mean? That's going to be a draw.
00:54:18
Speaker
You don't know like what Eddie Kingston is capable of to make Jon Moxley say I quit. We don't know. Like we don't know what's going to, we don't know. This, this I quit match is going to be different than any I quit match that you've seen. Yeah. He's you're right, Marco. That's a good point. He's definitely going to have to have something up his sleeve. I don't see any way that he gets to, you know, he's not going to lock in, you know, a cross face chicken wing or, you know,
00:54:42
Speaker
single leg Boston crab and get an I quit. It's going to have to be some kind of swerve that we're not seeing yet. So maybe he's got something up his sleeve, but I don't see it. You know, I just think, I think, you know, kayfabe, I think Mox is probably number two to Roman Reigns as the strongest wrestler in the world right now. And I don't think Eddie Kingston's guy is going to take the belt off of him. All right. So we will move on to the next match, which is going to be
00:55:06
Speaker
A tag team match for the AEW World Championship, FTR, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood defending against the Young Bucks, the Jackson brothers. And the stipulation on this is if the Young Bucks lose, they will never challenge for the AEW World Tag Team Championship again. Again. You can go first. Okay.
00:55:25
Speaker
So this is a match that definitely I wanted to see forever. I am so excited for it. I think the Bucks are going to win. I think the Bucks are going over in this.
00:55:38
Speaker
Cause I just, I feel like it's so stupid for them to say that they're going to not challenge for the tag titles again and lose just the same way that, that Cody did. I feel like that would just be a misstep. So I am going for the bucks. I think it's going to be a freaking killer match. Um, if would you say Matt, right? Has a, Matt has a partially torn MCL and ACL right now, according to a wrestling observer newsletter.
00:56:02
Speaker
So if, for whatever reason, that match gets changed or forfeited or whatever. When he said he's cleared, he said he's wrestling, but we just don't know what it's going to mean for the day after. Well, true, yeah. So the match is going down on Saturday night as scheduled, but Matt's coming into it banged up.
00:56:17
Speaker
Yeah. So, um, and even Seth was like, Seth said, um, he's like, Matt's hurt. And I was like, you're getting worked bro. And you know, me, I get worked all the time. I said, that was a work, you know, that they, they got Matt's leg. And he's like, no, really he's got a torn ACL and MCL. I was like, Oh shit. Um, I'm still going, I'm still going for the buck. So I think, I think the bucks are going over in this. Even with the injury, you're going to go with the bucks.
00:56:42
Speaker
Yeah. How they going to fit, defend the titles if he's actually injured and they make it worse. Let's see. We'll figure that out after, after. Okay. Um, so this is a match to see who the best tag team of the world is. That's where, that's where, um, yeah. Yeah. But this has been like a dream match for, for pretty much everyone. If you fall away from these tag teams, um,
00:57:07
Speaker
And they've always, even when the FTR was in WWE, they would go back and forth on Twitter and stuff like that, and FTR and all that stuff from being the elite. Yeah, this is a tough one. This is actually a hard choice. It is tough. There's no wrong answer here. No, there isn't. And where, you know, like, FTR is going to take advantage of that leg.
00:57:33
Speaker
Um, uh, you know what? I'm going to go with the box. I was going to go to the FTR. I influenced you just color me influencer because they're going to work. They're like the whole match and it's going to be like a underdog type of thing.
00:57:51
Speaker
And then they're going to, they're going to come out when it's going to be like that. That's what's going to happen. I think it's going to be like a, it's going to look like they're going to lose. They're not going to be able to do any high flying stuff. Um, obviously because he has a broken leg and, uh, it's in a turnaround because I think they also learned from their mistakes from the last time they did that type of stipulation, uh, with Cody. And it was like, uh, why would you do that type of thing? And we've talked about it plenty of times. I think that whole stipulation as a whole is really stupid.
00:58:20
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know why they added that because to me, like, like we mentioned, you know, this is something that this is a match we've been dreaming about for about four years now. And it's so awesome. But now instead of being excited for the match, I'm just wondering like how they're going to book the finish because, you know, the Bucks obviously, you know,
00:58:37
Speaker
for no matter what happens, this isn't going to be the last time the books fight for the tag team belts. We know that. So instead of just watching this awesome match between two great teams, now I'm just wondering how it's going to end. You know, so I hate that they put that stipulation on there, but you know, my my Spidey sense is tell me FTR is one of this match. I just feel like they kind of got the momentum right now. It doesn't feel like.
00:58:58
Speaker
the Bucks have really built themselves up to be able to take these guys out right now. But it should be an awesome match either way. But yeah, if we can be a little bit critical for a minute, I really, really hate that they do the stipulation on there. Same. All right, so let's go to our second to last match for the TNT championship, Cody Rhodes. Again, we can call him Cody Rhodes now because WWE finally just canceled their trademark. Cody Rhodes.
00:59:24
Speaker
defending the TNT championship against Darby Allen. Marco, how you see this one going? Oh, man. I hate it. I mean, I don't hate it, but like, uh, they do all the, the, the title matches one after another. So it's hard to like, how many title changes are going to be in a pay-per-view and, um, but I, I feel Debbie Allen's going to win. I don't know why. I just have a weird feeling that
00:59:48
Speaker
It's a pay-per-view, it's a big event. Cody's definitely not losing that title on regular TV, and if he isn't going to lose it, it's going to be on a big stage, and it's going to be Darby Allen. I think I've said this before, Darby Allen, Orange Cassidy, they're pretty much their second, they're homegrown stars, they're their biggest stars.
01:00:08
Speaker
That's exactly. Yeah. I mean, I'm going, I'm going with, you know, spoiler, I'm going with our balance. Just because I think, like you said, those are like, AEW homegrown stars. They're like, you know, it would be really cool for them to be able to say, like, you know, we made this guy, you know, this guy, this guy went big, like, because of us, you know, and I feel like at this point, you know, Darby's proven himself
01:00:29
Speaker
you know, to be a contender and to be a force. And I think, which is crazy to say that about such a small man, but I think I could totally see them putting the belt on on Darby Allen for this. And this is the perfect place for him to the TNT title, I think is a perfect title for him at this at this point, right?
01:00:51
Speaker
I think we're going to see Cody kind of solidify this heel turn. They've been teasing a little bit. You know, he beat, beat Ernst Cassie a couple of times, which Ernst Cassie is arguably the biggest baby face in AEW.
01:01:01
Speaker
Darby Allen was right behind him. So I think we're going to see, I think Cody's going to win and I think he's going to do it in a way that really kind of finally turns him to the dark side that he's been flirting with a little bit since he, since he returned. See, I think Darby could win and then we could get the heel turn from, from Cody. You know what I mean? Maybe that makes Cody like just freaking snap, you know, and then, cause you know, he already, he already lost it once and then had to get it back. So I think, um, I think that could happen too.
01:01:26
Speaker
Yeah, as much as Cody fancies himself, you know, like the ultimate baby face, I really think he's kind of just a natural heel. And one way or another, yeah, I think you kind of nailed it, Shane. Whether he wins or loses, I think we see a heel turn out of Cody. He's going to turn heel whether he wants to or not. All right, and now it's time for the last match of our predictions. The finals of the number one contender tournament, a match almost a year in the makings.
01:01:54
Speaker
Kenny the Cleaner Omega against Hangman, Adam Page. Sheena, you go first. Man.
01:02:03
Speaker
I gotta, I gotta go with Kenny Omega. I think they're trying to solidify this heel turn and really just make him like the top star that he should have been all along. Um, and I feel like this is, this is that moment. So, you know, he, he, he just slowly kind of been turning toward, toward the dark side. And I think this is, this is the time to just prove that he's like the top dog and you know, he's, he's key. The cleaner is back. All right, Marco, we'll see you then. And this is for the, uh, for, uh, the born contender spot, right?
01:02:32
Speaker
Yeah, I imagine whoever wins this is gonna be getting the title shot at revolution next pay-per-view I didn't is it murder hot never got his title shot yet though. Oh, yeah from the To me I think Lance Archer I think he's getting I think he's a AW dynamite title defense. I don't think he's gonna be a pay-per-view headliner Well, he is he won that for the
01:02:57
Speaker
for the, a shot at the world title, not the, like the TNT title. So are you going to have two number one contenders? Are they going to have to face each other? Like how's that going to, I think it said for a future shot. I don't think they're calling it straight up number one contender. I think shot at the championship. So yeah, I think Lance, winner of this tournament final match gets a future world title shot. So, um, yeah.
01:03:20
Speaker
Um, Kenny Kenny. I'm a Kenny Omega fan anyway. Um, I do have hangman Adam page. Um, I think he's great. I kind of like.
01:03:29
Speaker
I wish I would have pushed him a little bit more when the company started and made him one of the main homegrown stars, but for some reason they didn't. They threw him in a tag team with Kenny Omega, and that was definitely successful, but it kind of hindered his single run, essentially. I think Kenny Omega went, I think they're doing the right thing, making Kenny Omega a heel right now because that's- I think Kenny's got all the momentum right now, too. I think the momentum- Yeah, the cleaner.
01:03:59
Speaker
wins are in his favor. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. So yeah, I think definitely think he's winning. I think he's gonna, gonna pick his, uh, his championship shot wisely depending on who has it. Um, at the time, but yeah, Kenny, I'm gonna pick this one with my heart and not my brain and say that hang man pulls off the upset. I think you guys are right. Kenny's got the momentum right now, but
01:04:20
Speaker
I just love Adam page so much. You know, I said it even when AWS first started up that this guy's going to end up being the biggest star they have. And honestly, if I'm looking long range, like over the next five to 10 years, I think it's Adam page and Montez Ford. I think that is the two brightest prospects in pro wrestling right now. Those guys are going to be main of any major shows.
01:04:40
Speaker
Uh, for years to come. So I just, I love everything about hangman.
Hangman's Wrestling Career and Persona Evaluation
01:04:43
Speaker
You know, I love this look for hangman for you. Yeah. I've been on the hangman train for a long time. I don't know why he just, you know, I've watched, uh, you know, way more pro wrestling than anybody should probably ever watch in a lifetime. So I think I got a pretty decent eye for this thing.
01:04:58
Speaker
And I just think he makes for an awesome baby face. The story line's been a little up and down over the last year with the drinking thing. It's had his bright spots and it's had some weeks where it's kind of seemed like it's just...
01:05:10
Speaker
kind of running in circles, but I just think the guy's got so much charisma. He's an awesome performer and he's, you know, he will switch from the trunks to the main event pants. You know, if you, uh, if you guys ever listened, went back, took our recommendation, listen to the new generation, uh, project podcast, they always talked about how when people switch from trunks to pants, they immediately get elevated. You know what I'm saying? He's got his main event pants now. He looks like a million bucks. Uh, yeah, dude really is just a stud. Um, so.
01:05:37
Speaker
I'm pulling for him. Like I said, if I was putting money on it, I'd probably still say Kenny's going to win, but I'm going to bet with my heart on this one and say that Hangman somehow pulls out the outfit. His ring fashion is impeccable. I mean, the embroidered shirts and the chaps, I love it all. I just think it's amazing.
01:05:56
Speaker
has more swag than hanging man right now he's dripping every time he comes through yeah no doubt he looks amazing all right so uh a couple of so so sheena has held the chick foley show prediction championship since august 30th but you know she's not undefeated there's been a couple shows where it's just been a tie and we've been doing the tie goes to the champion so uh this one's kind of impromptu neither one of you guys know this is coming i got for the tie breaker
01:06:20
Speaker
between you guys, what match is gonna go on last? And because Sheena is the champ, she gets first pick. And Marco, so you gotta pick something different. What is gonna be the last match? Because it's a little bit muddled between those top three or four matches. So what do we think's going on last, on Saturday night, Sheena?
01:06:35
Speaker
I gotta go with Eddie and Mox, dude. I think Eddie and Mox is gonna be the main event. I know the heel has been disagrees with me, but I just don't think that there's any way they're putting a number one contenders match on before they put on, or, you know, at the end of the show. Even
Main Event Speculation for Upcoming AEW Show
01:06:53
Speaker
though as mage as it is. Marco, you're gonna have a chance to steal it. What's your best bet for if it's not Mox and Eddie, who's gonna be the main event? I have to pick a different match, you said? You gotta pick a different match.
01:07:05
Speaker
See, I would have, I would have won with the, with that with mocks and Kingston. Cause I think that's going to be the main event. Um, get us what they're selling the pay-per-view on. Um, but if, I mean, it could be Jericho and MJF that could be the main event too, uh, with us with a crazy swerve. Okay. But, uh,
01:07:27
Speaker
I would say your top contenders are definitely Hangman and Kenny Omega, the Bucks versus FTR and possibly as a reach MJF versus Chris Jericho. I'll go with Omega and Hangman as the main event then.
01:07:44
Speaker
Yeah. I personally, I still think the bucks and FTR is going on. So we all three have different matches. I'm curious to see what actually goes on last because yes, it's been saying since the beginning, he thinks it's going to be the tag, the tag team match going to finish the show. It's been such a dream match and AW is always hyped up that, you know, their tag belts are considered a world championship also. So I think it's going to be that, but it's going to be a great show. You know, I think it's, it's got the, at least on paper, it's got the potential to end up being AW's best pay per view so far. So I'm really, really excited for, for Saturday night to see how everything goes down.
01:08:16
Speaker
All right, so that wraps up the chick's top six. It's now time for everybody's favorite segment of the week. And we got a ton to discuss this week. It's time
New Wrestling Figure Releases and Collecting Strategies
01:08:24
Speaker
for Go Figure. Here comes the money. Here we go.
01:08:37
Speaker
All right, Go Figure is where we discuss the latest in wrestling figure news. We talk about our weekly purchases and everything in the world of wrestling collectibles. So this segment is sponsored by Ringside Collectibles. Make sure you guys use Chick Foley for 10% off all your purchases. Again, that's ringsidecollectibles.com. They are the number one source for online wrestling figure sales. So Marco, take it away with wrestling figure news.
01:09:01
Speaker
Oh, man. So a lot of stuff was revealed today. Ringside had their Ringside Fest today in the afternoon. And there was a lot of reveals by Mattel. So should we just jump right into these? Let's just dive in head first. All right, so.
01:09:18
Speaker
They revealed a lot. They see there's a lot of packaging and figure reveals. There are still some renders, nothing concrete like the new edge figure that's coming out. That was still a render. There was no actual figure version of it, anything like that, but I don't even know where to start. Let's start with the...
01:09:40
Speaker
Let's start with the Royal Rumble, the Royal Rumble 2021 that's coming out that series. So if you guys have your figures pulled up, that's Taitis, also Ultimate Warrior, and Umaga. So what do you guys, you guys see the pictures, you see the packaging, you see the figures, what do you guys think of the whole set, and what do you think is the best figure out of that set?
01:10:08
Speaker
So I love the set, the Austin with the gold vest. That's been something that we've needed for a while. I'm glad we're finally getting that one. And then also the Titus, you know, Titus was supposed to be in one of the NXT series. They ended up getting canceled and that line got canceled. So glad we're finally getting a Titus. Obviously, anytime we get a chance to get some new characters out, that's always the best. I think Titus is probably my most anticipated figure from that set. She didn't. She didn't step away for sex. She'll be right back.
01:10:38
Speaker
Um, so, uh, let me, I think, uh, obviously warrior warriors, my, uh, go to always, but I do want the tightest. The tightest is pretty awesome. Um, it has the, uh, the rumble stumble slide or whatever that his shirt says, which is pretty cool. Um, um, I picked him as my, uh, member to join the bloodline too. So that's pretty sick that we're going to, uh, umaga figure, uh, uh, next year. So the only other one he had was the, uh, the elite 40 and that one was a ways back.
01:11:08
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, so now he's dead. He was definitely due for a new one, but that was like a a rumor line a few months back. That was a Royal Rumble 2021 line. So it was actually right.
01:11:21
Speaker
I'm super excited. Um, they also did the, uh, I'm not sure we, they showed this before, but the packaging for the, uh, Wrestle media, um, elites that are coming out, uh, the ones with China edge, uh, Sean Michaels and Goldberg. Uh, what do you think of these? I know that they had some, um, they had some different, uh, pictures of like China holding the belt and all that stuff. Uh, did you get to see those? And if you did, what do you think? Yeah, they're, uh, they're nice dude. Obviously the WrestleMania, uh,
01:11:50
Speaker
They always nail the packaging on those. Very cool for the MOC collectors. It's always a controversial pick with the MOC collectors when they have the Build a Figure parts right there. I don't know how it's going to look like having a Rocco right there with your Build a Figure display.
01:12:11
Speaker
So we'll move around a little bit. Yeah. They, the picture that they showed didn't have the, uh, the, the edge, uh, edge, uh, the bat that he had to, I want to have a little kind of bent, but this one looks a little bit straight. So that's, yeah.
01:12:25
Speaker
I think we talked about that last week, but that was kind of funny that they actually had, they straightened out the bat. So let's say I did some Photoshop and you'd fix it. But they do have a, they also showed the packaging and figures for Elite Series 81. That's with the, the Street Profits, Bianca Belair, Shinsuke Nakamura, both regular and Chase Varian.
01:12:49
Speaker
as well as studying Steve Austin. I love to study Steve Austin because it comes with the director's clip thing, which is pretty cool. My question is for that, do you buy two Austin's? You get both, you get the out tag titles, you can have two of them.
01:13:08
Speaker
Yeah, so I already have mine pre-ordered, man. So I am buying too. And I'm looking at possibly getting the Elite 47 Brian Pillman to make into a custom. I definitely feel like I need the custom, I need the Hollywood blonde. So I'm already reaching out to a few of our different customers. I think Sheena has been working on it also to try to get it set up to get a
01:13:34
Speaker
a Brian Pillman made, because if you guys follow action figure attacks, his running Q&A that he's got going on the wrestling figure forums, he said that it's going to be a while before that WCW tag belt gets released again. So I took that to mean that we're not really close to getting a Brian Pillman in the Hollywood blondes look. So I'm gonna try to take matters in my own hands and get that made.
01:13:56
Speaker
Yeah, definitely think that's the right way to go. And especially with the, I like the back. Have you seen the, like, cause they show the whole packaging, the front and back. So the stunning Steve Austin one, they don't highlight any of his WWE stuff. It's all pretty cool. I'm not sure if that's like a little Easter egg or anything like that, but they, it's a totally completely different figure. So it's not stone cold Steve Austin, stunning Steve Austin, which I thought was pretty,
01:14:24
Speaker
Pretty unique with that with that packaging and stuff like that. And we're technically getting three awesome figures next year, which is pretty insane. You get the stunning, you get the Royal Rumble, Stone Cold, and you get the, we'll talk about the Ultimate Edition, Stone Cold Sea Launch. Awesome. It is pretty cool.
01:14:41
Speaker
Moving on to our elite series 82 patch, the same thing packaging figure of yours. They did reveal the, the chase variant of Keith Lee, uh, which is pretty awesome. Yeah, I actually, uh, I held up the recording of the show tonight by about two minutes because I saw that I immediately went on ringside and ordered it. So it costs a little bit, but I don't want to have the anxiety, having to wait to try to hunt it that that figures it must have.
01:15:03
Speaker
Yeah, that's definitely it. That might be my new custom figure. I know we talked about Daniel Cormier being my figure, but I think you can get the Keith Lee, do some modifications and get the same type of MVP figure.
01:15:20
Speaker
If you guys are looking out there and you want to get an MVP figure, definitely get either Keith Lee or the Daniel Cormier figure out there. But yeah, it's pretty awesome. I like the John Morrison too. That's probably one of my favorites as well. Right now for my John Morrison and my collection, I got a mashup between Elite Four and the Survivor Series Elite. But yeah, I got a feeling that this new John Morrison is going to take its place. It's a pretty awesome figure.
01:15:47
Speaker
Yeah, and I like to have the Finn Balor, the updated Finn Balor figure. We get kind of like the NXT Finn Balor with the, he has the tattoo on his hands. That was like the big, the big reveal there that he has the extra, he has a new tattoo that he got and stuff like that. So yeah, I was actually a little bummed out about this one. I mean, that's a great looking figure. I was really hoping we got the all white Finn from his match with the Fiend at SummerSlam, but I guess.
01:16:10
Speaker
I guess they didn't want to make a figure of him from his, you know, when he got squashed in three minutes. But I always thought, I thought that was a pretty cool look for a fan, even though he did get his ass kicked. Well, maybe they'll do it in the, uh, maybe they'll do it in the SummerSlam series for next year. Maybe they'll throw the all white, uh, fit bow or who knows. Yeah, possibly.
01:16:28
Speaker
Yeah, so we will go into the other because most of them are like some of our renders We've already seen like Sasha Banks and and Darren Corbin all stuff, but the dusty roads there was revealed When I saw the pre-orders go up, you know ringsides is usually pretty good about giving us hints on what the figures gonna look like with the
01:16:50
Speaker
The kind of the actual photograph that's using their pre-orders and they showed the red and black polka dots So I was a little skeptical, you know, cuz I already I already have an NWA dusty from I think that was elite 63 and then I have the legends dusting the black and yellow So when I saw that it was gonna be black and red polka dots, I was like, yeah, I don't know but seeing it It looks awesome. You know, he's got he's got the poncho. He's got the whatever that is I don't know if that's like a Hawks claw or what that's supposed to be here on his neck with the hat So I think yeah, this is gonna be when I go ahead and add to the collection very cool to configure
01:17:20
Speaker
Yeah, I kind of like it too because I like the red and black scheme because now you can like kind of match it up with the the Dustin Rhodes figure that's coming out for AW that's weird. I'm not sure if that was like a nod or like a
01:17:36
Speaker
Um, kind of like a, kind of like a thing like, Hey, you can put these two together and kind of have like a father and son type of thing. But yeah, that's, that's the first thing I thought it was like, Oh, it's, it's the, uh, it's a red and black scheme. It does some roads on, uh, the AW side. His figure is going to be red and black. So you can do like a, like a father-son tag team combination with that, which is pretty cool. Um.
01:17:58
Speaker
We'll skip ahead and we'll go to the Ultimate Edition reveals, the actual figure reveals of the feed in a Hollywood Hulk Hogan. What are your thoughts on that? I've seen a lot of the comments on the Hulk Hogan one. It's pretty much like split. A lot of people want more soft goods. I think they're referring to the BOA being soft goods.
01:18:22
Speaker
I don't think that's like a big deal breaker. And they were comparing it to the Storm Collectibles version of Hulk Hogan. So you can't help but compare it to the Storm Collectibles one because that figure was just so well executed. So for anybody that doesn't have the Storm Collectibles figures, the one thing about those is it's just the structure of the figures, so the crotch piece on those. We're getting super nerdy, super deep into this analysis right now. But Marco, do you got any of the Storm Collectibles Hogan's?
01:18:53
Speaker
I do not know the weird thing about them is that the crotch piece is like soft rubber like you could like pinch it together you know that's how soft it is it's just and that's done to kind of improve the articulation and stuff on them but it makes it kind of it makes for a funky kind of figure. So that's really the only criticism on it though aside from that.
01:19:13
Speaker
It's perfect. You know, like if I when I first got that figure, you know, I think I think I posted and said that it was the best figure in the history of wrestling for your collectibles, because it's so awesome. The head sculpts amazing. All the accessories, they nailed it. And the thing about it is, though, that in Mattel's defense is Mattel's making way more toys and storm collectibles. You know, storm collectibles is kind of like a craft beer. It's a small batch. They can put just a ton of TLC into it.
01:19:40
Speaker
as opposed to Mattel, who's cranking out thousands of thousands of figures every single day. And the price point on that is Storm Collectibles is a lot higher. Storm Collectibles is way more expensive too, but just keeping it real. I'll wait till I get it in hand to make a judgment and I'll definitely be picking up Mattel's take on Hollywood Hogan. But Storm Collectibles will set the bar pretty freaking high. And off the first look, I think Mattel, they're going to have their work cut out for him to top what Storm did.
01:20:10
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. What do you think about the feed figure reveal? I love it. I think it's pretty much immediately made Elite 77 Fiend irrelevant. With the molded jacket arms and stuff, I think it's a sick figure. Elite 77 was awesome. That was a great figure as well.
01:20:30
Speaker
And I was impressed at how quickly Mattel was able to get out the Fiend, but the Ultimate Edition looks awesome. The title belt is insane. Multiple head scopes. We get the Fiend belt. Yeah, just perfection. I really cannot wait to add this. Even though Hulk Hogan, that figure has been five years in the making, I'm actually more excited for the Fiend than I am for Hollywood Hogan.
01:20:51
Speaker
Oh yeah, definitely. Um, yeah, I was looking at that and I was just like, it looks way more detailed than the, uh, than the SummerSlam feed that came out. Um, just like the, I mean, definitely the articulation is going to be there as well. So you could do all the crazy poses that he does. You can actually do the, the crazy bend backwards pose that he does. I'm pretty flawlessly on that. Um,
01:21:12
Speaker
I'm super excited about that. I didn't want to, I actually skipped one of them. So like the honorable mention, Jerry King law looks awesome as well. That was pretty, that looks pretty sick. Right now that the Jerry law we have is, um, from hall of fame series four.
01:21:30
Speaker
with the uh the red and black cape which is awesome for yourself but it's got it's got the hard plastic cape and stuff yeah it looks like this is uh the Jerry Lawler we have right now the one from hall of fame series four that was like an 80s uswa style Jerry Lawler this one looks like he's like early 90s from when he came into wwe and was or wwf at the time and was shooting with Brett Hart and stuff so pretty cool figure i'm glad we get another king
01:21:55
Speaker
Yeah. The other one too, the Alexa Bliss, it actually looks good. The head sculpt. I'm not sure if you guys see that. It doesn't look all crazy like the previous Alexa Bliss figures that have come and gone. And that's the first time we're getting the tag team, the women's tag team titles.
01:22:13
Speaker
Yeah, which is pretty awesome as well. So you already have two Alexa's on order because I'm a psychopath because I really want those women tag team belts. I still think the first Elite Alexa, the Elite 53, that one was so awesome that I feel like they've been chasing that figure ever since for for Elite Alexa's. Yeah, we will skip series 83 because we've seen all the renders for it. Yeah. As far as like the edge and
01:22:40
Speaker
Drew McIntyre and all that stuff. Moving on to 84. I'm not sure we've seen these. I definitely don't remember. I think Sheamus came up, but I know they revealed Selena Vega as an elite, as well as Liv. Yeah. Her new look as well. Yeah, Liv is going to be an 85.
01:23:01
Speaker
Okay, yeah, that's right. Yeah. So let's do the, that's right. Cause yeah, I'm looking at it, uh, kind of looking at a list here. Yeah. Cause that's going to be with, uh, Alistair black, uh, carrying cross. Um, and, uh, unfortunately Selena Vega is going to be a target exclusive and we know how, we know how amazing they do on their exclusives. Oh yeah, definitely. I mean, that's, they do a great job with their exclusives. I don't know what you're trying to get.
01:23:26
Speaker
If we're getting, uh, carry on. Scarlett's definitely got to be in the, uh, in the works for sure. I feel like moneymaker on that acting, carry on wrestling, but I feel like Scarlett's who people are paying money to see for sure. Yeah, definitely. Um, so yeah, we also forgot our series. Uh, 83 is also going to have, uh,
01:23:47
Speaker
the, uh, the band, Michael P.S. Hayes, uh, right here at that wall bar exclusive. Waiting to see what kind of, uh, what, what Roby comes with. You know, I doubt we're going to get the, uh, the classic Confederate flag robe, even though that's kind of what the free birds were most famous for. Yeah. I don't know if maybe we'll get Texas flag. I know we're going to get, but yeah, they got to do something, but hopefully we get the rest of them. I hopefully we get, you know, Jimmy Jam Garvin and, and, uh, Bambam Terry Gordy also.
01:24:14
Speaker
Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah. No, that'd be, that'd be pretty, so maybe that's a, maybe that's like the start of it. See how well that does and the double line and the others. Um, but the, so we'll move on to the, uh, this is, I didn't think this was going to happen, but they're actually making a, uh, Boneyard match figure. I know. I was looking at that. Yeah. The Boneyard figure looks great. Yeah. Wow.
01:24:39
Speaker
We got to get the AJ to go with it though. We need AJ and Jeans and stuff, man. Oh, yeah. No, it's definitely coming.
01:24:44
Speaker
Uh, this is the, uh, this is a feeler one. They definitely, they definitely come with, they should have been an elite two pack. That'd have been pretty cool, but we need to add on of the good brothers. Uh, we need, we need to, you know, a little vial of Carl Anderson's ashes after he got blown up on that. I think the less said about Carl Anderson this week, the better. He's a close second to the, uh,
01:25:10
Speaker
the presidential election on shit that we do not feel like talking about on the show. Yeah, totally forgot about Carl Anderson's beef or his drama. So yeah.
01:25:25
Speaker
Yeah. Um, so with, with Undertaker, he was actually, so they kind of, the thing I'm looking at, they kind of split the pictures, but they put, uh, the one night, the original photo I seen the renders was carrying cross and Undertaker together. So can cause him to have a, uh, an elite and the same series. Um, you know, a lot of talks of him, probably like the, like the most sold out, like, like that's going to be like the most sold out pre-order. That's what I'm reading. Yeah. It says it's going to include a soft goods, black trench coat too. Yeah.
01:25:56
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. Yeah, they should, they should definitely stay with the soft, good stuff. Cause the hard plastics is, I mean, you can only do so much with it. Um, but yeah, they're both those figures. I mean, they look pretty insane. Uh, that's the guy I thought it was like when they, cause they actually had them together. I thought it was like an elite two pack, carry across, uh, Boneyard on a ticket. I was like, why the hell they put these two together? But, um, it was just, they just revealed them at the same time, that type of thing.
01:26:25
Speaker
Moving on, we'll go to the Ultimate Edition. The new reveals for the Ultimate Edition is Stone Cold Steve Austin and Ric Flair. Yeah, they look great. Austin, I'm just wondering, why has he got the yes fingers, man? I thought that was me. Who are they trying to fool with that, man? I know. Give us our bill if you're listening out there.
01:26:45
Speaker
Give us articulated fingers. That's what we want. You don't got to do the middle finger. Just give us articulated fingers. We can take it from there. Yeah. You want these ultimate additions to be the best figures in the entire world. Like give Stone Cold Steve Austin articulated fingers. Like nobody is buying that. He is pointing to the sky like fricking Trish Stratus. You know what I mean? Like he, he's throwing a bird. He's giving you the F U and
01:27:10
Speaker
We all want it. It's not it's not an ultimate addition Steve Austin without that without that capability the flares cool I'm sure it's gonna look amazing once we get the robe the Austin it kind of is what it is You know, it's hard to get super excited about it But I think we talked about a couple weeks back it is definitely needed you just you had to have him even though You know, it's not it's not gonna set the world on fire get a new stone cold elite because at the end of the day He's always gonna be black trunks in the leather vest, but I'm glad we're getting it. He's definitely needed because you know, he's
01:27:39
Speaker
Price, you know, he's either number one or number two depending on who you take out of him or Hogan is the you know Biggest star in wrestling history. So I'm glad we're getting him out of the ultimate edition line. Yeah, definitely Not to skip over this. I totally forgot about this. They actually showed the packaging and uh and the figures for the Mr. T and Roddy Piper Elite two-pack Did you guys see these and if you did So I'm not sure if I'm gonna be adding these to the collection or not just cuz I
01:28:09
Speaker
It was just kind of a random match that I'm not a huge fan of. I thought the match was kind of garbage for lack of a better term. The figures look great. It's cool that we're getting boxing hands. There's a lot you could probably do with those. If those pegs work with the other elites, it'd be cool to just get boxing glove hands just to do some cool fig photography and stuff. The figures look amazing. They both come with soft goods, robes. So I love the figures from that standpoint. But just from my personal collection,
01:28:38
Speaker
probably won't be making it because I already got I already got a couple different pipers and then I got the Mr. T from Comic Con this year which was awesome but I obviously I'm a huge fan of Mattel digging deep and grabbing you know event specific figures and stuff so very cool release but just probably not for my personal taste
01:28:55
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I like the idea that, like you said, with the boxing gloves, because I mean, a lot of fake photographers can do different types of things. And since you guys have the ICW, the Instagram Championship Wrestling League, you guys can do your own bra for all now.
01:29:12
Speaker
That's right. And that's what I'm looking forward to. So play the seeds for my own benefit and see if you guys will actually get that going. I can already see the wheels turning and say it right now. Going back a little bit, one thing we didn't mention on the Ultimate Warrior, we're a rumble figure, is that we're finally getting the yellow IC belt. You see it came with the WrestleMania 6 Warrior.
01:29:39
Speaker
the multiple times he's been released, but for whatever reason, he didn't. So I'm glad we're finally getting that belt, even though she had already made that for us. You know, if you guys didn't know, she is actually an excellent belt customizer. I have about five or six custom belts that she's put together. But yeah, pretty cool that we're finally getting that belt. Yeah, definitely. I'm trying to think of those anything. How can I totally forget about this? Jeez. Ringside exclusive Ultimate Warrior.
01:30:08
Speaker
This figure is beautiful. Yeah. Yeah. It's pretty, I was like, what the, I was like, is this real? I was like, is this a real thing? Is this a real thing? Uh, that was like the last one of the last things they revealed, uh, that I seen on, on Twitter. Uh, it was probably like the main event type of thing that they threw out there. I think this is probably, um, the most requested warrior look of the ones that we haven't gotten yet really. So, you know, I don't, I honestly, I'm a huge warrior fan. He's, you know, he's definitely in my top five all time. I don't really know what else they could do.
01:30:37
Speaker
after this one for Mattel, they've pretty much done all of his iconic looks now and they're going to start digging deep. So this one is amazing. We talked a little bit when we were kind of just chatting before showing on. Before this, it was the Jax Series 2 Bone Crushing Action was the best take on this warrior look. So I still love that one. That one's got a special place in my heart just because I played with that figure a ton when I was getting the Jax BCAs.
01:31:01
Speaker
But this figure is awesome. I really can't wait for this I think it's probably my it's between this and the chase Keith Lee for my favorite figure that was shown today Oh, yeah, definitely. Yeah, it's uh, I mean Especially it being a like a ringside exclusive to his Pretty mind-blowing as I was like, I was like, holy crap. It's a warrior. That's a ringside exclusive. So yeah Yeah, that's that's that's what I'm probably most looking forward to
01:31:27
Speaker
And we already have the the network spotlight. Hunter Hearst Helmsley from back in 2016, so we can totally recreate the squash from WrestleMania 12. Yeah, it's in. You know, we'll do a quick, you know, an unofficial retro recommendation. Go back and watch that, you know, for as strong as as Triple H has been over the years in WWE. Go back and watch this to see where he started at, because he got squashed in about two minutes. Ultimate Warrior just totally no sold the pedigree and got up and whooped his ass. Yeah.
01:31:55
Speaker
And now we know where Triple H has done in the years since. He was no match for the power of the warrior. We'll put it that way. But other than that, speaking of Triple H, actually, there's another Elite Two Pack that they announced as well. It's Triple H as well as Jeff Hardy. It comes with the Attitude Era intercontinental title as well.
01:32:19
Speaker
So did these guys fight over the intercontinental title? I don't remember this. Maybe this was in one of my wrestling blind spots. I saw the I saw the pics of it, but I do not remember this being like a thing. I'm pretty sure my memory is like super bad with that type of stuff, but I'm pretty sure they had a triple. I think it was about like the two man power trip type of that. Yeah, that's right. He did what he did when the belt when they were doing the two man power trip. Yeah, it was like I think it was 2008.
01:32:49
Speaker
The two-man power trip was Yeah, that was way back so I'm trying to think what a That would have you get cuz triple H. I don't think he was even mess with the intercontinental by Yeah, there was like yeah like 2001 maybe yeah, yeah Right after WrestleMania 17. So yeah, yeah, we're yeah I guess Jeff Hardy figures always sell we talked about it before the Hardy boys and
01:33:18
Speaker
for anything else you want to say about them, both those guys have stayed the highest levels of over for 20 plus years. So Jeff Hardy figures always sell. I guess that's why they're cranking this one out. Jeff Hardy versus Triple H intercontinental title match raw April 16th, 2001. Yeah, it just seems like, you know, I don't know how they came up with this as the next two pack, but I'm sure it's going to sell. The Attitude Era IC title is something that we haven't seen a lot.
01:33:42
Speaker
I can't remember. I think the last time it was released may have been with the Nation of Domination two-pack with The Rock and Farooq back in 2016. Yeah, that's right. Including that belt and the Jeff Hardy figure, I'm sure it's going to sell. It makes business sense, but I probably could have picked a few more two-packs I would have rather seen instead. Yeah, exactly. I think that might be it for all the reveals. I think we
01:34:05
Speaker
I'm sure we're missing something, but I mean, there was so, so much. Yeah. If you go, um, profits look awesome. We got some more shots. The best shots we've seen so far, the street profits, they look great. Did you see the fan takeover line? We started to see the shots of those. Yes, that's right. The fan takeover line. That's right. So the Ricky steamboat, I feel like we've gotten that Ricky steamboat before. That looks like a straight rerelease from the, uh,
01:34:28
Speaker
The, uh, hardly. Yeah. The flashback set. Yeah. The white tracks. That looks like a straight re-release the Adam Cole. I'm still pissed. So if you guys don't know, we could have got Adam and the fan takeover line. This was like my big gripe with fan takeover. You know, we could have got Adam Cole in the gray camo, which we've got all of the other guys released, but instead we're getting another Adam Cole in black trunks. So that's why I say they need to just be posting this on figure groups for the fan takeover.
01:34:56
Speaker
We're getting Seth Rollins from WrestleMania 35. Awesome look. That one's kind of hater-proof. You know, it was an awesome look from an amazing match because he was the first guy besides Goldberg to really beat Brock clean. And then there was one other one. What was the other fan? And then we're getting Shana Baszler. Yeah, Shana Baszler's pretty badass too. It looks like they finally got the NXT Women's Championship right also with the silver X. That's another figure that Shina did a custom, or another belt that Shina made a custom of that was
01:35:26
Speaker
a little bit better than what Mattel did. So cool, Shannon Baizer figure. But yeah, I think that's about it. What else did we got in Figure News this week, Marco? Oh, man. Let me go through the notes here.
01:35:40
Speaker
So obviously on Brinks side, you have the Elite 83, as well as Series 116 pre-order is now live. So definitely head over there, use Code Chick Foley for 10% off if you order, if you do. I already, I believe I ordered a few of them. I don't think I did the whole set. I like to pick and choose which ones I want pre-order on there. So yeah, definitely do that. Blue Meanie actually has some figures coming out. I forget the company that it's called, but they're actually the style of retros.
01:36:09
Speaker
So all the people that are, you know, they want the, uh, the clearing for retros and stuff like that. And you want your retro fix, uh, the blue Beatty actually has a, uh, figure coming out. That's it. That style. He's actually doing that pose, that dance that he does with his hands in the air, kind of like the gorilla press slam type of move. So.
01:36:30
Speaker
Uh, if you, if you want to add that to your collection, definitely, uh, I think I'm not sure where you, uh, where you would order it. I think they're just renders that they're showing up at the moment. Um, it's called from the mind of Beatty, I believe is the name of the series. So, uh, there may be more coming down the line. Okay. Pretty cool. Um, I'm still surprised that Mattel hasn't tried to get the rights there. I mean, so.
01:36:53
Speaker
So Toyota for sure. Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah, those are some cool figures. It's by cello. So that's the same guy that made the Nick Aldis has roast also. Yeah, that's pretty. It looks cooler than the Nick Alice one for some reason. We need very Toyota.
01:37:13
Speaker
Um, next up the, uh, sort of, so the, uh, the undertaker, uh, the pop, the glow of the dark one is actually on a WWE shop as an exclusive now. Um, and the only difference is the, the aim is the Disney Amazon sticker, obviously on the Amazon version. Uh, but you can actually, uh, fungal pleasures. That's kind of stuff's a big deal.
01:37:36
Speaker
Yeah. So if you, uh, you missed out on the, uh, Amazon head over to WWE shop, I actually checked it out. It's there and it has the, uh, as the, uh, WWE exclusive, uh, sticker on it. So yeah, definitely head over there and pick that up. If you're, if you're interested in it, it looks pretty cool. It's in the same vein as the, um, kind of like the ghostbuster, um, crossover undertaker that came out. So clear.
01:38:01
Speaker
Yeah, it looks pretty decent. We talked about this a little bit earlier. We were talking about the Facebook group. AEW Chase figures popping up at Walmart. I see a lot of pictures popping up on Twitter just with different
01:38:18
Speaker
Just, it seems like in the South, they're starting to pop up a lot, both Cody and Chris Jericho. Yeah. Joey Harrison, one of our fully fam, he, his buddy found two in one day. Two in one day. It was, it was ridiculous.
01:38:33
Speaker
I guess what, Stono Brandy's, how about that? She's Zebor, she's got a looser chase figure. The true chase. The true chase. You can have your, uh, you can have your, uh, one of 1000 or one of 500. Yeah. Give me a little brand brand. Yeah. The real, the real pick of the litter there.
01:38:53
Speaker
So speaking of AEW Unrivaled, they actually, thanks to Wrestlebox UK on Twitter, they actually had a list of the AEW Unrivaled Collection Series 3 figures that are coming out. And I want to get your thoughts on this because a lot of people were kind of like, eh, why do they do this type of thing? So Young Bucks are the series, so that takes up two slots already.
01:39:18
Speaker
You have Darby Allen, who's a standard in a 500 rare edition. So he's going to be a kind of like a chase figure. First one I'm going to go for is Chase looks pretty cool with the, the chase has got the pink one all down the chest and stuff. So that's going to be the first AW chase. I'm kind of actively hunting. Yep. And you have our orange Cassidy. Um, but I think we do, we seen Darby Allen, orange Cassidy, um, supposedly put the hands in his pockets. I still want to see how they execute that, but supposedly we're going to be able to do hands in pockets with orange Cassidy.
01:39:47
Speaker
That's going to be part of the best figure ever, if they could do that. But so Rio is also in that line. So she's a standard in a one of 1,000 chase edition. And then ended it with Pac, so bastard Pac is going to be this. So my question to you guys was, do you think they could have taken the yellow bucks out and added two other figures in it besides? I don't think so because, you know, Darby, Orange, Rio and even Pac.
01:40:15
Speaker
They're not super known to like the mainstream, you know, wrestling community. I think, you know, Mattel's, you know, Bill has mentioned this a lot, an extra figure tag mentioned this with Mattel. You got to have the anchors of the line. You know, people complain about, you know, it used to be John Cena, but now it's kind of Roman and Seth. You know, why is there a Roman or a Seth or AJ in every two or three sets?
01:40:35
Speaker
And it's you got to have those anchors to get the sell through. And I think the Bucks are what it's going to be. Obviously, we're hardcore figure collectors and hardcore wrestling fans. We want the Darby's. We want the Rio's. We want Orange Cassidy. We want Dark Order number five, Dark Order number six. We're going to buy whoever they put out. But for the people with kids and stuff, at the end of the day, that's what these lines are still geared towards. They're going to want the Bucks. So they're going to pick up the Bucks. And then maybe they'll grab Orange Cassidy. Maybe they'll grab Rio.
01:41:05
Speaker
I don't have an issue with the bucks being in there. I get it from businesses. Obviously, we always want to see these lines keep going deeper and deeper, getting the more obscure characters, but I understand the need to have the bucks in every couple of sets.
01:41:20
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I kind of want to see the Jurassic Express. That's like the, I think that, like, Luchasaurus is a figure that, like, everyone wants, I think. Yeah, I don't know why they're waiting on that one. He's definitely one of the most Toyota guys we've ever seen. Yeah, so that's why I was, I think that's what, like, the consensus was with the box being in it and, like, having everyone else. It was like, where's, where's Jungle Boy? Where's Luchasaurus? Like, maybe they're gonna do a three-pack, who knows?
01:41:49
Speaker
It's a possibility. They could do that. But, uh, but yeah, here. Yes. Oh, yeah. Definitely agree with that. Um, you definitely need like the anchor, um, uh, guys are there to, to keep the line going and stuff like that. So I would assume like the next line is probably going to have another Cody or another Jericho or Kenny Omega. That makes sense. Um, would you have any purchases this week, Marco? Oh man. Oh.
01:42:17
Speaker
pretty crazy. So actually, finally, ringside, I finally got it, finally came in, little brand brand, actually showed up to my doorstep. So I have a little brand brand, as well as the Bucks and Omega.
01:42:33
Speaker
and Cody. I already had a Jericho, so I didn't need a Jericho. So I made the mistake of ordering. I think I ordered Kenny Omega to use the latest delivery out of everybody. So I had to wait till the Kenny Omegas were available. So pretty much got that set now. So that's pretty awesome.
01:42:54
Speaker
What else? Oh, so I actually stumbled upon this pretty, pretty huge. I didn't get to post a picture today. I'll probably post it tomorrow. Complete set of Decade of Domination.
01:43:06
Speaker
Oh, wow. Yeah. So, uh, John Cena, Randy Oran, Natalia, Mark Henry, um, Undertaker. Uh, I mean, I grabbed the, also the, uh, the Undertaker 30 year one as well. So Mark Henry was the only one of those that we added the collection. I actually haven't seen any of those in person yet having them in hand, which figured he thinks the best out of that set.
01:43:30
Speaker
Oh my God. Uh, they're all, they're all really good. Um, I was kind of, I was kind of thrown off cause I didn't notice the undertake. I had black hands, like black gloves. Yeah. That was, and I thought that was a, you know, a Mattel mistake at first. He actually had the black gloves on.
01:43:52
Speaker
I was like, why is this black? I was like, what the hell is this? And I looked on the back and they like, they kind of like show the other side. You can see the picture of, uh, of his first appearance. That's how they do it. Um, but he is wearing black gloves. So they kind of say that, but the best one, the reading is really good.
01:44:09
Speaker
Like the, uh, the young red yarn, but the, uh, like the, the beaver hair. Yeah. That one's actually really, really good. Um, the, the John Cena is really good too, but, um, I mean, obviously the Mark Henry, that's like, that was a long overdue one there, but, uh, I think that, yeah, the, I think the redo is actually probably the best one out of my opinion anyway, but, uh,
01:44:32
Speaker
I've seen those shippers. I've seen the shippers, the huge displays at Walmart stuff. So I actually I've been wanting to do some fake honey lately, but I've just been I've been straight up swamped at work, man. I've been wanting to go and hunt for that. You know, the Decade of Domination display at Walmart. And then I've been looking for the NECA set for the turtles of the Triceratron and the Roadkill Rodney. I really want to add those Roadkill Rodney's to the collection. But I've been busy. So I got the day off tomorrow. So I may go out and do some fake hunting tomorrow.
01:45:00
Speaker
But, uh, yeah, other than that, nothing else. Just, uh, just waiting patiently for the, uh, for the ultimate edition. Oh, actually, no, I got my Walter. That's right. My Volta, my Volta came in. Um, and all the honorable mention, we don't, we don't really talk about NAC UK. Um, and it's not a retro recommendation, but if you haven't watched, uh, the Walter match, um, Oh my God. If you want to see some like brutal.
01:45:29
Speaker
just dudes be the crap out of each other and being uncomfortable while watching it. Definitely watch that match. You're like, it's, you're, it's, it's, it's, it's like anything you've ever seen as far as I get like a sports entertainment match is concerned. It's like off the charts, but yeah, that's, that's it for my purchases, but yeah, so pretty, pretty good haul this week.
01:45:51
Speaker
So for us, we also got the Walter Elite awesome figure. Ringside, Mattel, you guys nailed it. Awesome packaging for your MOC collector, but really great figure. And then we're a little bit across the board on figures for this week. So we got the Rock Ultimate Edition from Amazon after the heartbreak last week of getting
01:46:09
Speaker
You know Charlotte in its place. Luckily Amazon made it right, you know within a couple days. We had our rock ultimate edition I think probably the best rock figure that's ever been released. So great figure there. We got the basic rear Ripley So, you know, it was a good first start for Mattel getting rear Ripley. I'm looking forward to getting an elite
01:46:27
Speaker
of her but the head sculpt was on point obviously there's only so much you can do with the basic body style so I don't think I don't think they I don't think they hundred percent captured rear Ripley she's kind of got a unique build but the head was really good so glad to have her in the collection until we can replace it with an elite then I got the retro gold dust again we've been talking about it kind of since I came on the show I'm kind of
01:46:47
Speaker
brick by brick piece by piece, putting together my retro slash hasbro collection I got gold dust this week awesome figure, you know the gold dust that they had the retro line was kind of early era gold dust from 9596 so really great figure and then.
01:47:01
Speaker
We talked about our friends chalk line you know they sponsor our inside the square circle ticks top six segment I got three more pairs of chalk line shorts you guys know I'm obsessed with those I'm actually wearing the chalk line shredder shorts this week but I added the macho man the madness shorts from when he was in NWO added those
01:47:18
Speaker
We got the killer clowns from outer space shorts added the collection, and then they released the HBK all over print shorts from last week they kind of that iconic 1995 HBK t shirt with the black and teal, they released some shorts inspired by that t shirt.
01:47:33
Speaker
And I picked those up. So that was it for me. So a little bit lighter than the last couple of weeks. I went more heavy on the merch than I did on the wrestling figures. But hopefully with all these ringside fest reveals, we start getting some releases coming hot and heavy and we can beef up the weekly purchases for the figures. So that's it for Go Figure this week. Went a little bit deep because of ringside fest. But let us know what you guys thought, what you guys' favorite reveals were, and what figures you guys are most excited to pick up in the first part of 2021.
01:48:02
Speaker
And it is now time for quarantine and chill. All right, quarantine and chill is where we give you guys a non in ring wrestling related recommendation to to kind of help pass the time while everybody's still cooped up on the weekends. Marco, did you have anything for this week?
01:48:31
Speaker
Um, no, not really. No, I haven't, I haven't been able to sit down and watch anything. Um, they've watched the same stuff. So the boys and stuff like that. Throwback pick also. So this, uh, I watched the first season, um, a while back and I think there's a second season on Netflix now it's ugly delicious. So this is a show by, uh, chef Dave Chang. So he's a, you know, a little bit of a famous chef. He runs the, the mama Fuku restaurants, which are kind of Korean inspired restaurants. They've got some really good food.
01:49:00
Speaker
Um, and it's just an awesome show. He picks a different type of cuisine or region for each episode and they just dive deep. It's beautifully shot. It's in 4k HDR. So it looks amazing. All the food looks really good. And it's some really interesting stories also. So, uh, I believe you got 12 episodes on Netflix. You can check out of that. And then it's kind of a bonus. He also has his own podcast. There's the Dave Chang show podcast where he just talks a lot about food culture. So again, we talked about it a little bit during the Thanksgiving segment earlier. We're all big foodies here.
01:49:28
Speaker
and I definitely recommend anything by Dave Chang. He's very interesting and he's just got a different take. He's not pretentious at all. So he's not gonna be using super fancy stuff. He likes just good food like the rest of us. Fried chicken sandwiches, fried rice, stuff like that. So if you haven't had a chance, check out Ugly Delicious on Netflix and the Dave Chang Show podcast.
01:49:49
Speaker
Awesome. Yeah, nothing really too crazy. If you want to laugh this week, especially with all the craziness going on, definitely listen to this past episode of the New Day podcast. They had, our truth was their guest.
01:50:07
Speaker
nice that's automatically going to be funny and it's the it's the most like i can't explain you have to listen to it it doesn't our truth is what you see on tv is what you see in real life apparently uh that guy is uh
01:50:23
Speaker
He's a, he's a unique, we'll say that much. Um, the answers he was giving them when they asked him them questions and not even answering the correct, the question the right way. And then just get this laugh. It's, it's one of the best things you'll hear this week. Definitely. I can't, I can't recommend it enough. The show's already funny with just some three, but just adding our truth to the fold is, is, uh, just, it's, it's just gold. Yeah. Definitely go back and listen to that. If you want to, if you want a good laugh.
01:50:50
Speaker
Nice. All right, so that's your quarantine tool recommendations and it's now time for random merch of the week.
01:51:12
Speaker
All right, random merch of the week is where we scour the internet to find you guys some of the weirdest, wildest wrestling merchants out there over the years. There's just been so much different wrestling merch that's been produced and we're still discovering new stuff every day that we didn't know existed and could possibly be the missing link in your collection to really tie it all together. So I'll go first for this week.
01:51:37
Speaker
I kind of stumbled upon this this week that there's this company called my custom sports chair They got the license to make WWE Adirondack chair So if you're not familiar what Adirondack chair are these are like the heavy-duty wooden lawn chairs
01:51:51
Speaker
Um, these things are built to lash, you know, really high quality. They're all custom painted and you need to get your name on them. We'll post a link in the Patreon group on Facebook, but they got guys like John Cena, Edge, Ric Flair, The Fiend, Ultimate Warrior. I think Sheena posted the picture of the Ultimate Warrior chair on the Instagram feed. So these things are super high quality, but it's just totally random. You know, I don't know.
01:52:11
Speaker
you know, who's, you know, somebody that's got a really nice patio or backyard deck that's looking to complete the final piece to it. This could be what you're looking for. So definitely hit it up. Again, it's at my custom sports chairs on Instagram. And we'll post the link on the Facebook page. Mark, would you get a chance to check out these chairs? Oh, yeah, no, they're pretty awesome. I would definitely I would definitely be interested in buying a couple of those if I
01:52:37
Speaker
If I had the funds to do so. Yeah, they did kind of roll them out at a weird time of year, you know, for, I guess if you're down South and maybe it doesn't matter, but for us up here and, you know, on the East coast and up North, I'm not looking to sit around on the front porch or in the backyard right now, but they're pretty cool. You know, I'll definitely keep this in mind for the springtime. Once it starts warming up. Marco, do you have any random merch this week?
01:52:59
Speaker
Oh man, yeah, I definitely have a pretty, pretty weird one. So it's a, it's something for the WWF era of things. And it's a, it's actually a shootout tabletop hockey game. Oh yes. I am very familiar with this piece.
01:53:15
Speaker
Have you seen this? So I found this on eBay. So it's actually sealed in box, hasn't been opened at all. So for only $10,000, you can, you can all this piece of history. So it's, it's pretty legit. I mean, it's the actual, it's the actual, it actually has all, so the superstars in it is a, it's a earthquake.
01:53:39
Speaker
Um, there's actually all pieces in it too. So you get earthquake, uh, ultimate warrior side of the slaughter, uh, big boss man, Hulk Hogan, obviously, uh, Rick Martell, macho man, mr. Perfect. Um, hacksaw, Joe Duggan, tugboat, uh, Jake, the snake Roberts and Ted DiBiase as, as table top hockey players. So.
01:54:02
Speaker
Yeah, if you have $2,000 a spare, that pocket change, you can buy brand new in box. Well, it's not really brand new because it's old. I think it's interesting. I want to say it was like three years ago, I stumbled upon that. I started doing some research on it, poking around.
01:54:18
Speaker
And I think somebody was gonna sell me that sealed up in box for like 600. And even then I was just like, as tempted as I was, I'm just like, what am I really gonna do with this thing? You know, it's probably not, I remember those tabletop hockey games, they always looked really cool, but they weren't that much fun to play. And, you know, it would just be a display piece. And I just really couldn't bring myself to spend that much for it. But it's pretty, yeah, really cool piece. If you guys haven't had a chance, again, we'll post some, we'll post some pics and stuff on the,
01:54:45
Speaker
on the feed and on the Facebook group of this thing. They put a lot of thought and detail into the figures. I think Jake the Snake, I think his hockey stick was actually the snake and, you know, Hacksaw Jim Duggan had his two by four. Just a lot of cool little details like that. The actual little men are really, really neat, even though I don't think, just an awesome display piece, you know. So I don't know who's going to spend 10,000 bucks for it sealed up because you really want to take this thing out of the box. Even though the packaging is beautiful, the artwork and stuff on it is awesome. It's just,
01:55:14
Speaker
Really, really awesome piece, but a little bit too rich for my blood to edit the collection. Oh, yeah, definitely. The Hulk Hogan actually has like a weight, like he's bench pressing almost, which is pretty cool. The pieces, if you could buy the pieces separately on eBay as well, they do actually have them separately and they're like 25 bucks. I see someone buying, you could buy three for like 25 Hulk Hogan hacksaw and Jake the Snake.
01:55:42
Speaker
I mean, give me pricing. It'd be a cool centerpiece in a game room or something like that. Just throw that out there and show people, which is pretty sick. It's just a weird piece of merchandise that WWF back in the day, they just had some random weird merch that they would come out with. This is definitely weird. Literally anything that you could tie the WWE name to and the characters with, they would have merch of it. Oh, yeah.
01:56:06
Speaker
Um, there was actually, that reminded me of something. It was a few years back. I can't, I mean, it was a while back. So this is like maybe 2017, 2016. I can't remember who it was. It wasn't like one of like the, you know, kind of main event guys in the, the Instagram wrestling community, but there was somebody that had made a custom foosball table that instead of like the normal foosball man, they had modified Hasbro figures to be like the, the players on the foosball table. And it kind of, it always reminded me of that hockey, uh, table and stuff. So.
01:56:36
Speaker
But yeah, the hockey table is awesome. Really, really cool piece. If anybody still has that, I'm MBS of you. I wish I would have picked it up there. I don't remember seeing that as a kid. So I don't think that thing has super wide distribution, because I was all over anything WWE related as a kid. But I never saw that thing until a few years ago. Huh. Did you remember seeing that as a kid, Marco? I don't think I've ever. No, I don't recall seeing that at all. No, definitely not.
01:57:05
Speaker
I know. So it's definitely one of the more obscure pieces and what really, really cool. All right. So we will now move to our retro wrestling recommendation of the week. All right. Retro wrestling recommendation of the week is where we give you guys a match or a show from years gone by to check out and enjoy. So.
01:57:35
Speaker
Marco touched on this one a little bit earlier on his weekly purchases in the in the wrestling figure segment.
01:57:40
Speaker
Survivor Series 1990, the debut of the Undertaker. This is the dream team, Dusty Rhodes team, going against the Million Dollar Team, Ted DiBiase. So this was Dusty Rhodes, Coco B. Ware, and the Hart Foundation, going up against the Million Dollar Man, a mystery opponent, and Rhythm and Blues, the Hunky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine. So obviously, this match is most famous for the Undertaker's debut.
01:58:07
Speaker
Um, you know, it was the first time we'd seen him. We didn't know what to expect out of this mystery opponent for the mystery teammate for the million dollar man. Undertaker came out, looked super intimidated and looked like a million bucks. And obviously it was the start of the legendary career. But what I really am most, what I remember most from this match is that Bret Hart and Teddy Biase, you know, they had about a 10 minute match there at the end. It came down to.
01:58:28
Speaker
those two is the last two guys for their match. And it was really one of the first times we saw the hit man as a, uh, as a solo guy and him and, uh, Ted just went at it. You know, Ted ended up getting the best out of him, but I think, uh, Brad showed a lot of people that night that he could really do it as a solo guy. And I think it was kind of kind of planted the seeds for his, uh, his legendary singles run once the heart foundation went their separate ways. So that's my pick. I just wanted to tie it in with, uh, since decade of domination and starting to hit nationwide. And we're in November, which is survivor series season.
01:58:57
Speaker
Mark, did you have any picks for this week? No, definitely. That was actually going to be my retro recommendation because I'm the theme person, so I usually do themes. Yeah, just seeing that figure up close, it definitely brought back out some nostalgia fails of actually watching that pay-per-view live when it happened and just being the
01:59:20
Speaker
lack of a better term just being in awe about just seeing the undertaker for the first time and just be like what the hell is that and it was like just remembering like them selling uh uh undertaker as he's walking down the aisle just like yeah look at this guy look at the size of this man and all of a sudden like just like that was like we didn't know at that time but we were witnessing
01:59:43
Speaker
like a legendary figure that's going to be like world-renowned in the wrestling world, not even the wrestling world, worldwide. I mean, Undertaker is a household name. If you could throw him up there, but definitely with Hulk Hogan. Obviously, he wasn't out there doing the media rounds and all that type of stuff, but Undertaker comes out. Everyone knows who Undertaker is. Everyone knows where the gong is from. You hear that theme music. People automatically know it's the Undertaker.
02:00:10
Speaker
And, uh, yeah, no, it's definitely the perfect pick for, for this week with the, uh, like you said, with a decade of domination hit stores right now. And the, uh, the OG undertaker, he was so scary, man. Like I remember we went to a, uh, we went to a house show. So I lived in Millington, Tennessee, which is like a suburb of Memphis at the time. And I remember my dad and my dad, his younger brother and me, we went to a house show in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in like January of 91. So this is a couple of months after Undertaker debuted.
02:00:37
Speaker
And we were lucky enough, my dad scored his front row seats. And I remember every wrestler that came out, the good guys, I'm reaching out for high fives. I got a high five tugboat. I got put in a headlock by the Bushwhackers that night and the Heels. I would be jumping up, booing them. And I remember when the Undertaker came out, I was glued to my seat. I was sitting as far back in my seat as I could. I didn't want to make eye contact with this guy. I didn't want the Undertaker to know I existed because that's how scary this dude was to little kids back in the early 90s.
02:01:06
Speaker
Yeah, it all started at Survivor Series 90. I don't think anybody had any idea when Ted Dibiasi was announcing who his mystery partner was going to be that it was going to set off arguably the most legendary career in wrestling history. Well, yeah, definitely. All right, so the segment's been missing the last couple of weeks, but we're going to bring it back with a vengeance. We're going to kick off listener mail with the Q&A.
02:01:32
Speaker
All right, so the babyface made a run in last week, so we didn't get to do our Halloween inspired Q&A, but we do have some awesome questions that we're gonna go ahead and throw back since you guys did put them in the mail bag. So this one comes in from Johnny JB. He says, if you could book your own Halloween Havoc main event using only horror movie characters, who would you pick? Why? And who wins? Mark, I'll let you go first.
02:01:57
Speaker
Oh, man, that's rough. Wow, it's horror movie characters, let's see. I mean, we already seen Freddy versus Jason in a movie, so you get to go with Michael Myers. He's underutilized, I think, in those type of
02:02:16
Speaker
on crazy horror movies. So I'm going to know Michael Myers versus, uh, Leatherface. Let's do that. Wow. He's bringing a knife to a chainsaw fight? What are we doing a test match or what are we doing?
02:02:31
Speaker
Let's do a chainsaw and a pole match. Nice. It should be an unmask match. Whoever gets the mask off, mask versus mask. That's actually a good idea. That would be a stipulation. Whoever gets a chainsaw at the pole, that's the end of the match, but then you have to unmask that person. You have to unmask the other person. If you don't want to unmask, you use the chainsaw, obviously,
02:02:58
Speaker
remove the desk for them. So because they're horror movie characters. But yeah, definitely those two because I said they're out of utilize.
02:03:07
Speaker
I think I will go with Freddy versus Ghostface. They're both West Craven creations. You got Vintage West Craven versus New Age West Craven. I think it could be kind of tricky. A little bit more of a fast-paced match. Marco's got the powerhouses. Yeah, fast-paced match. The only thing I could see being an issue is that it could become a handicap match because Ghostface, he's really kind of like...
02:03:29
Speaker
multiple people so they can run in on Freddy. But the good thing about Freddy is like, you know, he could knock you out and then kill you in your sleep. You know what I mean? So it's like it's like double whammy. So if I had to pick a winner.
02:03:46
Speaker
I gotta go with Freddy, man. Freddy's a classic. He's one of the first slashers. So yeah, I'm gonna go with my man, Freddy, because he can get you in the real world and in the dream world. All right, so Marco had the main event match with the heavyweights. Leatherface versus Michael Myers. Sheena's got the nice mid-card match with the Freddy versus Ghostface. I'm going with the curtain jerk for a little cruiserweight action. We're gonna go Sam from Trick or Treat against Chucky.
02:04:12
Speaker
I totally thought of that match too. I think my guys are going to steal the show. I think they're going to steal the show. We'll see what happens. Yeah, definitely. I don't know how them play out, but that's my match. Yeah, I had totally thought about that match. It's funny that you said that.
02:04:28
Speaker
All right, so next question comes in from Justin Summers. He said, what are your current podcast setups as far as recording and editing process or as well as recording and editing process for the show? So I'll take this one. I kind of took the helm as, you know, kind of the tech guy for the show once I came on board. So Zencaster is the platform we use. It's Z-E-N-C-A-S-T-R. So we like it. It's super easy. You know, I think it's
02:04:57
Speaker
It's kind of like comparing Apple to like Android. You know, you sacrifice a little bit of the specific control. You kind of hand over to Zincaster, but they take care of everything for you. They do all the recording, they upload everything, they run all the post-production processing, and they make it very easy. It's easy to invite multiple people in if you want to do interviews and stuff like that. And you can even set up your own soundboard all through the platform. So if you want a nice professional sound with the,
02:05:25
Speaker
but with a lot of ease used in caster. There's a few things that I think we could be doing a little bit more with it if we use something like Audacity or Audition, but those require a level of skill that I really don't have.
02:05:37
Speaker
the ability and the time to learn right now things in casters it it's it's been very helpful for us. It's pretty cost effective to so I care. We've been very happy with Zencast since we came on board and then for our setup. We're using a Samson meteor mic if you and if you guys noticed that just to remind you guys you know that it is still
02:05:56
Speaker
We're still kind of, you know, DIY-ers here. We accidentally messed up the settings. If you notice a little bit difference in the sound from the last few episodes for this, we messed with our settings and we're actually recording using the laptop mic. Oh my gosh, yeah. So that's why. So apologies for that, for any of the sound snobs out there, but I think we got everything back squared away. But we're using the Samson Meteor mic. What mic are you using, Marco? I have the Yeti, the blue Yeti mic. Yes, that's Primo.
02:06:22
Speaker
Yeah. Um, it's pretty awesome. I got on a deal on Amazon. I think it was like, they were doing like an Amazon deal day and I was like, Oh, yeah. Like black Friday, seeing if they had any deals. They were sold out like during the whole pandemic pandemic. I don't know if everybody was like starting their own Twitch channels or like, you know, starting their own.
02:06:40
Speaker
whatever, but blue candy bikes were out across the board for months and months and months. The whole time Seth was on deployment, I was like, I'm going to treat myself to a nice mic. And they were sold out across the board. But this little Samsung mic is awesome. It's super small, super compact. So if you do stuff while you're on the road or traveling, obviously not now. But it's good. It doesn't take up a lot of space. And to go in a little bit more detail, we have two laptops set up side by side.
02:07:06
Speaker
on our kids little play table and then we have it surrounded by their nugget. Their little play mats and stuff are surrounded the table for a little bit of sound insulation. We'll take a picture and post it. Yeah, it comes off pretty good. The sound quality has always been pretty premium for this podcast, but if you saw the setup, you probably laugh.
02:07:27
Speaker
Yeah, it's pretty funny. So great question, Justin. This one comes in from Jason Cook. He says, with the Legends line and Legends we're getting in the main line, what do you think the chances are of us getting another set of Road Warriors? And if so, what attires would you like to see? Seth, I'll pass this one to you first. Yeah, I think Mattel's really nailed the two main ones you need. We got the Road Warriors from NWA and the Black and Silver.
02:07:49
Speaker
And then we got the red and black Legion of doom, the brighter colors from the day of year on the one look that's missing. So there, well, I'd say there's two looks that's missing, but there's one I would much rather see. So, um, we have LOD 2000 back when animal was rocking like the biker shorts and they had kind of Chrome, you know, kind of, uh, Chrome accents on their, their looks and stuff. But I would rather see summer seven 92 when they had the shiny gold shoulder pads and the gold accents to the gear. That's the one I would want to see if we were going to make another road warrior set. I want the gold.
02:08:19
Speaker
Uh, Legion of doom from summer stem 92. How about you, Marco? Yeah, I definitely agree. That was actually the one I was going to go with is the, uh, the gold, uh, spike shoulder pads. It's definitely a look that's missing from the, uh, from the, uh, from the line. Definitely. Cool. Cool. Um, our next one comes in from our good buddy, Mike Lanham. He says you can invite three famous people to dinner. Who do you invite and why? And they don't have to be wrestlers. So I'm going to give Marco this one first. Oh man. Why are you going to go with me first on this one? Uh,
02:08:49
Speaker
I think definitely you have to go with Vince McMahon. I'm definitely inviting him to dinner because you definitely want to pick his brain. He doesn't do a lot of interviews or anything like that. Definitely want to talk to him and see. Try to get his life story, if I could, in that short amount of time.
02:09:12
Speaker
I think the way we're going to get like a last dance style, um, uh, documentary on him with the, like all the stuff from like, just like 40 years of wrestling. They're working on that right now. Oh yeah. The Netflix thing. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. The four days, like a four part series, uh, second person would probably be Tupac.
02:09:34
Speaker
Um, and because I hear a lot of there's, if you listen to a lot of different interviews and a lot of people that are around him and a lot of, uh, there's a lot of different stories about him, stuff like that. Not, not all like the violent bad ones, but there's a lot of like different, like humanitarian type stories. And obviously he went to like a school of arts and stuff like that. And yeah, he really wasn't that he didn't gangster rap just as I want to say it was an act, but like he wasn't a gangster growing up. Like you said, he went to art school and stuff, you know? So I think.
02:10:00
Speaker
He kind of just, I think he did like the gangster rap things just to kind of like, you know, give the perspective from like the streets, you know. So people wanted to hear. Yeah. Yeah, he'd do that. And like I said, there's a lot of like different stories about how you take care of people and all that type of stuff. So I think he'd be an interesting figure to actually talk to and learn from as well. Third person. How do you think?
02:10:29
Speaker
Let's go now. Let's go. Let's go to Jeff Bezos, like the most richest man in the world. Um, and just to, just as like, obviously just to see where he started from and like where he got the idea for obviously Amazon. Yeah. I mean, I think there's like this videos of him when he was younger and he's like, Oh yeah, Jeff Bezos. And this is Amazon. It's like, it's like garage and all stuff and here's some computer set up. So just like, just talk to him and see all like.
02:10:55
Speaker
how his life was and how it is now and how he's changed and stuff like that. I think that'd be pretty cool. I wouldn't even want to know. I don't even want to know that there's that kind of wealth out there. I don't even want to know what those type of people live like. Okay. Pretend that the richest people are just a step above me. They're not in another freaking stratosphere. Either him or Elon Musk would probably swap that out because that guy's interesting as well.
02:11:25
Speaker
Well, mine aren't as deep. I probably picked Stone Cold Steve Austin just cause he seems like a down, down to earth, cool dude. You want to like kick back by a bonfire and like drink some beers with probably Zac Efron for eye candy. Um, and last one, I feel like I need like Chris Farley there for like comedic value. You know, I need, I need somebody to just like crack, crack jokes. It's a weird combo.
02:11:51
Speaker
Those that you noticed came off the cuff. Who would you invite to dinner? I'd go stone cold for the same reasons you said and then I go Bret Hart and probably JR and just Chill out have some steaks or something and just drink beer and talk wrestling all night long Well, yeah, I mean I was trying to think outside the wrestling world because all we do is talk about wrestling So I was yeah people else would you what else was there to talk about?
02:12:14
Speaker
He has a point there. That's true. You don't have to talk when you're Zac Efron. Okay. You just have to, you just have to like, you know, just grease your body up and just walk around. Um, so this, this one, the last one comes in from, um, our buddy, Zach Hertzler. He said, if you could change any moment in wrestling history, which moment would it be and why? So.
02:12:37
Speaker
I'll keep it lighthearted. I'll avoid the, uh, you know, dark. That's what I was going to say. So let's kind of DQ that one. Cause that one's no fun. Um, I'm going to say star K 97.
Missed Opportunities in Wrestling History
02:12:48
Speaker
You know, I don't know.
02:12:50
Speaker
There's multiple stories, depending on if you talk to Sting or if you talk to Hogan or if you talk to Eric Bischoff on exactly what went wrong on that. But that was such a shoo-in for just to be such a payoff for a storyline. They executed that storyline so well from the start of the NWO to Sting kind of getting turned on by the fans and then becoming the vigilante up in the Raptors for literally over a year. They didn't rush it. They let it play out. And it was just at a true fever pitch
02:13:19
Speaker
And then they just bossed it by just making this molded up ending. All you gotta do is have Steen come out, kick Hogan's ass, and win the belt. And so I think if I could go back and change any moment in the rest of the history, it'd be that.
02:13:29
Speaker
I think we would, I really think that Star K-97 not going off how it was supposed to was kind of the beginning of the end for WCW. And I think that we would be in a lot better place as wrestling fans and just the wrestling industry as a whole, if WCW would have never went out of business and was still going strong today. So if I could change one moment, it would be Star K-97's main event. What about you, Marco? Oh man, there's so many, that's actually a really good one. Um,
02:13:58
Speaker
I was going to say the Montreal screw job, but I'll go a little bit past that, and I'm probably going to go with the WrestleMania match with Booker T and Triple H, and probably have Booker T win the title since they had that whole, the program of him being kind of like the underdog.
02:14:18
Speaker
him not being good enough to be in the WWE and him not being a sports entertainer and all that stuff. And obviously we won't go into the other stuff that that storyline was about. But, uh, yeah, I think, I think they kind of messed up not having him, uh, with the title at that moment and have that, like that WrestleMania moment for him. Um, if he's seen any interviews, he doesn't, he thinks nothing of any, you know, he's just glad that he had the opportunity to perform at WrestleMania and stuff like that. Um, but a lot of people agree that he should have won the world title.
02:14:48
Speaker
At that moment just to put him over as a major star as well and probably kind of kill any type of WCW invasion stuff that happened that would probably would have erased a lot of that stuff if he did when it would have legitimized him even more as one of their bigger stars but obviously that didn't happen but yeah that's that's one of the ones I would go back and probably rewrite.
02:15:12
Speaker
Well, I was going to say, I always think the Montreal screw job was a good choice. Not because of, you know, just Brett getting screwed over, but it ties into kind of what Seth was talking about earlier, getting, getting a little deeper here. Um, I wonder if that would have even happened with Owen if Brett would have still been in the WWF. You know what I mean? Like it would have just.
02:15:32
Speaker
he wouldn't have been doing all that freaking blue blazer stuff. And none of that would have even been a thing. So, you know, had the Montreal screw job not happened, you know, I mean, I believe everybody's got a day and everybody's, you know, going to meet their fate some way or another, but it makes you wonder if that hadn't happened. What would have been Owen's fate in the, in the WWF? But on a lighter note, if we could go in light of like the time of year, Halloween Havoc 92, we could have had like a Texas death match. I quit match.
02:15:59
Speaker
But we got a coal miners glow on a pole match. Yeah. That could have been a much better match than it actually was. So I would probably change that. Anything
Closing Remarks and Listener Engagement Encouragement
02:16:10
Speaker
else? Was that it, Shane? That is all of our listener mail for last week.
02:16:14
Speaker
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02:16:33
Speaker
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02:17:03
Speaker
week.