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Elimination Chamber Preview
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We preview the big show for this weekend and discuss every match at Saturday night’s Elimination Chamber! Plus figure talk and one of the most raunchy Listener Mail segments ever!
Note: Jordan managed to somehow break the space-time continuum during the Beverage Break segment so there is some minor technical difficulties but they pass quickly!
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Transcript
Welcome and Episode Preview
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to the Chick Foley Show.
00:00:23
Speaker
What is up, Foley fam? We are back with another episode of the award-winning Chick Foley Show podcast. We're going to be previewing Elimination Chamber, talking some AEW, talking some wrestling figures, and catching you up on all things Chick Foley. Before we go any further, let me start by introducing the stars of the show. Sheena, how you doing?
00:00:41
Speaker
doing good. I wanted to wish all the Foley fam a happy Valentine's Day because I love all of you guys. We just passed Valentine's Day. We were supposed to record yesterday but I messed up our schedule so we are here tonight on February 15th recording this but I wanted to give a happy belated Valentine's Day to all of our Foley fam.
00:00:58
Speaker
Yeah, Sheena pulled a HBK and 96 on us and just no show at the last second. We had nobody at a main event, so we were calling Trey for My Damn Toys. We were calling Squirt Circle Photography. Dan Turanquist. Couldn't find another headliner, and we'd refuse to go on with just a bunch of mid-carders like me, Marco, and Jordan.
Recent Wrestling Highlights
00:01:19
Speaker
But speaking of which, Marco, how are you doing, man? I'm doing fine.
00:01:24
Speaker
It's a it's been it's been a while. If I feel like it's really I haven't spoken to you guys in forever and I can't I can't wait to get into some elimination chamber talk. It has been a long two weeks, man. I think it's because wrestling has been a little bit slow the last couple of weeks and that's why we didn't talk last week. We were kind of starting to get get a show together and we're like, there's really nothing to discuss because they really were on the slow road to WrestleMania this year. Yeah, Jordan, what's up out in Nebraska?
00:01:51
Speaker
Oh, you know, just busy being a mid Carter here on Sunday night heat, opening up the show this week against S.A. Rios, you know, just just doing things out here. No, it's it's been a good week. It was about 70 degrees here on Tuesday and now it's going to snow tonight. So real great. Everything's great. You know, sadly, man, I feel like those like curtain jerkers on Sunday night heat back in the day got bigger pops than most of the like upper mid Carter's nowadays.
00:02:20
Speaker
Oh, definitely. Oh, yeah. Well, yeah, that's right. It was the crowd was hot every night. And everybody was over, man. Like everybody freaking had something going on. But we'll save the nostalgia for the attitude era. Some other time. Sheena, tell us what's new on the farm.
00:02:35
Speaker
So we did get in the last two weeks, we got a few new additions to the farm. So I went to our local feed store and got some of their chicks. They got their first batch of chicks in. So I got seven new day old baby chicks then. So now they're like a week and a half old. Kids got name picked out. We got Wednesday. We got Enid.
00:02:57
Speaker
We got a brick, wood glue, like on Wednesday. No, not brick, just brick. He picked out wood glue was another name he picked out from somewhere in his brain. There was something else I can't remember. Voodoo. Yeah. I think we had eggs and more tissue. And more tissue. Yeah. The kids are big into Adam's family right now.
00:03:23
Speaker
Big, big Adams family marks over here. Yeah, so that's the biggest news. Our eggs are still haven't hatched under our broody chicken. So we're still waiting. Maybe next week is probably four new additional baby chicks also. Yeah. So new chicks on the farm. They'd have one egg break that had like a
00:03:41
Speaker
Yeah, it was my first time. Yeah. So sometimes it just happens when a broody hen is in the nest. Like sometimes the eggs can just, she's a little chicken too. So she's not as, she's really got to kind of eat it to move the eggs around and stuff. So sometimes they can accidentally break. Yeah, they can
Social Media and Collaborations
00:03:55
Speaker
accidentally break. So one accidentally broke and it was like partially developed on the inside. So I was like doing like an examination cause I'd never seen like, you know, a partially developed, you know, fetal egg. So, uh, yeah, it was pretty, pretty wicked.
00:04:07
Speaker
I tried to talk Sheena into dropping it in the air fryer for like 10 minutes and it looked like some garlic powder, so let's see what happens. Wow. What do you think? You wouldn't eat that, dude? You don't think that'd be the most tender chicken ever? It probably would, but it had been a little bit rolled around in the nesting box, so it had a little bit of chicken funk on it. It's been dry aged. Things are always better when they've been rolled around in a box. Yeah. All right, Sheena, on that note, Remind the listeners where they can find you guys on social media.
00:04:36
Speaker
You can find me on Instagram at Chick Foley, Marco running the Twitter machine over at Chick Foley show. Most importantly, you can find all of the links to all of our partners and our podcast brethren at Pod Foundation at Chick Foley.com. Yeah, we actually just bid farewell to one of our fellow Pod Foundation brethren tonight, Hawk from
00:04:55
Speaker
the turnbuckle tavern. We went to a fine local establishment known as Buffalo Wild Wings and sent him on down the road. He's been in Memphis working on Young Rock for the last six months. Yeah, since July. So yeah, pretty cool that he got to work on Young Rock and he got to be in the Memphis area. We got to hang out with him several times while he was here. He got to go watch SmackDown Live with us back in December. Was it December?
00:05:19
Speaker
No, it was January. First SmackDown of the year. Yeah, first SmackDown of the year. So yeah, we've had a fun time with Hawk being nearby. So farewell to Hawk. I'm sure he'll be back around sometime. He said he might get a job in Nashville, so he'll still be in the greater Tennessee area. And we had invited Jordan because it was Hawk's farewell, but it was also the wrap party for the season of longfalls on the Turbocal Taverns YouTube channel if you want to listen to
00:05:43
Speaker
Uh, some of me and Jordan's football talk like that's, uh, throughout the year, you can go back and check out some of the back episodes. It gets pretty spicy on there. I want to remind you guys, use code chick Foley to save 10% at ringside collectibles on all your figure purchases. Uh, I think that's it for housekeeping. Anybody got any other, uh, plug skis they need to drop before we get into elimination chamber? Of course. No, you know, you got to watch the raw down tomorrow night. Eight o'clock will be, uh, eight o'clock on the turnbuckle tab. We'll be previewing, uh,
00:06:12
Speaker
Elimination Chamber and probably me and J-Bone will be beating up Young Anthony, so tune in
Brock Lesnar's Matches and Predictions
00:06:20
Speaker
because he deserves it. Aw, leave Young Anthony alone. I like Young Anthony. No, he deserves it. He's pompous. All right, let's get into the Elimination Chamber preview.
00:06:32
Speaker
Starting off with just a good old fashioned grudge match, Brock Lesnar versus Bobby Lashley. Shane, what do you think with this view? Is this going to be the final chapter or is this going to be a setup for something at Mania? I mean, I can't imagine that it's going to be the final chapter. It's literally just a straight on like singles match. I mean, I know they each have like one up on each other, so this is kind of like the grudge match.
00:06:53
Speaker
There's like no, I thought there'd just be something a little more crazy on the line. You know what I mean? Um, some sort of gimmick match, but it's just a straight up singles. Yeah. Back when, uh, back when fast lane was still around and it was really.
00:07:06
Speaker
like presented is like the straight up like WrestleMania preview show. They would do this sometimes. You'd see, you know, an advertised match basically devolve into an angle to set up something at mania. So I could see it. What do you think, Jordan? Are we going to get this match or is it going to set up something for for L.A. down the road? I mean, you got to assume they run this back one more time after this. I could see a Smosh finish or just like a complete double disqualification. Like they beat the shit out of each other with chairs or something. I don't know. I just I don't feel like it's ending.
00:07:35
Speaker
this weekend yeah i was i was shocked this was even on the elimination chamber card because i thought this was like a shoe in for a mania match
00:07:42
Speaker
Yeah, my spidey since tell me something goes down. Personally, I'm kind of, I'm kind of burned out on this one, man. I don't really feel the need to even see it this Saturday, but you know, it is still a huge match on paper. And I can't imagine that this close to mania, they're going to pivot to something else. Um, if they did Marco, man, hit us with some fantasy bookings. Let's say they do tie a bow on this storyline at elimination chamber. Who do you want to see Brock face at WrestleMania?
00:08:06
Speaker
I think all roads point to, no pun intended, Gunther. They had that little stare down at Royal Rumble. That'll just be a brutal match. In the vein of Seamus and Gunther, I think they'll just beat the crap out of each other. I think Brock versus pretty much the whole Imperium by himself is pretty entertaining to watch. Hopefully, they go down that road.
00:08:34
Speaker
Yeah, that would be pretty sweet. I know that was the rumor a couple of months ago that they had penciled in Gunther and Brock going head to head. And what a way to just solidify Gunther. He's already got the longest intercontinental championship title rate since I think something like the year 2000 or something like that.
00:08:50
Speaker
So that would be pretty dang cool. And you could, you know, you could have Gunther go over clean or like you said, you got some ways out where you could have Gunther wind, but still keep Brock looking strong with Imperium interference. So that'd be pretty badass. How about you, Jordan? You got anybody else you think that they could get Brock set up with for mania? I mean,
00:09:07
Speaker
dude, anybody that gets to wrestle Brock at mania is automatically in a big match. So I can see them having, uh, one of the younger guys wrestling. Um, I would love to see him and Rollins wrestle at mania. I think that'd be awesome. But I mean, obviously I think they're going to be something different with Rollins, but I mean, just fantasy book. And I would like to see him in Rollins again. What about you, Shane?
00:09:31
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with those two. I mean, Rollins or, or Gunther. I mean, when there, there was rumors that he was going to fight stone cold Steve Austin, right? So I think, uh, was that for this year? Yeah.
Judgment Day and Mixed Tag Matches
00:09:40
Speaker
Yeah. So, I mean, you know that, I mean, that could be something they'd literally just throw together at the last minute. Cause I mean, stone cold, I mean, he don't need a lot of bills. Literally he could just come out the night of mania, um, and show up. So yeah. Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. I remember they were, uh,
00:09:56
Speaker
They kind of teased that when Paul Heyman went on the Steve Austin show back before WrestleMania 32 in Texas. I don't know. I'm wondering what they're going to do with Stone Cold. I'm still stunned that he didn't, again, no pun intended, that he didn't show up at the Royal Rumble with all those workout videos and stuff he was sharing. It just seemed natural that we were going to see him there. Maybe the man just wants to get in shape. Maybe he just wants to feel good. No, I feel that.
00:10:20
Speaker
he was definitely being very public about him more than he'd ever been in years on his social media and stuff. I think they're rumored. He was really in talks about doing it. It takes a while to get ready for those things. I'm sure he was trying to make sure that if it did come to pass, he was prepared. It's not something that you can just take three weeks and get back into ring shape.
00:10:41
Speaker
Yeah, so let's make predictions. Let's assume that this match does go off as advertised. I think Brock's got to win. Like you said, anybody going up against him at mania has got to be, has got to be looking strong. I think we see Brock get the win here. Assuming this match happens. Yeah, I'm going with Brock. Yeah, Jordan, I'm not making any picks. We got fully pixeling and I'm
00:11:00
Speaker
right in the dead of the playoffs picture. I ain't making any face. I am too. I'm on the freaking bubble, dude. I'm like right there at the bottom. There's no way I'm telling you guys my picks. Screw you guys. Just because you pick here doesn't mean these are your official picks. I can't tell you how many times I've picked things here and changed them up. We always have a disclaimer. These can be your kayfabe picks, man. Yeah. You're not locked into these for Foley picks league, so you can even use this for a little misdirection if you hunt. All right, man. I'm calling a hillbilly gym running them in that case.
00:11:29
Speaker
I'm going with Brock on this one. Judging from Monday Night Raw, it seemed like Bobby Lashley was a heel in this. I don't know what they're... I mean, maybe it was just a crowd just turning on Bobby Lashley a little bit, but yeah, I'm going to go with Brock. I don't know. Brock's a babyface, dude. True. I think Brock's just been so entertaining. I think people just love seeing Brock, so they're leaning into it, man. Why make him a heel?
00:11:53
Speaker
All right, let's go to the mixed tag match. We got Judgment Day, Finn, and Rhea Ripley going up against the grit couple. I hate that game. I'm so lame. I just can't. Yeah, the grits couple. The grits. Not in on this one. Jordan, give me a reason to care about this match.
00:12:11
Speaker
And I wish I could give you a reason cause I don't care about it either. I like edging Beth Phoenix just fine. But yeah, I mean, dude, Ria's wrestling Charlotte for the title in a month. And we've got her in this match. Like, nah, I'm good on this one. I mean, surely this is just a set up like fin and edge for mania, right? That's literally, uh, probably, but don't call me Shirley.
00:12:30
Speaker
Yeah, I think I see I feel like this would be more fun if they would have made it Dom and Ria again Yeah, that's what I thought I'd be more excited for and then you get and then you could pivot to to fin for mania What are you guys say Marco? Yeah, I was gonna say I think
00:12:45
Speaker
You know, with, with, I think the one reason you should be watching it is obviously because of mommy. I mean, that's one of the main reasons, right? That you should be watching this match for me. Come on. Yeah. She's by far the most interesting part of judgment day, right? Yeah. Come on. I mean, you got to assume and Ray are going to interfere in this match at some point. Yeah.
00:13:02
Speaker
Yeah, that's, that's my thought. Cause I feel like they're going to interfere and then the grit couple are going to get the, get the wind. Cause they, I mean, they can't get a clean wind because they still got to get Rhea, like have a, have a nice push and have the momentum in her favor to go to mania. But I do think they can't have edge and Beth lose this one. I think it's just. Yeah. Cause we got two mania matches coming out of this whole, uh, this whole setup here. Cause we know we're going to get Ray and Dom at mania and supposedly we're going to get edge and fin and hell in the cell, which should be pretty bad. Hmm.
00:13:32
Speaker
Maybe they can make it a tag team home to sell this time together. Just run back thin and calm against Edge and Rey Mysterio. Oh, man. I mean, it'd be cool if they got that match before. I don't know if.
00:13:43
Speaker
I don't know if Dom can go solo at WrestleMania, man, and deliver even if it's against Ray. Yeah. I don't think they could even think he goes like, you know, go with Rhea and this. That's why they don't, that's why they put Finn with her. Final picks. I'm saying Judgment Day wins with Rhea getting the pin over Beth Phoenix. That's my prediction. I think the grits are coming over. Jordan. I'm going with the grips as well. Okay.
00:14:09
Speaker
I'm gonna go with Judgment Day. I don't know if you can have Rhea going into WrestleMania looking soft there, so I think she's gonna get the win. Okay, let's go to our last non-elimination chamber match.
00:14:25
Speaker
Well, actually we'll say that one for Dan. This is going to be the main event. So we'll, we'll get into the chamber, the women's chamber match. I have no read on this whatsoever. Jordan, you're the women's wrestling expert. We're who, who out of this freaking, uh, this Motley crew of ladies we got coming in is going to go face Bianca Belair at media. I mean, I think this one's pretty obvious. I think Oscar is going to win this hands down. Nobody else. Oscar and Bianca is going to be awesome. So yeah, I don't even think any of the other ladies even have a chance.
00:14:53
Speaker
No, I think Oscar is just going to run rough shot through the freaking through through all of them dude and eliminate everybody. I'd say live if you know, if it wasn't for the winner going to face Bianca at Mania, I'd say Liv Morgan would have an outside shot just because she seems to be somebody that they feel like.
00:15:08
Speaker
They can kind of heat up in a moment's notice and just put her back in a main event slot. But yeah, Oscar's got all the buzz since she came back at, at the rumble. Um, and they just threw Natalia in for the Canadian factor. It's just like, I don't understand. And then Carmella, I don't know. She has no business. Yeah. She has no business in this match. I mean, Raquel, like, you know, obviously they have plans for Raquel in the future. They're going to be the workhorses of the match. And then Oscar's going to come in and kick ass. Um,
00:15:34
Speaker
Marco man, what do you think? How do you like Austin's chances against Bianca Beller mania? Man, I don't know. I mean Bianca has that you know, she's on that like she's on a long reign right now
00:15:46
Speaker
Yeah, he's almost got like a Roman thing going where I don't know if Oscar is like a really cool challenger for a month. I feel like it's going to take something a little bit more long term, though, to take her down. Yeah. And I think I mean, I think Bianca, I mean, when that match does happen, I think I think Bianca wins just to solidify her more as a as a dominant women's champion.
00:16:07
Speaker
Oscar will put up a good fight, obviously. But I think I think they just it's still with Bianca right now. She's companies behind her. And I don't think you can take the belt off of her this this early. Yeah. What do you think she? Oh, yeah. I mean, I think I think it's going to be her and Oscar, but I don't think Oscar has a chance in hell of beating Bianca. Yeah. Bianca definitely feels like she's on that that like Becky Lynch and Charlotte level right now, as far as where the company holds her at.
00:16:34
Speaker
All right, Jordan, so you say in 100% lock, Oscar wins this thing. Yeah, and I don't necessarily agree that she's gonna lose at WrestleMania, dude. She really needs a big WrestleMania win. I'm pretty sure she's never won at WrestleMania, if I remember right. True, but she's one of those people like they've never allowed her to have
00:16:53
Speaker
The moment so i'm like it's like the brain thing where i'm like i keep hoping and keep hoping and then it just never pans out so it's like i'm tired of bedding on oscar you know and they have given us the momentum we are seeing shades of like nxt oscar yeah as of late but it's not i mean it's i don't think it's enough to take down the est.
00:17:11
Speaker
They, they could get there. It's going to take a lot of work over the next six weeks though, just because Bianca's on another level or they can just say screw it, man. And have it in this wherever Oscar could turn heel. That could be something too. She could cheat to win. It's
Elimination Chamber Predictions
00:17:23
Speaker
always a thing. She's already got the best. Yeah. So what she, so let's see. So at WrestleMania 34, she lost to, um, she lost to Charlotte. She lost the streak. I don't remember doing anything significant at 35. I think she was in the battle Royal.
00:17:37
Speaker
The performance center mania. I don't think she was on the card 36. She lost the belt to rhea rippley, right? Isn't she going to lost a rear rippley that year? WrestleMania 37. I thought Oscar was the champ going in and lost the belt to rear rippley. Well, let me look up. Yeah, I think you're right. And then last year, what was she doing last year at mania? Anything? Um,
00:18:03
Speaker
Good question. Nothing memorable, right? Yeah, obviously nothing memorable. So two high profile losses. Yeah, Jordan's right. Maybe she doesn't need that signature moment. Like I said, they could get there, but it's definitely going to take it. If the match was happening this Saturday, I would have seen each other. Yeah, re-repleased if he did Oscar. Good call, Seth. It's what I'm here for. All right. Anybody got any kind of upset pick on this? Are we all on the Oscar train?
00:18:25
Speaker
Oscar. Nobody's ready for Oscar. Nobody. All right. Let's go to the United States championship elimination chamber match. Um, kind of same thing, man. I'm thinking about taking out Austin theory. I think he's rolling in the mania with that belt.
00:18:40
Speaker
Yeah, I do too. Real quick. I just wanted to update. She was not on the card at WrestleMania 38. Asuka was not. So if you're, if you were tracking, um, yeah, I think Austin theory is going to win this. Obviously Seth, Seth is a contender always, but I think his, his view with Logan Paul is, I mean, it's already, you know, a stone cold lead pipe lock into mania. So there's really no reason for him to win here.
00:19:06
Speaker
But I mean, he could go with, anyway, I mean, Johnny Gargano, he needs something because, I mean, he hasn't done really anything since he's joined the main roster. Bronson Reed's new, you know, new-ish here and maybe Damian Priest for the Judgment Day. Maybe they want everybody to hold all the, the Judgment Day to hold all the gold, you know, that can- It's only gonna be one of them though at the end of the night. Well, true, but I mean, eventually they're building, you know, they're, well, they can have Rhea, you know? Sure, he's not fighting Tomania.
00:19:33
Speaker
Oh, I mean, yeah, so they're building. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah. She's seen us trying. She's not a Triple H guy around the payroll. She's trying to build us up. I don't see any of these guys taking the belt, man. Like I said, Seth would be in there, but I don't really see them putting him and Logan for the belt. I just don't think they need it. No. I think Austin Theory rolls in this, man. I think it's going to be a badass match. All six of these guys can really go.
00:20:00
Speaker
I think Austin Theory comes out. What are you thinking, Marco? I was thinking that Seth Rollins would win and then the match at Mania with him and Logan Paul would be for the United States Championship just to piss people off and have Logan Paul win and have him take that title everywhere on his social media accounts, all that stuff, because I can definitely see WWE doing that.
00:20:24
Speaker
But yeah, the more it draws close, it does look like Awesome Theory. He looks way too, you know, strong in order to lose his title at this point. So yeah, I think he's just going to win.
00:20:36
Speaker
All right, Jordan. So we're thinking Austin's going to win. Seth's going to be facing Logan Paul, these other four guys, man, Johnny Gargano, Bronson Reed, priest and Montes Ford. I'm thinking all four of these guys end up in the Andre the giant battle royale. What do you think? Are any of these guys getting a WrestleMania match, a proper WrestleMania match this year? No. And I hate it for Montes Ford because I really feel like he should get one.
00:21:00
Speaker
I feel like he's just in a holding pattern right now. I feel like they know it's time to break up Street Profits and stuff, but I think they're just waiting to pull the trigger. I really think maybe once Roman's kind of out of the way a little bit. Yeah, I was going to say, if they break up the Street Profits now, it's just going to live in the shadow of the bloodline imploding. I think they got to wait for their moment where that storyline already has a bow on it, and then they're going to give us Montes and break up the Street Profits.
00:21:30
Speaker
Yeah, Montez Ford's definitely got the brightest future out of these guys. Gargano, I'm not really sure what he's doing, man. I mean, obviously the dude can go. He's one of the best wrestlers in the world, but he's just been treated as kind of almost like a comedy act since he's been back on the main roster.
Cody Rhodes and WrestleMania Build-Up
00:21:45
Speaker
I mean, he really took that comedy act to the next level when he was in, you know, NXT, when he was doing the whole, uh, with, uh, what's her name? Oh my gosh. Dexter Loomis his wife. Yeah, it was cool. But yeah, that wasn't the, uh, you know, the peak was when he was having the crazy matches with Adam Cole and stuff and Champa 55 near falls a match.
00:22:04
Speaker
I don't know that we haven't seen that kind on a long time now and me and Sheena are getting some weather over here We're reporting right by the window and it's some serious rain and lightning So you guys might pick up some of that sound on the show. Hopefully our holler net holds up and show tonight So Jordan Margot if we get disconnected, we will we'll be in touch man. We'll just keep going like you guys are still here Keep talking if you can I think it will let you guys keep going and we should be able to jump back in but and we'll figure it out All right. Let's go to the main event
00:22:36
Speaker
Roman Reigns versus Sami Zayn. Sheena, is there any chance Sami walks out with a belt on Saturday night? I mean, there's a chance. There's always a chance. Is there a great chance? No. But there's a chance. I mean, dude, the Cody and Sami promo had me believing, you know? Like, I thought it was so emotional, so amazing. I mean, I don't think there's any way that
00:23:05
Speaker
Cody Rhodes is not in the main event of WrestleMania. So it's either going to be, you know, Sammy or Roman. And I think the likelihood of it being Sammy is slim to none, but.
00:23:14
Speaker
I got to give a shout out to Cody. I'm still not a fan. He just doesn't do it for me, but it was a bold move for WWE to put those guys in the ring together. Um, and could you take the risk on the crowd just rejecting Cody? I mean all about Sammy, but it seemed like, you know, the crowd was cheering for both those guys. I think that was the perfect way to do it. I think that was, I think that was just, yeah, that was just perfection way to handle that. Because again, like we had talked about on the show, you know, a couple of weeks ago,
00:23:40
Speaker
Like the likelihood of them turning on Cody was big because everybody wants Sammy or Jay or they want this bloodline storyline to play out. But I think the way Cody presented it with like, you know, I'm going to finish my story. You're going to finish yours. It was just like, okay, we're getting the best of both worlds. You know what I mean? We're going to get it all. So, um, you know, shout out to Cody.
00:24:00
Speaker
And there was definitely a clear positive sign for those of us that were worried that Vince was going to get back involved in creative. They never would have done this before. If you had this type of situation before, and we've seen it during a few mania builds over the last decade, if you got a baby face who's a little bit hotter than the guy they're pushing for the main event, they typically keep those guys as far away as possible just to avoid that situation. Yeah, I think... Oh, good.
00:24:22
Speaker
I think they did it perfect too because it's not like Cody's fighting his way into WrestleMania. He's already solidified. He won the Royal Rumble. He's gonna face whoever, that's how they're playing it out and that's how it looks like. Whoever steps in the ring at WrestleMania, that's who he's facing, whether it be Sami Zayn or Roman Reigns. I think that's how they kind of presented that promo. And in kayfabe, I'm sure Cody was like,
00:24:49
Speaker
You know, damn, I hope Sammy wins this so that he can face Sammy, you know, and really, really nail home his, uh, his world championship title run. I thought Cody's, I thought Cody's promos the last couple of weeks. The one with Heyman was excellent. The one with, um, Sammy was excellent. So he's done, he's done an amazing job building.
00:25:09
Speaker
this mania match with Roman Reigns. I'm here for it. I think what they're doing too is they're kind of focusing off of ending Roman Reigns' long reign type of deal. It's basically like Cody's focus is to win the championship. Have you noticed that they haven't mentioned that Cody will be the first person if he faces Roman Reigns to end his long? They're making it so he's there just to take his titles. He doesn't care about
00:25:35
Speaker
How long he's been champion. He just wants those belts and I think that's that's the way you book it and the same They did the same thing with Sammy Zane. He's not there to end Roman Reigns long rainy day for a blood feud So they're booking it the the perfect way. So the crowd won't technically, you know, you know teeter on either either way But um, yeah, I've been enjoying these uh, the Sammy and Cody uh
00:25:59
Speaker
You know, both storylines, how they run parallel with with Roman is pretty, pretty awesome. I like how they're presenting is almost like, you know, Romans almost like Thanos, man. And it's not going to be necessarily like just one person that takes him down. Right. Like Sammy, like KO kind of fired the first shot and Sammy's coming in and putting another freaking crack in the armor.
00:26:18
Speaker
And then I think it's going to be Jay Uso that hits like the final blow to set up Cody to win this thing. Jordan, I know you're all aboard the Cody Vader all the way to the top floor, man. How are you digging the road so far? This story they're telling us between Roman and Cody and Sammy. I mean, the last two weeks, like everyone else has said, have been incredible. The Cody and Paul Heyman thing was
00:26:43
Speaker
I never expected that. Like I was so invested in that. And I am not a Cody fan, dude. I just, I don't know, man. The dude just.
00:26:52
Speaker
To me, he just strikes me as a mid-card dude. But I mean, they've made him feel really special these past two weeks, which I mean, props to them, dude, because they needed to make him feel special for me to believe even a chance of winning. I mean, for him to end Roman's reign, which we all assume that's where we're headed. I feel like they really needed to build him up and make him feel special. And I think they've done an excellent job these last two weeks and make him feel like that.
00:27:21
Speaker
They definitely did that. And I mean, obviously I'm, I'm prone to getting worked and I don't know if those were all fake tears on, um, you know, the, the Heyman Cody promo, obviously all Cody, all Cody tears are real. Let's be, let's be honest. So that was something him in.
00:27:36
Speaker
Ted DiBiase Jr., you know, they were really tight. They were in legacy and stuff when they were first coming out. They both actually went and took acting classes and stuff just to kind of up their game, so. Well, I mean, maybe I'm getting worked, but yeah, the tears and the choking up of Paul Heyman and the emotional, personal touches that were in that promo, I mean, they got me, dude. I was like, okay, I'm here for this hook line and sinker, dude. Like, yeah, like you said, Jordan, they made Cody feel like a big deal. They made it feel like,
00:28:04
Speaker
Cody's purpose is like worthy of taking down Roman Reigns, you know? I'm not gonna, I really like to. And this has nothing to do with my feelings about Roman Reigns or anything, but him not being on TV the past couple of weeks. I just feel like it's making this so much more special. Like he's above coming to show up and talk to Cody about their WrestleMania match. That's kind of just what it feels like. I love that he always sends Heyman out there to
00:28:29
Speaker
to do his dirty work and talk to Cody. And this week we have the Sammy one. I love it, dude. I think they're doing a great job with this because I think they need to avoid having Cody and Roman in the ring too many times before WrestleMania.
WrestleMania Predictions and Analysis
00:28:42
Speaker
Cause yeah, I'm telling you, man, every time that I'm going to see Cody next to Roman, all I'm going to picture is man, Roman's really going to help this mid Carter out here. So the less of it,
00:28:56
Speaker
Almost think dude at this point man. I have kind of the same sentiment, dude. I think maybe even just go Totally against the grain and don't even have them in the same ring until mania man think about how big it would be Yeah, we never even saw them go face. I could be here for that 100 at a minimum Maybe you do the contract signing like the raw before the show just give us like a tiny little taste You know, I feel like some of the best mania matches we've had you haven't seen the guys interact like they about warrior and Hogan they barely even
00:29:23
Speaker
had any interactions before their big match at WrestleMania 6. I think that'd be a really cool way to deal with it. And one of them's likely to say something that could just totally just like, they could Adam Cole the situation where, you know, Adam Cole literally just killed Karrion Kross, you know what I mean with this promo. And it could be a situation like that where one of them just like crosses the line and it's like,
00:29:44
Speaker
oh yeah yeah you are kind of a bomb you know what i mean like you are kind of a big part of it yeah you're not worthy of being here wise man they're sending stardust to take me out yeah oh dude yes if he drops the stardust card yeah that's it oh so apparently you guys haven't seen you know robin range is on tech talk right have you seen this
00:30:02
Speaker
You haven't seen his TikTok video where he just buries both Sammy and Cody? No. So the TikTok starts with them and the ring together for Monday, going, do you think I can beat him and all this stuff? And then Cody's like, yes, I think you can. And then it cuts to Roman, and he's just like, so both of you guys have to have a pep rally?
00:30:24
Speaker
to each other and convince each other that you could beat me. He's like, that's not gonna happen with some shit like that. Yeah, you know, I think those things are really good and those things are well reserved for social media and TikTok versus like when they're on TV, like if they were face to face and one of them said something like that, it hits different, you know? And like, you know, we're the hardest core of the hardest core wrestling fans that there are and we didn't see that TikTok. You know what I mean? So like, not everybody is tuning in.
00:30:54
Speaker
and watching that kind of stuff. But people are going to be tuning in to watch Raw. People are going to be tuning in to watch SmackDown. And I think if something like that happens on TV before Mania, it could really be detrimental to the impact of the match as a whole. Yeah. I don't know, man. I'm still low-key bummed. I can see it going. They're doing a good job telling the story, but I still feel like
00:31:16
Speaker
It's just going to be, I mean, it's the closest thing we've had to the undertaker street, man, is, is this Roman, uh, title run. And I just felt like it's a little bit of a let down that it's going to end up being Cody freaking roads. Yeah. I feel that on a, on a different level. I mean, obviously I wanted it to play out where like, like we talked about a couple of weeks ago, I wanted it to play out where ultimately Jay was the one that the Thrones wrong, even though it doesn't make sense. Like Jay is not a world champion. You know what I mean? But just like.
00:31:43
Speaker
Storyline wise kayfabe wise like that's that's where the story really mostly makes sense, right? Yeah, and just look at the last so the last title rain that was this long was Hulk Hogan from 1980 January 84 to To February 88, right? He's the he's the champ and he loses the belt in the most watched wrestling match of all time in an absolute classic angle and
00:32:05
Speaker
where the Million Dollar Man paid the ref to have plastic surgery to become an identical twin and Andre the Giant beats Hogan for the belt. That's held up over 36 years at this point, man. I feel like when we look back 10 years from now at this awesome ring by Roman and you ask like, hey, how did it end again? Oh yeah, Cody Rhodes beat WrestleMania. It's going to be like,
00:32:28
Speaker
whatever. Cause I'm sure, I'm sure it's going to be a cool moment, but I don't see Cody holding the belt past SummerSlam. Yeah. Cody, I don't think Cody is going to be a long-term champion. I mean, as sad as that is to say, I think he's definitely going to be, I mean, he'll have a meaningful title run, but it's going to be short. Yeah. I see Cody. I see those, those tears turn into booze from one too many cornball Cody promos. Yeah. I see baby face. Seth Rollins taking that belt at SummerSlam. I don't see anyone doing any long range after Roman loses his titles. They're all be short pretty much.
00:32:56
Speaker
Yeah, we're definitely go back to the traditional like, you know, three to four month runs like we had there for a while.
00:33:01
Speaker
All right. Um, I'm excited for the show. I'm really pumped for it. I do think, you know, it's, it's five minutes. It should be an easy watch. It's kind of similar to the, uh, we say that we said that for the, uh, for the rumble and it ended up being like, rumble was ridiculous. I still don't know how that happened. Time wise. I thought we were, we all thought the rumble was going to be back to like a three hour show, but that was, they had some serious timing. Hopefully they don't have Morgan wall and come out and like do a concert. You know, that'd be pretty cool. You don't like Hardy. You didn't like the hardy. Uh,
00:33:26
Speaker
Listen, let me tell you, I love Hardy. I love Hardy as an artist. That performance, like that was a terrible decision by WWE. One, that's just not, that's just not a way Hardy should be performing. Two, like, no, there was no reason at like 11 o'clock or whatever, like Hardy should have been gearing up to start a song. As he's drunk already. I mean, the guy drinking all day. Yeah.
00:33:50
Speaker
Are you guys picking up any of this weather on the mic? Is any of it coming through, guys? We've heard some wind, but it's not bad. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah, it sounds like the Undertaker's about to make a speaking answer. Yeah, it's just a little mood setting. Okay, I just wanted to check to make sure I was going to turn down the game a little bit on the mic. All right, let's do a final check. All right, we'll go from one to four elimination chamber pods. How excited are you for the show Saturday Night Machine? I'm a four potter. I think I'm a three potter.
00:34:14
Speaker
I'm not, none of the other, the, the, the mixed tag and Brock and Bobby are doing it for me. So I'm giving it three pots. Jordan. I'm going to go. And this is full disclosure. The show before WrestleMania to me is always just kind of a wasted show. So I'm going to go too. I do feel like it's going to be good. The problem is, is I don't feel like it's going to accomplish that much outside of Oscar winning the women's chamber match.
AEW Current State and Expectations
00:34:41
Speaker
Yeah. Marco.
00:34:43
Speaker
I'm gonna go three, I'm gonna go with you on that. I think three is a decent number for it. Yeah, it's gonna be a fun show. If you haven't already, definitely check out, it's $2 a month to get into our exclusive, our Patreon exclusive Facebook group. We always have a live thread going for these big shows and it's a ton of fun. It feels like you're watching the show with, you know. All your buddies. Yeah, 50, 60, your best friends. All right, let's hear from the two bad chads and then we're gonna do a kind of State of the Union for AEW.
00:35:12
Speaker
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00:35:42
Speaker
All right, so obviously Dividend B is definitely been the hotter company over the last six months. I feel like it's kind of what we've discussed exclusively over the last few weeks, but make no mistake, we are a equal opportunity wrestling show. We like to discuss all the different organizations, big and small out there. Want to kind of touch on AEW, man, because I got some thoughts. Let me run you guys down to this card for tonight. All right, main event is Tony Storm versus Ruby SoHo versus Britt Baker.
00:36:10
Speaker
Then you got Brian Cage versus Jungle Boy, Mox and Claudio versus Bruce and Preston Vance, Hangman versus Kip Sabian, Orange Cassidy in the Acclaim versus Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal and Satnam Singh, and Mark Brisco versus Josh Woods. Now, if you just ran me down that list of matches, I would be like, oh, that's cool, man. Rampage got extended to two hours. But this is what they're rolling out for Dynamite three weeks before one of their four paper views of the year, man.
00:36:38
Speaker
For me, it seems like pretty much since MJF has won the belt, I have been tuning in less and less to AEW where I almost forget to watch it or even like that it's happened in a lot of weeks. I just want to kind of touch base, man, like Jordan, Marco, where are you guys at with AEW right now? I feel like you're doing yourself a disservice, obviously not watching it. The first month of AEW for this year, every Wednesday night was they killed it the first four weeks.
00:37:06
Speaker
Um, last week wasn't as good. Um, I watched the majority of the night and I enjoyed it. I mean, I was definitely entertained. Um, I get where you're coming from though. I just, I, I've enjoyed MJF as a champion because just cause of what he is, he's a sniveling little shit that hides behind everything. And I enjoy that part of him.
00:37:29
Speaker
Um, and I feel like he's played that role. Well, um, him wrestling Daniel Bryan at the pay-per-view, it's going to be good. Like there's no way that match sucks.
00:37:40
Speaker
Um, I've enjoyed the Briscoe stuff and now I see tonight they officially signed and marked Briscoe AWW, which is pretty cool. So I don't know, man, I've enjoyed AWW still. It's definitely not at its peak right now, but I feel like they're getting back to what it should be. And it's, they're more wrestling focus as opposed to doing all the, the stuff that they don't need to do, like leave the talking and stuff to WWE. You guys just need to wrestle and.
00:38:05
Speaker
I mean, yeah, they're still building storylines with the ladies and MJF and Daniel Bryan, but
00:38:11
Speaker
Yeah, I just, I tune into AW to watch wrestling, dude. That's what I enjoy, as Seth would say, I'm a work rate guy. So I just like watching wrestling. So I've enjoyed it still. I love to hear it, man. That's what, yeah, we're here for the contrasting viewpoints for sure. Marco, where you at on that? I'm doubling down with you, Seth. It's not good. Sometimes you gotta be honest, especially with like, I just don't, I don't think MJF needed a title.
00:38:38
Speaker
Just seeing him as a champion, I don't think he needed a championship to solidify himself. I think he was already good where he was without a championship, and I think him having the championship is actually making it a little bit worse to watch, personally. I think he should have won a championship. I think it should have just been a quick transitional champion type situation. I think he would be a great TNT champ, man. Yeah, something like that, like a midcard.
00:39:04
Speaker
Title they got like 50 50 fucking belts in a W man. They could have found a better one to give a bit Atlantic. Yeah, it's called Like heaven yeah, I guess war blow or something with for the team like that That's where it should have like kind of went is like, you know Would war blow had that TNT championship like they should have been feuding for that or something like continued on with that storyline
00:39:25
Speaker
They've had some bad timing over the last year too with you know, seeing punk getting hurt both and you know Just having a personal meltdown. Yep the second time when he won the belt and then I think maybe it would have got over a little bit better if William Regal wouldn't have immediately hightailed it out of there right after he's in this huge high-profile angle or screw mocks and
00:39:44
Speaker
for the belt, you know, that kind of, I feel like there's maybe a little bit more meat on the bill with that story. You guys know, I'm the, you know, Jordan's the king of work grade. I'm the king of kayfabe, man. So I go back to the champs and I just look at the champs in AW right now, man. You got MJF is the world champ and the freaking guns is the tag champs, which both those, they're entertaining acts, right? Good heel acts.
00:40:03
Speaker
I just, they're not even the best guys in their roster. So you got those guys tying up, you know, really the two biggest championships in the company. Meanwhile, you got the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega as the trios champs, man, where like, is there not any doubt that if you ring the bell any night of the week, any city in the world that Kenny Omega is fucking smoking MJF in a match? Yeah. Why is he tangled up in this trios situation?
00:40:25
Speaker
I don't understand. Yeah, I don't know, man. I just it's it's just kind of weird to me. And and yeah, you're right, Jordan. If I sit down and watch it, I am entertained. Right. Like, I'm never like if I can make a point to sit down and see it, I'm not like, man, this sucks. It's just there's nothing that's like making me like compelling me to tune in. You know what I mean? Yeah, I get it. And I've said this numerous times about AEW. It definitely is not for everybody. And there's been numerous times since they started that I haven't enjoyed a lot of the stuff they've done.
00:40:55
Speaker
I just, I don't know, man. I just feel like they're going back to wrestling and that's what I enjoy about AEW is the wrestling part of it. I'm not, I'm not all in on, I don't need a bunch of storyline and talking every week. I just,
00:41:07
Speaker
See, I'm a stories girl. I love the stories. I love just the building. I love the drama. I want there to be meeting when these two people get in the ring. Obviously, good wrestling is paramount, but you want there to be some skin in the game, some history, some passion, some grudge, something there to just give it a little bit of oomph.
00:41:29
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I was all in on AW. I'd say pretty much from the moment they debuted up until maybe when Vince retired, man, I was like AW over WWE. Like I always got way more excited for a big AW show and I was much more entertained by what they had going on.
00:41:44
Speaker
I just feel like it's definitely kind of waned a little bit for me over the last, uh, last couple of weeks. I mean, I still, I'm still buying all the ROH paper views. I'm paying for the AWW paper view. So I'm looking forward for revolution. Um, do we know what that card's going to look like outside of the Ironman match with MJF and Daniel Bryan? Have they announced any other matches, Jordan? As far as I know, that's the only ones they've announced so far. Um, but you got us, I mean, they got,
00:42:08
Speaker
two, three weeks basically until the pay per view. So, or two weeks. Yeah. Two weeks for next, they got two more dynamite. So yeah, they'll start firing off some matches next week. You gotta zoom. Yeah. And they always deliver. I've never felt like I got ripped off on an AW pay per view or anything. So we'll see where it goes. But like I said, we just, we haven't really discussed it a whole lot. So I at least want to do a little touch base for all the, the AW fans out there. We'll do a real quick speed round, man. Who do you guys want to see take the belt off of MJF?
00:42:38
Speaker
Daniel Bryan, duh. Daniel Bryan or Bryan Danielson? I mean, Bryan Danielson. That's my gimmick. I want the planet's champion to take that and stick it out. I'm actually rooting for him also, man, which you guys know. I've never been a huge Daniel Bryan, or, excuse me, Bryan Danielson fan either. I'm just gonna call him the American dragon from now on. That's easy. I've never been a huge dragon fan either.
00:42:56
Speaker
Um, but yeah, imagine dragon magic dragon. Anyways, I, uh, I am, I am hoping to see him take this belt so we can just move on to some, some more compelling stuff. Uh, Jordan, who do you want to see? Take the, take the strap off at MJF. Um, I'm rooting pretty hard for, uh, Adam Cole to be the one that takes it off of him. Um, I'm hoping that I'm hoping by, uh, double or nothing.
00:43:24
Speaker
that he's back. Uh, they did another interview with him tonight. It sounds like he's making progress. Um, but dude, he was saying like, he couldn't even like look straight without having headaches for a while. So, uh, yeah, it didn't sound like Adam Cole was in a good position, but it sounds like he's getting better and he definitely said he's going to wrestle again. So hopefully sooner than later. And he's the one that takes the belt off MJF. I think that'd be awesome. Yeah.
00:43:50
Speaker
Adam Cole has always looked like creative player Shawn Michaels in Trunks. I think they need to run back Shawn Michaels 1995 when he got knocked out by Owen Hart and collapsed in the ring, man. Just have him make his comeback match, right? And get knocked out. Dude.
00:44:07
Speaker
I love that. I think that's one of the best angles of all time, dude. Have, you know, have Shivani and Jim Ross and Excalibur just be in dead silence and dynamite goes off the air. Oh, I get it. That was excellent by them. But now everybody's so hurt and like all the concussions and everything. It's so uncomfortable to watch people that are already like on the verge of like career ending injury. You know what I mean? Like if, if they really did like- Everybody's telling them just go and retire, dude. Yeah. If he really did like flop like that and like made it seem like it was a real angle, like, yeah, everybody's just going to be like,
00:44:34
Speaker
Yeah, everybody's still like woke and stuff nowadays. Nowadays, you'd be a heel if you tried to come back and wrestle through concussions. Yeah. What are you thinking? You idiot. Oh yeah. I mean, Cody Rhodes has to explain himself away just for wrestling with this torn pec. He was like, I know it wasn't responsible, but it was already torn all the way off. So yeah, you have to explain yourself to the masses nowadays.
00:44:56
Speaker
All right, so we got two votes for the American Dragon, one vote for the Panama City Playboy. Marco, who are you going with to take the belt off MJF? Man, as much as we joke about this guy, and he's not the biggest, but he damn sure has the most heart, I'm gonna go with Adam Cole taking the title off of MJF. I think he's way too over, not too. I mean, he could be a huge babyface for AWW if they, you know, when he gets back in the ring anyway.
00:45:25
Speaker
Yeah, as much shit as we give Adam Cole for being small or whatever. I don't give a shit. I do think they need to quietly- Shrink the belt. Quietly resize the belt, take it down by about 10%, right? They need to just do it. If they do it gradually, people won't notice, right? If every week, the belt, they get- Shave a little bit off. Yeah, he's getting enough money to make it happen. You just need to get a bunch of smaller belts made, and over the course of 10 weeks, just a slightly smaller belt, slightly smaller belt. So that way, when Adam Cole holds it up at double or nothing, it looks in proportion.
00:45:54
Speaker
Well, the good thing is MJF has the Burberry belt, so they're automatically going to have to get a different belt. I was just about to chime in and say, I am just waiting for Brian Danielson to win this and turn it into the planet's AEW Championship and make it all hemp and make an AEW with like the wood scroll.
00:46:16
Speaker
You can only do that once. That was an iconic moment in Championship belt history, but you can't run that one back. I would pop so hard. When Daniel Bryan came out with that belt on WWE TV, I thought my heart was just going to just...
00:46:34
Speaker
explode. I mean, I couldn't I couldn't love somebody. That was the coolest belt. Like, that's the that was the only time I've ever given serious thought to buy in one of the exact replica belts that they sell, because they had they had a cheap version that looked kind of shitty, but they had like the replica one. It was like 1700 bucks, man. It's like, yeah, yeah, it's hard to justify, but it was very cool. It was so cool. They should. So when they give it when Adam Cole wins the belt, he'll hold up the Burberry title and then they should give him his new belt on Wednesday. They'll put it on the table with a cover over it.
00:47:04
Speaker
It's just going to be like one of those kids titles from Walmart. And it's still going to be on the package and everything.
Wrestling Figures and Collecting
00:47:11
Speaker
They can contact Jeremy Padilla, make it, you know, dazzle it up a little bit.
00:47:19
Speaker
Whatever heal he's gonna feed with to kick off the Oh my god Yeah, they should bring in carrying cross and have Adam Cole bury him again, but this time That wasn't all time That's probably the best burials of all time
00:47:37
Speaker
I always say he's like, he still hasn't recovered from that. You got the chick, you got the lighting, you got the music, you got the flames. All they got to do for me is just ring the bell. Ring the bell. That dude got so hurt he had to grow hair. He had to go to the main roster, change his gamut, get fired, and grow some hair. Just to make it back. All right, let's hear from our good friend J-Bone coming down the aisle, and then we will take our weekly beverage break.
00:48:09
Speaker
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00:48:27
Speaker
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00:48:55
Speaker
All right, it's time for the weekly beverage break. We'll tell you guys what we're sipping on as we pause. You know, get us started. Oh, so I am sipping on a classic in the Phelps House.
00:49:04
Speaker
This is a Ballast Point grapefruit sculpin. This is definitely- That's what you were drinking last time also. Uh-huh. No, it wasn't. You sure? No, I had a sequench. Okay. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, so this is from the island. I have a mistake and I said the sequench, but the sequench was when we were in Virginia and we had those all the time. These were stocked all the time at the Phillips House. Yeah, Ballast Point's out of San Diego, and for whatever reason, they did not have distribution in Virginia.
00:49:28
Speaker
can never really find anywhere there, but they had it in Hawaii. So we used to drink Sculpin's a lot. Sculpin is a great, just straight up IPA. And then the grapefruit Sculpin's either better. It's unique because a lot of people see that and think it actually has like grapefruit juice in it, but it's just, it's got like grapefruit essence, right? And then like the hops and stuff actually make the flavor. So pretty unique beer. Definitely check it out. Don't be turned off if you got a, if you know your adverse to
00:49:53
Speaker
to grapefruit flavors. And they've changed the cans since we've had them before. Yeah, the cans used to be better. They've done what a lot of places do. I've seen this a lot in the craft beer world. Usually when places are on the come up, they got the super unique can art to draw you in. And then once they're really well established, like how Maui is or Ballast Point, they go to just a straight up branded can where the brewery's logo is front and center.
00:50:17
Speaker
Yeah, because all of the ballast points, they used to have the different fish and stuff, and that was the main- They were front and center. Yeah, they were front and center on the different beers. I mean, it's still got a beautiful- Sculpin. Sculpin over here on the side, but yeah, it used to be the front and center logo was the different type of fish, and that's how you knew which variety of beer you were getting. Marco, what are you drinking, man?
00:50:40
Speaker
I'm drinking a, it's actually a collaboration, which is, it's a very weird collaboration. So it's a, it's two local companies. One's a brewing company named Night Shift Brewery. It's based in Everett, Massachusetts. And then it's Collaborator, is that how you say it? Is a- Collaborator? Yeah, Collaborator. You put the emphasis on the wrong syllable. That's a new word. It's a place called One Mighty Mill. It is a,
00:51:09
Speaker
industrial based place where they make flour. They basically use the bread and bagels that they make as 100% stone milled flour. They actually collaborated with a
00:51:24
Speaker
with a night shift that made a beer called One Mighty Feist beer. It's a hell of a style lager, and it's actually really good. And I was actually on the One Mighty Mill site just looking up all the stuff, and they break down all the different industrial flour and how it's different from
00:51:45
Speaker
white flour and mighty stone milled flour versus industrial and then they break it down and all that stuff. It's pretty interesting. I think this is going to become my new favorite type of beer.
00:52:02
Speaker
OK, cool, man. Jordan, Mark, I was going to ask, man, are they still that dream team IPA? Is that still a thing, or is that one been discontinued? I have not seen that anywhere ever since the last one I sent that to you. Just the one batch kind of thing. I was going to tell you, man, we need another team. Yeah, they were good. I'm hoping it's a summer type of beer. So I'm hoping, like, with a seasonal type of thing. So when the season rolls around, I'll have to keep my eyes peeled. But now I have it. The same company, they still obviously make IPAs, but nothing
00:52:31
Speaker
Nothing as good as that. That bear is phenomenal. Yeah, that was a good one. Jordan, what are you drinking, man? I'm not. I'm not. We're back. We're back. We're back. Jordan? Oh, man. We lost Jordan. He passed out from there. I can hear you guys and everything. Yeah. Marco, can you hear Jordan? I did not hear him. Let me fire off Jordan. You sound like Mr. Robot. Yeah.
00:53:01
Speaker
I'm just drinking a Bushlight tonight, so pretty easy. It sounds like you might get disconnected and you're talking through your laptop right now, dude. Yeah. Tell us what you're drinking and then we can get sorted out, man.
00:53:18
Speaker
Oh. Easy day. Easy day. Nice. I'm going classic, man. This was kind of like my introductory to drinking beer, man. For years, this was like the only thing I would do. I got a Corona in line, man. I'm on my second one. And it's awesome, dude. You know, we drink so many different, you know, weird, funky craft beers, IPAs and stuff.
00:53:36
Speaker
Still tough to beat an ice cold corona in lime, man. Coronas definitely bring back the island nostalgia, dude. We always, anytime we had a party, we always had a cooler full of Coronas and a bowl of cut up limes for all of our guests. Yeah. You know, I'm hardcore craft beer guy now, man, but like really up until I was like 30 or 31, I was really a whiskey guy, dude. Like Maker's Mark was my thing, maybe Maker's Mark or some Jameson.
00:53:59
Speaker
And if I was in a situation where like it was just, you know, it was going to be socially unacceptable to drink hard liquor and you just do some beers, it was always curling in line. That was it. And you actually used to, our really good friend Jesse is like a hardcore like craft beer snob. And he used to clown Jesse all the time for his love of craft beers. He'd be like, no, bro, like, you know, go with the classics, right? And now, you know, you're eating your words. You know, Jesse was a little bit older than me. That's true, man. Maybe you came into your own. That's right.
00:54:41
Speaker
If only we were still doing the video podcast and is over here, busting out the robot to a Ric Flair drip, but it is time for the weekly figure four where we discussed the latest and greatest in wrestling figure news. Want to remind you guys, this segment is brought to you by ringside collectibles use code chick folder to save 10% on all your figure purchases there. So
00:55:03
Speaker
It's definitely a light week for figure news fellas really only one thing that I got a kind of throw on the table for discussion Did you guys see from our good friend Mitch at a hassle toys the grapplers and gimmicks line? He's got going with his retros The Ahmed Johnson figure. Did you guys see this? Yeah, I did I'm thinking this is like in the top four or five best of the Hasbro revivals I've seen including Mattel's figures man. This thing looks awesome
00:55:30
Speaker
Yeah, they're definitely killing it on that one. I'm really gonna for sure get this one. I wasn't extremely impressed with the first release of like the Godfather, but yeah, this one looks awesome. Not the Godfather. Godfather's trademark. This was smoke trained, remember? Totally different guy.
00:55:47
Speaker
Sorry, a completely different person. That's probably why I didn't like it. Hey man, we're trying, Mitch is, I wasn't, I, so I just, I didn't like that one as much just cause I really prefer like Kama and, um, Papa Shango to the Godfather gimmick, but you know, Mitch is still our guy, dude. We don't want it. He's a loyal Foley fan member. We don't want to get him hit with that, uh, that C and D from WWE.
00:56:07
Speaker
Yeah, it's definitely the smoke train, not the godfather. It has nothing to do with the godfather. It's the smoke train. Yeah, any resemblance to the godfather is purely coincidental. Purely coincidental, yeah. Yeah, I'm all in on this one, man. I'm definitely grabbing this one as soon as it goes up for pre-order.
00:56:23
Speaker
Marco, how about you? Yeah, man, definitely. And I think it makes you want an elite scale version of Alfred Johnson, I think, too, to see this. I think nowadays, like the technology dude, it'd be pretty sweet if they could pull that off.
00:56:39
Speaker
Yeah, he's, Ahmed's definitely one of those like, he's, I would almost say he's like the RG three of pro wrestling, dude. One of those just like shooting stars, man. Like his really kind of like his good run really lasted maybe like eight or nine months, but he was so fucking awesome when he first debuted, man. He came out on raw and helped Sean Michaels, body slammed Joko Zuno on his first appearance on raw. Do you guys want to go back in the archives of ever 2021, we watched
00:57:04
Speaker
the Survivor Series 95 wildcard match that he was a part of. It was really kind of like probably his biggest moment in WWE, even though it was his first pay-per-view. Dude was just awesome, man. How about you, Jordan? You a big Ahmed fan? Oh, yeah. I loved Ahmed Johnson. Dude looked like a million dollars, and I wish it would have ended better, but yeah, big fan.
00:57:26
Speaker
Yeah, another testament to just how cool this guy was. My son Brett, five years old, he's got a big tub of my old figures when I was a kid. He's dug out that Ahmed Johnson bone crunching action figure, a classic one. He loves Ahmed now. He's always asking me, what was the deal with Ahmed Johnson? Who was Ahmed Johnson? We just need to let him listen to the New Gin podcast. They're always talking about Ahmed Johnson.
00:57:48
Speaker
Yeah, so even just off of, you know, seeing that figure from, you know, 20 years ago or whatever, shoot, 25 years ago at this point, still over with the little ones, man. We got a really awesome Ahmed custom from our good friend Ivy's custom figures, another Foley fan member, but it'd be great to get a proper Elite. I don't see it happening. He's definitely got some heat to say the least with WWE. So at least, at least Mitch is getting them out. Maybe zombie can get him in his new Elite style line that he's got coming.
00:58:15
Speaker
Let's get into weekly purchases, man. Jordan, what's interesting stuff have you added the last couple of weeks? So the last figure I added was Demolition Crush. Outside of that, dude, I haven't added any figures. The only thing I've picked up is I picked up a new sneaker purchase last week. I got a... They did a quick drop on Sneakers app and I got the Travis Scott Air Maxes. So that was the only thing I got. I thought you were going to say you got the Astro Boy boots.
00:58:44
Speaker
Oh, those come out tomorrow. I'm getting those tomorrow. Yeah, they come out tomorrow. Are you really going to try to get those, dude? Yeah, by me and you, both a pair. Nice. The Mischief, I think they actually call it Big Red Boots, man. Yeah, they're also $350. I'm not buying them. Yeah. As I say, I saw that price tag, man, $350. We got Brett the Babyface just made her run in, so she knows out for a second. Oh, boy.
00:59:11
Speaker
Shout out to Mischief, dude, Makin' Bank. They're the same company that did the, was that the Air Max 97 that had real blood in them for Lil Nas X, right? Yeah, so shout out to those guys, man, Makin' Bank. I think those were like 700 bucks or something like that. It's definitely Makin'...
00:59:30
Speaker
I don't know if it's art or if it's just a joke at this point, but somebody's going to be buying these things. I'm sure it's a little bit of both. Yeah. I mean, what do you guys see? I see these things selling out in about 12 seconds tomorrow. They're going to be gone, dude. Yeah. These would be great gardening boots for you, Seth.
00:59:46
Speaker
Yeah, it'd be awesome. It's a big pool for WWE, getting a pair of those for Seth Rollins, man. Another sign that Vince is not in charge because remember in the past, WWE has always been like seven or eight months behind on the trends. I don't know though, the Miz did pull out the, what are those? So they did have the dated reference.
01:00:06
Speaker
Somebody on Twitter said they need to get Rollins one of those boots and hide it under the ring every match. And he's pulled out like Mr. Socko. The curb stomp. His super finisher, dude. Yeah. Dude, I can't lie. Whenever he came out in those boots, I was like, dude, he's got to stomp somebody tonight in those freaking boots, dude. That's just got to happen. It happened, which was cool. They're generic enough. Mattel could totally give us those in a figure. If they want to do a one-off, man, if I just pat out an elite line sometime, I would definitely get that figure.
01:00:36
Speaker
But yeah, definitely I don't know who's been if you got enough money to drop 350 on those man more power to you Fishnet shirt in the red boots really a killer look
01:00:47
Speaker
It was, dude, I'm not, it was like a quilted, he had like the quilted like leatherish look. They were leather ninja pants too, so they had like the leather belt that was looking too. Yeah, dude, he looked awesome, man, straight up. Yeah, says the man. Well, Jordan, you left out, man, your coolest figure purchase you got is sitting right on my desk over here right now, that Ultimate Edition cane that came with the ring. Yeah, but I don't have that in hand, so that doesn't count. Like, you're talking about things that I've gotten, and I haven't gotten that yet. I mean, for all I know, there's a basic in there.
01:01:15
Speaker
Yeah. Oh yeah, that's right. If anybody ordered that and hasn't received it yet, man, the, you know, words of the wise so that the cane comes in a windowless box, right? It's just straight up cardboard. But I'm telling you Mattel use like the flimsiest cardboard possible.
01:01:32
Speaker
It's not stiff at all. And Jordan's a MOC collector, so I want to look out for him. I had it boxed up to ship. It's still sitting over there wrapped in bubble wrap and stuff. But I call him and mortar him. I'm like, dude, I have zero confidence in this box, being able to take any sort of bump before it just completely... Well, you know, they're doing it to be more eco-friendly, dude. So they're probably using the one-ply cardboard. You know what I mean?
01:01:52
Speaker
If this is the future of where we're going for packaging I'd really feel sorry for the MOC collectors man because it is it's not good cardboard it's bad enough having no window but this box is just super flimsy so it's gonna be sitting here until WrestleMania weekend when Jordan comes and
01:02:07
Speaker
and grabs it but uh yeah i got the attitude error ring me and brett put it together uh the the day it came in really really cool um i just i it's ridiculous like sheena i mentioned before the show it takes up a lot of real estate i haven't both set up in the room right now so she just have to make scott hall's entrance to make her way to uh to her podcast he's got the freaking war game set up in here dude yeah
01:02:29
Speaker
Yeah, it is cool. They're good stuff. I got I grabbed the loon of a Shawn cello figure. Oh, it looks great. It looks great. She is like 25% too small. Yeah, she's gonna look tiny. Luna was pretty tiny, but I thought they could have made a little bit bigger. My other big one is that I got back my road warriors legends figures, man. So if you're going to sell some figures that you really like, make sure you sell them to one of your best friends because Jordan was gracious enough to cut me a sweetheart of a deal and basically just he basically just held these figures on consignment for me for a year and then send them back. And I know Jordan gets a kick out of
01:02:57
Speaker
the times when I've bought and sold and re-bought figures, man. What do you think is wrong with me, Jordan? Oh, let us count the ways. I don't think we have all night here. Yeah. Describe it. But the day that he texted me, I was like, fuck, man, those are sitting on my desk. I really don't want to give those up. And I was like, you know what, man, they had a good stay on my desk. They can go back to Seth and they'll sell them back to me in a year. It'll be okay. Yeah, exactly.
01:03:22
Speaker
I'm worried if that, well, the thing is, did you know if they ever get these guys under contract, these figures are getting re-released right away, man, so. Oh yeah. You know, you'll probably end up getting the last laugh on this one, but I just, I felt like I needed to get them back in the fold. And I'm actually on the hunt for the basic ones with the blue shoulder pads right now, man. So I don't know why, I was kind of, my relationship with Legion of Doom slash Road Warriors is kind of ebbed and flowed. There's some periods where I'm watching them and I'm like, these dudes are like the most overrated wrestlers ever, like,
01:03:51
Speaker
Glorified versions of the ultimate warrior and then there's other times where I'm like these guys are just fucking badasses, man So I'm definitely I'm definitely back in badass mode when it comes to hawk an animal Marco what new figures have you picked up recently? Ah Only the only one I really got was the the the tribal chief versus the beast Amazon the three pack the elite three pack with them
01:04:14
Speaker
obviously, you know, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar and Paul Haven. And I'd share that, uh, that pro tip you had with this man. I have not done that yet, but it looked great from what you shared in the Facebook group. Yeah. So yeah, I noticed like the, you know, the head on the, uh, Roman Reigns ultimate edition, the, uh, the one with the long hair, kind of like the hair is kind of like weird. So you try to put on that, um,
01:04:36
Speaker
the, I forget the name of it. Yeah, the Ola Fala on his neck. It doesn't really sit well, because the hair kind of pushes it up. So I was like, so I got this, the the the the Amazon three pack. So I popped the head off because you can just take it off. It doesn't because most of the elites now I noticed you just pop the heads off of them very easily. Don't
01:04:57
Speaker
You don't have to struggle with them. So I was like, oh, let me try this. I put that on it on the Ultimate Edition. And the hair rests perfectly in line. So you can actually put it on his neck, and it looks perfect. And it actually looks good. The head sculpt is...
01:05:12
Speaker
like way better than the actual Ultimate Edition. He has like kind of like that, like that scenario that he does with the, uh, like his upper lip. So I get it. It's actually really good. Like I posted a picture of the, uh, the Facebook group, but yeah, definitely do that. I mean, if you, if you want to display your, you know, obviously if you are a, you're not an MOC collector of, uh, the Ultimate Edition, cause I got some, uh, being, being filled one back and forth jokingly about that.
01:05:36
Speaker
But yeah, if you definitely want to display it and you do have that Roman range from the Amazon 3-pack, definitely pop that on. It makes definitely a difference in the figure. It looks awesome.
01:05:50
Speaker
Yeah, I'm definitely doing that. I'm at a point now where I could consolidate a few Roman figures into one, you know, quote, unquote, ultimate figure. So that's definitely what I'm going to do. And I'm going to take your advice on that one. All right. Let's hear
Extra Cooler Show and Super Bowl Discussion
01:06:03
Speaker
from our good friend, Extra Cooler. And then Sheena is going to hit us with some listener mail. Hey, everyone. It's Nick, better known as Extra Cooler. Is there anything better than diving back into the wrestling archives and watching classic matches from the past?
01:06:17
Speaker
Yes, there is. It's doing that with your buddies while cracking jokes and enjoying some ice cold beverages. If that sounds like fun to you, then be sure to check out my new podcast, The Extra Cooler Show, where each episode, my Survivor Series team and I review an old school match chosen by you, the listeners. The Extra Cooler Show is available wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to subscribe and follow us for new episodes every other Thursday morning.
01:06:50
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All right, it's time for listener mail where you guys hit us with your best shot and we try our best to answer all your questions and see how we do.
01:06:59
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So our first question is from Mike Rivera. He said, how do you guys feel about the holding call in the Super Bowl? Me, even if it was a holding, I think it would have been an uncatchable pass. My passes to our football experts, our long balls hosts. Yeah, I won't belabor it too much. We went deep on this on long balls last night. I just think that, yeah, letter of the law, it was a penalty. I feel like in that moment,
01:07:22
Speaker
It's just an unwritten rule that it's it's a game deciding play it needs to be a game-changing penalty and it definitely wasn't that it was kind of tiki-tak so Not a fan man. How about you Marco? We haven't heard your thoughts on this one yet Yeah, I went back and forth on this like it definitely was a penalty I don't I'm gonna green open agreeance I don't think the catch was gonna be made regardless of it, but the act of the penalty definitely changed
01:07:48
Speaker
definitely changed the game. Some of those you just say, you just gotta let it slide. They didn't even see it initially. It was freaking out about Holmes that kind of pointed it out. Flag came in kind of late. Yeah, they did the replay and you see Holmes next to the referee pointing. They didn't even see it, so he kind of...
01:08:08
Speaker
It's I mean obviously they wouldn't want the game anyway, but yeah I was you know I think it's something one of those calls you just let it go because it the game was so good up until that point That kind of took away from it sure if you're an Eagles fan though hardcore man before it'd be hard to let go Well, they're funny. I want to hear Jordan You know Jordan's in a part of the cut Jordan absolutely Despises the Chiefs and he's in a part of the country where he's dealing with a lot of Chiefs fans like Jordan How are you just in shambles man that you're gonna have to hear all about the Chiefs being the champs for another year now? I
01:08:38
Speaker
I mean, it's not great. And then you add to it today, my homes is like, yeah, we're underdogs. Everybody counted us out. People didn't think we were going to make the playoffs this year. I'm like, what, where's this coming from? And yeah, the Chiefs fans are so annoying that they just, they don't, they don't ever remember a time when they weren't great. So it's great.
01:09:00
Speaker
All right, Sheena, hit us with your next one. All right. Zach Hertzler says, anything on the menu for Elimination Chamber this weekend? Well, I may be watching Elimination Chamber by myself. Seth and the kids are going to go to Kentucky. I think they might be having some of Mammy's homemade pizza or something. We're doing gumbo. We're doing some homemade gumbo on Saturday night. Yeah, so they're doing homemade gumbo. I'll probably cook up one of our steaks from our half steer that we got. So I'm going to make me a nice steak dinner for one.
01:09:29
Speaker
What was it? It was a regular steak. It sounds like a weird animal. When you say it was a half steer, like it was a half steer and half something else. It was a whole animal at one point. And then we just say from the cow, we bought, we bought half of it. I mean, I knew what you're talking about. Cause I know, but if I'm just like listening and I'm like my half steer, what's it? It's a half steer, half cow. We call it a bullshit.
01:09:58
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. Jordan, Marco, what are you guys eating, man? Ah, nothing crazy. She's making faces. I'm just trying to figure out how Sheena started that when she said, I may be eating alone. Who else is going to, who else? Ooh, okay, let me think. I got 17 chickens, three goats. Just going to invite them on in the house to watch the whole thing. Yeah, exactly. A geriatric dog. Set up the TV on the back porch. In a partridge in a pear tree, yeah.
01:10:27
Speaker
Our little guy Brit's nursing a low-key ear infection right now, so he's going to be a game-time decision if he makes the road trip or not. Exactly.
WrestleMania and Comfort TV Shows
01:10:34
Speaker
That's what I meant by maybe, is because we may not even be able to go to Kentucky. Sure thing, Sheena. Sure. We know.
01:10:43
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All right, our next question comes in from our boy Richard. He says, anyway, this main event at Mania could turn into a three-way. Roman Cody Sami. Seeing signs that Elimination Chamber might sour with the wrong outcome. So please say what you said. I think they already gave us our little taste of... I think the fact that they have made Cody a part of the Sami storyline, it's...
01:11:04
Speaker
They're, they're setting up Cody well to kind of take the handout, right? I think Sammy gets a, I think Sammy fumbles it at the 10 yard line, but, but Cody's going to recover for the offense and they're going to stay on the field and Cody's going to be willing to get the touchdown, man. I don't know. Do you guys, Jordan, Marco, you guys see any chance of this turning into a, a WrestleMania 30 scenario? I hope not. If it, yeah, if it's one thing, I don't like it.
01:11:24
Speaker
triple threat. It's a three way. It's a three way. Yeah. It never works out. It never works out the way you want it to. Yeah. One person always goes to the other person. Somebody's always left out. Yeah. Somebody gets left out. Everybody doesn't get to hit their high spots.
01:11:44
Speaker
Worst case scenario, let it be, you know, if this ends in a schmaz, just give us Roman both nights. Let Roman and Sami go again on night one. Somebody goes for an early finisher and just runs the whole thing. Oh, man. No one always tries to break up the pin at the last minute. That's the other thing you want to watch out for. Oh, boy.
01:12:08
Speaker
The next few questions are coming from our man, Sam Bro. He says, what's each of your comfort TV shows that's not wrestling? Mine is Bob's Burgers. I got to go with The Office, dude. That's been my mind junk food for as long as I can remember.
01:12:23
Speaker
It's quiet, it's easy, it's funny. Yeah, I love that. Yeah, the office. What about you, Marco? Man, I just... You know what? Because it's pretty much on 24-7. Before bed, just throw on freaking MTV and watch some ridiculousness. Pretty much Rob Dyrdek owns MTV by now. It's pretty much our TV now. But yeah, I mean, I just throw that on and laugh at it.
01:12:47
Speaker
people's stupidity. What about you, Jordan? Ours is 100% the office. I'm pretty sure the office is on our TV every day. Yeah. It's just, you know, with Peacock, you can throw in those supersize episodes. They got the deleted episodes. They got the deleted scenes, just like seamlessly woven in there, man. Yeah. Another one of mine, shamelessly admitting this is Vanderpump Rules. It's a Bravo show. And Seth always makes fun of me for... That's the worst. I'm like, dude, you have, cause we have, we're definitely like,
01:13:16
Speaker
Big time streamers. We have basically all the the mainstreaming searches. I'm like you have like so many amazing entertainment choices And this is what you guess what shina i'm with you That's the point of comfort tv though is like to just be mindless like I don't have to watch it I have to listen to i've seen it so many times. I know all the storylines. I know all the drama Like it's just literally playing in the background Bravo has definitely been one of my guilty pleasures for I mean over a decade now, so maybe we should do a uh, avander pump rules, uh podcast on the chick foley
01:13:46
Speaker
You know what? I'm really pissed off at myself for never starting that because there's a few of them out there. You guys should go back because I could just start at season one and just do watch alongs. True, but some of the things that happen in there are kind of problematic now. I mean, I guess- Oh, yeah. Yeah, true. Yeah, but anyway, it'd be cool, but I love me a good Vanderpump Rules marathon. Sam Bro says, Seth Phelps.
01:14:12
Speaker
Tell us what those alien balloons flying over are. He said, don't you say you don't know. We all know you have the secrets. Exactly. I'm not going to go in too much detail because I'm always paranoid that there is maybe somebody from work who stumbles upon my secret that I got this whole Second Life podcast team. I'll just say they're a distraction and leave it at that. Sam Bro says, do you guys think the NFL story writers did a good job this season? I think they should have put a more heelish team in the Super Bowl. Yeah.
01:14:41
Speaker
I feel like if the storywriters would have had the bills when in the Super Bowl, they seem like they were the story of the team. Yeah, true. I think the Bengals turned, they worked themselves into a shoot and whipped that ass up at Buffalo. It was a pretty good season altogether. It was interesting just because, I mean,
01:14:59
Speaker
I don't think the Chiefs were really the best team. They were just the most consistent. I feel like this was one of those seasons where the best team didn't necessarily win because I feel like at their peak, I think the Bills were the best team. I think the Niners maybe were the best. I was rooting for the Niners. You can make a case for the Eagles. It felt like the Chiefs were just the last man standing on this one. Jordan,
XFL and Wrestling's Future Stars
01:15:19
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who did you think the overall best team this year was?
01:15:22
Speaker
I think before Jalen Hertz got hurt, no, no pun intended. I think that was the best team in the NFL. Um, they trailed off a little bit at the end of the season because I saw him think he was right, but dude finished strong. But I mean, it was overall, it was just an okay season. I'm a Falcons fan. So this season was pretty uneventful. Um, Seth showed up as a fake fan to a Titans Packers game. They lost every game after that. So that was a very entertaining storyline.
01:15:47
Speaker
Titans were nasty. The Titans were looking. I mean, they look bad ass that gaming is green, but I don't know what the hell happened. We're seven and three and I did seven and 10. I mean, they kicked the I mean, I think the final score is like twenty seven seventeen, but they kicked the Packers ass that game. I was like, holy cow, the Titans might actually come out of the FC because remember, they almost beat the Chiefs with freaking Malik Willis at quarterback, man. Yeah, it didn't didn't end well. They didn't write your script the way you wanted. No, the wheels fell off big time.
01:16:19
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Kurt Kilburg says, who is going to win the XFL big game at the end of this year?
01:16:26
Speaker
Take one team Marco, can you name an XFL team? The the Dwayne Johnson's I have no clue The storms yeah, sorry, man I'm rooting for dude the more football the better and it'd be great to have you know Some some good for your least in the NFL, but I'm not in on the XFL or the USFL Yeah, same same Z's
01:16:52
Speaker
Sambro says, who's one of your picks for next big thing? I think Rick Boogs is going to be something awesome. I'm buying, you know, Ron Breaker seemed like the top prospect in the NXT over the last year or so, but I'm kind of going all in on Carmelo Hayes, man. I think he's actually ended up being the better prospect long-term for NXT right now. What do you guys think? Yeah, Carmelo Hayes is by far the biggest prospect to go.
01:17:18
Speaker
Carmelo's got it, too. He's just got the swag and just, he's cool, dude. I feel like Bron needs a good heel run, man. I feel like that's what we need to see out of him. I like Wesley, too. He's been, too, just white meat baby face. Yeah. Who was that, Marco? Wesley's really good, too. Yeah. Yeah, his match with DJack was badass, dude. Yeah, that was a hell of a match Saturday night. I always call him DJack. Is it not DJack? I call him DJack. Is it DJack? I don't know. Maybe I'm just going back to, you know, because I've been watching the show on Jackson for years. Yeah, I mean, yes. Is it DJack? It's DJack, yeah. It's DJack to Kovich.
01:17:48
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. Anyway, well. I'm still calling him DJ. His name was fucking T-Bar before. We'd hold it up if we weren't. T-Bar. That's true. That's true. All right, Sambrough's hitting us with his last question of the night. It says, who's your guy's pick for best independent toy company out right now? I'm loving what Zombie is putting out. Yeah. Yeah, I think you gotta give the nod to Zombie, man. What he lacks in timeliness, he makes up for in the actual quality of the figures once they're in hand. Yeah, pretty insane.
01:18:17
Speaker
Everybody unanimously zombie. Unanimous. Unanimous. All right. Brian Vermeer says, what are your thoughts on Ferris Bueller? Classic movie. Fantastic. Best movies of the 80s. Yeah, it's a classic movie. If you haven't seen it or if you're too young, you're listening to this and you're too young to remember Ferris Bueller, go back and watch it. It's awesome. Yeah.
01:18:36
Speaker
Um, Mike Rivera, what are your thoughts on this whole DeMar Hamlin situation when I'm speaking of the bills? Um, I think he's just cashing out. You know, if you, if you go to go back to the long balls, uh, uh, back episodes, we, we kind of tongue in cheek floated out some different conspiracy theories. I know people got, I definitely think that there's more to the story than whatever that rare heart condition that we somehow never heard of. And
01:19:01
Speaker
100 years in the NFL and I think dude just holding out because he knows he's got a very brief window that he can cash in on this thing and he's going to make sure he's not he's not gonna give that story away for free documentary book something like that and I think he's gonna he's gonna have to cash out I don't think he's coming back Jordan what do you think I know they said he's gonna be here to play he's never playing football again there's no way
01:19:25
Speaker
Yeah, I think he's got somebody in his corner that's letting him know, dude, not to be cynical about this, but you got to cash out while you can. You're only going to get one shot to tell your story, make people pay for this shit. Yeah, did that happen? Well, not that exact thing, but was it not? Didn't Shannon Sharpe's brother have some type of heart thing too and he never played football again?
01:19:46
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Yeah. Sterling Sharpe. Yeah. For, uh, his Shannon Sharpe's older brother was badass receiver for the Packers, man. I think he only played like six, seven years old. He kind of caught the first. He was Brett farms, like first go to receiver. And I don't know if it was for some reason, it may just be like his yearly physical, whatever, but they caught his heart condition and he ended up retired. I mean, look at Papa H dude. I don't think we'll ever see. I don't think we'll ever see Papa H get in the ring again. You guys remember your ticker, dude.
01:20:12
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That's one thing, like, you know, I mean, a neck injury. I mean, obviously those are career ending all this stuff, but like, dude, I'm just saying your heart. That's, that's just something you don't, you don't mess with. I remember back like, uh, 92, 93, man, I was kind of really, when I was first really coming, coming like, uh,
01:20:30
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half-assed like, you know, smart sports fan, like at least keeping up with the stuff. And you guys remember Reggie Lewis for the Celtics? He was like your best player. And he died from a heart attack, man. Yeah, you should know more. Right up there. Yeah, he was he was really, really good. He was going to be like, you know, their top guy once bird retired and he he died from a heart condition, man. So, yeah, sad stuff, man. Dude was a solid player, just cut down in his prime like that. But yeah,
Fun with Wrestling Finishers and Trivia
01:20:53
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I don't think I think he's just Biden this time and he's going to get paid out when he does tell a story.
01:21:00
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All right. Johnny JB says, how do y'all feel about hook? I personally feel he's overrated at the moment. He needs more time. We have hooks. Number one fan here in the room with us right now. Jordan, where do you, where are you at on hook man? I mean, I don't feel like they're doing anything like offensive with him. Like it's not like they're pushing him to the top of the roster or anything. I'm fine with where he's at now. You could definitely tell he's learning. And I mean, I think he's getting better. I don't think he's getting worse by any means. So completely unoffensive to me.
01:21:29
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Like hook man, I like hook a lot dude. I know he kind of started off as just a meme. I think he's pretty freakin Stop, right? I think he's I think he's pretty badass though, man And he's definitely got the presence down. He probably needs to put on another like 15 or 20 pounds I think to be taken seriously, but but he's really good. I do got to say I'm a little bit disappointed man when I first heard this question I don't know why I thought he was talking hook the movie like what do you guys
01:21:59
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Yeah, I was like, okay, this is kind of coming out of left field, but fuck it, let's go. Yeah, I'm here for Hook, dude. I love me some good 90s, some Hook. I think that's the best Peter Pan movie, dude. I would watch Hook over the actual Peter Pan any day of the week. It was such a star-setting cast, too, dude. It was awesome. And the set design was crazy on that also. Yeah, that movie's awesome.
01:22:21
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Yeah, the best part is when all of the Lost Boys are sitting around that table and they're eating all that imaginary food and it turns into real food. It's just like... That looks like the most lit meal of all time. Yeah, it was awesome, dude. So if you wanted to know our thoughts on Hook the Wrestler and Hook the... Yeah, so this is two for one special on this question. Yeah, so you're welcome. Brian Vermeer, what is the Chick Foley, you must all agree, Mount Rushmore, a finisher, single or tag team.
01:22:49
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I think it's only right. We each name one man. That's the democratic way to go. I'm going stone cold stunner. Oh dude, you can't say stunner. That's what I was going to say. I mean, I guess, I guess I'm going with a sharpshooter then, dude. Dang. I'm going doomsday device. Oh, that's a dope one. Yeah. It's about Rushmore. How we, how we do with us though? This is pick your favorite, dude. That'll be a favorite. We each represented. We got a submission. We got a pin. Jordan picked a tag team finish man. So.
01:23:16
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uh let's go let's go with the uh let's go with papa age we'll go with the pedigree about that pedigree is a good one put away a lot of people a lot of championship belts one off yeah yeah we'll have to do a uh finisher's bracket on here sometime and uh
01:23:31
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and figure out what the best finisher of all time is. I almost had the leg drop, but it's still Black History Month. Leg drops are classic, dude. Me and Jordan did the best finishers on Pod Wars. I think I had the leg drop on there. Yeah, leg drops definitely. Way to no sell me in Seth's episode. Well, you know what? I actually get to promote. Dude, we do so much on here. I forget what the hell we've done, dude. Yeah, just search Pod Wars. We did a finishers episode, and yeah, leg drop definitely got some love. I know. I was just saying it's Black History Month, so I'll say it next month.
01:24:03
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Oh, Marco. A racist piece of shit. I'll say it next one, that's all right. We'll remind everybody that Hulk Hogan is a racist piece of shit. All right, this last question comes in from our main man across the pond, Uncle Phil Dunnett. Oh, boy. He says, Bill Makena, Steve Ozer, and Jeremy Padour.
01:24:31
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I'm not getting blocked by any of those three, so I'm not mentioned. I'm already blocked by Bill, so let's kill Bill. I'd say I would. I would marry Steve.
01:24:41
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I would marry Steve. I would kill Bill. I don't know. No, no. You have to pay Jeremy. I don't know. I'd marry Jeremy just for the money. Yeah, you marry Jeremy. And I'd probably just do a coin flip on the other two. I would want to do either one of those things to either one of the other two.
01:24:58
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I'll just flip a coin and leave it to the Windsor state. If I have to spend the rest of my life with one of those guys, I think Steve's the most chill. Taking the money out of it. Yeah, I'd go with Steve, dude. He is definitely like a... As much as Jeremy's done, man, I'm not feeling the AW line where they're at business wise right now.
01:25:16
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And Jeremy's just too manic for me. Can you imagine living with Jeremy? He would just be like, you know. He's the kind of guy that would take your whole life savings and bet it on a Pokemon card, dude. You'd be like, they'd be like, come in to take the house and shit from you, you know? Like, so, you know. So that Charizard didn't hit. Yeah, I want a stable, I want a stable relationship. And I feel like Steve is the best one for that. Yeah, same. I feel like I definitely vibe the best with Steve, man. He's been a very good caretaker for the WWE line. Oh my god. But I'm still going for the money, though. So Jeremy's my guy all the way.
01:25:47
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Do you guys have any, any strong feelings on F Mary kill Bill Mckenna, Steve Ozer, and Jeremy Padour? I'm going to move to Utah and just marry all three. I'm not, I'm not giving anybody a bed. Why not?
01:26:03
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That's right. You can have brother, brother husbands. Is that it for a listener mail? All right. She can remind the listeners where they can find you guys on social media. You can find me on Instagram at chick Foley. Marco runs the Twitter machine over at chick Foley show. Follow all of our pod foundation brethren that you heard from earlier in the show at pod foundation and, uh, join our Facebook group, go to chick Foley.com. And yeah.
01:26:28
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Birth time for trivia, right? All right, it's time for the main event. My eight question streak came to a crushing end last week. Jordan's gonna try to get something going here. I don't know if my record's ever gonna get touched by one of these two guys. Come on, Jordan, you got this. Sheena pre-screened this question by me. It's doable. It's not an easy one, but I think it's definitely doable. It's not a walk, but you can do it. All right, so hit him with it, Sheena. All right, at WrestleMania 11, the Undertaker faced
01:26:59
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Oh, uh, Johnny Gonzalez. God, dude. No, that was Wrestlevania 9.
01:27:10
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Tell him, Shane, give him the answer. King Kong Bundy. King Kong Bundy. Remember, he came back and he was part of the Million Dollar Corporation. Kama stole the urn and melted it down with gold, Shane. Aw, God. Dude, he was so confident. I know. I feel bad. Jordan caught the pass on the wing, dude. He squared up. He fired that three-pointer. That motherfucker bricked off the side of the bag. Aw, it was the confidence for me, dude. I loved how assertively you answered that question because
01:27:38
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I wanted it to be right. Dang. All right. Jordan, you got to give us the closing thoughts for the episode after that freaking break. I have no thoughts. Only thing, that's all I know. Hey, Brett, you want to tell the listeners good night? Tell them, say we'll talk to you next week. I'll talk to you next week.
01:28:20
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