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TWBG Origins: Wrestlemania 36
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Ceiling Fan. Or, how Blake and Gabe became TWBG.
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Introduction and Personal Updates
00:00:00
Jim Warrior
Okay.
00:00:03
The Whole Ballgame
maybe Maybe we can figure this out eventually.
00:00:25
The Whole Ballgame
No fancy chat GPT intros this time, folks. It's the whole ballgame. We're back. and it's been it's been a minute.
00:00:37
The Whole Ballgame
I've been sick. Blake's been sick. My wife's been sick. ah yeah My kid's been sick. My kid turned two. I totaled my Nissan Rogue. And I am now the proud owner of a 2022 Chrysler Pacifica minivan. Blakers,
Podcast Setup and WrestleMania Origin Story
00:00:53
The Whole Ballgame
how we doing?
00:00:54
Jim Warrior
Have you painted it purple and called it the great van yet?
00:00:58
The Whole Ballgame
were working on it we'll get there eventually
00:00:59
Jim Warrior
Hey, I'm still not sure what we're doing. Is your show playing?
00:01:03
The Whole Ballgame
no i haven't started playing it yet i'm we're gonna we're gonna count it down and and do this thing but look we no no that's fine we we're we're a little rusty we got a little ring rust on us and that's why we figured in our our re-debut uh we would uh
00:01:05
Jim Warrior
Okay, good. All right. Good. I misunderstood. Sorry.
00:01:23
The Whole Ballgame
we do something we promised we'd do a long time ago, and and we're going to sit together and we're going press play here in a few minutes on the ah ah WrestleMania pirate ship inside of the Performance Center from 2020.
00:01:39
The Whole Ballgame
It's WrestleMania 36 here on the whole ballgame, and you lucky fans oh all over the world are going to hear ah Blake and Gabe's origin story.
00:01:54
Jim Warrior
2020 AD or ADD? Because
00:01:58
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, well, a little column A, a little column ADD.
00:02:02
Jim Warrior
it's ah it's clear this is where it all begins again and again, because ah it's never been the same since, has it?
00:02:05
The Whole Ballgame
Again.
00:02:09
The Whole Ballgame
It really has not. um ah Super Bowl Sunday, 2020. Blaker and the Gaber were... old blaker and the the gar ah were were word we're deadlock back and forth all night long bidding on eBay for the right to to sit next to our co-chairs in Tampa Bay as we watch WrestleMania pirate ship cruise on by at Raymond James Stadium.
00:02:42
The Whole Ballgame
And before too long, by God, we were we were up to around $1,500, if I remember correctly.
00:02:51
Jim Warrior
$1,500 in 2020 money, you know, that's like five grand a day.
00:02:53
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh, yeah.
00:02:56
The Whole Ballgame
It really is.
00:02:57
Jim Warrior
This, it, it was not planned. Um, ay had no intentions of going. I, um, quite frankly, if I'm being honest, the entire time leading up to it was telling myself what kind of pathetic fucking loser is going to give these two normal guys money, especially a large amount of money to go and
00:03:23
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
WrestleMania Experience and Reflections
00:03:25
Jim Warrior
sit in a dog shit seat at, uh,
00:03:27
The Whole Ballgame
Correct.
00:03:28
Jim Warrior
a subpar wrestling show to be quite, I mean, it's WrestleMania, but they hadn't been good in, I mean, 30 was pretty good, but other than that, you know, they hadn't been good in 10 years or he so.
00:03:41
Jim Warrior
um So, when you kind of start to chop it up like that, um to to say it is difficult to explain to the world is an understatement because what you're you're essentially, you're paying for the fellow hip and into the, into the corner.
00:04:05
Jim Warrior
and and any, anyone listening to this is going to understand and know what I'm talking about.
00:04:06
The Whole Ballgame
Yep. No.
00:04:12
Jim Warrior
And like, but, and and, look, we're all very, while we have our differences amongst us, as men of a similar cloth, and,
00:04:13
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
00:04:25
Jim Warrior
while we understand this, no one else does.
00:04:28
The Whole Ballgame
no
00:04:29
Jim Warrior
And they shouldn't because if you have, if, if, if you only have a couple of deviant parts of you and this is one of them, the rest of it should be fighting against what you're doing here.
00:04:43
Jim Warrior
And, but you recognize it and and you struggle with it. And that's what keeps you from being a super pervert. And you can help keep the super perverts away and just be a little bit of a pervert. You know, you understand.
00:04:56
Jim Warrior
But yeah, it wasn't planned. I had no intentions. And then I got a bottle of Freebird's favorite beverage.
00:05:09
Jim Warrior
The uncarbonated, distilled of Tennessee whiskey.
00:05:10
The Whole Ballgame
Oh boy.
00:05:13
Jim Warrior
And was... ten c that o tinnessly whisy
00:05:19
The Whole Ballgame
Uh huh.
00:05:19
Jim Warrior
ah and i was I was going through a big, ah I was going through like a bottle of Jack every weekend phase. And I ah got about three quarters of it that night.
00:05:32
Jim Warrior
and And I said, I'm going to go to Tampa Bay. Fuck it. Yeah,
00:05:36
The Whole Ballgame
See, here's... I don't know what's worse, to be frank. Like, I was not drinking at all.
00:05:40
Jim Warrior
yeah. yeah
00:05:43
The Whole Ballgame
umma i was I was at home in my 500-square-foot shitbox apartment in Norwalk, Connecticut ah with my, at the time, fiancé the time, um close enough to Gun Club Road that I could have been there in 10 minutes.
00:05:52
Jim Warrior
Gun Club Road?
00:06:02
The Whole Ballgame
um
00:06:02
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm.
00:06:03
The Whole Ballgame
and
00:06:04
Jim Warrior
Brother, brother, I'm not comfortable.
00:06:05
The Whole Ballgame
And going... going back and forth with with some asshole who just would not stop bet bidding on on a ticket to sit next to these two guys at a wrestling show in Tampa Bay.
00:06:15
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
00:06:19
The Whole Ballgame
And ah yeah, I didn't know Blake from Adam. I didn't know who he was or whether or not I could trust him. We'll get there as the story plays out.
00:06:29
Jim Warrior
whether or not I can trust him.
00:06:29
The Whole Ballgame
But
00:06:31
Jim Warrior
You're bidding against me on eBay. You're bidding against VDog64, by the way.
00:06:33
The Whole Ballgame
Well, and there's there's a reason why I would have to trust. That came that came the next day, i believe.
00:06:40
Jim Warrior
Yeah, yeah. We had 24 hours.
00:06:41
The Whole Ballgame
um Yeah, we had 24 hours to figure all that shit out. But um it was it was wild. It was actually your Chiefs, the first time Patrick Mahomes won a Super Bowl, it was that night.
00:06:51
Jim Warrior
Yes. It was the first one, man. And I fucking ruined it for me. Like, is
00:07:00
The Whole Ballgame
i was I was making, i made, ah i bought chicken breasts from the grocery store and made, like, at-home, like, chicken tenders with, like, buffalo side different sauces and shit.
00:07:10
Jim Warrior
yeah oh oh very yeah okay um mm-hmm
00:07:12
The Whole Ballgame
And I went to KFC and bought coleslaw and mashed potatoes to go with it. Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just, I remember it like yesterday because it was, it's one of those, those, uh,
00:07:27
The Whole Ballgame
signposts right on the side of the road. Just ah ah truly, truly kismet. And that is how the whole ballgame was formed five years ago.
00:07:36
Jim Warrior
Well, I think that's probably pretty clear. I mean, you look at all the shit that happened and where we're at today, and i don't think it's any stretch of the the the i don' think is any stretch of the imagination of the man who understands to think that there's a possibility that we ourselves somehow wound up back in 2020 with Harry's glasses and potentially cause COVID even in the whole fucking thing, just spewed off into an alternate thing. And this, this could have been our false.
00:08:14
The Whole Ballgame
i wondered how long it was going to take for you assholes to figure that out. but my I mean, look, the rhymes have been on the wall for the last two years. I've been trying to tell you all this time.
00:08:25
The Whole Ballgame
You ain't figured it out yet. I guess you're little dumber than thought you were.
00:08:29
Jim Warrior
man Well, things traveled. slower through time and space now because of us so i guess we'll have to deal with it
00:08:39
The Whole Ballgame
we caused COVID. We caused a whole lot of bullshit. Um, If you want to watch this thing with us, and I couldn't understand possibly why you would want to, but we're going to do it anyway. It's Season 36, Episode 1 of WrestleMania.
00:08:53
The Whole Ballgame
ah We're going to watch as much of this first part of WrestleMania 36 as we can get through um and and kind of walk through the stories and how how the night wore on and and exactly what happened.
00:09:10
The Whole Ballgame
We got a little bit of audio to play with. ah from from the lapsed fan ah
00:09:18
The Whole Ballgame
with old baby Blake and baby Gabby trying to figure out exactly how to maneuver their way through a pandemic and talk about just how pathetic they are while not appearing to be too terribly pathetic at the same time. It's quite a find a slice of life here, huh?
00:09:40
Jim Warrior
You could put probably put that on the tombstone. I'd say that's a fair thesis of life thus far. Just try not to appear too pathetic.
00:09:50
The Whole Ballgame
So that's what we're going to do. Pull it up. It's season 36, episode one of WrestleMania. And ah we'll we'll count it down. We'll do the three, two, one play.
00:10:02
The Whole Ballgame
We'll do it right now in three, two, one, play. Of course, we're we're we're joined with our ah beautiful then, now, forever intro without... ah either Vince or Triple H's voice ah on this one.
00:10:24
Jim Warrior
this is gonna this is This is gonna be equal. is I don't know what this is gonna be, quite frankly. It's gonna hurt.
00:10:32
The Whole Ballgame
Here.
00:10:33
Jim Warrior
No.
00:10:45
Jim Warrior
Oh.
00:10:53
The Whole Ballgame
Due to the current circumstances,
00:10:57
The Whole Ballgame
a closed set.
00:11:01
Jim Warrior
as well as other locations. Oh yes, this is the beginning of cinema, isn't it?
00:11:09
Jim Warrior
A diversion during these hard times.
00:11:10
The Whole Ballgame
It is.
00:11:11
Jim Warrior
That's what they've always been about, right? See, this is what Vince understood because that allows them to operate as the world burns.
00:11:13
The Whole Ballgame
ah love Diversion.
00:11:23
Jim Warrior
They will never not make money as long as they're a diversion for the shit in the world because there always be shit in the world.
00:11:24
The Whole Ballgame
Correct.
00:11:34
Jim Warrior
If I had a gun next to me, I'd blow my brains out right now looking at this.
Podcast Origins and Wrestling Fandom
00:11:40
Jim Warrior
Oh, God. The montage of of the fucking...
00:11:45
The Whole Ballgame
All the America the Beautifuls.
00:11:45
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm.
00:11:48
The Whole Ballgame
America's the Beautiful.
00:11:51
The Whole Ballgame
Willie Nelson, John Legend, Ray Charles, Boys to Men, Aretha.
00:12:03
The Whole Ballgame
She's at her piano, by God. So, yeah. um how we do lets Let's start there. Let's start talking about that.
00:12:16
The Whole Ballgame
When did you come to I mean, because it it feels like it's the right place to talk about it um because it's how we were formed here is is is through the Lapsed Fan. They are our progenitors, as it were.
00:12:31
Jim Warrior
I'd say a good six inches.
00:12:32
The Whole Ballgame
So, good. Is it a good... see Good. um'm I'm glad Mr. Livingston could join us this afternoon. um Talk to me about how you found the Lapsed Fan podcast.
00:12:46
The Whole Ballgame
How did you find it?
00:12:46
Jim Warrior
Yes, absolutely. That's a that is the that's the place to begin this. You know, it ah it was what year was that?
00:12:58
Jim Warrior
Well, your chamber 16. sixteen
00:13:01
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
00:13:01
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it's 2016 we're going to have some fellowship in Chamberg for the the first StarCast, right?
00:13:13
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
00:13:14
Jim Warrior
I i remember it's it's fucking, it's wild the things that you can remember exactly, like, vividly in your mind.
00:13:24
Jim Warrior
Even stuff that's so, like, just inconsequential at the time, but becomes... I'm laying in bed one night and this is probably 2015, maybe, or 16. I don't know.
00:13:38
Jim Warrior
But I'm thinking, Hey, I would like to find a wrestling podcast to listen to about some fucking wrestling stories, you know, like that shit's starting. So I go and I look on the podcast thing.
00:13:52
Jim Warrior
I saw the laps fan and then I saw the time of the shows and I'm like, well, well they don't work. Like what the fuck?
00:13:57
The Whole Ballgame
Fuck that.
00:13:58
Jim Warrior
Yeah, exactly. And then I saw something to wrestle with Bruce Prichard on there. I was like, oh, fuck, brother loves doing it. He'll know what the fuck is going on and he'll dish out the dirt and that'll be fun. and And then so basically, you know, Connie and him and they, you know, they do the shit and I like the bits and it's funny. And then I later figure out basically all Conrad did was run the lap span through a fucking like mainstream filter sort of.
00:14:28
Jim Warrior
And voila.
00:14:28
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm.
00:14:30
Jim Warrior
So, hi, hey, that's Credence, man. And everybody pays the taxes to the tax man from Huntsville, huh?
00:14:39
The Whole Ballgame
Huh.
00:14:39
Jim Warrior
But anyway, so, you know, I listened to that for a while.
00:14:39
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm.
00:14:46
Jim Warrior
That's what got me to Schamburg. um And, you know, i enjoyed it. I listened to, God damn it, this is awful.
00:14:57
The Whole Ballgame
This is terrible.
00:14:58
Jim Warrior
Where the fucking opening.
00:15:01
The Whole Ballgame
They're all dressed like pirates and they're trying to be funny and break a fourth wall and...
00:15:01
Jim Warrior
My God.
00:15:06
The Whole Ballgame
God, aesthetic.
00:15:08
Jim Warrior
was uncertain times. You understand.
00:15:10
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, I get it.
00:15:11
Jim Warrior
But anyway, so um I'm in Schamberg. I do the Starcast thing. And then the last day, you know, I fucking I have no plans to go to all in.
00:15:24
Jim Warrior
I'm there specifically like just to go to the get autographs and fucking see the old carnies and shit. And I'm sitting there at the goddamn bar.
00:15:36
Jim Warrior
Um, the same bar that I sat right next to easy is somebody bought him a Coors Light and bit my fucking tongue.
00:15:42
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm.
00:15:44
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
00:15:44
Jim Warrior
And i had a ticket to go to the whatever watch party thing, go watch it or a smelly room with a bunch of perverts and
00:15:52
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
00:15:54
Jim Warrior
Credence's fucking carny buddy with the gimmicky suits comes up to me.
00:15:59
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep. Mm-hmm.
00:16:02
Jim Warrior
Jay-Z Flair. I got nothing but nice things to say about him because he's done nothing but nice things to me.
00:16:03
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm.
00:16:08
Jim Warrior
And he said, hey, you want to you go on the show? And I'm like, nah, I got a ticket to the thing. He's like, you want to go? i'm like, sure. He's like, come with me.
00:16:19
Jim Warrior
And he takes me back and jacks me off and makes me fucking finger... No. But, uh...
00:16:28
The Whole Ballgame
wonderful
00:16:29
Jim Warrior
We go down back to the fucking... Walk past the WrestleMania, of the arcade game stand where I saw Hall and Nash fucking playing in the hallway.
00:16:38
The Whole Ballgame
jesus christ
00:16:40
Jim Warrior
that was the best part of all that shit, man. Just seeing those... Like, Hall and Nash standing there playing fucking WrestleMania, the arcade game, dude. Like, goddamn. But, anyway. um And there's...
00:16:53
Jim Warrior
there's fucking Hancock and whatever. He's like, tells him to give me the, give me the fucking ticket. And he grabs a ticket and gives it to me. And I'm like, fucking, Hey, looks legit and everything. And they go and hop in the car with fucking Conan and Credence. And I hail an Uber and tell, give, I gave my fucking watch party ticket to this dipshit at the bar that was sitting there chatting me up.
00:17:17
Jim Warrior
And, it was very clear that this man knew what was going on while trying to act like he had no idea of what was going on.
00:17:24
The Whole Ballgame
Sure, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I understand.
00:17:26
Jim Warrior
Like, like giving me the whole, oh yeah, oh I liked Hulk Hogan when I was a kid stuff.
00:17:26
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
00:17:31
Jim Warrior
And then, well, yeah, you know, Cody and the Bucks, dude. And I'm just like, okay, all right, we're going to do that.
00:17:35
The Whole Ballgame
yeah right yeah
00:17:38
Jim Warrior
So I gave the guy my fucking thing and I'm like, here you go. If you want it, like I got a fucking ticket. So I'm, I'm going to hop in a whatever. And then, I also... Jesus.
00:17:51
Jim Warrior
Remember King Corbin?
00:17:53
The Whole Ballgame
I do This is like a 15 minute open. Like, what it's still going on.
00:17:57
Jim Warrior
God. How many of these people aren't even alive? Bray Wyatt.
00:18:03
The Whole Ballgame
dear. oh dear
00:18:05
Jim Warrior
But the... But the fiend is. um Hey, baby! Hey! Hey, that's my girl! Asuka! Asuka, Asuka, Asuka, Asuka.
00:18:15
Jim Warrior
I'm the Kingy Bombay Syndrome. But they gave me a ticket, and I, because I and admit i didn't plan going to the show, I didn't really pay a whole lot of fucking attention to where it actually was.
00:18:27
Jim Warrior
And we're we're in Chicago, so I say, take me to the Rosemont Horizon, my good man.
00:18:28
The Whole Ballgame
Yep. Yep.
00:18:34
The Whole Ballgame
No, you did
00:18:35
Jim Warrior
I did.
00:18:36
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, my God.
00:18:36
Jim Warrior
ah
00:18:37
The Whole Ballgame
What are you doing?
00:18:39
Jim Warrior
I think it's at the homeless Survivor Series 89, dude.
00:18:40
The Whole Ballgame
Oh. Good.
00:18:41
Jim Warrior
There it That's for Adam,
00:18:42
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:45
Jim Warrior
there it is here's a hard that's for adam baby
00:18:48
The Whole Ballgame
oh good
00:18:50
Jim Warrior
As for you, Adam, baby, going to keep on having a heart attack
00:18:54
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
00:18:56
Jim Warrior
um But yeah, so I'll never forget. We get there and the poor Uber or whatever, guy he's like, and do not think there is anyone here.
00:19:08
Jim Warrior
And I'm like, it sure didn't look like it, my man. Yeah, I
00:19:11
The Whole Ballgame
da I can't remember the story, by the way. This is outstanding.
00:19:15
Jim Warrior
yeah i don't think I ever told you. And I, I, And, you know, it's like 15 minutes the other fucking way. So i and checked my ah check the phone, and I'm like, you know, we need to be at the, I don't even know, is it Now Arena or Sears?
00:19:29
The Whole Ballgame
The secret center at the time, yeah.
00:19:31
Jim Warrior
Yeah, whatever it was. And I'm like, he's like, oh, okay, we get there. missed goddamn Road Warrior Animals fucking entrance. I know that. But, yeah, I missed the shit battle royal and got there for the beginning.
00:19:40
The Whole Ballgame
That's a real shame.
00:19:46
Jim Warrior
So it worked out. Great seats, by the way. ah just tremendous, like on the, basically the aisle way to the, not the aisle way, but like, that's my vantage point.
00:19:58
Jim Warrior
Like I was directly where, oh I forgot about Gronkowski.
00:19:59
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, Jesus Christ.
00:20:03
Jim Warrior
God, how would, how much of this stuff is so forgettable?
00:20:04
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ.
00:20:07
Jim Warrior
You know, like
00:20:13
Jim Warrior
you should probably remember everything
00:20:13
The Whole Ballgame
It's a empty fucking room. Jesus.
00:20:17
Jim Warrior
in I totally forgot about him.
00:20:26
The Whole Ballgame
Oh my God.
00:20:28
Jim Warrior
Do you remember the video of Vince showing him how to bump off the fucking pad?
00:20:31
The Whole Ballgame
bump off the yes Jesus anyway
00:20:35
Jim Warrior
But the, uh, so yeah, I had a, had the straight on view where fucking hang man powerbomb Joey Janela. Like that was like, right. Like, you know, I was, I was like three or four rows up in the actual seat.
00:20:49
Jim Warrior
So I was on the floor, but that's like the vantage point is yeah.
00:20:50
The Whole Ballgame
yeah nice
00:20:53
Jim Warrior
So it was great. And I, I never watched any any of that shit. So that was like the first introduction to where independent wrestling, I guess, whatever you want call it.
00:21:03
Jim Warrior
Like, and you know, it did enough to keep me around to give a W four years before jumping off.
00:21:11
The Whole Ballgame
ah
00:21:13
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, we ah I was in town because we bought my my old company, my buddy and I bought ah like a booth at StarCast to promote ah the the show that we ran in Chicago because we wanted to do bunch wrestling shit.
00:21:29
The Whole Ballgame
And starting things off with Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross coming out to to nobody, ah cheering them.
00:21:34
Jim Warrior
Naturally.
00:21:38
The Whole Ballgame
That's fine. ah Going to be a lot of that tonight, I think.
00:21:42
Jim Warrior
is going to be traumatic.
00:21:43
The Whole Ballgame
um
00:21:45
The Whole Ballgame
And we we convinced our bosses to let us buy tickets and expense them to all in. So that was ah was kind of cool. So we were there too, but we were up in the nosebleeds. We were in the front row of the top section, which wasn't really too bad.
00:22:01
The Whole Ballgame
um But ah it was it was cool to be a part of, at least. But that's that... So the point was, how did you find the Lapsed Fan?
00:22:12
The Whole Ballgame
And I guess you had seen them online, but well i think i think I think I know where we're going with this, though, because they were they were doing a live podcast that weekend, right?
00:22:15
Jim Warrior
Oh yeah, I never got to that, did I?
00:22:24
Jim Warrior
Yes, so the the day after All In Sunday, as it were, because we do indie wrestling on Saturday evenings, that started all that shit.
00:22:33
The Whole Ballgame
Right.
00:22:36
Jim Warrior
Oh shit!
00:22:37
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, baby!
00:22:39
Jim Warrior
Oh baby, there's three faces! That's the three faces of cum! Ain't no three faces of fear, baby!
00:22:46
Jim Warrior
Oh, shit. Kyrie Saint. Who? Um. She got a belt on her neck, baby. I give her pearl necklace. Let me keep on dancing, Joe.
00:22:58
Jim Warrior
So, it's Sunday, and it's the last day. You know, it's kind of the, like, what am I gonna do? Walk around. Sort of the, you can feel it in the air, the come down, and i i see on the fucking, whatever, rundown sheet, ah the laps fan.
00:23:16
Jim Warrior
And I'm like,
00:23:17
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, shit. The live one on the stage, right? With Cody outside smoking cigars?
00:23:20
Jim Warrior
yes. Yep.
00:23:22
The Whole Ballgame
I was in the room.
00:23:22
Jim Warrior
That's one. Yep.
00:23:23
The Whole Ballgame
That's crazy.
00:23:25
Jim Warrior
and And I'm like, well, I remember it was like at two o'clock or something. There's about, I don't know, 15 dudes in there.
00:23:33
The Whole Ballgame
15 to 20 of us, yeah. Yeah.
00:23:34
Jim Warrior
think maybe maybe a
00:23:35
The Whole Ballgame
Tops.
Wrestling and Social Perceptions
00:23:36
Jim Warrior
couple of handicapped folks.
00:23:37
Jim Warrior
And I remember looking around the room and being like, well, this isn't great, but
00:23:38
The Whole Ballgame
Definitely, at folks. I remember the wheelchairs, yes.
00:23:44
The Whole Ballgame
Not great.
00:23:46
Jim Warrior
guess this is where I fall. And, and, uh, and so I'm sitting there and I, you know, check it out.
00:23:56
Jim Warrior
And I'll never forget the goddamn line. And then it was, the boss is already back behind the curtain or whatever. And he's doing Vince and it's, it was Dr. Jerry Graham and I did large amounts of cocaine together.
00:24:10
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-oh.
00:24:11
Jim Warrior
And I was, I, that hooked me, that got me. i was like, Oh, cause I had fucking, I didn't like ever hear any wrestling show that mixed in that kind of shit.
00:24:16
The Whole Ballgame
um
00:24:21
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm.
00:24:22
Jim Warrior
it's like, let's go. And I listened to like, I believe it battle of the superstars on the plane home. Um, cause I was looking for something of Lord Al cause he did a Lord Al impression and I fucking loved it.
00:24:36
Jim Warrior
And I'm like, who, nobody talks about Lord Al. These guys are talking about Lord Al. Like, okay, I know. I understand now. And, uh, and was it and then the lamentable tragedy began and then that that i mean what that's a baptism by fire literally
00:24:51
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, that was the end of that for you. Yeah, that's that's a hell of a place to jump in.
00:24:59
The Whole Ballgame
Without question. And then and then we're we're watching this, and it's just a bunch of women laughing at each other.
00:25:08
Jim Warrior
well it's mine it's mind games
00:25:08
The Whole Ballgame
My God. This is so bad. Oh, my God. um So I came to the show, Laps fan anyway, and pretty early on, like like really early on, um like 2014, like three or four episodes in, um because of my buddy Andy, who I think still listens to the program.
00:25:33
The Whole Ballgame
I don't know if he does or not, but um he's back in Indiana, listens to our program.
00:25:35
Jim Warrior
Listen to what?
00:25:39
The Whole Ballgame
um
00:25:40
Jim Warrior
with I thought said program.
00:25:40
The Whole Ballgame
ah so No, program.
00:25:45
Jim Warrior
Thank you.
00:25:45
The Whole Ballgame
You see, Rick has been living on my green couch for quite some time, and he has a way of of rubbing off on you, if you understand what I mean.
00:25:54
Jim Warrior
Oh, okay.
00:25:55
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh. Yeah. Fingernails or not.
00:25:58
Jim Warrior
hu
00:25:59
The Whole Ballgame
And he introduced me to it, and, I mean, I was hooked immediately. And so, like, you know, I've been i'm kind of following it pretty closely ever since. But, um you know, I've had the opportunity over the years to, like,
00:26:14
The Whole Ballgame
meet the guys in person and, you know, use my, the jobs that I've had in the past where I was actually making some decent money and and had control over budgets and stuff. And I always liked to reward the people that I like to like to ah pay attention to. And so like, you know, convince my bosses to like give them money and shit.
00:26:37
The Whole Ballgame
um And obviously
00:26:37
Jim Warrior
You would not do that to me, silly boy.
00:26:40
The Whole Ballgame
No, I don't think Andreas is on board for that sort of thing, unfortunately.
00:26:45
Jim Warrior
um not that silly.
00:26:45
The Whole Ballgame
um He's not that silly.
00:26:47
Jim Warrior
ah bear and i am responsible than an erotic manner.
00:26:48
The Whole Ballgame
He's not. not and No, indeed. oh He's like, what's a professional wrestling? I do not understand. Oh,
00:26:58
The Whole Ballgame
oh no. Here we go. ah So that's how I came to it. But, like... ah
00:27:07
The Whole Ballgame
it it grew and grew and grew. and like, you pay more attention and they're around places. And like, I, I, it's just so strange the way that our paths kind of half crossed like five or six different times before we figured out exactly who each other was.
00:27:22
Jim Warrior
Yeah. Yep.
00:27:26
The Whole Ballgame
um
00:27:26
Jim Warrior
Benoit.
00:27:27
The Whole Ballgame
At that first, that first, obviously that first StarCast and, and Schamberg, ah We were there at the same time and and kind of just kind of floating around seeing each other.
00:27:37
The Whole Ballgame
I've got pictures of myself with Jim Ross and ah Jerry Lawler and David...
00:27:43
Jim Warrior
yep
00:27:46
The Whole Ballgame
What's this fuck?
00:27:47
Jim Warrior
benoir
00:27:48
The Whole Ballgame
No, no. The fucking Scream, the guy from Scream.
00:27:54
Jim Warrior
Oh, Arquette?
00:27:54
The Whole Ballgame
and David Arquette and, you know, like just being part of it. I didn't realize that you went all in either. um But like, and being in the same room together, not realizing it.
00:28:05
The Whole Ballgame
And then like StarCast 2, same thing, right? We were both in Vegas.
00:28:08
Jim Warrior
Yeah, that's what you told me, yeah
00:28:10
The Whole Ballgame
I remember distinctly seeing you in your, the, the Coliseum shirt. Because like I was like, i was like god I love that shirt. And I didn't have it yet. And I was like, oh, he's a fan.
00:28:22
The Whole Ballgame
Like, i knew i knew it was the... And i that was I actually hung out with the guys all day that day. We went to...
00:28:29
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
00:28:30
The Whole Ballgame
ah You know, they were recording and we were hanging out. And we ended up ah sitting next to each other at the... Because I had helped... Credence, uh, put together the Las Vegas show and sell some, sell some booths and shit because of what I did.
00:28:46
The Whole Ballgame
And, uh, uh, ended up, my screen just went blank. That's great. Still playing. There we go.
00:28:54
Jim Warrior
Yeah, you're not missing much.
00:28:55
The Whole Ballgame
Anyway, uh, uh, and we ended up sitting, Credence gave us tickets to the, to the double or nothing show, uh, which was the first AEW pay-per-view.
00:28:58
Jim Warrior
I disagree, baby. Yeah.
00:29:05
Jim Warrior
Yeah, that
00:29:07
The Whole Ballgame
That was the night that, uh, Cody and Dustin fought a fantastic match.
00:29:11
Jim Warrior
yeah that was great.
00:29:14
The Whole Ballgame
um And we had a great time and then we ate at Whataburger after after after after the the show and ended up walking back to ah ah the shitty hotel that we were in, um that everybody was in, actually.
00:29:18
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm.
00:29:30
The Whole Ballgame
ah
00:29:31
Jim Warrior
Yeah, I was, yep, that's where I was too.
00:29:31
The Whole Ballgame
The Tuscany Suites.
00:29:34
The Whole Ballgame
oh That day, as a matter of fact, We rode in a shuttle. You've seen these pictures. Me, Jack, JP, Dave Meltzer, Brian Alvarez, and Hornswoggle all rode in the same shuttle back from Caesar's Palace over to the the Tuscany Suites that but night, as you do.
00:29:54
Jim Warrior
As you do.
00:29:56
The Whole Ballgame
And there's pictures of of all of us just hanging out and and doing the thing. and And, yeah, you were there.
00:30:01
Jim Warrior
Hey Gabe! Hey Gabe!
00:30:03
The Whole Ballgame
oh
00:30:04
Jim Warrior
Hey speak in pictures baby!
00:30:04
The Whole Ballgame
Jimmy's here. Yeah.
00:30:06
Jim Warrior
You got any pictures of this Kairi Sane bitches asshole?
00:30:06
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
00:30:11
The Whole Ballgame
I'm sure they're easy enough to find. I'm sure there's some apartment wrestling tape somewhere with Kairi Sane and Kenny Omega having having some kind of bottomless wrestling match. I can't imagine not.
00:30:23
Jim Warrior
You think Kota Ibushi's got one?
00:30:26
The Whole Ballgame
Of course he does.
00:30:28
Jim Warrior
I hope not.
00:30:28
The Whole Ballgame
course he does.
00:30:29
Jim Warrior
He's got weird eyes.
00:30:29
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, no.
00:30:30
Jim Warrior
He creeps me out.
00:30:34
The Whole Ballgame
What's that little plastic bottle? That
Community and Friendships through Wrestling
00:30:36
Jim Warrior
Oh, Jesus.
00:30:36
The Whole Ballgame
ah picture?
00:30:37
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Anyway. um It's just a very strange thing that we are our paths crossed very closely in multiple occasions before all of this shit happened. And then and all of this shit happened.
00:30:52
The Whole Ballgame
It's goddamn Super Bowl Sunday, 2020, and the Chiefs are playing, who, the Patriots that night?
00:31:02
Jim Warrior
I believe it was the Niners. No, it
00:31:04
The Whole Ballgame
Niners, so okay.
00:31:05
Jim Warrior
Patriots are in the same, they would have, yeah, same division.
00:31:05
The Whole Ballgame
Chiefs and Niners. We said, Jesus Christ, see? I'm pathetic.
00:31:11
Jim Warrior
Surgery, you know.
00:31:11
The Whole Ballgame
Anyway. a Surgery brain, that's right. Anyway, so... ah ah We knew that this was going to be taking place. that They were going to auction off these two tickets you ah to sit next to them and and take in WrestleMania 36 live from Raymond James Stadium with 80,000 people.
00:31:34
The Whole Ballgame
and There was nothing particularly and intriguing about what WrestleMania was going to be that year.
00:31:42
Jim Warrior
No.
00:31:42
The Whole Ballgame
um You know, and I think, yeah, yeah.
00:31:44
Jim Warrior
Well, we thought there was going to be. Remember that?
00:31:51
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, dear God, the conversation afterwards.
00:31:51
Jim Warrior
You remember? ah
00:31:54
The Whole Ballgame
oh my God.
00:31:54
Jim Warrior
No. Do you remember what we thought we were going to see?
00:31:55
The Whole Ballgame
and
00:31:57
Jim Warrior
Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:57
The Whole Ballgame
Of course I do. so all right, so here's the deal, right? we're where' we We bid back and forth. We do the whole thing, right? It's whatever. Blake ends up winning $1,500 and some change.
00:32:10
Jim Warrior
yeah
00:32:13
The Whole Ballgame
The next day, get a text message from Jack and Karnasio. And he's like, hey, so you were second place.
00:32:25
The Whole Ballgame
You know, we were talking to the guy who won. He doesn't really have anybody who wants to come along. Are you still interested in doing this thing? Do you want to split it with him? And I'm like, I mean, yes.
00:32:38
The Whole Ballgame
You know, I was going to spend $1,500. Now I'm only going to have to spend $750?
00:32:41
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
00:32:42
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, like, alright. Yeah, that sounds fine. Like, can I trust this person? Because he's like, I'm going to connect you with Blake and...
00:32:53
The Whole Ballgame
you guys can talk about how to make this happen. And, and of course, like my, my, my will alerts are going off in my brain.
00:33:04
The Whole Ballgame
Like, ah, fuck. Like, am I getting fucking scammed? Like, what am I going to do? Like, i can't just give somebody 750 bucks.
00:33:12
Jim Warrior
night.
00:33:14
The Whole Ballgame
And Jack was like, nah, dude, like he's legit. Like he's on the level. You don't have to worry about that. And so, uh, he connected us and, I think I Venmo'd you $750.
00:33:26
The Whole Ballgame
seven hundred and fifty bucks And it was done. It was just like, whatever. And that's when we started chatting a little bit back and forth, like texting and shit. um And most of it was just like the lapsed fan ease bullshit, right?
00:33:42
The Whole Ballgame
Like acting like we're Hogan, talking like we're, you know, you know paranoid Hogan bullshit and whatever.
00:33:43
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm.
00:33:50
The Whole Ballgame
And then we started talking about WrestleMania. Like, all right, well, you know, what are we going to do? we going to find a hotel? Like, how how is this going to work? um Around the same time, and I don't remember exactly how this all came together, but around the same time is when we, you and I, and then four or five other people got into this group chat that we've had for five years now.
00:34:16
Jim Warrior
mm-hmm yeah
00:34:21
The Whole Ballgame
um on twitter and it's all you know lapsed fan folks uh just chatting back and forth um about the show and about life and whatever else um how exactly that came to be i don't remember do you remember the exact specifics there okay
00:34:37
Jim Warrior
i do and there's one less of us or two less of us than there used to be well three actually one
00:34:40
The Whole Ballgame
there are two months of us yes
00:34:45
Jim Warrior
One went into self-imposed exile. Actually, I think both of them when two went into self-imposed exile, I think, for the betterment of probably their mental health. And I don't blame them at all because any times I've spoken to those two folks, they seem much happier being on the internet less.
00:35:01
Jim Warrior
um
00:35:01
The Whole Ballgame
matt and phy Yeah, of course.
00:35:02
Jim Warrior
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:35:03
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
00:35:04
Jim Warrior
So I don't begrudge them at all. ah A political, Mac. can suck a fat one.
00:35:09
The Whole Ballgame
Big fat dick.
00:35:10
Jim Warrior
That was fun.
00:35:10
The Whole Ballgame
Piece shit.
00:35:11
Jim Warrior
That was fun.
00:35:12
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh. Yep.
00:35:13
Jim Warrior
ah Anyway, but yeah, no, it was... the entire genesis of that whole fucking group chat was, uh, kid Polly and myself got together to watch like WCW sin on some fucking, i don't know, some internet thing kid knew that shared video and had a chat. i didn't know what the fuck it was, but I remember watching on my phone, sitting there texting and watching this pirated video of sin. And,
00:35:44
Jim Warrior
It was like you know is around pandemic time because like nobody has anything to do, and that was really about it. but so and then yeah i I basically was like, all right, we were you we on that like that TV guide chat thing we had for a while?
00:36:06
The Whole Ballgame
no
00:36:07
Jim Warrior
I don't know what the fuck. You could go into like seasons of shows. and it was Anyway, it was the weirdest fucking thing. But so eventually you land on the Twitter deal and I'm like, you know, I'm, I'm just going to start adding people to this thing from the laps fan that seem to, you know, think about it the same way and like-minded folks, you know, and I was right for the most part, uh, you know, 90%, nine out of 10 ain't bad.
00:36:32
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
00:36:35
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
00:36:40
The Whole Ballgame
Not too bad.
00:36:40
Jim Warrior
Uh, um, I'll put my fucking judgment up against anybody else's. I'll tell you that right now, especially after what I've seen in the last few years. Yeah, put them fucking glasses on.
00:36:48
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ.
00:36:49
Jim Warrior
That makes me much more...
00:36:50
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh.
00:36:51
Jim Warrior
I was wondering why I was so uncomfortable with you. And that's it.
00:36:53
The Whole Ballgame
Ah, sorry about that.
00:36:55
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
00:36:55
Jim Warrior
No, much better.
00:36:56
Jim Warrior
you
00:36:56
The Whole Ballgame
Okay.
00:36:57
Jim Warrior
Goddamn, I never realized that the glasses really make you seem much less threatening.
00:37:06
The Whole Ballgame
So anyway, we have you have ah we have this group check you have this group chat going, and where we're chatting back and forth, and at a certain point, we we don't know what's going to happen with ah this this this this fiend character that's that that's come about, and
00:37:07
Jim Warrior
Oh, you motherfucker. Keep me on edge.
00:37:34
The Whole Ballgame
It's just looking back on it in retrospect, it seems so goddamn pathetic. Like that the conversation went the direction that it went and that we were, we were kind of serious about it.
00:37:44
Jim Warrior
We want... yeah
00:37:47
Jim Warrior
We were wishing it into existence.
00:37:48
The Whole Ballgame
Like we were, um see, I had, at this point I had, and well, I mean, still at this point I've, I have never, i have been to a lot of pro wrestling shows a lot.
00:38:01
The Whole Ballgame
Uh, I have never, I have never seen Hulk Hogan live.
00:38:08
Jim Warrior
Oh, man.
00:38:10
The Whole Ballgame
Right?
00:38:10
Jim Warrior
That's tough.
00:38:11
The Whole Ballgame
So at the time, we were convinced that we were going to get The Fiend versus Hulk Hogan.
00:38:18
Jim Warrior
because he did that promo.
00:38:19
The Whole Ballgame
Correct. He did a promo, and it was very, like, it felt like that was the direction they might be going. And who knows? Maybe in some early stage, there was something there. oh And we were very excited about the prospect of it.
00:38:33
The Whole Ballgame
But as we as we all know, that was not was not what took place.
00:38:39
Jim Warrior
Because don't remember the exact timing of all that angle and bullshit of it, but like, I believe what the fucking whole thing was.
00:38:50
Jim Warrior
I don't know it was a month before, wait but doesn't Goldberg gets the belt off of the fiend, like right before this, because he's supposed to wrestle Roman, but then Roman backs out.
00:38:59
The Whole Ballgame
That's right. Yep.
00:39:03
Jim Warrior
Cause he's got a magic Johnson cancer of the blood and he can't be around people during in a pandemic. And then it becomes Stroman.
00:39:16
Jim Warrior
Oh boy. the choo-choo train. yeah And, uh, um,
00:39:21
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ.
Wrestling Storytelling and Continuity
00:39:23
Jim Warrior
so yeah, so I think that whole thing was like the whole, God, that was awful.
00:39:28
Jim Warrior
She does a fucking twisting moonsault onto her kneecaps.
00:39:29
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, God.
00:39:32
Jim Warrior
That was awful. Just one of the,
00:39:34
The Whole Ballgame
There you everybody. They're the new women's tag team champions. It's Alexa Bliss and the the the ah fiendy girl.
00:39:45
Jim Warrior
they should scissor. Um, but I think Hulkster was doing an interview where he was basically putting Goldberg over and this and that. And then the fiend pops up and with some fucking warfare, Hulkster got all paranoid doing the side eye and all that, like, brother, what's going on But and they he made some comment, you know how he does.
00:40:08
Jim Warrior
He'll, he'll always figure out a way to work in a fucking comment that leaves a door open.
00:40:11
The Whole Ballgame
you know
00:40:11
Jim Warrior
Like he, cause he want wants that goddamn match and we want it too.
00:40:16
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
00:40:16
Jim Warrior
obviously. Yeah, would
00:40:18
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, and honestly, the fantasy booking that we under engaged in through Chad, I remember it pretty distinctly. Feeling like, no, this is the way that you would do it.
00:40:29
The Whole Ballgame
You would set it up this way, and you wouldn't have to bump.
00:40:30
Jim Warrior
imagine knowing
00:40:33
The Whole Ballgame
And it's just, yeah I mean, it it's this big bad, right? Just like Hulk always takes out. Like, it just makes sense, right?
00:40:41
Jim Warrior
i would i would imagine knowing us if I had to assume at the time, we also probably would have said, you know, cause I'm guessing at some point we know the cinematic shit's going to happen.
00:40:55
Jim Warrior
You know, Hulkster could do a cinematic match because you could fucking edit it and not make it, make it look good. You know, you could you not have him bump and you could do this and that or whatever. And as we know, the fiend goes on to do it.
00:41:09
Jim Warrior
The fuck is this group?
00:41:13
The Whole Ballgame
see You know, Sammy at the time was like this character that he was like a he was like a dictator and he's got these foreigners underneath him.
00:41:20
Jim Warrior
Che Guevara.
00:41:22
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. yeah The Artist Collective.
00:41:28
Jim Warrior
Shinsuke Nakamura. And look, there is no one less artistic than Claudio Castagnoli. That man is a goddamn meathead for fuck's sake.
00:41:39
Jim Warrior
He has, there's this, this man is built for nothing but endurance exercise.
00:41:48
The Whole Ballgame
He just needs the Iron Sheik's clubs.
00:41:50
Jim Warrior
yeah
00:41:50
The Whole Ballgame
That's all. That's...
00:41:52
Jim Warrior
Fucking for hours, sure.
00:41:56
Jim Warrior
he couldn't write a goddamn limerick.
00:42:01
The Whole Ballgame
There once was a man from Nantucket.
00:42:03
Jim Warrior
Yeah, yeah. His name wasn't Antonio Cesaro.
00:42:07
The Whole Ballgame
It was not, no. It was... It was Andreas Jornburg, yeah? That was good.
00:42:14
Jim Warrior
Nantucket. It was Jean-Paul Levesque, I believe.
00:42:16
The Whole Ballgame
My penis so long I can suck it. It's dirty. It's so bad.
00:42:22
Jim Warrior
I told you that I was erotic.
00:42:23
The Whole Ballgame
It's a silly boy. Silly boy.
00:42:26
Jim Warrior
i
00:42:27
The Whole Ballgame
um
00:42:27
Jim Warrior
Silly. Uh-oh.
00:42:29
The Whole Ballgame
so So, yeah, we've got a commercial for the the merch because everybody needs...
00:42:33
Jim Warrior
Texas.
00:42:35
The Whole Ballgame
Needs more merch. um So, yeah, we're we're chatting back and forth. I mean, and then it gets to the point that this the the first time Blake and I ever got together on on a creative endeavor was ah was in the lead up to this WrestleMania escapade that we were, you know, mirror mere weeks away from.
00:43:00
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm.
00:43:00
The Whole Ballgame
um And so we started running. ah
00:43:07
The Whole Ballgame
a feud in the group chat where i was I was talking pretty openly about stealing Blake's wife and we were ah we were talking offline, ah Blake's wife and I, about ah me killing Blake at the LaQuintas, which is about a mile and a half down the road from Raymond James Stadium.
00:43:31
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:43:33
The Whole Ballgame
and taking over his life there in Wichita. And so we started feuding within the group chat.
00:43:37
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm. It'd be fine.
00:43:40
The Whole Ballgame
It was was ah was the the first of our our many creative endeavors together.
00:43:47
Jim Warrior
Look, it was uncertain times and the people needed to be entertained. And, and well, if nothing else at heart, we know that we are entertainers. Much like King Corbin.
00:43:57
The Whole Ballgame
If nothing else, King Corbin here. Dear God in heaven, what a mess this is Jesus Christ.
00:44:04
Jim Warrior
Boy, that just didn't work out for him after Vince left, did it?
00:44:10
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, look at it. what what i what i What's really particularly pathetic about the whole thing is he's like looking he's looking out into the crowd that doesn't actually exist, like making eye contact with fake humans.
00:44:17
Jim Warrior
That's one handsome guy.
00:44:22
Jim Warrior
um mean Yeah. they They just couldn't pull it off to not, they only know how to do it one way.
00:44:34
The Whole Ballgame
no
00:44:35
Jim Warrior
Like, how you don't have the entire locker room together and have the conversation, look, don't insult people's intelligence and don't look around.
00:44:48
Jim Warrior
Isn't
00:44:49
The Whole Ballgame
It's goddamn intellectually dishonest.
00:44:52
Jim Warrior
it? It really is.
00:44:52
The Whole Ballgame
It makes me so upset because of that. Because it's it's just like
00:45:00
Jim Warrior
It's a distraction, Gabe. It's not it.
00:45:02
The Whole Ballgame
there's no shame.
00:45:04
Jim Warrior
Everybody knows what this is.
00:45:08
The Whole Ballgame
The King is a ride at WrestleMania.
00:45:11
Jim Warrior
If you want something intellectual, I suggest you go read one of Claudio Castagnoli's book of poetries.
00:45:17
The Whole Ballgame
Okay, that's good. Okay.
00:45:20
Jim Warrior
Oh, we're cutting. This man's doing a goddamn promo to nothing, okay?
00:45:27
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, Jesus Christ almighty. um
00:45:30
Jim Warrior
back to... go back to
00:45:30
The Whole Ballgame
It's real bad.
00:45:31
Jim Warrior
empty arena smackdown from eight days ago. so he can
00:45:36
The Whole Ballgame
Isn't this... I mean, there's just such a level of, like, perfection to the fact that this is... This is the... This is the creative sort of ah piece of wrestling history that...
00:45:54
The Whole Ballgame
That brought us together. There's just something perfect about that, isn't there? That this is... This is what...
00:46:03
The Whole Ballgame
The entire history of professional wrestling...
00:46:03
Jim Warrior
Oh.
00:46:06
The Whole Ballgame
And ni is white this is this is what... is joined us as a force. This is this. This quiet...
00:46:14
Jim Warrior
Well...
00:46:16
The Whole Ballgame
Like... Uncomfortable... Painful... just pathetic excuse for everything everything here is bad every aspect of every aspect is pathetic
00:46:31
Jim Warrior
We were the phoenix that rose from the ashes.
00:46:36
The Whole Ballgame
yeah something don't know man um
Wrestling Events and Personal Life Transitions
00:46:38
Jim Warrior
Hey, hey, baby. You know what it's like, Gabe? Sometimes when the song's really bad, the dancing's gotta be really good, baby. Wanna to keep on, keep on, keep on dancing, Joe.
00:46:41
The Whole Ballgame
hmm
00:46:52
The Whole Ballgame
at home
00:46:53
Jim Warrior
Who's he?
00:46:53
The Whole Ballgame
Everybody's very... the
00:46:54
Jim Warrior
Oh, God.
00:46:56
The Whole Ballgame
just It's completely quiet. lake
00:47:00
Jim Warrior
There's nobody there.
00:47:00
The Whole Ballgame
Everything is quiet.
00:47:02
Jim Warrior
I know. The world's quiet, Gabe. You remember going down the street? It was awesome. It was fucking amazing. Nobody was out. I loved it, okay?
00:47:13
Jim Warrior
Can I tell you that? Can I tell you that? I fucking i loved that aspect of COVID. I know you hated it as a social creature and all that, but my God, the drive to work was fucking awesome because no one was ever on the road.
00:47:31
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, bet.
00:47:35
The Whole Ballgame
Just so stupid. This sucks. Anyway. um
00:47:38
Jim Warrior
Well, this would suck anyway, no matter what. It's Corbin and Elias.
00:47:40
The Whole Ballgame
No, you're right. You're right.
00:47:42
Jim Warrior
this is This isn't worthy of a fucking like Judgment Day match, let alone WrestleMania.
00:47:48
The Whole Ballgame
Just insane. Absolute insanity.
00:47:51
Jim Warrior
This man wrestles with a t-shirt.
00:47:51
The Whole Ballgame
um
00:47:52
Jim Warrior
They're both in fucking t-shirts, for God's sake.
00:47:53
The Whole Ballgame
They're both wearing t-shirts. Yeah. The matches officially began, everybody.
00:48:00
Jim Warrior
Thank God.
00:48:01
The Whole Ballgame
and the ceiling fan is a rolling...
00:48:03
Jim Warrior
Yes, yes. Don't forget that.
00:48:06
The Whole Ballgame
it's what i It's what I remember most. um
00:48:08
Jim Warrior
No, we need the fan going. That's going to help ah prevent the spread of disease, keep the airflow going, and ah yeah the germs won't be able to settle the air.
00:48:19
Jim Warrior
It's a protection of everyone. Thank you.
00:48:22
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. um So, as as time wore on, um you know, you figure the... the Super Bowl is usually the first week in February, right?
00:48:34
Jim Warrior
you
00:48:36
The Whole Ballgame
And WrestleMania scheduled to take place the last week in March. So we've got about a seven-week stretch um that we've got, you know, to ah plan out and book a hotel room and do all the things that we need to do, get flights taken care of, all that shit.
00:48:54
The Whole Ballgame
um As the weeks wear on, it's becoming more and more clear that It's going to be a strange circumstance.
00:49:05
The Whole Ballgame
um ah End of February, the last week in February that year, was my yearly, the the event that I put on in Chicago at C2E2, right?
00:49:19
The Whole Ballgame
And that year, we just so happened to be co-promoting
00:49:25
The Whole Ballgame
AEW Revolution, the first revolution event
00:49:29
Jim Warrior
Oh, yeah. Yes. Mm-hmm.
00:49:31
The Whole Ballgame
taken place at c2e2 that year right um it's it's um a leap day weekend right because it's 2020 so leap days a day that year and so the show is the 28th 29th and march 1st um this is a massive event right so we're we're expecting like 95 000 attendees over three days c two e you and you know the the aw show sold out in something like 40 minutes or something like that like the whole place just jammed to the rafters like people everywhere by the end of the next week the first week in march we were all working from home so we had 90 000 people in this room over the weekend nobody's required to wear masks nothing it's goddamn miracle it wasn't a super spreader event
00:50:28
The Whole Ballgame
Um, and it might've been, and nobody just reported that it was.
00:50:32
Jim Warrior
Yeah, I'm not sure I figured it out.
00:50:35
The Whole Ballgame
Right. Exactly. So, by the end of the next week, we're in, in, uh, back in Connecticut, uh, with a scheduled move, by the way, the end of March to out here in Michigan, where I am now.
00:50:50
The Whole Ballgame
Um, and you know we're locked down basically. And at that point, that's when Blake and I were like, yeah, I mean, the writing's on the wall. I don't think we should book anything.
00:51:02
The Whole Ballgame
You know? And so we waited and waited and waited and then we find out that, yep, no WrestleMania ah in an arena anyway 2020. And the amount sort of and the the amount of sort of
00:51:21
The Whole Ballgame
regret we had in the that moment was was pretty considerable we didn't know what to expect i remember us discussing like do you think they're going to offer us our money back like what do you think is going to happen here like and of course they you know they sent us our money back it's not a deal like they they took care of it but like but it was it was very much like neither one of us was going to ask them to give us our money back
00:51:38
Jim Warrior
Yeah, yeah, we got the refund.
00:51:47
Jim Warrior
Well, I even, I threw this out there because I mean, like I was, you know, whatever, like it isn't going to happen. So let's figure out what our next best option is.
00:52:00
Jim Warrior
But I threw out like, well, what do you want to, and I get why now looking back on it, I understand like that would have been stupid for them to do. But I was like, you just want to keep that fucking money and we go next year, you know, kind of deal like this, whatever.
00:52:15
The Whole Ballgame
Right. ah
00:52:17
Jim Warrior
And Jack's like, nah, he's like, we'll send it back. Who knows what the hell's going to happen with all this shit. Everybody, you know, might probably a good time to, you know, have like every dime you could have kind of thing. I'm like, yeah, that makes sense. And also to, you know, now that I look back, I'm like, well, fuck,
00:52:33
Jim Warrior
they would get more money the next year, way more. So that would have been silly for them. um But yeah, no, that all i yeah, to say like my wife was unhappy.
00:52:49
Jim Warrior
I'd be a bit of an understatement, I guess. I think she could have a lot more pissed, but like I said, I was not planning on doing this and I just fucking did it and I did it drunk.
00:52:52
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
00:53:00
The Whole Ballgame
but
00:53:02
Jim Warrior
And,
00:53:05
Jim Warrior
Like, I'm six months into listening, maybe. no, no, because over a year, year and a half. Yeah.
00:53:16
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
00:53:16
Jim Warrior
ah I can't. Keeping track of years after 2000 takes time.
00:53:22
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
00:53:22
Jim Warrior
You know, but so she was working as a nurse or she might even be in nursing school or CNA or whatever at the time.
00:53:35
Jim Warrior
She's working overnight. I remember that. And she came home the next morning. and um might have been texting her through the night. think I even texted her and kind of tried to break the ice on it, you know?
00:53:49
Jim Warrior
Because,
00:53:49
The Whole Ballgame
with it
00:53:53
Jim Warrior
look, to her, I'm telling her that I've just spent $1,500 to go to WrestleMania ah sit
Wrestling's Role in Community and Continuity
00:54:03
Jim Warrior
with some podcast guys.
00:54:05
Jim Warrior
And that doesn't sound great, especially from, what is this, 39-year-old man um with two small children at the time, too.
00:54:08
The Whole Ballgame
No.
00:54:20
Jim Warrior
um And then and then it just kind of devolved from there. Like, well, I'm going to go with this other dude ah that listens to the show that I don't know, but we're going to stay at the La Quinta together,
00:54:28
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm. so
00:54:34
Jim Warrior
to just to save some money. ah
00:54:37
The Whole Ballgame
name
00:54:38
Jim Warrior
And on top of that, because this is spontaneous, her schedules are set like months out.
00:54:45
The Whole Ballgame
Sure.
00:54:45
Jim Warrior
She, she's scheduled to fucking work. um So I got nobody to watch my kids. I got to ask, find some, figure something out. Like she's not happy with me. And it just kind of like,
00:55:00
Jim Warrior
you know, it would ebb and flow and, you know, it's not the end of the world and then it's fucking you stupid ass and then, you know, just like ride that goddamn roller coaster. So, I'd try to figure out, you like you know, what I'm gonna do everything I can to defuse this fucking thing and I don't hear about it anymore.
00:55:18
Jim Warrior
Um, you know, it is what it is. I did it. I'd fucking do it again and I'd look you in the eyes and I'd tell you I'd do it again too. but okay, you don't like it.
00:55:31
Jim Warrior
I'll do what I can to fix this. So I'm like, look, I'll, I'll figure out a way to come up with $1,500 out of my shit or whatever.
00:55:45
Jim Warrior
That way you can feel better about this because of whatever immature, foolish thing I've done. and, and then that wipes that out. And other than, you know, I've done it and that's the problem. man You didn't talk to me. by Yeah, got it. Whatever. Fucking live a little.
00:56:05
Jim Warrior
But so to do that, I sell some of my treasured memorabilia, my autographed Stan Musial baseball and an autographed Ozzie Smith baseball being part of that.
00:56:06
The Whole Ballgame
You know
00:56:19
Jim Warrior
um I don't know anything else I sold. I blocked out because it hurt too much. But that obviously didn't cover all of that. But I pieced together the rest of it somehow for my... Also, too, that was my plan the whole entire time. I told her, I'm like, look, this is going to be like $7.50 at the end of the day because I'm going to get fucking... The other dude's going to pay for half and take one of the tickets. and like My whole time, and i in the back of my mind, I know like somebody's going to want to go and split this.
00:56:49
Jim Warrior
I'll be able to figure out some way to recoup half my money. and And then got yeah bitched at for selling it at fucking half face value, you know, like, because I could have made a fucking profit.
00:57:01
Jim Warrior
And I'm just like, for fuck's sake, like, no. Jesus Christ.
00:57:06
The Whole Ballgame
flip That's outstanding.
00:57:08
Jim Warrior
ah Yeah, yeah. Perfect, really. So. oh
00:57:13
The Whole Ballgame
Elias beats King Corbin here at WrestleMania 36. Uh-huh.
00:57:17
Jim Warrior
Yeah, don't forget to get that in. We need to pay tribute.
00:57:19
The Whole Ballgame
ah hu Very important.
00:57:22
Jim Warrior
It's like some camera sitting there to the side with a sheet on it. And that's just like in the stands. It's fine. But yeah, so all that ends up being for nothing.
00:57:34
Jim Warrior
um Because get the money back. um And I guess it's great. I guess I made a little bit of money selling my shit. But I'd rather not have sold it.
00:57:46
Jim Warrior
And I got the mutual. I got a mutual ball back. I went bought another one later. everything Everything's evened out.
00:58:00
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, I did not have this problem. um
00:58:05
Jim Warrior
Yeah, well.
00:58:06
The Whole Ballgame
it was just It was early enough in the the relationship here where like she wasn't going to say anything to me. You know what I mean? like I can do whatever. You know what mean? like There's not going to be a thing.
00:58:17
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it... I was not in the ride on it, I'll admit that.
00:58:27
The Whole Ballgame
We got Stone Cold Steve Austin telling us to download stevens season six of Supercard.
00:58:32
Jim Warrior
But as I stated, and I would do it again and I would tell you I would do it again.
00:58:39
The Whole Ballgame
That's with saw It was interesting that we didn't get to do it. um and And we actually
00:58:51
Jim Warrior
oh boy.
00:58:51
The Whole Ballgame
met for the first time in real life. ah
00:58:59
Jim Warrior
first dance.
00:58:59
The Whole Ballgame
The Weekend of Starrcast 3? Oh, okay.
00:59:02
Jim Warrior
No. Well, I don't know when the fuck that was. But, no, StarCast 3 was that Baltimore one, right?
00:59:08
The Whole Ballgame
Alright, I thought that was 4.
00:59:09
Jim Warrior
ah No.
00:59:10
The Whole Ballgame
Oh,
00:59:10
Jim Warrior
it was ah It was the first dance. the The rampage that began the destruction of AEW. You were up in that box.
00:59:19
The Whole Ballgame
shit. Yes, that's right. Wyatt with you.
00:59:21
Jim Warrior
i brought yeah I brought Wyatt to... It was when Pump came back and all out in Chicago.
00:59:25
The Whole Ballgame
take
00:59:27
Jim Warrior
And we had tickets to Rampage.
00:59:27
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
00:59:31
Jim Warrior
And... ah Wyatt and i came up and think you were up there with your lovely wife and dude you worked with and yeah yeah she ah she she came and and sat with us at the show and we watched Phil come out I think that ah that was is where ah Christian beat Omega I think for the TNA title or something I don't know
00:59:43
The Whole Ballgame
Maya was there too, right? Yeah.
00:59:53
The Whole Ballgame
And then, uh,
01:00:03
Jim Warrior
eight Didn't they have him go, because they had him go over to make it look like he had a shot of winning in the fucking AEW title.
01:00:08
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, that's right. yeah You're right. Yep. that's That's exactly what happened. And then, um
01:00:14
Jim Warrior
Danielson came out at the end.
01:00:16
The Whole Ballgame
yes. Yep. Yep. and If I remember right, there was another, yeah that was the night Adam Cole came to. was the same night. It was Danielson and Adam Cole both.
01:00:28
Jim Warrior
Oh yeah, they both came in the end, didn't they?
01:00:30
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Yeah.
01:00:32
Jim Warrior
Boy, they packed way too much shit into that.
01:00:35
The Whole Ballgame
They really did.
01:00:35
Jim Warrior
But no surprise looking back.
01:00:36
The Whole Ballgame
i mean, you know, but, you know, that's what that's what the man did. He's a hotshot. That's what he did with that shit. um And look at it now. What a fucking mess.
01:00:48
Jim Warrior
Well, look, you got to balance out your fucking stimulants if you're gonna book pro wrestling, man.
01:00:55
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ. What was... And then the other we... I was in i was in town I think it was StarCast 3. Maybe not.
01:01:07
The Whole Ballgame
No! No, no, no. It was all... That's right. It was All Out. um It was All Out weekend that you came up and and you brought Wyatt because you went to Rampage and then you went to All Out.
01:01:23
The Whole Ballgame
But me, you, and Andy met up at the hotel...
01:01:29
Jim Warrior
Oh yeah, yeah, we like went out somewhere.
01:01:30
The Whole Ballgame
at the hotel
01:01:31
Jim Warrior
With
01:01:32
The Whole Ballgame
to that bar at the hotel at the the Hyatt right there.
01:01:36
Jim Warrior
Jim Dillon.
01:01:36
The Whole Ballgame
And then we walk we walked we walked around and ah went in and out of the, because it was Top Guy Weekend or whatever bullshit.
01:01:45
Jim Warrior
That's right, that's right.
01:01:47
The Whole Ballgame
And got a ah four horseman.
01:01:52
The Whole Ballgame
oh
01:01:53
Jim Warrior
Yeah, I got a picture of that.
01:01:55
The Whole Ballgame
Yep, that thing. and And foam hand, thank you, Jesus Christ.
01:01:58
Jim Warrior
Oh man.
01:02:02
The Whole Ballgame
ah We hung out then. and that was, gosh, I guess that must have been 21. Right after all this bullshit happened. And then eventually we got our WrestleMania moment, by God, in Philadelphia.
01:02:17
Jim Warrior
Oh my god.
01:02:19
The Whole Ballgame
Here comes Becky Lynch in fucking semi-truck.
01:02:22
Jim Warrior
The man!
01:02:22
The Whole Ballgame
It's just great.
01:02:23
Jim Warrior
The man! The man! Becky Lynch!
01:02:29
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ almighty.
01:02:31
Jim Warrior
Come here, Colby.
01:02:31
The Whole Ballgame
Just an effort.
01:02:32
Jim Warrior
Give me your cock, Colby. I want it in my horse.
01:02:37
The Whole Ballgame
oh Everything is quiet. Everything is quiet. Stop
01:02:41
Jim Warrior
Look at this shit. You think that's the same truck Hulkster drove in the rock? Whoa, that brother. You got an intruder in the house, dude? The dog's barking.
01:02:52
The Whole Ballgame
it. Stop. Fucking dogs. Goddamn motherfuckers.
01:02:59
Jim Warrior
always love it when Gabe rolls in the chair.
01:02:59
The Whole Ballgame
Anyway.
01:03:01
Jim Warrior
It's great.
01:03:01
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Yeah, you love that.
01:03:02
Jim Warrior
Hey, there's a scissor lift.
01:03:03
The Whole Ballgame
I know. There you go. There's a big ceiling fan.
01:03:08
Jim Warrior
Jesus. Remember when they... they goddamn remember she was a fucking cannibal biting biting necks uh
01:03:18
The Whole Ballgame
I do remember that.
01:03:21
Jim Warrior
i can't believe shana's not thriving more under triple h quite frankly
Wrestling Presentation and Fan Experience
01:03:26
Jim Warrior
but um you remember when they it they first started doing this shit and they would they had the goddamn hard cam on the just empty fucking side of the arena instead of pointing it towards the rampway, at least with a fucking screen and logo or whatever.
01:03:42
Jim Warrior
that was that was That was tough to watch.
01:03:46
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, the the funny thing about this is iss just how much it progressed pretty quickly over time. I mean, this is before even the but fucking...
01:03:55
Jim Warrior
The Thunderdome?
01:03:56
The Whole Ballgame
oh the Thank you, yes. Like the postage stamps of people's faces on the crowd.
01:04:01
Jim Warrior
Scoot? Scoot was on it?
01:04:04
The Whole Ballgame
Fucking Scoot. God damn Scoot.
01:04:07
Jim Warrior
$11.99 to my MinMo, please. Actually, that pizza is about $38 by now.
01:04:17
The Whole Ballgame
bla Blake, in his his his giant heart, took care of one of the members of the last-hand solar system who was in need of a ah pizza because he he he was out of work.
01:04:21
Jim Warrior
yeah
01:04:33
The Whole Ballgame
Blake went ahead and sent him $12 so he could get a pizza.
01:04:36
Jim Warrior
from Jim Hurd. I even wrote it in the note. I remember it would have been like a couple of weeks before this, maybe even a week before, because I remember exactly where I was when I did it.
01:04:50
Jim Warrior
I was at my mom's house in Tennessee.
01:04:53
The Whole Ballgame
Yes.
01:04:53
Jim Warrior
And because now I was also trying to think of, you know, what led up to this. And I remember, I don't know if it was the go home or the week before, but, They had Austin in one of those goddamn warehouse empty arenas, remember?
01:05:08
Jim Warrior
He's out there at the very end of Raw fucking doing stone colds to nothing in this fucking...
01:05:08
The Whole Ballgame
yes
01:05:15
Jim Warrior
And I was at my parents' house watching that thinking, Jesus Christ, because I was traveling that weekend. Like, from there, we get back and, like, that's when everything changed that weekend.
01:05:28
Jim Warrior
That had been the same one, like, the end of... Probably end of February... early March, whatever, but I don't know. But the, uh, the fucking just
01:05:43
Jim Warrior
the, the way that they would shoot that shit was even worse than this. But I was out there and, in Tennessee and I was up cause I was up there like looking through fucking Twitter or whatever and fuckers talking about, you know,
01:06:02
Jim Warrior
needing money and this and that and being laid off and can't get his unemployment and blah, blah, blah. Well, in between making fun of people stuck out in the street and shit like that, waiting for his Dunkin' Donuts delivery down in the lobby of his apartment.
01:06:17
Jim Warrior
And, uh, I sent him 12 bucks for pizza. Yeah.
01:06:24
Jim Warrior
Oh God.
01:06:24
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ, the smacking sounds.
01:06:29
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus, this is terrible.
01:06:29
Jim Warrior
uh,
01:06:31
Jim Warrior
ah
01:06:31
The Whole Ballgame
All of this is just so terrible.
01:06:35
Jim Warrior
they shouldn'
01:06:35
The Whole Ballgame
So...
01:06:38
Jim Warrior
They should have did the opposite and less Mike did. You know?
01:06:47
Jim Warrior
Like...
01:06:49
The Whole Ballgame
You get these fucking guys... but Byron Saxton and and the other guy who doesn't even exist anymore, like, doing commentary.
01:06:57
Jim Warrior
Corey Grizzle?
01:06:59
The Whole Ballgame
It's not Corey Graves. It's, uh, it's...
01:07:02
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it is.
01:07:03
The Whole Ballgame
No, it's not.
01:07:04
Jim Warrior
That's Corey Graves and Saxton.
01:07:05
The Whole Ballgame
It's not. It's... No, it's... I prompt, it is not Corey Graves. It's the guy who...
01:07:08
Jim Warrior
I just saw him.
01:07:09
The Whole Ballgame
His name is Tom something. and That's not Corey Graves. It's Tom something or other.
01:07:13
Jim Warrior
Brother. That's Tom Phillips, dude.
01:07:14
The Whole Ballgame
he's He works for TNA now.
01:07:17
Jim Warrior
My screen changed, dude.
01:07:18
The Whole Ballgame
Tom Phillips. There
01:07:19
Jim Warrior
He's a fucking shapeshifter, dude. That was Corey Graves, brother. I don't know what's going on, dude. Sky, baby.
01:07:30
The Whole Ballgame
fantastic now um no no what did i miss
01:07:32
Jim Warrior
Oh, God. Did you see?
01:07:38
Jim Warrior
hold Hulk and Easy-E and their third man?
01:07:41
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, fuck.
01:07:42
Jim Warrior
Was that not...
01:07:44
The Whole Ballgame
Izzy, as he brother Izzy, look, man. Look, the wave of the future, dude, is freestyle wrestling.
01:07:47
Jim Warrior
Ugh.
01:07:51
The Whole Ballgame
Real American freestyle wrestling, brother.
01:07:54
Jim Warrior
Ugh.
01:07:55
The Whole Ballgame
that's the Look, when in doubt, dude, go with the real stuff, man. That's what everybody wants to pay for and watch. It's real wrestling action.
01:08:07
Jim Warrior
Is...
01:08:07
The Whole Ballgame
All right?
01:08:08
Jim Warrior
is That guy's not the dad of the little girl, is he?
01:08:12
The Whole Ballgame
I don't think so. I think his name is just Israel and they call him Izzy.
01:08:15
Jim Warrior
Oh. Well. That's better, I suppose. I thought it was that little girl's dad. i figured Eric was going to try to do her.
01:08:23
The Whole Ballgame
but
01:08:27
Jim Warrior
Referee saying, listen to my count, back it up when I tell ya.
01:08:32
Jim Warrior
Spinning back kick. Like...
01:08:34
The Whole Ballgame
Somehow the TV turned on in the other room. Hold on a second.
01:08:37
Jim Warrior
That's probably Rick.
01:08:45
Jim Warrior
I'm not entirely convinced that Gabe's home is not full of ghosts.
01:08:51
Jim Warrior
He had that cemetery thing next door. Oh, shit. Oh, fuck. He hit his head. Jesus Christ. I think he broke it. It's swinging.
01:09:03
Jim Warrior
Is it? Is it broke?
01:09:03
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, No, no, it happens like five or six times a day.
01:09:04
Jim Warrior
Did he break that?
01:09:09
The Whole Ballgame
that This lighting lighting thing that's in the... This used to be the dining room when I turned it into my office.
01:09:16
Jim Warrior
Uh-huh.
01:09:16
The Whole Ballgame
So this is like supposed to be over the dining room table and it I hit my head on that shit.
01:09:18
Jim Warrior
It's like a chandelier.
01:09:20
The Whole Ballgame
Hit my head on it like five or six times a day. It's whatever.
01:09:25
Jim Warrior
If you thought of getting rid of it. Mm-hmm.
01:09:27
The Whole Ballgame
Yes. I'm lazy. Um... So they make the call. We're not having this. We're not doing this thing. we're not There's not going to be a WrestleMania. We're going to do it.
01:09:40
The Whole Ballgame
They give us our money back. And like every year, they the the the chairman usually will well do a call-in show. um And the both of us had the opportunity to do that. And I've got some audio for us right now.
01:09:55
The Whole Ballgame
We'll start rolling the dice and picking people at random.
01:09:57
Jim Warrior
Thank you.
01:09:59
The Whole Ballgame
have set their numbers who pledge elsewhere let's say on our Patreon, and your number may be called, so you need to be ready, ah you need to be primed, and we need to be presenting.
01:10:12
The Whole Ballgame
The whole day, I'll be prepared. And then, boss, we are joined by a heavyweight. We are joined our veteran. In fact, he was supposed to be sitting right next to us.
01:10:22
The Whole Ballgame
He was! At home, stadium in Tampa, one of two ah bo fan so members who saw fit to snatch those extra tickets and have a one of a kindd experience Gabe, I hope this is an important placement for what you were expecting, but it's certainly the best thing you could do.
01:10:39
The Whole Ballgame
Are you kidding? Horribly. This is the worst. It's just so fucking terrible. Let's hear it.
01:10:52
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, dude.
01:10:55
The Whole Ballgame
Don't you feel so cheap? Like, as a wrestling fan right now, don't you feel like they're forcing you to, like, acknowledge what a whore you are for them? Well, you know what, it's like that first time, really does, it feels like this all over again, that first time you tell the girl you really like that, yeah, it's more than just used to be a fan, you still watch it, and you're afraid, and you're so worried. And I work about it online, and also engage with people on social media about it, and
01:11:32
The Whole Ballgame
and I like the stuff. I kind of be abandoned. I've kind of watched it my whole life. I kind of listen to podcasts about it. I kind of make six-hour podcasts about it. I kind of spend $400 to go on a flight for a few months about it. I kind of get invited to go the beach and make fun of the rest of the season every year.
01:11:49
The Whole Ballgame
I kind of, you know, I own a lot people. I don't know if I'm ready for them. I'm pretty sure they're 40. I don't I don't know if you're little bit about it.
01:12:08
The Whole Ballgame
Honey, honey, these guys are worth it. Okay. Am I worth it, though? What's that? We're in the middle of this thing. My significant other, bless your heart, is sitting in the other room playing Animal Crossing and watching Indractable Jokers like a normal human being.
01:12:26
The Whole Ballgame
And I'm cooped up in my office waiting for you to call me. An old episode of the podcast that I've listened to a few times already. I love you guys. Really, I do.
01:12:37
The Whole Ballgame
The world has turned a very interesting corner. Oh, my God. i mean, how are you managing, Gabe? I mean, we know you quite well. If fans don't know, and Gabe has joined us on some Patreon-exclusive audio where we've been on the road.
01:12:48
The Whole Ballgame
see him at the conventions and stuff. And he's an active guy. He knows what it's like to be busy, coming out, and on flights, and coordinating. This has to be especially dramatically different for you.
01:13:00
The Whole Ballgame
Well yeah, you know, we're getting a minute.
01:13:00
Jim Warrior
Gabe Zuccarini.
01:13:03
The Whole Ballgame
We put on two measures. Like, everything in our company is shut down until early July, at the earliest at this point. So nobody really knows what's going on. Luckily, it's a huge company, so it's like none of us were effectively straight.
01:13:15
The Whole Ballgame
But, you know, it's just, you know, we're working home and we're doing our best to coordinate for the next shows that are actually
01:13:24
The Whole Ballgame
the
01:13:27
The Whole Ballgame
running around outside all the time and I'm playing with the dog but it's just it's it's not I it's just the more I think about what this is and it's you guys are prophets like This is postmodernism.
01:13:44
The Whole Ballgame
That's exactly what this is. I thought we were right on the precipice of postmodernism, but it turns out we were actually right in the doorway.
01:13:55
The Whole Ballgame
weren We in the foyer. We were about to cross the threshold, and now we live a postmodern existence. it all fake it' all it's it's um <unk>ing wstlemania is i mean
01:14:11
The Whole Ballgame
and now that was no one can argue now
01:14:17
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, honestly, we- we- we- this is very- a rock bottom of sorts because- because, like I- said earlier, y'know, deep down its
01:14:28
Jim Warrior
Oh baby you wouldn't be the Keep On Dancing channel if that's the Fertanigans.
01:14:30
The Whole Ballgame
am honestly
01:14:35
The Whole Ballgame
ah rock bottom of sorts because because like i said earlier you know This is as bad as it can get, honestly, outside of the company completely going out business.
01:14:46
The Whole Ballgame
you know But this is really as bad it can get. Honestly, on Monday night, they can say it used to be worse.
01:14:50
Jim Warrior
Mickey Lynch with the one two three.
01:14:54
The Whole Ballgame
What a fantastic, scintillating matchup. It's going to be better than this shit.
01:14:58
Jim Warrior
Brett Piper finish.
01:14:58
The Whole Ballgame
It's headed back to 1992, apparently.
Wrestling's Cultural Significance
01:15:01
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. It lays bare just the... boat and the the
01:15:06
Jim Warrior
Close Austin Hart from the garden.
01:15:07
The Whole Ballgame
what actually pulls the strings these days in motivating the decisions Vince McMahon and company have to make. I mean, it's basically like, let's just make sure that cash flow continues to operate. Do you think when it used to be better if a pandemic hit the country, that they would have still found a way, come hell or high water, to do their shows in a small little closet somewhere? Are you fucking kidding me? You shut down and you wait for the time when you do a show that's actually received as an event and not received as some kind of morbid, strange sort
01:15:37
The Whole Ballgame
yeah now because lever are so much different in terms of what motivates them to act motivates them to spend motivates them to crack whip on the cattle that they call their wrestlers, we realized that it's so kind of a ball-faced profit play.
01:15:53
The Whole Ballgame
and And they're willing to go so much further than I think even we may have been comfortable acknowledging forcing something out there. Because it's always about opportunism. It's always about taking this massive signal that you should stand down as some kind of weird opportunity. Like, oh we'll be the only one then. This is hot shit. Even a freshman who's in a fucking empty building.
01:16:13
The Whole Ballgame
Fans, you i think about this in a way of like Yeah! no can yeah all the while was like even as a my marry more know that's in hukering down going
01:16:31
Jim Warrior
Your sickness has helped you take her out.
01:16:32
The Whole Ballgame
okay so if we still hold saying how many more networks
01:16:35
Jim Warrior
Get him in his hospital gown.
01:16:36
The Whole Ballgame
and we get vote and you know what else we and we'll make them chargeable watch you on great db
01:16:48
The Whole Ballgame
Well, they're right. I mean, if they got us by the ball, it's right. What else are you going to do? You're going to sit the house and you're going you know, you're going to whittle your thumbs, going to jerk off sometimes, and then you're going to watch WrestleMania. Just a couple?
01:17:02
The Whole Ballgame
Listen. Well, watching a fake sport. Six is a couple. In the beginning. You're already fucking stupid because you're watching a sport that's not real.
01:17:09
Jim Warrior
Oh, for fuck's sakes, is Daniel Bryan on the third match?
01:17:12
The Whole Ballgame
Who's the fucking idiot?
01:17:13
Jim Warrior
Or fourth? Whatever the fuck this is.
01:17:15
The Whole Ballgame
I'm making money off that. It's giving me I win.
01:17:18
Jim Warrior
Jesus Christ, with Drew Gulak as tag team partner.
01:17:20
The Whole Ballgame
I think we know who wins this weekend.
01:17:22
Jim Warrior
Holy shit.
01:17:24
The Whole Ballgame
It's just, it's the damnedest thing because how can I sit here?
01:17:24
Jim Warrior
What's going on?
01:17:29
The Whole Ballgame
Man, it really opens a window into the soul, right? Because you start having questions. How can I sit here and and discuss this with you guys? And then all while, I'm like, yeah, but I'm to watch it. Maybe do something cool.
01:17:45
The Whole Ballgame
That's it. Give me, because I know I'm here anyway, give me a reason to actually respect myself in the morning for taking this kind of time. I think it was on like that, obviously.
01:17:55
Jim Warrior
These men are catching.
01:17:57
The Whole Ballgame
That when that was my my phone call. Yours is a little less positive. got feet. And you know, of everybody who's suffering this weekend, I don't think anybody's suffering more than Blake.
01:18:11
The Whole Ballgame
Blake is the gentleman...
01:18:13
Jim Warrior
Still.
01:18:14
The Whole Ballgame
won the auction to join us at Raymond James Stadium. We talked about Gabriel. your Gabe sort of ended up reaching out to Blake, so they shared the two tickets. But Blake went all in. He was ready to go. And we feel free, Blake. And this is the least we can do is give you some time here.
01:18:29
The Whole Ballgame
And we're glad to to reach you. And we want to know what's on your mind here as WrestleMania 36. Such as it is is upon us.
01:18:37
The Whole Ballgame
Well, don't make no deconchairs. I'm rock hard and ready to go. You too, huh?
01:18:42
Jim Warrior
Sounds pretty positive to me.
01:18:43
The Whole Ballgame
How you boys doing? I wish Blake would have started talking to you the way that he spoke to me when I called him and he answered the phone.
01:18:54
The Whole Ballgame
Because it was really good. Let's like the main. Do multiple takes here. There we go. Okay. why
01:19:06
The Whole Ballgame
That's awesome. Hogan! There it is. Nobody other than my wife called me, so I knew when the phone rang.
01:19:15
Jim Warrior
I miss that flair.
01:19:15
The Whole Ballgame
I knew who it was.
01:19:17
Jim Warrior
Oh, hey, look, it's the MAGA ref.
01:19:17
The Whole Ballgame
that's great, man. Well, hey, we'll be glad to be the other person in your life. That's for sure. That fucking cast. So, what, do you are you in depression?
01:19:22
Jim Warrior
Drake worst.
01:19:24
The Whole Ballgame
Have you come to terms with the fact that you're still sitting home instead of watching pretend fighting and the with 80,000 other people? Yeah, I don't want to get heat with Rudy, but I wish I was fucking dead right now.
01:19:42
The Whole Ballgame
I'm wearing my pump man gear. I'm trying feel alive. There it is.
01:19:48
Jim Warrior
Yeah, no coincidences.
01:19:48
The Whole Ballgame
Hold on. I'm wearing my main's Everybody Kicks Out shirt.
01:19:50
Jim Warrior
That's happens when you're real, Gizzle.
01:19:54
The Whole Ballgame
That's what I was going to wear this weekend. I was going to wear that to one of the nights, and then i was going to wear on I was going to wear another shirt. Oh, no, one night. I was going to wear that.
01:20:06
The Whole Ballgame
Well, we're going start this year, I guess. We'll figure that out down the road sometime. Looking forward to that. Yeah, I mean, I had, Bossman was ordering up shirts, ProWrestlingTees.com.
01:20:17
The Whole Ballgame
I had her shirts. So i'm looking forward to wearing that Rugby Darby shirt.
01:20:25
The Whole Ballgame
Such as life. Yeah, I know. What the fuck? It's so weird. Like, so much was planned. What weird turn of events, man. Yeah, it was, man, I'll tell you, I got a little heat in the house for that decision.
01:20:39
The Whole Ballgame
It was a definitely last minute.
01:20:41
Jim Warrior
Yeah, there it is.
01:20:43
The Whole Ballgame
I'm pretty sure booking there when I went in on that Saturday evening and had to try to explain it to the investors the next day. was weird. I got you.
01:20:53
The Whole Ballgame
Nothing in life. not you nothing nothing in line worthwhile is worthwhile without pain. Isn't that true?
01:21:04
The Whole Ballgame
Let's see. Let's hear more about that on the wrestling at 36 weekend. I mean, you're always so good about reminding people like there's there's more to it. It's not just a catchphrase when you say life has to pay.
01:21:14
The Whole Ballgame
No, it has to hurt because then you know what? We don't appreciate the good things in our life. All right. We have to suffer. We have to be miserable. There's nothing, the people who sit out there who act like they're enjoying every aspect of of their life, they're fucking phony. It's a fucking fake. right They're just complete bullshit.
01:21:38
The Whole Ballgame
If you don't feel the hurt inside and maybe outside, if you don't feel that hurt, then nothing is worth it.
01:21:51
The Whole Ballgame
You need to hurt to succeed. You need to hurt to feel good. That's the reality of it all. What do you think? We deserve to not have WrestleMania.
01:22:03
The Whole Ballgame
That's right. We earned this. We took it all for granted. Right. And now we sit here watch a fucking pirate theme show. Yep.
01:22:14
The Whole Ballgame
You know, but this is the first, was thinking about this too. is the first WrestleMania that you and I have not, Jack, you and me have not been together. since, I think, WrestleMania 31.
01:22:27
The Whole Ballgame
It is, yeah.
01:22:28
Jim Warrior
you
01:22:28
The Whole Ballgame
We do a show kind of like this remotely. Yeah, other than that, we've always come together around WrestleMania. So, Blake, everybody's feeling the pain. That's the point trying to make here, Blake. Hey, we get the world we deserve.
01:22:41
The Whole Ballgame
That's right. Ain't that the truth? We fucking made our bed, and now we fucking lie in it.
Coping with Challenges and Humor
01:22:47
The Whole Ballgame
but I had some deep shit. you know You know, I was talking with my manager the other day, and he was telling me, like, he said, you know, he said, this is the world's way of fucking um taking care of herself.
01:23:01
The Whole Ballgame
because Because they they said... ah It goes on like that. Anyway, the whole point here is that
01:23:09
Jim Warrior
The Happening is a great movie.
01:23:12
The Whole Ballgame
we ended up here, where we're watching... empty arena, WrestleMania, Sami Zayn versus Brian Danielson, Daniel Bryan, sorry, Daniel Bryan for the Intercontinental Championship, by the way.
01:23:20
Jim Warrior
Daniel Bryan.
01:23:26
Jim Warrior
Look, I got my hair.
01:23:26
The Whole Ballgame
um I didn't even remember this match having taken place.
01:23:31
Jim Warrior
No, this should be a good match. Uh...
01:23:34
The Whole Ballgame
look
01:23:34
Jim Warrior
i I got my hair cut at sports clips yesterday and the person looked like Sammy fucking Zane. Okay. I was.
01:23:42
The Whole Ballgame
thought I thought it looked like my brother. I thought you said it was my brother who was cutting your hair. Or was that just another patron at at the sport clubs?
01:23:47
Jim Warrior
yeah
01:23:50
Jim Warrior
No, no, no. It's kind of a cross between the two.
01:23:53
The Whole Ballgame
Cross? Okay, yeah.
01:23:54
Jim Warrior
Like if Sammy Zane and your brother had a love child.
01:23:57
The Whole Ballgame
Sure, yeah.
01:23:57
Jim Warrior
That the.
01:23:58
The Whole Ballgame
Had a lot of misankees, did he?
01:24:00
Jim Warrior
Well, no, see the, the, the essence of the, of, of Sut was more the, like, I saw this man and I said, well, there's a reason he's wearing long sleeves.
01:24:01
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, okay.
01:24:12
Jim Warrior
That that's that.
01:24:12
The Whole Ballgame
Understood. Got it. Sud. Yep.
01:24:14
Jim Warrior
And then the physical, like actual look, um, if Sammy Zane was balder and more freckled, um, and somehow a little more paler even, but, uh,
01:24:22
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
01:24:26
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
01:24:27
Jim Warrior
that That is who cut my hair. He called me brother three times. um these The steam towel that I usually enjoy was approximately 350 fucking degrees.
01:24:36
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, no.
01:24:42
Jim Warrior
it i I felt my face burning, and I wasn't goingnna say anything, and I didn't.
01:24:50
The Whole Ballgame
Look, man, i think there is a reasonable expectation that when you go to a Sport Clips or a Lady Games that you're getting a woman to cut your hair.
01:24:59
Jim Warrior
And that's what I said.
01:24:59
The Whole Ballgame
i think I think that's reasonable. i don't think that's that's a strange thing to believe. and I don't know that I would have stayed once I realized that a dude was going to do my hair at one of those places. I think I would have left.
01:25:14
Jim Warrior
It just didn't feel like the right thing to do.
01:25:14
The Whole Ballgame
I know. Of course. You need to get your fucking haircut. You need to get your fucking haircut. It is what it is.
01:25:18
Jim Warrior
But, but also too as well. Um, and I said that when I got home and I believe I used the exact phrase, ah not exactly what I was expecting on a Friday afternoon.
01:25:30
Jim Warrior
And was, I was met with, well, what were you expecting?
01:25:31
The Whole Ballgame
Sure.
01:25:34
Jim Warrior
And I like, well, fucking anal and a rim. Like, you know, I, I said someone that had soft hands and smelled nice, or at least like perfume and cigarettes, like not, sp not, not Spencer.
01:25:37
The Whole Ballgame
At least a hand job, yeah.
01:25:47
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, fine.
01:25:49
Jim Warrior
Okay.
01:25:50
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. At
01:25:51
Jim Warrior
Spencer Zane, as it were, but um also,
01:25:56
The Whole Ballgame
least it was Mason. Mason.
01:25:58
Jim Warrior
Jesus, the dipshits around me.
01:26:00
The Whole Ballgame
but you like Would you like some pomade? How about some gel? Maybe a little bit of chewing gum? ah How about a candy bar?
01:26:12
The Whole Ballgame
you want to You want a shoulder massage?
01:26:15
Jim Warrior
Just those six things today? Nothing else? No gum? No mints?
01:26:21
The Whole Ballgame
Well, I'll sure tell you this.
01:26:23
Jim Warrior
No mints?
01:26:25
The Whole Ballgame
You know, Blake, I'm real happy that ah you and Gabe found each other. I've been listening to you here.
01:26:31
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
01:26:31
The Whole Ballgame
And i I gotta tell you, if it wasn't for the two of you coming together, I wouldn't have come separately if you understand what i mean.
01:26:40
Jim Warrior
Yeah. Yeah. You would not be, uh, if we didn't have a circle, you wouldn't be in it, I guess.
01:26:49
The Whole Ballgame
I'm happy that I'm here. I'll tell you that much.
01:26:51
Jim Warrior
Um,
01:26:51
The Whole Ballgame
You know, this green couch gets lonely at night, but When you guys finally do record once every month and a half or so, it's nice to take part.
01:27:01
Jim Warrior
Yeah, well, you know, it's a big money empire. We got to keep it running.
01:27:06
The Whole Ballgame
It really is. The $96 a month have been, you know, helpful. they're They're paying for the new vehicle that Gabe had to get because of because of that that car accident last week.
01:27:20
Jim Warrior
that
01:27:20
The Whole Ballgame
You know, Rick was the cause.
01:27:22
Jim Warrior
Look, Rick, it's not easy to keep you and the rest of the whack jackpackers on payroll around these parts. It's These are some impressive
01:27:33
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, Gabe had to cancel his SiriusXM subscription because the they totaled off the Nissan.
01:27:37
Jim Warrior
That's amazing.
01:27:40
The Whole Ballgame
It's real sad. He's upset about it. he didn't want to He's got to try to find a new promo so that he can get Howard back in his life. He's watched private parts three times in the last six days.
01:27:51
Jim Warrior
ah that's amazing
01:27:53
The Whole Ballgame
I asked you not to talk about that. God, man. Rick's always watching. I have watched private parts three times in the last six days. um
01:28:03
Jim Warrior
I'd watch it.
01:28:03
The Whole Ballgame
It's fantastic film. Fantastic movie.
01:28:06
Jim Warrior
If I could get my attention span back, I'd totally watch it. I'm working on it. can get through like half a King of the Hill episode now. We're getting there.
01:28:16
The Whole Ballgame
12 minutes. 12 minutes. That's not bad. We'll get you there eventually.
Media Consumption and Pandemic Impact
01:28:21
Jim Warrior
It's all about putting the phone down.
01:28:24
Jim Warrior
That's what heals it.
01:28:25
The Whole Ballgame
Fucking phone, man.
01:28:26
Jim Warrior
That's what heals it. I've done it before, I know. That's it. that phone goes down, you will get back things in your life that once made you happy that don't anymore.
01:28:40
The Whole Ballgame
Well, it's the damnedest thing, right? like i We talked about this the other day. I'm reasonably sure Sami Zayn just gets a clean victory over Daniel Bryan here WrestleMania 36.
01:28:48
Jim Warrior
Wow.
01:28:49
The Whole Ballgame
It
01:28:50
Jim Warrior
In an unspectacular match. That sucked.
01:28:55
The Whole Ballgame
it did suck, and the fan is still spinning.
01:29:00
Jim Warrior
Well, you know, the fan...
01:29:00
The Whole Ballgame
um
01:29:02
Jim Warrior
I don't know. I was trying to do something with that punny.
01:29:05
The Whole Ballgame
um'm I'm convinced that... At least there's one fan in the arena.
01:29:09
Jim Warrior
Yeah, there you go. Yep.
01:29:11
The Whole Ballgame
There it is. yeah ah I'm...
01:29:18
The Whole Ballgame
I'm dealing with what I think is either... Like I'm grinding my teeth at night, or I've got some kind TMJ, or something's going on with like...
01:29:28
Jim Warrior
DJT.
01:29:28
The Whole Ballgame
There's like the pressure. ah pre Yeah, DJT, that's right. The pressure in my head from... like just stress all the time like i can feel it in my jaw and like i don't know what the fuck's wrong with me but it's not good and and it's uh well there's a lot wrong with me frankly but um it's uh yeah please
01:29:48
Jim Warrior
Can I ask you this? Have you contemplated having sex with ah Sasha Banks?
01:29:57
The Whole Ballgame
no but you know what i did contemplate was spending a hundred dollars a month text with her
01:30:01
Jim Warrior
Like, fuck, dude.
01:30:02
The Whole Ballgame
um
01:30:02
Jim Warrior
Like,
01:30:03
The Whole Ballgame
um um um'm pretty I'm pretty excited at the prospect of being able to get her phone number and text back and forth. I wonder if she'll do dick ratings like the girls on OnlyFans.
01:30:12
Jim Warrior
like fuck you they That's just the most shameless goddamn thing I've ever heard of.
01:30:20
The Whole Ballgame
It's absolute insanity. We've got a little bit, right?
01:30:23
Jim Warrior
It makes me want to kill myself. Like, like, like, like I, if, if I put that out to the universe and said, hey, I'll text you like twice a week for $100 a month.
01:30:26
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Yeah.
01:30:34
The Whole Ballgame
i um
01:30:42
Jim Warrior
I would lay in bed at night and think about myself and have ah have a hard time. That's I'm saying. And I don't... and just It's not worth... That's not worth that.
01:30:56
Jim Warrior
And, like, man, what do these people tell themselves is what I'm getting to. Michael!
01:31:06
The Whole Ballgame
Shawn Michaels, Razor Moon. What a fantastic tag team title.
01:31:12
Jim Warrior
Michael!
01:31:12
The Whole Ballgame
Tag team ladder match is coming.
01:31:16
Jim Warrior
ya
01:31:16
The Whole Ballgame
My goodness, Kofi Kingston's got rainbow colored hair.
01:31:17
Jim Warrior
yeah Oh my God, Gabe, Gabe.
01:31:21
The Whole Ballgame
What?
01:31:24
Jim Warrior
You know, so how long ago did you play that lapsed fan audio? Like 10, 15 minutes.
01:31:30
The Whole Ballgame
God. 15 minutes ago? Yeah.
01:31:33
Jim Warrior
I just realized that I had had my audio to the WrestleMania off. Wouldn't that was because I just turned it off. Cause I don't want hear this shit going. And it just dawned on me there when you were saying that shit. And I'm like, why am I not hearing that? I'm like, oh, I turned it off. I didn't even fucking notice.
01:31:50
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Yeah. Why are they coming out individuals? It's a tag team. Like, got, I think this is, I think that's Jey Uso.
01:31:59
Jim Warrior
No, no, no, no. It was supposed to be a tag. Somebody got hurt. I think they have a singles, don't they?
01:32:10
The Whole Ballgame
Wait, so it's a one-on-one match for the tag team champion? Wait.
01:32:15
Jim Warrior
I think there's more teams. I think there's like... Like... Fucking one guy from... I don't know who... Who the fuck he's partners with.
01:32:27
Jim Warrior
But... I don't know. It's like one part of every fucking tag team in this ladder match.
01:32:35
The Whole Ballgame
What a mess this is. Jesus Christ almighty.
01:32:39
Jim Warrior
I think they basically took all the tag teams and then pulled out the guys that could have the ladder matches and put them in one. So, you know, no biggie or
01:32:50
The Whole Ballgame
What a fantastic...
01:32:51
Jim Warrior
Miz, I guess.
01:32:53
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Okay. Sure.
01:32:56
Jim Warrior
Who the fuck is he even partnering? They're the champions.
01:32:58
The Whole Ballgame
Miz.
01:33:00
Jim Warrior
ah
01:33:00
The Whole Ballgame
Him and Miz got back together and did this.
01:33:02
Jim Warrior
Oh, they got back together.
01:33:03
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
01:33:04
Jim Warrior
oh fuck. I was just joking.
01:33:06
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ. Yeah.
01:33:10
The Whole Ballgame
I wasn't, pal. Yeah,
01:33:13
Jim Warrior
Apparently not. At least he kept the logos off the mat.
01:33:17
The Whole Ballgame
what yeah it's interesting, isn't it? like Take the bad with the good, I guess, don't you?
01:33:24
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
01:33:25
The Whole Ballgame
Rape. Fine. Logos on the mat. That's a bridge too far.
01:33:32
Jim Warrior
Well, every man has a code.
01:33:34
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
01:33:35
Jim Warrior
did I guess we'll find out on night two, but so maybe the other guys fight on night two for like the raw belts.
01:33:44
The Whole Ballgame
I don't know. Who fucking cares? You got the the current w WWE world champion in there.
01:33:52
Jim Warrior
This is maddening. This pisses me off.
01:33:55
The Whole Ballgame
um And they're just flipping around in a quiet room.
01:33:58
Jim Warrior
God.
Wrestling Personas and Industry Impact
01:34:00
Jim Warrior
This is... I gotta tell you, I hate Morrison. I fucking... i got into an online dispute with a guy like in 2008 about that motherfucker and I still feel the same exact way. like That guy is dog shit and everything is wrong with wrestling.
01:34:18
Jim Warrior
This fucking cocksucker was trying to tell me how Morrison was everything... about what wrestling should become and is becoming and all this that. and I mean, i was like, um mean he called me an old man yelling at the clouds and I was like 25 years old.
01:34:41
Jim Warrior
Some dipshit on Operation Sports that had a Steelers profile logo.
01:34:41
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
01:34:49
The Whole Ballgame
oh it's jimmy it's not jay so it's not it's his twin okay all right yeah who cares uh they do not oh jesus christ hey hey i got a question for you blake
01:34:52
Jim Warrior
I don't know which one's which.
01:34:57
Jim Warrior
They don't got the chicken skin, brah.
01:35:08
Jim Warrior
Hey here.
01:35:09
The Whole Ballgame
Hey, hey, why you guys watching this stupid fucking show? What's going on? There's nobody in the room, and there's a ceiling fan spinning around like it's... like there I don't i don understand what the hell I'm watching.
01:35:23
The Whole Ballgame
Is this some kind of experiment?
01:35:26
Jim Warrior
Some kind of what?
01:35:27
The Whole Ballgame
Experiment? Some kind of weird thing?
01:35:29
Jim Warrior
Wait.
01:35:30
The Whole Ballgame
Like, they put this on just to see how many people are watching, or what?
01:35:34
Jim Warrior
That's scripted entertainment, you see. And there has to be at least one fan in the room.
01:35:38
The Whole Ballgame
I...
01:35:40
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, I see what you did there. It's the ceiling fan. Okay.
01:35:43
Jim Warrior
But the fan is especially curved up, you see, because the the the curved up ends of the blades help prevent the specifics of the COVID-19 virus from spreading. It does not protect against the flu and cold virus, Harry, but against COVID-19 and specifically Magic Johnson AIDS, but not Magic Johnson cancer.
01:36:03
Jim Warrior
um That's why Roman was not on the show, you see.
01:36:08
Jim Warrior
I hope that answered your question.
01:36:08
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, God. um Hey, I can always count on you being psyche.
01:36:15
Jim Warrior
Eyebrows up, Harry.
01:36:16
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ Almighty, what a mess.
01:36:20
Jim Warrior
Yeah, this is...
01:36:23
Jim Warrior
I
01:36:26
The Whole Ballgame
I can't believe that this is real.
01:36:28
Jim Warrior
don't know what to think. I know it seems very unreal.
01:36:36
Jim Warrior
You got to think these guys got to be scarred for life from doing this.
01:36:42
Jim Warrior
Or it's got to make you just not give a shit about wrestling ever again.
01:36:46
The Whole Ballgame
Right? Yeah, like, i this is this is real... This is real bad. This is just... It's just all bad. Everything about this is bad. It makes me sad. It makes me upset and angry.
01:37:00
The Whole Ballgame
ah There's no good memories tied to this.
01:37:04
Jim Warrior
Leave them alone then.
01:37:07
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, that's what they say.
01:37:07
Jim Warrior
Well, look, we've discussed this, Giz, the yin and the yang, right?
01:37:14
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
01:37:15
Jim Warrior
You know, I busted that out at work in a meeting. I pulled an impromptu meeting with my people like three days ago, and I said, fucking bullshit's over.
01:37:21
The Whole Ballgame
and
01:37:24
Jim Warrior
Like, look, whatever's like, and I gave them the speech about how I want them to use their best judgment, and I trust them. to make good decisions when decisions need to be made.
01:37:35
Jim Warrior
And if they don't, then, you know, they need to trust me that I'll make the right decisions that, you know, I'm not going to chop their fucking heads off if it's not something to chop their head off over. And, you know, and then I tried to show them that. But anyway, I talked about, I said, you know, I'm coming to figure out in my fourth decade that,
01:37:58
Jim Warrior
It's all about the fucking yin and the yang. And yes, I said, fuck, I cuss like a sailor in front and more than I should. I don't, I just, it's not ever going to stop.
01:38:07
The Whole Ballgame
no
01:38:08
Jim Warrior
And I'm like, you know, I said, we see it here all the time. Any, anything we try to do and we're not going to do this. And it said, always fucking blows up. It's because everything is just about that balance. Anything you take in this one direction is going to come back in the other and it's going to go vice, you know, vice versa. And,
01:38:28
Jim Warrior
the ball's going to swing back and forth and it's all going to be contained in there. You're never going to bust out of it like you want to. So whatever you progress, you make here, something else is going to come out over here. And, you know, so anyway, the yin and the yang, the pain of this, the shit of this, this is, this is what it took for, uh, the Jersey diet to come to fruition.
01:38:55
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ. Uh, it's, it's really interesting the, the, the, the way that, uh,
01:39:05
The Whole Ballgame
over the years we've, uh, we've kind of
Cultural Differences and Humor
01:39:13
The Whole Ballgame
discovered, uh, the similarities that we share,
01:39:19
The Whole Ballgame
um
01:39:24
The Whole Ballgame
It's interesting because, and I keep saying that, but ultimately
01:39:32
The Whole Ballgame
you find these sort of shared experiences ah with some other people in your life as you go. And as they they come in and out of your life you figure these things out, that that the a lot of the the shared experiences that you have with other people are due to...
01:39:53
The Whole Ballgame
um
01:39:57
The Whole Ballgame
whether it's it's proximity in age or similarity of, you know, because you experienced things similarly in the way you were raised or what you were watching on television at a certain point point in time, all those things, what you what you sometimes don't understand is that, uh,
01:40:05
Jim Warrior
Jeez.
01:40:23
The Whole Ballgame
our individual experiences aren't as individual as they seem. That's the point that I'm getting to is that there's, there's, we like to talk about the simulation, but the reality is that, is that there's, there's just one right, that that we're experiencing at the same time.
01:40:45
The Whole Ballgame
And there's probably a lot more people just like us out there. We just happen to find the ones that we're supposed to, I think. And that's the thesis of that long, drawn-out statement that probably rambled a little bit too much. But I think you understand what I'm talking about.
01:41:01
Jim Warrior
It's like Mr. Lamar said, every person is a version of yourself.
01:41:06
The Whole Ballgame
Fucking a right? There you go. ah that's And that's what it comes down to, is... um finding yourself and other people.
01:41:16
Jim Warrior
Yeah, baby, that's what I said.
01:41:16
The Whole Ballgame
Right?
01:41:18
Jim Warrior
That's what I said, baby. going to keep on, keep on, keep on dancing. Hey, Asuka, I find myself in you. oh baby.
01:41:26
The Whole Ballgame
ah I found myself in Chad Ream last weekend.
01:41:30
Jim Warrior
Oh, boy. Did, did he survive?
01:41:36
The Whole Ballgame
Well...
01:41:38
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, it depends on what your definition of survival is, I guess.
01:41:42
Jim Warrior
Brain activity and a heartbeat?
01:41:45
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, well, yeah, no, no, I didn't juice him or nothing.
01:41:48
Jim Warrior
Oh, okay. Yeah. That's how I define it.
01:41:50
The Whole Ballgame
You know, the he juiced me. um
01:41:53
Jim Warrior
Oh, okay.
01:41:54
The Whole Ballgame
huh
01:41:55
Jim Warrior
Did he?
01:41:55
The Whole Ballgame
You know what I mean, though. I'm not talking about he didn't kill me or nothing.
01:41:59
Jim Warrior
Uh, right.
01:41:59
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, i mean he made me ejaculate inside of him.
01:42:00
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
01:42:03
Jim Warrior
Okay, I think, yeah, they call that coming.
01:42:10
The Whole Ballgame
I'm going to keep on dancing, Joe.
01:42:13
Jim Warrior
Oh, thanks, Rick. I appreciate you getting on the gimmick. oh did did Did you look him in the eyes?
01:42:23
The Whole Ballgame
I'll tell you what I saw.
01:42:26
The Whole Ballgame
know those earrings that some men would get the early
01:42:27
Jim Warrior
Please do.
01:42:33
The Whole Ballgame
you know those earrings but some some men would get in the the the early two thousand
01:42:40
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
01:42:40
The Whole Ballgame
that are like, I don't know, they're curved, but they don't come to a point, they don't come together at the bottom. They're kind of like, they're like they're they're hoops, but they're not closed, and they got little balls at the bottom that kind of look like horseshoes.
01:42:55
Jim Warrior
Yeah, Spencer Sports Clips has him.
01:42:58
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Did he really? so does Chad Ring. chad Chad, he looks good with them all, though, and he...
01:43:04
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
01:43:05
The Whole Ballgame
he but He got them blon that blonde them blonde highlights in his hair, and he wears them barbells.
01:43:09
Jim Warrior
Sure, yeah.
01:43:11
The Whole Ballgame
I think that's what they call them. They're like horseshoe barbells.
01:43:12
Jim Warrior
Oh yeah. Okay.
01:43:15
The Whole Ballgame
Man, I mean, just talking about it right now, I'm semi-erect, rigid, just thinking about it.
01:43:22
Jim Warrior
um I'm fully un...
01:43:23
The Whole Ballgame
i mean, man, it's going be good night once Gabe goes to bed tonight. Woof.
01:43:27
Jim Warrior
I'm fully uncomfortable.
01:43:31
Jim Warrior
You're telling me going to jerk off? Is that what you're saying?
01:43:35
The Whole Ballgame
Well, I mean, you see, i didn't tell Gabe or nothing, but I i gave Chad a key to the outside, the the window, so he could get into the bedrooms downstairs.
01:43:45
Jim Warrior
Oh, well, that could be a problem for Gabe.
01:43:47
The Whole Ballgame
So, yeah, it's it'll be okay. I think Chad's more oh trustworthy now than he was when he was younger. So, you know, if he's an Eagle Scout, you know.
01:43:58
Jim Warrior
Oh, sure. Yeah. No hard feelings. Right.
01:44:02
The Whole Ballgame
He's an Eagle Scout. Yeah, so he's got to, you know, we all make mistakes, you know, and and Chad's big mistake was putting his tiny erect penis in Gabe's face, you know?
01:44:04
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
01:44:07
Jim Warrior
Right. Yeah.
01:44:13
Jim Warrior
Right, so let's let's put him around a bunch of kids. Yeah.
01:44:17
The Whole Ballgame
written Yeah, well, I'm going to go sweep the basement before we log off for the night, I'm afraid.
01:44:18
Jim Warrior
Bunch of tinies.
01:44:25
Jim Warrior
Well, I'm gonna go and get me some tiny jelly beans.
01:44:25
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ.
01:44:28
Jim Warrior
Well...
01:44:31
The Whole Ballgame
Well... yeah
01:44:34
Jim Warrior
Goddamn.
01:44:35
The Whole Ballgame
I do like a jelly bean casserole. Nancy!
01:44:38
Jim Warrior
yeah
01:44:41
Jim Warrior
You know, I can tell that... ah I can tell you're starting to wear off on Rick because he says everything, it'll be okay. Yeah. Just because he doesn't want to deal with it, you know, or think about it. It'll be fine. It'll be okay. You know, I'm not dead. So everything's been okay and fine at this point.
01:44:59
Jim Warrior
I don't think this will kill me. So no, no, it'll probably be fine. Yeah, no, it's going be awful. It's going terrible. It's going suck. and Yeah, I'll have to get hold of like maybe even new life. But no, no, it'll be okay. Yeah.
01:45:12
Jim Warrior
We'll just let the child bluster in the basement that stuck his tiny penis and gave face when he was a kid. did it' be ah I'll be fine on the program. Yeah.
01:45:23
The Whole Ballgame
ah Well, you understand, Blake, that that that mentality came directly from you.
01:45:25
Jim Warrior
I do.
01:45:29
The Whole Ballgame
And so you're the godfather of all of this.
01:45:29
Jim Warrior
Me? Me? Oh, no See? This is how this happens.
01:45:35
The Whole Ballgame
Everything's fine.
01:45:36
Jim Warrior
See? This is what happens.
01:45:37
The Whole Ballgame
It's all fine.
01:45:38
Jim Warrior
This is what happens when calibration gets uncalibrated.
01:45:40
The Whole Ballgame
That's it. That's it.
01:45:43
Jim Warrior
See Gabe, exactly.
01:45:43
The Whole Ballgame
There is no such thing as calibrations.
01:45:46
Jim Warrior
i was about to say, Gabe's a man of extremes. You see, is, is if you don't know, he, he, he likes to, to win money. he likes to play games. He likes to, to, to just leave things to chance from time to time.
01:46:00
Jim Warrior
It's a, it's about riding light on the end of a lightning bolt, I believe. And, uh, you know, so you take,
01:46:06
The Whole Ballgame
Fucker. God damn it.
01:46:08
Jim Warrior
Folks like that, and then, yeah, you know, they take ah a solid philosophy and they just buttfuck the shit out of it to death, and it'll become a puddle eventually.
01:46:19
The Whole Ballgame
Butt fuck the shit out of the philosophy until it becomes a puddle.
01:46:22
Jim Warrior
Yeah, yeah.
01:46:26
The Whole Ballgame
Dear God heaven.
01:46:26
Jim Warrior
I watched G.I. Joe or those pain where where those things all melted, the synthoids the other day, and I got that stuck in my head.
01:46:35
The Whole Ballgame
That's good. That's good. Hey, kid, stop all the downloadin'.
01:46:43
Jim Warrior
I fucking...
01:46:43
The Whole Ballgame
I'm a computer! me where you we are are you even
01:46:48
Jim Warrior
G.I. Joe was, well, probably not my first, but I say E.T. was my first, but G.I. Joe was real. I was, he like, it's amazing that I didn't become a goddamn war machine with what I grew up on.
01:47:01
Jim Warrior
um Rambo, G.I. Joe, Commando, like, I was into all that fucking shit.
01:47:09
The Whole Ballgame
Well, yeah, it is kind of amazing, isn't it? the You're in the South, all of those influences, like the fact that you're not a dyed-in-the-cloth fucking
01:47:22
The Whole Ballgame
Roman numeral III tattoo on your shoulder, we the people in giant script on the back of your fucking Ford Explorer, don't tread on me flag in your front yard, fucking isn't a miracle, my friend, my friend.
01:47:39
Jim Warrior
You know what I'd like to say or think about, or but I don't think it's true, if I'm being honest, because you know I'd like to say yes. so and I mean, you you're correct about all those things, but you know yeah not because I'm some fucking paragon of virtue.
01:47:58
Jim Warrior
I think it's probably because at my very heart and my very nature is in me, at my core, to
01:48:12
Jim Warrior
I don't know if anti-authority is the right word or contrarian or against my I'm going to take the stance ah again of the underdog against like that
01:48:27
The Whole Ballgame
yeah and where are the underdog is is is that is the opposite of that i get it yep makes a lot of sense interesting i mine's the opposite because my dad was um
01:48:38
Jim Warrior
yeah I think that's Probably what is at the heart of it. From a level I can't control.
01:48:58
The Whole Ballgame
a union guy his entire life, union mechanic, and so he voted straight Democratic ticket. My mom was a schoolteacher, so she was a liberal, and, like, the town that I grew up in, Jesus Christ, man, you don't get more conservative and bullshit than that, but, like, I just lucked out on having parents. I'm pretty sure that if I had if i had Republican asshole parents, I'd be a real Republican asshole, which makes me sad, but You know, that's the truth. I'm just thankful that I didn't.
01:49:31
Jim Warrior
Yes. i'm like my isn' It's funny because my mom's out here and we were actually talking about this because we were trying to figure out last night about who, like, we were all talking about our first elections or whatever.
01:49:47
Jim Warrior
um Hers was LBJ and Barry Goldwater.
01:49:53
The Whole Ballgame
Cold water. Yeah, holy shit.
01:49:55
Jim Warrior
were trying to figure out who he ran against and like quite the bloodbath, I believe. That that is that is a landslide folks. Okay.
01:50:03
The Whole Ballgame
49-1. Yeah. Yeah. yeah
01:50:05
Jim Warrior
Go look that fucking thing up. Like, uh, no, he got no Goldwater.
01:50:07
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
01:50:10
Jim Warrior
God, uh, like five States.
01:50:12
The Whole Ballgame
okay
01:50:13
Jim Warrior
He got five in the South. And I think like Arizona or something, pretty sure he's from California. didn't even his own fucking state, but yeah, Johnson got like 60% of the popular vote.
01:50:24
Jim Warrior
It was pretty massive. Uh, anyway, um,
01:50:32
Jim Warrior
Yeah, she's she's always pretty much been Democrat, like, whatever, voted or... Not that, I don't know, not that my mom's political views should be listened to, trusted, because she's just regurgitating shit she's heard. like But her heart's in the right place.
01:50:54
Jim Warrior
And that's the other thing, too. At the end of the day, like all this shit,
01:50:59
The Whole Ballgame
threaten
01:51:00
Jim Warrior
All this shit to me basically just comes down to human rights and it's about people. And well, one side handles that better than the others and it's not fucking close.
01:51:11
Jim Warrior
So there's that. So that's that's the reality of it.
01:51:12
The Whole Ballgame
Correct.
01:51:14
Jim Warrior
But yeah, my nature just in that environment. Also too,
01:51:24
Jim Warrior
you we've come to learn that the masses are generally wrong a lot of the time. and, and that kind of viewpoint causes you to look at the masses as the kind of, uh, uh, what's the word I'm looking for? Not a critiquing viewpoint maybe. And you, you learn a hell of a lot of shit of what not to do and how not to be and what, not necessarily like things you should do or should be, or be this or that. But it's like, you know, this is fucking wrong and this is fucking wrong and this is wrong, but,
01:52:00
Jim Warrior
I don't have all the answers, but I know these are not the answers. Like, like now, like, I don't know what this dog, this sucks ass. Fuck this. This.
01:52:11
The Whole Ballgame
So, just garbage.
01:52:13
Jim Warrior
It's like today, you know, I don't know what the answers are. i don't have the fucking answers. I'm not here to tell you that, that the Democrats or the left are fucking right about everything. What I'm here to tell you is that this, this is the worst fucking shit we've ever had.
01:52:28
Jim Warrior
And it it shouldn't exist. And it shouldn't be around. That's that's where I'm at. like So let's focus on that. When these people fucking all they do is come at you with Clinton this, Obama that, Biden that. And it's like, no, I'm not talking about Donald fucking Trump.
01:52:49
Jim Warrior
But anyway, the South is full of a lot of dumbasses. Me and mine. They spread like wildfire too.
01:53:01
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, ah John Morrison wins this match, by the way.
01:53:05
Jim Warrior
It's cause they fucking all the kids down there baby!
01:53:10
Jim Warrior
I'm from Memphis. I know. I didn't fuck no kids. I just fucked them Asian girls. They look like kids.
01:53:18
Jim Warrior
They all...
01:53:19
The Whole Ballgame
your buddy Your buddy Jerry likes him young, doesn't he?
01:53:23
Jim Warrior
Who you talking about? You talking about my buddy Jerry Santos?
01:53:26
The Whole Ballgame
Jerry Lawler.
01:53:27
Jim Warrior
Oh, the king.
01:53:29
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
01:53:29
Jim Warrior
He's the king of Memphis, baby.
01:53:33
Jim Warrior
He ain't the king of dancing, though.
01:53:35
The Whole Ballgame
he ah Does he have sex with young young kids?
01:53:37
Jim Warrior
I don't know, baby. i don't know about that.
01:53:39
The Whole Ballgame
You're including the fifth there.
01:53:40
Jim Warrior
I've been with Terry. No. No. Blake drinks a fifth. He drank a fifth Jack Daniels. He tell you that story, baby. I gotta go, dance.
01:53:49
The Whole Ballgame
You did it.
01:53:52
Jim Warrior
What's that, Terry? Oh, baby, I'll be right there, baby. I gotta go help Terry stretch his back. He's stuck on the fucking toilet again.
01:54:02
The Whole Ballgame
hung Jesus Christ.
01:54:04
Jim Warrior
Oh, boy.
01:54:05
The Whole Ballgame
Oh.
01:54:05
Jim Warrior
This is, uh... There's Drew. Oh, yeah, speaking of some memories from past, I went back into my um Twitter DMs as I've shared with the co-chairs over the years.
01:54:20
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh.
01:54:21
Jim Warrior
from February 1st of 2020, the night of the auction.
01:54:24
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh.
01:54:29
Jim Warrior
ah The first note, congrats, we're psyched. Drop that cake thelapsfan at gmail.com. And we are very much on our way. send the money. I said, I might need JP's dad to pay Virgil off to kill my wife.
01:54:49
Jim Warrior
Can that be arranged?
01:54:54
Jim Warrior
Oh, and then this is as get drunk here. Let's say just fuck it around. Let me know when you guys get the cheddar. Looking forward to the mains.
01:55:07
Jim Warrior
Drew can be our new Luger Hogan as a 38 year old man. i can't wait to be a small Italian boy.
01:55:21
Jim Warrior
hope you understand my reference. I could explain it. Cause I remember.
01:55:26
The Whole Ballgame
You need to explain it because i don't want to have to do it for you.
01:55:27
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
01:55:30
Jim Warrior
Well, cause well, JP is an Italian we've, he's discussed on the show and he was always talking about how Luger was going to be his new Hogan.
01:55:33
The Whole Ballgame
Sure.
01:55:42
Jim Warrior
And, um, this was clearly, this was Drew's WrestleMania where he was, he was going to go over Brock and fucking, I mean, Brock was a,
01:55:53
Jim Warrior
a beast. He ended the streak for God's sakes. And Drew was going to be the new Hogan. So I was kind of making a smart ass point about, yeah, like the guy from three MB is the new Hulk Hogan.
01:56:08
Jim Warrior
That's where we're at. So anyway, and then Jack, yes, Drew will be our hero. Do you know who you're taking yet? And then,
01:56:19
The Whole Ballgame
got
01:56:19
Jim Warrior
Then this is where it just goes off the rails and I don't, I can't, I don't even know what I'm thinking with this. I said, I'm sorry, young man. Gene is lying to you. This pay-per-view won't be available for three weeks.
01:56:35
Jim Warrior
It's got something that, it's gotta be something that was referenced on the show about the fucking, uh, cause Gene, Gene says something.
01:56:39
The Whole Ballgame
Gotta be.
01:56:45
Jim Warrior
remember boss saying something about how Gene, like, said something about that on pay-per-view and maybe boss calls the cable company or something and they tell him it's not on for like three more weeks something like that that's my only guess but anyway um
01:57:00
The Whole Ballgame
okay
01:57:09
Jim Warrior
and then i said someone put that cigarette out that's about it so good times And I also have a screenshot of the refund on there as well, if you need that for any of your tax purposes.
01:57:23
The Whole Ballgame
No, I think i think we're think we're good.
01:57:26
Jim Warrior
Hey, man, can I speak up for a second?
01:57:26
The Whole Ballgame
um
01:57:28
Jim Warrior
Because I heard, yeah, I heard taxes come up and I like to come up even though it's May, May 3rd here and we've got at least another 348, maybe 47 days till next tax year.
01:57:28
The Whole Ballgame
Would you, would you, greetings?
01:57:42
Jim Warrior
um But you can never hold on to too many receipts, man. Because you never know when when you're going to need those receipts and they're going to come up. I mean, I know some people, like your co-host there, he keeps receipts for like, he's got something to back 35 years. And he's, I mean, that boy was single digits in, man. And that's all I'm saying is is receipts can be a powerful thing because you never know when they're going to get cashed in, you know, man.
01:58:09
Jim Warrior
So just keep that ah keep the mud off your shoes and make sure you always got a shovel and rope boots.
01:58:17
The Whole Ballgame
Is that, Credence, thank you for stopping by. I was wondering, I was i was expecting an email from you.
01:58:23
Jim Warrior
Roll on, roll on that.
01:58:24
The Whole Ballgame
um ah You know, ah you had you had mentioned that you might have some work for me and then ah you just kind of ghosted me on it. like So I was wondering if i there was something that I might might have done wrong in the past that upset you in some way and that's why i didn't hear from you.
01:58:43
Jim Warrior
Oh man, hey's that how's dad life, man?
01:58:47
The Whole Ballgame
Got it. So, shut we were watching this year, WrestleMania 36's package ah of Seth Rollins.
01:58:59
Jim Warrior
The Messiah.
01:59:01
The Whole Ballgame
I do not remember this, this ah a like, fucking faction that he had put together with Toka and Rezar and ah Buddy Matthews.
01:59:15
The Whole Ballgame
as like a group around him. i don't remember that at all.
01:59:20
Jim Warrior
This is when he was the Monday Night Messiah. Yeah.
01:59:23
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, clearly, yeah, I see that, but I didn't remember him having a faction ah after the Triple H bullshit.
01:59:28
Jim Warrior
They were like his disciples.
01:59:31
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, no, didn't remember
01:59:33
Jim Warrior
Yeah, buddy Buddy was his disciple. I'm pretty sure that him and Buddy might have had a match at bra that I went to.
01:59:44
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm.
01:59:45
The Whole Ballgame
Neat.
01:59:51
The Whole Ballgame
Ockham and Rezar, is that their names? I just think of them as the the turtle and the werewolf from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies. Toka and Rezar.
02:00:03
Jim Warrior
The hand that rocks the cradle, from the cradle to the grave.
02:00:08
The Whole Ballgame
London.
02:00:11
Jim Warrior
The Wall Street Journal, Gabe. i and precious Paul Hellering.
02:00:17
The Whole Ballgame
okay until Until the Wall Street Journal thing, I had no idea what we were doing there. That was really very good, at actually. We got Kevin Owens here versus Seth Rollins.
02:00:27
Jim Warrior
Have you seen my daughter's tits, Gabe?
02:00:33
The Whole Ballgame
I do not know Mr. Ellering. Rachel, i hear, a very lovely young woman.
02:00:48
The Whole Ballgame
Oh boy.
02:00:53
Jim Warrior
We must seek out the non-compliant. We must find the flaws in the system. Who wrote that, you think?
02:01:03
The Whole Ballgame
Um.
02:01:07
The Whole Ballgame
Britt Baker.
02:01:11
Jim Warrior
Man, she disappeared. Look, let me ask you this.
02:01:15
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
02:01:17
Jim Warrior
i never really thought about this until now, but after giving it 10 seconds of thought. I know it to be fucking true.
02:01:24
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
02:01:26
Jim Warrior
Um, on a scale of one to 10, in the sense of enjoyment, how much enjoyment do you think that Vince got being up at like fucking one 30 in the morning, riding all that contrived horse shit, like semantic laced bullshit about, you know,
02:01:51
The Whole Ballgame
look
02:01:52
Jim Warrior
All his wordplay, his words he wants to get, you know, the fucking, they indicate the flaws of the system and dismantle from the inside due to the authorities, you know, whatever.
02:02:04
Jim Warrior
Like, he's sitting there for hours and just, like, writing out little bits. And, yeah.
02:02:16
Jim Warrior
Is that what it's all about for him?
02:02:20
The Whole Ballgame
I mean, at this point, of course that's what it's all about for him. There's not a there's no... There is nothing else.
02:02:26
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
02:02:26
The Whole Ballgame
It's...
02:02:27
Jim Warrior
I mean, shitting on heads.
02:02:27
The Whole Ballgame
You know?
02:02:28
Jim Warrior
There's that.
02:02:30
The Whole Ballgame
Certainly that.
02:02:33
Jim Warrior
Kind of a step up.
02:02:33
The Whole Ballgame
But there's that, and there's shitting on heads. That's it.
02:02:36
Jim Warrior
Yeah, that's it. Yeah.
02:02:37
The Whole Ballgame
Right? And he's writing all of that shit in between shits. You know?
02:02:44
Jim Warrior
You know why? Do you understand why we had to listen to that?
02:02:49
The Whole Ballgame
No. Tell me why.
02:02:51
Jim Warrior
Because he's an insecure fucking redneck from North Carolina. Okay?
02:02:56
The Whole Ballgame
Mmm.
02:02:57
Jim Warrior
He has to prove how goddamn smart he is. So he uses these fucking words and crams them. Like, don't micromanage the words that come out of people's fucking mouths.
02:03:11
Jim Warrior
Your announcers. Those men are goddamn paid professionals to know how to fucking talk. Okay? You should be able to have a conversation with them and say, hey. I want you to get this and this and this and this over and do this like this or this like that. And that's it.
02:03:26
Jim Warrior
And they go, got it.
02:03:27
The Whole Ballgame
No, God damn it. Say it! Say it! Say it! God damn it!
02:03:31
Jim Warrior
Like those men should only have somebody getting in their fucking ear. If like something went wrong or something and they got to like redirect or, you know, like the heat, the world suffers at the hands of insecure men who obtain power is what I'm trying to get to.
02:03:51
Jim Warrior
And I would love to stop that.
02:03:56
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, will will that ever stop? There's the question.
02:04:01
Jim Warrior
No, because they're drawn to it like.
02:04:01
The Whole Ballgame
i
02:04:06
The Whole Ballgame
Well, there's a... One of my more favorite little tidbits from Seinfeld um is that there's a conversation that George and Jerry are having out on the street about um presidents that had full beards, right?
02:04:25
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Cool.
02:04:27
The Whole Ballgame
and And Jerry says, he says, when's the last time a president had a full beard?
02:04:30
Jim Warrior
oh
02:04:34
The Whole Ballgame
Who wasn't? And George says, Artemis N. Falkmore.
02:04:44
The Whole Ballgame
And Jerry goes, like, you know, kind of like, what? And George says, it's it's he's not a president, but it sounds like a president, right? And Jerry says, yeah, you know what?
02:04:56
The Whole Ballgame
it's It seems the badly named are drawn to the presidency.
02:05:02
The Whole Ballgame
and And George says it's because they're they they they go through their lives feeling so self-conscious. need They seek out that kind of power because of the the the the world frowns upon them because of their name.
02:05:21
The Whole Ballgame
And it's really, really prescient, actually, when you think about it.
02:05:24
Jim Warrior
Yeah, yeah
02:05:26
The Whole Ballgame
like yeah like I bet there's something to the idea that Barack Obama absolutely hated growing up as Barack Obama, and it made him feel very, very ah insecure.
02:05:43
Jim Warrior
yeah.
02:05:43
The Whole Ballgame
Right?
02:05:44
Jim Warrior
You know, Gabe, when I was 18, my friends called me Donald Trump. When Barack Obama was 18, his friends called him Barry Siwoto. That's pretty weird.
02:05:57
Jim Warrior
I saw that direct quote one time and it burned in my memory and I just got the chance to use it.
02:05:58
The Whole Ballgame
ah
02:06:02
Jim Warrior
I had to. Thank you.
02:06:03
The Whole Ballgame
Pretty good. Barry Soweto.
02:06:07
Jim Warrior
Weird. He put the weird at the end.
02:06:08
The Whole Ballgame
Weird.
02:06:09
Jim Warrior
It's on Twitter. It's a tweet from like 2012. It's fucking amazing.
02:06:13
The Whole Ballgame
Of course it is.
02:06:16
The Whole Ballgame
Artemis N. Falkmore.
02:06:18
Jim Warrior
Well, yeah, it makes me think of Miller Jim or Miller Fillmore. and
02:06:21
The Whole Ballgame
Edward Fillmore. Yep. Absolutely. There's a lot of really strange names that were that have been present. And it's Ulysses.
02:06:30
Jim Warrior
Ulysses. yeah
02:06:32
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
02:06:33
Jim Warrior
Woodrow.
02:06:33
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
02:06:33
Jim Warrior
That's not very normal. um
02:06:37
The Whole Ballgame
calvin
02:06:38
Jim Warrior
Linden.
02:06:40
The Whole Ballgame
I work with a Calvin stupid piece of shit.
02:06:43
Jim Warrior
Keep on shining. G-Money. Yeah.
02:06:49
Jim Warrior
When it cock.
02:06:55
The Whole Ballgame
Fantastic. Jesus Christ. Like, this this is so... Like, this match in front of a crowd might actually be pretty good, but it's absolutely terrible.
02:07:07
Jim Warrior
Do you remember what happens?
02:07:09
The Whole Ballgame
No.
02:07:10
Jim Warrior
No, fuck.
02:07:12
The Whole Ballgame
Do you?
02:07:12
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
02:07:13
The Whole Ballgame
How do you remember?
02:07:14
Jim Warrior
I remember this part.
02:07:16
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus.
02:07:20
Jim Warrior
Yeah. I don't know. I kind of got an unhealthy hatred for Kevin Owens, a lot of shit he does sticks with me.
02:07:30
The Whole Ballgame
look I don't dislike Kevin Owens. I think it's probably because he's fat guy with a beard. is
02:07:36
Jim Warrior
It's the same thing as punk.
02:07:39
The Whole Ballgame
oh is it
02:07:43
Jim Warrior
I see too much of myself in there that I don't like.
02:07:45
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, alright, that's fair.
02:07:56
The Whole Ballgame
The Monday Night Messiah just kicked out at 2, everybody.
02:07:57
Jim Warrior
i see none of myself in the Monday Night Messiah and I fully hate him. So I'll tell you that.
02:08:03
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, well, there's that, I guess.
02:08:05
Jim Warrior
kobe Colby from Davenport.
02:08:09
The Whole Ballgame
Go fix your fucking Twitter right now!
02:08:12
Jim Warrior
Do you think?
02:08:12
The Whole Ballgame
Remember that?
02:08:14
Jim Warrior
No.
02:08:15
The Whole Ballgame
when he put his, his, his, the, the NXT girl that he was dating put his dick on the internet.
02:08:21
Jim Warrior
Oh, yeah, I remember that. I saw the picture.
02:08:25
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh.
02:08:25
Jim Warrior
Looked like a good six inches.
02:08:27
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, good six inches.
02:08:31
The Whole Ballgame
Artemis N. Falkmore, six and a half.
02:08:35
Jim Warrior
Shit, you know Artemis was hung like a fucking donkey.
02:08:38
The Whole Ballgame
No shit.
02:08:40
Jim Warrior
Cleaned their teeth out from the back end.
02:08:44
The Whole Ballgame
So, hey, I bought this minivan.
02:08:44
Jim Warrior
know...
02:08:48
Jim Warrior
You know, fuck it, Gabe. I heard you bought a minivan.
02:08:52
The Whole Ballgame
You ever drive a minivan before?
02:08:52
Jim Warrior
Yeah,
02:08:54
Jim Warrior
ah
02:08:57
Jim Warrior
yeah i mean, I'm driven one.
02:08:59
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, I like it.
02:08:59
Jim Warrior
Sure.
02:09:00
The Whole Ballgame
I like it, actually. it's ah it's You got this captain's chair.
02:09:04
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
02:09:04
The Whole Ballgame
I got more room than I've had in any vehicle I've ever owned.
02:09:08
Jim Warrior
Sure, absolutely.
02:09:08
The Whole Ballgame
And, you know, I'm a giant human being, and this thing is just fucking wonderful.
02:09:09
Jim Warrior
It's going to be.
02:09:12
The Whole Ballgame
Like, my knee doesn't even butt up against the fucking dashboard the way it has in every vehicle that I've been in for the last 20 years.
02:09:20
Jim Warrior
Oh,
02:09:22
The Whole Ballgame
and So that's nice. um We turned the kid's car seat around, so she's facing forward now.
02:09:29
Jim Warrior
yeah, you got to get that now.
02:09:30
The Whole Ballgame
So she really really got a kick out of that because she was looking up the front window and clapping and cheering and laughing and shit. So that was a nice. nice little thing today, but we as a family drove to Grand Rapids today and went to Trader Joe's as we do every two weeks or so because we I do appreciate the Asian food at Trader Joe's.
02:09:44
Jim Warrior
Oh, okay. Sure.
02:09:50
The Whole Ballgame
If you have not been to Trader Joe's, oh man, they got quite a selection of frozen delights and it makes a real easy dinner ah most nights you know having the Chinese food or the Asian food from
02:09:50
Jim Warrior
Yeah, ooh, baby!
02:10:08
The Whole Ballgame
um trader joe's lots of lots of good options there got a lot of dumplings now he's staying in the basement tonight from what i understand
02:10:10
Jim Warrior
They got the cre- They got the crema- some young guy!
02:10:18
Jim Warrior
Keep on, keep on, keep on dancing on the keep on dancing Joe.
02:10:25
Jim Warrior
These men emoting just is too fucking much.
02:10:29
The Whole Ballgame
it's just everything is just it's quiet except for the i this is just it's so surreal and I talked about him on the interview when I was on with them about it being postmodern. It's just everything is uncomfortable.
02:10:45
The Whole Ballgame
Watching it is uncomfortable. Listening to it is uncomfortable. Like this, I think, tell me what you think about this. I think the way that we feel right now watching this is how we should feel when we watch wrestling.
02:11:01
The Whole Ballgame
And we don't feel that way most of the time.
02:11:05
Jim Warrior
That's very...
02:11:05
The Whole Ballgame
this is what this is what the normals feel when they watch it, even with a crowd.
02:11:05
Jim Warrior
ah
02:11:12
The Whole Ballgame
This.
02:11:12
Jim Warrior
Yes, that's very, very much on the money. I would agree with that. That's an astute point, Gizzle. That's why i we keep you on payroll.
02:11:19
The Whole Ballgame
ah
02:11:21
Jim Warrior
That's why you get half of that $96 month.
02:11:26
The Whole Ballgame
Love that money.
02:11:28
Jim Warrior
Ah, Jesus.
02:11:29
The Whole Ballgame
That's it? Seriously, that was the end of the match?
02:11:35
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ.
02:11:38
Jim Warrior
Well, it's not over yet. They got they got to make the moment.
02:11:43
The Whole Ballgame
Oh yeah, WrestleMania moment is on the way. ah forget. Is this where Kevin Owens puts him on his shoulders and then the the fan blades cut off Seth Rollins' head? And the blood goes everywhere?
02:11:54
Jim Warrior
And then...
02:11:54
The Whole Ballgame
got it, yeah. Now I remember.
02:11:57
Jim Warrior
they They put him in Piper's pit and three days later he comes back to life.
02:12:03
The Whole Ballgame
Monday Night Messiah. I remember now. That makes sense.
02:12:07
Jim Warrior
Try to tell us we're not professionals.
02:12:11
Jim Warrior
Pulled that out my fucking ass. Piper's pit, man. Come on.
02:12:15
The Whole Ballgame
Wonderful.
02:12:18
Jim Warrior
You put Jesus in my pit. No funny business. I'm a man's man. We're not gonna do any of that. Nothing.
02:12:24
The Whole Ballgame
No funny business, no sir.
02:12:25
Jim Warrior
It's... It's all dry, nothing wet with me and the Lord.
02:12:33
Jim Warrior
yeah
02:12:36
Jim Warrior
i very much dislike the length of his beard.
02:12:47
The Whole Ballgame
Those weren't the actions of a god. They were the actions of a little bitch.
02:12:52
Jim Warrior
He's too close to a gnome.
02:12:55
The Whole Ballgame
He does look very gnomish. It's like a dwarf. Like, yeah. Like something from Lord of the Rings. Yes.
02:13:02
Jim Warrior
I gotta tell you, the goddamn beard culture is just gonna be a black eye on time looks back on fucking God.
02:13:13
Jim Warrior
The gnome beards are just out of hand.
02:13:20
Jim Warrior
And I say that as a guy with beard, but for fuck's sake, like, you can't do a gnome.
02:13:29
Jim Warrior
You at least keep yours managed.
02:13:35
Jim Warrior
a full...
02:13:35
The Whole Ballgame
I didn't used um
02:13:37
Jim Warrior
I've never seen you look like a gnome.
02:13:38
The Whole Ballgame
Lifetime ago. Lifetime ago. oh shit. Let me see if I can find the picture.
02:13:43
Jim Warrior
No, don't, don't. I don't to see it. It will taint my perception of you. don Don't give it to me. Alright? I will never see you as a gnome. And you're still looking at your fucking phone.
02:13:54
Jim Warrior
You're not listening to me.
02:13:55
The Whole Ballgame
because Let's see. I've
02:14:01
Jim Warrior
I've got enough horrid images... In this brain. i don't need a gnome, Gabe.
02:14:07
The Whole Ballgame
got enough horrid images in this brain, he said. Oh, you poor thing.
02:14:12
Jim Warrior
I've seen Colby Lopez's cock.
02:14:18
Jim Warrior
By the way, we ran my son off. it was too noisy in here.
02:14:24
Jim Warrior
It's not too terrible, but...
02:14:26
The Whole Ballgame
No, it's just me and Kevin Owens.
02:14:27
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it is. It's you owe and Owens, isn't it?
02:14:30
The Whole Ballgame
Look, it's like he's taking a picture with me.
02:14:32
Jim Warrior
I know, I was gonna say, it it's you are so much larger than him.
02:14:41
The Whole Ballgame
you want What's even better is this one.
02:14:46
Jim Warrior
Is that Keith Lee?
02:14:46
The Whole Ballgame
it's keith It's Keith Lee, and um he's taking a picture with me.
02:14:48
Jim Warrior
Jesus.
02:14:51
Jim Warrior
Boy, we missed an opportunity.
02:14:52
The Whole Ballgame
And I remember that' written like it was yesterday because we walked in there and he looks me up and down and goes like that because he wanted to look bigger.
02:15:04
Jim Warrior
Look, if you and would have grown, if we would have grown up together, would have been Arquette and Khan from Ready to Rumble. out
02:15:13
The Whole Ballgame
Yes.
02:15:14
Jim Warrior
I would have been your fucking manager.
02:15:14
The Whole Ballgame
Correct.
02:15:15
Jim Warrior
I would have got you in the business.
02:15:17
The Whole Ballgame
Good.
02:15:18
Jim Warrior
I would have figured out a way to exploit your ass and get you in the fucking ring.
02:15:19
The Whole Ballgame
Good.
02:15:21
The Whole Ballgame
good So much we needed to. Absolutely.
02:15:24
Jim Warrior
yeah And I would have managed you. would have taken care of you. I mean, I would have exploited you to like your detriment. I mean, physically, yes. And
02:15:33
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
02:15:34
Jim Warrior
your heart thing haven't seen that picture no kind looks like jr there
02:15:34
The Whole Ballgame
i shoot this This is my dad.
02:15:43
The Whole Ballgame
He does a little bit. Oh, there's a good one. That's mom and dad and Dave and Billy.
02:15:52
Jim Warrior
yep before we started pitching oh what you so we have no Don't forget, this this is what gave us the enhanced audio as well.
02:16:10
Jim Warrior
Led to the era of rains.
02:16:14
The Whole Ballgame
ye there There I am with David Arquette at StarCast.
02:16:17
Jim Warrior
Oh boy. that Kanye West next? Oh, no. Boy, you got a tan.
02:16:28
Jim Warrior
Must have been sunny in northwestern Indiana that summer.
02:16:33
The Whole Ballgame
I was living in Connecticut at the time.
02:16:35
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it's fine. Here comes your moment.
02:16:40
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, here we go. Very excited about it. Oh, there you go.
02:16:48
Jim Warrior
Oh, hey, man. Let's get them taxes done. Who's that in the back with the glasses?
02:16:54
The Whole Ballgame
That's Andy.
02:16:54
Jim Warrior
Oh, looks like Kid Rock.
02:16:56
The Whole Ballgame
Yep. How's this for WrestleMania moment? Off the sign. There you go.
02:17:01
Jim Warrior
Oh.
02:17:03
The Whole Ballgame
That's what you remember.
02:17:05
Jim Warrior
I remember him jumping off the sign, yeah.
02:17:06
The Whole Ballgame
Well, look.
02:17:07
Jim Warrior
Just because...
02:17:07
The Whole Ballgame
The marketing works. WrestleMania moments.
02:17:10
Jim Warrior
Just because it was... mean, I think the reason I remember it mostly is because it was so obvious to me when I saw that goddamn massive sign sitting there on the ground like that.
02:17:13
The Whole Ballgame
look
02:17:22
The Whole Ballgame
Somebody was gonna jump off of it.
02:17:23
Jim Warrior
Yeah, somebody's jumping off of that fucking thing.
02:17:25
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Yeah, you're right.
02:17:30
Jim Warrior
It was like right behind the announce table too.
02:17:36
Jim Warrior
man
02:17:36
The Whole Ballgame
Fucking sound like he's vomiting.
02:17:40
Jim Warrior
Oh, baby.
02:17:45
Jim Warrior
No, that's what Honky sounds like when he ejaculates.
02:17:50
The Whole Ballgame
Really?
02:17:51
Jim Warrior
It's very painful.
02:17:53
The Whole Ballgame
I saw Honky the other day, I sent it over to Blake, Jimmy, a video of Honky talking about how Rick Rude injected
02:18:05
The Whole Ballgame
Viagra directly into his penis. Is that something that actually happened? that something you're familiar with? Oh,
02:18:12
Jim Warrior
No, baby, I was with Terry.
02:18:14
The Whole Ballgame
okay.
02:18:15
Jim Warrior
I think Hockey might be getting two stories mixed up and mixing them together because of all the cocaine.
02:18:21
The Whole Ballgame
what
02:18:26
Jim Warrior
He's so cool, cocky, and bad, but he also he's also got a cocaine habit, baby.
02:18:31
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, of course. Oh, Stunner.
02:18:34
Jim Warrior
Fuck him. I hate...
02:18:36
The Whole Ballgame
I hate that he does it. Yeah, it makes me very upset.
02:18:37
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
02:18:42
The Whole Ballgame
Did you see, speaking of Stunners, did you see Austin on Ariel Hawane's show, the the clips of the interview that he did with him, or no?
02:18:52
Jim Warrior
Uh-uh.
02:18:53
The Whole Ballgame
So, I don't know what's going on with Austin, but I have a feeling that Austin was actually drunk at WrestleMania
02:19:03
Jim Warrior
Yeah, he seemed kind of a little off. Because he hit all that shit.
02:19:08
The Whole Ballgame
when he read when he wrecked the fucking four-wheeler.
02:19:13
Jim Warrior
Uh-huh.
02:19:13
The Whole Ballgame
Because like during this interview, he it it was so clear. and you Go back and watch some of the clips. You'll see what I mean. He does not want to be there. He does not want to be talking to this guy. He's disinterested.
02:19:29
The Whole Ballgame
like does I think he's like like legitimately like out there. He was doing it as like damage control because Nick Khan said to him, you have to do this.
02:19:42
The Whole Ballgame
like it was it It was weird.
02:19:44
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
02:19:44
The Whole Ballgame
There's
02:19:48
Jim Warrior
Well,
02:19:49
The Whole Ballgame
something up. Something weird is going on there.
02:19:52
Jim Warrior
I mean, when he came out and talked or whatever, like, I kind of chalked it up to just like he's getting fucking old, but he he sounded a little old and but to be could have been drunk.
02:20:02
The Whole Ballgame
sure
02:20:06
Jim Warrior
And then I saw that he fucking wrecked the goddamn thing two times. And i was like, oh, I said he was yeah That's what I said to myself. i'm like, well, he probably fucking drunk and drove that thing into the deal.
02:20:18
Jim Warrior
But, I mean, were we expecting something different out of this man? i thought that's what we wanted out of Steve.
02:20:30
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, the expectation thing is interesting, isn't it?
02:20:33
Jim Warrior
Like, that's Stone Cold, right?
02:20:39
Jim Warrior
Can't get mad at him.
02:20:43
Jim Warrior
Can't get mad at Rick. Can you get at Rick?
02:20:47
The Whole Ballgame
Time marches on, right? and And I think a lot of my, a lot of the discomfort that I have from watching it, from watching him be
02:20:57
Jim Warrior
long
02:21:00
The Whole Ballgame
uncomfortable in front of the camera.
02:21:02
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
02:21:03
The Whole Ballgame
It's about me not wanting to give up the version of him that I do love.
02:21:15
The Whole Ballgame
Right? Like, him and Brett doing the WrestleMania 13 thing this year, and like, there's a, that it's that archetype thing, right?
02:21:28
The Whole Ballgame
Where it's like, there's this, version of this human being that you hold in such regard and then all of a sudden it's not enough anymore what
02:21:39
Jim Warrior
you know ah You know what I thought of when you did this?
02:21:44
Jim Warrior
the helicopter light coming down on him when it's chasing him down the fucking highway because the cops are chasing him from beating Debra's ass.
02:21:53
The Whole Ballgame
that's pretty good that's pretty good
02:21:56
Jim Warrior
That's the Steve I think about more often than not now.
02:22:02
Jim Warrior
I'm ever in Mongo Bass, oh God.
02:22:02
The Whole Ballgame
Rest in peace, Mongo, by the way.
02:22:08
Jim Warrior
I... I truly...
02:22:10
The Whole Ballgame
but
02:22:13
Jim Warrior
yeah Like, I think Steve might be the best of all these guys of hiding who you really is.
02:22:28
The Whole Ballgame
I think you're probably right about that. I mean, we know that he beat the shit out of her a couple times, at least. And he probably beat the shit out of the blonde, the Lady lady Frost, or whatever the fuck her name was.
02:22:41
Jim Warrior
oh Lady Blossom.
02:22:43
The Whole Ballgame
Lady Blossom. I'm sure he beat the shit out of her, too. And it's somewhere, I'm sure.
02:22:48
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it didn't just happen.
02:22:49
The Whole Ballgame
Some police report somewhere.
02:22:51
Jim Warrior
Yeah, I'm sure that when he was younger and on steroids, he wasn't more docile.
02:22:56
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Yeah.
02:22:57
Jim Warrior
I
02:23:01
Jim Warrior
i i think, but, you know, too, also that comes with that as well. You know, I think there's a self-awareness and a recognition, and that is why he has placed his ass out in the middle of fucking nowhere.
02:23:16
Jim Warrior
to be away from Pete because, you know, like he knows who he is. There's a reason he was watching those serial killer fucking things you know, midnight trying to come up with his gimmick and Fang McFrost and all that bullshit or whatever. But like, you know, he heard whoever it was talking and that's where he got the stone cold character. And don't watch him serial killer gimmicks all goddamn night. And it's like, yes, because, oh, it's natural born killers. What do you hear? Also, that was it.
02:23:44
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
02:23:45
Jim Warrior
Like, um It's all there. all show you who we are. We choose to believe it or not or tell, oh, that's not real. Just joking. or They're just a character. or They're just this or that or whatever. It's like you see it enough.
02:24:02
Jim Warrior
the All you got do is be honest with yourself and you can figure it out.
02:24:08
The Whole Ballgame
Austin married his high school girlfriend, Katherine Burris, on November 24, 1990. However, he later pursued a relationship with English wrestling manager Jeannie Clark, with whom he was working.
02:24:19
The Whole Ballgame
His marriage to Burris was annulled August 7, 1992, while he was in Japan.
02:24:23
Jim Warrior
Jesus Christ.
02:24:24
The Whole Ballgame
And he married Clark December 18, on his 28th birthday. He had two daughters, Stephanie and Cassidy, before divorcing May 10, 1999.
02:24:34
The Whole Ballgame
Austin also adopted Clark's daughter Jade from a previous relationship with Chris Adams. In 2010, Austin became a grandfather for the first time when Jade gave birth to a son.
02:24:41
Jim Warrior
Killed by Boo Ray.
02:24:46
The Whole Ballgame
Since then, Jade has had two more children with her husband, a British independent wrestler, Adam Bernarski, who died 2022 at age 41. On September 13, 2000, Austin married wrestling manager Deborah austin married wrestling manager debor marshall On June 15th, 2002, Marshall called the police to the couple's home.
02:25:07
The Whole Ballgame
She told the officers that Austin had hit her and then stormed out of the house. An arrest warrant was issued by the Bexar County District Attorney's Office and Austin turned himself in the following day, at which point he was charged with domestic abuse. He pleaded no contest and was given a year's probation, a thousand dollar fine, in order to carry out 80 hours of community service. 2002.
02:25:28
Jim Warrior
What was the year on that again?
02:25:31
The Whole Ballgame
thousand two
02:25:32
Jim Warrior
the or Sorry, not just the year, the specific date.
02:25:38
The Whole Ballgame
august 12th 2002 i'm sorry in 2007 marshall told fox news that wwe wwe knew of the abuse but worked to keep her from revealing that austin had hit her as it would cost the company millions of dollars
02:25:41
Jim Warrior
So this is this is about... Okay, so this is like a week or so after he takes his ball and goes home.
02:25:54
Jim Warrior
Interesting, as the Elon says.
02:26:08
The Whole Ballgame
Austin responded to the incident in 2003 through WWE wwewe Raw magazine, citing his regret over their relationship breaking down and stating his love for Marshall. He also ridiculed allegations that the incident was alcohol-related.
02:26:22
Jim Warrior
Sure. Yeah. Yeah.
02:26:24
The Whole Ballgame
He filed for divorce from Marshall July 22, 2002, which finalized February
02:26:32
Jim Warrior
Right before he came back. No way out.
02:26:36
Jim Warrior
Jesus Christ.
02:26:39
The Whole Ballgame
In 2007, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported Austin had legally changed his name to Steve Austin.
02:26:48
Jim Warrior
These fucking guys.
02:26:49
The Whole Ballgame
and late In late 2009, Austin married his fourth wife, Kristen Ferris.
02:26:57
The Whole Ballgame
In 2014, Austin voiced support for same-sex marriage on his podcast.
02:27:03
The Whole Ballgame
The same year, and he also released his beer, Broken Skull IPA. In March 2022, they released another collaboration. The beers are distributed in 35 states.
02:27:16
The Whole Ballgame
Austin is on two large ranches.
02:27:18
Jim Warrior
Oh boy.
02:27:20
The Whole Ballgame
The Broken Skull Ranch 2.0 is in Gardnerville, Nevada.
02:27:26
The Whole Ballgame
Doesn't look like he's at least, he hasn't beaten his current wife and gotten arrested for it at least.
02:27:34
Jim Warrior
Well, we'll see.
02:27:34
The Whole Ballgame
So there's that. Braun Strowman is going to wrestle here for the the Universal Championship. It appears that Braun actually lost his job this week.
02:27:48
The Whole Ballgame
He got released.
02:27:48
Jim Warrior
Really?
02:27:49
The Whole Ballgame
Yep, he got released.
02:27:49
Jim Warrior
They just... I thought they just started to push him again.
02:27:53
The Whole Ballgame
Yep, they did. That's right.
02:27:54
Jim Warrior
Jesus fucking Christ. How many times are they gonna... This guy's a fucking mess. I...
02:27:59
The Whole Ballgame
He's got to control whose narrative, you understand.
02:28:02
Jim Warrior
God, he's such a train wreck. Look at the beard.
02:28:09
Jim Warrior
He never...
02:28:10
The Whole Ballgame
look
02:28:11
Jim Warrior
Belonged in this spot. It's ridiculous that he got it.
02:28:17
The Whole Ballgame
once Oh my god, he's fighting Goldberg?
02:28:20
Jim Warrior
Yes.
02:28:21
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ, what is going on?
02:28:23
Jim Warrior
It's supposed to be Roman.
02:28:24
The Whole Ballgame
What world are we living in here?
02:28:26
Jim Warrior
It's supposed to be Roman. Roman's got the magic cancer. He can't come to the pandemic.
02:28:31
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, that's right. the The fucking... See, this whole time, i just thought you were being funny with the magic answer. No, it's the leukemia.
02:28:41
Jim Warrior
Yes.
02:28:42
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ. Oh my god.
02:28:45
Jim Warrior
Come on, pal.
02:28:47
The Whole Ballgame
Eyebrows up. Fuck.
02:28:52
Jim Warrior
Oh boy.
02:28:53
The Whole Ballgame
Just got a little steam bath on his way out here.
02:28:58
Jim Warrior
Look at that beard. Gray.
02:29:01
The Whole Ballgame
Whisker biscuit. That's what we call them. The whisker biscuit.
02:29:06
Jim Warrior
I thought he was coming back to fight Gunther.
02:29:09
The Whole Ballgame
I think that's what this Pat McAfee thing is setting up.
02:29:12
Jim Warrior
Oh.
02:29:13
The Whole Ballgame
Um, I think Goldberg's gonna show up at Backlash and help Pat McAfee.
02:29:20
Jim Warrior
Is Pat McAfee wrestling Gunther?
02:29:23
The Whole Ballgame
Yes, he is.
02:29:25
Jim Warrior
Great.
02:29:26
The Whole Ballgame
Because Gunther came out and tried to choke Michael Cole, and Pat McAfee decided to punch Gunther in the face. And instead, Gunther choked out Pat McAfee, and you would have enjoyed seeing that. It's actually pretty good.
02:29:41
Jim Warrior
I would like him to choke both those men to climax.
02:29:42
The Whole Ballgame
Um,
02:29:46
The Whole Ballgame
Chokes in the climax. I'm glad you brought that up, Blake.
02:29:49
Jim Warrior
Thanks, Rick. I'm glad you came by. You kind of look like a Braun Strowman fan, Rick.
02:29:57
The Whole Ballgame
and He's a big man, I've got to tell you. i don't You know what I don't like? I don't like the way that his hair's shaved and he's got a ponytail. It's like, I don't know, man.
02:30:08
The Whole Ballgame
Pick one haircut another. You don't have to have both at the same time.
02:30:14
Jim Warrior
Just greedy.
02:30:17
The Whole Ballgame
Okay.
02:30:18
Jim Warrior
God, I hate Bill Goldberg.
02:30:22
Jim Warrior
I had never liked him.
02:30:22
The Whole Ballgame
I... Never?
02:30:25
Jim Warrior
Never.
02:30:25
The Whole Ballgame
Really?
02:30:26
Jim Warrior
Even I remember in high school arguing with my gym teacher slash football coach about Goldberg and Austin.
02:30:26
The Whole Ballgame
You didn't buy into it at all, huh?
02:30:37
Jim Warrior
And I would just tell him that Goldberg was an Austin ripoff, and which he wasn't really as time went on, but other than the shaved head.
02:30:47
The Whole Ballgame
clip
02:30:49
Jim Warrior
It was just like, I mean, the black tights, I guess, but he looked like a jacked up Austin, but that's where it ended.
02:30:58
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, that's where it ended. It's the lactates.
02:31:03
Jim Warrior
I just, ah I don't know. It's kind of everything that I'm not really all about. The guy, yeah you know, he didn't really give a fuck about it. It was pretty clear and you knew what was going to happen in his fucking match and
02:31:21
Jim Warrior
I didn't I didn't I remember being like, this guy has like three minute matches. This isn't like this isn't great.
02:31:31
The Whole Ballgame
I loved it. remember I was like on the edge of my seat every week for the matches. I enjoyed it quite a bit. But I was also, again, it's the it comes back to the same thing. We talk about this a lot.
02:31:43
The Whole Ballgame
You had a couple years on me.
02:31:44
Jim Warrior
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:31:45
The Whole Ballgame
You like two years on me, and it's just right on the edge between like thinking everything sucks and loving everything. You know?
02:31:51
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it's a big ah gap. very Especially but in this period of the business. like
02:32:01
Jim Warrior
Looking at the last 25 years and then looking at how like the 80s to 90s progressed is just baffling to me. How did we get to this point where we have all these advancements and everything and all these reasons and now things looked the same for 20 fucking years.
02:32:24
Jim Warrior
They should have looked the same before when everything was dog shit. And you're doing stuff with a fucking string and tin can. Like, it doesn't make sense.
02:32:33
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
02:32:40
The Whole Ballgame
Now it's fucking... You turn on Netflix on Monday night and it's like...
02:32:47
The Whole Ballgame
It is so rote. Everything is exactly the same over and over and over again. Braun Strowman just won the Universal Championship in a squash match over Goldberg.
02:32:59
Jim Warrior
Wonderful.
02:33:03
Jim Warrior
What?
02:33:03
The Whole Ballgame
um I thought this was the main event, but apparently it's not.
02:33:06
Jim Warrior
Oh, no, you don't know where we're going.
02:33:08
The Whole Ballgame
I don't have a fucking clue what's the next.
02:33:10
Jim Warrior
Oh, yes. Amazing. You done it now.
02:33:15
The Whole Ballgame
Wait.
02:33:19
The Whole Ballgame
Is this Cena and the Fiend?
02:33:22
Jim Warrior
No, that's tomorrow night.
02:33:23
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, ah okay. All right. Oh, no. Oh, no. You said you've done it now.
02:33:30
Jim Warrior
Hey, man.
02:33:30
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, no.
02:33:30
Jim Warrior
Hey, man. You remember when I told you to get get them shovels?
02:33:32
The Whole Ballgame
Oh
02:33:34
Jim Warrior
Get them shovels out, man, because we ain't doing taxes, but we're going to go to the other places of Certainty in Life, the graveyard, because it's about death and taxes.
02:33:42
The Whole Ballgame
God, oh God.
02:33:47
The Whole Ballgame
We've gone and made a big mistake, Blake.
02:33:50
Jim Warrior
This is it. I wonder if they paid the money and they got the Metallica song forever.
02:33:57
The Whole Ballgame
Ooh, good point, I wonder.
02:34:01
Jim Warrior
Knowing them, probably not.
02:34:03
The Whole Ballgame
Probably not.
02:34:04
Jim Warrior
It's like if you watch WrestleMania 27, don't think you get... You didn't used to anyway. i don't know. I haven't tried to watch that in 13 years. But the fucking ah Triple H comes out to For Whom the Bell Tolls.
02:34:21
The Whole Ballgame
so Yeah.
02:34:25
The Whole Ballgame
Did you watch the entirety of Triple H's speech at the Hall of Fame?
02:34:29
Jim Warrior
didn't watch any of it.
02:34:30
The Whole Ballgame
I didn't either.
02:34:31
Jim Warrior
No, wait. I saw a clip, maybe.
02:34:33
The Whole Ballgame
I didn't watch any of it.
02:34:34
Jim Warrior
or I don't know if I saw a clip or something.
02:34:36
The Whole Ballgame
I watched... was at Babs's i was at babbs's house, and I watched...
02:34:39
Jim Warrior
I didn't watch that.
02:34:44
The Whole Ballgame
um
02:34:47
The Whole Ballgame
Who was first? Oh, Luger. And I got through about ten minutes of oh of mrs Mrs. Taker, and I couldn't watch anymore. I turned it off, and I didn't go back and watch any of it.
02:35:02
Jim Warrior
Yeah, I think I watched Lugues. And then they put Kamala in the legacy thing and I got pissed and I fast forward and i think I watched Steve and Brett and i did listen to some of Triple H now that I think about it because I remember rolling my eyes at how everything was like a goddamn just
02:35:25
Jim Warrior
so fucking like backhanded with him.
02:35:34
Jim Warrior
WWE Performance Center.
02:35:37
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, that didn't happen because the next year, in 21, they went back to Tampa. They were at Raymond James.
02:35:45
Jim Warrior
Yep, they went back to Tampa.
02:35:46
The Whole Ballgame
And then in 22, they did California, right?
02:35:48
Jim Warrior
Yep. Yep. They go back to, I guess, make good on whatever, but now we go to the, yeah, baby, that's what I used to call my place down in Memphis. I call that the boneyard, too.
02:36:02
Jim Warrior
But that's
02:36:02
The Whole Ballgame
Did you? Did
02:36:02
Jim Warrior
That's because I do a lot of bone smuggling, if you know what I mean. gonna keep on.
02:36:06
The Whole Ballgame
I don't. I don't know what you mean. What do you mean
02:36:08
Jim Warrior
I mean, I'm taking my boner and I'm putting women, pussies, and assholes in their mouths, too. I'm gonna keep on, keep on, keep on dancing, Joe.
02:36:15
The Whole Ballgame
like mean?
02:36:20
Jim Warrior
Hey, hey, that's Alan Jacob Stiles, or whatever fuck his name is. Alan Joe. Alan James.
02:36:25
The Whole Ballgame
Alan Jones? James? Johns?
02:36:29
Jim Warrior
Alan Jaworski.
02:36:30
The Whole Ballgame
There you go You know, he believes the Earth is flat, Jimmy. what do you think about that?
02:36:37
Jim Warrior
You know what ain't flat? oh
02:36:40
The Whole Ballgame
What's that?
02:36:40
Jim Warrior
Asuka's ass.
02:36:44
The Whole Ballgame
forgotten Time is a flat circle.
02:36:47
Jim Warrior
Well, I suppose that is true.
02:36:48
The Whole Ballgame
You know about those, don't you?
02:36:51
Jim Warrior
Anything we have done or will do, we have done or will do forever.
02:36:57
The Whole Ballgame
It's the yin and the yang, you know?
02:36:59
Jim Warrior
That's what Terry's always talking to about, brother.
02:37:02
The Whole Ballgame
All I know is that at the end of the day, there's there's the... the the idea that, you know, school choice and vouchers are very important.
02:37:19
The Whole Ballgame
And, you know, you got to keep the kids away from the woke mob and agenda.
02:37:26
Jim Warrior
Look, I mean, it's clear to see and and lot of these states such as Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, they the liberal-run governments have ran these states into the goddamn ground, and it's it's just and enough's enough.
02:37:38
The Whole Ballgame
Hmm.
02:37:47
Jim Warrior
It's time to get the woke out of there, you know?
Past Wrestling Events and Speculations
02:37:50
Jim Warrior
i
02:37:50
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
02:37:51
Jim Warrior
Out of these states that have haven't voted for a fucking Democrat in probably 80 years, but that's neither here nor there. I'm not sure who you're mad at, but maybe it's not the right people.
02:38:09
Jim Warrior
Look at this shit. This was on that one Austin came out on. I remember that. Because I remember him his hat coming off.
02:38:17
The Whole Ballgame
Goofy fucking ponytail.
02:38:19
Jim Warrior
Okay.
02:38:19
The Whole Ballgame
Goddamn. This man, I'm so thankful that we haven't seen more of this bullshit.
02:38:28
The Whole Ballgame
You think he's going to do it again?
02:38:30
Jim Warrior
Who, Tinker?
02:38:31
The Whole Ballgame
Because he can't give it up yet?
02:38:32
Jim Warrior
Ah, no way.
02:38:33
The Whole Ballgame
Think he's going to have another match? You know what he's not done?
02:38:34
Jim Warrior
I don't... He can't do it.
02:38:37
The Whole Ballgame
No?
02:38:39
Jim Warrior
Look, man.
02:38:39
The Whole Ballgame
I don't know. so Don't tell him what he can't do, Blake.
02:38:43
Jim Warrior
He can't do it now, I'll tell you that.
02:38:47
Jim Warrior
I may have done it now, but not him.
02:38:51
The Whole Ballgame
Would that be a big mistake?
02:38:56
Jim Warrior
Unequivocably...
02:39:00
Jim Warrior
You remember that from our last show, Surgery Brain?
02:39:03
The Whole Ballgame
I do remember that, yes.
02:39:05
Jim Warrior
Thank you Howard.
02:39:10
Jim Warrior
but These idiots get released like a week later, by the way. Remember that? They're part of the WrestleMania main event, and then they're released a week later. Imagine the same thing happened to Sid, kind I guess he quit, though.
02:39:26
Jim Warrior
That's different. This guy's a total asswipe.
02:39:31
Jim Warrior
I never liked AJ.
02:39:35
The Whole Ballgame
shut I never cared about him because he was in TNA. Who watches TNA? Nobody worth a shit.
02:39:42
Jim Warrior
Guy's a, in real life, a product of his environment. He became everything that was easy to be.
02:39:46
The Whole Ballgame
Yes.
02:39:52
The Whole Ballgame
this is This is all very cinematic. like
02:39:56
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it's a cinematic match. I'm not sure what you wanted me do with that. I could tell when you said my name was supposed to do something, but...
02:40:02
The Whole Ballgame
yeah Whatever you wanted to do.
02:40:04
Jim Warrior
Oh, okay.
02:40:04
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
02:40:04
Jim Warrior
Thank you.
02:40:05
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
02:40:07
Jim Warrior
Oh, yes!
02:40:11
The Whole Ballgame
I've been dead for years!
02:40:15
Jim Warrior
was gonna say, was he dead yet?
02:40:18
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, quite dead. I've been dead a while.
02:40:22
Jim Warrior
Are we doing hits from the crypt again?
02:40:27
The Whole Ballgame
Welcome to this theater in Connecticut. It has nothing to do with anything.
02:40:34
Jim Warrior
The man just had dead bodies in his quote-unquote living room, remember?
02:40:42
Jim Warrior
God.
02:40:43
The Whole Ballgame
We're supposed to think that that was the Undertaker.
02:40:48
Jim Warrior
His stupid Albert Pujols mustache pissed me off.
02:41:00
The Whole Ballgame
Ain't nobody raking this redneck.
02:41:04
Jim Warrior
A redneck shit view flat earth video game dipshit. Like, Jesus fucking Christ.
02:41:16
Jim Warrior
A Madden cough, I've ever seen one.
02:41:20
Jim Warrior
Oh, they did. They paid for it.
02:41:24
The Whole Ballgame
Ah! They have it in perpetuity, as it were.
02:41:29
Jim Warrior
Yeah, baby, that's what I said.
02:41:33
The Whole Ballgame
The Undertaker is rolling down the street to this fake graveyard on his large motorcycle with the strains of Metallica in the background.
02:41:48
The Whole Ballgame
I'm sorry, Motley Crue the background.
02:41:51
Jim Warrior
Hey, do you ever see this dude?
02:41:52
The Whole Ballgame
A little deep cut for the whole ball game results here.
02:41:56
Jim Warrior
Gabe wants action, baby. Look at this shot. Jesus.
02:42:02
Jim Warrior
The Undertaker. Cinema.
02:42:07
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
02:42:11
The Whole Ballgame
Singing about something about IKEA. What's
02:42:15
Jim Warrior
You know what they should have done in this match, now that I think about it?
02:42:17
The Whole Ballgame
that?
02:42:18
Jim Warrior
Jesus fuck. That Matilda dude?
02:42:24
Jim Warrior
They should have in various parts of this boneyard you could have had like I don't know who was alive and not but you know they could have had like parts of Kamala and Yokozuna's dead bodies and Bundy maybe Bundy.
02:42:41
The Whole Ballgame
That would have been um at the very worst Or at the very least, like the old caskets, you know what I mean?
02:42:44
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm.
02:42:47
The Whole Ballgame
the You know, from those casket matches.
02:42:50
Jim Warrior
I would have liked to have maybe some part of Paul Bearer.
02:42:58
The Whole Ballgame
You wanted this. Come on. Come on, boy. You wanted this, tough guy.
02:43:02
Jim Warrior
Well, you remember it?
02:43:02
The Whole Ballgame
Come on. Get up. Get up, boy. up. Yeah. Let me get a noose here. You... N word. ah See, guy I don't use that in my regular life, but I'll use it here because it's cinematic.
02:43:16
Jim Warrior
I can't imagine the conversations that were had while they sat around waiting for filming.
02:43:21
The Whole Ballgame
Oh.
02:43:24
Jim Warrior
Just awful. Especially at this time.
02:43:32
The Whole Ballgame
I'll tell you right now, the big problem here, the reason we're not in that stadium, it's the Mexicans. no Mexicans, they're the ones spreading this COVID bullshit all over the place.
02:43:45
Jim Warrior
ain't got no vaccines.
02:43:45
The Whole Ballgame
Wear a mask. Suck my dick, wear a mask. Ain't gonna wear no goddamn mask.
02:43:53
Jim Warrior
Unless it's part of my gimmick with Mabel.
02:43:59
Jim Warrior
You know, because he wore the Phantom of the Opera mask, Gabe. Get it?
02:44:02
The Whole Ballgame
I remember, yep.
02:44:03
Jim Warrior
Thanks. Thanks for selling it.
02:44:06
The Whole Ballgame
I was trying to think of something to talk about with the him busting himself open on the the window of the hearse and saying, looking at his arm and going, son of a bitch.
02:44:13
Jim Warrior
Mm-hmm.
02:44:19
Jim Warrior
You could have said, uh, you done it now. That would have been a good one. Cassettes himself.
02:44:23
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, shit.
02:44:25
Jim Warrior
Oh, he done it now.
02:44:25
The Whole Ballgame
Hmm.
02:44:26
Jim Warrior
That's what should have done. They should have us write this, you know.
02:44:34
Jim Warrior
It's time to find out who's the crazy tough or the phony brave or whatever the fuck that stupid saying is. Oh. We got...
02:44:43
The Whole Ballgame
Get up. Come on.
02:44:45
Jim Warrior
We got...
02:44:45
The Whole Ballgame
Come on. You wanted this.
02:44:47
Jim Warrior
You look...
02:44:47
The Whole Ballgame
Look at all this this moss in the tree that we added for a effect because it looks spooky with the smoke.
02:44:56
Jim Warrior
You look like Torrey Wilson.
02:44:57
The Whole Ballgame
I'm not sure why it's so smoky out here, though. Mm-hmm.
02:45:00
Jim Warrior
You're Torrey Wilson.
02:45:05
Jim Warrior
Got the little doggy on the whole ballgame here. like a good boy. No qualms.
02:45:15
The Whole Ballgame
Girl.
02:45:16
Jim Warrior
Yeah, it's fine.
02:45:17
The Whole Ballgame
That's Jolly.
02:45:19
Jim Warrior
ah Okay, alright. Like Charlie Caruso.
02:45:24
The Whole Ballgame
Jolly.
02:45:24
Jim Warrior
Oh, jolly.
02:45:25
The Whole Ballgame
J-O-L-L-Y. Like Santa Claus.
02:45:29
Jim Warrior
Got it.
02:45:29
The Whole Ballgame
um It was my mom's dog. And my mom died. And then it was my dad's dog. And then my dad died. And then my brother and you know took over. And she was just running around a ah a trailer court.
02:45:38
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
02:45:44
The Whole Ballgame
Willy nilly. So we took her in.
02:45:45
Jim Warrior
Like Sherry.
02:45:48
The Whole Ballgame
Correct. Yes, exactly like Sherry. We saved her from becoming Sherry.
02:45:53
Jim Warrior
You could change her name to Sherry. That'd be cool.
02:45:56
The Whole Ballgame
You want to be Sherry from now on? Huh?
02:46:00
Jim Warrior
and maybe
02:46:00
The Whole Ballgame
You give the boys what they need?
02:46:02
Jim Warrior
baby maybe he could just call her Queenie on the side, you know?
02:46:02
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah?
02:46:06
Jim Warrior
Nothing official.
02:46:13
The Whole Ballgame
Come on. Come on, big man. Oh, my goodness. I'm going to take you up over here on this bulldozer. Yeah. Yeah. We're going to plow the flat earth.
02:46:28
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ. Nothing could be more appropriate to to celebrate where we've come. You know what? That's something we haven't talked about. Maybe we'll get into the depth of it you know in part two of WrestleMania 36 because everybody's on pins and needles waiting for that.
02:46:42
Jim Warrior
yeah think we get an extra hour
02:46:46
The Whole Ballgame
um But um how is it that we decided to so start this podcast?
Podcast Origins and Personal Stories
02:46:57
Jim Warrior
i honestly have no idea you um
02:46:59
The Whole Ballgame
Me neither.
02:47:06
The Whole Ballgame
How's it feel down there?
02:47:12
Jim Warrior
Uh-oh. It's the Good Brothers. Or who the fuck ever.
02:47:22
The Whole Ballgame
I
02:47:22
Jim Warrior
They should have made them dress up like Hawk and Animal.
02:47:28
The Whole Ballgame
i mean, they dressed like the Warlord and... The big one dressed like the Warlord all the time anyway. Oh, look, we got Druids.
02:47:39
Jim Warrior
Yeah. Yeah. It'd be cool if one of them... It should be the Million Dollar Corporation. That's what should have happened. It should have been Kama and Erwin and DiBiase.
02:47:53
Jim Warrior
And... Is Nikolai dead at this point?
02:47:55
The Whole Ballgame
Nikolai.
02:47:57
Jim Warrior
I think he's still alive.
02:47:58
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
02:48:01
The Whole Ballgame
Just a big old fucking scent sign on his chest.
02:48:03
Jim Warrior
Uh-huh. Yeah, exactly. It's like painted on there in a pair of white underwear with holes in them.
02:48:11
The Whole Ballgame
We gonna do this, let's do it.
02:48:13
Jim Warrior
God. I hate that man.
02:48:21
Jim Warrior
fucker dad that did this for 30 years so it's no wonder he gets this inflated sense of fucking self, you know?
02:48:30
Jim Warrior
gets go out there and plays this goddamn supernatural ass kicker and then he goes back to his fucking Texas mansion and dicks off on the internet and probably spends more time in gymnastics classes than he should.
02:48:54
The Whole Ballgame
but clearly taking like aerial gymnastics classes with ribbons and shit like falling down the ribbon and pulling himself up and...
02:49:04
Jim Warrior
Oh no, he's there to look at young girls. be Let's be very clear. that's That's the entire purpose of it.
02:49:09
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, I'm not saying that he's there because he wants to be there for any other reason than to look at young girls, but he's doing it because he doesn't want to...
02:49:12
Jim Warrior
ah
02:49:20
The Whole Ballgame
He doesn't want them all to know he's a pervert. Just he wants to be a pervert.
02:49:23
Jim Warrior
Right, right. Exactly. no look, upstanding men of that, the last thing they can be known as is is some sort of sex pervert, right?
02:49:35
Jim Warrior
Like they, they just, those men like that, they just, all that makes them come are, are slightly different. chubby, tan, blonde women, um you know, it that are five five years within their age, you know?
02:49:47
The Whole Ballgame
lightly chubby. That's so perfect. oh my god.
02:49:56
Jim Warrior
That's it. No, it's not, Mark.
02:49:57
The Whole Ballgame
it.
02:49:59
Jim Warrior
Come on, Mark.
02:50:01
The Whole Ballgame
kind of she Just that that that little but little Playboy sticker that she left on her belly in the tanning bed.
02:50:09
Jim Warrior
Yep, yep.
02:50:11
The Whole Ballgame
ah
02:50:11
Jim Warrior
That one.
02:50:17
The Whole Ballgame
Made me break my finger, Mark.
02:50:19
Jim Warrior
You made me break my finger. My goodness. I'm surprised this going to get an Emmy.
02:50:29
The Whole Ballgame
He said, stay down, old man. Your ponytails whipped around your head.
02:50:34
Jim Warrior
i I tolerated this much better the first time through. I do remember that.
02:50:39
The Whole Ballgame
Jesus Christ almighty, this is terrible.
02:50:45
The Whole Ballgame
what Is this the last match he had?
02:50:50
Jim Warrior
That's it, yep.
02:50:53
Jim Warrior
Until they, uh, yeah, because they have a Thunderdome Survivor Series where they have the tribute, remember, and they have the hologram Paul Bearer.
02:51:04
The Whole Ballgame
Ah, yes.
02:51:05
Jim Warrior
Oh, yes, do remember my hologram, Gabe?
02:51:05
The Whole Ballgame
I do recall. Oh, yes.
02:51:09
Jim Warrior
He was very handsome, wasn't he?
02:51:12
The Whole Ballgame
a
02:51:18
The Whole Ballgame
Real good. just got tackled through a fence, so that was nice.
02:51:25
Jim Warrior
I think I'm gonna try to get Blake to have some chicken fried rice after this. Oh, yes.
02:51:32
The Whole Ballgame
and I'm trying to decide what I'm going to eat. I'm thinking probably some dumplings from Trader Joe's.
02:51:38
Jim Warrior
Oh.
02:51:41
Jim Warrior
I got some leftover rolls from Texas Roadhouse in the fridge.
02:51:45
The Whole Ballgame
Nice. You got to save some of the butter too? or
02:51:48
Jim Warrior
Yeah, well, fuck yeah.
02:51:49
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, attaboy. All right.
02:51:51
Jim Warrior
That's where we went for the boys' birthday.
02:51:55
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, good. That's nice.
02:51:58
Jim Warrior
He got himself a strip.
02:52:00
The Whole Ballgame
Diddy.
02:52:01
Jim Warrior
Said said it was his best steak he's had. It's his third one.
02:52:06
The Whole Ballgame
Nice.
02:52:12
The Whole Ballgame
That was his choice, was Texas Roadhouse.
02:52:14
Jim Warrior
Yep. 11.
02:52:15
The Whole Ballgame
Good for him. Was 11 12?
02:52:19
Jim Warrior
eleven
02:52:24
The Whole Ballgame
What is this music?
02:52:26
Jim Warrior
Well, he's he's dying.
02:52:30
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, I see. It's supposed to be evocative of an emotion we're supposed to feel.
02:52:34
Jim Warrior
Yeah, because he's crawling towards his grave.
02:52:35
The Whole Ballgame
Okay.
02:52:37
Jim Warrior
He's yeah broken down old bitch. Got it?
02:52:43
The Whole Ballgame
I got it.
02:52:45
Jim Warrior
He's not wrong.
02:52:48
The Whole Ballgame
Got a shovel. He just got a shovel.
02:52:50
Jim Warrior
Hey, man. I don't see IRS around. What's going on with the shovel?
02:52:57
Jim Warrior
Somebody gonna do a 1099 on 1044 easy and the in the Hattahoochee, Hawaii?
02:53:06
The Whole Ballgame
that's wonderful
02:53:09
Jim Warrior
Looks like a goddamn Vietnam treehouse up there.
02:53:11
The Whole Ballgame
so
02:53:17
Jim Warrior
Goddamn name. Jesus. Jesus.
02:53:21
The Whole Ballgame
the spade of the shovels by his head just happened to land there, you know?
02:53:26
Jim Warrior
They could have had Mick Foley dressed Mankind in there.
02:53:29
The Whole Ballgame
They should have. They should have... There's a lot they should have done that they didn't do.
02:53:34
Jim Warrior
You could have at least had like Leon's mask laying around.
02:53:36
The Whole Ballgame
Like, do some fucking fan service, right?
02:53:37
Jim Warrior
Hmm.
02:53:39
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, exactly. If it's gonna be like this, make it somewhat... Oh yeah, I forgot about this. Jesus Christ, oh my God.
02:53:50
Jim Warrior
Even could have had Heidenreich in it.
02:53:52
The Whole Ballgame
Ticker's down in the the grave as we speak.
02:53:55
Jim Warrior
Yep. Yep.
02:53:56
The Whole Ballgame
AJ is about to turn on this tractor. But wait.
02:54:03
The Whole Ballgame
This is the Undertaker, you understand. You have to remember, this ain't over not by a long shot. Nope. There he is, behind him.
02:54:13
Jim Warrior
He's done it now.
02:54:17
Jim Warrior
He's supernatural, bitch.
02:54:24
The Whole Ballgame
Goozles him from behind. He falls sideways off of the tractor, even though that was there was clearly three different cuts there.
02:54:34
Jim Warrior
You know,
02:54:37
Jim Warrior
it's also a shock that, as we sit here, I can't believe that Kane didn't end up in this somehow.
02:54:45
The Whole Ballgame
Right? and
02:54:48
Jim Warrior
That could have been Kane there, you know, if you wanted to do whole not possible thing.
02:54:51
The Whole Ballgame
come
02:54:59
The Whole Ballgame
You can run, but you can't hide, son.
02:55:01
Jim Warrior
Did I ever tell you at the time that me and my friends out in the country made the undertaker symbol?
02:55:07
The Whole Ballgame
No, you've never told this story.
02:55:08
Jim Warrior
No.
02:55:11
Jim Warrior
So me and my buddy, Nasty Nate, JB, and our pal T. Skew, who lived out in the country.
02:55:19
The Whole Ballgame
what What young lady did you did you crucify on the... No.
02:55:22
Jim Warrior
No, no, no, no. We, we made the symbol.
02:55:27
The Whole Ballgame
If going to do something, do it right. Jesus Christ.
02:55:29
Jim Warrior
Well, So he lives in the country, which is dirt roads.
02:55:33
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh.
02:55:35
Jim Warrior
So I take the can of gasoline and I make the undertaker symbol.
02:55:35
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
02:55:39
The Whole Ballgame
Sure, as you do.
02:55:43
The Whole Ballgame
Yep.
02:55:43
Jim Warrior
And then I light the match and the undertaker symbol came to life. And we lit the middle of the dirt road on fire and an undertaker symbol.
02:55:58
The Whole Ballgame
Oh, I see. So it wasn't, okay.
02:56:00
Jim Warrior
The T and the X.
02:56:01
The Whole Ballgame
It wasn't. and actually Yeah.
02:56:02
Jim Warrior
So like think of the Highway to Hell video when you see the Undertaker's logo go up in flames.
02:56:03
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah.
02:56:07
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm.
02:56:07
Jim Warrior
That's what we did.
02:56:10
The Whole Ballgame
Pretty good.
02:56:10
Jim Warrior
In the road.
02:56:14
Jim Warrior
Because it ain't easy living free. You see? It's a season ticket on a one-way ride.
02:56:20
The Whole Ballgame
Mm-hmm.
02:56:27
The Whole Ballgame
All my buddies on my street, like the brothers, the you know the Evans brothers, we've talked about them before.
02:56:33
Jim Warrior
sure
02:56:34
The Whole Ballgame
um They were all so into that into wrestling that summer. It was the only summer where like I didn't feel like a complete outcast because they wanted to watch that too.
02:56:47
The Whole Ballgame
Austin Taker.
02:56:48
Jim Warrior
yep 98 was it 98 was the big one that's what i felt anyway
02:57:02
Jim Warrior
yeah It was all about... I mean, i i think really, you know, people talk about the NWO and this and that. and and did It did a lot for... Jesus.
02:57:14
Jim Warrior
But the Stone Cold and a and Austin McMahon stuff is what brought the masses in.
02:57:27
Jim Warrior
it was all still kind of in in just the wrestling bubble, you know, until then. Even though NWO took it to the point it was going pop. But Austin McMahon is what blew up.
02:57:40
The Whole Ballgame
yeah but then yeah it kind of nwa took it to here and then it started going over and then austin mcmahon
02:57:44
Jim Warrior
yeah Yep. Yep.
02:57:55
Jim Warrior
Had a nice few years there.
02:58:00
Jim Warrior
Nice decade, really. I mean, you know, 1585 2000, 2001.
02:58:03
The Whole Ballgame
yeah
02:58:08
Jim Warrior
Pretty good.
02:58:11
Jim Warrior
Not pretty good. The best.
02:58:17
Jim Warrior
Jesus. Let me help you out here. Fought 28.
02:58:22
The Whole Ballgame
a
02:58:31
Jim Warrior
Jesus. Just...
02:58:34
The Whole Ballgame
Undertaker giving him the rub on the way down. You're a lot tougher than I give you credit for. Drop some graveside.
02:58:41
Jim Warrior
It's as good as it's gonna get for ya.
02:58:47
Jim Warrior
You know what they should've had him do right here? Pull out a gun and shoot AJ in the head. could've done that with the CGI.
02:58:55
The Whole Ballgame
and Fantastic. Cinematic, baby. Mm-hmm.
02:58:59
Jim Warrior
and then they dump him in the grave, right? And then Kane comes out, and they bury him. But then you see AJ's hand come up, like at the end of Buried Alive, and then it makes it okay that they shot him in the face, because, you know, he's still alive.
02:59:12
The Whole Ballgame
Right, because not dead. Yeah.
02:59:13
Jim Warrior
Yeah.
02:59:13
The Whole Ballgame
And
02:59:14
Jim Warrior
Yeah. I mean, we've already twisted reality, letting Taker come on that tractor, you know?
02:59:24
Jim Warrior
Hey, baby! Last time I came on a tractor, I got gonorrhea! Yeah!
02:59:32
The Whole Ballgame
that's what you call the tractor story, Jimmy?
02:59:34
Jim Warrior
That's right, baby. I thought you'd like that on the keep on, keep on, keep on dancing, yo.
02:59:36
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah. Yeah.
02:59:40
Jim Warrior
That one's for Gabe.
02:59:44
The Whole Ballgame
Pauly, too. Pauly doesn't listen, though. It's fine.
02:59:49
Jim Warrior
Yeah, he ain't gonna be ponying up, baby.
02:59:56
The Whole Ballgame
God, this drags on forever. He's like, he keeps hugging him.
03:00:07
Jim Warrior
Jesus.
03:00:10
Jim Warrior
All that. Just to turn around and kick him.
03:00:14
Jim Warrior
You could have just done that the first place, Mark.
03:00:21
The Whole Ballgame
He done it now. He done who made a big mistake.
03:00:25
Jim Warrior
Think about that on a psychological...
03:00:26
The Whole Ballgame
Wait a second.
03:00:27
Jim Warrior
Okay.
03:00:28
The Whole Ballgame
Wait a second.
03:00:28
Jim Warrior
Uh-huh.
03:00:28
The Whole Ballgame
It gets better. gets better. He does this. It's the end of the thing that really that resonates with everybody. Boy, oh What a brilliantly thought out. I guarantee you it was fucking What's-His-Name-2.
03:00:45
The Whole Ballgame
Fucking...
03:00:47
Jim Warrior
we know who produces this one no
03:00:49
The Whole Ballgame
Yeah, it's, uh, Credence's buddy.
03:00:56
The Whole Ballgame
It's not, uh, Pritchard?
03:01:01
Jim Warrior
no um don't think so it's the game the game
03:01:03
The Whole Ballgame
Who was it? Jason Jordan? Oh, does he? That's good. There you go. Undertaker's music plays, looks over, climbs down off the tractor,
03:01:18
The Whole Ballgame
slowly walks to the grave and pulls
03:01:20
Jim Warrior
Watch out for the gonorrhea, Taker!
03:01:25
The Whole Ballgame
pulls the moss off who who's who's in the grave who's in there oh okay
03:01:31
Jim Warrior
Jesus. He's
03:01:34
The Whole Ballgame
aj's my brother's age that's good
03:01:37
Jim Warrior
four years older than me.
03:01:43
Jim Warrior
What a dick. Oh, there's the hand.
03:01:48
The Whole Ballgame
Hold on. Put your arm in the sky, you dipshit.
03:01:54
Jim Warrior
You get your bandana, i see?
03:01:56
The Whole Ballgame
Uh-huh. Yeah. Bandanas are important.
03:02:01
Jim Warrior
No coincidences as I saw Warrior and Undertaker in a body bag match in 91. At the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.
03:02:06
The Whole Ballgame
There you
03:02:12
Jim Warrior
Give it to us, take.
03:02:13
The Whole Ballgame
go. Goodbye, Mark, and thank you for everything.
03:02:20
Jim Warrior
There it is. See?
03:02:22
The Whole Ballgame
we go.
03:02:22
Jim Warrior
Look that bullshit, though. It should be fire.
03:02:26
The Whole Ballgame
Should be fire.
03:02:28
Jim Warrior
Dumb fucking laser.
03:02:32
Jim Warrior
This is a...
03:02:32
The Whole Ballgame
And with that, WrestleMania 36 Night 1 is in the books. And you've gotten a little history lesson from your pals here at the whole ballgame. will ah We'll be back shortly with with part 2 of this nonsense.
03:02:48
The Whole Ballgame
I'm sorry.