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We preview all 3 big shows for this weekend, discuss the Wrestlemania location shift, and answer your listener mail!
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Introduction and Episode Overview
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome the Chick-fil-A show. um
00:00:22
Speaker
What is up, Foley fam? We have got three big shows to preview for you guys, so we won't waste a whole lot of time with the intro.
Family and Personal Life Updates
00:00:29
Speaker
Let's get right into it with asking the star of the show, Chick-Foley herself, Sheena.
00:00:33
Speaker
How you doing? I'm good. I feel like we've had a marathon day today. It's been like a, you know, one of those days that like everything you do is for the kids, you know, like you're just running from daylight to dark, doing fun stuff for the kids. And then by the end, you're just beat.
00:00:46
Speaker
So we went to the playground this morning, met up with some friends, then, you know, got ourselves a little treat afterwards and then came home Went to the movies to watch Lilo and Stitch. Oh, I forgot. We yeah went to eat all you can eat sushi. All can eat sushi. Yeah. And then went to Lilo and Stitch. So yeah, it's just been one of those days where it's like, go, go, go.
00:01:05
Speaker
Yeah. And now we're potting. It's been a lot, but yeah, we're going pod tomorrow. We got a little bit of a chill day. We get, we're going hit up one of the state parks up the road and relax and get centered with nature before we lock in for yeah two straight days of a ton of wrestling, man.
00:01:21
Speaker
Sheena, tell us what's new on the farm. Nothing really new to report. I did pick up some um native plants. There is a lady in Mississippi that you know has a plant farm and she comes to some of the local farmers markets around here. And so she ah she brought she has her native plant sale dates. So I got myself some plants to make myself a little pollinator garden. So that's pretty much all all that's new here on the farm. Same old, same old.
00:01:44
Speaker
Yeah, it's been ah been a pretty quiet week since last
Promotions and Sponsorships
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time we... All it's done is freaking rain. Yeah, a lot of rain. Still got the dogs here dogs sitting, you may hear a little bit of ah ah chatter in the background. But no, let's get into it. want to remind you guys before we start, this show is brought to you by Ringside Collectibles.
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WrestleMania Location Speculation
00:02:12
Speaker
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00:02:28
Speaker
let's start with the the breaking news we had today. You know, rumblings came out. WrestleMania moving from New Orleans. You know, we already had a big announcement. that The final boss, The Rock, came out and told us it was going to be in the Big Easy next year.
00:02:41
Speaker
ah We had Lil Wayne, a remixed version of The Block is Hot, playing to announce it, man. And today, just out of nowhere, New Orleans. The Rock the rock has really been effing up wrestling in 2025, dude. He's really ah put up put a damper on uh on wrestling but i dude i'm i was just mind blown dude i've never seen like i mean maybe you can recall with your you know i did a memory or whatever but i i cannot recall a time when they've announced the city for wrestlemania and then just freaking pulled the okie doke and said you know what psych like we're going somewhere else dude so
00:03:12
Speaker
I was shocked. you know when you When we looked at it and it said somebody just you know put in a bid or whatever that they couldn't refuse, like we were thinking it was going to be like you know Saudi mania, um which would have been a bummer, dude. But um you know what can we expect in 2025?
00:03:28
Speaker
there were a lot of and It's still a developing story. like By the time we hit record, probably break overnight for sure. It was looking like it was definitely going to be... Las Vegas like there was a lot of rumblings coming up to Vegas now it's looking it's unconfirmed at this point so we don't know um where it's gonna be i don't know if you know oh see I thought it was I thought it was confirmed no and but yeah this is you we were kind of like like she had mentioned man this was kind of happening as uh we were in the process going to the movies um and it came up that like I said there was starting to be some steam building just how it does with you know rumors online and uh on social media that it was going to be in Vegas for the second straight year
00:04:05
Speaker
um They'll probably come out and say, you know what? We're back in New Orleans. yeah I definitely know one of WWE's PR moves is to float something, man. like they I'm a firm believer that they'll throw a couple kernels out there to kind of like take the temperature on the the public reception of it before um before they go official with something.
00:04:25
Speaker
I don't know, man. To me, Vegas is weird because the one thing that did come out, seemed like it was pretty concrete, is that the reason that they moved off of New Orleans was because there was such a significant financial bid that came from another city wanting host
WWE Business Strategies
00:04:35
Speaker
it.
00:04:35
Speaker
Like, does it make, put put your business hat on, Shane, does it make sense that another city in the United States would have just blown whatever New Orleans is paying them out of the water so far to make it worth moving?
00:04:46
Speaker
It's hard for me to believe that Vegas, of all places, because Vegas already has so much going on. It's not like they need the tourism or they need the money coming in from WrestleMania. I feel like WWE would want to host it in Vegas more than Vegas would want host there. Right. See, that's the only thing that's kind of...
00:05:02
Speaker
got me kind of like, I don't know if it's Vegas or not. I'm still calling Saudi dude. To me, hearing that it was a financial bid yeah yeah that made them do this, like the only, again, man, a big it could be somewhere that we're just totally not thinking of, you know, London, maybe something like that. But to me, that tells me that they got like a godfather offer, right? Like an offer that was so high that like there would be no way they could justify to you know, the stockholders and stuff, man, that why you turn this money down.
00:05:28
Speaker
Yeah, because I feel like when they make those announcements, dude, like they're already putting plans in place for Mania. It's not like they you know they're making plans for Mania the week before, dude. like This is like a year-long process that has to take place for all of tickets all the marketing, the ticket sales, the freaking promotional stuff, all that all the events that even go along but with WrestleMania. Exactly, dude. Booking all the the spaces out there. like I feel like you know that's just that's something that's already written in the stars, dude. And then to just like pull chocks on it is, you know...
Women's Roles in Saudi Wrestling
00:05:56
Speaker
And to me, sure doing it in Saudi is a place where they could say, like, no, i just do it here. we'll We'll take care of everything. You know what I mean? Just just come over, tell us what you need. we'll We'll make it happen. So um my money is still on that we get WrestleMania in Saudi. it's the I can already hear the outrage. That's going to piss people off. You know, people... don't like it. always I mean, I don't like it either. it' To me, it's not that big a deal, though. Like, at the end the day... mean, i wasn't going to Mania next year unless it was in Nashville. um So, I mean, it's not that big of a deal to me as far as, like, an in-person thing. But it does piss me off for all the people who, like...
00:06:26
Speaker
would want to go in New Orleans. You know what I mean? That definitely sucks. I feel for the, you know, we got our buddies, the Toon Brothers, man, to go. And we got, we have some Foley fans. We got John Swallow, Brian Vermeer down there in Louisiana that I'm sure they were excited to have WrestleMania in their backyard. Sucks, sucks for those fans. The fans going in person to me, man, into the day. Hey, WrestleMania is going to be in the afternoon. That's, that's
Wrestling Events and Audience Reactions
00:06:46
Speaker
a plus for me. Yeah, I mean, there is that, dude. But it's just, it's going to be different, dude. I just feel like what, the mania crowd is just so, don't know, we're just used to a certain look and a certain vibe.
00:06:58
Speaker
And like, I feel like Saudi is just, Saudi is its own unique universe, right? That's true. Where it's like, not. Yeah, and we're liable to see, you know, Goldberg and Gunther end up main event in night one. We know that they, you know, the Sheiks love to see the old timers, the old legends coming But,
00:07:13
Speaker
I will say this, man, in general, the Saudi crowd, they've been pretty hot, right? Since those first couple, it seemed like the first couple of shows was all like rich bigwigs and stuff. Since then, they've just let fans in and they've been hungry for WWE action. It's always a pretty hot crowd.
00:07:25
Speaker
And the other thing is they're very a very marky crowd, man. It's not the smart. I don't think we're going to get the smart WrestleMania crowd where they're doing stuff like giving Dom the huge standing ovation and giving, you know, booing Cody Rhodes. I think we're going to good marky crowd, which is what like, man. I like a crowd that the cheers for the good guys and boos the bad guys. That's true, but also, like, you know, what about the women, dude? Like, that, I mean, obviously, we've come a long way, you know, since the the first Saudi show, the women wearing, like, you know, t-shirts over their ring gear and stuff. Like, they've they've ah they've loosened up a little bit, but I still, like, I'm just, like, I think it's a little bit shitty, you know? Like, I feel like yeah you women get their mania moment, and they're not going be able to express themselves in a way that's true to them because they have to, like, abide by, you know, Saudi cultural, like, stuff that just doesn't
AEW Storytelling Challenges
00:08:10
Speaker
align with, you know, how we are here in
00:08:12
Speaker
uh i mean i'll i'll definitely defer to you for the final word on that since you are a woman on this one you know but to me like i feel like that's kind of a moot point like yeah they're not showing skin but those body suits leave very little to the imagination and we've seen some super cool attires with those um yeah like i said but you know i' around we've made we've made progress as the as the bella twins like to say you know uh but ah Yeah, in the span of eight years, we've gone from them not being allowed. No, seven years. We've gone from them not being allowed on the card to being in big featured matches and out there in their body suits, man.
00:08:43
Speaker
Yeah. Still don't like it. Yeah, fair enough. It's it's definitely still weird. And the other thing is, like yeah for as much as...
00:08:52
Speaker
The role of the WWE women on the show has grown. It's still not really making any difference for women's rights in Saudi. So there's that also. Yeah, exactly. All right. So time will tell. I'm calling Saudi, though. Make a call right now, Sheen, on Thursday, May 9.30 Central Time. is WrestleMania 42 place at?
00:09:10
Speaker
nine thirty central time where is w russtlemania forty two taking place at Like you said, with them saying that it was like a financial situation, think
Darby Allin's Championship Prospects
00:09:20
Speaker
it's Saudi. Especially now that they kind of pulled back on the Vegas rumblings, right? Because that was kind of the word when we were going into the movie theater. So just like, okay, that's weird. It just wouldn't make sense, man. Vegas only makes sense if something happened with New Orleans and New Orleans fell through, right? Like either they weren't going to meet some sort of financial obligation or they realized there was like a major conflict that was going to be happening in the city at that time and it just wouldn't be a good time to...
00:09:45
Speaker
to host a big event, vegas yeah Vegas only makes sense if New Orleans straight up fell through. If this story is true that the reason for the shift was because of financial incentives, Like i said, it's to me, it's got to be Saudi. Maybe London is a dark horse. I'm hoping if I can have my wish to be Nashville, they say, hey you know what?
00:10:01
Speaker
We're going to do it. One in the old Nissan Stadium. Well, no, they can it in the old Nissan Stadium. There's reason you can do Mania there. It'd still be great. the I mean, dude, we went to Mania in the freaking the Citrus Bowl, dude. That arena was a dump, man. Yeah. So I don't think you got to have. I mean, it definitely helps, but you don't got to have like a brand new arena, man. The the Superdome is an old ass stadium. There's going to do New Orleans.
00:10:22
Speaker
Yeah. i' I'd love to hear him say, yeah, you know what? We're going to do it in a and the old Nissan Stadium, and then we're coming back two years later to do it in the new Nissan Stadium. That would be freaking lit. ah But yeah, so time will tell. You ready to get into the actual inside the squared circle? Mm-hmm. I say we just go in chronological order. Let's start with Saturday Night's Main Event.
00:10:41
Speaker
Okay. Okay. So, it's a quick, nice and tight four-match car we got going on here. Unless something changes tomorrow night. As of right now, it's Thursday night. Something could get added to the car by tomorrow. But for it to be a two-hour show, I feel like four matches pretty much. With all the commercials whatnot. It's going to be TV, yeah. So, you have legit commercial breaks. So, I think four matches will probably be it. We won't necessarily go match by match. What's your number one most anticipated match on this show?
00:11:10
Speaker
Well, it really depends on what you're talking about. I'm talking about you, though. What do you want? I'm really excited to see John Cena versus R-Truth. That should be fun. It's going to be fun. This is going to the most high-profile match R-Truth's probably ever been in. I feel like, you know, like this is this just makes sense. I know people were like, why John Cena fighting R-Truth?
00:11:29
Speaker
The fact that you would even
Mount Everest Tangent
00:11:30
Speaker
ask that question is this she goes to show that like you know you must not enjoy wrestling. And the title's not on the line. The title's not on the line. It's Saturday night's main event. Like it's not a major pay-per-view.
00:11:40
Speaker
I feel like this is the perfect place. And like R-Truth is just such a, you know, pillar in in the John Cena universe. You know what I mean? The Cenaverse. Yeah. um So I'm really looking forward to that. I think freaking, you know,
00:11:54
Speaker
Priest and McIntyre has the has the potential to steal the show. um I didn't think we were going to get this. I thought the street fight or whatever was kind of like the end off was the end of the line for this feud. I'm hoping that this is going to be the end of the line so we can just you know separate these guys, send them on their way. um you know i love I love both these guys. I'm hoping they bring back the big blue cage. there you go said That would be They always do the retro stuff. and I know they still have it. du you don There may be some safety concerns with that thing, but that would be super cool.
00:12:23
Speaker
Yeah, I think that would be cool. um But I mean, all i think all the matches are going to be... and think it's going to be sports entertaining for sure. I don't i think it's going to be kind of a nothing burger in like the grand scheme of things as far as like progressing any storylines. Yeah. yeah um I don't think we're going to see any big like major shifts in storylines. I know there's talk that...
00:12:44
Speaker
ah Sammy might join the you know Seth Rollins, Brom Breakerverse. yeah The Heyman gang. The Heyman gang. i don't think that's I don't think that's happening. I think they're going to save that for maybe money in the bank.
00:12:56
Speaker
um you know Yeah, that would go right in line with Triple H's slow drip style of ah a building a story. ah What about Logan Paul and Jay? What do you give Logan Paul's percentage chance of winning this championship?
00:13:08
Speaker
mean you can never count him out, dude, especially against Jey Uso, but I think Jey retains on this. It'd be a cool way to establish that Saturday Night's Main Event is a must-watch. I'd still put it about 5%. I don't think they're going to get off the Yeet train just yet.
00:13:23
Speaker
Yeah, so that's about it for Saturday Night's Main Event, dude. Any any any thoughts um from you? Any hot takes? Uh, no, I'm interested to see how they sequence the show. You know, Saturday and night's main event is a unique one where traditionally you have your hottest match go on first. So I'm interested if they see, I'm thinking we get Jay and Logan Paul. To me, that I feel like you're going want to have Logan Paul on TV to start this thing off. So I'm thinking that goes first and we see that the tag match go last.
00:13:49
Speaker
Yeah, I think the tag match is going to go last, too. um John Cena kind of be the penultimate match, you know? want put him on at that 9 o'clock hour, right? When people are flipping channels trying to find something new to watch. Yeah.
Wrestling Figure Releases
00:14:00
Speaker
ah Do you think they should have put the belt on the line, or you think leaving it non-titles? I think leaving it non-titles the way to go, dude. I think it just...
00:14:07
Speaker
To me, I did i get in kayfabe it makes total sense for it to be non-title. I think it would have been fun to have it be a title match. I think that just would have set those R-Truth near falls on fire. you know like True. People would be losing their minds if you could get very true couple good rallies and get just a razor thin near fall, dude. But maybe...
00:14:24
Speaker
I almost feel like maybe you don't even want to tease that, put it in people's heads because the next thing you know, fans are hijacking the when R-Truth be the world champ, man. And as as much as I love Truth, like yeah and I'm not a big fan of the You Deserve It you know title runs.
00:14:37
Speaker
I don't know, dude. I think, I mean, i wouldn't be mad if
Listener Mail and Show Speculations
00:14:40
Speaker
if for whatever reason they just like, you know, something crazy happens. Cody comes out freaking, you know, he gets that he gets the roll up one, two, three. And then, you know, tomorrow night or Monday night loses the bad it back, dude. Not in my WWE. You can't add R-Truth to the lineage of the WWE championship. Like, I do like R-Truth, man, but.
00:15:01
Speaker
you want to You want to give him that give that moment with the IC belt at the US title or something, not not the world championship. Yeah. ah Let's bounce over. like We'll keep it in Tampa. Let's bounce over to Battleground.
00:15:13
Speaker
All right. I'm really aggravated, man. I was hoping one of these companies would flinch and out of... um NXT and AEW, one of them would move their show to the afternoon, but these are going to be going head to head.
00:15:24
Speaker
ah NXT Battleground and Double or Nothing. what do What do you think about that? Just kind of as like a a
Memorial Day Plans
00:15:30
Speaker
business move, Sheen. I mean, it's ballsy. ah think, you know, you're definitely you're definitely sacrificing some viewership but ah both ways. Right. I think both WWE and AEW are both sacrificing a little bit of viewership.
00:15:42
Speaker
Yeah. For me, it's just, it's a lot, dude. It's already a lot to digest. Like, you know, with ah everything, kids running around, just things going on around the house um to sit down and digest an entire pay-per-view top to bottom. So like but for flipping back and forth, like it's just like. So my plan, I wasn't thinking flipping back and forth. I was thinking either setting up two TVs or maybe having double or nothing think going on the TV and have having Battleground going on a laptop. Yeah.
00:16:07
Speaker
I mean, that's fine too, but again, you're still, I mean, i yeah. I haven't made up my mind yet exactly how going to digest these because I wouldn't mind just waiting until Sunday morning and watching Battleground, but I don't think I have enough self-discipline to avoid any spoilers. You definitely don't.
00:16:20
Speaker
um But yeah, I don't know. I mean,
00:16:26
Speaker
if you if so, if you can only pick one, which are you watching? You got to be double or nothing, dude. AEW pay-per-views are just off the chain. I would say the match I'm most intrigued by is this Trick Williams and Joe Hendry. That's the match that's got the most like emotional investment from me, man. Actually, I don't know. Maybe I would watch Battleground. Obafemi and Miles Warren also.
00:16:44
Speaker
I know AEW is going to pull out all the stops, man, especially because... They really did not do a great job
Food and Wrestling Viewing
00:16:50
Speaker
building Double or Nothing. Like, there was only two or three matches even set for it going into this last week. So, I think they're going to kill it, whether that's just going over the top with the action or having some big storyline development. Everything with AEW, Hangman and Ospreay main eventing that one. Like, you know that's just going be insanity, dude. Yeah, it's going to be fire.
00:17:08
Speaker
so I don't know, man. I'm kind of torn. I like them i like them both for different reasons, man. i still I've been saying it for the last you know a year and a half, I feel like. I still stand by it. The best episodic TV in wrestling is NXT, man. Nobody does a better job of telling their stories, building them week by week than NXT. It's just you know the the performers are a little bit hit or miss.
00:17:26
Speaker
Let's get into it first. Shout out to Myles Bourne, man. I think most people would probably be hard-pressed even like know his name. if you when you saw him pop up, you knew he's one of the he's the guy that looks like... you know Randy Orton Jr. from No Quarter Catch Crew on NXT, but he wins the Battle Royale to become the number one contender and immediately goes in, cuts promos. talking about you know the ah The first thing does is address his speech impediment from being partially deaf. and like I got to say, man, like i'm I'm as cynical as it gets to you. She knows I can be a super dry, sarcastic person. It kind of tugged on my heartstrings a little bit, man. like I think dude's super inspirational. I'm
00:18:01
Speaker
I know it's a freaking snowball chance in hell, but it would be crazy to see him actually pull off the upset and and get this belt off Obafemi. Yeah,
Sentimental Value of Wrestling Collections
00:18:10
Speaker
I agree with you 100%. I don't think he's going to win, but if he does, it's going to be emotional. think it's going to be You guys probably heard that thumping that was the dog's tail. It's like a little Swiffer. His tail was smacking the microphone over and over. I could hear headphones on. just want get up here.
00:18:26
Speaker
oh boy, we have puppy talk in the pod. You just want to get up here and say, hello, don't you? ah Yeah, I'm pretty Oba's taking this one. We just see Miles Bourne kind of do the old, you know, level up with a loss type deal. Give him he's got.
00:18:38
Speaker
Yeah. But yeah, i also want to point out, because Ricochet is like currently like my number one most like annoying wrestler in wrestling. david Miles Boren cannot even hear himself talk and still somehow cuts a better promo than Ricochet. Wow. um Jordan Grace and Stephanie Vacura. I think that's going to be awesome. This is, this is you know, irresistible
Podcasting Journey Reflection
00:18:59
Speaker
force meets the immovable object. Do you think this one goes gets clean or we get some shenanigans with random heels interfering?
00:19:05
Speaker
I think there's going to be interference, but I think... Julia and Roxanne are gone, though. Those are the two prime candidates. I think they may just give us a banger and put one of these over, dude. I can see. I think Jordan, like, my heart is telling me that Jordan Grace might win this, dude, because we already got, you know, Julia moved up, dude. I mean, maybe they're just planning on, like, taking Stephanie to the, taking,
00:19:24
Speaker
but taking Stephanie to the main roster, dude. Like I can totally see Jordan Grace taking this. If she's not ready to go, i think Stephanie might retain. Yeah. I wouldn't be, job I think you both of these are main roster ready, dude. I think a matter of what you want to do with a man. I think both of these chicks are probably, both of them are probably in the top 10 women's wrestlers in the world right now.
00:19:43
Speaker
Um, I disagree with you on that. I know this one's definitely like, I think you got to kind of put your business hat on. Look at this one, not kayfabe. Cause like I said, kayfabe, they're both at the tippy top,
Final Remarks and Safety Wishes
00:19:54
Speaker
the two of the strongest women in NXT, as far as, you know, being tough to beat.
00:19:59
Speaker
um I think, I still think Jordan Grace is going to be here for a brief NXT run, man. Like I'm expecting her to be on the main roster by SummerSlam, which leads me to think that they're going to have her. She's going to put over Steph, um,
00:20:12
Speaker
um I think Jordan Grace is much more well-known to the U.S. wrestling audience, and I think they really want to give Stephanie Vacura that Oscar-type run at NXT. I mean, look how quickly she took the belt off Julia. you know So I think we're gonna be i think that's going be the way you establish her, really give her a long, dominant run at NXT before bringing her up to the men's roster, or that the main roster, not to hope she'll go to the men's roster.
00:20:32
Speaker
And for that reason, I think she gets the win over Jordan Grace here. I'm just skeptical if it had if it it just happens clean as a sheet or if we get some sort of chicanery. I think it's a win either way, dude. I think i'm I'm going to be happy for whoever wins this match, honestly. um Both of these women are incredible, so...
00:20:50
Speaker
This next match, dude, definitely probably the most intriguing one on the show. We talked about it on the phone. I was on the way home from work today. That's how much she out we we're best in this match. TNA World Championship getting defended on NXT TV.
00:21:02
Speaker
Joe Hendry against Trick Williams, man. i did To me, that's a coin flip. If I'm booking it, ah even if I'm TNA, I'm having Trick Williams win, dude. And Trick is going to be all over my TV for the next couple months.
00:21:13
Speaker
I don't know, dude. I just can't i just can't see Trick as the TNA champion, dude. like It just doesn't make sense to me. you know um i don't know how Joe Hendry would beat Trick. like it's you know In my mind, I can't see it, but I just can't imagine Trick as the TNA champion either. I don't know, man. What what what makes you say you can't imagine him as the TNA champion?
00:21:37
Speaker
I don't know. just feel like...
00:21:41
Speaker
i don't know I just feel i feel like i don't want to like crap on TNA, dude. I feel like it's just- mean, Dof Ziggler was the TNA champ before Joe Hendry. Like- But yeah, but Dolph Ziggler is not even, he's not in the WWE verse anymore. like you know what I mean? Like he's not. But TNA is in the WWE verse. I know, but he's not, he's not Dolph Ziggler either. or nigggger So you're saying Dolph Ziggler is at levels above Nick Nimith?
00:22:02
Speaker
what you're telling No, Dolph Ziggler, or Nick Nimith is levels below Dolph Ziggler, dude. So I feel like this is a, this is a drop from. This is reminding me of that Gawker lawsuit when Hulk Hogan was explaining the difference between Hulk Hogan and Terry Bollea. Because they're two totally separate people.
00:22:19
Speaker
um I mean, do what are your thoughts? I just think the most interesting thing you could do would be to have Trick Williams win this match, even if it's just for a couple weeks. Having Trick be the TNA champion elevates TNA for sure. Yeah, I don't think TNA loses anything. I mean, we already saw their champ got beaten about five minutes on WrestleMania by Randy Orton. So if he has a badass match with Trick Williams, and trick i mean Trick's basically a heel now.
00:22:41
Speaker
Trick can cheat to win. i don't think you lose anything, dude. And have Trick showing up on both channels. Yeah. I think Joe Hendry is, you know, it would shock me if he's already under contract with WWE and NXT. Like, I think he's good as gone. So I don't, if you're TNA, I don't think you have any real, you know, any real equity on making sure Joe Hendry, you know, stays looking good.
00:23:01
Speaker
don't know, man. I think you have trick win, dude. But it, it, Again, could go either way. I have like very minimal confidence on that one. This could go 50-50. What do you think main events out of those top three, dude? I think it's between the women's match and and Trick Williams and Joe Hendry. I wouldn't be surprised to see the ladies' main event, but i think it'd be pretty cool seeing the TNA Championship main event at WWE pay-per-view.
00:23:22
Speaker
wow What would you go with to close the show?
00:23:28
Speaker
Um... Probably the women's match. Yeah. Yeah. That's probably going your best match of the night. But i don't know, man. I think, like I said, they've definitely devoted the most TV time to Joe Hendry and Trick Williams. And we had not one, but two different musical performances.
00:23:42
Speaker
True. Yeah. On Tuesday. Yeah, we had a damn concert. Who do you think did better? Who did you like better? Did you like Joe's concert did you like Trick's rap performance? What would you go with for the the musical prowess? i think I think Joe. I think Joe got him. I like Trick, man. I like Trick's rap, dude. him the average Joe. Yeah.
00:23:58
Speaker
Yeah, they both had some good lines, though, dude. Joe Hendry doctoring up the Halloween Havoc. Exactly. to say, Joe Hendry went into the archives and pulled the freaking Halloween Havoc. Dude, and it's so funny to me to go back and see Trick like that. You know mean? Just Carmelo's bitch. Yeah.
00:24:14
Speaker
Oh, I wouldn't even talk about that. Freaking the audience like was chanting, Melo's bitch. I let you know how much people love Joe Hendry, They've the Joe Hendry has got a way. think it's just like the everymanism of him, dude. like Like, you know, Trick called it an insult, but i really think it's like his secret sauce that he's just an average Joe, man, and people just love him, dude. But yeah, as as beloved as Trick Williams has been by the NXT crowd over the last two years, Joe Hendry had almost the entire place chanting Mello's bitch at him. Like, that's a... yeah That's a hell of an accomplishment to be able to get some genuine heat on Trick Williams, with it especially with that crowd at the Performance Center. Yeah. So I'm excited to watch this match. But and like you said, a coin flip. I don't know which way which way it's going to end up.
00:24:56
Speaker
Hopefully Trick can even show up after taking that guitar to the knee. and That had to hurt. There's no way that did not hurt like hell. Trick's pretty tough, though. right. Let's go to All Elite. Let's go to the desert. All All right.
00:25:09
Speaker
Let's pull up this card. Okay. What matches? So we have, scrolling down, we'll play Wikipedia. we got 10 matches on this card. Geez. All right. So we're already dipped to 10 matches for this show. We'll kind of skip around. I think there's there's two big ones really got to talk about. Anarchy in the Arena, which you can see, it's quite the freaking Motley Crue we got here. Willow Nightingale, Kenny Omega, Swerve in the Ops against the Deathriders and the Young Bucks.
00:25:34
Speaker
And Marina Shafir is competing along Deathriders. We're getting women in the Anarchy in the Arena match, which is kind of cool for the first time. So i think that's some that's something of note. But it is it is a hodgepodge, dude.
00:25:47
Speaker
I think the Deathriders take the L. There's no belts on the line here. um i think we see them get their comeuppance. And send it's just, you know, let the baby faces get the win here. I don't see any scenario yeah where they win.
00:25:58
Speaker
um Any of these other matches jumping out to you? Mark Briscoe versus Ricochet. FTR versus Daniel Garcia. Nigel McGinnis. Hurt Syndicate. Yeah. I'm sure the action's all going to great. Let's preface this by we're not shitting on those actual matches. But it's just like...
00:26:12
Speaker
Nothing significant. We got a bunch matches just for matches sake. We got Okada versus Speedball, which should be pretty good in ring, but I feel like Okada has cooled off so freaking much since he came to AEW. He seemed like such a bigger deal before he got there. I think he's just kind of in in cruise control, maybe until they decide to pump him back up to the main event scene.
00:26:29
Speaker
The big one, which, again, another coin flip match, Hangman versus Will Ospreay. We had a badass promo on Wednesday night opening and the show. Both of them explaining why they need to win. It's a babyface versus babyface match.
00:26:42
Speaker
I think Will Ospreay is definitely a little bit more over. I think the crowd's ultimately going to be behind him. But this is a good one. Hangman, he's the main character of AEW. He's been the center point of so many storylines over the years and really had the most growth and change over the six years that AEW's been on TV.
00:26:59
Speaker
Sheen, who who's walking out? Who's going to the one to face Mox at all in? Is it Osprey or is it Hangman? We kind of laid this out on the last show. You know, you you talking about like the different paths they could take to get to, you know, um who's going to dethrone Mox.
00:27:12
Speaker
But my heart is telling me Will Osprey is going to take this dude. Again, Hangman is not going to lose anything by losing to Will Osprey. But Ospreay could lose everything by just getting knocked out of this. You know what i mean? Like it won't immediately happen, but like, when are we going to strike on Ospreay if we don't do it at the biggest show in like, you know, in his country? You know what i mean? Like, it's just not in his country. in me in texas Oh yeah. Well, no, I mean, you know what I mean? i Not this I'm talking about to fight, to fight mocks.
00:27:40
Speaker
Yeah, that's going to be it all in. He was talking about Forbidden Door the show. Oh, Forbidden Door. was talking about wanting to take the belt to Forbidden Door in August whatever it is. Right, yes. So just – There's a lot of big shows coming up. Yes. You've got to do the beautiful mind gimmick to be able keep straight all the shows between the two. Yeah, the Charlie mapping. Between the two companies. Yeah, they're all spread apart by exactly like three weeks. So it's not like you can't do like the one-a-month type deal. But yeah, I think – I think it's just, it's beyond time to do something with Ospreay and give him, um you know, the world championship. I don't think you're wrong. I think if Ospreay beats Hangman, he's got to beat Mox.
00:28:15
Speaker
I just still, dude, you know, they made such a big deal out of the Mount Everest stuff this week, man. I still think Darby is going to be the guy to take that belt off Mox, dude. I think they want to give Darby his 97 crow sting moment, be the one to beat him. And,
00:28:30
Speaker
you the you You're right. Ospreay loses to Mox. I think he's dead in the water. I think he can survive giving it his absolute all and losing to Hangman. I don't think that takes him down as much as a loss to Mox would. And it like makes no sense, right? It'd take me another hour on the air here to be able to kind of like break it down, my thought process by this.
00:28:49
Speaker
But I think Ospreay can lose to Hangman and not hurt him. And I think Hangman can lose to Mox and not hurt him. But if hey if, you know, if... Say that again. i think that Ospreay losing the Hangman doesn't really hurt Ospreay.
00:29:01
Speaker
I think Hangman losing to Mox does really hurt Hangman. I think he's already made. I think if Ospreay loses to Mox, it really freaking hurts him, dude. ah Right I think if Ospreay wins He's winning the belt But I that's But i mean why I just don't want And i don't want it to happen that way either I don't want like Hangman to win and then lose to Mox du Like I don't want that to happen Why not Mox is the van dude I want Mox be either one of these dorks dude Why you calling? You love both these guys, dude. What are you talking about? I still don't love him as much as Mox. Mox is my dude, man. I'm all about Mox having his Roman Reigns run in AEW. I know, but it's not Roman Reigns, though. Like, that's the thing. It's not Roman Reigns.
00:29:41
Speaker
ah You're right. Mox isn't Roman Reigns, but he may be the closest thing that they mean, you' you're trying to tell me that what's his freaking... The Death Riders. Death Riders. That's the bloodline to you? Like, no freaking way, dude. That's like... you squint hard enough, like, they do a good job of being resourceful and finding a way to keep the belt on Mox.
00:29:58
Speaker
No. i Dude, I love Mox, too. i love you know i love Dean Ambrose. I love Mox. I think he's awesome. I think it's time to freaking change hands.
00:30:13
Speaker
I still say max Mox is standing tall at all. in And that's where maybe we get Darby back to confront dude. And that's another thing that pisses me off. like I love Darby too, but like you're going to tell me this little freaking dude is going to go on a vacation, climb Everest, do all this stuff, and then just like walk back in and win the title? If I was Will Ospreay or Hangman, I would be freaking pissed, dude. like They've been there doing the thing, showing up week after week, doing like you know wrestling, and I just feel like
00:30:45
Speaker
I would be pissed if they just let Darby come in from like, hey guys, like, you know, freaking climbed mountain. Now I'm back. Like, you know, cool title shot. Like get out of here with that. Yeah. You may have a point. i don't know, man. I just, I've been scarred by enough Tony Khan booking over the years to know that like this dude's going stick with whatever his, in this you know, he's a, he's a big believer in first thought, best thought. du Darby had his moment with Sting. day Darby had his like, his like, you know, you big career highlight moment when he was,
00:31:14
Speaker
pay I feel like it'd be much easier to heat up Hangman and Osprey for a moment to to to get back up you know in the title scene and get the belt.
00:31:25
Speaker
I feel like Darby, you really got to kind of have the stars aligned. If you're going to make Darby Allen your champ, the storyline, the the opponent, it's all got to align. And I feel like if it's not now, I don't know that it ever happens for him in AEW. I feel like you definitely want to give Darby a world championship run. Ospreay and Heyman, they're Randy Orton mode. They can get to championship match just for reasons and and go and win it. No big deal.
00:31:49
Speaker
Darby, you got to put little bit of work in I feel like they've laid the track for Darby Allen to be champ, man.
00:31:57
Speaker
I don't know. I'm calling it now, dude. I've been – I'm sticking with it, man. i'm not i'm not I'm not flinching off this. I've been saying for a long time that Darby is going to be the one to take the belt off of him. I thought Darby may – didn't know how long this Everest thing was actually going to take. I was thinking he may be back in time for the Owen to be like the wild card. Yeah, we went on like a deep dive the other day. We were like, you know, it's a tracking out how ah how long it actually takes to, you know,
00:32:19
Speaker
climb Everest and it was like, you know, it could take up to two months. Like, cause you have to go on all these little expeditions to like go up and like and adjust your body to the altitude. And like those take like two weeks. And then sometimes bait you get snowed in at the different base camps for a couple of days. Yeah.
00:32:32
Speaker
But we did, I did realize something, you know, i've always just thought climbing Everest was like this like thing that like, you know, just a select few, like handful of people did. No one's going to help you. Yeah. Dude, we looked into it and you know, um,
00:32:45
Speaker
I love to hike and stuff like that. Hiking in like snowy mountains, not for me. Like no way. Um, there, there was like a summit. There's a line of people like two miles long at the summit.
00:32:56
Speaker
Like, you know, people just waiting to get to the top of Everest. I know we're kind of going off on a tangent here, but in case you didn't know, just Google. Look up look up climbing to the summit of Mount Everest. Because if you're like me, yeah. You just imagine like climbing Everest. Like it's just you and ah and like a crew of guys and like your mother nature. against mother nature out in the wilderness. Like, you know, you tell if you forget something, you could totally bump something from somebody else.
00:33:16
Speaker
Cause it's going to be 100%. And these people are just standing on the mountain, like waiting to get to the top. Like everybody's just holding onto these, like, you know, ropes. And it looks like, it looks like a line at freaking Disney world, dude. Like, I'm just like, unreal. How much did we say that it costs? what What was the cost? Depending on your, what time of year you go and what's your loadout what's your accommodations are going to be anywhere from like 20 to 40,000. Yeah.
00:33:40
Speaker
$40,000. So if you get the money and can afford to take off work, you could probably climb it. I'd say you could probably climb Everest if you're in shape. And we got we got to like doing in a little mini deep dive, like she said, on like mountain climbing on on like the Reddit sub forums, which I'll say if you're not on Reddit, get on Reddit. It's definitely the best way to get deep info about whatever niche interest that you have.
00:33:57
Speaker
And I think K2 is the one that they said is that that's like the real badge of honor. If you're going to climb a mountain, it's a lot more difficult, a lot more dangerous, but it's just not as, uh, not as kind of, you know, achieving. It's not as ready for you to like do it and then and then write an essay about it to post on your LinkedIn account. Yeah. You did it.
00:34:14
Speaker
Anyway, I know we got off on a little hiking tangent, but I was just mind blown. Like when Seth was, show we were out to dinner or out to lunch. And when Seth showed me the picture of like all those people just lined up at Everest, I was like, no freaking way, dude. Like I've like, you know, I mean, I've heard of climbing Everest my entire life. And it's just like, I never envisioned it like that. You know what I mean? I guess in the age of social media, I should have expected that sort of thing where it's just like, you know, everybody's trying to get their you you know, internet badge of honor, but, uh, yeah, freaking wild dude. But yeah, I would be pissed, honestly, like nothing against Darby. Not that I don't think that he deserves it.
00:34:47
Speaker
Um, a title shot, but you know, if they, if they pass on hang man and they pass on, especially Osprey who hasn't even held the title, like I would be freaking pissed if they just let little, you know, mountain man come back and swipe the title.
00:35:00
Speaker
Um, I'm rooting for you, Darby, if you're listening, dude. Don't listen to this hater. All right, I'm rooting for you, man. Skate your ass on back up the mountain, dude. Stay there for a little while. They should. And, dude, already got it in my mind, man. You just made me think of it, dude. The way he needs. So, Mox retains, right? I'm thinking, Hangman beats Ospreay on Sunday. Okay, let me play this and just give me your thoughts. i mean Let me close my eyes and envision this. Hangman beats Ospreay on Sunday. Just, you know, match of the year candidate, right? may Best match.
00:35:26
Speaker
People in the front row were in tears. It's just this beautiful piece of wrestling they put on for us. Goes to All In. Comes this close. Just a cunt hair away from beating Mox, dude. And that fucker Mox, he finds a way to cheat. Once again, retain the belt.
00:35:41
Speaker
They beat the shit out of Hangman afterwards. Deathriders are just standing tall. Like, this reign's never going to end. Lights go out. come back up on the screen. Darby Allen has got a skateboard going down the last little bit of Mount Everest, dude. He's skateboarding down Mount Everest and then times it up perfectly for like, rise. He hits the bottom of the mountain. He comes skating down the ramp at, uh, at, at global I field and comes into, to beat the shit out of, out of, uh,
00:36:08
Speaker
Adam Ox. I mean, if it happened like that, if it like actually happened, I would probably mark out and be like, oh my God, I can't believe this is happening. But right now sitting here, like just, you know, removed from it happening.
00:36:20
Speaker
I would be like, I'm rolling my eyes. Like, no, dude. right. You don't like that one. I got another scenario. Okay. All right. All right. So, you know, again, when this was Deathriders all popping off last October, dude, it was big NWO vibes, dude. And Darby was always positioned as like the sting, right, to their NWO. I already know where this is going. I can mind. Check it Same scenario. Hangman's getting his ass beat. All of a sudden, lights go out.
00:36:41
Speaker
They come back on You got a spot. No, no, no, no. No, that's too easy, bro. This is going to be better than that. The lights come back on. Sting is in the upper deck, right? Sting's are like the front rail of the upper deck with just spotlight on him.
00:36:53
Speaker
Stands there, you know, register, let the crowd bask in this poppacy and Sting back. And then Sting points the bat up at the rafters and then Darby drops down from the rafters and just beats the shit out of ah the Deathriders.
00:37:06
Speaker
Tell me that wouldn't be freaking goosebumps, man. It would be cool. i think I think Sting was still the moment from Darby, though. i feel like... I don't know, man. i I feel like old man Sting and Darby, they were such a package deal anyways. I think it works.
00:37:20
Speaker
True, but I feel like people are like if you if you like, if the lights go up and you see Sting, you're going to be like, holy shit, Sting is here. And then you're like, oh, and Darby. It's been a long of time since we've seen Darby, dude. It's been like October, November, man. I think i think you're i think you're forgetting how over Darby Allin with the crowd man i'm not forgetting like darby i am a darby allen fan i like i root for him i'm not root i'm not rooting against him to for this to happen i'm just saying if i were talent in the locker room i would be pissed because it's just like dude you got to go on like a fucking paid vacation you know what i mean like and then we're here sweating our balls off you know and like wrestling and you know
00:38:01
Speaker
Freaking throwing our spines out of alignment. You're out on a hike. Yeah, and you're getting to go on this, like, you know, freaking life achievement, just checking shit off your bucket list while we're here in damn Jacksonville, you know? so Fair enough, fair enough, man.
00:38:13
Speaker
we'll we'll We'll see, dude. But yeah, i'm calling I'm still sticking with Darby. ah You guys can all laugh at me when, i'm when a you know, Osprey standing tall with the belt at the end of All In. Yeah. um We'll wrap it up. Sheen, rank them from third to second to first.
00:38:28
Speaker
Your interest level for the three shows this weekend. um
00:38:33
Speaker
Battleground, Double or Nothing, Saturday Night's Main Event. See, I'm the exact opposite, dude. I got Saturday Night's Main Event third. I put Double or Nothing second. i think Battleground's my number one. That's what I said.
00:38:45
Speaker
I said go third. Oh, sorry. No. Battleground number one. yeah Double or nothing number two. Saturday night's main event number three. Sorry, I was just going one, two, three. Yeah, I got a feeling double or nothing's probably going end up being like objectively the best of the three shows.
00:38:58
Speaker
But those big three matches on Battleground have all got... I have emotional investment in all three of those matches, dude. step Stephanie Vakur gets Jordan Grace, Obafemi and Miles Borne.
00:39:09
Speaker
and trick Williams and Joe Hendry, whereas like double or nothing, like I know it's going to be fun. looking forward to watching it, but hang man and Osprey is only one I can, it's kind of like, you know, that's the only one that's going to get my blood pumping a little bit to really like, you know, have a rooting interest and see what happens. rest of these, it's kind of just going to be like popcorn. Like it's going to bad-ass when it's on, but I'm not like super, super invested in it.
00:39:28
Speaker
Same. All right. ah Real quick, we'll address you know still lack of any real figure news here lately, man. It's just been some some minor stuff on the margins. Like like we mentioned last week, kind of I'm thinking that has to do with the tariff situation. And Mattel is probably starting to get ready for Comic-Con also. So it hasn't been a lot of new stuff hitting the hitting the shelves or hitting in stock at Ringside Collectibles, use code Chick-fil-A.
00:39:50
Speaker
Uh, we did get the blacklight Jeff Hardy in this week. Oh, so cool, dude. it If you're ever going to, like, if I was the autograph guy, that would be the thing to get. on Yeah. Dougie, uh, Dougie Nunya took some really awesome photos and posted them in our Chick-fil-A Facebook group. So if you're, if you're in there, definitely check them out. But dude, I, I,
00:40:08
Speaker
We went in the bathroom, all lights off, like, you know, just like turned on the black light inside the box. That was a really cool feature. du I love that the Jazz Wars is always taking, you know, take a chance like that. we you know, we had the the black and white Tony Storm.
00:40:21
Speaker
They gave us the the cartoon Orange Cassidy. yeah I love that they do stuff like that. If I had one critique, I wish there was a way to keep the black lights going with it with it loose. You know I open it up because I'm a loose collector, um and there's really no way for it to work outside the box. The the little LEDs, they're basically just super glued to the cardboard and attached to the little battery pack in the box, man. I feel like they could have made us like just some tiny little plastic casing so you can still kind of get the black light thing going on the shelf. But either way, dude, MOC, absolutely spectacular figure. Such a cool concept. Yeah.
00:40:53
Speaker
You know, the Hardy Boys AW run was pretty forgettable. At least Matt Hardy did some some cool stuff you know from time to time. Jeff's run, you almost forget he was even there. Jazz Wars definitely did right by them, dude. I think I have four Jeff Hardy Jazz Wars figures on display in our figure room right now, man. They just absolutely, that they they they targeted him and said, dude, we're going to crank out the Jazz while we got him. And they put out some really good stuff. so stuff they Pretty smart, dude. And they know Jeff Hardy will sell, dude. always popular dude i still think there's money in one more main event run for jeff hardy and wwe man think it's sorted out dude like i said the last time i saw jeff in person uh norfolk smackdown november 2021 he it was him sasha banks and roman reigns were the three people that were absolutely like top level over with the crowd man like people still love jeff hardy and he was just in some random mid-card match on that show um sheen do we have listener mail yep
00:41:46
Speaker
Johnny JB asks us, did you watch the latest Dark Side of the Ring? If so, what did you think? I wasn't familiar with Daphne, but the story was interesting and sad. We haven't watched that episode yet. We're kind of skipping around. Yeah, we've been skipping around. We've liked what we've seen so far this season. But yeah, you guys know Daphne, you know, tragically passed away couple years ago.
00:42:03
Speaker
Really, really sad story. So I know that was probably going to be a heart wrencher, but no I have not gotten to it yet. Yeah. um The season's been good, though. um Zach Herzler, who do you think will win the men's and women's money in the bank? Who you got pegged for?
00:42:17
Speaker
i haven't even really thought about it, to be honest. Yeah, i haven't thought too much about it. There's a lot of good candidates, man. um Dom would be a good one. I think Dom could win it. Dom would be cool. I think Logan Paul could get it. told you, the Tendies box. There's money in the Tendies box. Yeah, throw out Dom and Logan Paul. It's two obvious choices.
00:42:32
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with that. I think those would be... Who about women's? Women's... Chelsea Green would be great. She probably should have won it last year. But Chelsea would great. I think, you know, they got the U.S. belt off her. I see bigger things for her, man. She's so over with the crowd.
00:42:47
Speaker
Chelsea cashing in would really be something. Yeah, and that would be only way for her to win, dude. She she she needs, yeah like, i love her. But as far as, like, that in-ring, like, I don't know like, believability. She's skilled. She's talented in-ring. But just the way character is, like, she's not an ass kicker, right? Like, she's, like, a chicken shit, going to win by accident, going to cheat.
00:43:05
Speaker
And I think her, she's, she's the exact type of person that that money in the bank briefcase is made for it. right The crowds behind her winning it last year. I say this year they go all the way and she gets it. Oh yeah. I forgot about her having just like such a near, like, yeah she had the giant spot over, over the table. She did the classic, you know she didn't go over, but she got over last year at money in the bank. Yeah.
00:43:25
Speaker
Um, Johnny JB also says any plans for Memorial day? I have to work that day, but I'm definitely going to pay homage to some friends of mine who I served with, who are no longer here. ah Go ahead. No, I mean, just enjoying time with family. I'm a big believer that did the big the best thing you can do to honor, you know, those that they gave all, man, is to just live your life to the fullest, man. So I'd encourage you everybody to take the day to to be with some family, man. sleep Johnny JB, retired Marine. So who are our devil dogs?
00:43:49
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. um you know Like you said, just spend time with family, quality time, be present, ah you know stay off your phone, and just ah enjoy the enjoy the people you love, whether they're you know family by blood or by choice or whatever. Just ah you know enjoy the day. I know people get...
00:44:05
Speaker
People sometimes get their panties in a wad about people enjoying Memorial Day. That's what it's for. Like said, that's what people give their life in military, man, to maintain this life, this beautiful way life that we have in America, dude. So, yeah, like I said, the best way – I mean, yeah, obviously, you know, take them over to your place. If you got kids, you know, definitely explain your kids what Memorial Day is all about and Yeah, why we have all for Memorial Day. Yeah, explain them about it. But, yeah, man, like said, the way to truly honor them is to live, man. Mm-hmm.
00:44:33
Speaker
yeah Yeah, I remember, um you know, my parents and grandparents, if I don't think it's really a ah thing that a lot of people do anymore, but they would go around and like, you know, drop flowers off at their loved ones, you know, graves and stuff like that. So, if you know, if you're really feeling reflective, like I feel like that's such a good a good time to to do something like that. You can make it beyond just a military thing. Yeah. The United States, you know, we definitely attach it to it started off, you know, you know for being for.
00:44:56
Speaker
and you know, people that lose their life in the military stuff. But you can totally, you know, just make it all-purpose Memorial Day, man. Exactly. Good day to reflect, dude. Kicks off the summer, which is traditionally the funnest time of year. And yeah, man, take it take a moment to reflect for those that aren't with us anymore and then just enjoy your life.
00:45:10
Speaker
That's right. um Tony Barker, what's on the menu for AEW this weekend? You tell me. It's in Phoenix. What desert thing we do? Maybe some fajitas, some Tex-Mex? Do some Tex-Mex. Can we get some fajitas going on this Sunday? Yeah, can some If it's going nice weather, we get the Blackstone fired up and do some Tex-Mex fajitas. It's going raining a little bit, but maybe it's not too bad. We can still get one. Yeah, we got to run in right here. Hold on, Stella. We'll be right with you.
00:45:35
Speaker
Okay, that's okay. Go back in there. Maybe hit a little redneck fajitas. You know, the shrimp and the andouille sausage. Yeah. We'll go shrimp and smoked sausage, man. That way it's so spicy for the kids. Yeah, I like the redneck. I like the redneck fajitas. Redneck fajitas are bomb, dude. Pretty dang good, dude. It was a dish my dad originally made up. So he if he would do fajitas with just smoked sausage. He called it redneck fajitas. And then we kind of...
00:45:55
Speaker
more to the other just to kick it up a notch and change it up to cajun redneck fajitas uh there's some shrimp in there too but yeah it's really really good dude like said i i love fajitas man i don't really like peppers that much but i love like that flavor that like the grilled peppers always eat all like just like the peppers and onions i've kind of opened up a little bit more to it dude yeah so i think i may i may just go full you know full fajita mode throw the peppers and onions you surprised me on when uh jordan was here and we had our grilled veggies assess i love grilled veggies on a kebab dude they hit dude yeah somebody give them nice and crisp get a little bit of char off the grill yeah dude yeah they hit it we we threw down for mania so yeah let's do that let's do redneck fajita sunday night sounds good uh our buddy from across the pond phil dunnett would you ever consider selling your whole collection p.s seth is a wanker thanks for that phil love you man um
00:46:43
Speaker
I don't know, dude. Like the kid, Brett's enough into wrestling right now, man, that like, you know, and who knows if he'll still be into it when he's a grown up. But I know it'd be pretty cool for him, you know, 20 years from now to kind of discover the collection. So I feel like I would probably never sell the entire thing. I'd probably at least keep, you know, a couple hundred figures.
00:46:59
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But thought about selling the whole thing, dude. But your collection definitely gets to a point where it's like, I enjoy managing stuff and like sorting and and keeping up with stuff. So it's for me, if I didn't like that part of it, I probably got rid of it or would have capped it off on a long time because we're up at, you know, about 800 or so figures.
00:47:15
Speaker
We've had at times we've had like, you know, over 2000. Yeah. post two thousand or We've been, we've been right touching 2000. I've been been slowly downsizing over the last year and a half or so. Um, I don't know, man. I mean, yeah, like I could I'm one thing about it as much as I'm into stuff like, you know, tell you this, I have like in an eight ability to straight up let go. Like, you know, i was a huge sneaker collection.
00:47:36
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i was a huge sneaker guy and I really kind of just overnight like flip the switch, dude. When Seth decides. Yeah. When Seth decides he's done with something, it's just like rip off the bandaid. He just rips off the bandaid and gets like gets rid of it with like no emotional attachment. Whereas like myself I'm a collector and I collect a lot of different things as well and like I have emotional attachment to things like I get very like nostalgic or like you know it's it's hard for me and I'm like oh man like you know I would say I think the figures would definitely be a bigger deal than the um than the kicks and even like the star wars section we had hell of a star wars figure collection i sold it all off whenever ah sheena got pregnant with brett i mean she got pregnant with a third kid i probably sold the figure collection just for for space more than anything else yeah not so much the money but just the space and a you know i wouldn't justify me know have them all just sitting out in in bins in the garage for right and if we had a third kid you would definitely it would cut your time down too yeah even more so so
00:48:31
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ah But yeah, but I do think, you know, like I mentioned that I i do have the ability to kind of move on from stuff. But I think I would struggle with that because there's so I have so much more of an emotional connection with the wrestling figures than i ever did with the Star Wars stuff or my sneakers. Because like, yeah, like they're action figures. But to me, like they all like not to get super cornball, but they represent like a memory. Right. Like if I'm looking at like WrestleMania, Tim Brett, like that's my little like physical thing.
00:48:56
Speaker
ah you know representation of that memory of seeing him beat Yokozuna to become champ. you know if i If I got my WrestleMania 31 Seth Rollins, that's my little physical memento of being in the crowd um when when Seth came in and cashed in and stuff like that. and you knows I love wrestling, dude. so that I think that definitely would cut a little bit deep. and There's been some figures that I've sold that You had a little bit of regret. Yeah. i will im Not regret. I definitely haven't sold anything I regret, but there's definitely been stuff that like... but by when i Chief J. Strongbow.
00:49:24
Speaker
Yeah, that was a different one. that was just mad at myself being an idiot. There's definitely been some figures that like, you know, when I put them in the mailbox and pop that little flag up for the the postman to to to take them away that, you know, I feel a little little pluck on the heartstring. Yeah. Because you know, like...
00:49:37
Speaker
you chances are you're not going to replace it right like you all you could you wanted to but it's just like once you once you let it go it's like yeah it's gone yeah never be the same when you get it back gonna back off just replace this old thing used to have right yeah yeah there's a couple things i have sold i've got back there a set of figures that i sold the specific figures i sold the road warriors oh didn't you replace the bootios yeah i got the new day bootios a couple times And then the the, the legends, the road warriors, dude, not with the black shoulder pads. I sold those figures to Jordan. and Then I bought them back from like a year later. Oh yeah. Oh man. Yeah.
00:50:12
Speaker
So, but yeah, so I thought about it. Yes. Lots. I don't, I don't think I ever just straight up outright sell the entire collection, man. Do you think if you just, if like, if somebody came in and just made you an offer you couldn't refuse and just took the whole lot at one time, do you think you would feel a sense of relief just not having like the mental, like the mental energy tied up in it? Because you do put a lot into it, organizing, sorting, displaying, like, you know, of the things. Do you think it would just like...
00:50:40
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you would, you know, obviously have little bit of emotion. No, because enjoy it, man. As much as it's, I mean, I'm sure it's similar to like you working in the garden. Like, yeah, dude, it's work, man. It's not like sometimes it could be like kind of tedious, dude, but I ultimately enjoy it. You know what I mean? So I think I would feel, would, there's definitely a number, right? There's somebody like knocked on the door right now and handed me the check that I would say like, yep, just take them.
00:51:06
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But I would be like, as I'm saying it, I would have to like go in the other room and like, you know, I'd have to tell you, like, just tell me when they're done. Yeah. Yeah. Seeing those empty shelves. I would tell them to take the shelves, take everything, dude. Take the shelves, take all the rest of my mobility off the walls. Like, I feel like I'd be closing the, you know, closing the the door on on part of my heart, man. Yeah.
00:51:23
Speaker
I mean, obviously, like, you know, this is something that you've been doing, like, lifelong, but it's like, you know, this has been a pretty significant chapter in our adult lives you know. We've been back into wrestling over 10 years now. Collecting and, you know, being back into the, watching wrestling and participating in wrestling and collecting and all the things. We've been doing the pod, dude. October will be seven years we've been doing the pod, man. pretty wild think of all that there's been a lot of badass podcasts that come and gone during this time and shout out to the gameworks podcast that's a great show dude yeah they they they turned the system off for the last time dude yeah they powered down and unhooked the controllers man yeah shout out to them i mean go back and listen to that's a great show yeah definitely check out the gameworks podcast if you guys haven't uh had a chance they uh they basically pick a different video game from throughout history and do a deep dive on it every week it's
00:52:08
Speaker
really really good really really interesting even if like you haven't played that particular game they're talking about it's still fun to hear him talk about it and like that game's place in history and all the different unique features that people have tried to roll out to try to differentiate themselves as a wrestling video game and cool stuff about them like they'll usually have like a little bit of like wrestling video game news segment there at the start of the show like the first five or ten minutes but then the rest of it it's all evergreen content man so that's what uh, you know, we reached out and definitely gave them a, a good, you know, so just a congratulatory message on a job well done for their run. But, but yeah, check out GameWorks pod, man.
00:52:41
Speaker
Yep. And that wraps up listener mail. All right, Shane, hit us with some closing and thoughts. We'll get out of here. Um, you know, have a happy Memorial day. Enjoy it Be safe, be smart and, enjoy this packed week of wrestling.
00:52:54
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Yeah.
00:53:12
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Bye.