WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:05.320 What's up, everybody, Beautiful Bobby all the way from California coming to you 2 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:10.080 live. And you are listening right now to the Kings of Wrestling Podcast. 3 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:14.679 This is Johnny Swinger, that King of Swing. You know, listening to 4 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.480 the King of Wrestling podcast and don't sing it, swing it. And you're 5 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:24.719 listening to the King of Podcast Number one. Ladies and gentlemen. My name 6 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:29.359 is Brian Pillman Junior, and you are listening to the Kings of Wrestling podcast. 7 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:37.079 This is our You're listening to the King of Wrestling podcast. And now 8 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:41.039 you're Yes, I am the host of the most I am Brenda Turner. 9 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:44.159 Welcome into King of Wrestling Podcast. We got a very special guest, somebody. 10 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:46.520 I've been trying to get a hold tol for a while, but you 11 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.399 know, him being out in California, Beverly Hills, living the life, 12 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:52.679 I just you know, I couldn't get to hold him. What's up, 13 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:56.479 beautiful, Bobby, Welcome to King of Wrestling Podcast. Finally, Yes, 14 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.359 sir, how's it going? Man? All is going? It's going now? 15 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.240 Yeah, I hear you. I'm out here on the beach. It's 16 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:08.159 sunny and seventy five, and you know, just doing my thing. You 17 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:11.000 know, I'm see I'm from Las Vegas and the bottom, which is not 18 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:15.640 too far from Beverly Hills, but right, but it's not as luxurious as 19 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:19.599 Beverly Hills. What's it like living in that kind of luxury? Oh? 20 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:23.439 Man, you know, I mean I walked down, I walked down the 21 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:26.000 sidewalk and people just whistle at me because they see the most beautiful man of 22 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:32.519 professional wrestling. They know that whenever Bobby walks down the street, they're gonna 23 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:36.480 see a show and they're gonna see the most beautiful person they've ever seen. 24 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:40.840 So it is great. People kiss my little ring finger every now and again. 25 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.840 They tie my shoes like it's it's great. Man. I love it 26 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:46.599 out here. Oh man, Eddie is awesome. That's awesome life. I 27 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.599 do want to get into something that right off the bat. I want to 28 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:53.200 ask how did beautiful Bobby get into wrestling? Where you kind of a wrestling 29 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:55.920 fan growing up? And then how did you find your way into the business. 30 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.239 Oh yeah, yeah, I always was. Actually, my grand father 31 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:04.000 got me into watching wrestling when I was probably about ten years old. And 32 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:09.120 then, uh, when my parents separated, we ended up moving and uh 33 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:15.800 my stepdad to be actually had cable TV and I started watching Monday Night Raw 34 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.360 all the time. But Mama didn't like it, and she told me that 35 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.560 I couldn't watch it. And I was like, come on, Mama, 36 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:25.759 I love that stuff, and she said, well, I'll tell you what. 37 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.159 I'll let you watch it as long as you know that it's fake and 38 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.120 you can't do this with your friends. Well, jokes on, mamacased. 39 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:38.520 Twenty years later, here I am doing it with my friends. But but 40 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:44.759 no, um. Uh. Probably about in two thousand and six I met 41 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:51.520 a my Space days. Actually, I found Gulf Coast Wrestling in Morgan City, 42 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:54.759 Louisiana, and uh, we hit up the promoter, who's a Mustang 43 00:02:54.840 --> 00:03:00.400 Mike, and just asked him about some tickets and we started going to some 44 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:06.240 shows. And then I just started looking at these guys in the ring and 45 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.120 nothing against them, but they were there was a couple of them now were 46 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:13.360 like really badly out of shape, and I was like, well, Hella, 47 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:16.439 they can do it. I can do it. So I hit up 48 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:20.560 Mustang and asked him how much it would cost and what I had to do 49 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:25.599 to train, and he brought us to this little sweatshop out in Morgan City 50 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:30.120 and had a ring barely had any padding on it, and he put us 51 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:35.680 through the ringer for probably about six to eight weeks and then I had my 52 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:40.080 first match and on July second of twenty and ten in Amel, Louisiana, 53 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:46.000 and the rest is history. Honestly, well, old Mustang Mike, and 54 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:52.039 I can tell you right now from training myself, I remember that ring with 55 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:57.159 no pad. I put in one of those that ain't that ain't no fun. 56 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:00.639 Oh no, no, no, no no. My back would be 57 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:06.639 sore for weeks. I would be sitting there at night having flashbacks. That'd 58 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:11.319 be just like you know, every time I landed all the bed, I 59 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.719 was like, oh that feels good. But in training it was not. 60 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.680 It was not fun at all. But we got through it though. Oh 61 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:23.120 yeah, totally totally and only the tust of lives exactly. And you know, 62 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:27.839 I've been around you several times in locker rooms and stuff and not. 63 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:30.879 But I want to ask you something about Musta Mic though, because I've I've 64 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.560 had Mustain Mic on the show and he goes way back. I mean he's 65 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:39.199 had he's had a good career, he really has. But I know you 66 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:42.920 and him have had some problems. Now, Yeah, what does that stem 67 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:47.120 from? I think a lot of what it stems from is that Mustang has 68 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:53.920 been around for We're going on what twenty five maybe thirty years now that he's 69 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:57.600 been out there, and uh, I think what it really stems from his 70 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:05.720 jealousy because his student slowly became the teacher. And about two years ago in 71 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:11.959 New Iberia, Louisiana, that came all to a head when I beat him 72 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:16.120 for the Action Packed Wrestling Heavyweight Championship and he's been chasing me and trying to 73 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:20.560 get back to the top ever since, and he just can't seem to beat 74 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:25.959 me now. So I think that's what his problem is, is that I 75 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.279 surpassed him in a shorter period of time than he's been in the business. 76 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:34.480 Well, does he really think that he can beat one of the best professional 77 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:40.399 wrestlers in the business today. I don't think he does, man. I 78 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:45.800 mean he's tried, he's tried, and every time I'm that thorn in his 79 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:47.680 side and I end up beating him once again. Matter of fact, the 80 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:54.519 last time I beat him was in November Clean one, two three, and 81 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:59.199 he's been whining and complaining ever since. Yeah, He even tried to complain 82 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:02.480 and blame you for something that happened at Diamond between Brimstone and him. I 83 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:06.639 was like, you was just all you was doing was helping the snooze fest. 84 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:10.399 That's what you were doing. Yeah, it was boring, man. 85 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:12.879 I was just trying to add a little life to the party. And I 86 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.600 mean I was trying to hit Brimstone. I don't I don't know why. 87 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:17.680 I must ain't got in the way, but I mean, you know, 88 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.480 probably just another reason to go and cry to his old lady. You know 89 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:26.920 that Bobby's still better, and you know, but she's probably tired to hear 90 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:30.319 another You know, she might just come jump on the Bobby bandwagon pretty soon. 91 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.360 You never know, Hell, everybody's jumping on the Bobby band wag. 92 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:38.040 But now Bobby I was, you know, we'd, like I said, 93 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:40.639 we've been in a few locker rooms together, and that one of those locker 94 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:45.000 rooms being Diamond. You know, you found your way into Diamond this year, 95 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:48.680 and you've racked up a pretty good resume this year in Diamond. That 96 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.319 other than the fact, now, this is what I do want to get 97 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:57.399 into, Other than the fact that I was I was there that night I 98 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:03.319 was actually scouting talent, and right you were supposed to be handed the Golf 99 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:09.439 Coach Championship because Brimstone got scared he didn't want to fight you and he wanted 100 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:13.680 and then Jeane throws a wrench in there like he's some master something. That's 101 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.360 the problem with DCW, that conspiracy stuff that they do, that stuff that 102 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:19.800 they just want to work, they want to work against us, and then 103 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:24.720 he gives three other people a shot and put you at a disadvantage against four 104 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:29.079 people where you don't even have to get pinned to lose. Right, right, 105 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:32.240 That's that's that seems to happen everywhere I go. Man. I you 106 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:36.879 know, Bobby brings greatness to every company that he works for. I was 107 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:41.519 right on the cusp of winning the Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship. I mean, 108 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:46.199 it's not my fault that Brimstone got a little scratch and couldn't perform that night. 109 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:51.160 I was there. The titles should have been given to me, because 110 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:56.920 if my opponent can't go, that's not my fault. But then I have 111 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:05.480 to get put in there with Charles West Maxwell and Charlie Ace. What is 112 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:09.560 what has he done to even be able to lace up boots and actually go 113 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.519 against Bobby. Well, you see this is my thing too. All right, 114 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:18.120 let's go back to Brimstone vere because I've been around Brimstone long enough. 115 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:22.399 All right, you talk about his scratch and all this, and see what 116 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.879 happens is like I said, I've been around him enough that Brimstone, when 117 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:31.839 he realizes a threat, that's when he throws the towel in. And I 118 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:35.559 figured that's what it was, and that's that's what happened, because see, 119 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:39.759 he lost his loaded gloves because I kept talking about him so much, because 120 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:43.559 he every time he had hit somebody else, you know, them gloves were 121 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:46.519 loaded. That's the only way he could win was cheap. And and so 122 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.360 when I found out he was taking you off for the Gulf Coast him just 123 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.879 like, oh man, Bobby's gonna be the new Gulf Coast champion. And 124 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.840 then as soon as I hear Brimston, oh you know, I can't compete 125 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:58.159 this weekend. I'm sitting here going to year. He knew he's gonna have 126 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.720 to throw the towel in, and so because Bobby's gonna win, and then 127 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:09.000 Jane in DCW management that is too bowing all this stuff around and puts four 128 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.799 people on there. The only reason they did that was because see Charles West 129 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:16.919 had you distracted over there, and Charlie As penned Maxwell. Now that's not 130 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.120 saying much because I mean, who hasn't penned Maxwell? Everybody has. So 131 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:26.399 Charlie As gets the pen on Maxwell. Here we go with Charlie's what I'm 132 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:31.000 waiting for is but I know how DCW management is. They're going to drag 133 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:33.720 this out because they want they want Charlie to feel good about himself. But 134 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.799 the second he gets in there were beautiful, Bobby is over. Oh yeah, 135 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.879 totally, man. Charlie A's just better. He better just count the 136 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.080 days with his title, better make sure he doesn't lose it backstage again, 137 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:52.519 because you know, once Bobby gets his opportunity, because as far as I'm 138 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:56.320 concerned, I didn't get penned, Bobby is still number one contender to that 139 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:01.879 that Gold Coast title. So as soon as I picked my spot and I 140 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:07.759 get Charlie As in my clutches again, you saw what happened a couple of 141 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:13.759 weeks agoing down and he's gonna have no chance, and Bobby's waste will be 142 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:18.879 wearing that Gulf Coast title. I fully agree. And you know, and 143 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.440 Charlie, just for future references, you should check tables all the time, 144 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:30.960 exactly. Always check tables because you never know what's behind them. Oh, 145 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:33.919 I can tell you this right now. I was. I was watching him 146 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.320 Saturday night and he had a title. I don't know if he actually super 147 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:39.039 glued it to him, but I'd never left his shoulder after, you know, 148 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:41.960 the show started out, he's like a little kid in a candy store, 149 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.320 holding onto it like it was going to go somewhere. Well, it's 150 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:50.440 because he knows his time has numbered, that the clock is ticking and he's 151 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:56.159 not gonna be champion very long. That belt is going to a much deserving 152 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:00.759 competitor. And that's the man you're talking to right now. And once we 153 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:05.840 step in the ring and that title is on the line, will Charlie as 154 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:11.080 beat beautiful Bobby? Nope? Nope. Oh well I'll ue you twenty five 155 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:15.799 cents, but well we'll we'll collect that that later. Yeah, well, 156 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.519 we'll collect that later. Man. Actually, there's a guy backstage at the 157 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:22.320 Diamond shows. He's got a bald head, and I think we can probably 158 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:26.879 get him to pay your fine again. Ok, Okay, that'll work all 159 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:31.759 right, But I will I will say this though, you know, with 160 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:37.759 you coming into Diamond, it's just to me, it's inevitable you're going to 161 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:41.120 be the Golf Coach Champion because I just don't see Charlie a spending you off. 162 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:45.080 The only reason that Charlie As won that Golf Coach Championship was because he 163 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:48.600 maxwell, Like I said, everybody has even and plus if you saw the 164 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:52.480 match, I flipped in the corner and I ended up falling outside the ring 165 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:56.000 and I took a pretty hard fall. I mean, I think that was 166 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.559 Jean's way of like, you know, I think he messed with the canvas 167 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:03.399 or something because he knew that, you know. Yeah, So I think 168 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:09.000 Gene actually did something and he made it loose and I slipped. And that's 169 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.320 the only reason that I was not part of that finish because if so, 170 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:15.679 I would have won the Gulf Coast title that night, not Charlie Ace. 171 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:20.960 So I need I need DCW management to start looking into that because I think 172 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:26.679 the management is trying to hold body back. Same here with Brillian Nique. 173 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:30.679 I think they're trying to hold back. I mean they even let that desperate 174 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:35.039 Davis put their hands and put his hands on me the other night and it's 175 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.320 trying to stretch me around that pole. I was like, this is on 176 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.480 you all right. By the way, you know, I've still got a 177 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:43.399 little ache in the back. But now I'm gonna be all right, you 178 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:48.440 know, Max gonna take care of that. Okay, all right, I'll 179 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:52.840 tell you what. I know some pretty good masseuses, So you know, 180 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:56.200 I'll tell you what. I'll get you hooked up, man, because we 181 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:00.080 can't have can't have you being in pain. Well, well we'll set that 182 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:05.559 up all a brilliantie. How about that. Hey, that's what I'm talking 183 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:07.559 about. Hey, yeah, I like that. I like that. Uh. 184 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:13.840 Now, getting to your career again. Now, you started with around 185 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:18.799 two thousand and six, seven somewhere around them. My official debut was and 186 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.240 uh July was July second of two thousand and ten, two thousand team Ok. 187 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.320 Yeah, yeah, so you've been around eleven years then? Yeah. 188 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:30.080 Man, a matter of fact, I just hit my eleven year anniversary back 189 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:35.559 on July second. Sure did wow? Sure did? Yeah? Eleven years 190 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:41.159 and you know I've been in the ring with some some pretty good talent over 191 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:46.879 the years, Um, I've had the had the the luxury, I guess 192 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:50.600 you could say, or the whatever of sharing the ring with some some guys 193 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.000 that I grew up watching on television, you know, like I I've had 194 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:58.480 a match matches against Hacksaw, Jim Duggin, I teamed up with Shane Douglas 195 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:03.639 a couple of times, UM even teamed up with Hacksaw, and just been 196 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:07.159 able to meet a lot of people that I never thought I'd get the opportunity 197 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.440 to meet when I was sitting there in front of the TV and just watching 198 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:16.120 these guys every week on Raw and then Nitro and everything, and you know, 199 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.120 it's just been it's been a blessing, honestly, because not many people 200 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:24.159 get to do what we do. And here, here I am. I 201 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:28.879 can say that I'm living living a dream. You know, I may not 202 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:33.000 make it big and go on to the next level, but I'm happy where 203 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:39.919 I'm at and whenever, whenever the bill tolds I guess you could say, 204 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:43.279 at least I can say that I did something that I wanted to do and 205 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:48.080 I was good at it. That's that's what I say, man, I 206 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:50.000 say, you know, if it don't matter where I make it. You 207 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:54.080 know. I'm I'm I'm living the dream. I'm enjoying what I'm doing, 208 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:56.840 and I just have fun doing it. So I mean, that's all you 209 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:01.320 can ask for now. In your level years, you talked about Hacksaw, 210 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.279 Jim Doug and you talked about Shane Douglas. Shane Douglas one of my favorites. 211 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.679 I remember watching. Uh my grandma made the mistake one time when I 212 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:13.960 was twelve years old. She she watched WWF and I was back in the 213 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:20.720 you know, real PG everybody had occupation, right, but my grandma made 214 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:26.960 the mistake of buying Heat Wave ninety seven. Oh okay, she thought that. 215 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.240 She thought, oh, well, this wrestling, that's that's what we 216 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:35.120 see every Monday night. So she bought it and I set up watched it 217 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:39.679 come on later than the normal pay per views, you know, and she 218 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.679 went to bed. I hit the VCR, I hit record and I enjoyed 219 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:50.440 it. And Shane Douglas took on Terry Funk and Saboo Dot Night triple Threat, 220 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:54.799 and then also Chris Candido was on their Jerry Lawler took on Tommy Dreamer. 221 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:58.120 It was a it was just a unbelievable showy. Shane Douglas has always 222 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:03.200 been one of my favorite saying I love being around him. I've just the 223 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:04.879 only thing is I've never That's the one person I've never met. I met 224 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:08.600 hacks All, but I've never met Shane Douglas before. That would be an 225 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:12.399 honor up there that just be around him. To tell you what, man, 226 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:18.480 Shane Douglas is one of the nicest guys I've ever met in the business. 227 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:22.080 I don't know who I'll listen to your podcast. I'm sure there's some 228 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:26.440 people that are probably gonna talk crap when I say this, but I've I've 229 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:32.240 sat down and I've drank beer with Shane Douglas, and he doesn't talk wrestling. 230 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:37.200 He won't bring up wrestling. He The only way you're gonna talk about 231 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:41.519 wrestling with Shane Douglas is if you start the conversation. And one time, 232 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:45.360 see, I wasn't a big Shane Douglas fan when I was watching UM, 233 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:49.720 never stayed up late to watch ECW. Wasn't really a fan of the product, 234 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:53.240 but I would keep him from time to time. And if I'm not 235 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:56.440 mistaken, I think that Heat Wave pay per view you talking about. If 236 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:00.559 I remember correctly. Didn't they do a didn't they do a set up on 237 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:07.480 Monday Night Raw? Because of the Dreamer going against Lawlor and ECW like invaded 238 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.640 Monday Night Raw. Ye, that's the reason it was for that, right, 239 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:15.039 Yeah? So but yeah, Shane Douglas man, he uh, he's 240 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:18.960 he's real cool. I've got his I've got his personal cell phone number. 241 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.359 Um, a couple months ago. I just hit him up for the hell 242 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.920 of it. And he's a busy man. He called me probably about three 243 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:29.720 weeks later and we talked for forty five minutes to an hour, and you 244 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:36.319 know what, we talked about COVID nineteen. We didn't talk. He asked 245 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:38.359 me how the how wrestling was going down here? You know, it's it's 246 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:44.119 COVID and everything, and but we were mostly talking about if we were going 247 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:47.759 to get the vaccine and what he thought about it and everything. He's a 248 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:55.160 really intelligent man, and he but so cool and he's easy to do business 249 00:17:55.240 --> 00:18:00.039 with. Two. Um, he'll challenge you. He'll challenge you because I 250 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:06.799 booked him for a show one time and I had an idea and his response 251 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:10.200 was because I know he didn't like it. He was like, use me 252 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:15.680 wisely, Rob used me wisely. So then I started thinking about it and 253 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:18.079 I came over the whole other idea and we pitched it to him and he 254 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.279 was like, that's what I'm talking about, brother, right there. You 255 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.519 know. So we brought him to a show. It was a Halloween show, 256 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:30.119 well Halloween weekend, and we had Simon Gotch booked on that that card, 257 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:36.440 and Shane Douglas became available like two weeks before the show, so we 258 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:40.240 booked him too, And I didn't want to take away from Simon Gotch because 259 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:45.440 we were advertising him. So we had there was a big breakdown going in 260 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:51.240 the ring, and you know, we bring Shane Douglass out in a old 261 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:56.359 man mask in a cane and nobody. Nobody suspected it. Nobody and Shane 262 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.160 got in the ring and he started swinging the cane hitting people and then he 263 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:04.799 pulled the mask off. Man. The pop from the crowd was just amazing. 264 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:10.559 And uh, just a just a great guy, great, great all 265 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:14.440 around guy. He's he's he's he's really cool and like I said, easy 266 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:17.079 to do business with. A matter of fact, I think he's coming to 267 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:22.759 Mississippi soon. Yeah, he's coming to Battles on right December four. Yeah, 268 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.759 cool guy, if you get a chance, man, I'm telling you, 269 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:30.319 just just have a conversation with him. I'd love to and and and 270 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:36.240 this is another thing like and I'm not knocking people because I know, like 271 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:40.400 people want to come to you know, wrestlers like Shane Davison, they want 272 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:45.599 to talk wrestling. Right me, I'm different. You know, I'd rather 273 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:48.160 not talk wrestling, you know, because I mean, I know that's it. 274 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.960 He's heard everything. Why why wasn't he want to talk about that, 275 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:55.319 you know, talk talk normal stuff. And you know that's just like when 276 00:19:56.200 --> 00:20:02.200 I met Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson. We I probably talked to them a 277 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:08.319 couple of hours and never we never even talked about wrestling first. We're talking 278 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:14.240 about other stuff. And uh and I mean like anytime I call Ricky, 279 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:18.759 Like I call Ricky and he is on his on the airplane headed to Impact 280 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:22.799 Wrestling to do to do the deal. But he answered the phone on the 281 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.480 plane. He didn't have to do that, I mean, you know, 282 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.680 before it left. But right, he didn't have to do that because I 283 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.319 mean, who am I You know, he could have called me back. 284 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:34.119 But usually everybody every time I call Ricky. He usually picks up right then 285 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:38.720 and and I'm most of the time we don't even talk wrestling. The only 286 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:41.759 time we talkt wrestlings like if somebody's you know, we're trying to get them 287 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:45.400 somewhere or something like that. But right, But yeah, I mean that's 288 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:48.039 what I like, getting to know somebody on a different level, because you 289 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:52.680 know, Shane Douglas has probably been asked thirty times about that ECW throwing the 290 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:59.319 belt down and and the WWF, the click and all that. You know, 291 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.440 he's already been at asked that. A mean, that's why you gonna, 292 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:03.359 I mean, you want to you want to hear him talk about wrestling 293 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:07.759 or something like, hey, go watch an interview, go search YouTube. 294 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:11.400 Yeah, exactly. A matter of fact, the last time one of the 295 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.599 times I met him, I hung out with him, I watched one of 296 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:21.279 his um shoot promos on YouTube and he was talking about his last two weeks 297 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:26.960 in w WS and uh when I when I talked to him that night, 298 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:30.119 I was like, hey, man, UH watched one of your shoot videos. 299 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:30.880 He's like, I was like, you really like to shoot U? 300 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:34.359 He's like, oh yeah, brother, So I brought up so I brought 301 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:40.200 up that one and he, uh, he's right in front of me now 302 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:45.480 now granted already watched this this interview. Now he's reciting it word for word 303 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:48.440 to me in person. It was like it was like he knew the whole 304 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:52.240 thing and he it was like it was dead on from what I heard on 305 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:56.279 the internet. And uh, but he he'll talk a year off. Man. 306 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:00.440 He's a He's a great guy though. He really is. He really 307 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.480 is. He's been one of my favorites to work with, honestly, and 308 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:07.920 you know, he had you know, he was talking about carl Lett, 309 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:11.240 you know, one of them, and talking about you know, how they 310 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:15.119 how Diesel and Shan Michael's you know, I actually had PCO on a podcast 311 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:19.599 and I brought that up and we talked about it, and he said that 312 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:23.680 him and Sean had buried the Hatchett a long time ago, and he was 313 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:27.519 real you know about it. He talked about how mad it made him and 314 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:33.480 you know and stuff like that. But you know, with Shane and you 315 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:37.759 talked about ECW that wasn't your product. Um, it wasn't mine either. 316 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:45.200 I watched Shane Douglas. The main reason that I bought that pay per view 317 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:48.279 was because of Jerry the King Lawler. I've always been I've always been a 318 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:52.759 big fan of Jerry the King Lawler and and that was the main reason, 319 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:57.079 because if you go back in my career as far as people that I loved, 320 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:02.640 there's two people that were my favorite of all time. That's Joedy King 321 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:07.680 Lawler and Bobby the brain he Okay, all right, I love those two 322 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:11.559 to death. I could watch Bobby the brain heen and all day long, 323 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:15.720 just the weasel suit and everything he did with all that. I mean, 324 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:19.759 he's just he was very entertaining. He was great. He was great. 325 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:26.359 Well, one of my favorite guys was my first favorite, believe it or 326 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:29.359 not, because you can't probably can't tell by the way I worked in the 327 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:34.920 ring, but my first favorite wrestler was Seawn Michaels. So, but then 328 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:38.759 Diesel came along, and then I was into Diesel, you know, And 329 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:41.799 then for many years I watched I mean, I'm one of I'm part of 330 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:47.400 the lucky generation that got to see the Monday Night Wars. But then after 331 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:51.000 that this guy came along. Once again, you probably can't tell that I 332 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:53.359 idolize them because I don't do anything like he does. In the ring. 333 00:23:55.079 --> 00:24:00.880 But Kurt Angeles, oh yeah, and uh so that those were the guys 334 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:04.240 that I kind of just I would watch them and I would just get lost 335 00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:10.240 in their matches, and then for a little while it was down Indell's page. 336 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:14.559 You know. So I've got I've got a wide variety, and I 337 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:18.759 always enjoyed the bad guys. I always enjoyed the heels. And that's kind 338 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:22.599 of why I stuck with Jenny Heel when I got into the business. You 339 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:26.599 know so well, you know, uh the thing with Sean Michaels, who 340 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:30.079 was one of my favorites as well, Mike. Shan Michaels was one of 341 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:33.240 my favorites when he wrestled in a w I remember watching AWA on ESPN. 342 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:38.079 Him and Marty Jeannetti were the midnight rockers and I was a huge fan of 343 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:42.119 Shawn Michaels. Then when he finally broke away from Marty Jeannetti and became a 344 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:45.599 Heel, I was sold on Shawn Michaels. From then their Curt Angle. 345 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:49.839 I'll say one little short story about that. The first time I ever seen 346 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:56.000 Kurt Angle took on meat at Survivor Sheries ninety nine. His debut yep, 347 00:24:56.279 --> 00:25:00.160 And I thought that was the worst match I'd ever seen, just coming from 348 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:03.240 my eyes. You know, we were in the middle of the attitude there, 349 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:07.200 okay, right, right, right, So about a month goes by 350 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:11.599 and then two months three, and I'm just the more I get to watch 351 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:15.119 an angle, the more I'm into it. And you know, I loved 352 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:22.160 Kurt Anglin. That first year he had in WWF or ww was unprecedentedly one 353 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:29.599 of the best years ever yet totally what King of the Ring Ic title, 354 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:34.440 European title, and then same year he won all the belts in the same 355 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:37.319 year except for the tax traps, right, he won every belt except for 356 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:41.279 the tax traps. He was even hardcore champion for a Cup of Tea that 357 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:45.160 year. That's right, he was, and but he was he was European 358 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:48.799 and Intercontinental at the same time because he went against den Wine and Guerrero in 359 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:52.839 that triple threat at many of that year and laws both belts and never got 360 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:56.680 ten yep. And that and you know that that was the funny thing and 361 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.960 Kurt to bringing that up about Kurt, and not only was he a great 362 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:04.279 athlete, but he was also very entertaining. He could he could pull off 363 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:07.000 stuff all the time. I was another person I loved watching him. Oh 364 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:11.599 yeah. The comedy aspect of Kurt was amazing. It was especially especially when 365 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:15.000 him and Austin was doing that stuff. A lot of people look back at 366 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:17.839 it and they can say what they want to say, but it was entertaining 367 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:21.079 and it was fun. Oh yeah, man, when they were getting the 368 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:26.839 cowboy hats and the badges and fighting over who was gonna hug someone Vince Man 369 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:30.640 man, you know, oh yeah, man, it was great. He 370 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:34.480 was people do some some people, some guys I ran across, they think 371 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:41.200 comedy doesn't belong in wrestling, But man, comedy, comedy's great. Everybody 372 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:44.599 wants to laugh. You you gotta have comedy in wrestling. Now. I'm 373 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:49.039 not saying that you go Will Farrell with it, but you're not stand up. 374 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:56.279 But make the people laughs. Man, they give them something to remember. 375 00:26:56.319 --> 00:27:00.440 You buy because I'm gonna tell when Kurt aink was doing all that stuff. 376 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:03.519 And another one was when he got his head shaped. I mean, 377 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:07.160 he played it so well and he had the two pay with the wrestling head 378 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:12.000 year on. With the miracle of hair products, I've grown my hair back 379 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:18.519 in only twenty four hours. But see, I'll tell you another thing about 380 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:22.400 him. A few years ago when he was when they announced that he was 381 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:26.359 getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. Um, I made the trip because 382 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:30.319 as one of my favorite guys, I had to see him get inducted into 383 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:37.119 Hall of Fame. And I wasn't too happy with his with his his speech 384 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:41.240 because I wanted to hear some more stuff that I didn't know about him. 385 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:48.839 But the coolest thing to me about his whole speech was he was telling the 386 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:56.559 new generation the roster that was sitting out there, don't be scared. Don't 387 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:03.119 be scared to be a character, because a lot of people they forget that 388 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:06.480 we were supposed to play a character in front of these people. We're not 389 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:11.400 We're not Brandon and Robert. I'm beautiful Bobby when I'm out in front of 390 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:17.440 those people. So I want those people to remember me. And you know 391 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:21.079 how many people walk up to me random places and they look at me, 392 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:26.720 they say, hey, nope, and and they'll do it here where I 393 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:33.240 live in California now. But anyways, UM, I've done places. I 394 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:36.720 was in New Orleans one times and these people walked up to me. They 395 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.039 said that I was like, where do y'all see me wrestle? Because you 396 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:40.839 know, they're like, oh, we saw y'all, we saw you in 397 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:42.079 Mississippi. Man, you were great. I'm like, oh, cool, 398 00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:47.039 thank you. And I'm not saying I'm a big superstar, but to be 399 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:51.200 recognized like that, that just proves that I left an impression on somebody. 400 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:56.519 Oh exactly. I mean, like I'm the Ocean Springs and Pascagoula or not. 401 00:28:57.079 --> 00:29:00.519 They're not big towns. I mean there's you know there mean, and 402 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:03.680 I live three hours away from there, but you know, I went into 403 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:10.119 a convenience story one time and this girl looks at me. She says, 404 00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:15.039 are you the brilliant one? I said, I said I am, and 405 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:18.039 she says, where's all your flashy gear? At I said, let me 406 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:21.880 go get it. I went out and put the jacket on and walked in 407 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:26.720 there there. So yeah, I mean, you know it is It's it's 408 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:30.119 funny. I got people here and Miss Meridian, which is you know, 409 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:34.200 there's no wrestling within two hours, and you're really much But a lot of 410 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:37.720 these will come and go to some of these shows and I'll go into places 411 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:41.839 and let me see the your new video let me see it, come on 412 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:45.240 and uh, stuff like that. But you know, it's fun and it's 413 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:48.799 right. We're playing a character. You know, we're out there to entertain, 414 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:52.599 and you know, just go out there and do what you can to 415 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.079 entertain. There's people, and hey keep them coming back because I'm gonna tell 416 00:29:56.119 --> 00:30:00.240 you something from one of the famous people I don't know. I'm sure you 417 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.440 know who Money Warbucks is, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, all 418 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:06.200 right. At the end of the night, Monty told me the one goal 419 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:10.799 he has. They're not gonna remember my match, but they're gonna remember me. 420 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:15.759 Yeah, totally. They're gonna talk about money Warbucks when they lead the 421 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:21.000 building. Yep. I mean, you know, one of the main things 422 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:25.720 that has been happening here recently, especially in Diamond, it's I don't know 423 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:27.839 who these people are, but they keep showing up and they keep chanting Pepto 424 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:33.400 bismol just because I wear pink. And it's like cool because you know what, 425 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:37.119 I know him. I know him in the I'm in their head. 426 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:41.200 They think about it. They're like, I know that they think about it. 427 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:45.400 They're like when they're coming to the building and they know that Bobby's gonna 428 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:47.599 be on the car, they're already thinking about it, like we're gonna call 429 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:52.559 him pepto bismol to night, you know. And it's it's just what we 430 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:59.799 do. Like I will never put down anybody's work. Everybody's got a got 431 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:03.400 something great about them. You've got guys that can go out there and do 432 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:07.200 flips, You've got guys that can go out there and brawl. You've got 433 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.960 guys that can go out there and do all kinds of different things. But 434 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:15.119 it's what people remember about you, you know. And I mean if they 435 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:21.000 remember that Bobby had never has a great match, but they still remember that 436 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.880 when they come in, they can kiss me off, I call me pepto 437 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:26.440 bismol, or they yoll nope at me, or I yoll nope at them. 438 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:32.759 Whatever. It's what we do, and it's what we do exactly is 439 00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:34.839 the greatest. It's one of the greatest things in the world, man, 440 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:40.720 because it's it's especially in front of a live audience, because there's no hiding 441 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:42.920 who you are. There's no hiding anything because those people know if you're not 442 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:48.680 you know, they can tell if you're not into your character. And wrestling 443 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:55.279 fans are labeled as stupid, but they're not. They're there for a good 444 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:57.119 time and they and they know. I mean, you know, um, 445 00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:01.880 you know, talking to somebody too is like another thing that's missing, and 446 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:06.720 I think I'll bring a little bit of that too. Wrestling is the chicken 447 00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:10.440 shit. He'll side like, you don't care if you looked like a fool. 448 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:14.759 I mean, you know the other night I was getting pulled, but 449 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:19.200 the people were laughing and they were having a good time and just kept calling 450 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:25.119 me names while I was getting hurt. Yeah, well yeah, exactly. 451 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:30.920 But you know, that's that's what it is, man. That's that's that's 452 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:36.160 what we do. And if those people, those people probably enjoyed the hell 453 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:38.920 out of see you get stretched like that. I heard it. I mean 454 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:43.359 I couldn't. I couldn't help. But they popped when he got me, 455 00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.720 when he when he hit me, they popped, and I was like, 456 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:51.319 oh no, And then they just started laughing and yeah, you finally got 457 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:54.920 what you deserve. Exactly, because I don't know if you, I don't 458 00:32:54.920 --> 00:33:00.720 know if you had seen what happened before the match started up. The real 459 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:04.319 American J C. Stokes, you know, he's he's out there a shady 460 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:08.000 grove nursing home, and I had him a gift and I gave it to 461 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:10.079 him, and he wouldn't open it all the way up. So I just 462 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:13.680 went ahead and told the fans what it was. I mean, I gave 463 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:15.799 him and they went oh. I went He opened it up and looked in 464 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:21.000 there and it was some depends and I just said, they're extra exorbitant, 465 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:24.920 and the crowd went ooh. And then he threw it at me. And 466 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:28.039 when he threw it at me, it was like a fast ball coming at 467 00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:30.240 my head. I had to duck real quick. But yeah, man, 468 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:34.799 yeah, that's oh. I'm sorry. I didn't need to cut. You're 469 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:37.960 fine, man, You're fine. It's all good now. Now, I 470 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:42.240 did want to dive into one thing because you know, you wrestle a lot 471 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:46.119 in Louisiana, and we know how the UH Commission is down there. I 472 00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:52.119 mean, it's just uh, the the Athletic Commission is just outrageous down there. 473 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:57.160 But when COVID hit, I mean, it took everything away. What 474 00:33:57.359 --> 00:34:00.799 happened with your like wrestling book ins at that point, and how did you 475 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:09.840 recover? Well, my last so the last show that was ran down here 476 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:15.639 was in Oakdale Louisiana and it was on March I want to say, fourteenth 477 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:21.960 of last year, and we even did a toilet paper on a pole match 478 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:27.000 because of everybody freaking out with the shortage of toilet paper, so we figured 479 00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:30.199 we'd just waste on to make people mad. But so, and then we 480 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:37.000 got shut down the following Monday, and I wasn't able. I wasn't able 481 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:43.639 to wrestle anywhere. Honestly, from March March fourteenth, I didn't wrestle again 482 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:50.440 until November fifteenth of twenty twenty, so I had about eight months off. 483 00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:55.440 And the crazy thing is is one of the things that got me back in 484 00:34:57.280 --> 00:35:04.239 to where I was able to actually work a match was Hannibal Jackson. Um, 485 00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.880 I know everybody, A lot of people know that he passed away in 486 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:17.280 November. Um, so sew had a had a memorial show plan for him. 487 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:22.119 He is one of my good friends. And I hit up Chris Black 488 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.960 and I said, hey man, I got to be part of that show. 489 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:30.679 So um we went down and myself, Aston Spears, Preston Bentley, 490 00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:35.159 a couple of a couple of us that were really close to Hannibal. Um, 491 00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:39.239 we got to go out and perform. And one of the things I 492 00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:45.280 always say about pro wrestling is, you know, if I'm out in front 493 00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:52.639 of if I'm out in front of anybody who's having a hard day or having 494 00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:55.840 a hard time in life, and they can get they can come to a 495 00:35:55.840 --> 00:36:00.480 wrestling show and they can get lost in what we do. So if I'm 496 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:05.159 only out there for ten to twelve minutes, and for those twelve minutes they're 497 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:10.400 lost and they're forgetting about their problems, then I'm doing my job. So 498 00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:17.960 that Hannibal Memorial show, the fans actually did that for us that night because 499 00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:22.239 we were all hurting, we were all down in the dumps, we lost 500 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:27.519 one of our brothers, and just getting out there and getting to feel the 501 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:31.840 energy off the crowd again after eight months off many they returned to favor Big 502 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:37.480 Tim you know, because even though we were even though Hannibal was our minds, 503 00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:40.960 the fans just drew it out of us because we were finally able to 504 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:49.719 perform again. And after that show, Man, I got contacted by a 505 00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:52.960 couple promoters in Mississippi. I even came out to Diamond. I think it 506 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:59.880 was last December, if I'm not mistaken, And then I just kept waiting 507 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:04.760 the call from DCW management to get back in there, and in the meantime 508 00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:10.639 I was wrestling for AWF out there and Simms and Loose Dale, and then 509 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:16.239 I finally got the call from Diamond And since November, I've been wrestling every 510 00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:24.199 month and had multiple bookings now, been to Houston in Alabama and to Mississippi. 511 00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:28.800 I'm trying to trying to expand my horizons a little bit more. I've 512 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:32.239 been talking to somebody out in Georgia. I'm trying to get out there because 513 00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.039 eleven years don't seem like a long time, but I was twenty seven when 514 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:42.920 I started. I'm thirty eight now and I'm giving myself to the age of 515 00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:49.000 forty two. Work with as many people as possible and go out on a 516 00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:54.400 good note. So that's what COVID did for me. And now we're all 517 00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:58.639 able to bounce back and get out there. And it's just been it's just 518 00:37:58.760 --> 00:38:05.039 been a roller coaster ride all year. So yeah, it really has pen 519 00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:08.000 And he brought up hanniball real foot before we started to wrap up. I 520 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:12.320 just gonna say, you know, I met Hannibal on a handful of occasions. 521 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:15.320 Yeah, all right, Well, I've seen him, you know, 522 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:19.480 I had seen him for a few years, but I you know, only 523 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:23.480 had some personal interactions with him over maybe a handful of times. And every 524 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:28.960 time I ever had an interaction with him, the dude was nothing but phenomenal 525 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:32.639 and really enjoyed talking to him. We sent back. A matter of fact, 526 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:37.719 it was widow Fest nineteen, I believe when he came to battles On 527 00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:42.800 and meet him, sit in the locker room and probably talked. I don't 528 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:45.440 know, man, it was for a while and then he was like, 529 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.800 I gotta go from We'll get out of here. And I said, all 530 00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:50.960 right, man, it was a good seeing you. And and I want 531 00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:53.440 to say that was probably one of the last times I saw him. Yeah, 532 00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:59.760 yeah, well he was my roommate. And uh, last time I 533 00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:05.800 saw as the night before he died. So it was rough. But he 534 00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:08.000 was a great guy man, and we, uh, we were trying not 535 00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:13.159 to dwell on on the way his life ended. We just try to keep 536 00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:16.679 his memory alive. And U there's some guys, man, I know they 537 00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:20.400 probably listened to your podcast, so I want to give them a shout out. 538 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:25.880 But Chris Chambers and Wayne Miller, they've been two of my biggest supporters. 539 00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:31.159 We've helped each other because Hannibal touched a lot of people, and they 540 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:37.400 were two of them right there out there at APW in Pensacola. And you 541 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:39.519 know, me and Chris, we talk a lot, and I've Chris has 542 00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:44.199 helped me through some stuff. I've helped Chris through some stuff. And you 543 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:50.320 know, our bond was because of Hannibal. So even though Hannibal's not here, 544 00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:57.079 Hannibal's still here. If that makes any sense, probably does, boy 545 00:39:57.159 --> 00:40:01.639 does so. But I'm gonna get a little emotional if we keep talking about 546 00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:06.000 that. Oh yeah, let's move on, because I do want to get 547 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:07.280 to the uh. I do want to get to the part this is. 548 00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:12.760 We're gonna close this out, and before we do, beautiful Bobby, You're 549 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:16.039 always welcome on heres A podcast. But before we do close out, I'm 550 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:19.199 gonna give you the floor. Man. You can plug whatever you want. 551 00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:21.280 I don't care what is it. Even if you've got cookies, just say 552 00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:27.760 you sell them right here. All right? Well, I mean I don't 553 00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:32.360 have a lot, but uh, you know, if you're in if you're 554 00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:39.000 in Mississippi Pascagoula Ocean Springs, we've got you. You can see Bobby in 555 00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:43.880 both of those towns next month. Um, if you want to travel, 556 00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:47.320 if you want to see a different breed of pro wrestling, come over to 557 00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:53.280 Louisiana on August twenty first, we got Action Packed Wrestling and Whitecastle Louisiana. 558 00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:58.280 Bobby's going up against a matter of fact, we talked about this as a 559 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:01.280 while ago. Bobby is going against Staying Mike. He's trying to come after 560 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:07.000 that ap W Heavyweight Championship. So you got plenty of plenty of time to 561 00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:12.519 plan. Tickets are tickets are cheap, might be a little drive, but 562 00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:15.519 it's always cool to go to another town and see what another company can give 563 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:22.440 you. So that's that's that's it, man, that's my plug. Hey, 564 00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:25.960 Like I said, I do appreciate you coming on the show as always. 565 00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:30.360 Man, all right, Man, I appreciate it, and I go. 566 00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:37.880 One more thing is the Kings of Wrestling Podcasts, the best podcast out 567 00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:46.159 there. Yep, what I had to man, I had to, Man, 568 00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:50.440 I had It's as a pleasure. I loved it. I loved the 569 00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:53.639 little stamp you put on there. That was great. Anytime, man, 570 00:41:53.719 --> 00:42:00.679 just give me a call. Thank you, all right, buddy, this 571 00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:06.119 is Boom's Audio Zoe Production. What's your thinking, Zoe