1 00:00:01,399 --> 00:00:05,280 What's good, everybody, it's your boy, the one and only Christian Hollister, 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:13,240 the OG and the World television Champion here to give my recollections on TLF 3 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:19,559 and to also offer my top ten TLF episodes, my favorite episodes in the 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:26,440 long and illustrous history of The Lapse fan. So before I begin, I 5 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:32,520 just went to just give a wonderful thanks and praise to Jack and JP for 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:37,840 ten years of being the most consistent of being the best and the greatest college 7 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,240 podcast of all time. You guys have done a tremendous job, and nothing 8 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:49,560 that you know we can do or say can really just show the level of 9 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:56,280 appreciation that we have for you. I know that it may seem like it's 10 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,159 a superlative in a lot of ways, but definitely TLF has been just a 11 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,959 tremendous force in the genre of pro wrestling podcast and really in the genre of 12 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:12,079 any podcast bar none. So I first learned of TLF, I first came 13 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,280 about TLF, and for those of you who know me who go back, 14 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,239 you know in the day and in the archives, if you will, I 15 00:01:19,359 --> 00:01:26,439 have been down with TLF since day one, really since episode one. I 16 00:01:26,439 --> 00:01:32,599 actually came about learning of The Lapse Fan while looking for honestly more podcasts that 17 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:37,200 I could listen to in regard to pro wrestling. I had listened to Cmpunk's 18 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:41,719 interview or his conversation with Cocobana ten years ago, and after that, I 19 00:01:41,879 --> 00:01:46,840 just really wanted to find as many wrestling podcasts that I could, and I 20 00:01:47,079 --> 00:01:52,920 happened to come across The Lapse Fan, and from that day until the present, 21 00:01:52,959 --> 00:01:57,159 I have listened to every single episode of The Lapse Fan, and I 22 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:05,040 have been just a a fan of Jack and JP as well as someone who 23 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:13,039 admires the work that is put into creating every episode of The Labs Fan and 24 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,520 cultivating this podcast and to what it is. And another that we joke a 25 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:22,319 lot about saying that The Labs Fan is the greatest college podcast, but indeed 26 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,800 The Labs Fan is one of the, if not the greatest wrestling podcast which 27 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:34,840 has ever been produced. I mean the level of work and the amount of 28 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:38,520 information in all of these episodes, hundreds of episodes, I mean, it 29 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:45,280 would take you a lifetime to fully unpack and realize just how important TLF has 30 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:50,120 been to the genre of pro wrestling. And you can look at the ways 31 00:02:50,159 --> 00:02:57,479 in which the WWE, AEW TNA, So many of the wrestling organizations have, 32 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,080 in my opinion, stolen many of the idea is suggestions from Jack and 33 00:03:01,199 --> 00:03:07,159 JP and have incorporated them into their production, into their companies. And I 34 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,240 think that if we really are honest with ourselves and we look at what the 35 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,319 labs fan has offered, not only to us as listeners in the Solar system, 36 00:03:15,719 --> 00:03:21,000 but those on the outside, and how influential the labs fan has been, 37 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:23,759 I think that we can be all on one accord, if you will, 38 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:32,280 and saying that TLF has been such an influential force in the progression of 39 00:03:32,319 --> 00:03:42,199 the modern way that WWE, AW and etc. Have managed to recreate their 40 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:50,960 product. And I know that Jack and JP and many of us strongly believe 41 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,400 that it used to be better, and since it used to be better, 42 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,639 so many people have tried to recreate what used to be better. And I 43 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,560 think that that is again doing large part to what the Lapse Fan has offered 44 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,879 over these past ten years. So with that said, I have been again 45 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,079 down. Since day one, I have been a supporter. You guys know, 46 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:23,040 TLF has just been a tremendous podcast. I have laughed, I have 47 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:29,879 thought I have reflected I have, you know, been just in awe of 48 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,360 how much it takes to make this work. And I know that I speak 49 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:42,480 for Jack and JP by saying that, you know, the appreciation comes not 50 00:04:42,519 --> 00:04:46,560 only from the Solar System to Jack and JP, but I'm sure the Jack 51 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:53,879 and JP appreciates the Solar System and this is just a wonderful opportunity and to 52 00:04:53,959 --> 00:05:00,879 honor two guys who have really just it's been great. You know, I 53 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:05,759 don't want to just oversaturate you with superlatives, but honestly, you guys have 54 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:11,000 been great, and I thank you so very much for everything. So with 55 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:17,680 that said, I'm going to get into my top ten favorite TLF episodes in 56 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:23,920 order from ten to number one. So at number ten. Coming into number 57 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:29,800 ten is episode number one forty nine Monday Night Raw, the first episode of 58 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,879 Monday Night Rawl. Well, excuse me, actually wasn't the first episode of 59 00:05:31,879 --> 00:05:41,000 Monday Night Raw. This episode itself was when Randy Savage went berserk and screaming 60 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:47,439 not guilty over and over and over again after Vince McMahon was acquitted of all 61 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:55,879 crimes in this deroid trial. Episode one fifty nine is number nine on my 62 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,040 list, and it is the Tribute to Bruto Sammartino, particularly part one where 63 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:05,959 Vince Senior was begging Bruno sint Martinez to get off of his ass, get 64 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:12,079 out of the hospital bed, and come and do the stadium show that Vince 65 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,759 Senior had put all of his money into despite knowing that Bruno had a broken 66 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:21,000 neck. By Stan Hansen, that is number nine. At number eight is 67 00:06:21,079 --> 00:06:26,920 episode number ninety five, which was the nineteen ninety nine Over the Edge, 68 00:06:27,399 --> 00:06:32,920 And I chose this for number eight because of the somber reading from Jack of 69 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:39,920 the details of Owen Hart's fall, and I think really that this was one 70 00:06:39,959 --> 00:06:46,360 of the key moments for me personally, right, I understood that The Lapse 71 00:06:46,399 --> 00:06:53,959 Fan was more than just, you know, a podcast that would laugh at 72 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:59,600 things and would also give a history of wrestling, but it went deep into 73 00:06:59,639 --> 00:07:06,839 this investigative journalist type of of way really and the way in which you know, 74 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:15,800 Jack read from the transcript I believe it was, and of Martha Hart's 75 00:07:15,839 --> 00:07:20,000 words and her feelings was just it was so sobering. And it was that 76 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:27,040 really that that first episode that separated The Lapse Fan in my opinion, from 77 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,399 so many other restling podcasts because of the way it approached the fall of Owen 78 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:39,720 Hart. At number seven is episode number one seventy four, and this is 79 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:46,120 the episode where Hogan. This is the the the episode where Hogan was just 80 00:07:46,279 --> 00:07:55,680 so absolutely paranoid and how the WWE operated since he had been gone and he 81 00:07:55,879 --> 00:08:00,879 was wandering backstage and he was just trying to make it was trying to make 82 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:09,360 sure that Vince did not change the main event from Hogan versus Michaels to Undertaker 83 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:16,800 versus Michael's. And I remember very vividly when I first listened to this, 84 00:08:16,959 --> 00:08:24,160 laughing until it hurt when Vince had to fight Hogan at Gorilla to keep him 85 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,240 from going out into the ring and stopping the Undertaker after he had dropped the 86 00:08:28,279 --> 00:08:33,159 leg. So that is number it's number seven. At number six of my 87 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:39,480 top ten favorite Tilife episodes is episode number one thirty two, which is the 88 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,039 ten years after the Crispin Wild tragedy, particularly Part three, and quite like 89 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:50,519 the Over the Age nineteen ninety nine episode, this particular episode was so it 90 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,519 was so sombering. It was, you know, so much went into that 91 00:08:54,679 --> 00:09:00,279 and for all of us who had lived through the Crispin Wild tragedy, and 92 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:07,879 had watched in real time how the WWE watched its handling of everything from Vince 93 00:09:07,919 --> 00:09:11,200 coming out on Monday Night rawl and giving that tribute special to the very next 94 00:09:11,279 --> 00:09:18,440 day having to backtrack and effectively remove an erased Chris Meanwhile from the WWE cannon. 95 00:09:20,039 --> 00:09:24,120 The way in which both Jack and JP really handled explaining the tragedy in 96 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:31,960 detail was tremendous, and so that is number six. Number five on this 97 00:09:31,039 --> 00:09:37,480 list is actually episode number three sixty eight, but this episode number fifty of 98 00:09:37,639 --> 00:09:48,639 Under the Cinemat, which is the episode featuring the ridiculous yet just surreal VHS 99 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:52,240 of I Like to Hurt People. And the reason why I chose this one 100 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,120 is because I swear I know this film by heart, and that's due to 101 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:01,440 the amount of times that my dad and myself would on VHS and this was 102 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,320 one of my first go to rentals whenever we would go to Blockbuster and I 103 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:11,519 would go over immediately to the area where they had wrestling video rentals, and 104 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,360 I would always want to rent this video. My dad always oblige me in 105 00:10:15,399 --> 00:10:20,320 doing so, and so I Like to Hurt people. The Cinnamon Under the 106 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,879 Cinnamon Number fifty comes in at number five, and number four on my list 107 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,320 is episode number three twenty five, Part one, which is the Colisseum Collection 108 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:35,600 The Life and Times of Captain lu Albano, and I love this primarily for 109 00:10:35,799 --> 00:10:43,200 the ending of this episode when Captain lou is taking the lie detector tests and 110 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:48,840 he loses his fucking mind once it has proven that he lied, and just 111 00:10:48,919 --> 00:10:52,159 thinking about it makes me want to laugh now. But that is just one 112 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:58,360 of the funniest episodes that I have ever heard, especially at that very end 113 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:03,480 where where Captain Lewis is, he just goes berserk, He loses, he 114 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:09,600 loses his shit. So at number three is episode two forty two, Parts 115 00:11:09,639 --> 00:11:13,120 one and two, which is the Art of War Games, the Great American 116 00:11:13,159 --> 00:11:18,039 Bash nineteen eighty seven, And I was so pumped when I found out that 117 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:24,039 Jack and JP were going to be doing a deep dive of war games and 118 00:11:24,039 --> 00:11:28,840 in particular of the Great American Bash nineteen eighty seven, because I had that 119 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:33,080 VHS. I still do have that VHS, and I actually have the DVD 120 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:41,039 which features all of the interviews and episodes of World Championship Wrestling and Worldwide Wrestling 121 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,440 and the run up to and in the wake of the Great American Bash nineteen 122 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:50,159 eighty seven, and I absolutely loved you know, the art of war gains, 123 00:11:50,159 --> 00:11:58,320 but in particular just knowing how JP became knowledgeable if you will, have 124 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,919 some of the ins and outs of of JPC at that point in time. 125 00:12:01,039 --> 00:12:07,480 So that is my number three episode. My my number two episode of my 126 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:13,720 top ten favorite TLF episodes of all time is episode number one sixty three The 127 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,440 NWA Class of the Champions nineteen eighty eight Sting and Flair, forty five minutes 128 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:24,679 TBS in opposition to WrestleMania four. What else can you do but give praise 129 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:31,320 to the first clash in how it absolutely trounced in big league in many ways, 130 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:37,679 at least from an inter ring perspective, the very boring WrestleMania four. 131 00:12:37,759 --> 00:12:41,840 And I believe that this is my first interview really with the co chairs, 132 00:12:41,159 --> 00:12:50,440 as I believe that I had picked this as you know, a Patreon picking 133 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:56,519 if you will, for this clash and coming in at number one, my 134 00:12:56,759 --> 00:13:01,320 favorite, my favorite, absolute favorite TAIL episode. What else can it be 135 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:09,600 but episode number three thirty two, every part of it Black Saturday. I 136 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,919 picked that episode and I talked about it, and you know, when the 137 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:20,120 episode was released in during the interview session. But I picked this episode because 138 00:13:20,519 --> 00:13:26,159 it is that transitional moment from everything before Black Saturday in nineteen eighty four, 139 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:33,200 really before January of nineteen eighty four when Hogan won the title, to everything 140 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:43,399 that came after it, the wrestling war between Turner and Vince USA, WTBS, 141 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,080 and everything else that came along with it. What else can I say 142 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:52,080 but Black Saturday and how Black Saturday really in many ways helped to set up 143 00:13:52,600 --> 00:14:01,879 the first Wrestlemanium and having just the opportunity to to vote on that and to 144 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:11,919 win the opportunity to place this on the table for it to forever be the 145 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:20,960 quintessential rundown of one of the most important and infamous episodes in pro wrestling history, 146 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,120 Black Saturday. What else could it be but number one. So again 147 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:31,440 I want to say thank you to Jack and JP, Congratulations TLF for all 148 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,759 that you have done. I will be with you through the bitter end the 149 00:14:35,799 --> 00:14:43,120 next ten years. And as the DC one said, nobody does it better. 150 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,440 Thank you guys, please