WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:05.599 It's the Lapsed Fan Wrestling podcast with Jack and carn 2 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:10.720 S e O and JP sorrows He's a lapsed fan. 3 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:15.240 In all my years and wrestling, I've never seen anything like. 4 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:18.120 Rop kicking. 5 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:23.640 It's the laps Fan man number one in the ring 6 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:24.920 begin about. 7 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:27.120 Osada, a real king of swing when the bell. 8 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:29.800 Goes hang and a kick like me throoming in the 9 00:00:29.839 --> 00:00:31.440 corner with its rash like stick. 10 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.759 Even Jerry King could say off the crown nodded in 11 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:37.719 his head like Steve low Brown? Would you get low down? 12 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:40.359 We go even high up? Trip you on your head? 13 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.960 But you no cool drive speaking monology and dragon slits 14 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:46.960 fire give you more shot than the edge, retire from 15 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:47.880 dropping more. 16 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:50.320 Truth than the conn of sniper unless you would a 17 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:53.600 coconut Roddy Piper out, Jack a JP, you a j 18 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:54.920 y D drop. 19 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:57.240 A cupcakes and got the brain Bob Beans. 20 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:59.759 The best podcast from the start, the close file of 21 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:02.159 Your Benefit fricking Polls. 22 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.719 We're kind of the occasional series here in the feed 23 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:09.920 Boss t LF talks and this is uh, this is 24 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:12.000 a unique one. You know, it always doesn't always make 25 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.560 sense for a podcast formatted like ours to welcome guests 26 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.000 from the contemporary scene, because we devote our lives trying 27 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:22.640 to understand yesterday. Like the winners, we are will exactly 28 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:27.439 exactly it doesn't you know, that doesn't denote any psychological 29 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:30.840 problems or anything which is great for us exactly, but 30 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:34.200 this is this is we have access this time around, 31 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.560 and we hope you out in the Solar system appreciate this. 32 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.920 To a rare species, the the lifelong fan who got 33 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:45.200 to work for WWE and then is on the other 34 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:48.359 side of it now and looking back like what what 35 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:52.400 was that? Necessarily what was that all about? His name 36 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:54.599 is Matt Camp. You should know him from The Bump, 37 00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:57.799 which of course was a ww digital show for years 38 00:01:57.879 --> 00:01:58.239 on there. 39 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.640 I heard that. I heard it was hard the Race's 40 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:01.239 favorite show. 41 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:09.280 He's He's known to Bump, no question. Also, Matt spent 42 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:12.159 years in the Busted Open radio show. He's back with 43 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:16.000 those folks at Serious XM and a fan who got 44 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:18.240 to work there, and Matt one, thank you so much 45 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.400 for being on on the Laps Fans air waves. 46 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:23.199 First of all, you set me up beautifully because I 47 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:24.960 get to tell us tell a story right away. First 48 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:26.479 of all, thank you for having me on. All those 49 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:29.960 things were correct and very nice, you said, Harley Race. 50 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:32.680 Can you think of anybody else who's been around in 51 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.560 WW forever who might make a similar joke? 52 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:37.360 Oh? 53 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:38.639 God, Well, he may. 54 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:42.439 He may be very involved with main events every single month. 55 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:48.479 He might work behind the scenes. He may have video. 56 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:51.280 No no, no, no, I'm talking about bump and the 57 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:55.599 joke that you made the bump. Michael Hayes. Michael Hayes, 58 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:00.159 Michael Hayes. I was once backstage at a raw h 59 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.080 Oh my god, and I met him, and you know, 60 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:05.479 it was you knew how to sell ribs or not 61 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:08.639 sell them or whatever, and he was like, Matt Ben, 62 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:13.800 Matt Ben. I was sorry, okay, I'm from the Bump. 63 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:19.080 I know what the bump is. I said, all right, uh, 64 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:20.840 And I think I was with Kayla was like, would 65 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.159 you ever like to come on the Bump. I've done 66 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:27.680 a bump or two the show is And I was like, well, 67 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:31.520 nice to meet you, Mike. I thought that's fine. Yeah, 68 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:33.800 And then I think he actually was on once like 69 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:35.879 about his clothing and him and Kayla went shopping. He 70 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:39.520 was very appreciative, but that was my like first interaction. 71 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:41.240 He looked me up and down and I had a 72 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:44.039 suit that was similar to his color, which if you 73 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.199 ever seen him dress, so it was very loud. He's like, 74 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:47.199 that's not my color. 75 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.639 I prefer not to watch him when he's dressed. 76 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:57.400 Oh that sounds that yeah, okay, in his state of dress. 77 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.240 I prefer to see his you know, yeah, his attire 78 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:03.520 as miss him. 79 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:04.039 Well. 80 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:05.960 You know, there's also a long heritage of having a 81 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:07.800 bump or two on the table when you get back 82 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:09.840 to the locker room as well. Let's be very clear 83 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.800 about that double entendre potential as well. Not to say 84 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:14.759 that that's not the business anymore though, Matt. 85 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.319 By the way, John Cena said the same thing to 86 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:20.079 me when I got to I interviewed him. He was 87 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:24.680 it was the Fast nine trailer premiere at the Super 88 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:28.680 Bowl in twenty twenty, and he had heard about the show, 89 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.160 and you know, he was there. All he cared about 90 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.639 was South Paul. I will tell you guys that, Oh yeah, 91 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:35.839 producer I was with. He's like, are we doing it? 92 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:37.879 And it's like he's like, that's wagging it up in 93 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:40.480 the morning. And we talked about the bum and he 94 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:42.839 made the joke during the interview He's like, oh, bump 95 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:44.839 huh what about the wrestling part? Like, what are you 96 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:46.879 guys like? Ah, he goes, oh morning show, you guys 97 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:49.800 need that stuff. I was like, whoa Jesus John? All right, 98 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:55.319 but yes, and I one really random fact that show 99 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:57.879 was nearly called ding ding ding. 100 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:01.720 Are you serious? Yes, that's like Jim Hurds show. 101 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.040 I was gonna say it would be ding Dong ding Dong. 102 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.079 They just wanted it to be the bell that was 103 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.839 gonna be. I was like, and what are we supposed 104 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:10.920 to do with it? And they settled on the bump, 105 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:12.879 which is also tough to explain to people too. 106 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:14.000 Wow. 107 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:17.160 So all right, the double entendres run thick, and the 108 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:20.920 appreciation for wordplay is you know, it reaches Titan towers. 109 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:24.639 So before we forget to mention it because I shudder 110 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:27.560 at the thought, Matt's doing kind of self starting Thing's 111 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:29.839 got a great YouTube channel, the Wrestling mattshow dot com. 112 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.600 You can subscribe and get access to some of his insights. 113 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.879 So he's in our world now, welcome to Welcome to 114 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:39.040 the basement dwellers. You know us all well, Matt is 115 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:41.240 your studio in the basement per chance, of. 116 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:44.800 Course it is absolutely yeah, right there was a playroom 117 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:47.480 we redid for my daughter, which then became like my 118 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.720 corner where if anybody's watched my sneaker collections behind me, 119 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:52.759 And all of a sudden, there's lights up, and how 120 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:54.800 do we light this thing? And all the nice lights 121 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:56.319 we had put in are actually too bright, so we 122 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:57.800 have to turn those off and we have to get 123 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:59.879 these random lamps from the target. So I get it. 124 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:03.600 And I did this beforehand, and right before I got 125 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:06.160 hired the computer I'm using right now, I bought all 126 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:08.639 this stuff to do to do twitch and all that, 127 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:10.439 and I was like, I don't need that anymore. And 128 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:12.240 here I am, guys, I'm right back to doing it. 129 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:16.639 So yeah, that's I was ready for it. And then 130 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:19.279 all that stuff happened. And during the pandemic, they sent 131 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:20.879 me a bunch of stuff and we're like, hey, can 132 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:22.920 you do an extra interurant poor from your house? Sure? 133 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:25.560 All right, I have this big giant screen behind me, 134 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:27.800 can you send me a grab? And that's what it was, 135 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.480 and hanging a camera off the wall so people could 136 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:32.879 know that Kyle Rally had a bad neck from Tuesday night. 137 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.680 You know. That's that's what we did. And now I'm 138 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:37.560 back to I got a team, and they're they're very 139 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:39.839 good and helpful. But yeah, it's it's me in front 140 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:43.040 of a camera in my basement at least five days 141 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:43.399 a week. 142 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:47.360 It's great. It's great. So let's start where in a 143 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:49.800 lot of ways JP and I started. You know, the 144 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.759 origin story. We've told it one hundred times on the show. 145 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:53.720 I see no mercy in his n sixty four in 146 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:55.519 the college dorm room. I look at him. I go, 147 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.399 you a fan? And here we are, all these years later. 148 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:02.360 So when did you become a fan? What's your true north? 149 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.000 As far as like the heart and the essence of 150 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:08.079 the wrestling of your childhood? Take us through that first. 151 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:11.000 So I had a wonderful I don't even know what 152 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:14.720 you'd call your grandmother's sister, but my great grandaunt or whatever, 153 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:19.199 who had well black boxes because her husband worked for 154 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:20.879 a cable television repair thing. 155 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:22.639 So always good to have one of those friends in 156 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:23.079 the circle hall. 157 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.079 Can you imagine like telling people that now, like I've 158 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:27.680 tried to explain that story, I'm like, so there used 159 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:29.720 to be a thing where you get like, I guess 160 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:31.639 it's like finding a stream of a show, which you 161 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:34.079 should never do. By the way, you should always pay 162 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.399 for everything. But anyway, back in the day the cable 163 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:38.759 box black box, you can get the pay per view channels. 164 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.040 So she would like randomly tape shows for me, and 165 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:47.399 the first one she ever taped me was Wrestling A seven. Right, yes, 166 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:50.319 like what A ran like real good and there's some 167 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:54.199 real bad and seven year old Matt Camp or six 168 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.720 or whatever. I was had no idea that they didn't 169 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:59.959 sell enough tickets to run the coliseum, or as Bruce said, 170 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:02.199 there was the threat of bombing because of the Saudi 171 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:06.439 War and all that. But anyway, I watched that was 172 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:08.800 over by that point, yeah, or the what do they 173 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:12.319 call the Persian Golf for the whatever it was, yeah, right, yes, 174 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:17.240 So that was my first full on show. I'm sure 175 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:20.959 I had watched you know, Superstars or Wrestling Challenge or whatever. 176 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.560 I had watched that stuff, but that was my first 177 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.639 full on show. So you know, rockers are on that show, 178 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:32.279 and obviously Warrior in Savage and I didn't get what 179 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:34.240 no selling was at the time. And now I look 180 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.360 back at he kicked out of five of those frigging elbows. 181 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:40.080 Well that's horrible. But then the main event, I don't 182 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:42.200 even think I like that match, even though I had 183 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:42.679 just started. 184 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:43.480 What is this? 185 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:46.639 Like this is really slow? This hooken. Isn't this guy 186 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.200 cheating like he's the good guy? Like you know all 187 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:52.600 I got that the Hogan experience of USA and all that, 188 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:59.240 and so that was seven is what ninety one? Yeah? Okay, 189 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:02.679 So I also remember, and I know my timeline was 190 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:06.080 I remember watching Hogan Warrior like it's the only thing 191 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:08.879 I saw from six, and I was a Warrior guy, 192 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:13.519 not a Hogan guy. And now I look back and go, like, man, 193 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:15.720 you would have been wrong either way. But that's okay. 194 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.960 You were six, So that's how it works. A year later, 195 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:22.159 my dad took me to a house show at MSG. 196 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:25.159 It was February ninth two. Flair had just won the 197 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.200 Rumble and become world champ. And the cool thing was 198 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:32.360 is they did matches obviously leading up to a battle 199 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:35.879 oil at the end. So it was like Bulldog and Taker, 200 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:42.440 Repoman and Roddy was a seven minute house show match 201 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:45.600 and Repo Man comes out and this woman who's clearly 202 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.799 a plant in the front row, like he steals her 203 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.000 watch and she doesn't know it, because that's what Repo 204 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:53.080 men do you just steal people's stuff, You don't just 205 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:55.360 take it? And then Piper comes out and goes to 206 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:57.440 the lady and he hugs her and they have a 207 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:00.240 very quick match. I don't think any bumps were taken. 208 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.200 And Piper gets the White Watch back. And then at 209 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:05.320 the end of the night, everybody in the Battle Royal 210 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.919 who had already faced off finds themselves. They're all fighting, 211 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:10.600 and the end of the battle Flair gets eliminated in 212 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:12.840 the middle, like they just get him out of it, 213 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.840 and it comes down to Hogan and Sid and Hogan wins. 214 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:19.440 Hogan must pose and all that, and he uses like 215 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:22.639 a nonfolding chair and throws it in the ring after Sid, 216 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:25.840 and that's the end of the show. And I remember, 217 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.519 like my dad bought me an Ultimate Sparrior sweatshirt that day. 218 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:30.879 I also know I went as Hogan for Halloween, so 219 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:32.799 a lot of this stuff got all mixed together, and 220 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:35.000 who knows where my brain was at. But that was 221 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:38.480 it those first couple of years. That was the beginning 222 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:42.320 for me. And you know, after that, I was locked 223 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:44.559 in and I've never stopped watching. I had no like 224 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:47.679 I met girls in high school or like I just 225 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:48.879 kept watching Monday nights. 226 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.480 So it was like those two things are connected, by 227 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:50.720 the way. 228 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:56.559 Yeah, I just kept going, Like I remember being in college, 229 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:58.279 like when I was a freshman, and like, we're watching 230 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:00.879 we have two TVs. We're watching one in a football 231 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.559 and I'm watching raw and I got enough people involved 232 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:05.759 to watch. And that's two thousand and three, so it's 233 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.200 whatever it is at that time. And then we would 234 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:10.240 go out because nobody had class Tuesday morning. But I 235 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:14.080 kept watching and I always kept up on it and 236 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:17.039 I never stopped. And here I'm talking to you guys 237 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:17.679 all these years later. 238 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:20.200 It's great. That's great. So very similar paths. I mean, boss, 239 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:23.279 we've talked about Wrestling eighty seven is formative one hundred times. 240 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:25.639 I mean we're talking about that. I mean, that's that's 241 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:28.879 like my prime era right there. I mean, I you know, 242 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:34.480 I watched the I stumbled upon build up to Wrestling 243 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:36.840 you seven, and then I went to a house show 244 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:40.320 February of ninety two at the Boston Garden. You know, 245 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:43.720 I feel that no Battle Royal, I'm bummed about that. 246 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:46.480 I'm gonna love the Battle Royal. But I did see 247 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:52.480 I did see Hogan and Piper versus Flair and Sid 248 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:54.480 the main event, which is pretty great. 249 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:57.440 I'll tell you what it was cool is. I don't 250 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:00.000 know if you guys know John Carlow, who works for Awn, 251 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:03.720 did a lot of great stuff with Janella videographer John 252 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:06.200 Carlotamo and him and I worked it up to be 253 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.519 at the same time, and he's like, have you ever 254 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:09.919 liked He goes, do you want to look for something? 255 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.200 And I was like, what are you talking about? We 256 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.279 can pull up anything. And I was like, what do 257 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:16.840 you what do you mean? And he's like, pick something 258 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.440 and I was like, oh, we watched because you've ever 259 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:20.240 seen this before? And he pull up vignette and stuff 260 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:23.080 and I go, he can you do me a fan ever? 261 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.000 Because then I realized I was like, I was an 262 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.919 M s G ninety two. They used to tape that 263 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.720 stuff for the MSG network and it will be Lord 264 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.360 Alfred or a Cornett or a Gorilla or whatever. They 265 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:35.320 had some kind of I said, can you look up? 266 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.559 And I found the date and he found it and 267 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.960 they had I got to watch the first show I went, 268 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:42.440 which was unbelievab. I was like, oh my god, it's 269 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:44.120 and it's never been released. I mean, I'm sure it 270 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:46.919 was on MSG or maybe Classics or something like that 271 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:48.320 when you used to put it up back in the day. 272 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:50.600 But it existed, and I was like, please find that 273 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.480 piper match right now, and there was. And I was like, 274 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:55.279 he's gonna steal the Oh my god. I was at 275 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:57.399 and so that was kind of cool that I could 276 00:12:57.840 --> 00:12:59.679 go find it was digital. It was you know, this 277 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.080 was this was on a server somewhere and he just 278 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:03.639 pulled it up on one of the edit machines and 279 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:04.159 there it was. 280 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:05.360 The vault. 281 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:06.759 Vault. 282 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:11.159 Got asked about that, and yes, that one that's like 283 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:14.279 far away somewhere does exist. I never went to it, 284 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:17.159 the one in where is it Albany or somewhere in 285 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:21.879 Connecticut somewhere. I know they have that building. Uh, but 286 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:26.519 like the server room because I saw I'm a big 287 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:31.080 Todd guy. Todd is my ultimate Like interesting, okay, okay, 288 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:32.559 there's I know you guys can't see it. I have 289 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:34.720 a Todd actions figure right behind me. And I've spoken 290 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:39.080 to the man multiple times. Yes, and uh, he actually 291 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:40.759 did one of those watch alongs and he did that. 292 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:42.840 I was I had always said, like, who's your A 293 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:45.159 month into my tenure, I was on a Watch Along 294 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.559 for that awful fiend seth Hell in a cell match 295 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:50.279 and I'm on the show with a bunch of people 296 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:53.240 and someone's like, what's your what's your dream bumpcast? I 297 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:55.440 said Todd, Pet and Gill and everyone laughed at me 298 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:57.960 and Natally goes, oh, I remember Todd. He was so 299 00:13:58.120 --> 00:13:59.840 nice and I was like, thank you, Naddy, you're you're 300 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.559 one hundred percent correct. And a couple of months later, 301 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:04.480 I get a call like, hey, we're in Houston for 302 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:06.600 Watch Along. We think we can get Todd. He lives 303 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:09.519 in Austin, And I was like, wait, are you real 304 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:12.759 Todd get Todd like yeah, we get him, and we 305 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:15.879 got him, and me and Gargano were on the Watch 306 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.120 Along and no one need else needed to be there 307 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.080 that it needed to be cameras on. We were just like. 308 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:23.519 I was like, Todd, how many free gifts did you 309 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:25.840 give out? Because that's all I talk about when I said, 310 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.639 did you get your free gift? That's like the UPC 311 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:30.799 codes and did you just save your pay per view bill? 312 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:33.720 And all of course was to just get your address 313 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:36.360 so they could send you more stuff. And I asked him. 314 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:40.159 He goes, oh, Diesel gloves and macho sunglass or bread 315 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:41.600 he goes. There was a whole room of that, and 316 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:43.120 I don't even know if it all got set. And 317 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.240 he was so cool and nice. And when they brought him, 318 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:48.919 when they did in your House, we got him to 319 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:51.200 come on the bump, and then because he was on 320 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:53.679 the bump, people were like, hey, he slows his fastball. 321 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.159 And that's why Todd worked those in your houses the 322 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:56.799 next two years. 323 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:58.159 Yeah, he suddenly popped up again. 324 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:01.559 Well he was so cool and uh yeah, so Todd 325 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:04.279 is my wrestling godfather. But the server room where they 326 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.039 did Mania and Live Wire and all that stuff, I 327 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:10.159 wanted to shoot a pre tape there at Gargano and 328 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.000 they were like, it's too loud in here, and it's 329 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:14.320 not the same room, but you could see the bones 330 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.240 of like that tape room. Wow, all there, and they're 331 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:19.360 not in that building anymore. Everything got moved out. But 332 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:22.080 I worked there to do you know, raw Talk and 333 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.840 s back down low down. But I was like, can 334 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:25.679 we go look? And I pulled it up and some 335 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:28.159 of the people I worked with that were on the 336 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:30.879 board for Raw Talk and SmackDown Load were working there 337 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.159 back then. They're like, and I was like, you know, 338 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:34.679 this is all on YouTube, like for real. And I 339 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:36.840 showed them and I was like, can you show me 340 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:38.799 where this is? And they walked me ten feet away. 341 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:40.919 They're like, it's here, but it's too loud and we 342 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.120 can't shoot anything in here because it's all got you know, 343 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.200 fans and everything to keep the server room cool. But 344 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:49.240 that building up until a few months ago was still 345 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.919 in use and you could absolutely see where they shot 346 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:52.440 those shows. 347 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:55.159 That's wonderful, all right. So we talked about the volume. 348 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.679 We're pretty obsessed with it, right, boss, I know the. 349 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:01.639 We've been talking about the Vault since they came out 350 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:05.120 with the Shawn Michaels DVD from the Vault back in 351 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.279 like two thousand and two or two thousand and three, 352 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.919 Like we were when they when they had that title. 353 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.320 And they never did it again. 354 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:16.039 They never released another DVD set from the Vault, and 355 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:19.519 I was just like I from that moment on to 356 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.320 this day, we're obsessed with the Vault. 357 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:27.240 It's not something that matters as much because everything is 358 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.519 so you know, digitized and everything, and you know with 359 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.159 Peacock and you know, getting everything up with the network 360 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:33.519 and whatever they had to do for that and then 361 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:35.320 get everything over the peacock, and I'm sure they're dealing 362 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.360 with that stuff now for Netflix. It's not as big, 363 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:41.200 but there's a lot of stuff that exists and if 364 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:44.879 you can't get it, like we had Jeff Jared on 365 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.720 before Summerslim a couple of years ago when he did 366 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:48.879 the ref stuff and I always like to dig deeper. 367 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:51.480 I'm like, come on, we gotta find and we found 368 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:53.960 he had done that hair versus hair match with X 369 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:58.200 Pocket SummerSlam ninety eight. Yep, they did another one, or 370 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:00.840 they did some like a ladder match or something at 371 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:03.600 a house show in December, and I was like, hey, 372 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:06.960 I looked it up on Cage Match. This exists, can 373 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:09.440 we And they found like crappy footage. We were able 374 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:11.839 to show it and he was like, you have this, 375 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:14.359 and we had him and Waltman on and they both 376 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:16.400 talked about it and they were both like, oh, and 377 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:20.160 they knew spots from the match, and so they don't 378 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.759 utilize it as much now. And I know they have 379 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:25.400 that new YouTube page called the Vault and they're just 380 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:27.319 kind of throwing random stuff on it and it's already 381 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:32.680 become too recent, but all of that stuff still exists, 382 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.519 and I do, and I think a lot of people 383 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:36.759 don't know how you guys feel. I'm worried we're never 384 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:38.039 going to see that stuff ever again. 385 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.279 That's it. You know. 386 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.119 One of the one of the things that really really 387 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:48.359 bummed us out was that the Hidden Gem section of 388 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.960 the old network didn't you guys, didn't transfer to Peacock. 389 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:54.440 And it's like, that's what we want. 390 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:57.799 We want all that stuff, you know, like we had 391 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:00.519 a whole you know, we had a whole series, actually 392 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:04.119 a whole Patreon exclusive series which was just going through 393 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:08.720 all that old stuff, you know, video by video and 394 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:12.279 you know, chronologically, and it's like it's gone. 395 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.039 It's like, you know, I tried. 396 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:16.720 It's all because I was like, can I you guys 397 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:18.799 like hired me to be the wrestling nerd. That's basically 398 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:20.200 what I mean. And I'm sure we'll get into that. 399 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:22.960 Oh can we can? We can we bring that back? 400 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:25.359 Like can I curate this? I I think you guys 401 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:27.599