Speaker 1: It's the Lapsed Fan Wrestling Podcast with Jack and Carnasco
Speaker 1: and JP Sorrow.
Speaker 2: We've got an exciting Christmas program lined up for these folks.
Speaker 1: We've been to a Little Boys that year.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 4: It's an artificial tree. So I did artificial job at
Speaker 4: trimming tidness is only exceeded by our inability to adjust
Speaker 4: allow the third ringled here.
Speaker 5: The Lapsed fanboy got a price for the million Dollar Man.
Speaker 4: Even Santa Claus and so no say it's not so
Speaker 4: Start off.
Speaker 2: Interior Citrus Bowl Night. The fireworks have long since faded,
Speaker 2: and the crowd is pouring out of these areas.
Speaker 5: So you know these are four These are different. This
Speaker 5: is a different story. Oh yeah, we're going through several
Speaker 5: number two. Yeah yeah, this is story number two. Yes,
Speaker 5: uh the firework You wanna do this, fir Ust read
Speaker 5: it to Jack Mama Sorrow as we start a new
Speaker 5: story here, just read from the top.
Speaker 2: Oh okay, do I say?
Speaker 4: Sure?
Speaker 5: Okay?
Speaker 1: Citrus Bowl Night, the fireworks have long since fading, the
Speaker 1: crowd is pouring out of the arena. After WrestleMania twenty four,
Speaker 1: Jack and Connor sail you.
Speaker 4: Can't even.
Speaker 3: Fan makes his Way journal.
Speaker 4: And wrestling fan, no book.
Speaker 1: In his hand, still buzzing from the energy of the night.
Speaker 3: As he scans the crowd, he spoks someone familiar, A
Speaker 3: man wearing a backwards red baseball cap.
Speaker 2: Is that Rick Ocksburger? J Jack picks up his pace,
Speaker 2: waving through the crowd. He approaches the man, Rick Ouchburger,
Speaker 2: Forty's WW superfan, who stiffens the moment Jack gets close. Hey, Rick,
Speaker 2: Rick glances around nervously, sweat forming on his brow. He
Speaker 2: tugs at the brim of his cap. Hey, this really
Speaker 2: happened to me. Hell of a show, right?
Speaker 4: What do you think?
Speaker 2: Rick shifts uncomfortably, avoiding Jack's gaze. I guess Jack isn't
Speaker 2: satisfied with the vague answer. He presses on his journalist instincts,
Speaker 2: kicking in. Come on, man, you're Rick Ochberger, the guy
Speaker 2: who's at every show front row. You've got more to
Speaker 2: say than that. What really stood out to you tonight?
Speaker 2: Rick breathing quickens, his eyes dart back and forth like
Speaker 2: a trapped animal. Jack leans in, hunting something is off.
Speaker 2: You can't what you're holding back? You loved it, right,
Speaker 2: be honest. Rick's hands start trembling. His face contorts as
Speaker 2: if he's trying to suppress something. Blonde hair begins to
Speaker 2: poke out from under his cap, his skin, which slowly
Speaker 2: turns orange, muscles bulging beneath his shirt. Jack takes a
Speaker 2: step back, wide eyed. Rick, you all right, ma'am. Rick's
Speaker 2: body convuls is vein bulging, his mustache thickens, turning blonde.
Speaker 2: The red baseball cap morphs into a red bandana. Jack
Speaker 2: watches in shock as Rick transforms into Hulk. Hogan, what's
Speaker 2: your name?
Speaker 4: Brother? Why do you really want to know what Rick
Speaker 4: thought of the show? He said, what's your game? And
Speaker 4: you said, what's your name? What's your name? Brother? That
Speaker 4: is what he's more likely to ask.
Speaker 2: Jack GPT needs to train on three hundred more hours
Speaker 2: of hulks. Jack Stammer is completely caught off guard. I
Speaker 2: was just curious, just wanted to get Rick's thoughts. Hulk
Speaker 2: looms closer, his massive arms crossed over his chest.
Speaker 4: You're trying to roll me up, dude. At the end
Speaker 4: of the day, brother, you're gonna come clean. Who's behind me?
Speaker 2: I swear I'm not trying to roll you up. I
Speaker 2: just wanted to hear Rick's thoughts. Hulk leans in, his eyes,
Speaker 2: burning with suspicion.
Speaker 4: Are you folming at the cross? Jack? You hot in
Speaker 4: the ball from me? Dude, We gotta get this thing
Speaker 4: back on.
Speaker 2: Crock brother foaming at the What I didn't? Even Before
Speaker 2: Jack can finish, a familiar voice cuts through the tension
Speaker 2: Jack Jack turns to see Dave Meltzer, his longtime journal buddy,
Speaker 2: approaching with a smile. Jack's face pales as Hulk glares
Speaker 2: at Meltzer.
Speaker 4: Meltzer, you on this, dude. You're trying to reverse the.
Speaker 2: Heat, reverse the wait, but you were recommended ago. Suddenly,
Speaker 2: Bubba the Love Sponge saunters into the scene, his wife
Speaker 2: Heather Clem by his side. He eyes Hulk, then looks
Speaker 2: at Jack and Meltzer. What's all this come oution? Alex Star,
Speaker 2: didn't you know you're at the show tonight? Hulk Flex
Speaker 2: is still glaring at Jack and Melton.
Speaker 4: These huge ponies are trying to mess with me, Bubba.
Speaker 4: They're trying to roll me up from my roll up
Speaker 4: my thoughts on by rustle Mania. Dude.
Speaker 2: Bubba steps closer to Jack, sizing him up. You try
Speaker 2: to spid my boy? Huh you want me to spoad
Speaker 2: you absolutely not. Bubba leans in, smiling maniacally.
Speaker 4: How about he?
Speaker 2: How about who hot? I think he messed with Arry?
Speaker 4: Huh.
Speaker 2: Jack's eyes dart back to Hogan, then to Meltzer, who
Speaker 2: is slowly backing away from the chaos.
Speaker 3: Dave.
Speaker 2: Meltzer offers a quick apologetic look before he tailing it
Speaker 2: out of there, leaving Jack alone with the unpredictable trio.
Speaker 2: So glad it made me do Dave's voice. Hulk turns
Speaker 2: to Bubba, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Speaker 4: Bubba's a real friend, Jack, read it? Roll me up?
Speaker 2: You think you can the heat on himTo Heather, who's
Speaker 2: been watching silently, reaches out and touches Hulk's arm.
Speaker 3: Get him, Terry.
Speaker 2: In a moment she touches him, something shifts. Hulk's body
Speaker 2: begins to shrink, his muscles to flate. The blonde mustache recedes,
Speaker 2: and the bandanna fades back into a red cap. Hulk
Speaker 2: is back to being Rick. Bubba and Heather exchange disappointed looks.
Speaker 2: It's just reg again. They turn and walk off without
Speaker 2: another word, leaving Rick standing alone with Jack. Jack now
Speaker 2: calm steps closer. So Rick about that show?
Speaker 4: How was it? Rick?
Speaker 2: Sighs deeply, the weight of his disappointment pressing down on him.
Speaker 2: I Man Jack smirks, resuming his pestering as they disappear
Speaker 2: into the night.
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