WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:04.960 It's that time of the month. Time to get ha D. 2 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:12.439 It's the Hard Foundation bonus episode. We're the your hosts. 3 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:18.160 The Major King, Matcdona, maxim Ammendment, Brian Myers, and Doctor 4 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:21.800 Silverables himself slock Clock Star. 5 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:27.000 Welcome everyone to the Heart Foundation bonus episode for. 6 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:29.440 The month of. 7 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:33.560 July twenty twenty one. I am joined by the newly 8 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:37.439 called Up to the ww Superstars, first wearing a loose 9 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:38.079 cannon shirt. 10 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:42.960 What this wasn't available on May first, two thousand and seven. 11 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:45.679 My name is Brian Majors. For the sake of this 12 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:50.600 podcast aka the most Professional Wrestler, crackup BBR with me, 13 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:53.560 Brian Myers. What's up everybody? 14 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:56.320 Brian? You we really have I can tell you have 15 00:00:56.520 --> 00:00:58.079 hell of a mask beard right now. 16 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.880 Yes, we're an uh you know slam Versares next weekend, 17 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:04.640 So I'm gonna go to my real guy and get 18 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.239 it done. I did a little self care. It's not 19 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.200 We just wrestled the Headbangers and the Ascension. Who could 20 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:10.599 be fun? 21 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:12.560 He could be in the FWF season two. 22 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:15.040 Well, I'm also joined here by somebody who just wrestled 23 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:16.040 the head Bangers. 24 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:18.840 And I lost when a while lost because I went 25 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:22.400 for that that hot tag and Brian Myers did the Psycho. 26 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.159 Sid On Hogan was dropped down and they gave me 27 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.120 the finger gat and I walked right into the Awakenings. 28 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.519 That's the newest engine's name, Finisher and I lost. 29 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:36.400 Pretty awesome storytelling, bro Well, who are now in the FWF? 30 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:41.319 Oh, I'm Matt Cardona Majors who becomes Brett Major, who 31 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:44.920 becomes Zach Ryder, who becomes Matt Cardona again. All right, 32 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:47.480 so Lake, it's eleven fifty two PM. 33 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:49.879 Yeah, yeah, after crack pbr here. 34 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:51.480 But we're gonna have a good time talking about this 35 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:54.040 because I have a lot of questions myself. First, did 36 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:57.920 you guys on May twenty first, two thousand and five? 37 00:01:57.959 --> 00:01:58.439 What was it? 38 00:01:58.920 --> 00:01:59.599 What was it again? 39 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:01.879 Oh? When we get called up? Yes, May one, two 40 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:02.760 thousand and seven. 41 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:05.599 On May first, two thousand and seven, did you guys 42 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:10.439 think that in twenty twenty one we would be wrestling 43 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:13.360 down the street from Matt's house in Orlando against the 44 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:13.879 head Bangers? 45 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:15.039 Did you think? Nuts? Very? 46 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:17.759 I was thinking that. You know, sometimes you gotta not 47 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:20.719 pinch yourself or take yourself out of the moment. But 48 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:24.759 it's like these tag team series one Headbangers from the 49 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:25.319 Roar with them. 50 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.280 Also, this might sound nuts and like at the opposite 51 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.360 of the spectrum, Like I made up my mind a 52 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.800 long time ago that like I'm gonna be doing this forever. 53 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.520 And that's whether it's like at Wrestlemedia or a VFW 54 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:39.840 with like the Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine. Like 55 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:43.680 I was like very accepting of that. So that part 56 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.520 doesn't not that we were doing that, but I just 57 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:50.400 love wrestling so much. I love it in all forms, 58 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:51.000 you know what I mean? 59 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:54.039 Of course, Like, so we were playing with the Headbangers 60 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.199 Action figures, what was that ninety eight they come out. 61 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:58.080 Or they come out ninety seven ninety seven. 62 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:01.080 First of all, that's almost my I'm boggling that they 63 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:03.360 came out so fast considering how long it takes your 64 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:04.000 figures to come out. 65 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:04.199 Now. 66 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:07.800 Yeah, but they they that's like early shock on early 67 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:09.960 ninety seven. They get, they start and then they get. 68 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:13.199 By the summer the figures out, Yeah, it's a summer. 69 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:16.039 Somebody was probably just like, man, these guys look great. 70 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.560 I remembering the whole stept for Christmas. Unless my parents 71 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:19.120 made me, wait. 72 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:21.000 They were a little late. Maybe I was just fucking 73 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:21.520 it a little late. 74 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:24.560 Man, that's a long wait for an eager twelve year old. 75 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:28.280 I didn't say it was like, Okay, all these years later, 76 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:29.680 they still look like they did that. 77 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:32.120 Actually, for their age and how long they been doing it, 78 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:32.840 they look yeah. 79 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:35.120 They all and they're not moving like they're grizzled and 80 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:36.759 moving like ninety seven ninety. 81 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:37.240 Yeah, pretty cool. 82 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:37.960 That's pretty cool. 83 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:41.960 Nice, And they're also in the deceivingly large category of 84 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:44.319 pro wrestlers. Like, oh you meet them, you're like, holy shit. 85 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:47.319 Yeah, all the guys back then, and I wish we 86 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:49.360 would have taken a picture of all four of us 87 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:51.120 in our gear, but we took it after. It looks 88 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:52.199 like we're on a summer vacation. 89 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:54.479 I actually like the picture so much more. It's so 90 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:56.360 brothered out, it's unbelievable. 91 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:58.680 Just tell people that's the gear you wrestle in. 92 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:00.759 I'm sure by now I'll be all over social media 93 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:02.599 so you know what we're talking about. But it's pretty awesome. 94 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.840 Little housekeeping real quick. If you're joining us, because we 95 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:09.280 had a lot of members joined the Patreon this month, 96 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:12.520 a lot of cool things going on, so and upticking members. 97 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:14.280 If you're joining us for the first time. This is 98 00:04:16.319 --> 00:04:20.000 a part in a multi episode series that we're doing, 99 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:23.959 and you got to go back each month Hard Foundation episode. Specifically, 100 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:27.759 we started with Q and A on Your Indie Run, 101 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.720 followed by a three part series of A, Q and 102 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:36.120 A on Your Developmental Run. And now this is now 103 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:40.040 episode four of the series, and we are taking questions 104 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:44.560 from our Hard Foundation members about your time being called 105 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:48.920 up to the main roster, up to becoming an edgehead. 106 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:52.279 So I will ask a bunch of their questions, but 107 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:57.199 I also have some of my own. Let's talk about it, 108 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:00.279 and we touched on it, but let's talk about out 109 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.680 the call. Where were you guys, What were you guys doing? 110 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:06.560 How did you get called up? 111 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:07.720 We're not together? 112 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:10.160 Do you remember that we're not together? So I remember 113 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.519 Deep South closes. We've talked about some Manion times. Deep 114 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.839 South closes. A handful of us are going to go 115 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:19.040 to OBW because we're more TV ready. The majority of 116 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:22.480 everybody else is going to FCW, which is going not 117 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:25.199 even there yet. It's gonna be a Tampa. They like, 118 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.199 I feel like they have like a summer vacation, like 119 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:28.720 they don't have to go right but it's not built. 120 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:31.600 It's months. Yeah. Yeah, so plus they had to figure 121 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:33.839 out like people's leases and get them out, like there's 122 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:35.800 a lot of shit they went, you know, so we 123 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:37.920 no building. 124 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:40.160 We had a little bit of a break. It wasn't 125 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.680 that long. And I remember like I went home to 126 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:46.040 see my girlfriend at the time, and you and Brad 127 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:49.560 Jay went to OBW without me and worked a match. 128 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:50.720 Why did we do that? 129 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:52.680 I was thinking about that reason you're a brown nosing. 130 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:57.199 I don't remember why or what. But then maybe maybe 131 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.800 just to sign the apartment lease or get that set 132 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:00.600 up or something. 133 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.120 Maybe you did because we did room with him. Yeah, 134 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:05.680 that could have been it. But don't you end up 135 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:06.680 working like a dark match? 136 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:10.920 Should we worked as singles like a like a ten 137 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:13.160 minute Broadway or something bizarre like that. 138 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.639 I remember Nova giving me a call and I don't 139 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.800 know if he was ribbing me, but saying like you 140 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.839 might like think of things as singles because Brian went 141 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:24.920 there as as singles and they liked him, Like, how 142 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:25.879 do you worked as singles? 143 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:28.199 Ribbon a half? 144 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:31.560 Especially away you guys were getting called up. 145 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:34.800 So it's a very odd situation, like there's no Deep South, 146 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.720 We're getting ready to go to OVW. We're basically off. 147 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:40.319 We knew we had at least two weeks off, and 148 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:42.000 at one point you were like, why am I not 149 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:44.120 just going home? It's just stupid? Yeah, and you were 150 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:45.399 you were going to see your girlfriend. I had no 151 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:47.399 reason to leave, so I was like, whatever, I'll just 152 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:52.199 hang back. And then Nova called us and was liker 153 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:54.560 your debut in BRO your debut when you got to 154 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:57.439 be in Birmingham on Tuesday or whatever. 155 00:06:57.800 --> 00:06:59.959 But you had already gone to ov W. I think 156 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:03.839 that was just to like right right, but like you 157 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.560 didn't go to WW then get the call with OBW. No, 158 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:07.600 I mean you didn't get the call and then go 159 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:09.839 to WW with OBW and then you got I'm pretty sure. 160 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:12.360 Yeah, that's how I was in our house when when 161 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:13.319 I was talking to Nova. 162 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.560 In my memories, I don't remember the initial call. 163 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:19.079 Then you had to like probably get a flight back, 164 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:21.040 like you weren't scheduled to come back, like. 165 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.800 Or maybe that call. Maybe he was all he's like, oh, no, 166 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:27.439 I'm just kidding you are I don't really remember. Yeah, whatever, 167 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:29.839 long story short, I come back and this time we're 168 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:34.920 living with Danny Inferno. Danny Jimondo, and we already know 169 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:36.759 like we're gonna move, but now it's like all right, 170 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:41.560 well shit, we have the debut on TV and then 171 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:42.480 come back and move. 172 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:46.680 Yeah right, well, I think the day we were supposed 173 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:51.079 to move is the day before we debut on ACW. Right, 174 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:52.800 So we do the show in Birmingham. It was like 175 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:55.959 two hour two and a half hour drive drive back 176 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:58.800 and we're already like packed and we wake up in 177 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.199 that morning and take off. That's right. 178 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:06.439 So did we drive to the show with Angel Williams. 179 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:08.560 Yeah, there's a bunch of people booked on that. It's 180 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:11.199 like they would just have random people there. I remember that, 181 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.600 I want to say, like Connor the Ascension and Knox. 182 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:18.639 Maybe I remember the morning of putting on like some 183 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:21.600 fake tanner and it's not the fake tanner I use anymore. 184 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:23.120 You can still buy it and it has like the 185 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:26.120 glitter in it, Oh my god, like Loriel or something 186 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.639 like that. You don't talk about it. Yeah, And like 187 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:30.920 I had like glitter like on my face like all 188 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.679 day and all of my body. But I'm so glad 189 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:35.559 I did because I had like no tan because you 190 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:36.600 went home that. 191 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:39.519 We did still photo that's that's our eight by ten. 192 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:41.799 It's all those trading cards, right. I don't know if 193 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:46.639 we ever took photos again as the Major brothers. Yeah, 194 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:48.679 so weird, right we use they never used them at 195 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:50.320 least right right? 196 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:53.679 And okay, so we had called up and. 197 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:56.039 So wait, hold on, are you believing this? Like this 198 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:57.159 is it? Oh my god? 199 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:57.679 Yeah? 200 00:08:57.679 --> 00:08:59.679 Because it was like the call where he's saying you're 201 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:03.039 going and you have to be in Birmingham and I 202 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:05.039 guess you know because a bunch of other deep stuff 203 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.440 people went. He's like, I'm pretty sure you debut into 204 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.360 only us though, Like he didn't see anyone else. 205 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:13.200 So are you telling your friends and family? 206 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.039 While I was there and I knew it was happening, 207 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:21.600 I told everybody, hey watch sci fi at whatever tonight. 208 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:22.080 Yeah. 209 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.679 I never told him because in wrestling things change. 210 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:29.559 I believe it when you see it, Rightah. So and 211 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:33.159 E c W was live then, No, it happened, so 212 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:33.840 you tell him. 213 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:35.519 It airs like an hour later. 214 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:37.679 It was definitely tape that day. Maybe it was like 215 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:38.879 that day. 216 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.200 Because this is like the first time in my career, 217 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:43.440 like my text messages were like blowing up. 218 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:45.840 I want to say it was live and maybe it 219 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:47.840 was live to tape. Maybe it's like a little delay. 220 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.000 Yeah right, okay, cool, so keep going. 221 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:56.360 So so so this is like, okay, now NXT is NXT. 222 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.879 You get called up, your everyone, your music hits every No, 223 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:00.960 you already get a big pop. 224 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:04.600 Yes it's different. Yeah, you've been you've been into obscurity. 225 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:07.879 You can change in the locker room us like we changed, 226 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:10.200 like it's like under the bleachers in this little like 227 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:15.039 office locker room thinging thing right, which I didn't even 228 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:19.399 realize all years later, like they hadn't put it to 229 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:20.720 two together, like, oh my god, this is the building 230 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.919 we debuted in. Until like one of those like doors 231 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:24.759 were open, I'm like, holy shit, this is where we changed. 232 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.799 Oh okay, I always remember what that building looks like. 233 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:29.759 It's that weird chain link fence. 234 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:33.320 Oh yeah, now right because now you like park outside. 235 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:36.279 Yeah and you walk through like yeah, yeah, I always remember. 236 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:39.399 I have a lot of vivid memories of the day 237 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:40.519 the park outside at most buildings. 238 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.799 I don't know why. Yeah yeah, most buildings make it 239 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.360 outside of them, but it has. 240 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.480 Like the up down thing you drive through, like the 241 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:51.519 little like like a split level. No, no, like the 242 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:54.240 little like what's that thing called mark. You're not even 243 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:54.639 looking at them. 244 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:55.519 I don't know what you're doing. 245 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:57.399 Like you drive up like you're getting out of like 246 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.840 the rental car place. I think the spy it been 247 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:02.559 so spike. But the thing that goes up and down 248 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.799 speed bump. No, it's like a little gate thing that 249 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:06.480 goes up and down. 250 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:08.399 I have no idea when you pay a toll. 251 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.399 Yeah okay, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. 252 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:18.360 Anyway, great, great description there. Anyway. So, I mean, there's 253 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:19.960 a lot of things I remember other day, like where 254 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:23.600 they were like, wait, you're the Majors Brothers. That sucks. 255 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:24.639 It needs to be major. 256 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:28.720 I don't think they changed that till the next week. Really, yes, 257 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.480 maybe might be right, because that I know for a fact, 258 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:33.279 our gear says Majors Brothers. 259 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:34.759 How are we going to change it during the day? 260 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:35.159 Like right? 261 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:37.279 But I remember I think Justin Roberts says it, and 262 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:38.320 then I don't. 263 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:41.000 I don't know. Something's gonna trickle down where you're not 264 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:45.000 Brian Majors, you're not Brett Majors. You're Major Major Brett. 265 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:46.480 And then we had to get brand new gear by 266 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:47.000 the next. 267 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.360 Week, yes, which we did because we're professionals. 268 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.720 Wow, and who's your gear maker at this time that 269 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:53.919 you're getting brand new gear? 270 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:55.440 Easy money? Rick? 271 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:58.480 So this is the first time I think we maybe 272 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:00.879 at the first time, but we se which to from 273 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:06.200 Rick to what's the other guy? Robert adam't think because 274 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:08.240 he makes the mages and it's like the white with 275 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:11.200 the purple. He makes all the only started making our 276 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.679 stuff in the edge. No, he makes all that stuff. 277 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:15.480 Really, Yeah, I don't recall that. 278 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:21.360 Yeah, okay, so uh does do they tell you that 279 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:24.360 you're going to do something that day or you you're 280 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:25.399 just hoping. 281 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.840 That you're going to do some memories? Aren't that clear? 282 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:29.039 Yeah? 283 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:32.240 I don't. I know. We work. It's a thing where 284 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.240 we're it's a work where we're supposed to be perceived 285 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:39.159 as locals, which, like he said, you could never work 286 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:42.159 now if you're an NXT because you're already like built 287 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.360 up to be the star. And like the way developmental 288 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:46.480 was back then, it was the complete opposite, Like they 289 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:47.799 didn't want you to be a star. They wanted you 290 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:48.879 to be a star. When they tell you to be 291 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:50.519 a star, when they you know, decide for you to 292 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.000 be a star. And so we're it was fun concept 293 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:56.799 that we're supposed to be these locals and we steal 294 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:00.639 one from uh Monny Brown and a striker, right, and 295 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:02.399 there was never the match together, and it was striker 296 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:04.600 who we've known literally since like we started. So it's 297 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:06.080 very comforting, I guess. 298 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:07.519 And he gave us the name Major. It was like 299 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:10.039 a lot of you know, that made it a lot easier. 300 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:12.480 For sure, made it more comfortable. I remember early in 301 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:17.240 the day me practicing something with Marcus Grvan, like a 302 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.200 grilla press into a fallaway slam thing. He's like practicing 303 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:23.039 like the gorilla press. Yeah, over it over yah, Jesus Christ, 304 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.519 my nuts. 305 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:30.200 But my main memories are before and after because it's 306 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:32.720 hard to explain, but like the way that original sci 307 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:35.000 Fi set was because it was not very like elaborate. 308 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:37.919 It was like there would be the SmackDown set and 309 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:40.159 that's real Gorilla. Then there would be like almost like 310 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:44.000 a pipe and drape like tarp tunnel yep, and you'd 311 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:46.440 walk to like the real they'd send you from real Gorilla, 312 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:48.080 but you still had like a pretty decent walk to 313 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:51.320 come out this little like mini side stage. And when 314 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:53.960 we got to there, the segment before us was Vince 315 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:57.840 in the do rag. He's ECW champion, he's in that 316 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:00.799 do rag and he comes back. He's about to go out, 317 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:02.960 and we're just so awkward standing there and he looks 318 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:04.960 as he goes, you guys want to try this thing 319 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.360 on or something like that, and like went and did 320 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:10.159 his promo or came back from the promo and said that, 321 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:12.279 and we were just we're just scared. Shit, let's standing there. 322 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.919 And then the other thing I remember is we did 323 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:15.440 the match, we came back. I couldn't tell you the 324 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:18.279 producer was or nothing, but I remember Sandman's there and 325 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.240 he's like, welcome, do U c W kid, and we 326 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:22.559 like shook his hand and stuff. 327 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.039 I don't know if I remember those two moments or 328 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:27.600 if I just remember you saying them so many times. 329 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:29.919 Yeah, that's the only thing I remember. I could tell you, 330 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:30.799 like the producer, I. 331 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.759 Feel like just driving home with like Angel Williams. 332 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:36.519 I remember and like I said, my first time in 333 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:38.919 my career that my phone was like blowing up and 334 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.679 texts had become like a thing, a common thing, where 335 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:43.879 like you know, it was it was cool. Like one 336 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:45.039 of the things that was really cool for me was 337 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:46.960 that I dropped out of college to take my WW 338 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:49.720 contract yep, and all those people that I was in 339 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.639 college with like watched that and they're still there like 340 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:55.600 doing their senior year that I was supposed to be doing. 341 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.639 So I found like some kind of like redeem you know, 342 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:00.639 redemption in that kind of I thought that was pretty cool. 343 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:04.320 And it was yeah, you know, like it's not that 344 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:06.120 I finally made It was only a year really, but 345 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:09.279 like it was kind of like what I did had purpose, 346 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:11.519 kind of you know the vision I made, you know. 347 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:14.039 But and then it was May first, you know, the 348 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:16.080 the college year, and I did it with like two 349 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:17.840 weeks to spare where they're all there and they all 350 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.759 watched in their dorms and stuff or whatever, and I 351 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:20.519 thought that was cool. 352 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:24.000 I remember just hoping, Okay, oh, they canna bring us 353 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.919 back next week. And then I also, I don't want 354 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:29.440 to skip ahead, but I also remember when we debut 355 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:32.080 with Edge, I'm thinking, well, they're going to say that 356 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:34.039 that was the Major Brothers. 357 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:35.799 Yeah, did they ever? 358 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:38.840 Yes? Yes, Okay, okay for sure. 359 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:44.080 And then you're you're are you just excited? Are You're excited? 360 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:44.200 Bro? 361 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:45.919 Skane? And You're like, I can't thank. 362 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.120 God, dude, you debuted and ww yeah yeah. 363 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:50.039 Now what about the moving thing? Now? I know a 364 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:53.720 lot of people when they get the call up like now, okay, finally. 365 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:57.639 Okay, okay, typically when you debut, now it's I don't 366 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:00.279 know the rules now. But then you had like another 367 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:02.679 like three months like this weird, Grace Pierce. 368 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:04.799 There's no real number to it where you. 369 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:08.039 Would also, you'd still do developmental and they pay for 370 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.399 your hotels and your cars blah blah blah blah. But 371 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.759 since they we just we first, we didn't even move 372 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:14.879 to OBW yeh. We moved to o WW the next day. 373 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:18.480 But since we just got there, they weren't going to 374 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.600 let us go after three months. And it didn't help 375 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:25.200 that the major brothers didn't really take off, so we 376 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:30.960 weren't doing much. And Johnny Aace explained that if we 377 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:33.919 weren't in OVW that they would just fire us. We 378 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.600 weren't doing anything, which I understand. 379 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:38.519 Yeah, we basically ended a period where we worked like 380 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.080 seven days a week. Yeah, just like seven months. 381 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:43.960 And what do you mean by it didn't take off? Like, 382 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:45.519 let's let's. 383 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:45.960 Talk about that. 384 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.279 So okay, So first things first. 385 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.039 Okay, hold on actually real quick who wrote that storyline 386 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:53.879 of you guys like stealing the wind because it's. 387 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:57.360 Pretty cool the American Dream Death they rode. 388 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:58.879 And he just saw you guys, and you're like, these 389 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:00.039 guys are such cool, baby. 390 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:04.119 Young Dusty never told and I ended up spending a 391 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.960 lot of time with Dusty and fc W, but we 392 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:09.039 were never told to our faces, but a lot enough 393 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:11.160 of the boys told us that like, Dusty's the one 394 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.400 who wanted us. He he cherry picked us out of 395 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:16.400 Deep South. He thought we had like a cool old 396 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:20.839 school vibe. I guess yep. And he wanted to recreate 397 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:23.559 the Mulkies basically, and that's why we're supposed to be 398 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:27.960 locals and we get this big win and that that 399 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:30.279 was like his vision, and then that was just supposed 400 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:33.200 to be like the introduction to us. And then like 401 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:36.039