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Speaker 1:
[00:42] Obviously, the first question I'm gonna ask you, are you guys ready for WrestleMania 42? Well, you might be more ready than I am. We just got it back, by the way, the WWE Championship is here. Hey, hey. Oh, thank you. I love you too. Appreciate it. This is history as well. I shot a few people out. I don't know where he's at out here, but this is the first time we have ever done What Do You Wanna Talk About? Live. So you guys are all part of history. Where's he at? That man right there, that's Craig Schuster. Stand up, Craig. Stand up. Craig runs this podcast. There he is. Do you mind? We are in the wonderful Eight Cigar Bar and Lounge. This is where we shot the Cigar Aficionado cover. So if people are smoking, that's what we do in here. So, yeah. Yeah, where's Carla at? We also, our friends at On Location are putting all these fun things on. Carla, where's she at? That's Carla, she puts all this together. So Carla got a chant, Craig nothing, huh? Yeah. Well, we'll get right to it. This is the first time we've done this live. I am so excited for a multitude of reasons. Again, this is What Do You Wanna Talk About?, a Fanatics and WWE original production. We have some cocktails provided by our good friends at Wheatley American Vodka. And once again, please round of applause for Eight Cigar Bar and Lounge for letting us do this. And our guest today, someone I have wanted on the podcast for quite some time. She's a two time world champion. She's a four time tag team champion. She is my mate in the crown. That's right. Soon to be three time my mate in the Crown Jewel Championship, overly sized obnoxious giant title that my friend bought back there for how much money? And she also won the Royal Rumble. Please welcome to What Do You Wanna Talk About? Liv Morgan. Thank you.

Speaker 2:
[03:45] There you go.

Speaker 1:
[03:47] I feel like a lot of Liv Morgan fans here tonight, eh? Liv Morgan in a major, major, major match this weekend, I assume we all know she will be coming back to What Do You Wanna Talk About? As we said, three times. Three times.

Speaker 2:
[04:07] I hope so.

Speaker 1:
[04:09] Liv, I see you have a cocktail there. What do you got?

Speaker 2:
[04:13] This is called, believe it or not, this is called the Oblivion.

Speaker 1:
[04:19] Walk me through it. What is in the Oblivion?

Speaker 2:
[04:24] America Wheatley Vodka.

Speaker 1:
[04:26] American Wheatley Vodka! Yes.

Speaker 2:
[04:30] I think there's like Sprite in here and like blackberry juice and grenadine and just a bunch of things.

Speaker 1:
[04:39] All the things.

Speaker 2:
[04:40] Yeah. I have to squeeze the lime though and I want the cherry in there, so I just have to like put this down for a second.

Speaker 1:
[04:44] You know what?

Speaker 2:
[04:45] I'm getting all stuck in my pants. You guys are making me nervous.

Speaker 1:
[04:47] While you're prepping here, here is a lesson that many wrestlers learn on the fly and we teach at the Nightmare Factory. You can probably say this has happened to you. Maybe it hasn't. The prop in wrestling almost always defeats the wrestler. Whether it's, oh, I'm gonna cut this awesome promo, but I'm carrying the title, plus this thing, and then it's on the wrong side, or I've seen guys who forget how to take shades off. When they're, you know what? Like they put them on their whole life, but don't know, do you ever had a moment where the prop defeated Liv Morgan?

Speaker 2:
[05:19] Yeah, it actually, my pants are killing me right now, but when I was in NXT, it was my first show at Madison Square Garden. And, oh, thank you. And I came out, I thought it was like such a good idea to come out with a slice of pizza, just because, like, New York City, you know. So I come out with a slice of pizza in the box, and I'm, like, doing my entrance, and the pizza falls and hits the ground, and I'm getting, like, booed. And I was like, oh, shit. So I just, like, picked up the pizza, and I just, like, started eating, and then they cheered me. And then I just ate this dirty ass pizza off, like, the MSG theater floor. But yeah, so the prop beat me that time. Thank you.

Speaker 1:
[06:01] There's a moment where I thought I brought something. I was at OVW. I brought, we were at an Elks Lodge. Does anyone know? But it was, I'll be honest, they don't run these shows anymore at NXT. This was an OVW only moment, but it was an All Men's, 18 and Up, very strange show. I don't know what WWE at the time, if they knew about what was happening, but it was, you know, a lot of male energy. And I was in this tag team with Shawn Spears, and it felt like, and I'm 20 years old, if I walked out there with a beer in my hand, that they'd think like, that was cool. So I can't yell, I can't say what the guy yelled at me, but I walked out and we came out to, I believe in a thing called Love by Darkness, the band and it's already, we were like the pretty boy tag team, and I had the beer in my hand and epic booze. And a lot of slanderous things said, because in hindsight, it didn't look cool at all. It was the most try hard, like look at me, I have a beer.

Speaker 2:
[07:08] What kind of beer is it?

Speaker 1:
[07:09] Probably like a Coors Light. Yeah, it was-

Speaker 2:
[07:12] A Duelz.

Speaker 1:
[07:14] Yeah, it was a bad call on my behalf. I've noticed there's some things on this pod that I'll say, oh, I didn't think I was gonna ask that. It's become people who, do you guys, is everyone familiar with the podcast? Is this your first time? Oh, great. I didn't think it was gonna be the first thing I was gonna ask you, but I feel like asking.

Speaker 2:
[07:32] Rock, roll.

Speaker 1:
[07:33] Hey, hey. What's something, and again, we're with our friends from On Location. This is just for us. Thank you guys all for being here. I feel like I always want somebody to ask me this, and maybe it's not the right question, but what's something that people don't know or misunderstand about Liv Morgan that you'd like them to know?

Speaker 2:
[07:57] Honestly, nothing, not in like a rude way. I just feel like you guys are entitled to your opinions. So whether they like love me or hate me, you can feel the way that you want to feel. And I feel like I don't really feel the need to explain myself, I guess, not in a rude way. I know that sounds like really cold, but I don't know.

Speaker 1:
[08:17] Well, I think this whole room loves you.

Speaker 2:
[08:19] Thank you. You can explain yourself, and then you can still be misinterpreted and misconstrued. So I will just let the cards lay where they are and move on with my day.

Speaker 1:
[08:31] Okay. She is how she is, y'all. I think I started saying this recently because it's easy. I think when you hear talent or part of the roster, they will say, oh, I don't mind when they boo, all right? And then you can tell, I think you do. Yeah. You know, it's harder as when you're maybe getting a different reaction than you thought, what not. But where I've kind of landed on it, to a little bit echo what you just said, is you guys come to these events, and I know many of you, we've been on a lot of these on locations, these together. You guys come to these events and you have something specific that you want. You want to cheer for something. You want to boo something. There's an emotional need, who knows, that you are entitled to, and it's your hard-earned money coming to these shows, you're allowed to do whatever the heck you want. And I just now kind of discovered that that might mean booing me on occasion. And thank you, this group. And I'm okay with it. But it really did take a good amount of time to realize, and especially with everything that's happened with my match, and all that, it's taken me a long time to realize that in the end, I just want to be there. And I asked Shawn and Finn, where are they at? Shawn, Finn, there they are. These are two of our friends, Shawn, Finn, regular on location. We can do better than that, right?

Speaker 2:
[10:00] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[10:07] I asked them a question when we talked last about what it is when you come to these events, especially when you come so frequently and you're so passionate about what we do, what it is that you want to see from us and what we can do more for you. I'm going to ask you here as our guest on the very first live, What Do You Wanna Talk About? What is your favorite thing about the fans that you have who are incredibly dedicated and committed to you?

Speaker 2:
[10:34] They are ride or die. I swear. I truly appreciate it. I feel like there's so many moments in my career for long bursts of time where I feel like I didn't necessarily give my fans anything to be proud of. And they still just are so loud for me online in arenas. The support, I truly, truly, truly feel it. They stand ten toes down for me no matter what I do. And I feel that love, so thank you.

Speaker 1:
[11:08] Oh, yeah. You know, I feel the love in regards to your fans too, because when they, I think they came up with a hashtag for you and Stephanie, when my match was collapsing on live air for the whole world to see. There was a hashtag going around.

Speaker 2:
[11:29] But are you mad at it? No.

Speaker 1:
[11:30] But the funny part, I'm tagged in it.

Speaker 2:
[11:32] So it's like they're trying to let you know.

Speaker 1:
[11:35] But I'm an innocent bystander in all of it.

Speaker 2:
[11:39] I know. Cody is innocent, y'all.

Speaker 1:
[11:40] Thank you so much. Thank you. But I really enjoyed it. It's a time where you can tell there's a difference in your fans. I'm sure you've seen it. There's a difference when it's just specifically on X and really it's just on Instagram. It's a difference when it permeates into the live audience. With yours, they've really permeated into the live audience and they're as like you said, ride or die.

Speaker 2:
[12:02] Yeah. I feel like I owe a lot of my success to them just for showing up for me.

Speaker 1:
[12:05] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[12:06] In those moments where I feel like I was stagnant and not really doing so much, but they still they still showed up for me.

Speaker 1:
[12:14] Well, you said something about, you said, when was the moment that you felt you had done right? And I'm thinking about Money in the Bank specifically. And I don't know if that's a moment for you, but this Money in the Bank, you're getting the briefcase and cashing in. It's all happening.

Speaker 2:
[12:29] Yeah. I feel like Money in the Bank was my first, my first accomplishment in WWE was winning Money in the Bank and cashing in on Ronda Rousey the same night to become the SmackDown Women's Champion. That was my first ever taste of success, really. And so I was very proud of that and proud of being able to share that with the fans that stuck by me. But I feel like right now is, I feel like my fans are thriving right now. Do you know? We just released a music video. We got the cover of Paper Magazine. We won the Royal Rumble. We're heading into WrestleMania and gonna, you know, become the new Women's World Champion. So I feel like my fans are eating up right now. And I'm doing it for y'all. I'm doing it for y'all. So thank you.

Speaker 1:
[13:14] I noticed in the meet and greet you were saying some things that I don't, I don't know. You ate that?

Speaker 2:
[13:21] Yeah, you ate that is like, it's like you ate that. Like you just, you...

Speaker 1:
[13:27] I don't know.

Speaker 2:
[13:28] It's just like consumed. It's everything. You did that. Like you did that. Like your outfit, like you ate that. Like you did that. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[13:34] Okay.

Speaker 2:
[13:35] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[13:35] Oh, all right.

Speaker 2:
[13:36] It's good. It's good. It's good.

Speaker 1:
[13:39] I ate, I ate that y'all.

Speaker 2:
[13:40] Yeah. Everyone in the Liv March, like you ate that.

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Speaker 2:
[14:36] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[14:37] Is when Money in the Bank and as far as this weekend, WrestleMania, Legion Stadium, the match that you have, is there something, I always feel like I have a goal, I have something that I want, I want to show this off for the first time, is there some side of you or some element for us here tonight that you want the world to see when it comes to this match Saturday?

Speaker 2:
[15:05] Never. I know it's going to be aggressive, and I know it's going to be like fural, and that's the only thing I really know about it. I just know that she's going to try to beat the shit out of me, and I'm going to beat the shit out of her. And that's really it. I'm really trying to just like stay present every moment, leading into this WrestleMania prep, and leading into this match. It's my first singles match on the main show of WrestleMania for the first time in my career. Oh!

Speaker 1:
[15:44] That's great!

Speaker 2:
[15:45] I'm so excited. I'm so excited, and I'm so grateful. Thank you. My whole family is going to be there, and so I'm just trying to just do what I know. Is there like an earthquake happening? Do you hear all the rumblings outside?

Speaker 1:
[15:59] Is there an earthquake happening?

Speaker 2:
[16:00] Is it just me? It's rumbling out there. I can feel it in my seat.

Speaker 1:
[16:04] I know. It's the energy of What Do You Wanna Talk About.

Speaker 2:
[16:06] Wow. I know. Is that a sign? Is that a sign? No, it really is, though. There's rumbling outside. I'll tell you if I feel it again, because it's a lot.

Speaker 1:
[16:16] So I'm at this point in my life, though, where I feel bad saying this, but maybe this is something that comes with the dad life. I don't hear, smell, or feel anything. You know what I mean? Like somebody be like, you smell that? Like, no.

Speaker 2:
[16:33] Why?

Speaker 1:
[16:33] I know, I don't know. Or like, do you remember that? Like, no.

Speaker 2:
[16:37] Why can't you smell, though?

Speaker 1:
[16:39] I think this could sound way big of an overshare. I think years of abusing aphrine. I don't know, but there's like a whole room of people be like, do you smell that? And you have to be like, yeah.

Speaker 2:
[16:51] What's aphrine?

Speaker 1:
[16:53] Aphrine's like a nose spray.

Speaker 2:
[16:54] Oh.

Speaker 1:
[16:54] Yeah. Yeah, it's not good. Mom, aphrine is not good, no. This is my mother, by the way. This is.

Speaker 2:
[17:06] She ate that.

Speaker 1:
[17:07] You ate. Speaking of, you have your family. Your family's coming. This is the first time singles match.

Speaker 2:
[17:15] Yeah, I had one with Natty on the pre-show during the pandemic, and that was obviously a blessing. It's a very different experience to have that match in front of no one in the Thunderdome versus now live at Allegiant Stadium with however many of y'all are showing up. Yeah, I just feel like I've really earned it, and that just makes it so much sweeter for me.

Speaker 1:
[17:45] There's two bits of synergy I want to bring up, because you brought up this being your first singles match, and this might be the topic you're not fond of, but I'm just going to put it out. And just my first singles match on a pay-per-view at all in WWE was actually at WrestleMania, and it was against Rey Mysterio, who you know.

Speaker 2:
[18:08] Deadbeat?

Speaker 1:
[18:09] Yeah. So Deadbeat, Rey Mysterio. I don't think he even remembers, by the way, because I waited in Sacramento at TV to have a quiet locker room so that I could just go tell him thank you, and he goes for what? And I was, oh, well, WrestleMania, being a part of this, and none of it would have happened without Rey Mysterio, but we don't have to talk about Rey Mysterio. Is there anything we can expect from our boy, who also, paper magazine?

Speaker 2:
[18:43] Dominic? Daddy Dom? Well, we can expect him to beat Pin Balor. No, I'm looking to beat Stephanie all on my own. She's been mocking me and belittling me and trying to embarrass me and trying to question my work ethic and what I bring to the table, says I hide behind my friends. So I am looking to defeat her all by myself.

Speaker 1:
[19:10] Did we drop a Pin Balor?

Speaker 2:
[19:12] We did, I snuck it in there.

Speaker 1:
[19:14] Oh, that's rough. Pin Balor is rough. The other element of synergy is you did something very nice for me, and I don't know if you know you did this, but I was kicked, this happens every year at WrestleMania, so it's not new, but I was kicked in the balls by John Cena, and I never got the receipt. I mean, I got to wrestle John, but you did get the receipt.

Speaker 2:
[19:44] Did it for you.

Speaker 1:
[19:45] So thank you so much.

Speaker 2:
[19:46] You're welcome.

Speaker 1:
[19:48] Cheers to that.

Speaker 2:
[19:48] I really just went in there for it, too.

Speaker 1:
[19:51] Cheers to that.

Speaker 2:
[19:51] I didn't hold back. Cheers.

Speaker 1:
[19:54] And I forgot to mention Wheatley American Vodka, I have the Wheatley American Mule, the Oblivion.

Speaker 2:
[20:00] Wait, I want my cigar.

Speaker 1:
[20:02] Do you want to light up?

Speaker 2:
[20:03] Yeah. Oh, it's right there.

Speaker 1:
[20:04] It is cut. We talked about it.

Speaker 2:
[20:06] How do I light it? With this?

Speaker 1:
[20:07] Well, you light it...

Speaker 2:
[20:09] Is this perfume?

Speaker 1:
[20:10] Here, I got you. But you don't light it like a J?

Speaker 2:
[20:12] Is this a lighter?

Speaker 1:
[20:15] So, the mouth.

Speaker 2:
[20:16] This is the...

Speaker 1:
[20:17] Yep. Big fire. Round of applause.

Speaker 2:
[20:19] I don't want to get... Right? I heard you're not supposed to eat it, actually. Like, I'm not supposed to inhale this, right?

Speaker 1:
[20:33] You ate. You ate on that. Successful. A lot of us are...

Speaker 2:
[20:38] So I got to get it going.

Speaker 1:
[20:39] A lot... Yeah. And you know what? Cigar... So we're in a cigar bar, so a lot of people can tell you this. People who smoke cigars, it's a very... You'll find some people who are real gatekeepers about it. Oh, you're not doing it right. No, it's a whole... And like, Matt Cardona, I got into cigars, and for a month, he was smoking them this way. He posted a photo of him on his Instagram. He's all like flexing, he's in his pool, and it's backwards, and I had to let him know.

Speaker 2:
[21:08] Does it hit the same, though? No, it doesn't hit the same backwards. Is it wrong?

Speaker 1:
[21:13] I mean, it might hit the same, but it's backwards.

Speaker 2:
[21:15] It's like you don't know how to smoke cigar.

Speaker 1:
[21:16] You're right there on the part I don't think you wanna be on, but no, he learned. Here's the thing, if they stop being lit, you relight them, there's no big deal. Two matches, the traditional way... Has anyone ever seen the movie Swordfish? Swordfish? John Travolta? Yeah, Halle Berry. Okay, Halle Berry too.

Speaker 2:
[21:34] What's it about?

Speaker 1:
[21:35] She ate. Oh, well.

Speaker 2:
[21:37] Give us a little synopsis.

Speaker 1:
[21:39] What it's about is fairly confusing, but the beginning, I always tell people, if you ever wanna know how to light a cigar and smoke it, John Travolta's whole little promo he cuts about the movie industry, that's it. It's like 60 seconds of boom. If you're going to a bachelor party for the first time and he's got it, he rolls it, it's a whole thing, but there's no wrong way to do it. Don't let anyone gatekeep on you.

Speaker 2:
[22:01] How are you supposed to hold it?

Speaker 1:
[22:03] You got it perfect.

Speaker 2:
[22:04] I'm doing like a multitude of things.

Speaker 1:
[22:06] I mean typically we can go here, you can go Cruello.

Speaker 2:
[22:09] No, I like this.

Speaker 1:
[22:09] It doesn't matter. Do your thing. First cigar?

Speaker 2:
[22:14] I think I've like puffed on one before, but this is like my first proper I'm going to sit down and smoke a cigar.

Speaker 1:
[22:19] Well how special is that? You get to do it with all of our friends here. And a lot of us have seen it and I wanted to ask you about it. It should have been the first thing I asked you about, but Trouble. Trouble. Trouble.

Speaker 2:
[22:35] No, I need like a little bit more love for it though. Like I need you guys to all. Thank you.

Speaker 1:
[22:41] Hey, guess what? I'll do the whole thing over again. We'll just run it. Hey, so I wanted to ask you about this. Everyone is talking about it. The music video just came out. Trouble.

Speaker 2:
[22:56] Iconic. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[22:58] How do you feel about it?

Speaker 2:
[22:59] I love it. I got like a unique opportunity. I just got asked if I would like new music and I said yes and they were like, would you like to sing it? I was like, wow. Yeah. I'm not a singer. I don't sing. I love to sing in the car in the shower, but sometimes I had a note and I'm like, damn, I ate that, but other than that, I just leave it to Mariah Carey. But I said yes and then they really liked the song and that turned into, would you like to do a music video? I was like, yeah. Then we created the concept for the Trouble music video, which is just very much making bad decisions, causing trouble, having fun. Then we shot the music video like last week in two days. I had like three days of like a little pop star camp where they were teaching me choreography and how to dance. I had never done a dance class before. But I love the experience so much. I'm very much just like, I'm not too cool for school. You know what I mean? These are all things that I don't do, but these are all things that I was so happy to try out and do. I'm so grateful for the experience because I got to be a fucking pop star for like three days. It was iconic. I ate that. Thank you.

Speaker 1:
[24:14] So Trouble, if you haven't seen it, check it out. It's incredible. Here's, I'm wondering now.

Speaker 2:
[24:19] Do you like it though?

Speaker 1:
[24:19] I loved it.

Speaker 2:
[24:20] Yeah? You know, can you sing me any line from it?

Speaker 1:
[24:23] You know what?

Speaker 2:
[24:23] Any little tune?

Speaker 1:
[24:24] You know what? I absolutely cannot. I'm going to see how far we can go with it. But no, so here's my thought because you're talking about, you're singing, you're a pop star, the music, the experience. I'm wondering what other pro wrestlers, I know one off the top of my head, who also have sang...

Speaker 2:
[24:44] Naomi.

Speaker 1:
[24:45] Naomi, all the way back to...

Speaker 2:
[24:47] Michael Hayes.

Speaker 1:
[24:47] Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, singing his song, Michael Hayes.

Speaker 2:
[24:51] I always thought The Big Show sang that shit. Right? Yeah, I thought we saw that was him. I don't think that's The Big Show.

Speaker 1:
[24:58] Wait, that's not The Big Show? It's The Big... Yeah, it is.

Speaker 2:
[25:02] It is?

Speaker 1:
[25:03] Do we... Can we get confirmation?

Speaker 2:
[25:05] I heard it's not The Big Show.

Speaker 1:
[25:07] I would like to think that Big Show sang that song.

Speaker 2:
[25:10] Me too, but I don't know.

Speaker 1:
[25:13] Honky Tonk Man. I'm trying to think who else was singing. Joe Hendry is right. John Cena? Oh, man, that was right there. Did Dej... Was he singing stuff?

Speaker 2:
[25:25] He said like, The Rock says... Oh, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[25:28] All right, all right.

Speaker 2:
[25:28] Yeah, yeah. He did a little ad-libs.

Speaker 1:
[25:30] So, I'll tell you, yeah, you bring up John Cena, the greatest of all time. He's hosting WrestleMania, by the way. That's amazing.

Speaker 2:
[25:38] Oh, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[25:39] Also, Bennett Gaston, What Do You Wanna Talk About? This is a story that my dad told me, and I thought it was the funniest thing ever. When the album first came out, when John did that album, and most people know he self-financed it, he did everything himself, but when that album first came out, Vince was such a fan of it, that he played it on the corporate jet at, like, Max. And my dad had just come back to work here, and he couldn't tell if it was a rib or if it was, like, oh, this is what these jet rides are like. It's just so loud. Like, the whole flight, what? It's just John just, and John was on the flight, too, but it was a very, that's, I believe, the only album Craig would know. It's platinum.

Speaker 2:
[26:27] You went platinum, right?

Speaker 1:
[26:29] It's platinum. You gotta get platinum.

Speaker 2:
[26:32] I'm not even released on Spotify yet.

Speaker 1:
[26:33] How do we do that?

Speaker 2:
[26:36] I think we're working on it. I was very particular with the cover art, so I think the little stall was me being like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. But I think we're pumping it out, Charles. Yeah. Yeah. Put a lot of pressure on you there, Charles. Get my shirt on Spotify, y'all. I want to be platinum. Am I supposed to be smoking this leisurely? Because I'm like done. When it gets to the sticker, does that mean I'm done? Does that mean it's done?

Speaker 1:
[26:58] Well, if I can figure this out. I got it. And she's naked.

Speaker 2:
[27:03] Yay.

Speaker 1:
[27:03] There it is.

Speaker 2:
[27:03] Thank you.

Speaker 1:
[27:04] She's naked.

Speaker 2:
[27:06] I have more cigar now.

Speaker 1:
[27:11] Let's take a moment to talk about power moves. When you bet on yourself, leave the comfort of the status quo, and come back to headline WrestleMania, that is a power move. Just like how hiring Morgan & Morgan is a power move. Morgan & Morgan is America's largest injury law firm. They have over 100 offices nationwide and more than 1,000 lawyers. With over $30 billion recovered for over 500,000 clients, Morgan & Morgan has a proven track record of fighting to get you full and fair compensation. In Florida, a client recently received $6.1 million after the insurance company's best offer was just $100,000. While in Georgia, another client recently received $29.5 million. And in Nashville, another client was awarded $10.6 million. If you are injured by the negligence of another, you deserve to be paid. If you are ever injured, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. Their fee is free unless they win. For more information, go to forthepeople.com/cody or dial pound law. That's pound 529 from your cell phone. That's forthepeople.com. Okay, so trouble is out. Are there any other things like that in this modern WWE that you want to get out there, seek out and do?

Speaker 2:
[28:38] Honestly, it wasn't even something that I was seeking out. It was just something.

Speaker 1:
[28:41] It came to you.

Speaker 2:
[28:42] Yeah, I feel like before my injury, I was very much, I still believe in journaling and manifesting, but I was very heavy on writing down what I wanted out of life and trying to manifest these blessings and I feel like before I got injured, I was on a really upward trajectory and I had a lot of awesome things going on at work. But even though I had all these awesome things going on, I still wanted more. Like I was in the middle.

Speaker 1:
[29:09] The world is not enough.

Speaker 2:
[29:10] Yeah, I was in the middle of four different amazing things, but I still was like, I can do more and I want more. And then I got injured and I lost it all and I wasn't able to make good on anything that I was involved in. And I remember just feeling like, why the fuck was I still wanting more when I had so much in front of me? Why wasn't I enjoying and being present in what I had versus still seeking more, more, more, more? And so I feel like now on the other side of the injury coming back, I'm really just like, I'm not seeking anything. Not that I'm not hungry or wanting more, but I'm just gonna let the blessings come to me versus pushing and wanting and hoping I'm just gonna just be present and wake up every day and just do my best and just see what happens. And that's what I feel like this music video came out of nowhere and Paper Magazine came out of nowhere and all these amazing opportunities kind of just fell onto my lap once I stopped wanting more.

Speaker 1:
[30:11] You said something that I think is really important that I love hearing because it's a reminder to me as well, being present. I think first WrestleMania that I had done the main event and that was WrestleMania 39. Don't know if anyone came to WrestleMania 39 in LA. Oh, hell yeah. But every bit of it, I rushed through mentally. Every bit of it, I was very just moving to the next thing and what I thought would be next and what was supposed to, whatever it may be. And I didn't, I remembered being disappointed that I didn't really take the time, especially on the walk, on the way down. And I find that that's now, I don't know if you guys know, sorry if it takes a little while to get to the ring, but that's, that's what I like to do because I want to be here in this moment. And I, you should already have everything ready and loaded and it's there and you can forget and then you're back in it. But I like to be present and I like to make eye contact. I don't know if you've seen this, but there's a guaranteed way to spot a super green baby face.

Speaker 2:
[31:19] Okay.

Speaker 1:
[31:19] Guaranteed. So it's more an arena shows, but you guys can watch and see it. If a baby face comes out and starts glad handing people that aren't there.

Speaker 2:
[31:29] Oh, yeah. So they're not even watching, they're not even looking.

Speaker 1:
[31:33] They're not focused. They're thinking, I'm good. I do this. And you'll see, I saw one time somebody touched someone's face. Yeah. That's a good word for it. They float through it and I feel like this is the time. We just had Triple H on the podcast and Triple H was talking about.

Speaker 2:
[31:47] Did he eat?

Speaker 1:
[31:49] Yeah, he ate. He did. He had really great sneakers on. He ate in the podcast. He had a really good point about being in these moments. And I think that's for all of us and wrestler, wrestling fan, audience, referee, commentator, whatever every piece of it is. This is our moment. It's one of the reasons why I kind of kick back on nostalgia from time to time because, well, I want this for us. I want this moment that we all have. And just hearing you say be present is really, really nice. And I had wanted you on the podcast a long time because we talk, and I don't know if you noticed the trend when we talk or text, I'll air it out. We only ever talk about business. I have never had a conversation with you that's like, how's your family? Now it's always-

Speaker 2:
[32:41] We get to work.

Speaker 1:
[32:42] We get to work. And it's one of the things I shared with the group around me is I thought, man, like, what a great teammate. Because Bruce Prichard came on the show and he said, be available, do it. Be available, do it. He asked, what's the success? What's the formula to be top guy, top girl, whatever? Be available, do it. Way harder said than like, way easier said than done is be available, do it. And you absolutely are just one of the most hardest working people I have ever met in all of WWE. And I don't know if people know, I mean, yeah.

Speaker 2:
[33:16] It's okay, it's okay. Thank you.

Speaker 1:
[33:21] So there are things happening at WrestleMania that you and I spoke about, that we gave this idea to someone else. And then I saw, such and such as at WWE World doing a lot. And I thought, that's, that was our conversation. That was our, but that's, that's such a wonderful thing. And I wonder where, where does it come from? And I'm gonna shout her out because she's here and I'm not gonna cry, but, ah, damn it. So, all of mine is cause of my mom. So, ah, hey, sorry. Well, yeah, she's awesome, great. But one of the things that, the only time my mom was ever really, really mad at me the entire time we grew up, she's pretty okay with any ridiculous thing I did, but I got fired from my first job at Einstein's Bagels.

Speaker 2:
[34:13] What did you do?

Speaker 1:
[34:14] And she used some colorful language, and really let me have it. And we have wrestling family, so we had money we didn't know about, we didn't have money. It was one of those. We were living the gimmick, but were we really the gimmick or not? But I got that from her, so I'm wondering where for you does this come from? Because I mean it. There's, I can count on maybe six people that I would know, hey, if we decided let's go pitch doing live events again to Nick Khan and present it as a whole special thing, I know you would be like, I'm on it.

Speaker 2:
[34:48] I love live events.

Speaker 1:
[34:49] Yes. So where does this come from for you?

Speaker 2:
[34:53] I honestly think just true love for what I do and appreciation and respect. WWE quite literally changed my life and in turn I was able to change my family's life and the lives of those that I love. And so, like I remember life before WWE, you know, and it's so much sweeter now. So I just feel like, first of all, it's like I've been dreaming about this my whole entire life. So who am I to finally get what I've been dreaming about and complain or say no? That's like first. And secondly, I just feel like I'm so eternally grateful for everything that WWE has given me that there's nothing I wouldn't do in return. Like I feel like there's nothing I can do to show my appreciation or my gratefulness or like just my love for WWE and what it's given me. And so like I will give whatever is needed from me just to say thank you, you know?

Speaker 1:
[35:48] Wow, thank you, thank you, Liv, very much. We were taking pictures up here and there's a group here that's known you since before this. From Hooters?

Speaker 2:
[36:01] Yeah. Shout out to the Samo family. Where's our Hooters folks? Y'all, they have been riding with me for like the last 13 years of my life. I met them at Hooters and they come to all the events that they can and support me and wish me happy birthday and Merry Christmas. They're great, great, great people. I love you guys.

Speaker 1:
[36:21] Oh, wow. Well, my sister worked at Hooters at one point, right? Teal worked at Hooters? Yeah. Crow, my older sister worked at, yeah. Okay. How'd you feel about that?

Speaker 2:
[36:36] Yeah, kids eat for free on Tuesdays.

Speaker 1:
[36:40] Kids eat for free, you know? No. What does it take? What does it take, you know?

Speaker 2:
[36:51] A sparkling smile, charisma, great customer service, the patience of a saint, and hard work and dedication.

Speaker 1:
[37:07] I'm very excited that we got into this territory. Because I feel like I can't get out now.

Speaker 2:
[37:12] I was in the calendar. I was like a big time Hooters girl.

Speaker 1:
[37:15] Yeah. Okay. Unrelated to Hooters, not that we love it, but unrelated, our friend who has the giant Crown Jewel Championship. Have you ever seen the video of us driving in that golf cart?

Speaker 2:
[37:28] Yeah, but it's like very fast and there's like no sound. And I was like, were we just not talking the whole time or were we just like...

Speaker 1:
[37:33] Well, I didn't know. You know, you never know anymore.

Speaker 2:
[37:37] It's being recorded, you don't know.

Speaker 1:
[37:39] But it's real, but it's everything now. So I said something real to you, and you said something very real to me back. I was like, oh man, Hunter told me I did a really good job. And you're like, yeah, I think he probably meant it. Like it was like, I was like all emotional. I was like, I was really, you know, and then, but then I saw you just doing like this and looking around and what are we, is this, are there people? Like what, they said it was right around the corner. It's not, and the titles that they gave us.

Speaker 2:
[38:10] It wasn't right around the corner.

Speaker 1:
[38:11] Okay, no, it was this wrong golf cart drive. We're sitting there and all we ever talk about is business. So this was just us there. And the titles are so big, so insangible.

Speaker 2:
[38:22] Yeah, and I had two, I think you had two too, right?

Speaker 1:
[38:24] Yeah, and I don't know if you remember, but so that night on the flight, the flight attendant had to get some sort of olive oil to help me get that ring.

Speaker 2:
[38:35] I remember.

Speaker 1:
[38:36] Cause I was so not gonna, I had to get that ring on. I had to, and do you still have your ring? Yeah?

Speaker 2:
[38:43] Yeah, I broke the case.

Speaker 1:
[38:44] Oh, that's okay.

Speaker 2:
[38:45] It's okay, it's just the case. I need a new one, Zachary. But yeah, I have it. I keep it in a little satchel, and I bring it to TV every week just in case I want to whip it out. I wanted to use it. I wanted to win matches with it and stuff.

Speaker 1:
[39:00] Oh, kind of old school. You still have the ring, you know?

Speaker 2:
[39:06] Yeah, but that was a winner after me. I feel like it doesn't hit the same.

Speaker 1:
[39:09] Oh no, but it's your ring. Remember?

Speaker 2:
[39:11] But they had one too.

Speaker 1:
[39:12] Hunter was like, you know, you can win a ring and then next year you can win another. It's kind of like a Super Bowl. That was the original kind of thought process.

Speaker 2:
[39:18] Did the last people get rings?

Speaker 1:
[39:20] Zach, did the last people get rings? Hey, we're gonna do this real quick because he's standing here and she referenced him. During the WrestleMania period, how many appearances do you have, by the way?

Speaker 2:
[39:29] Fucking a million.

Speaker 1:
[39:32] Everybody has a lot of appearances and they're all, no one's complaining. Like you said, everybody's-

Speaker 2:
[39:36] No, I'm so happy to do it. I love it all.

Speaker 1:
[39:38] Excited to do whatever we can and meet as many people as we can, and especially the good ones who, the good ones are all on WrestleMania. But that's Zach. He works in Talent Relations. He helps-

Speaker 2:
[39:47] Zachary! Guys, that's my goat for real. That's my goat. I need a new ring case.

Speaker 1:
[39:53] He is your goat. Do you know how I know you're his number one?

Speaker 2:
[39:57] Tell me.

Speaker 1:
[39:58] Well, because I'm 1B.

Speaker 2:
[40:03] I'm quarterback one?

Speaker 1:
[40:04] Yeah, so you are QB1, you are 1A. Whereas, I am 1B with our talent relations squad. But yeah, I know he does an incredible job. Big news, WWE and sports fans, the world's number one sports fan festival, Fanatics Fest, is making its return to New York City. Fanatics is bringing you closer to the leagues, teams, superstars, and athletes you love across four action-packed days in July. Meet your favorite WWE superstars, get your hands on exclusive merch, and interact with the biggest names in sports. Tickets are on sale now and fans of the podcast can use the code CODY10 at checkout for 10% discount. Head to fanaticsfest.com to get your tickets today. This is where I was going to go when we brought up Hooters and then we went all over the place. But you were talking about being injured and talking about, I feel like as a wrestler performer, however we look at it, the most defining moments for me are moments where it didn't hit, where whether it was an injury or whether it was a loss that I didn't feel should have been a loss and could you come back from it? Is there anything you can speak to of a moment where your fans kind of lifted you back up or you lifted yourself back up? Because again, one of the reasons I was so excited to have you on the podcast is yours is not, you're not a rocket on the back straight to the moon. This is a journey of up, down and those are the best. Those are the real ones, the ones who hang in and keep going and you've done that you're getting ready to walk into Allegiant Stadium in a championship match. What's the moment that shaped you?

Speaker 2:
[41:44] Well, honestly, the injury was really hard for me. I took it really hard. I was very sad for a very long time. I'm like a very much like everything happens for a reason type person. Even if something happens that's terrible, I'm so optimistically delusional that I'm like, no, this happened for my greater good. Maybe I don't see it now, but I know this happened for my greater good. My injury, I was like, no, this happened just to fuck me. I was like, yeah, I was like, no, this is not good. And so I couldn't wrap my head around it and I couldn't accept it because I didn't see what good was gonna come from this or why this happened. I had to miss Evolution. I had to miss SummerSlam in my hometown. I didn't know what I was gonna come back to as far as work. I was gonna be out for six months. That is so unknown. I could come back and everything that I know could be different. And so I just was sad and I just really didn't know like what to believe in if I didn't believe that I was gonna be okay at the end of the day. And so I was talking to Raquel and I was just-

Speaker 1:
[42:49] Shout out to Raquel, buddy.

Speaker 2:
[42:50] Shout out to my sister, Raquel, big sexy. I was just on FaceTime just like being upset as I was always being. And I was just telling her like I just don't believe in anything. Like I don't have any faith right now on what this looks like on the other side. And it was just like so simple, but she just was like, sister, I feel like when you feel like you have no faith is when you're supposed to have the most. And it was just so simple, but I just was like, huh. And I feel like that was when I was kind of able to stop feeling sorry for myself and just pick myself up a little bit, but that was like the start of me feeling like, okay, I'm coming back, like mentally, emotionally, and physically. And so Raquel definitely, definitely helped me out of some rainy days.

Speaker 1:
[43:44] Yeah. And then to have your partner in crime like that and someone who's there and has your back and supports you.

Speaker 2:
[43:49] My best friend.

Speaker 1:
[43:50] Your best friend.

Speaker 2:
[43:50] My sister, my best friend in life. Yeah. She's the best. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[43:54] I'd like to have her on the podcast.

Speaker 2:
[43:56] You'd love her on the podcast. She's so funny and she's so smart and she's so talented.

Speaker 1:
[43:59] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[43:59] Honestly, I feel like she surprised you a lot. She knows a lot about a lot of things.

Speaker 1:
[44:03] Okay.

Speaker 2:
[44:04] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[44:04] All right. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[44:05] No.

Speaker 1:
[44:06] I don't. Sold. I want to ask you because you're talking about someone who's there right now in this moment and they're there for you. But you and your WWE, do you have a favorite wrestler? Past, present?

Speaker 2:
[44:19] Dominic Mysterio.

Speaker 1:
[44:20] Obviously, obviously. Daddy Dom.

Speaker 2:
[44:24] I'm serious. He's my favorite wrestler.

Speaker 1:
[44:26] Have you ever heard me talk about Dom before?

Speaker 2:
[44:28] You love him.

Speaker 1:
[44:29] I do love him and it's weird because he'll say something so mean about punk in the media. And I'm thinking, oh, all us babyfaces are screwed. He's coming for us all. And then he'll be like, oh, Cody's a really cool guy. So I don't know what I did, but Dom is the one guy. He's the one. I'm trying to think if there's another one. Dom's like the one guy at work that I feel not cool around. Cause I'll have like, yeah, I'll have like a new watch or something. I'll be, hey, hey Dom. And he's got a giant Sky-Dweller on. It's like just, which is a very nice fancy watch. He's just oozes charisma. And also I love the fact that Dom is kind of trained backwards. He knows psychology. He knows how to engage with fans. He knows how alive, proud, but fundamentals have come after all that, which is a little bit of how I was trained. But yeah, Dom, I don't know. Do you have a way I can get in with Dom?

Speaker 2:
[45:39] I feel like you're in already. I don't know. He hasn't said anything bad about you. I feel like you're in.

Speaker 1:
[45:43] He's just cool.

Speaker 2:
[45:44] Maybe you're cooler than you think you are.

Speaker 1:
[45:45] Maybe. There was a charter flight where I realized, okay, that kid's got it.

Speaker 2:
[45:49] What was it?

Speaker 1:
[45:50] We were coming back from Saudi and Dom was up front and Dom was about, I'm gonna take a nap. I'm not here for this whole-

Speaker 2:
[45:59] He slept the whole flight, didn't he?

Speaker 1:
[46:00] Wrestlers and he was in a hoodie and it was like looking at a guy like in a back to tank. He was just in this hoodie but his watch perfectly laid on his chest. And several people, me, Michael Cole, we were talking over him. Glasses are going over him, we're laughing, people are cheering and he never moved. And it was legit 14 hours.

Speaker 2:
[46:25] Yeah. Anytime I've ever seen Dominik get on a plane, he just goes to sleep right away. How? I don't even know if he's tired, you know what I mean? But he'll just get there and he'll just go to sleep for the whole time. How? He just has the skill.

Speaker 1:
[46:37] I haven't slept more than 6 hours in like 10 years. And 14 hours-

Speaker 2:
[46:43] He probably didn't go to sleep the night before.

Speaker 1:
[46:45] My favorite thing is on these flights especially, you'll see wrestlers, they'll get all the neck pillows and Randy Orton will have a back pillow and a bunch of equipment. His legs are attached to the ceiling. It's a whole thing. But they can sleep. I'll do the little neck pillow and I'll do this thing where I lean back like, oh, I'm going to sleep. And then without fail, anyone who's been on a flight with me has seen it, I fall forward. I look like just drooling on myself. I don't know, I've never figured out the- I've never figured it out. So now I don't do it. Now I was on the corporate plane the other day and I felt bad because everyone on that plane wanted to sleep including Hunter and I just, all I talked about was like, so, remember when you got the game promo? I could tell like an hour in, he's like, oh no dude, this is a long flight. Yeah, I'm afraid, I'm also afraid to sleep on planes with the boys because you don't know.

Speaker 2:
[47:44] Do you think they'll do something?

Speaker 1:
[47:46] Yeah, they can shave your eyebrow or who knows? We don't do any of that anymore really. Yeah, yeah, we don't really do any of that anymore. No.

Speaker 2:
[47:54] Everyone I feel like is very wholesome.

Speaker 1:
[47:56] Yeah. Okay, so Dom, notwithstanding who we know is cool and can sleep and is wonderful, who is someone else's favorite wrestler? Who's someone you look to, I don't know if you're someone who's a tape study type. For example, I get to TV and everyone who comes on the bus hates it, but I immediately turn on wrestling. And it can be like mid-south TV taping that's not really done on YouTube. And if you watch it now, maybe it doesn't hold up as well. But I need it. It's osmosis. I need that. And I might see some of them learn. Is there something you look back at and watch? Are someone you try to steal from? Are something you try to take?

Speaker 2:
[48:38] I feel like, you know, like old school Shawn Michaels. Like, you know, Hill 90's Shawn Michaels. Or like old Hill Y2J.

Speaker 1:
[48:50] Oh, okay.

Speaker 2:
[48:51] Yeah, I just.

Speaker 1:
[48:52] Yeah. He's great.

Speaker 2:
[48:55] He was great. He was great. He was something.

Speaker 1:
[48:58] Can I give you a sidebar on the old Y2J?

Speaker 2:
[49:01] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[49:01] Whenever anyone, listen, you guys are all pretty much in, you're in this room, you're in. I'll tell you a word not to use. And it's not because it's offensive. It's just not a true word is the word botch. Because it's not a botch, it's a wrestling match. No one knows but us, and maybe it didn't look correct or... Listen, it was a botch, but it's not...

Speaker 2:
[49:23] I see what you mean, though. You don't know what it was supposed to be, so how do you know it's a botch?

Speaker 1:
[49:27] It keeps rolling, but anytime somebody blows it on TV, I mean, goes for something and falls, or we don't have to name names, or it just doesn't go right, I send them the same clip of me trying to powerslam Chris Jericho, who isn't running. And I'm falling backwards, so it just looks like two drunk guys at a bar rolling on each other, but then we still got up, like we hit it and nailed it, and it's, because it happens to everybody, right? Do you have one bad moment that you can recall? Are you pretty?

Speaker 2:
[50:04] I'm sure I have bad moments, but the only one that's really sticking out, I think it was like one of my first appearances on NXT, and I was in like the first ever NXT Women's Battle Royal, and I really wanted to do like a power bomb, just like a, oh yeah, okay, yeah. And so I went to go power bomb Cameron from Funkadactyls.

Speaker 1:
[50:28] I do.

Speaker 2:
[50:29] And I just, I was so excited, and I was really like, I gotta lift her, so I go and I shoot her up, and I just like over rotate so strong, and she just like landed on me. And then I think I popped up too. Yeah, I just like popped up.

Speaker 1:
[50:45] That was right.

Speaker 2:
[50:46] That is like what's sticking out to me right now, but I'm sure there's like loads of times where I thought I botched something.

Speaker 1:
[50:53] You made me think about Cena Batista where they... I think that's the rumble gone wrong. Yeah, they go up for a powerbomb, but he pulls him so much, and then they just fall out. It's a whole disaster. You mentioned Shawn Michaels, and I don't know if anyone... We got big HBK fans here. So I'll tell you, being a Shawn Michaels fan growing up is kind of a choice.

Speaker 2:
[51:19] He was progressive.

Speaker 1:
[51:20] Yeah, and it's like easy. He is, right? It's easier to be, I guess it was easier to be a Bret fan. And I'm saying if you're a young man, it was easier to be a Bret fan maybe because Shawn's out there in chaps, and he's dancing, and he's singing his own song and the whole deal. But if you wanna see just some wildness, Shawn Michaels versus Vader is... Oh my gosh, how? Shawn Michaels was fearless.

Speaker 2:
[51:50] I gotta watch it back. I don't.

Speaker 1:
[51:51] Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2:
[51:52] I gotta watch it back.

Speaker 1:
[51:53] I mean it's infamous for there's this big moment where he's gonna jump on his head and he doesn't move and then he screams out, I'm out of move. But it still somehow is a good match, even though it's collapsing right in front of you. But Shawn, Shawn gave me this really great piece of advice once that I thought was so cool. Shawn was a smaller guy, he's a lighter heavyweight. But Shawn said that a lot of fans would come and trash talk him or say stuff and they thought they could take him and that he'd always just give him just a look. And that alone they'd be like, oh, nevermind, yeah, that guy's tough, all right, nevermind. So Shawn Michaels is one of the others, any others that you like to watch?

Speaker 2:
[52:34] I mean, I like to watch, I guess no one's really like singing.

Speaker 1:
[52:38] No, that's okay.

Speaker 2:
[52:42] No, I totally did. Like, maybe that's it.

Speaker 1:
[52:44] Hey, HBK is good. And this got me thinking and I, of course, going on about this Vader match, what it's a total mess. But I am very excited. Are you a big Hall of Fame fan? Yeah. Okay.

Speaker 2:
[52:55] It's like one of my favorite events all year.

Speaker 1:
[52:57] Yeah, except I went on a rant about the Hall of Fame that just kept going on because I love the Hall of Fame.

Speaker 2:
[53:06] I love the Hall of Fame.

Speaker 1:
[53:08] I don't love it's in the middle of the night, basically.

Speaker 2:
[53:12] That's why I love it.

Speaker 1:
[53:14] Oh, you're okay. You're about that.

Speaker 2:
[53:15] I love watching everyone else.

Speaker 1:
[53:16] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[53:18] I'll go there and I'll just sit in my dress and I'm just watching everyone else.

Speaker 1:
[53:23] The Hall of Fame was kind of my first, my dad got rehired by WWE in 2005 and he went into the Hall of Fame in 2007. So WrestleMania is always a family reunion for us, which is cool because your family is gonna be, I think your box is by my box. They're by each other, but I love the Hall of Fame and someone I'm so excited about, even if it's just a video, but it's Sid. I didn't realize how awesome Sid was growing up. And then I don't know if you've ever seen it, there's a really good, just a lesson for a young wrestler. Has anyone seen Sid in Madison Square Garden versus Shawn Michaels? Oh, so it's, you know, lately I get booed a lot, so I'm like, oh, it's an away game, you know? But it's an away game for Shawn Michaels because the crowd was just about Sid. They were, and you can see, you know, when we just lose ourselves and we're not in character anymore, and we're just like, yeah, you can see, because Sid would come out and he'd do one fist pound, but he, you can tell he's like, for me? Oh, he's just pounding away and all excited. It's a legendary match. I'm glad Shawn is one of your guys. In WWE, every road leads to one place, WrestleMania, and every journey starts on the road to gold. Now that journey comes to life with WrestleMania, road to gold, only at Fanatics Casino. The game features 20 WWE Superstars, from Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley to Seth Rollins, John Cena and me. Get your money in the bank or win the Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber with bonuses every step of the way. Every reward brings you closer to the biggest stage there is. This is WrestleMania, Road to Gold, and it only lives at Fanatics Casino. Must be 21 and over. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Not available in all states. See Fanatics Casino app. We talk a lot about the producers of WWE on this show because the producers are helping put together, you know, wrestling as it is today and doing an incredible job and curveballs left and right for many of them. Do you have a favorite producer you work with?

Speaker 2:
[55:29] No.

Speaker 1:
[55:30] No?

Speaker 2:
[55:31] No, I really don't. I love them all.

Speaker 1:
[55:33] Oh, yeah?

Speaker 2:
[55:34] In different ways.

Speaker 1:
[55:34] Not a least favorite?

Speaker 2:
[55:35] In different ways. No, I love them all. I really do. I feel like even though everyone works differently and has a different style, I just feel like there's something still to learn in that. And it might not be exactly what I thought, but also I don't think I know better. So I don't know. I like getting different opinions and different options or choices from the different producers that maybe I don't necessarily resonate with, but then I do what they say and I'm like, oh, there's something to that. They're right. But no, I like working with everyone. I like working with everyone.

Speaker 1:
[56:11] Yeah, we have a great team of producers. Do you have a guru particularly? Is there anyone that you seek out? I have mine.

Speaker 2:
[56:18] Maybe TJ.

Speaker 1:
[56:20] Oh, yeah.

Speaker 2:
[56:20] TJ Wilson.

Speaker 1:
[56:21] TJ.

Speaker 2:
[56:23] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[56:23] TJ.

Speaker 2:
[56:25] Yeah, I feel like even if he's not doing my match, I'll send him like, I'll try something at the Performance Center and be like, do you think this is cool? Do you like this? And he'll always give me feedback.

Speaker 1:
[56:36] He, this is really off the mark, but TJ is really, you know, little Brody is getting ready to have his first wrestling match.

Speaker 2:
[56:45] We've been training in the dungeon. Yeah. We've been training in the dungeon.

Speaker 1:
[56:48] And getting the clips, it's crazy what TJ and Nattie have done. Just, he's way too good for that age. Yeah. You get all of everyone who goes to the dungeon. And then what a crew, by the way, Jacobs down there sometimes. You see a lot of people. TJ, very, very special. TJ needs to come on the podcast. But yeah, no, I was if little Brody had to have somebody training him.

Speaker 2:
[57:12] TJ and Nattie.

Speaker 1:
[57:12] TJ and Nattie. My gosh. So they keep it. They keep it, you know, 100. I don't know if that's the thing people say anymore.

Speaker 2:
[57:18] Foundational. Like, you know, it's nothing that like you shouldn't know.

Speaker 1:
[57:22] Yeah, no. So.

Speaker 2:
[57:23] Wait, who's your favorite producer?

Speaker 1:
[57:24] Favorite producer?

Speaker 2:
[57:25] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[57:26] I want to be. I want to let me see if I can find a least favorite. I don't know. Least favorite. I'll find a lead. You know, you know, is my least favorite.

Speaker 2:
[57:38] Who?

Speaker 1:
[57:38] Hurricane. What?

Speaker 2:
[57:41] Tell me why.

Speaker 1:
[57:42] Because he.

Speaker 2:
[57:45] He doesn't really produce the girlies a lot.

Speaker 1:
[57:47] He's exceptional, fundamentally sound. He is the reason, by the way, Logan Paul is getting as good as Logan Paul is getting is because Hurricane is just, he spends time with him, spends time and trains him. But he got me so bad as a rib would go, and a rib that no one would know is a rib. I, sometimes people bring me my dad's clothes and they think I want to wear them. And no, that's A, that was his, and I don't want it either. It's yours. It's better with you. I don't, please don't bring me his things. He had me in Japan put on this giant dusty robe and this goofy hat. And you're in Japan where the language barrier is already there. Like, there's a lot of kids who, this is just so, it was a very long but beautifully thought out. The intention was there. But ever since then, I've just kind of, you know, you never know what you're going to get. And then Molly Holly, Nora, she is not afraid to tell you that. Exactly.

Speaker 2:
[58:52] That's great, though.

Speaker 1:
[58:53] Because you come back at those, especially those live events where she'd be, and you think like, Oh, that was good. And most people at that point in the night want to go home. But she's always like, Well, there's this one thing.

Speaker 2:
[59:04] That's what I love, though. Nip, pick my shit.

Speaker 1:
[59:06] Yeah, she's she's phenomenal. I like all our producers. I think the most fun producer to work with sometimes can be Abyss because he's almost in that match with you.

Speaker 2:
[59:16] Yeah, so stressed out, so excited.

Speaker 1:
[59:18] And so, you know, as if people who watch Unreal, do you guys watch Unreal? Yeah, he's a he's a big hit on Unreal. No, but yeah, TJ's special. We need to get TJ on the pod. Who?

Speaker 2:
[59:29] JJ.

Speaker 1:
[59:30] JJ. Oh, amazing.

Speaker 2:
[59:31] Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[59:32] The whole crew. We don't have a bad apple. There's really not one that would not get.

Speaker 2:
[59:36] I love DeVari too. Shout out to DeVari.

Speaker 1:
[59:38] You like DeVari?

Speaker 2:
[59:38] I love DeVari.

Speaker 1:
[59:39] So I have this little it's covered up because good hair and makeup. Thank you, by the way, Kristin. I have this scar right here from DeVari. Now, my very first match on the road was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and DeVari grabbed me by the arm and he shot me towards the ropes and he went.

Speaker 2:
[59:56] Oh, yeah.

Speaker 1:
[59:58] And instead of going, hanging on to the ropes, or not running, I ran full speed right back at him and he just put the tip of his elbow just right here and it busted open hard way and I thought, well, that's cool, like, I'm a wrestler, so. And then I saw it squirt.

Speaker 2:
[60:18] Yeah, you had an artery.

Speaker 1:
[60:20] And I thought, oh, no. And Mike Chiodo like immediately like rang the bell and this was my very first live event hadn't been on TV. I actually debuted the next week in the hallway talking to Hacksaw Jim Duggan and I'm turned sideways cuz there's giant cable stitches in my forehead from DeVari. So we like DeVari. I also like DeVari because when we do big pull-aparts and stuff, Heath tries to get his jacket off because he's jacked. So he's, if you guys, if you see DeVari, tell him that, tell him he ate. You know, he's in great shape. He ate. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast. We got a couple of things we need you to do.

Speaker 2:
[60:56] Yeah.

Speaker 1:
[60:56] We got a couple of things that are, again, first ever live podcast here at Eight Cigar Bar Lounge. I want to talk to you about We Call It, myself, Wheatley American Vodka. Thank you, by the way, which Oblivion was good.

Speaker 2:
[61:12] Yeah, I finished it. Finished it?

Speaker 1:
[61:14] We like to consider ourselves the American Dream Team, and I always ask people who is on their dream team? Who is riding with them? And sometimes we've got to qualify this and say, okay, it's a WarGames match or it's a zombie apocalypse. Who is your must have 100% coming with you to the fight you have ahead of you?

Speaker 2:
[61:34] From work? How many people do I get to choose from?

Speaker 1:
[61:35] You can, I'm pretty sure your peer and my peer, Bailey, took the whole Golden State Warriors. So you can say as many as you want to say.

Speaker 2:
[61:46] Okay, we're gonna die, my team, but they're my team, so it is what it is.

Speaker 1:
[61:53] Yeah, they're your team.

Speaker 2:
[61:55] Okay, it's myself, obviously. My bestie, Raquel Rodriguez. Jett from Makeup.

Speaker 1:
[62:04] Okay.

Speaker 2:
[62:05] Zachary from TR.

Speaker 1:
[62:06] Okay.

Speaker 2:
[62:11] Tony from Security.

Speaker 1:
[62:13] Okay, I'm not gonna stop you, but I am gonna say right now, Raquel and Tony are doing a lot of heavy lifting. Sorry, we're at Tony. We're at Tony.

Speaker 2:
[62:23] And Dominic, I'm gonna throw Dominic into there just because how could I not? That's my team. We probably last 26 minutes if I'm being nice about it. But that's your team. That's the team I want to die with. So that's my team.

Speaker 1:
[62:40] And I think that's important. And hey, you guys are the... That's right. And one thing here, a lot of you guys are on these on-location experiences and things of that nature. You guys are one team, the on-location team. I love it. And then somewhere right here I have it. I don't know if I can do this as the prop always defeats the wrestler. Let's see. Not always.

Speaker 2:
[63:03] Oh my God. What are you about to pull up right now?

Speaker 1:
[63:04] It's nothing. It's a jingle from the fans at Wheatley American Vodka. I'm going to ask you to watch it and then replace a single word.

Speaker 2:
[63:14] What word?

Speaker 1:
[63:29] Okay, that is...

Speaker 2:
[63:30] Good jingle.

Speaker 1:
[63:31] Wheatley is so good, I drink it neatly. If you could replace the word neatly with any word, what would you replace it with?

Speaker 2:
[63:38] Wheatley is so good, I drink it freaky. Oh! Hell yeah!

Speaker 1:
[63:48] And you could say potentially after this weekend, and hopefully not potentially, you could say Wheatley is so good, I drink it as the three-time world champion.

Speaker 2:
[64:01] The greatest women's world champion of all time.

Speaker 1:
[64:07] Guys, thank you so much. This is the first thing I've done during WrestleMania week other than bust up Pat McAfee's little studio. You guys are wonderful. Give yourself a round of applause. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thanks for everyone who made this.

Speaker 2:
[64:23] Yeah, thank you. That was fun.