1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - One-on-One with DP: November 24th, 3pm - WWE/Wrestling talk

Episode Date: November 24, 2021

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It's time to go one-on-one with DP. Coming at you live from the Coppull Chevrolet GMC Studios, here is your host, Derek Pearson, presented by Beatrice Bakery on 937 The Ticket and the Ticketfm.com. Happy Wednesday, everybody. Starter Hamid Tech sign 402-464-5-6-85. Honda Liga Hotline can call that number anytime. Feel free. Let it rip.

Just say, grab your phone, grip it and rip it. Get your text in, get your comments in. I get a little, a little, little, a little, a little, some people think that's the CM Punk song. But that, my friends, that is living color, cult of personality. And if you haven't heard that entire album, go, make time. The entire album is fire. Fire. I was going to torture you guys today

and make Nick just load the best starting lineup intros and just play them the entire show. But I love you guys so I won't do that to you. But in my head, I'm hearing PA announcers

from the NBA. That's how we're going to get down with that. It's amazing. It's amazing. That's how that works. You can follow on the Starter Hangman Live video stream. Facebook, YouTube, Twitch. Hit us up, hit us up.

You know the deal? Hit me with a what's up. Hit me with a happy Thanksgiving. Hit me with something, you know, to begin the conversation. We can do that. A lot of the conversation today, I did three shows today. And everybody's curious.

So it's funny now that my friends from across the country now find themselves watching Husker Athletics on a high volume now because they hear about it so much. And so they're all over the country. And so I get these calls from D.C., which is, hey, that's going on out there. I like, calm down. Give them time. You don't even live here. But they're interested and curious.

And sometimes I have answers for them. A lot of times I don't. But sometimes I do. Sometimes I do. I was also asked this, and yeah, Aaron understands it. I was asked Tuesday night if I would dedicate an entire

segment of old school to wrestling, to pro wrestling. And I said I would have to I would have to talk that over with Nick because Nick's not a wrestling fan. So the moment that conversation happens, he handles his business. Like Nick becomes panicky.

Like, oh, you're asking me to talk about people. well, I don't know. And he wouldn't investigate. So that's a problem. But I have to say that to him, right? Like, Nick, sometimes you got to go. Like, you got to dive in the pool. And so anytime families get together, anytime my family gets together,

at some point wrestling becomes the topic of conversation. Interesting. That does not happen at my family's Thanksgiving. Oh, oh, we, at some point, because two of my cousins are the kind of people who learn pro wrestling finishing holes like the one you see at the end of a match that everybody gets all hype for, right? So the one where you know that the match is about

to end or it should end. Now they fool you with it because they'll give it to you. So with the rock it was the people's elbow with Dusty Rhodes. It was the Bonic elbow. Okay. Chief Jay Strongwell and a sleeper hole. And I would imagine that at least a third of the people

listening to the show at some point have pondered whether they could actually put somebody to sleep that way. Now, can it happen? If done properly, it can happen. As a matter of fact, there was an actor who gave grief to a wrestler on a, like a tonight show. And the rest was like, oh, you think it's, you think this is fake. So come here.

And he just grabbed him and wrapped him and put him in a sleep hole. Put him asleep. Dude fell, hit his head. He's laying there, his head's bleeding. And the guy's like, still fake, pal? What do you got to say? Yeah, like, okay, you're going to learn. in the hard way.

Rick Fliers figure four leg, now there's a hundred of these things, Nick. Hundreds. Yeah. And my cousins are the kind of people who, if you fall asleep on the couch around them, they're going to slap a wrestling hold on you. No trust.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, there's no trust. There's zero trust. I'm out on that. Zero trust. So just a matter. And so Rick Flare's, known for having heavy hands. Okay.

Thick heavy hands. So, but his, one of his signature moves is him slapping you across the chest. Right. Hard. Well, I have cousins who, just for grins and giggles, if you're, like, standing against a wall talking to them, they will unleash a chop across the chest.

I'm going to have to look all this up. YouTube. So you also have to look up. What's the first thing I should watch right now? But the appropriate response is when my cousin slaps me across the chest, the appropriate response is for me to do the Rick Flair fall, right? Okay. And Flair would do this once a match. First thing that comes up, 30 seconds of flare flops.

Oh, yeah. Oh. They call them flare flops? Yes. They actually have their own name. So he'll be in the corner taking punches and then he'll like fight his way out. Okay. But then as he'll try to walk away from the, from the guy who just hit him with like 10 punches, he just, he just falls on his face. What is this dude doing?

This is popular? This was popular? This is amazing. He just falls. He just falls. And it's the best thing. So then so the NFL used it for a bit where players would do that. Like if they went and hit somebody real hard, they'd just get up and run and then they do the flyer flat. He like kicks out his left leg and just drops. He just drops to his face, right? He just falls.

And and the, the applause that people would would give him for this. It was incredible. It was incredible. That's awesome. Absolutely incredible. So, yeah. So there's certain things. The people's elbow, which.

might be the worst finishing hole in all of the history of pro wrestling. Because it really is the rock just standing over somebody and he doesn't really hit him with the elbow. It's kind of lame. It's eight minutes long. Oh, there's tons. There's tons. There's tons. So, yeah, there's that.

Yeah, right? Yeah, he doesn't hit it. This is maybe what I had the problem with. It's obvious he did not hit him and the guy acts like he hit him. Okay. So, but here's the one. Explain that all. That's a cell.

Yeah. That's a sell. But what you want to go. go look up Mick Foley versus Undertake. Cage. Hell and a cell. Yes. Yes.

We won't watch the full match right now. Find the highlight clip. And it was the... He threw him off the top. Brough. Oh. Actually, I just, just, I need for you to watch it. He literally, I mean, this is a 20 foot high cage.

An Undertaker. They had talked about doing. something up there. Okay. But the moment you're going to throw a 280 pound human being off a 20 foot high cage onto a table, talk about trust, right? There's a lot of trust required. Yes. He's not even letting him climb up the fence. Oh, man. You got to speed it up to the point. I'm trying. I'm trying. Yeah. You got to speed up to the point where he throws him. Oh, here we go. Yeah. Yeah. G grabs him by the hair. Yeah. It's just, okay. I'm not sure how much money you would have to pay me. Come on. To allow that to happen. There we go. Now we threw it. Okay. Yeah. Like, I don't. Oh, my. Oh, my. The whole crowd stands up like they didn't know that was about to happen. No, they didn't. They didn't. Because it wasn't. That's right. That was. That was. That was. That was. That was. wasn't planned right so then they get up on top of the cage after this right and the the the the the the

the grasp that hold the cage together at the joints yes you start to hear plink plink plink in this they popped off right plink plink well one of the panels that they're in remember these are two 300 pound dude yeah imagine that he slams guy except the panel opens up. And from 20 feet, he throws this dude down on the mat. Now, again, not planned. Yeah. But at that point, the announcer is like, oh, he killed him.

Like, he's dead. Like, he's literally dead. The camera, one, is just getting into C, make sure he's okay. Yeah, yeah, because his head's like underneath the table. But, no, but they get clear, and he's laying there, and there's a thing hanging out of his nose. Oh, no. It's just two.

Oh, gross. See, I'm just not about that life. No, unfortunately. You know that that's literally why I'm telling you. Yeah, yeah. You know, you know you're making me squirmish over here, man. I was right. You're right.

The Jack now power bomb looks pretty right. Yeah, it was. So there's certain things that happen in it, right? And then there are certain guys who the joke was you would watch them perform. Mm-hmm. as though they didn't know that this was scripted. Like, there were dudes who really thought they were in a fight, fight. Oh.

That doesn't go well. Right. Well, that was amazing, though, right? Because the guys are coming through to him. He goes, he really doesn't know this is like. He has no idea. He really has no idea. And the other guy's going, hey, bro, chill.

Like, don't take it so serious. Right. Seriously. So then they did a film crew, McFrolley, who's the greatest, like, and they showed him taking. shots to the head with a chair from the rock. And they had agreed, you know, we're going to hit you with a couple of shots. Yeah.

Except for Foley's kids happened to be there that night. And... They didn't want to see him get beat up? Oh, well, what, squirting off was, hey, dude, it was like... So then they show them afterwards and they show how, like, the post-match thing works. You go back there and they get a shot to numb whatever body part there is. Yeah. And then they have to sew these human beings back together.

What's the most serious injury that's ever happened? Death. No way. Death. Death. Even though it's scripted. Owen Hart, who's one of the great legacies. Okay.

His family, the Hart family is like one of the top families and all of it. And they had him for pay-per-view. They had him preparing. And again, this was live in an arena. And what they would do is they would attach him to a gurney and fly him. him down to the ring like zip line him down to the ring and this is a big pay-per-view well he's zip lining and it breaks and he lands on like you see the corners and boxing oh no not on the pool he landed well he landed his head hit the turn buckle and again this is on paper view yeah

live and everybody's just kind of going okay what do we do like what do we do and the announcer's like okay just for the record that was not planned that was organized um we had a serious issue um he's really injured uh and like he he died oh my goodness he fell from like 30 feet like imagine being zip line yeah and and just yeah it's pretty crazy yikes it was pretty crazy yikes it was And it's screwed up wrestling for me. Yeah, that's terrifying. So people, like, they asked the question, like, the entire time. This is at the beginning of the Internet, where the Internet's really, well, people communicating this stuff.

And, like, they've done erasing where they wanted to make sure this, the video was not on the Internet anywhere. That's what I looked up. I said Owen Hart, death. Yeah. Yeah. Owen heart death. Yeah. And it says what the WWE won't tell you about Owen's death.

Right. Did somebody screw, I mean, somebody screwed the pooch. But this is a family that's deeply touched in this thing. And then what was also interesting with the Hart family is that their brother was a part of the unwrapping of the wrestling industry. Because he was the world champion. Okay. His brother, Brett. And he was facing Sean Michaels.

And the owner of the company did not want. So Brett Hart was going to leave this company and go to another company. Okay. But he was a heavyweight champion. And they told him, well, before he'd leave, you got to give us the belt back. like you got to give us the belt back. So you got to lose it. Interesting.

You got to lose the belt tonight. You got to lose it tonight. You have to lose it tonight. And he was like, well, let me go out because it was in his hometown. He's like, I don't want to lose the belt on my hometown. Like, I don't want to do it. And they're like, well, that's not how this works. Like, you got to give it up.

And he was like, no, I don't. Because they were afraid he was going to show up the next night on the other company with their belt. Oh, that could have been. That would have been bad, bad, bad, right? Pretty BA, though. So they set it up. And he's, him and the guy he's fighting, are going back and forth over how this thing's going to go down. And Charles is telling them, I'm with you, I'm with you, I'm with you.

Except they cheat him and have the referee do a quick count and they take the belt from him. And Brett Hart is sitting in the ring and he's peeved. Like he, Nick, the owner standing at a ring side, imagine that the moment he realized he's been screwed. Yeah. And so he first saw, he spits on it. He spits on the owner's face. And then they go in the back. And the owner knows that he's mad.

And the owner says, tell you what, I had to do what I had to do. But you get one shot. You can hit me one punch. And Brett Hart didn't even like wait. He was just like, knocked him out. One punch knocked me. What year was this? Uh, screw jobs probably 94, something like it.

Just put it in Montreal screw job. There it is. Yep. It's, it's easy. I need to watch this here. Oh, it's 97. Yeah. So, so there's all the stuff, right?

Okay. Right? Like, it's a real thing. There's a whole world. Like, it's a real thing. I haven't even opened up to it. Oh, oh. The, the best part of this stuff.

So that's how they, the biggest decision they can make is who they give the belt to. Mm-hmm. Because if you give it to the wrong person, he may not give it back. So imagine you're in these matches. So you know Andre the Giant. Yes. 7'5, 400, 500 pounds.

Andre the Giant was never heavyweight champion in the world. Okay. Because Andre, nobody legitimately could beat Andre. Nobody could beat him. So if Andre got the belt, Andre would have been the champion forever and ever and ever. they were like no and he knew he was like well

I can beat anybody so then there were all these rules that happened because of Andre because it was here's all the stuff you could do the Andre and get away with it but if you made Andre mad doing a match he would beat you up like he would literally beat you up this is this is wild

so there's this whole history behind it and it's only like I said it was brought up because it did a show earlier and they were talking about this and he's been around it It was crazy. Yeah. O.G.

is right. They had a redo of that situation. They did it with John Cena and C.M. Punk. Okay. But that's also the thing, right? The way it used to work was mixed martial artists would do their thing and then come over and wrestle

and use those arts to put on the show and be a part of wrestling. But now, like Brock Lesner, Lesner, Lesnar went over to UFC, won the heavyweight championship. Literally showed everybody, I'm the baddest man on the planet. I'm literally the baddest man on the planet.

And then he goes back to wrestling because he's already verified. Like he's bona fide. Like even if they don't give him the belt. Right. Everybody knows. Everybody beating you up. That's not how that works.

In reality, yeah. Right? And then now they have this problem. They had this problem with Ronda Rousey when they brought her into wrestling because nobody could beat Ronda Rousey. Like, there's nobody. Like none of those girls

could beat Ronda Rousie. Whatever happened to Rhonda? She's just had a baby. Okay, she had that huge fight with, with, um. Well, she, Holly home. Holly home, yes. Amanda Nunes. None of them went well.

Yeah. None of them went. One of them went over quick. No, oh, yeah. It wasn't even close. Well, because those are punchers. Yeah. And it just didn't go.

Well, they were punchers and kickers because Holly home almost kicked her head off. That's right. That's the one I was thinking about. Yeah. Yeah. Holly home. I mean, but, but, but mixed martial martial art and its relationship with, with

WWU wrestling has been, it goes back forever and ever and ever. Okay. Same with pro football. Like a lot of the greatest pro football players went over to wrestling at the end of their football careers.

And that's how they paid their bills. Interesting. That's how they, like Wahoo McDaniel, who played for the Jets, went in a pro lesson, became a pro. Rick Flair thought he was going to be a pro football player.

It didn't happen. So he went over to the Rock. The Rock played on those great University of Miami teams. Yes. He's told the story of losing his job to Warren Sapp. Like he thought he was going to be the start at University of Miami, and here comes Warren Sapp.

And he goes, oh, well, okay. All right, then. Yeah. All right. That's not going to work. But, yeah, it's that business. Interesting. I never knew.

I never knew it went that deep, number one. I haven't looked into it. But also, I was just telling my buddy this the other day when we were watching the bud fight is that I never, three years ago, never would have imagined. I imagine myself being into MMA and, like, UFC and boxing as much as I am now. Like, the fights fascinate me in how, like, Bud just basically played, like, with Sean Porter. The whole, not necessarily played. Let's not say that.

Yeah, not played, but it was more of a, he knew exactly what he was doing, even though in the first, in the first, well. He was losing the fight. Really? So, you know, are you, we haven't been able to talk about this yet. Did you catch the video online of going into the 10th round? Yes. Bud's sitting on his stool in the corner, and he just kind of casually ask,

I'm up. Am I up? And there's a guy who's sitting near the judges. Yeah. That's part of his team. And he goes, no, he's up. I didn't see that. Bud goes, what?

How? Like, how is he up? He's up. He's up around. So you got to go to work. And the, that's right. The real savagery of it was,

he went like that that that that button that flipped a switch yeah the switch got the flip got switched it's like wait a minute the switch switch got flipped yeah if the look on his face was wow really well that second that second round was the the one that was people were talking about which could have went either way because if i remember correctly the judges the judges had yes he did porter ahead yes they did so if he doesn't hit the button in his mind he thinks he's winning anyway yeah now i don't think he was playing playing with Porter. I think the ninth round.

That was a bad way to say. The ninth round kind of turned it. But, and we still haven't talked about the absolute bizarity of Porter's dad throwing in the towel and then just throwing him under the bus. Man. Like, so if you've ever, if you've never been around boxing families, those are the weirdest dynamics. Like, it, it's kind of bananas to when, when your dad.

Yeah. is training you or when your uncle is training you. There's so many blurred lines for the relationship that it's just, it's kind of, it's kind of crazy. And to say that Porter's dad is not the first crazy dad I've been around, no, that is, it is, it is what, it's, it's, it's a, it's a, it's a close line between the craziness of boxing dads and the craziness of tennis dads. tennis dads who have little girls who are playing tennis.

That's that that thin line of craziness is loud. And also while we're on that subject, if you have not, go and watch King Richard. Okay. King Richard, King Richard, it's Will Smith as Richard Williams, the dad of Venus and Serena. Oh, is that the new one? The new one? Yes, yes, I want to see that one. And it tracks, it tracks them from.

early age. It shows a bit of the bizariness, but it also shows the genius behind it. Tells a great story. They did a really good job of casting, especially some of the other tennis players that were involved in it. They bring in, you know, there's

a McEnroe story, it's a Pete Sampas story. There's all of that, but it talks about all the stuff that goes on in it. And to say how crazy we should have thought Richard Williams was, like for him to say these girls are going to be the next two big tennis players because there are no metric for finding them as the next two great tennis players and then to have him be right like to have him be right who man like he was right

like he think about like how he he was so insane that he said like there was a there's a there's a there's a trainer that says, well, you may have, like once they figured out it all out, that, hey, you may have the next Michael Jordan. And he said, no, I got the next two. And he was right. Like, first of all, you got a young lady into tennis at a high level, skipped juniors. Like, you just skipped it and said, no, I'm cool. Like, I'm going to put my foot in the water, but I'm not diving in.

And then you dictated that you're. kids from Compton that some little girl from Compton is going to become the best tennis player in the world. She'll be number one in the world. And she's going to play pro at 14. Okay. So, Nick, if some dad walked in here right now and said, Defeet, don't do this to me, man. You know, you know where I've worked.

You know what I've done, man. Right, right? Don't do this to me. Right? Like if some dad walked in me and my 14-0 is going to be the greatest in the world, you just go, Listen, man, I mean, unless he's seven foot tall or like, you know, like this. You knew exact. Oh, man.

It was like, no, man. Get this crazy dude out of my station, right? And then he goes, oh, yeah, by the way. I got two. I got two. And the second one's going to be better than the first one. The first one's going to get there at 14. And the second one's going to be number one in the world.

Like, and you go, oh. And then you go, oh, yeah, they're two black girls. Yeah, throw that on. From Compton. Yeah. With no money. So if. That's really cool.

If you want to, it's the bizariness of watching parenting and that sort of thing that happens. But my goodness gracious, he was amazing. Ray says, what's up, DP? What's up, Ray? they were talking about it too is he was holding back a little bit because he understood Bud's game. He understood what Bud wanted to do.

And then slowly but surely you started seeing him lean in a little bit too much. And that's when Bud started really turning the tables was when he got him to lean. That is, look, anybody that's willing to be a pro wrestler, UFC fighter, pro boxer, I see you. Yeah, I'll watch.

Yeah, like I'll be over here. Like, I like to think of myself, it's slightly tough, right? No. Hey. And speaking of last night at the Huskers basketball game, who's sitting front row? Anthony Lionheart Smith. Look at that. How about that?

Texer, who said, I don't know anything about boxing. Well, I've been a judge, so that's okay. You go ahead. You go ahead. DC Boxing Commission. But go ahead. Go ahead. Like, come on.

Like, stop. Like, just stop saying it. Literally the judges said he was winning the fight. The scorecard said, yeah. Yeah, the scorecard said he was winning the fight. Like, stop. Like, you don't have to defend Bud. But I don't need for you to defend him.

He's world champion. He's undefeated. He handled his business. Can we talk about the whole how Porter's dad talked about after the fight? Can we dive into that here a second? We can dive into that when we've come back. How's that? Yeah, that's what I'm kind of interested to hear thoughts on that.

Yeah, we'll talk more. We'll talk more, we'll talk more, but Croffitt. We'll talk more fighting. When we come back on one-on-one. Download our app by searching 93.7. ticket in your app store. You're listening to one-on-one with DP on 937 the ticket in the ticketfm.com.