The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 011 - Matt Hasselbeck, The New Day, & My LA Experience

Episode Date: October 9, 2018

On today's show, Pat breaks down his experience in LA promoting Pat McAfee: Professional Baseball Player (available for preorder still at PatMcAfeeShow.com), seeing possible alien life, and interacting with the bums in Santa Monica. Next, 3x Pro Bowl Quarterback, and former Packer, Seahawk, Titan, Colt, and current ESPN analyst, Matt Hasselbeck, joins the show to chat about The Brand's tough day, what he thinks about Odell Beckham's recent comments, playing when almost dead in Houston, and who he thinks is going to win the Super Bowl (20:00-44:02). To close out the show, the most electric tag team in the WWE, Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods of The New Day stop by in studio for a hilarious conversation. They cover how they got to where they are, what the locker room atmosphere is really like, how they've come up with some of their catch phrases, and what it's like to be WWE Superstars (1:03:32-1:40:49). Come laugh with us. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Grinch and Santa Claus is only a couple weeks away. Thanksgiving, a nice American holiday where you get to just eat whatever the hell you want is right around the corner. And I just got back from Los Angeles, a place that is not very similar to America. Place was wild over there, bro.

Place was wild. Got a chance to shake a lot of hands. Got to meet Jim Rome. That's a legend in the making. Not in the making. Legend already made. And it's like, now I wasn't a huge Jim Rome fan, right? Big time West Coast guy. Huge name, obviously.

But I know who Jim Rome is. Everybody and their mom has an impression of Jim Rome. Ty. Hilarious. Pat McAfee is hilarious. So everybody has one and i've only seen the impressions of jim rome i think more than i've seen jim rome yeah so then when you meet jim rome in my head i see all the impressionists doing jim rome and then he starts talking i'm like

those impressions pretty spot he was so nice though so so friendly he has a studio that's in costa mesa which is a two-hour trip in traffic away from everything in la so he was all the way down there but we get there had a great setup with cbs sports and honestly as soon as i get there i go right into the studio basically and we're live so i didn't have the chance to really have like the the sit-in moment like oh i'm with jim rome because so while live, in my head, I just see all the people that have been impressionists of Jim Rome. And I'm kind of baffled at a second. And I hear him talking, and he sounds exactly like his impressionist. And it was just a wild moment.

Then I go get lunch with him, Capitol Grill. Got your lunch on? I love Capitol Grill. That killed me. He said, let's go get our lunch on. I almost fell out of my chair laughing. Dude, I couldn't handle it. Jim Rome was very nice to me, and he's go get our lunch on i almost fell out of my chair laughing i dude i couldn't handle it because it's and it's jim run was very nice to me and he's a good guy but it's like you're with a caricature of a human you know it's like it's a cartoon because all everybody and

i told him that i was like hey man i don't know how you ever reacted to the impressions but anybody that has every human that does impressions has an impression of you it has to be quite a compliment and he said yeah he was like yeah i enjoy it i like it but for me he was like i was with it it But anybody that has, every human that does impressions has an impression of you, has to be quite a compliment. And he said, yeah. He was like, yeah. I enjoy it. I like it. But for me, he was like, I was with it. It was awesome.

We go get lunch. Bought me a nice steak. We kept it moving. Really good guy. Got a chance to hang out with Rich Eisen. Which was, he had me in the studio for an hour. That was an awesome. Yeah.

An hour and 15 minutes. Nice studio. Very nice studio. That's what I've been realizing. We go to Bleacher Report. It's the nicest studio I've ever seen in've been realizing. We go to Bleacher Report. It's the nicest studio I've ever seen in my goddamn life. We go to Jim Rome's. I go to Jim Rome's, and I'm like, this is nice.

And then I go to Rich Eisen's. I actually asked him, I said, who's paying for all this? He was like, DirecTV. I'm like, oh. I pay them a lot of money. So this is me, Rich. You're welcome, Rich. I always wanted to tell him, you're welcome for this studio. He's got a putting green in there.

The lighting's incredible. A couple jibs, I think is what they're called. It was beautiful, though. I'm very thankful for Rich Eisen for letting me on there for an hour. Ain't nobody let me on for an hour. Several huge laughs during that. Yeah, we had a good time. Yeah, and you could tell there usually isn't a lot of laughter on that show.

You know what I mean? And it was a change of pace for them, and his guys were having a blast. I thoroughly enjoyed you dropping the third hour of the show line. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I used to host the show. I used to host the show. The third hour was tough. It's true, though.

They all looked at each other like, oh, you're right. Yeah. That was a little insider talk, you know? I was like, hey, I've been in here. I've been in your seat before. That third hour does get a little dry, and I'm happy I could be there. They were very nice. Everybody was so hospitable. Everybody was so hospitable.

So, so hospitable. Got a chance to hang out at the Fox NFL Sunday office basically all Sunday and to make the For the Brand videos. I tried to make one. You guys were sending me videos, which I'm very thankful because I couldn't just be recording. It was a busy ass day too. It always is, by the way, and I think you guys

were learning. Yeah, I did for sure. So my Sundays, the For the Brand days, are not a day off. Nope. It is very— Hard work. It's not hard work. People that do the lumber, and I understand your jobs are much— military people, cops, firefighters, I understand that it's much harder,

but it is not just staring at every game, attempting to catch every single fourth down thing, is a bit of a mind fuckery there for a while. Well, something was up, too, because you were texting us before things were happening. Yeah. You were like, what's going on? Your feed was definitely, since you were in Fox, was definitely quick. You were like, what's going on in Buffalo?

We were like, what's he talking about? But having to, just being a watcher of years, just like at the announcer's fault, when fourth down comes, you kind of just, like your brain goes numb. You don't even, but having to adjust and watch. Yeah.

It's a wild situation. And it's tough because they go straight to commercial directly after. So if you want to take any comment about it, you have to find a way to end it quickly

and you have to get out there. So for the brand videos, I love making them, but whenever I'm not in the office with six TVs in front of me, it's very difficult. So we had to figure out a way. You the brand videos, I love making them, but whenever I'm not in the office with six TVs in front of me, it's very difficult, so we had to figure out a way. You guys stepped up.

I appreciate you so much, and you guys send me videos of things happening, right? Maisie Grosby, rough day, bro. Rough day, guys. Might be a new holder. We talked to Matt Hasselbeck about all this,

because Hasselbeck is my holder. You're going to enjoy the conversation with Hasselbeck. You're going to enjoy the conversation with the new day from WWE that's coming up. Awesome dudes. Awesome dudes. Just hung out at the studio here for like an hour and a half enjoy the conversation with the new day from WWE that's coming up. Awesome dudes. Awesome dudes.

Just hung out at the studio here for like an hour and a half. Chill is fun. Yeah, they have a lot of fun. They do. Good time. What you see on TV resonates. They're good people. But Mason Crosby had a rough one.

Five kicks missed in one day. Could be the rookie holder, though. Nobody's talking about having a brand new holder. That is a big deal. The rookie holder is a big deal. They seem to get along. J.K. Scott does the head tap after he messes up. They seem like the holds look good,

but there's something going on with Mason Crosby. I don't know what he's been doing for too long to get these yips out of nowhere. Can that happen mid-year too? Because he was like 10 of 11 going into the game. He had been very consistent and very good. Paralysis by analysis. That's exactly what it is. But Graham Gannot coming in with a 63-yard dong shot.

So the videos are getting sent to me by these guys, to me sitting in the Fox studios, by the way. The first time I tried to make it for the brand video, I went out into the hallway, and I had my AirPods in because I'm a big-time person. I got the AirPods in. And I'm screaming at my phone during the video. That's what I'm doing.

I'm screaming at my phone over the video. And somebody pokes their head out of an editor's bank, gives me like the throat slice. Like, oh, you probably hear's what I'm doing. I'm screaming at my phone over the video and somebody pokes their head out of an editor's bank and gives me like the throat slice. Like, oh, you probably hear me. I'm yelling.

So I would have to go all the way out in the goddamn parking lot, record the video and then walk all the way back in. Colin Coward told me I look like a crazy person

walking in and screaming at his phone. Very thankful for that. I was wondering why like more didn't happen. No, I know because Colquitt had a fucking bomb

for the Browns. Bomb and inside to 10-2 in overtime. Completely changed field position for them. And he talked shit. And he went wild after. Yeah. It would have been awesome. But I didn't want to walk all the way outside.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Makes sense now. I like Britton Colquitt a lot. I like what he did. I like the celebration. I like he talks shit. I think the judo, by the way. The guy said he was going to put a beam on me.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Nick actually brought that up while we were watching. That fucking guy. That video had all the recipe and ingredients for a huge one for me, but I was wearing all black, and it was a 15-minute walk every single time. Do I want to get up? Because there was a chance for a kick for a game winner, too.

Correct. So it was the same time as Ganoe. Exactly. I couldn't get up and move, so I'm in like a bad – I was in a bad spot. I was in a bad spot, but I feel like the brand came through. Watching the control room at Fox is wild. Because they've got to move games from one market to another

because there's rules. So there's like this MKO rule, mandatory kickoff rule, that for Philadelphia and Minnesota were kicking off. So Philadelphia markets and Minnesota markets had off. So Philadelphia markets and Minnesota markets had to be there for the kickoff. That's like an NFL mandatory rule. But Graham Giddeau was about to kick the 63-yard game winner, and they

had to cut it off and send it to the kickoff. So yeah, they had to. And I was in the control room when it was happening. There was yelling. There was counting downs happening. They were like, we gotta go! We gotta go! There was like a full. They were like, we got to go. We got to go. There was like a full panic happening. And then they get it over.

And it's like real quiet, like a calm. It was like Houston, we have a problem situation. And then the 63 yarder goes through and half the room is like, oh, my God. And then the kickoff happens where laterals start happening for the Giants. And they're like, well, what if this happens? They're like, oh, we got to record it then and put it out. But the NFL has rules that you would never think about because you watch the internet just go absolutely upside down.

Like, how could you break away for a 63-yard kick? And I'm like, you have no idea what was happening in that control room. There are people yelling at each other. There's an NFL rule that they can't break. It was insane. It was super disappointing last weekend because if you don't have the DirecTV NFL package, you don't get to watch every game.

It was Raiders and Browns and they were in overtime and it was late. The only place you could watch it was Red Zone. Literally, before the last kick was made by the Browns, they had to cut it off because it was on Red Zone. Everyone was like, what the fuck is happening? It's insane the amount of rules they have

though. It's all because they're trying to make the fans happy. But whenever you get that, it was wild. I'm telling you, it was wild in there. And I was just flying the wallet. And I don't like being in drama. I hate being in drama. But, boy, I'll watch the shit out of it. I'll watch some trashy TV to watch the drama that other people are in.

If I'm not in it, we're good. So in that room, I was just amongst the chaos, just watching it. And there was literally nothing I could do. I was around a bunch of producers. Imagine if you would have tried to do a For the Brand video in there. Shut the fuck up!

The fuck out of here! I couldn't even fathom it. It was very eye-opening, though, to kind of watch that whole thing happen. Got a chance to meet Colin Cowherd, Peter Schrager, Mike Vick, Greg Jennings. I met them all right after their show ended. Yeah, shook their hand. Michael Strahan, got a chance to chat with him.

Howie Long as well. It was cool to kind of chat with all them real quickly and kind of keep it moving. Fox spends – these people spend a lot of money. Those NFL deals are not cheap. Bro, those studios are insane. I look at what we have. You met the robot? Yeah, the thing is just standing right out front.

It's like 15 feet tall. 16 feet tall. Looks like he can still play, bud. Is he retired? I haven't seen him in a while, man. I don't know. He's just hanging out. He's a big boy, though. They got the countdown to all their big games.

They got the Women's World Cup coming up in France, countdown to that. They got the World Series, countdown to that. Why are you laughing at that, Zito? I don't know. The robot's retired. It was a sexist laugh, wasn't it? It was. It really was.

You caught me. I was a little sexist. Unbelievable. Then they have the Michigan- me. I was a little sexist. Unbelievable. Then they have the Michigan-Ohio State game as a countdown there. I saw that. I found that very interesting. I did too. I found it very, very interesting.

It was very interesting. It's a big game. Huge game, but it's up there with the world. Fox has Big Ten rights now too. Yeah, they do. That's why. Yeah. Harbaugh hasn't beat Ohio State yet.

What's that, Bob? I said Harbaugh hasn't beat Ohio State yet. So it that, Bob? I said Hardball hasn't beat Ohio State yet. So it's just been like five years, six years. That sounds like a Michigan State fan. Yeah, it was. Just having a terrible year just attacking other teams. Yeah. Has Michigan State won a football game?

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That Conor McGregor thing was wild. Wild. Bro, Khabib wrestled a bear, bro. Yeah, he. Like an actual fucking bear. Not Jackie Moon. Slap him in the face. Hey, princess.

Everybody panic. Not like that. He wrestled an actual bear. Not patty cake with a bear. He was doing like double leg takedowns. Yeah. Trying to pin the bear. In where?

Dagestan? Yeah. Yeah. Some like terrible Eastern European Russian city. He makes fun of my religion. He makes fun of my father. Makes fun of my country. Why nobody talk about this?

Because you jump out of the cage. Because you jump out cage. That's why. Because you jump out cage and potentially curb stomp a couple people. Dude, it was wild. Wild melee. Great for Dana White. Look, it was wild. Wild melee. Great for Dana White. Look, we're still talking about it. Great for the UFC. Did you see what his dad said today?

He said the sanctions that the UFC puts on him is going to be nothing compared to the sanctions that his dad puts on him. Khabib's dad? Yeah. He embarrass family? He embarrass family. Classic dad move. He's going to end up at the dolphin, that dolphin jail, black dolphin jail,

Black Dolphin Jail cell in Russia. That place is insane. I mean, he dominated Connor. Yeah, and he in no way, he was so shocked afterward when it started to calm down and Dana White was trying to talk to him. He was so baffled that this was even anything wrong. He was just like, what do you mean? I don't get built.

Remember when he attacked my bus? By the way, the perfect audio on Dana White there. Oh, yeah. That's how that works. That's how that works, yeah. Makes it seem like it was a work, but there's too much money in lawsuits on the line. If I give you this belt, people are going to start throwing shit in here. Which they did, by the way, whenever he was walking out.

Dana White. But Dana White having to act like he was upset because he was like, this is a stain on the UFC. It's like, no, bro, this is what the UFC needs. You motherfuckers are falling out of relevance real quick. Conor McGregor, your only fighter, just got worked by a guy that we've never heard of. And now all of a sudden there's a rematch possibility with even more in the line because it's even more personal. I wish they could make more rules.

Like you can't take it to the ground. Yeah. Oh, that'd be nice. Yeah. I was talking to somebody about it on Twitter. Somebody messaged me about it, and I was like, yeah, I mean, that's what makes it mixed martial arts is you can go to the ground. Yeah. Because without it, it's just kickboxing with four-ounce gloves, which, by the way, way better sport.

It's like, yeah, that would be the best thing ever. Yeah, that's just a martial art. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got to mix the other ones in there. And that's where it slows it down. The proper 12 was delicious, though. Is it? I heard Conor sold a lot of it. I don't know if it's delicious, though.

I've heard some people say it's not delicious. I drank it and enjoyed it. Really? Yeah, it's good. It's not bad. Good for proper 12. Good for Conor McGregor. I don't think he should want to rematch it, by the way.

He got $100 million, bro. Proper 12 is selling all over the place. Just get on that yacht and disappear, bro. Just go into the WWE if you want. Go into the WWE. Those dudes, they're just wired different. Like, he can't, his ego, he can't go out on a loss. Yeah.

I don't think they are wired different. Like, I do think they are wired different. Let's, you're a human cockfighter. I said that on Rich Eisen. Didn't know if I could say that. But you got $100 million in your bank account. That is a grindy, gritty sport where you got to be up be up at like 5 a.m., 6 a.m., rolling. I don't think it favors the comfortable.

I don't think it favors the— Is the hunger still there after you've had your payday? Chip on the shoulder, yeah. It's almost impossible to keep. Yes, it is hard to keep the chip on the shoulder when you have $100 million in your bank account. I feel like Conor's the kind of guy that would want to keep going, going. I agree. He's been a poor, poor man. He must be rich, rich, rich. I feel like Conor's the kind of guy that would want to keep going. I agree. He's been a poor, poor man.

He wants to be rich, rich, rich. I thought he had a five-fight contract. Everybody wants to be rich. I want to be rich, rich, rich, rich, rich as well. But then you get $100 million and you're like, you know what? This makes me rich, rich, rich, rich, rich for a long fucking time. I think this makes you, you know what I mean? So I think it's tough for him.

That Khabib guy, though, just controlled him. Yeah. I mean, how do you contend with that? You can't. You have to clip him in the first round, and the odds of that are just small. Because I thought he did catch him a couple times, and Khabib just ate it. And it's like, whenever that happened, I was like, oh, this is going to be a long night.

I was impressed, though, when Khabib caught Conor, and Conor was able to hang in there and take it because he was a little wobblier for a little bit. It was a cool fight, though. It was a cool fight. That Black Beast, Derek Lewis, my guy, though. I need Black Beast merch ASAP. ASAP.

My balls be hot. What'd they say? He jumped like 530-something Instagram followers. It's because Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan gave the bat call. As soon as Joe Rogan sends the bat signal out, you're a maiden. Good for Joe Rogan Joe Rogan gave the bat call as soon as as soon as Joe Rogan sends the bat signal out you're amazing

good for Joe Rogan good for the UFC that was hysterical though man Bellator's got a big fight coming up they're gonna they're gonna have to rig something

yeah to keep up with that watching the WWE come more and more into the real world is awesome by the way conversation with New Day is pretty cool

at the end of this show a lot of football things happen we got a chance to talk to a guy right in the middle of it with espn former teammate of mine also a damn near a dead man you'll hear that whole story ladies and gentlemen former starting quarterback in the nfl an absolute stud from day one and uh green bay packers uniform to the seattle seahawks to the t Bay Packers uniform to the Seattle Seahawks to the Tennessee Titans to the Indianapolis Colts. Now you can see him on

ESPN with his beautiful bald head. Ladies and gentlemen, Matt Hasselbeck. Was I not supposed to cheer too? I mean, normally others cheer for you, but I'm all about Was I not supposed to cheer too? No. I mean, normally others cheer for you, but I'm all about a one-man parade. I do that all the time.

How are you, Matt? I'm good, man. How are you doing? Good. The NFL was insane this past weekend. We got 63-yard game winners from Graham Gannot making up for everything Mason Crosby's doing with the yips out there. We got a lot of good football, Matt.

Hey, it was a tough day for kickers all around. It wasn't just Mason Crosby. And so I really feel like Graham Cano kind of erased the sins for many with that big bomb, that 63-yard game winner. Not only just such a long kick, but also the pressure. You know, being a game winner like that, no one thought he was going to make it, and he just nailed it. Who's no one?

Actually, I thought he was going to do it. I saw him. I did the Pro Bowl last year, and he won that game. Kick, tap, toe, I guess they called it. He was just showing off his leg, just a monster leg. But we also had this game called Epic Dodgeball. And the final two guys in Epic Dodgeball of the pro bowlers that were in it were Jarvis Landry and Graham Gonneau.

So, I mean, Graham Gonneau is out there balling in Epic Dodgeball. I mean, he's taking out Michael Thomas from the Saints. He's taking out Jared Goff. He's taking out, I mean, he's really just, really, you know, these are some of the best athletes in the world. And Graham Gonneau just put on a clinic. He wasn't enough to beat Jarvis Landry, but

I was not surprised that he was able to do it. Just a great, great athlete. So he and I coming out of college same year, we were in the ESPN Kicking Skills Challenge, which I missed the flight for the night before because I was a bit intoxicated at the senior board.

What a surprise. So I showed up day of, and Graham Gonneau, I had known him from, I think, the ESPN College Awards show. I met him down there. Good guy, very good guy from Florida State. And I show up late, and basically I'm like, what are the rules? It was me, him, Conner Lee, Luis Acota, I believe is the guy's name.

He was the kicker for Utah. And Graham Ganoa was like, what do you mean, what are the rules? I'm like, yeah, man, I missed the meeting last night. There was only one flight out of Mobile, Alabama, and I was drunk for it. So I missed it. And now we're here. He was so nice, so casual. And he won the long ball contest, but it's because I missed right, you know?

But Graham Gannot's leg is so big. You watch him make kickoffs. He hits them into the stands every time. It makes no sense to me because he's this unassuming, super religious, nice guy with an absolute hose of a leg. And that 63-yarder was beautiful. He pounded. That was like a 70-yarder, Hasselbeck.

Yeah. Like I said, it made up for a 70 yarder, Hasselbeck. Yeah. Like I said, it made up for a tough week for the rest of the league. There's no reason for you to pile on. You made it, people. I'm just saying the brand was in danger and he did it for the brand. Hasselbeck, do you think it's because Pat puts pressure now on these kickers

with his videos? Do you think that's why the brand's having a rough year? It's just on me. You know what? The only thing I could say is, have we investigated these holders? Is there like a puncher-kicker rivalry going on? Can you trust

these guys? I don't know. That is something to think about with J.K. Scott. He's a rookie holder for Mason Crosby. Mason Crosby has had a lot of struggles with him. It's a whole new ballgame. Matt Hasselbeck was my holder. We had a great relationship. I was Vinatieri's holder. We had a great relationship. But when you get a new ballholder

in there, it can really change things up. Let's move forward. Speaking of changing things up, Odell Beckham, in a wild move, sits down with Lil Wayne on Sunday morning and torches his entire team. Torches his entire team. Torches his entire team. Have you ever seen anything like that?

And why does that happen just a couple weeks after getting 90-some million dollars from the team? Yeah, you know, it's so bizarre. I just kind of think his guard was down. You know, his guard was down. And like they're saying, it galvanized the team. The thing that's curious to me, though, is that interview ran on our Sunday countdown show around 12 o'clock.

So, like, the full interview. You know, the part that they released early where it was like, hey, we're not playing with enough heart. Well, apparently, you know, that was out there for a couple days. But the full interview where he really questioned, hey, do I want to be in New York? Are we getting out skiing? Can Eli Manning play anymore? that ran at 12 o'clock and so you know you know pat you know the schedule there's those

players never saw that interview before that game you know that was they wouldn't have been able to they're on the field you know getting ready to play so um you know i just just – it's good that they're – I guess they had a better offensive game. But, no, I've never seen anything like that. And I think, you know, like I said, I think maybe his guard was down. And, you know, maybe they all had a heart-to-heart after that and they come out stronger for it. I guess that's the biggest hope if you're a Giants fan. It's quite a spin zone.

He came out saying, well, if this is what it's going to take to make the team play better, like trying to be the superhero. I'm like, bro, you literally just talk shit on everybody. Isn't it? It's got to be weird to walk into. I posted a picture of Kazi almost naked. I've never been more uncomfortable in my life. I still can't talk to the guy because it's an awkward situation.

Unless there's no self-awareness, that has to be a very uncomfortable locker room to walk into. I can't be the only person that feels this way. Am I right? You know, someone said it the other day. I thought it was silly, but I thought it was funny. It was like, this sounds like one of those times where, like, a dude cheats on his girlfriend and says,

we're going to be stronger for this. You created this. You created, you did this. What are you talking about? I don't know. Maybe it's true. I don't know. I don't know. A village idiot once said that when you get back with a girl

after you absolutely slaughtered her to all your friends, like, oh, she's rude. She does this. She does this. And then when you get back with her, you've got slaughtered her to all your friends, like, ah, she's rude. She does this, she does this. And then when you get back with her, you got to explain like,

ah, it was just emotional. You know, I was just, I was just lying. That's what's going to have to happen with Odell and the giants. It's going to be a wild scene. The NFL is actually worse.

It's actually worse the other way. Like when your buddy breaks up with a girl and then you're like, ah, she was terrible anyway. You can do better, blah, blah, blah blah and then they get back together you know and then they get married and then your lifelong friends are like ah this is so awkward i was uh uninvited to a wedding because of that particular situation yeah yeah it did yeah it did happen. Thanks for bringing that up, Matt. Jesus.

Matt, who's going to win the Super Bowl? L.A. Rams? You know, the easy pick right now would be to say it's going to be the Chiefs and the Rams. They actually meet up in a Monday night game in Mexico City that we're doing. But, you know, we get all these stat guys, and they throw these stats at you that make you sort of doubt what you're thinking. And one of the stats is I think that teams that start 4-0, I think end up winning the Super Bowl 14% of the time. And so it's probably a good stat in the sense that the teams that are playing the best football right now, it doesn't mean they're going to be playing

the best football at the end of the year. This time last year, Chiefs were undefeated. Chiefs were rolling. They didn't go to the Super Bowl. The Patriots were struggling. They did go to the Super Bowl. Who knows? I really don't know. I know this. It's really fun to watch

both those teams right now, the Chiefs and the Rams. They both look unstoppable, especially on offense. Patrick Mahomes, best young quarterback you've seen in a long time? Yeah, he's incredible. And it's really, you know, we watched Drew Brees last night, and part of the reason that Drew and Sean Payton have been so successful is that they're so good for each other.

And I think it's the same thing. That's what I see in Patrick Mahomes. He and Andy Reid are so good for each other. Andy Reid has already kind of been there, done that, with a Brett Favre-style type player, and that's what Patrick Mahomes is. And so I just think it's a really good match, not to mention, you know, watching Mahomes coming out of college, he was a little bit careless with the football. Tons of highlights, but also some lowlights.

And he's really – I think he improved from that year that he spent with Alex Smith. I think some of the great stuff that he spent with Alex Smith. I think some of the great stuff that Alex does has rubbed off on Patrick Mahomes. And so, you know, the weapons that they have, their defense played great against Jacksonville last week, had a pick six, had a bunch of turnovers, sack fumbles, kept the opponent under 20 points for the first time. If that team is a complete team, they're going to be tough to stop.

Is the Colts broken? Is the what? What did you say? Is the Colts broken? I was watching that game on the plane, and I'll tell you what. Saw a lot of resiliency from a very young team getting slaughtered early in Foxborough, which is a very, very difficult place to play. They got the colonial patriots out there with their guns.

Yeah, the militia, the militia, the Minutemen. Yeah, them, the Minutemen, the this is our house thing, the everything up there. They were getting slaughtered very early. The over, the sneak, the over at the end, by the way, by the Colts. Great move by them. But do you think the Colts are currently broken, or are they just a young team trying to find their way?

Luxon, like, is sixth year, fifth, sixth year. This is no longer a young quarterback. This is a little bit of an older quarterback. But now he's in another system. He's in another offense. He's in another this, another that. Is the Colts broken? He's in a good offense for him.

No, I mean, here's a couple things. Number one, it's tough to go up to New England and play night game, prime time. The Colts have really struggled with that by the numbers. I know they've won there a few times, but not really, not really. And so when you mentioned the Indianapolis Colts to me, I feel like it's a team just that's in a rebuilding mode. You know, you've got a new GM, new head coach.

They're fleshing out, you know, as many of the old guys as they can and just trying to build something, sort of start it over, schematically, roster-wise, all of it. I was looking at the defensive roster recently, and, like, I don't even know any of those guys. It wasn't that long ago that I was on that team, and even the year that I was on that team, I think it was one year later I didn't recognize the guys.

So that's, I think, what it is. They're a team that's trying to have most of their roster in the first four years of their career. They're not looking to have a ton of guys that are five years plus, and they do have some. Those are the mainstays, the guys that you're always going to know about, the Andrew Lux, the Adam Vinatieri. But really, this is a team that's trying to flush it out and to start over,

which is too bad because it's a wide-open division. They probably felt like they could be competitive in that division this year, but they're off to a very, very slow start is randy moss the coolest dude on earth he's a pretty cool dude he's a pretty cool dude how is the chemistry of your new team that is your new team you guys are together uh a lot on the television mr ryan charles woodson Randy Moss, the ascot on Charles Woodson, by the way, each week. Very impressive move. You're in there. I think Ponder, is Ponder the host of that show?

Ponder, how is the new team? Yeah, so we got a great group. Sunday morning, Sam Ponder kind of runs the show with Rex Ryan, Randy Moss, Charles Woodson, myself. And Rex is hilarious. He's like the kind of guy you'd love to go fishing with. I've actually done that. It was ice fishing is hilarious he's like the kind of guy you'd love to go fishing with I've actually done that it was ice fishing uh but he's great and uh you know Samantha knows her stuff her husband played football and you know she's been doing college football so she's probably the college football expert on our show and then Randy and Charles you know they've been

rivals we're all three of us were class of 98 coming out together. It was the Peyton Manning-Ryan Leaf draft where Charles Woodson won the Heisman. And, you know, it just feels like every week something will come up where Randy is involved in a story, and his story is the best story you've ever heard. Monday night, our crew, we drop Rex Ryan and we add Steve Young. So that's, you know, a whole other Hall of Fame quarterback who comes out. The interesting thing about Steve Young is he was such a mobile quarterback. And so some of these young quarterbacks who were mobile and spread offenses in college,

he sees things a little bit better through that lens of being a mobile quarterback. And the struggles sometimes that mobile quarterbacks actually get sacked more, get hurt more, those kinds of things you know he lived those demons he had to figure that out for himself and uh he not only played in the nfl but also played in the usfl so there's some just great stories with our crew and uh and suzy calvers we're doing in a long time she's very very good as well okay let's talk about the um the game monday night football game itself the announcers of these games are elite level right don't we think guys yeah we say that on this show all the time elite level elite have you ever thought about getting into the booth

and calling games and is that something that matt hasselbeck will ever do in the future i remember you called a couple last year i didn't know if that was going to be your thing you're an in-studio analyst is it difficult because this is is like is it difficult to make the jump into the booth is that something where you require a lot of like training that type of stuff yeah i don't know that there's one way to be in the booth. You know, that's probably the thing that I've learned in this process. But as you know, Pat, while I was playing, I called a game. I went and called the Blue Sarians at a game. It was a game Carson Palmer got hurt.

He tore his ACL again. It was Rams-Cardinals on the bye week. And then I was planning on doing it my third year in Indianapolis, and that was when Andrew Luck, you know, got a lacerated spleen or something. And I was starting the next week, and Chuck Pagano said, hey, do you mind not calling that game for Fox? Do you mind just playing quarterback this week? I said, yes, coach.

I got you. But it's fun. Listen, man, I did a game last year. I did a college game. I did the Lamar Jackson, NC State, Louisville game, Ryan Finley, Lamar Jackson, and it was a blast. And I think that's probably the thing I learned. If you're going to call a game, do it with people that you enjoy.

Do it with people that you really love. So I haven't called a game since that point because after that point I said, next time I call a game, I want to do it with Pat Mac but you know that thing that bothers me the most it doesn't bother me as much as it would bother you but you kind of alerted me to it in television whenever a punt comes on they don't even talk about it. Nothing. It's like the wasted play. And you used to always say, hey, this is the most exciting play in football. And I don't necessarily agree with that,

but I do agree that we should not just gloss over that play. You know, like someone doesn't complete a third down, but there's a sack, and it's almost like they're just getting ready for commercial break. Instead of covering the play and the intricacies that go on in that punt. So, yeah, basically I couldn't do it without you, Pat. Well, that means a lot. And you TV people have really helped out me on the Internet

because I make a living off of doing For the Brand stuff on the Internet. I appreciate you, Mr. Hasselbeck. Thank you so much. I dropped the For Brand, Offer the Brand on my last Come On Man, by the way. I almost caught it. I know. Did you see any of the action on the internet? There were some people that tweeted you.

Really? Really? I got to check that. I got to look at that. I'm a little barnyard of my mentions. I'm a glosser. You got to be in touch with the people, Matt. This is what happens.

You guys get over to ESPN, and you become out of touch with the humans, Matt. You got to get back in touch with the humans out here. I'm doing my best, Pat. I'm doing my best. Hey, that year where he had his lacerated spleen and you were calling games and all that shit, my favorite story from the NFL was walking into the Houston Texans locker room on a Thursday night game and seeing a dead body laying on the floor.

And it turned out it was our starting quarterback. And that was you. That was you. That was tough. It was. It was awesome. I had a pick line in. It was a bad deal.

It was awesome. It was the best thing on earth. Andrew was dead. Hasselbeck was nearly dead. And then he goes out there and wins the game. That was when we threw the go to T.Y. to seal it, right? Yeah. I think it was a slant and go.

But it was a great moment. And, you know, the stories I could tell just from that day alone are just really incredible. But, you know, that's the special thing about playing in the NFL. Your teammates rally around you and your friends when you're down and out, when you're sick, you're hurt, broken ribs, whatever it might be. You're struggling, you're having a tough day. The guys around you kind of come together and help you out.

What you have, E. coli? It was a bacterial infection that you can get from chicken, and it stays with you for about six weeks. It was a very infection that you can get from, like, chicken, and it stays with you for about six weeks. It was a very difficult thing for me. Much better than the keto diet for those keto people out there. I lost a ton of weight. But it was tough actually going through, but I'm glad it didn't. I'm glad it happened.

I'll tell you what, man, it started in the Jacksonville game the week before that that we played jacksonville went to overtime my family was out of town and i'm driving myself home after the game and i'm like oh man like i don't think i can make it home and uh and i stop off at andrew luck was downtown so i stopped off at you know at his house like dude can i can i like lay down on your floor can i use your bathroom his mom's taking care of me. I stayed there for a little bit. I'm like, all right, I think I can make it home. I'm driving home.

I'm driving home from the game. This is in between starts. Two games that we happen to win, and I don't even make it home. I haven't diarrhea like that. Who knows? I was in diapers. I had no control over it. It was awful.

It was the worst thing ever. It was very embarrassing. So the highs and lows of being an NFL quarterback that week were, they were real. I mean, like I said then, it was coming out of the attic and the basement, and I couldn't do anything about it. I don't want to laugh at you. I don't want to laugh at you,

but there was a couple mornings where he wasn't there. He's our starting quarterback. Where the fuck's Hasselbeck? They're like, oh, he's in the hospital. I was like, in the hospital? For what? They're like, oh, he's got some bacterial disease. I was like, who's starting for us?

They're like, Hasselbeck. I was like, what? You just said he was in the hospital last night. I was like, yeah, he'll make it. And then we get down to Houston, and I was laughing while you were telling the story about your teammates rallying around you. Because I walked in and I see this carcass with a hoodie on. And he had it tied up like Kenny from South Park.

He's laying on the ground. And I, like, kicked him. I, like, kicked him. Like, hey. And I see this rollover. And it looked like a meth head in santa monica's face and i'm like are you all right he's like yeah i'm okay man i'm like you look terrible and he was our starting quarterback and gets a win it was one of the grittiest things

i've ever seen in my entire life and then i think you had to get a pick line on the way home too if i'm if i do recall like right uh just just your normal iv on the way home we actually strung it up from like uh you know the overhead compartment it's so bad i'm sure there's no germs on the airplane so this is very comparable to jordan's overhead compartments are very very clean jordan was hung over this dude was in the hospital for like 48 hours. We needed an IV too. We both needed an IV.

It was wild that we won any games, to be honest. It was wild. You won on like a 6-7 game winning streak there, didn't you? No, I think just 4. We started out 4 and then I separated my ribs in Pittsburgh. It was downhill from that. I almost went in at one point. Do you remember whenever they had Josh Freeman and that other guy,

and nobody told me that old Cousy was going in for the two-minute drill? So I thought Freeman got hurt, and I thought I was the backup quarterback for the last game of the year. No, no, they didn't tell me, though, because Cousy comes out. What was the other guy's name? Do you remember? Ryan Lindley. Ryan Lindley goes in for two-minute drill.

Okay, so we have Josh Freeman, Ryan Lindley. This is Charlie, what's his name? Long-haired Jesus, clipboard Jesus. Whitehurst. Yeah, Charlie Whitehurst. Charlie Whitehurst got a sniper to the hamstring in Miami the week before. Hasselbeck's dead. Luck's dead.

So now we're on literally our fourth and fifth quarterback. So we just signed that week. Freeman was playing for the vikings maybe nope nope it was like the bronx bombers or something oh yeah yeah he was playing for like them and lindley came out of nowhere in the week of practice looked bad i mean freeman couldn't hit our building it was bad it was very very bad and chuck tells me you know if all hell breaks loose you're gonna get in the game or whatever i'm like bro we got four dead quarterbacks if i get in it's five dead quarterbacks this is the last game of the year i'm trying to have a little bit of an off season you know this is he's like if all hell breaks loose i mean it already starts so

josh freeman starts the game and then there's a minute 40 left or something like that and lindley goes in and all of a sudden i'm looking around like am i one hit away from going in the fucking game right now and i think you have something you had to tell me no this was the plan the whole time jesus thank you i almost started shitting like i had chipotle it's actually a really it was a really good idea about from our coaching staff they were like hey listen we got two guys that just got here a couple days ago we're going to play a game. Instead of having them try to learn the whole playbook, why don't we have this guy just learn two minutes and then maybe a couple other situations

and have that guy just learn the other parts of the offense. And so together we can put together – and actually, Pat, you maybe don't know this, but they had a small sampling of plays that if Pat Mack, if he gets in the game, what would we feel comfortable with him running? And so you actually had another package of plays that those guys did. Probably should have practiced those. Probably should have practiced those.

I'm assuming there was a point. You know what it basically was? It was basically like, hey, throw punts. We were just like, you know how you're playing Madden and you just call like Hail Mary four times in a row? That's kind of the idea. They're going to put you in a punt formation and just throw three Hail Mary. First down,

Hail Mary. Second down, Hail Mary. Third down, Hail Mary. Roll the dice, man. I'll tell you what, Frank Reich taught me a good play action, so I would have busted that out somewhere. I appreciate that. All right, man. Have a great one. Great work on ESPN. I think you do very well and thanks for all the love for the brand we appreciate it

thanks for being a great teammate and that Chipotle game where you played on Thursday night and got a win in Houston is one of my favorite one of my favorite football stories I've ever seen just because of how you look like dog shit and you went out there and just completely made it happen you're a great man Matt I appreciate you good luck in your golf journey

thanks buddy great to talk to you guys. Ladies and gentlemen, TV superstar Matt Hasselbeck. Thank you, Matt. I'll go fuck myself. I love Matt Hasselbeck, man. He's by far the

best on that pregame show. Him and Randy. Randy Moss going to that shit-talking thing in chicago is my favorite thus far we put a hundred dollars in the thing i said next time i'll put a hundred dollars in here next time i come back i want you to have your real hair and they played it on espn disney espn played that i started dying laughing i like hasselbeck though the way he breaks things down he's very smart and he's a generational guy. His dad was in the league.

His brother, the whole thing, you know. Hasselbeck knows. He was a ball boy for the Patriots as a kid. He gets it. He gets it. He understands it. He's on the TV, too. Good for him.

He looks good on her, too. Yeah, he does. And he speaks very well. I'd put him in the booth over Witten. Bro, he legitimately looked like a carcass. It's one of my favorite things. Because I come come in headphones on you know having a good time just like here we go i love playing houston i always we always did wild

shit in houston the stadium was always awesome it was always a rompous atmosphere because i was basically for the division there for a while i'm like so happy to get in there and there's just one human laid out like a starfish right in the middle. I just, I'm like, what the fuck is this? And Vinatieri's getting his leg worked on. I'm like, hey, you see a dead guy out there? He's like, yeah, it's Hasselbeck. I literally walked in and I kicked him like twice. And he had his eyes closed.

He was like, I woke him up. I'm like, bro, the rest of the team's getting here. Like, maybe you should stand up. And he's like, I can't. Ah, man. And he goes out there and plays and wins. And plays and wins out of nowhere. I had no idea he was shitting and puking

at Luck's house a week before that. That was beautiful. He's a good teammate. They say that was one of the greatest performances of all time. What he did to that toilet. It's a dumb and dumber situation. Any of those games he shit himself? No. During the game? The reason why I know he went on a winning streak is because I just so happen to be in the equipment room.

The first game he started, I was just talking to like Frog, our equipment guy, about something. And they were doing the ball selection. So the way balls are picked is there's a box of like 100 balls, and I think 20 of them have to get picked. And the equipment managers toss them to the quarterback. Quarterback like feels if they like how the grip and everything like it. And then they toss it into a good box or a bad box. And I just so happen to be in the room the first day Hasselbeck did that. Then he wins.

So then the next week I'm sitting in my locker and Hasselbeck's like, yeah, you got to come in here. I'm like, for what? He's like, the ball selection. We won last week. You were in there. And I was like, okay, we're going to be like that where this is like a like a superstitious voodoo type thing he's like yeah yeah absolutely so i go in there and i sit and it turns it's like an hour process

because he's going through all these balls so it just turns into like a storytelling time then he wins again so then the next week i'm just i'm hanging out and i'm like maybe in the cafeteria and he like taps let's go we gotta go pick the balls and i'm like who's we i'm not doing shit so i go in there and it was like a win i was stuck. And he like taps, let's go. We got to go pick the balls. And I'm like, who's we? I'm not doing shit. So I go in there and it was like a win. I was stuck in there every single week, but it was really cool to kind of watch like, because he flips the ball like however he would feel. I love the laces too probably.

Yeah, no, it's past the laces. It was like this one, it was his thumb spot. He kept checking for his thumb spot basically. It was really cool to watch. I was like, ah, this is what's happening behind the scenes. this is why the deflate gate is a real thing because the quarterback is selecting the ball like the quarterback is actually picking the balls that make it the game day it was really cool to kind of see that hasselbeck was just so nice to me he shouldn't have been but he was just so nice people here were all about him that year because it was such a surprise i guess you just

didn't see how many you guys were playing so well. So good. I was like, wow, hang on. Yeah, we have a chance here to actually make the playoffs, and we should not, by the way. We should not have a chance at all. He was a good leader in the locker room. Good leader in the locker room. He was a steady voice.

He wasn't a guy that was just a yes man either. So if there was bullshit happening, he was a guy you could be like, hey, this is bullshit, right? And he's like, yeah, where some vets are like nope that's you gotta buy in you gotta do that matt wasn't like that matt wasn't scared to be like hey this is not a way to really run things like it was it was really cool because he was brought in there specifically not only to back up luck but i think to kind of mold luck into more of a leader i think that was what he was there to do and i think he did job well done. Honestly, I think he did.

But when he got hurt, I was like, every time a quarterback gets hurt and you're the third guy, you're like, am I going in? Am I going to be a quarterback and just get slaughtered tonight? The whole Hail Mary package is a good idea. I'll never forget that. Watching that Tuesday press conference, which is our day off going into the last week. We don't have any quarterbacks. I'll never forget that. Watching that Tuesday press conference, which is our day off, going into the last week. We don't have any quarterbacks. Charlie Whitehurst dies the week beforehand and trying to run out of bounds to stop the clock with a minute 20 left

with no timeouts. So it was a terrible decision. We were up and he was trying to stop. Everybody was like, why? Just go down. Everybody's like literally on the sideline because he was running towards our sideline in Miami. We have the lead.

It's like second or third down, minute 20, no timeouts left. And he gets a snap and he starts sprinting towards our sideline in Miami. We have the lead. It's like second or third down, minute 20, no timeouts left. And he gets a snap and he starts sprinting towards our sideline and everybody's just telling him basically to fall, just stay inbound so the clock will run. Last minute he panics, goes down, blows his hamstring while doing it. Blows his hamstring while doing it. Somehow he has to go back. There's a penalty first down.

He has to go in and take a knee. Doesn't even know if he can take a knee because his hamstring is so bad. The only other quarterback that's active is me. So I almost had to go in there and take a fucking knee in Miami. That would have been pretty cool. Awesome. Awesome. Just get the win.

But Indomitian Sioux is on the other side, by the way. So Indomitian Sioux is still there. And he is the guy who would go for that ball. If he knew I was in there. Yeah. He's a Shiano type of guy. For sure. Blue 42.

Blue 42. Blue 42! Fuck you, Sue! Sell it! Sell it! Oh my God, it would have been awesome. I would have never done that. I would have just done,

sell it! And took a knee and that whole thing. So then Charlie Whitehurst is down. Hasselbeck's down. Luck's down. So now we got one game left

and Chuck has his Tuesday press conference. I'll never forget it. I remember like it was yesterday. I was watching it at home and he's like, we're going to couple guys in we're gonna get some quarterback plays and we'll also have a plan for Pat McAfee if he needs to get in and I'm sitting at home what the fuck did you just say Pat McAfee I called my dad I'm like yo dad I think I have like four days to live I think you're gonna put me in the murderer's row position of quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts he's like what do you mean I'm like fucking Chuck just said that they got a plan for me to play quarterback this weekend.

My dad's like, that ain't good. Everybody's dying. I was like, yeah, everybody's fucking dying. He's like, well, you better do well in there. I'm like, do well? I just don't even want to get in. We got an off season coming up here in five days. I'd like that to happen.

So the next day I go in, and Chuck and I are literally walking past each other in the hallway. And I'm like, look, you got anything to fucking say to me? He's like, good morning, Pat. Is it? Is it a good morning? And then he just walks past me. I'm like, okay. Thursday, same thing.

Friday, same thing. Saturday morning is when he comes up to me and goes, if all hell breaks loose, you're a quarterback. So why don't you get some quarterbacks in our exchanges? And I'm like, what do you mean? I heard this on Tuesday. I thought we would talk about this a little bit earlier. He's like, if all hell breaks loose, that's the only time you're going to get out. I'm like what do you mean i heard this on tuesday i thought we would talk about this a little bit earlier he's like if all hell breaks loose that's the only time you're gonna get i'm like have you looked at our season all hell has broken loose we got a guy that was just playing on the bronx bombers starting quarterback this weekend he's like just go take some fucking

shit they're not as easy as it seems no it's not i did it for my first three years every single week with the original regime so i kind of got it so i go in there and they got the backup center and it's me chuck uh clyde christiansen out there and clyde was my quarterback coach way back with frank reich at the beginning right so we're only people on the practice field and i can see chuck is sweating because he thinks he's getting fired anyways he's got two quarterbacks that haven't completed a pass all week and if those both get hurt i'm going in so obviously the first one i'm like psycho and i take the thing and i hand it back to him and then all of a sudden chuck's watching he's like good good good clyde's like good good pat

right right right good pat that's how he talks he's like a coach talk he sounds like an auctioneer so i'm under center i'm under center for the next one and i I pull the, oh, and I drop back in the shotgun. Right. I drop back in the shotgun and I'm like, Apple, Apple checks. Yeah. I started looking over. I'm like, do you want, Hey, we're punting it. We're punting.

And Chuck's like, why do you have to be such a fucking asshole? I'm like, Chuck, you put me in. Just know that there's going to be some schoolyard bullshit. That's definitely going to take place. And, um, I got a couple. I mean, that's genius because if you go in there and you act like you know what's going on and everything,

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Whammy, 25 seconds left. What just happened? I lost it all. I got to go back to Russia looking like that. 2.8 rounds he dominated. Yep. 2.8 rounds he dominated. That was a shame. Did you hear his interview after Conor McGregor?

No. He was like, what are you going to do after this? He was like, I'm going to put my wife's legs up in the air and see what happens. Put my wife's legs straight up in the air. He's a hilarious human, isn't he? He's an absolute hilarious human. I couldn't fathom the type of fatigue that those fighters have.

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and a bag that's fighting back and potentially getting wrestled to the ground, just getting your breath sucked out of you. It has to be so tiring. Like, for instance, I flew in a red-eye from L.A. this morning. Yeah. Three-hour, 40-minute flight, no pod,

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Did you give her a look? I went to talk to her. She didn't speak English. Oh, no. The rest of Los Angeles. They don't let English speak in Los Angeles. But I couldn't sleep.

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Came out on the bed sheet like it was a toga party Nope Just a Sunday night If you had to give him a name What would you give him? He seemed like a Neil Oh I see him? He seemed like a Neil. Oh, I see him now. He seemed like a Neil.

Uh-huh. He seemed like a Neil. He lived a hard life. He'd been there a long time. White sheet around him, walking out from underneath the pier as Jesus coming out of the cave, screaming at people for no reason, going and fighting the ocean with the big waves because there was a hurricane out there, fighting the waves. All of a sudden, the white sheet around him is now see-through coming back to the beach where kids are and shit yelling at the kids batting shoes at little uh sand party things and then the cops come up to

him think he's gonna get escorted out in my head i'm like oh this guy's getting arrested no no no cops just tell him to relax a little bit he tells the cops i'm gonna go masturbate in the ocean screams it to him walks back in the ocean. Screams it to him. Walks back in the ocean. Cops walk away. Nothing to be seen here. It's another day in Santa Monica. Yeah.

UFOs in the sky. Falcon 9 just moments before. Another day in Santa Monica. That guy had a black sheet. Different story. Yeah. You think? You think the cops would treat him differently if he had a black sheet? It was all white cops, by the way.

Just for future reference, it was all white cops. Something to think about. Santa Monica police officers. Those homeless people love the drugs out there. I mean, it's all you really have to do. It makes it easier to be outside forever. Just a permanent camp. Yeah.

Some of them have tents. Some of them have tents. You're right. And they're like permanent camp. Imagine being sober and homeless. You of them have tents that they set up, and they're like permanent camp. There's a little pump there. Imagine being sober and homeless. You can't. That would be the worst.

You can't. You get scared. You get scared. I told you guys this. The homeless people have no fear because the sketchy parts of town that you walk through, they're actually living there. That is where they live.

And the reason why you think it's sketchy is because they're living there. And they're like, yeah, this is home. What are you talking about? Oh, this right here? Yeah. This is my box. Where there's no light, nothing like that.

We live here. This is our area. This is our grounds. Him telling the cop, I'm going to go masturbate in the ocean. No fear. Didn't even think about anything bad potentially happening. What's the worst that could happen? He goes and actually gets a home in jail? Right. I couldn't hear what the cops were saying. That's probably, oh, you think that's going to get you to go to jail, Neil?

You think you masturbating in the ocean is going to get you to go to jail, Neil? You're obviously tripping on some illegal content. You think you masturbating in the ocean. I'll jerk off right here, right now. He was screaming that. Masturbate there. He wasn't saying jerk off. He was saying masturbate the full time.

It was awesome. Well, there were kids around. Nobody was paying attention to this guy. It was wild to me. Me and Sam just stared at him and watched him for 16 minutes. He was at his whole thing. Nobody even cared. The UFO's flying over top.

Spotlight's in the sky. Nobody even cares. Oh, that's Iron Man, Elon Musk's thing, they said. Is it? How do we know that? How do we know that that is just Elon Musk? Well, that's what they said. The mayor sent a tweet out.

That's not an alien. That's Elon Musk. It's like, seems like a spin zone to me. It was crazy. It took up the whole sky. Took up literally the whole fucking sky. It's an impressive operation he's running. Well, the one part, the little twirly part that I saw

that I thought for sure was the reason why I was an alien, I guess that thing just came back down and landed right where it took us. It's one of the most impressive things you'll ever see. NASA worked for what? NASA worked for like 30 years trying to get something to take off. Yeah, and then whenever they would bring something down, they would just let it crash into the ocean.

Yeah, and the only movies you really hear about are people blowing up. Yeah. Elon Musk's like, no, I'm going to get this thing to take off, and I'll have it come right here. Like, you know, it would be like a goddamn boomerang. Yeah, I'm going to make this thing like take off, and I'll have it come right here. Like, you know, it would be like a goddamn boomerang. Yeah, I'm going to make this thing like a boomerang. It's going to go up and come right back right here. Prove it, the government said.

He's like, you got it. You guys let me send up a fucking spaceship. Yep, here you go. Take off whenever you want. All right, here's the Falcon fucking 9 coming at you. You might want to give a heads up to the whole state of California, by the way. It's going to look like a UFO. No, they won't even know.

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A lot of energy coming. You might not be a WWE fan. You might be a college football fan, college football player coming in here and talk. There's entertainer talk. There's gaming talk. There's good talk. This is a good conversation you're going to enjoy. There's gaming talk.

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That's great. That's a good start. Who? Who? Who? Who? I didn't notice this earlier. You got a Will Smith in here.

Yeah, so that guy over there hates Will Smith. Why? Oh, my God. Dude is a hater. Why do you hate Will Smith? I hate Will Smith. Why? Oh! Hey! Oh my God! Dude is a hater. Why do you hate Will Smith? I hate Will Smith. Corny, man. Very corny.

You mean talented? I mean, I don't know if he's wrong. Corny? Thank you. I love Will Smith. But he can be corny and very talented. Anyone can be corny. He's charismatic is what I say.

Extremely. He's very charismatic. I don't think he's wrong. I don't think the man is wrong. That's all I'm saying. That sounds like Reigns to me. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. Don't take his side. I don't think the man is wrong. That's what I'm saying. That sounds like Rain. Exactly. You don't take his side.

I am legend. Fresh prince. What? It was all 15 years ago. What's he done since? Oh, so you're one of those, what have you done for me? The Talented Son. What was that movie on Netflix that you submitted?

Bright. I heard that was horrible. Not the best movie. Best movie of the year. It was good. Best movie of the year Best of the year I'll take your word for it

I didn't like that one I never saw it Speaking of hater You just bashed Captain America Just the other day You Same So people think that I constantly bash him

It's that people constantly ask me And I give the same answer That I've given for years It's not a new development I don't like Captain America I think he's a garbage troll Unbelievable But But because of my hatred for years My friend just gave me access to new development. I don't like Captain America. I think he's a garbage troll. Unbelievable. But because of my hatred for years, my

friend just gave me access to a ton of comics, and so I've got to read a certain section, like the Brewbreaker? Something, I can't remember the guy's last name, but it's his run of Captain America. They said, if I don't like Captain America after reading those, then I just hate Captain America. So I'm going to give it a shot.

Okay, so WWE Super... You guys are superheroes in real life, though. I mean, if you look at everything. The entrances, the way it's shot, with the name above it, little kids look up to you guys as if you're these incredible individuals. Did you all know you were going to be wrestlers?

I like, as if. As if. No, you are, you are. The athleticism of you three in particular, but also the sports entertainers around, is second to none. Kofi, whenever you would jump from things to things in the Royal Rumbles, it was one of the greatest gimmicks I've ever seen in my entire life. I appreciate that.

And I always say, like, I get a lot of the credit for that, but, like, especially the past few years, I'm literally not doing anything. Like, carrying. I got clotheslined over the top rope and landed on e's shoulders and he carried me around the ring and then uh what at the uh the greatest royal rumble was it the royal rumble was it the greatest it was the actual road oh it's the actual road so yeah i got i got uh like again thrown out and there's Woods to save me with a platter of pancakes and save me with his chest, and then both E and Woods then threw me over the top rope. I didn't do anything, so I don't know, but thank you.

At least you didn't trip on the way to the ring and slide underneath him. That was tough. That was the moment. Very memorable. That was like the Wicked Witch of the West with his feet hanging out of the ring. Did you guys know you were going to be Sports Entertainers wrestlers, or how did you kind of fall into it? Yes, for sure.

Kofi, you've been in it for 40 years. I know, yeah, 40 years and still going. And crushing, too. Barely. But I've always wanted to be a WWE superstar ever since I was a kid. This was the only thing I've ever wanted to do. I actually got involved with my wrestling team in high school thinking that it was

actual WWE wrestling. My friend came and was like, oh yeah, you should come to Open Match. We want to be wrestling. I was like, yeah, okay, cool. Came over, there's no ropes. It's like really hot in here. Oh, yeah, I mean, I knew that and stayed for four years, you know. Yeah, I was always told I was too small, you know, and those

same people now are asking me for autographs for their kids. So anyone out there with dreams you know Biggie you were Iowa football player yeah he's gonna go last. Well you're a PhD, a doctor. He's got the best best story So yeah I always wanted to be a wrestler Ever since I was little But same thing as Kof Just always thought I was too small Wasn't going to make it People laughing and stuff

So just played a bunch of sports To try to get some sort of Athletic prowess And then did it throughout college Throughout grad school And luckily got signed Kof was actually there In my attempts to get a job

Oh nice So while I was in college I asked my professors kids if you're listening ask your professors I asked them if I could cut class and go down to what was at the time Deep South in Georgia so me my buddy jumped in a car drove five hours down a Deep South suit on resume in hand open up the door in the middle of practice and it was like you know in movies when you walk into the wrong party in the record 100 like that that's exactly what it was it was legit in the ring i was in the ring like we were

running a drill and then the door swings open and it wasn't the mailman everyone's just like what this bright young man you know eyes wide open you know uh resume in hand which we all laughed at but then when you think about it like when you're going to look for a job, you're supposed to bring your resume like he's in the right. You know, we were just like, why? Why is he here? Hindsight's always. So I dropped my my resume off and they're like, you know what? Come down next week.

We'll put you on the show and see what you got, kid. And I'm like 19 years old, like freaking out. Like, yes, I'm going to I'm going to get signed. I'm going to get a contract. Next morning, I wake up to a text saying, what did you kid and i'm like 19 years old like freaking out like yes i'm gonna i'm gonna get signed i'm gonna get a contract next morning i wake up to a text saying what did you do i'm like what i looked on the internet wwe pulls out of deep south so no more developmental right there the day after you what the day after i was down you opened that door the wwe walked right the fuck out exactly what is this get out of here So then fast forward Like I don't know

Two years later Maybe three years I find what is New developmental FCW in Florida So again drive down Now to Florida So even further

From where? We're in South Carolina At the time Okay So drive down there Find the place I'm legit driving around For like three

Four hours in the area Just like looking at buildings That might be able to be big enough to have wrestling rings. Finally I find this place. I walk in again. Same exact thing happens. I got my resume in my hand and Kofi's in the ring again doing this.

Oh, this guy again. Oh, he's got his resume again. Resume. Same suit. Yeah. WWE is out of here tomorrow by the way. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then luckily a little while later I ended up getting a job, and now we're sitting here doing this podcast with you. That's awesome.

You guys are such an incredible threesome, though. Well, yeah. Pause, pause. No, that's not wrong. No, that's 100% right. 2018, so what? Whenever you guys were placed together, it was a really cool thing, though, because the personalities were just so perfect.

Biggie, you were the muscle there for a while. You still are, actually. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I didn't lose the muscle. Huge. You might be the most powerful-looking human. I don't know. In general, probably are in real life.

But as a human who's hung around a lot of monster humans in my life, whenever you walked out the first time in WWE, I remember thinking like, yo, that dude is just another creature. That dude is a human that they do not make them all equal. You look like the strongest human of all time. I appreciate that. And then it turned out it was true.

You're just carrying humans around, and then you have this incredible personality in your intro that you come out before the music hits. You're great on the microphone, too. You're, like, meant to be a wrestler. I'd assume that's what the dream was your entire life. No. Well, so the reason I always go last when we tell these, like, origin stories is they both were always told they're too small, worked their whole lives to get here.

I legit was on campus at the time. I was done playing ball at Iowa. But someone legit came up to me and said, hey, do you want to try this? I was like, I guess. That's legit my story. That's my origin story. But yeah, yeah. So essentially, without getting into too much boring detail,

is Mike Doty, who is a booster at Iowa and close with the wrestling program, friends with Coach Gable. He came up to me because I play ball with Mike Humple, who was friends with him. And legit, I was in grad school at the time. I had a bunch of knee injuries playing ball. I tore both my ACLs, broke my right patella, tore my left pec in two and a half years.

I was like, all right, this football thing just ain't working for me right now. But I just was in grad school at the time, and legit someone just came up to me and was like, hey, WWE's looking for guys. You want to give this a shot? And I was like, Yeah, let's try it. And then I got signed from there. But I grew up, I was a fan as a kid, and I watched a lot of WCW. Goldberg was my favorite.

I met him at a signing when I was like 10 or 11. But I just never, it's a weird thing to me to think, Oh, I want to be a wrestler. Like, you watch it, and it's like, okay, this is cool. But I never once thought this is a job I could once have. It never crossed my mind, that's ridiculous. Have you looked at yourself? Now I get it, now I understand. But yeah, I mean, I've been working out since I was 12,

like working out for real, like five, six days a week. And I just, muscle grew from that. Seems like it's paid off. Yeah, yeah. I have not. How's the injuries been since you joined WWE? Because this schedule is insane. What you guys do is

absolutely insane. No offseason. No offseason. It's all year round. Baron Corbin was a teammate of mine with Colts my rookie year and I just sent him a text like a couple weeks ago and I was like, when WWE 2K19 came out, it was, my friend back there is an incredible

gamer and he had never lost in 2K ever in his life. So then he plays, he plays as Baron Corbin and loses. So I send a text to him and I'm like, yo man, maybe train a little bit more so my guy doesn't lose with you in a video game.

Maybe get after a little bit more in the offseason. He's like, there is no offseason, Pat. Get off the track. And I was like, hilarious answer from you, but it's real. The schedule, although it's not like back in the day, I assume the road warriors were like, we used to drive this every 360 days. You guys are putting on shows four nights a week, three nights a week. Has the body been able to hold up after all your injuries in college

and stuff like that? Yeah, shockingly, I feel great. I don't know why, but I feel great. It's a different grind from football. For some reason, for me, just like when I got to college, my body just fell apart. But it's definitely, like you said, there's no off season. So it's different. I don't know why this works better for my body, but most guys will tell you this is like, I talked to Bray about it and talked to some of the other guys that play college ball, and Bray said this is harder on his body than college ball was. But it's also like one of the things that's been a saving grace for us is this three of

us. Somehow we conned the company into allowing three of us to be in a tag team. This is months before. Tag team champions, three of you, by the way. Incredible. Right. This is before we ever got on TV. Months before. So we pitched this group

a while ago and we conned Hayes into letting us work on the road. So we got to before you ever saw us as a trio we spent maybe what

four to five months maybe about half a year just doing house shows without a name or anything and we were doing tags. So on the live events we'll do typically three live events a week,

and that means we're doing tag matches, usually with a lot of nonsense, so not a ton of bumping. And then every third day, you'll be on the floor. So usually the first day is me and Kof. Second day is me and Woods. Third day, I'm just on the floor, usually humping the floors, honestly. Just by myself. Hey, a lot of hip thrusting by you.

Honestly, yeah. Yeah, yeah. A lot of hip thrusting. Very flexible. Honestly, yeah. It's genetic. He just got real right there. Between that and all the promos we do,

we don't really put a lot of mileage on our bodies as far as wrestling. So we've been really fortunate to not really do a whole lot. Don't tell anybody. Who's the brains behind the whole thing? Is it a collaborative effort? Because some of the stuff you guys have come up with, some of the best catchphrases stuff in the last 10 years probably is from you guys, to be honest.

The who, who, it's been waiting there. It's been sitting there for all these years. And as soon as you guys started doing it, I was like, oh, that's genius. And any time you hear the word who, it's just like there for all these years and as soon as you guys started doing it was like oh that's genius like that is absolutely and anytime you hear the word who it's just like the steve austin what anytime you hear the who it's hard not to just go whoo whoo and then the intro that you give in every city it's the whole place is screaming it so is it a collaborative effort who is the brains behind it uh i mean it's me well. Well, explain. So we all contribute. But as far as the originator

of the idea, Woods was the one who came up with the faction idea. And I always say that it's a collaborative effort, and then E said, if I don't start taking credit, he's going to start taking credit. I respect that. I respect it a lot. It definitely comes together with something from each of us,

and I feel like the three of us work together because we are extremely similar, but we're also extremely different. Kofi and I are usually on the extremes of each end. And then it's whoever can convince E for that third move. I can be swayed. So it works out very well because Kofi is one of the kindest, most gentlest, if that's a word. Just greatest humans I've ever met in my life. And I'm just a complete piece of trash. Just a scumbag.

And so E being in the middle, it really allows us to kind of see things from all perspectives, and we never really just rush into things without thinking about them, because we always have a group vote regardless of what it is that we do. That's why three people works. Hold on. Yeah, because there's the odd number there.'m thinking of them sitting around all right i get this idea bootios i need to hear a yay or a nay from everybody before we move forward

kofi you and yeah yeah bootios i'm all in biggie's like i don't know what are we gonna be doing and then i i think of the round table of you guys voting for it, just being like a survivor type situation. I'll tell you what, E, you're the swing vote here. I don't know if we're going to make it. Bootios and then pancakes. Here we are. It's a booty situation.

Pancake booty is something that people, I don't know if that's where this came from. Yeah. Okay, good. That's it. Chappelle, Chappelle, shout out. But you, Kofi,

you throw these pancakes and we saw this at, I saw it. I got hit with one at WrestleMania. Yeah. Oh, nice. Congrats.

And I was aiming for it. Congrats. It's like being blessed. There he is. It's like the people. So great. But whenever, now I'm a person who enjoys observing things right it's uh i enjoy it a lot so i watch you throw these pancakes and then i start like

actually watching you throw it and i'm like oh he's really trying to like put some real juice on it like you're at and i see you like targeting people and like attempting to hit them it's like your own little game that's happening out there and i've never seen a frisbee or a pancake tossed as accurately or as impressive as you are and i can't wait we're about to do something in this office where i'll make a donation if you can do it but when did the pancake thing just become a thing like when did that because they're there for a little bit you were dumping them out of boxes and then the platter came and then just hucking pancakes around the arena i don't know how you get that cleared in 2018. But it happens.

Here we are. We don't either. It's a beautiful thing to watch, though. Yeah. So it was actually the reverse of that. The platter came before the box. Oh, there we go. Get your facts right.

Yeah, it's very recent. Very important. We're done. Before the platter. But we actually had like a lumberjack match where myself and E were taking on Kevin Owens and Sam Zane. And there was a lumberjack match. And, of course, you know, so Woods was on the outside and took the role of chief lumberjack. Respect, by the way.

Well, yes, because I'm on the team, but I'm also a lumberjack, so I'm in charge on the floor. More than the people on the floor, so you let them know who's in charge. He's the Chief Jack. He was the Chief Jack. And, of course, you know, you think of lumberjacks, what do you think of? You think of flannel. So we had the flannel, sleeveless.

Also had the hat on, too, if I recall correctly, right? Some jeans looking like a real lumberjack. But what do lumberjacks eat? Paul Bunyan. Pancakes. They don't eat Paul Bunyan. Oh, Paul Bunyan. Paul Bunyan eats pancakes.

But pancakes, yes. Yo, they house Paul Bunyan. They ate him. But, okay, so with that, so I'm fully dressed like in the cosplay. We tried to get a beard cleared. They're like, that's a little much. I feel like a few hours before we went out, E's looking at me. He goes, shouldn't you have pancakes?

And we're like, well, of course. And then we had the pancakes, and then the next week, for some reason, we were just like, he goes, you want to do pancakes again? Yeah, sure. And then we went and asked Vince, and he goes, can we throw pancakes out? Because we did it last week. He goes, do you want to?

I said, yeah. He goes, all right. And now it's like eight months later okay as a guy who drove from south carolina to deep south and then to florida is it a wild thought just you open the door of the resume at one point and now you're walking up to vincent kennedy mcmahon a uh i was thinking about we should throw pancakes is that a why is it a wild world do you like think about it all it all it used to be very surreal now it's like it's it's normal obviously because it's our everyday but uh it's it's still strange to me that we get to go out and do what we do because like you said kofi's trying to beam people with pancakes that's what it is like people don't know we're not

throwing pancakes to them like we've hit so him. We're throwing pancakes at him. Like, we've hit so many people who have been, like, texting on their phones. Right in the face. Oh! We're trying to maim. Yeah. Keep your head on a swivel when you go out there. So do you guys score?

That's probably what happened to him. I was taking a video for the Instagram and a pancake hit my phone. Hit me right in the arm. Bam. And I was aiming for that arm. He asked a great question. He said, do we keep score? We need to start keeping score.

You're going to win. A dry erase board? A dry erase board? Some people now have the hit me with a pancake, and they'll cut a hole on their sign and what they're facing. I'm like, oh, this is great. Give me a target. So I used to be punter, kicker, and there used to be balls

that I thought was very good and that I would miss. Is there times where you throw and you think you're spot on and you miss and you're like, I'm losing it. I'm losing it. It's not that you're losing it. We have a big tray, so there's always, you know, multiple chances and you really have to adjust because you don't know what the air in the building is going to be like. You know, you don't know what the altitude. We were in Denver a couple weeks ago. The altitude, the altitude a little bit different, a little bit different than being in Kentucky.

You have to throw the first pancake out there and adjust. It's like playing golf when they take the grass and they dangle it down. You see where the wind is at? You throw one pancake and then you make the adjustment. How do you get the right consistency? Who makes the pancakes? Mr. Bootyworth

is our chef. All our pancakes. That little kid that was in the... That's a grown man. He's older than all of us. Hey, good skin care. He looks like a 12-year-old out there. That guy makes the pancakes. He does. He's the best.

We found him when he was 13. On the streets. Selling his body. What do you want to be when you grow up? He's the best. We found him when he was 13. On the streets. On the streets. We nursed him back to health. Selling his body. It was rough. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a doctor, a lawyer, maybe sell my body. Better idea.

You make pancakes for us. I make pancakes for us now. He was hurting just shivering on the corner. Come to us. Smackdown is at Banker's Life this evening. What should people be expecting? Should people take signs for you to hit them with pancakes?

What should people do? 100% bring signs. The great thing about a WWE show, and I always say this, is that if you've never been, it's awesome, man, because you go there and it's like this huge athletic contest and storytelling and pyrotechnics, sometimes. The budget. Not so much anymore. But every now and then there's a lot of pyrotechnics and loud music.

And it's a place where it's okay to go and just be crazy. You know what I'm saying? You cheer for the people who you like. You boo the people who you don't like. You go out there and just have a good time. We see all those signs. As small as you think your sign is, we notice those, like, even in the top deck. So, you know, come out and have fun, man.

It's just awesome. Oh, by the way, one of my favorite signs. You remember the one with the butt cheeks and the person can move the butt cheeks? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's great. With the little stick. Oh, people are so creative. Yeah, yeah, it's great.

It's great. It really is. It really is. Well, thank you for everything, the entertainment that you've brought to the world through the WWE. You guys are incredible. Incredible trio. Do you guys have any questions for these athletes? I have my fucking pancake question.

Because yesterday we dealt with it. He's been struggling. They've been trying to find you these pancakes. We were thinking you had to get the right consistency. We ordered it yesterday. It was very important. It was a full panic mode because some of them were crumbling

when we were trying to throw them. I thought that's the first month of us throwing pancakes. Then we realized, ah. Is it in the overmixing? We don't cook them now. We don't cook them. Mr. Bootyworth cooks them. He'd have to tell you about the consistency.

But you know what also helps? Sometimes when they come out and they're fresh, they're a little bit harder to throw. So we might let them sit six, seven hours. You know? We got some that are like 24 hours. Oh, perfect. They'll stiffen up a little bit.

And people will eat them. Do you guys have anything cooking right now, if that makes sense? Because you had the booty-o cereal. Then you moved to the pancakes. Is there anything that the Survivor voter panel is currently? I'll tell you one thing. The fact that we don't have an IHOP sponsorship Someone come through

That's what booty is Booty That's on me That's the sales people He'll spit in your meal Booty work As far as anything cooking Things that we do

I want to say that there's these three or four grueling months of planning and figuring out arcs for things. Like at month two, we can do this. At month four, we can do that. Dude, Booty O's came about because we saw a sign that someone put us on a Wheaties box one day. And then like, what, two weeks later? It's really crazy to think about this whole story, right? So we needed a new t-shirt. Merch game, by the way.

Great business. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, we tried. Buy a shirt now, pay back the shirt. We tried. We tried. But so we were sitting at a table. Actually, I'm not sure where Woods was, but me and he were sitting at the table.

And we're like, hey. No, did you? You know. No. We're like, hey, we know we need to come up with this shirt oh well you see last night someone had the Wheaties box he said tonight the Wheaties box with our pictures on it maybe we have like a t-shirt with the cereal with our pictures on it like all that yeah that's really cool then we're just marinating he's like oh how about booty oh I'm like Genius, you know? So, like... I thought it might have been booty sweat from Tropic Thunder. So, like, eight hours later, we see Woods at the building, and I'm so excited to tell him about this.

I'm like, hey, me and E were sitting down at the table. We came up with this great idea. You know how we saw the cereal with our faces on it? And before I could even finish the sentence, like, oh, yeah, booty-os. I swear to God. We had no communication, no whatever. Oh, booty-os, yeah, that'd be a good.

How does that happen? Really? How does that happen? You know what I mean? Such a wild name. So wild. And just like, just matter of fact, oh, Budi. I couldn't believe it.

Before I could even finish getting the thought out. So this is just like the synergy that we have. And I tell these guys, especially like lately, I've been real thankful to be on a team where like everything is just so easy and everything flows. And like the chemistry is always there and we've never gotten into a fight, you know, knock on wood. But like it's just like it's it always comes so easily. You know, like the chemistry is very, very real. Like the booty old story. I swear to God, I cannot make that up. You know what I mean?

Well, there's no reason. It's just. We got a podcast coming up. We got a podcast. How about a booty-o story? That sounds believable. Use that one. Did you guys each have a favorite wrestler when you were growing up?

And have you got to meet that person? Whoa, Joey. Hold on. Have that removed. There's too many wires in here. A man almost just died. Stripped on a wire. Everything's very mobile.

You get the wires out of the walls, so everything's very mobile. Mine was Goldberg. I don't know why I did that intonation pre-tape once. It was funny, though. But yeah, like I said, I met Goldberg when I was a kid, and it was dope for him to come back. And we were in the back of one of his walks. So it was kind of full circle for me.

The Goldberg walks were legendary as a kid, him coming out. Nice. For some reason, he always had a bunch of security, even though he was like the baddest man in the whole arena. But boy, he needed some security. Him smoking the Sparks, still one of the most impressive things. Really dope, man. It hurts so bad.

And also, terrible. It's a terrible taste. I've accidentally had a firework go off very close to me and huffed it. And it's a terrible taste. And he did that every night of his life. For a long time. I've got black lung right now. That's what put him out.

Right to retire. That's who I left. Got the black lung right now. That's what put him out. He's ready to retire. That's why I left. I got the black lung. Coffee, who did you enjoy? My favorite wrestlers, my guys were always the high flyers and martial artists. So Ricky the Dragon, Steamboat was that hybrid, you know what I mean? And he came out with the bright colors and the fire breathing and Komodo Dragon.

Just doing all types of karate and jumping off the top rope. So Steamboat was definitely my guy. Hold up, hold up, hold up. Wait, number one? I like this. Really? Mine comes easy. It always changes.

Okay, because I thought it was always Sean. Yeah, me too. It was always like, oh, Ricky, and then Sean is my, like, number one A, number one for sure. So it always changes between Ricky, Sean, and Mysterio. It's on a constant rotation. I didn't know this. Me neither. I always heard Sean.

Oh, Kofi, you've been lying to your team. It seems like you've been lying. The synergy. That's the same. I've been given that answer for a decade. What we're saying is that your answer changed because you didn't add Sean. How about that? Not even a mention of Sean.

Wow. How about you doing that? It changes. It changes. What do. How about that? Not even a mention of Sean. Wow. How about you doing that? It changes. It changes. What do you want from me? And I've never heard Ray. Wow. Me and the underdog.

Ray's brand new. We share similar stories. What are you talking about, guys? Is this the beginning of the end of the new day? This is it. I don't know. They questioned my eyes. I'm out of here.

I'm out of here. I've been here too long. Never had a fight coming here. I'm out of here. I've been here too long. Never had a fight coming here. You did this, Pat. You did this to us. Why? You did this. I didn't mean it.

I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry. That's going to be a real shame when this thing all breaks up. What a run you guys had. The one guy hated Will Smith. He got this. Ruined the whole thing. Ruined it.

You don't like Miami? Nick Morales to play for this. I hate it. That's awesome. How about you, Xavier? My favorite wrestler has always been the same answer. Always. Too Cold Scorpio.

Oh. Listen to that. ECW. Cold Scorpio. Oh. Listen to that. ECW. He got a moan. I didn't hear you because my wire wasn't attached so I literally couldn't hear. Well, that was like a sleeper pick. That's one you don't expect. He was awesome. Too Cold Scorpio. Oh, nice. That's the Mortal Kombat guy?

Oh, wow. He used to come out the jungle boogie and do the 450 splash. So nasty. Oh, is that what Ricochet does now? Kind of, yeah. Yeah, okay. Except Tugel Scorpio was like 250 and like 6'4", and he can do a moonsault leg drop.

Yo, you remember when Brock used to do the shooting star? I remember. And then he almost got paralyzed. Yeah. Why'd you feel the need to stand up on that? Yeah, he stood up. Because in my head, I was like a 280-pound gorilla basically doing the shooting star.

Some of the athletes that you guys included that come out of the WWE are just next level. I don't fully comprehend it. Even though that one got messed up, there's video of Brock and OVW doing shooting star presses with ease. And he would land like a pit bull, like back arch. Frightening. What a frightening human being. Frightening. Frightening human being. Frightening.

Frightening. Does everybody get along in the thing? Or I assume it's like a high school. You guys travel a lot. It's like a job. There's people that you like, people you don't like, some people that you just know, okay, don't associate, just don't hang out.

But I mean, once we go through the curtain, all that's backstage. Everybody understands you're trying to feed your family, you're working a job. There's no animosity out there. On our end, at least. It's surprisingly chill, though. Way more than you would think with a bunch of muscled up dudes. You'd think it'd be a lot crazier.

But everyone, for the most part, is pretty cool. And I would say you, probably. I mean, they see those tits. They're like, I ain't doing anything. I ain't doing anything to that guy. Hey, dog. Hey, dog. We us. Hey, dog. We want no problems with you or them titties right now.

We're with him. We're with him. I think a lot of it, too, is because the culture's kind of changed a little bit in the past, what? A lot. Three, four years? Yeah, five years or so. A little bit of evolution. How many years? Hey, by the way, good word. Yeah, we've been trying to do that on purpose, five years or so. A little bit of evolution. How many years?

Hey, by the way, good word for me. Yeah, we're just trying to do that on purpose. Five years. Five. Well, tell them, people might not know about the five count. Well, in NXT, I did the five count with King Kong and Bundy, and I was the man doing the five count. Three and enough, I need five.

It's great. See, the reason this is a thing now is because when I mention it, he don't want to see me shine. Oh, incorrect. I talk about my glory days in NXT doing the five count and Woods always rolling his eyes. Incorrect, I love to see my man shine. Hey, this is gonna be it. You guys really wanna break up?

That's why I toned it down on the weights cuz I was about to take the muscle spot in the- We are trying to switch though. Yeah, if he gets to two, cuz I've been slimming down. I was like 305 for three years, and I'm about 270 right now. And Woods started bulking. So I said I'll try to meet him at 240. I want to see Woods put on another 35 pounds.

A good power gut. That's what a man needs. A singlet and a power gut. I'm 240 right now. I can give you a gut if you need it. All right, I'll take a little bit. I got something shed. I'll take a little bit. Can you play the trombone?

I tried once on the floor. I just picked it up and tried blowing I'll take a little bit. I got something. Shit. I'll take a little bit. Can you play the trombone? I tried once on the floor. I just picked it up and tried blowing in it. It's not. I thought it was that simple. Yeah. I just blow in the hole, right? You put your mouth like over the mouth. Yeah.

I'm done playing that. Was it better than the Spinaruni attempt? Because you guys, you nailed the Spinaruni. Oh, boy. I feel like mine was memorable. You know what I mean? It was. Not necessarily for the right reasonsoonie. Oh, boy. I feel like mine was memorable. It was. Not necessarily for the right reasons.

Not for the right reasons. The interpretation was a little different. Yeah, well, I mean, I knew I couldn't do it. So I was like, let me try to do something sort of funny. What a moment. What a moment. Yeah, it was a moment. It was cool. That's all that matters.

It was cool. Speaking of moments, go enjoy the moment tonight at Banker's Life. SmackDown is in the house. The New Day, the Booty O's, the pancakes, the everything invading Indianapolis, Indiana. Can't wait to go watch that tonight. Can't wait to watch Kofi throw pancakes in the Fantasy Factory in a little bit. Xavier Woods, I think we're doing a little up, up, down, down. Yes, sir.

I'm not a gamer. Oh, no, that's fine. We're going to play a game called Gang Beast. Okay. Where you just flail around like a moron, so that's fine. We're going to play a game called Gang Beast. Okay. Where you just flail around like a moron, so it's fun. Sounds like my life. That being said. What am I going to do?

So, I had an idea. I had an idea, but I was told possibly no by your handlers. Oh, boy. We have handlers? Yeah, hit me with it. What's the idea? Okay, so we have a 225 bench record in the office. Okay.

You know, and there is a bunch of people. You see how serious his face is? I think it's something that you should get. First of all, they told you no on the 225 bench, but once overseas, they made us deadlift a bar. It was a stationary bar. You couldn't move it. No warm-up or anything. We did a couple jumping jacks, and they had us try to hernilift a bar. It was a stationary bar like you couldn't you couldn't move it No warm-up or anything. We did like a couple jumping jacks cows and they had us they had us try to herniated disc

By pulling this bar that does not move that measures force another time they had us do a CrossFit workout Do we look like we do crossfit? No, I move a bar one time as fast as I can. That's about it I had to do this CrossFit workout with a bunch of fans overseas and yelled at us because we didn't want to be running up and down for an hour. We were like, oh, what's going on? Well, Cesaro did it last week. I don't care what Cesaro did.

You should have called Cesaro. 225, bitch, that's cake. Let's go. What's the problem? Okay, good. That's great news, by the way. This show might be the end of the new day. Yeah, when I tear a peck. Don't even put that in the universe. Don't do that.

Nobody's scared of you anymore. Old one titty. Old one titty. That's the thing you know why you realize this. New day is always on the brink. That's what keeps us here. The etch. It's the etch. Right, right, yeah. It's the etch. That's it. Hey Day is always on the brink. That's what keeps us here. The edge. It's the edge.

Right, right, yeah. It's the edge. That's it. Hey, take it easy on the microphone. Yeah, yeah. Going too loud. Pop, pop, and we're popping. Well, anyways.

Great conversation. Thank you so much for listening. You guys have a great Tuesday. Go to SmackDown tonight. It should be awesome. Can I ask a question? Yeah, man. Who'd you just wave to?

that was the there's a camera right there oh dope there we go I'm not God am I can I not ask? Joey's can I not ask?

I just answered a question there was no getting no no it's not it's not on you Joey Joey Joey's even walking in front of the

goddamn camera I'm just standing here with this leather jacket on. I met Joey when he was working for the NFL Network, by the way. He told us. Good guy. Great guy. You're not going to wear that fit, though,

and be behind the camera the whole time. No way. You've got to show that off. No way. Rock star. Rock star, this guy. You guys all are. That's the rock star life of the WWE.

You guys on the road, selling out arenas. It's amazing. Good for you guys. Hey, thanks, man. Just from showing up and interrupting Kofi's workout yeah pretty much to now being a

tag team champ with three people five time yeah five time what was on your resume it's a great question that was so important what was on the resume

everything was the whole time great flat back athlete great flat back I can run the ropes at 2.3 meters per second. No, it was all the independent places that I worked,

like throughout the Southeast, the places that I'd gone to school, the jobs that I had. So I'd work at a daycare for five years and worked in a biopsychology lab. Places that I went to school, so they saw that I had an education. The fact that I was in band

and we won festival a few times. It's essentially a band tournament and you go play in Carnegie Hall and stuff. Like Nick Cannon? Yeah, pretty much. Drumline, bro. He can't read music. It was crazy what he could do.

That's wild. He could just see it and do it. It was insane. Legit, anything that I've done that I thought was meaningful. So it was like, oh, I was a triathlete in high school. And I did this in college. I was a cheerleader. So every little thing that I did.

Normal resume. Yeah, because I'm not over six feet tall. I'm not like 250 so in my brain I was like well I gotta well yeah 240 is the absolute cut soon

we'll see so yeah anything that I thought might get them to go oh okay cool so well I do have one last question

you guys got any extra jumpsuits laying around because those are pretty fresh pretty dope feel forever I love Atlanta had no idea they still exist

but you guys Phyllis is making a comeback by the way Phyllis is making a comeback we gotta connect everything does we gotta plug we gotta feel a plug

is this a sponsor kinda sorta it's a handshake relationship yeah yeah yeah don't look into it I'll take it.

I don't want iHop. I don't want iHop. They want an exclusive deal. Well, they wasted all their money on that dumb iHop. They could have just paid you guys. International House of Burgers. What was the point of that? What was that?

That's unnecessary. It was dumb. It was a waste of money. They should be investing in people that are tossing pancakes around every Tuesday night. One would think. It's logic. One would think. Speaking of thinking,

not a lot of that happens on this show. I can't wait to see the amount of thought and prime that went into the pancake toss. It's definitely going to be a mess. For sure. Can't wait to see those things explode all over the place. Kofi, Big E, Xavier Woods, thank you so much for joining us. The New Day is one of the coolest

things going in the WWE. It's awesome to watch you guys grow. Thank you. And it's cool. Thank you so much for coming through. Can't wait to watch the 225 bench. Yeah, we're doing that. Don't pop a titty in here.

No, no, no. Please don't. I don't need to be known for that. You find out they're all silicone. He's just all in place. Look away. Hashtag end game. Hashtag end game. Hashtag end game.

Send a picture of the photo of the sign you're taking to SmackDown tonight in Indianapolis. Be creative. They can see them. We see them. They can see them. Remember that. Just like in NFL games, we can hear you. Remember that.

You've got old white dudes telling Robert Robert Mathis They're gonna beat his ass No you're not While you were Playing corn on the parking lot He was warming up To attempt to hurt people Sit your old ass down Drink the pop

Have a great day Enjoy your Tuesday