The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1327 - Feel Good WrestleMania Friday Live from WWE World in Las Vegas With Roman Reigns, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rhea Ripley, Triple H, Michael Cole, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: April 18, 2025

On today's show, Pat, Michael Cole, AJ Hawk, Darius Butler and the boys are LIVE in Vegas from WWE World for a LOADED show previewing WrestleMania 41 this weekend at Allegiant Stadium. In the open, we reveal the WrestleMania set in extraordinary fashion. In the first hour, we are joined by the Original Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns to be wholly Acknowledged by WWE World & the progrum, discuss Paul Heyman's recent betrayal, how proud he is of Jey Uso, and preview his Triple Threat match to settle historical scores with CM Punk & Seth Freakin' Rollins. Also in the first hour, WWE Hall of Famer & GOAT, the Texas Rattlesnake, Stone Cold Steve Austin jumped on stage to reminisce about WrestleMania 38 in Dallas, Texas, life on Broken Skull Ranch here in Nevada, his business ventures, and much more. In the second hour, the Eradicator Rhea Ripley joined the progrum to tell us how she feels ahead of her Triple Threat match to reclaim the Women's World Championship vs. Bianca Belair & Iyo Sky, the growth of WrestleMania over the last decade, how she grew into herself while in the WWE, and more. Also in the second hour, CCO of the WWE, 14x Champion, the King of Kings Triple H joined the show to show his love for the passionate fans here at WWE World, whether or not there is a ceiling on how big WrestleMania can become, why John Cena cannot kill the WWE, his second induction into the WWE Hall of Fame this evening, his creative process, and much more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN's YouTube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all you. We'll see you LIVE from WWE World again on Monday to recap all the WrestleMania action. Cheers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello beautiful people and welcome to glorious Las Vegas, Nevada. On this Feel Good Friday, April 18, 2025, this program begins now. WrestleMania! Is what the entire world is talking about and I have the distinct honor and privilege to be the one to say welcome to the greatest weekend in the history Take your time, get your life Enjoy the night I'm gonna be, I can't book you either pink or brown. I'm the one that introduce you to the you right now. My God, that's bad, that's bad.

Well, all right, trying to fight, trying to fight. In the night, I'm coming out. Welcome to WrestleMania! ["Wake Up!" by The Bachelorette plays, crowd cheering, and cheering continues.] Hell yeah, welcome to WrestleMania weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. The eats are in abundance already because what's about to happen in this city over the next few days is going to be something that is talked about for the rest of our entire lives.

Legends are going to be created, stories are going to develop, people's hearts are going to break, and dreams are going to come true. The greatest spectacle in the history of sports has landed in Las Vegas, Nevada. And we are so incredibly lucky to be here. Now, as you see, the folks have showed up here at WWE World, here at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

And if you are near, come by. This is a great community to be a part of. we celebrate the hell out of what we all love which is professional wrestling from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to bed that's what WrestleMania weekend is now obviously the desk looks a little bit empty need to introduce some of my friends some of my co-hosts. Today at WrestleMania, a man that I sit at a commentary desk next to every Monday night, the greatest of all time, the voice of the WWE.

Ladies and gentlemen, for Cole. Michael Cole! Michael Cole! Michael Cole! Michael Cole! Michael Cole, champ brother at WrestleMania? Hey, I want to thank all you guys for supporting me. I'm pretty proud because this year marks year number 28 of being a commentator in WrestleMania.

You should take a lot of pride in that. That's a record obviously and I'll tell you, you're also undefeated at WrestleMania. As are you. Bingo. Asterisk, asterisk, but you are undefeated. Who else is here for this particular show at WWE World in Las Vegas? Michael Cole. Ladies and gentlemen, one of my favorites of all time, great defensive back at the NFL.

You see him weekly or daily actually on the Pat McAvee show. Please welcome Darius Butler, D-Bot. He's taking the tractor, another round. D-Bot was a part of an NXT run. A lot of people forget he was in there battling for me. Also WWE superstar on WWE 2K24. Don't you ever forget it? Yeah, that's right.

You're right. He is WWE 2K24. Worst part of my life having to voice those games. Did a great job. 28 years? Hey, congrats. Congrats. Appreciate it.

That's awesome. Big time. We got some really special guests, though, for the table. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, coming back and coming down from heaven to grace us with his presence for this show, none other than the Hall of Famer, the bad guy, Razor Ramon.

Hell yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. Are we sure of that? I don't think that's actually Razor or Ramon. Hahaha. Hahaha.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh They're saying Connor, right? That's not how you do it, but I love what you did there, Razor. Hey, yo. Hey, yo. You look like you're in great shape, brother. Hey, Chico.

Okay. Been working out. Got a survey for the people. How many people came to Vegas for the Pat McAfee show? That's another one for the bad guys, Pat. Alright, survey says. Who else we got? So we have another special guest.

He's one of the most controversial superstars today. In fact, he'll be a part of the Triple Threat main event of WrestleMania Saturday. He is the second city saint. CM Punk! What? He is the second city saint. CM Punk! Of course these guys are paying tribute to everyone. Jacked. I'll be anything you wanna be Oh, that's the most important thing And it's all about love And it's the most important thing

And it's the most important thing And it's the most important thing And it's the most important thing And it's the most important thing an immediate boo as this particular CM Punk. Show this face. CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! Big weekend for you, CM Punk. Big weekend. People love me, Pat, and Saturday night when the wise man is in my corner and I win the Triple Threat match, people are gonna love me even more.

Yeah, you're right. Main event, CM that's this weekend and thank you for paying tribute. You look really good. Thank you. Hair just like him. Perfect. Yeah. Tape. Perfect.

Who else has one more microphone, Michael Cole? Yeah, perhaps one of if the not the greatest performer in the history of WrestleMania. In fact, WrestleMania probably exists because of this man. Ladies and gentlemen, the immortal, Hulk Hogan. They're booing! Hell yeah. Hey, where are my Hulkamaniacs, dude? Right here, right here, thank you. Come on, baby.

Let's go, it's Mania season. Hey, fuck you, too, dude. You fucking lark. I wasn't going to do that. I was going to go right away right away dude. Come on brother. I do. I agree.

Hey, it looks like you've been drinking a little too much of that real American beer. Well, I mean, yes, the greatest American pills are here. Find out there. It's hard not to have 612-8224 tonight. Come on, brother. How come these people are booing you out here? Is that Michael Cole getting booed? It sounds like Michael Cole's maybe getting booed.

Hey, listen, these marks come out here. They get all excited. You know, it's maybe the season. I get it. Show me some goddamn respect, dude. come out here, they get all excited, it's May Day season, I get it. Show me some goddamn respect, dude. Especially you, brother. I'll see you, brother.

We'll get back to these people, fast May Day season. And I'm gonna go, so it's a great time coming back home. Well, thank you for joining us, legends, all stars, WWE fan, Darius J Butler, and WWE superstar in there. Michael Cole, we'll leave with you in this thing. This weekend has the chance to be the most iconic weekend in the history of Las Vegas. For people that might be watching at home that don't fully understand why, this convention center is packed out at 9 a.m. local in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.

9 a.m. might as well be 2 a.m., 3 a.m. 4 a.m. 5 a.m. In most cities here they're packed out because wrestling is awesome but what are they expecting out of this week anything gold? The weekend you know it starts today at WWE World Smackdowns down the street at T-Mobile we have the kickoff show getting underway at 2 o'clock local which Pat and I host the Hall of Fame tonight where we celebrate the best in the industry Triple H will go into the Hall of Fame tonight. Pat and I have the honor of hosting that. Hell yeah.

Countdown shows tomorrow and of course WrestleMania Saturday and WrestleMania Sunday. So many massive matches including John Cena's final WrestleMania match versus Cody Rhodes on Sunday. If you're only a casual fan of sports entertainment, professional wrestling, I think there's a lot of let's go Cena's because I think the Cena fans potentially say you know what John Cena has been saying to us he's been accurate it's been right maybe we should be a little bit nicer to him ain't that right Razor and both I mean I don't see why not these people have completely taken advantage of everything John Cena's done. I see a bunch of people out here, a bunch of ungrateful WWE fools who took for

granted, look at this guy in the big hat. That guy's a fool, look at that thing. That guy reeks of, hey, I don't care and I don't appreciate what John Cena does. Yeah, but I think the let's go Cena was a lot louder than I thought it was gonna be. I thought that was fully Cena sucks because D-Bud, I don't know if you know this, Michael Cole has been trying to piss on John Cena ever since John Cena said he hated the fans. I hate that. I hate that, Coach.

I don't think Cena's told one lie, and I think the fans deserve everything that they're getting from Cena. And I hope, you know, I don't. Actually, I do. I hope he does ruin wrestling. What? I hope he ruins it. I hope he ruins it.

I hope he does ruin wrestling I'm gonna enjoy it cuz I respect John Cena. I respect everything he's done Oh, yeah, I love you guys pissed him off thinking that shit was funny was it it was pissed off So he finally turned after two and a half decades of pouring his heart and soul in this business It was funny when I said where where, when you came out. It was funny. I laughed hard. I thought everybody thought it was funny. I thought you were providing us happiness in funny times.

Then he was saying he was disrespected by it. Come on, John. Come on, John. This is your friend. I've known John Cena for 25 years. And the thing is, is I will never go back on the fact that I believe he's the greatest of all time. He is the goat. Well, for so many different, however, well,

John C to blame the fans, millions and millions of dollars in his pocket made him the star He's our dude. And turn their back on them? You just did a greatest of all time conversation. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is a man who has been thrusted into the goat conversation since the first day he came into this industry. He's a former football player, but whenever he took over the WWE, he knew immediately this was his land, this was his world, this was his show, this was the company he would carry through the hardest time in the history of our industry. There's no fans, there's no tickets. What do we need? We need a hero.

We need a savior. We need our tribal chief. Ladies and gentlemen, Roman Reigns. Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC! Come on, DC!

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Obviously, you could speak much better than this, but for me... I sing like a bird. I got a beautiful voice. I bet you do. I'm a bird. I'm a bird. I'm a bird. I'm a bird.

I'm a bird. I'm a bird. I'm a bird. I'm a bird. I'm a bird. I know. This sounds better than anything I could sing. Not you. Obviously you could speak much better than this, but for me... I sing like a bird. I got a beautiful voice. I bet you do. I bet you do, our travel chief. With that being said, congrats on everywhere you go, everything you do, everybody knowing

who you are, and everybody respecting what you do. This whole place showed up here this morning to do one thing and one thing alone. Acknowledge me! It's early I don't do it this early in the morning so I forgot to get that out of the way sorry my bad guys. That's a morning hit they did want to acknowledge you congrats on everything obviously this weekend you're a champion, and it's not for a title, but it feels like it's for something much bigger than any gold-plated belt that you could wear on your shoulder or around your waist.

What are your thoughts going into this triple threat with the three biggest names of an era battling in the main event of WrestleMania? I want the power back. I want it all back. I want that top spot back. I'm so tired of hearing Cody Rhodes running around here talking about quarterback one. What are we even talking about?

There's only one quarterback. This is the tribal chief. I want to be that number one contender. I want a title. I'm not trying to be a... I get it. I love that you love me, but I don't want to be a legend. I'm not trying to be a Hall of Famer right now.

I'm trying to be in the mix. I'm trying to hold it down. I'm not trying to be a Hall of Famer right now. I'm trying to be in the mix. I'm trying to hold it down. I'm trying to take the top spot and hold the power by its throat. Yeah, and I think I was very lucky to be a part of the run where you had the title in the business by the threat. Everybody was lucky.

It was great times. It was great times. Billion dollar deals. Look at Cole. He's shaved his face. He hadn't even spent that money yet. Exactly. That thing went straight to investments. Yeah, you don't even need at Cole, he's shaped his face. He hadn't even spent that money yet. Exactly.

That thing went straight to investments. Yeah, you don't even need it yet. That's for your kids. Life was very good with you at the top. How many days was he champion? Over 1,300 days as champion. He don't even know the exact. 1,316.

Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Too many. Hold on, Roman. That was a test. That was a test. He passed. He passed.

1,316. But this, to me, is the biggest statistic when it comes to Roman Reigns. When he walks into the ring tomorrow night in the main event at WrestleMania Saturday, it will be the 10th time in his career that Roman Reigns will main event WrestleMania. No one, no one has ever done that.

Okay, so let's talk about that. I think at the beginning of your career, that type of stat that is now 10, a lot of these people thought, this guy's getting forced into his position. This guy's getting forced into his position. I think at the beginning of your run, that's how they felt. Not me, travel chief.

I always, okay, I just want to let you know, always, before you were even doing this, you know, when you had the whole vet, the whole thing. We missed that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Eat better, yeah. It could have been a great week if we had that vest on.

Yeah, now we got to be shredded up, ooze. Now we got to be shredded up, ooze. Hey, nice magazine shoot, by the way. Yeah, yeah eat better. It could have been a great week if we had that vest on yeah Now we got it up. We're gonna be shredded up. Hey nice magazine shoot by the way Awesome interview is great, too Another jacket on for you Yeah robe and more clothes on him? Can we put another jacket on for you? Yeah, a robe and a jacket on him. But at the beginning of your career, you were in main events. And a lot of these people, they were diehard wrestling fans who loved the business, thought maybe you weren't the right guy for it.

What do you think about the amount of experience you got so early in your career in WWE and how it's helped you now? Because you have been in the big spots since you got here, if I'm not mistaken. Well deserved, well earned. But in the fans' eyes, maybe forced early. But what does that do for you now long term, you think, as a professional wrestler, a goat? Well, we've always had fans like you.

We've always had supporters, people on my side. So it wasn't always just one side. The negativity is always gonna be the loudest, so that's always what's heard. But we've always sold merch. We've always held it down every single night. I've treated every single show as if it's WrestleMania. So that's why I think I'm held in that regard is because I take it that seriously and I perform on that level. But I did learn.

Being in the heat, being in the fire, it makes you learn. When you're taking L's, you either categorize them as losses or you're learning from them, you either categorize them as losses or you're learning from them. They're learning lessons. And that's what I did over the years is just compile, you know, this Rolodex and just take down all this info and just, you know, all the experience, remember everything, learn from it, and then I got better.

Okay, so let's talk about it. Like a quarterback who plays a long time, he sees a lot of the defenses. So like we talked to Aaron Rodgers, obviously on a regular basis. Interesting, he's got an interesting decision to make in his life. But when he talks ball, he'll say that he played like, let's say, it's a week 11 game last season, 2024. He'll say, I saw a defensive coverage that they tried to show me in 2011.

And you're like, his recall will literally be in the moment having to adjust and change. For you with all the different matches you've been, what are you drawing from in a triple threat match, right? Because I mean, that is, you don't even have to be involved to lose this thing. Obviously those two can attack you, which chances, you know, chances are that they do, but the way you three hate each other as a whole,

could be all chaos. I don't know who's gonna team up with you, but what are you taking into the match? What is the strategy? Is there a strategy that you've been able to play, use before, or how do you kind of feel going in? I'm just gonna do like my daddy used to do

and just smash people, man. Just go in there and wreck everybody. Smash them? Yeah, yeah, I'm better rested, I'm in better shape, I'm bigger, I'm stronger, I'm faster than both those dudes. I'm gonna go in and I'm gonna shut it down ASAP. Are we gonna edge Bryan Danielson? Right away. Just get him.

Stack him. Stack him. Oh, God. I forgot about that. Yeah. We smash him. We stack him. Two times. Dog. But what I wanted, I did want to touch on, is because you gave me kind of two questions there. You know, you're a little scattered on that guy there. But you talk about Aaron Rodgers,

and he's able to see the defense. I'm able to go into an arena or into, like, like this and I can hear them and then I can feel them That's what we pro wrestlers do. That's what a sports entertainers do is it's not about seeing the defense We can feel what the audience is doing and then you can become connected with them And then that's how you take all that experience and all that past, you know All those learning lessons I had like well, oh, I heard this before. Oh, I know what to do now. You know what I mean?

That kind of tying into that. Okay, I like the average. That's a great tie. I think that was like a super genius tie in there, actually. D-Bud has a question for you. Yeah, I got a question. So going back, obviously, you know, wrestling is in your blood.

So you've seen it your whole life. What was that first moment? Obviously, you played football as well. What was that WrestleMania moment? You talked about football as well. What was that WrestleMania moment? You talked about treat every match like mania, but it's nothing like this. Only my second one in person. What was your first moment as a kid that you remember that stands out that you like? Okay, I can't wait to be in that position. It was the WrestleMania here way back in the day. Me and the twins

were little. We're up in their dad. Rikishi's uh, den watching the twins were little, we were up in their dad's, Rikishi's den watching the show. And just, it was outside, it was, I don't know, it being daytime, it put a different like vibe and a different energy on it. And it just felt so big. We had Yokozuna in the main event. Their dad Rikishi was it, I believe the head shrinkers back in the day. I'm not a historian here. It was a long time ago.

Just your family. But yeah, just to have that representation, you know what I mean? That's what was cool for me and that's one of those moments that takes me back to my childhood and then also triggers where like, man, I think I could do that too. I think I can do what my family's doing. That'd be crazy if you did a 23 and me and it's just- Well, yeah, actually don't, whatever. One of those ones where they find out your family to get connected. Yours was just literally that tree that they showed last year at WrestleMania.

We don't actually try to clone our DNA. We don't want to do that. They're trying to get the data, you know, on the goods here. We don't want to do that. So Roman, you know, when you came back during the COVID era as a different Roman Reigns, the tribal chief, the bloodline, When you head into WrestleMania tomorrow night in the main event for the first time in like five years, you're gonna be alone. You're gonna walk down that aisle alone.

There's no Bloodline. I'm there. And perhaps more importantly- I'll meet you out there. Perhaps more importantly, there's no Paul Heyman. Monday night, you had asked him for an apology. It never happened because it was interrupted. Tell us, when Paul Heyman, well, Punk cashed in the favor

to have Heyman in his corner tomorrow night, what did that do to you mentally, emotionally, personally? Yeah, and what was going on on Monday when CM Punk was smooching up on Paul when you showed up? Did you see that? He was smooching up on Paul when you showed up Do you see that he's smooching up on there right here? Yeah, that's not really my style, but um He either well said dude It's it's almost like deja vu man, I feel like this has happened Countless times and it's one of those deals. you know, it's why do I keep trusting people?

Why do I keep giving people a chance? And that's the thing, everybody thinks a helping hand is, you know, it's like this. Sometimes it's gonna smack the shit out of you, you know what I mean? And sometimes it's not nice. Sometimes people don't understand how that helping hand's gonna come.

And then also, they don't understand what the helping hand is going through. So for them to all just be the way they were to be able to just betray me and leave me where I stand. But this is Paul Roman. This is a guy who's been with you through everything. He's been your counsel. He's been a wise man.

And then all of a sudden it's not there and one of the biggest matches of your career tomorrow night. Paul needs one of these Roman. Please dude. I mean you gotta be her. Paul's known you since you were a child. Who's telling this guy to ask the questions here? What do you want me to get emotional? You want me to cry?

Is that what you want on WrestleMania? Is that what you want? You want me to come up here and boohoo about the wise man? The wise man made his choice. Yeah. You understand me? These people can make their choice. It doesn't matter to me.

I'm going to WrestleMania at night one on Saturday. I'm whooping everybody's ass. And if the wise man wants to get in the ring, too, he can get it, too. Yeah. So keep touching on emotional stuff. Keep pulling these triggers. And they're gonna chant for other reasons.

You understand? Hey, Cole, stop being so... I know you don't have a lot of time. I know we're wasting it with this guy. Now, with that being said... My nutrition is back there. He's like, man, the cortisol is going on. I'm changing the look right now.

Okay, just real quick. We're expect... I can't... Hey, is this... I think he pissed himself. Oh, Pee-Pee Lose Cole. I love that. Oh, Pee-Pee Bag. Oh, Booze Bag Pee-Pee Bag Boy.

Oh! And I'm glad I showed up today. Cole, great to have you here. Thank you for being great in the history of the business. The Paul Heyman stuff, he's known you since you were a kid. Obviously he's talked about that. You and he have obviously done great blockbuster numbers. I think a lot of people are gonna potentially miss

the business of you two being together, especially when he was gonna hand you that microphone the other day and you just wanna grab your own. I thought that was a cool moment between Paul Heyman and you. He decided to ruin that. What does this mean going forward? Is there a potential, uh, is there a potential, uh... shh, shh, shh, and it's over for Paul?

What is, in your mind, how you deal with this after this match, I guess? Have you even thought about that? I'm doing what any man with his back against the wall would do. I'm going to go out there and show that I'm useful. I'm going to go out there and make myself the number one contender, and then put myself in line for the power. And then once I get the key to the kingdom, we'll see what everybody's got to say.

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Well, a great man once said to me, and I assume it was back in the day, every once in a while the king has got to roll a head down the hill to remind the people at the bottom of the hill that the king is still the king. Excited to see what you do when you get back on top. But that being said, Razor Ramon has a question for you.

Roman Reigns. Roman, I'd like to acknowledge you first. Roman, Roman Reigns. Roman, Roman Reigns Roman I'd like to acknowledge you first Roman Roman Reigns Roman Roman Reigns Roman Simon Boomin We did that we did that you did that travel chief I did nothing One of my favorite parts from your documentary was when, you know, Jimmy and Jay were talking about you and you were talking about them.

What's it mean as well for, you know, Jay to have that opportunity to go get a World Heavyweight Championship, obviously the same night as you, so he can't really lock in on it till later on. But are you excited for that opportunity for him? Man. Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, I'm raising them and I've watched them their whole lives compete and I've competed with them, you know? And Jay, our entire lives has been a little bit of the run, you know what I mean? If there was one a little bit 10% down, it was always Jim has always been kind of

that guy too. So to see Jay be able to break through these barriers, to see him be able to push to the ceiling. And then also understand, like, now he understands me a little better. You know, you talk to him after Saturday, you talk to him after this weekend, and he's gonna understand the elevation a little better. He probably already does. I'm sure he's been busy as hell this whole week, and I'm just so proud of him.

Obviously, we have family's family, man. We're gonna have some disagreements. We're gonna have, you know, we're gonna butt heads in here and there. But at the end of the day, I want my family healthy and I want them here a long time, being very successful. And that's exactly what he's doing. So man, yeah.

Yeet. Yeet. Yeet. Yeet. How dare you ask an emotional question. Well, that one actually landed, Cole. Shut up, Cole. Shut up, yeah. Yeet. Yeet. Yeet. How dare you ask an emotional question? Well that one actually landed, Cole. Shut up, Cole. It wasn't that.

It was like a, I don't know if it was like a twitch that almost backhanded on me. Cole misses WrestleMania. I know that you've been waiting on this probably since you walked out here and realized this was happening. Hulkster has a question for you. Well first and foremost, I'd like to say, dude,

it's nice to be sitting up here with the go- don't mind these fucking marks, okay? They don't know what I've done for the business, obviously you do, so I respect that, brother. First and foremost, what I'd like to say, I love the Vanity Fair piece. Loved the Vanity Fair piece, okay? So let's just get that out of the way.

One thing I do wanna ask you about, though, dude, what's the deal with Seth Rollins? This guy, I mean, he's obsessed with you. Coming back like a scorned lover, I know a thing or two about those, brother. So, my question would be, I guess, whose ass are you looking forward to kicking more? Is it CM Punk or is it Rollins?

Because I feel like Rollins, you really do. You just got to disband this guy. Just get him the hell out of here, dude. I agree, man. He's what I call a lemon. He's Mr. Byers remorse. Um, yeah, we just have such a long history. And I would be, you know, disingenuous

if I didn't talk about that history. And I am proud of that history. And I did learn a lot from you know that relationship and that development but it's just one of those situations where there's just not enough room for the both of us there's not enough money there's not enough success you know we can't have it all you know and that's the position that he's in because I took it and he's bitter about it and he's been chasing me and chasing me and talking about chasing I mean see what a finish Cole Jesus Christ.

Are you whoa whoa whoa. Hey, it's about to be pooping those pants to everybody to get warmed up for mania today. I tell you, we could snap this thing I think. That's what you could but yeah punk is just one of those guys who how do you even get here? I agree dude. I'm saying if the tribal chief didn't go and make this thing beautiful,

make it heavenly, make the promised land what it is, he would have never wanted to come back here. So if anything, like I said, he should be thanking me, acknowledging me, but he is one of those guys that I just don't really care about he's in, he's in the, you know what I mean? He's in the crosshairs at this point. So he's going to get it too.

And this whole thing with the wise man has just made it even deeper that I don't like, and I don't really want to talk about it. But Seth, because of the relationship and the brotherhood in the past, there are redeeming qualities about him, but at the end of the day, he's a piece of trash, too. Whoa. Okay.

Seth Freakin' Rowland says he's a visionary. He is a revolutionary, he is... Seth Freakin' Rollins! That was light, that was real light, that felt light. That was a bad setup by me though. That was light, dude. I know a pop when I hear one, that's light, okay? Nothing like Rollins getting out there.

What does it look like from now until match time? I assume, because I've been watching the workouts. I've seen that Paul Heyman's been blowing up your phone. So many, no, no. 25 missed calls yesterday, I saw on your Instagram. Also saw you going through some workouts. What does it look like from now until match time for you? We just try to lock in and keep the process the exact same.

Nothing changes. We try to keep the timing the same. The meals, you know, have to stay scattered throughout the day. The cardio's got to stay in. The training's got to stay in. The recovery. So we brought the whole team. We made, you know, South Florida. We brought it to Vegas and... You brought your training camp here?

Pretty much, yeah. Okay, so, okay, I don't want to get too deep. Did we rent a house out here or do you have massive homes out here? Oh, I can't give that away. I don't know. Because I don't want to give my deep. Do we rent a house out here? They got massive homes out here. Oh, I can't get that away. I don't want to give my location away, but it's so nice. I wish I could plug it, too, because it's badass. Okay, so, Conor McGregor... My kids are running around crazy.

Yes, so, these houses out here are absurd. The houses are crazy out here. Conor McGregor, I think, when he had his first fight over here, rented a house over here, where I had his entire fight camp over. And it was like this 25,000 square foot, had the training team in one part of the gym and the other side, the nutritionist.

You're treating this as main event, big time fight. We're moving fight camp from South Florida to Las Vegas. This is a multimillion dollar operation here. We're not messing around, you know what I mean? Like this isn't just old school, we're gonna make towns Saturdays. We don't do that no more. This is what it's all about.

This is WrestleMania. You do not cut any corners. It can't be cheap. You gotta make it happen. Filling up a Legion Stadium. Did you see that? That's what I'm saying. I catch this dub.

Everything's paid for for the next five years or so. So we're good. You're welcome, everybody. You're welcome, WWE. I saw you hold the Raiders jersey up and ask them to acknowledge you. I saw some- I saw some Niner Gang. No, I stayed true.

I stayed true. Keep eye on all the content. You got to read every line, even the parentheses. You know what I'm saying? You got to read it all. You got to take it all in. But I acknowledge the Niners, the Niner Gang. But at the end of the day,

you gotta show respect to the host. I was born and raised in the South, we got Southern hospitality, we show respect. That's very kind of you. Yes sir, no sir, that type of stuff. Yeah, I didn't even think about how you were just trying to show the Raiders some respect because- Oh city, man.

They were acknowledging their tribal chief, it appeared. The tribal chief is global. We have a home, you know, town operation pretty much in every city here. Hometown, right? Yeah! These people aren't from here, I think. A lot of people traveled into Vegas.

But I just made them. This is ours now. This is all... It's the island of relevancy. That's what you do, brother. You bring it... So, all the things that Paul said, am I allowed to mention during the match or are we just eliminating all of Paul Heyman diction from your match? You're asking him for permission to do your commentary.

Shut up, Cole. Tribe of Chief, enough out of you. When are you going to ask? I do have a question, but... Go ahead, Cole. I want to know who's going to carry the Ula Fala... Wow....to the ring, we know who that is. It's got a new one very special man as well.

47 if you will. I don't know. That's the thing. I haven't had to do this before. So there's going to be a few things that we've got to figure out out there on the fly. You know, I know you're pretty pre rehearsed and you like to look at your stuff and be prepared, but I like to go out there and let my instincts take over. Kind of like the early question about all that experience I got on the job.

You know what I mean? I like to go out there and just let it rip. I don't sit there and think about all these stupid things like you all the time, you know? Yeah, but I need to tell stories, and I need to tell what's going on. Well, you want me to do your job, too, or what? You have been doing a lot of people's jobs.

How much does he make? You tack it on how much I'm making. Boom, we got a deal. Here we go. Ladies and gentlemen, a man who is about to catapult the WWE to newer heights somehow, maybe even all the way to space. Well, we're doing that.

At least somebody's doing that these days. That's what I heard. Yes, we are, brother. Yes, we are. No, we're not.. No we're not. Yes. No we're not. We got a flat-earth roll, man?

No, no, no. Pretty damn close, dude. You've never been to the moon either, Roman. Don't buy in, Tribal Chief. Don't. Yeah. Anyways, a man who is going to put this company on his back yet again like he's done since he got here, our Tribal Chief and winner of Saturday Night's Main Event at WrestleMania, Roman Reigns. Thank you, man. Thank you for coming. My pleasure, dude. What a specimen. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawk has joined us up here. Hawker, hey, bud. AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk!

AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk!

AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk!

AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! AJ Hawk! what our travel chief just did out here. Loved how calm, comfortable, and confident he is. Also loved how much he bullied Michael Cole. Yeah, he did bully on Michael Cole, which it was fun to see, but Cole, you get it. I mean, you've been around forever. You're a legend. I mean, Roman Reigns is just class all around.

The guy's unbelievable. It's tough sitting here next to Razor and the Hulkster, but watching him backstage, I do like the energy they're bringing to this place. What's your problem? These, some of my idols, I'm sitting next next to it's kind of like a pinch me moment. It's very surreal. Good to meet you Mark.

Yeah, his name's AJ. Okay, Razor. D Bunch, whenever you think about WrestleMania weekend, it's obviously compared to Super Bowl weekend. What would the slight differences be in your eyes from WWE's WrestleMania in the NFL's Super Bowl from the last couple years that we have experienced. I think the biggest difference is with Super Bowl football in general, it's more domestic, it's more American, I guess.

WWE, I didn't get a chance to fly with you boys, I flew from Philly. And it was people from all over the world on that plane, all different people, different creeds, different backgrounds, different age groups. And it's generational. It's passed down family all the way through the bloodline. So man, it's awesome to be around. You can feel it. The energy is palpable wherever you go.

In Vegas, this is the perfect place to have it. There's shows everywhere. Yes. Independent wrestling matches happening around town. There is meet and greets happening everywhere. This place is packed out with things throughout the entire day. There's a show kicking off tonight at 10 p.m. local. That's 1 a.m. Eastern Time, which is the Hall of Fame

that Michael Cole and I will be hosting. Cole, I can't wait for it. We got the NHL playoffs coming up, okay? We got the NBA playoffs coming up. Two playing games tonight, right? We have. Yeah, yeah, we got two. We got Heat at Hawks and Mavs at Grizzlies.

Okay, so Mavs go on to win. That'd be great story for Nico and for Dev, uh, for Dallas. And then we need, we need John to keep going. Hopefully he's healthy with that ankle. But that's happening. Baseball is taking place, right? Hulkster. Yeah, absolutely. Got a bunch of baseball games all over the United States right now. All the whole committee acts and whole committee acts. They know about that. A lot of those though, Pat, they're good. I tell you what, the time changes really messing with me on those. You're used to seeing all night games. We got a lot of one PM baseball games, four PM baseball games, but those are going on as well. Okay. So the NHL, the NBA

and the MOB are all happening, but the only conversation of the weekend everywhere will be what happens at WrestleMania. Cole, you've been here for 28 years. Has it always been like this? Was there a moment when it became the topic of discussion everywhere? WrestleMania has always been huge, but not to the extent of what we've seen the last couple of years. I mean, two-night show, over 60,000, both Saturday and Sunday night at the stadium, Allegiant Stadium that hosts the Raiders, and then events like this. And you mentioned it before, for these great fans to show up at nine o'clock in the morning on Las Vegas to watch this and most of these fans are going to go to the kickoff show.

They're going to go to Smackdown. They're going to go to the Hall of Fame tonight. This is like an 18 hour day for everybody and we're not even into WrestleMania yet. So this is a pretty great weekend. Speaking of the weekend, is there any golf happening? No golf. There is going to be there is golf. Heritage.

RBC. Yeah, heritage is happening this weekend. Obviously, watch that this entirety JT shot a 61 yesterday. Is there any golf happening? No golf? There is golf. The Heritage. The Heritage. The Heritage is happening this weekend. Obviously we'll watch that this entirety. JT shot a 61 yesterday. Scotty also went low, dude. Really? Scotty Sheffer's about to win the entirety. What about college ball?

Is there anything happening in college ball, AJ Hawk? I mean, I don't know what. Niko is with UCLA now. There's transfer quarterbacks all over the place. Spring ball is happening and there's 4,000 guys in the transfer portal. D bud, I don't know if we're all getting signed or not. I think actually it might be 6,000. Six, five. County D2 and D3 as well.

And UNC Lambeau and Belichick got their quarterback. Oh yes, South Alabama quarterback transfers over to North Carolina. So Bill Belichick and Michael Lombardi have their quarterback that they were looking for. Allegedly, now it's being reported across the bottom line, which is fascinating in the world that we live in. They were given like this contract out, like $2 million a year. They said like this contract was at the bottom. Thank you, sir.

And whenever like that is being reported, do we know that's true or is that just what's allegedly true for what the college contracts are? I don't think we have like confirmed on a lot of these numbers, but we expect him to not get Anywhere close to what he wanted and then you heard the stories about about Nico now Nico. Yeah, what's Alabama? Carolina he they said two million. Oh that Nico one has been everywhere from a million to 175 to less than a million It's like these numbers are all being reported. I don't know if anybody knows what's real or what's not real It's pretty interesting. Yeah, even like the Carson Beck one

I remember when Carson Beck signed it was a four million dollar deal and that's what everyone was talking about. But it's hard to imagine the way everything went that Miami would pay one guy four million dollars, especially with what happened with Carson Beck. He got hurt at the end of the season. It's not as if they went on a deep run. They had their backup playing in the playoff. Yeah, they're reporting it though as if it is the, I don't know, it's interesting.

Did you hear Fran Brown of the Syracuse talk about the receiver, I guess one, two million? I think we actually had, Foxy, do we have the Fran Brown clip? He might be my new favorite coach. Yeah, this basically explains the NIL in a whole, here's Coach Fran Brown. With all due respect to everybody in the country,

to everybody we see, and to everybody that's going on and stuff like, you wouldn't make two million in a hole. Here ain't doing that. I can't do it. Unless they tell me that we get a chance to hire Travis Hunter, he can come back to college, and he can come here and play for us, then he gonna get some of my champs. But they ain't paying him about $2,000 this year. Not to me, $2 million. Remember, I just said, yeah, we ain't getting nobody out. That's hilarious. The coaches are trying to set

the kind of comps right now in this salary cap publicly. But until there's actually rules, it going to continue to be absolute chaos it's going to continue to raise hell speaking of ladies and gentlemen It's early, it's early. The goat, the man. What? Who alongside others in the Attitude Era, but in a big way, put this business on his back and carried it to levels that nobody in the history of Earth could think of for the WWE.

A man, because of his bald head and his big brain inside of it, and his jean shorts and his ability to speak to the common man made the WWE the most famous thing on Earth. Ladies and gentlemen, hero, icon, Stone cold Steve Austin On the field! Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Alright can I hear everybody? Hello Steve. Hello Steve. Can you hear me? Oh, yeah. All right.

It's good to be here. I grew up watching your show on TV. Oh, we're going to do that today. I had a chance to see you, first time meet you, grew up watching you. I've told you this personally, I'll say this publicly with you around I grew up in a blue-collar community I grew up with parents that hated authority I grew up in a town that loved to drink beer I grew up in a town that stone-cold Steve Austin influenced every single Monday night you are the hero the legend in my eyes and I would

like to let you know thank you for coming on the show today, and thank you for being so kind whenever I get a chance to chat with you. I remember we were in Dallas, day before, and I got a chance to meet you. It was one of the coolest moments of my life. And I said, I can't wait to be in the building when the glass breaks.

And this place goes absolutely ape shit. First time ever in Dallas. And he said, oh, I hope you need to know, for the rest of your fucking life anywhere you go give me a hell yeah forever thank you for what you've done for our life I appreciate that it sounds like you grew up in a hell of a town and on that same note man you saying hey thank you, hey, thank you to me. Hey, thank you guys. God dang it, you try to give it back.

These are the greatest fans in the world, you know that? Absolutely. God dang it, I ain't got to tell them. Thank you. Appreciate you guys so much. You know, God dang, Pat, it's been a while since I've been around. Last time we saw each other was Dallas at that, what, WrestleMania what? 30. 38. But it's been a while since I've been around last time we saw each other was Dallas at that what WrestleMania what? 30 38

Like every time you come back to something like this in the world of WWE you just wonder hey Willows fans still remember and hell they never forget and hell I was in the hotel the other day and got these kids eight, ten years old and they've got no business you know even knowing about Stone Cold Steve Austin. I left the ring in 2003 but it's like I've never left so it's just great to be remembered. It's great to be here in such a positive universe. You've earned it. You've earned it with everything that you did for the company and every time you come back we all get excited and you heard them chanting one more match or one last match. You had one a couple years ago in Dallas with Kevin Owens, obviously.

And I think all of us were impressed by the amount of shit that you did in that match. I don't think anybody was expecting that much. Then there's been rumors, basically every single big PLE, hey, Steve Austin, Steve Austin, Steve Austin. Because of how popular you are, everybody wants that to happen. How much do you think about that at this stage of life? You're in great shape. I know you're doing four wheeling at a very high level.

How much do you think about wrestling still? And do you ever get in there and, you know, see if the old ass could take another, you know, another drop down stunner? No, you know, I don't think about anything like that. I've kind of moved on down the road. And don't get me wrong, the competitive side of me, which kind of transfers into the racing that I'm doing now that you spoke of, you know,

I want to be the best at everything that I do. And you still go back and you watch these guys on the gals on in the ring in the WWE and you think, hey, man, I could have gave Kevin Owens a little bit more than what I had. And sometimes you think about it, but hey man, I think the time right now for the people in the ring is for the younger generation. That's for the young men and women that are out there on the road. I leave it to them. And they've taken to a great place.

The business has grown to something that I never would have imagined. So my days, don't get me wrong, I can still whip some ass. But I'm not looking to get back in the ring at any time in the future because these young cats need something to shoot for. Stone cold, don't need to beat nobody's ass anymore. cold don't need to beat nobody's ass anymore and that's the bottom line because I said so.

Still got it. Now you mentioned the Young Cats and you mentioned the current state of the business being in the place place Do you follow and what are your thoughts on the current state of the business because there's always I think triple h just did an interview talking about it in basketball There's a lot of conversation about the older generation versus younger generation football same exact thing Older wrestlers viewing younger wrestlers you goat wrestler viewing the modern, you know kind of generation of wrestling What are your thoughts on a state of where the WWE is right now? And as far as I could see, you don't follow more on IG and stuff like that. I don't watch a whole lot of TV, but God dang, the business is cooking. The houses are full.

The fans are excited that the talent has taken the game to a level. It's just, it's like everything, the evolution of sports, shoot sports. But wrestling has done the same. It just keeps getting, you know, faster. The kids these days are better athletes than we were back in the day. So I just think that they're doing a great job. I don't know.

They weren't, dude. Well, you know, that's something I gotta chip out there cause you know, walking around out there with a couple of knee braces, you know, I did pretty damn well. Yeah, but think about their bodies with six. What? Seven.

What? Eight. What? 12. What? 24. Yeah, but think about their bodies with six, seven, eight, 12, 24, 31, 42, ears in their mouth and in their system while having to operate. None of these hangovers for three weeks nowadays as opposed to working the next day. You're a different type of athlete, brother. I think you need to understand that. And life on the road was so good back in the day. I take a story to tell these people out here. It was WrestleMania in Dallas a couple years ago.

And I went out there and had that match and then came back and Brock Lesnar and I are pretty good friends. We never speak but we're really good friends. And we'd wanted to have a drink after the show. And no one's ever heard this story. So I had a bottle of Maker's Mark from Jerry Jones' suite up there at AT&T Stadium. And it was myself, Brock Lesnar, Pat McAfee, and Larry Heck,

the trainer. And we had a fifth of Maker's Mark. This is just kind of what the business is about and what it should be. And we all started around, we were pouring that Maker's Mark whiskey in those little plastic cups. We said, I'll piss on that. We just started passing that bottle around

and less than 60 minutes later, that whole fifth of whiskey was gone and everybody was buzzed. And God dang, that's the brotherhood of what the business is all about. So that's what I want these young cats to understand. It's going out there, working your ass off and having a good time and entertaining the people,

but it's a brotherhood. It's a locker room. It's a locker room. It's a locker room, you know, you need them. And me being invited into that room, I don't know if you've heard my side of that story. So yes, you and Brock are gonna have drinks in a locker room. Larry Heck, who is a dog in the medical,

sports medical, whatever. I don't even, call him a doctor one day. I'm not a doctor, don't say that. Traitor. Traitor, whatever it is. Yeah, Larry's been around a long, long time. Larry's great. So I get a text like, hey, come to the locker room

or whatever it was. I was like, you got it. So I come walking in, I open the door and I see you and Brock sitting there. And I was like, oh shit, I feel like this is a big moment in wrestling history. I feel like it actually was. You two hadn't talked, right, a lot?

At that point? That was like one of the first real times. So I walk in and I almost do like the Homer Simpson, okay, I'm gonna get the fuck outta here. Instead, I stuck around and the storytelling, the vibes, the energy, just everything about it is what makes like the business go. It makes a football team go. And it was an honor to be in there, but damn, that was a fifth of that.

And then how many Steve Weisers I think we had like? Yeah, there's a lot of beer going to. It was one of those deals, man. I mean, you know, I can go, but the next morning, and I knew everybody, I heard everybody else was selling big time. I wasn't selling as much, but yeah, I was selling. It hurt. Yeah, so I texted Larry, and I'm like, I'm in a bad spot, and Larry's like,

oh, you gotta no-sell this or whatever whenever you talk to Brock and Steve. And I'm like, no, I'm fucking dead. I was puked three times the next day. It was an honor to drink with you That was a dream come true and Thanks for stunning me. You know, there's no reason for that. We're having a good time. We're having we're having a good time We're drinking some beers

We're salinating the crowd We're in Jerry world. Why we're reminiscing We're in Jerry World. What? We're reminiscing. What? And then boom. What? And dude, you took that stunner like a champ,

and people asked me, and some of the guys backstage, they know me pretty well, and they said, hey, man, it looked like you shot with that stunner on McAfee. They said, what was up? And I said, yeah, I said, anytime them damn football players come over here and try to get in our world, you got to show them what's up.

So yeah, I laid that shit in on him. And last I heard, I thought I dislocated your jaw, messed up a couple of C-vertebrates. I hit you over here on this side, caught you with a liver shot with that big boot. And I heard you was just all fucked up. Yeah, I was. I was, yeah. Hey, that's what happens wherever you drink with a Texas Rattlesnake. That is a possibility.

But yeah, the neck was stunned was stunned obviously jaw had a couple there And I was hot no animosity back towards me now right never your stone cold Steve Austin Cole has a question for you Steve well actually I just want to thank Steve because I wouldn't be here today without you I mean I figure that well first off when I started I was the butt of all your jokes and all of your interviews and all of your certain things that you did. Then you beat the shit out of me one night where you knocked me out with a punch and then kicked me in my kidney to wake me up.

And then you gave me the honor of being the special guest referee for a match that was voted the worst in WrestleMania history, me versus Jerry the King Lawler. Yeah, but you actually Agreed to be the special guest referee of that match and I'll forever be indebted to you for that I mean coming up in the business with you was incredible, man but I gotta say I mean because of the the state and of the business and where we were in that year and what Stone Cold was I Had to lay that ass open and that's all serious. That was protecting the business and you took it like a champ

because I truly did beat the shit out of it. You did. Yeah. Hey, way to go, Cole. Way to go, Cole. Thank you. Hey, you know, also, Wade Barrett, who's a commentator with us now.

Wade and I frequent your brewery in El Segundo. That's a great place to go. It is phenomenal. And they take care of us there all the time. That felt like an easy fit, you and beer. Why did you finally get into the beer game? It feels like that should have been something for a long time.

Well, it was something for a long time. And when I was here, there's a story like a lot of people don't know about. You might be like the most notorious beer drinker in the history of humankind. Probably, you know, that's something, badge of honor. Absolutely.

Hey, it was way back in the day and I was running hot and stone cold. We were doing some beer testing with a place up in Northern New York. We're about to come out with Stone Cold Beer. And then, we come up with a bad booking decision, about me and Brock, and I'm running that raw, and I said, hey man, F this.

And that blew the beer deal up. So all these years later, of course, as you know, the beer drinking's a shoot for me. I grew up drinking beer my whole life and you know in college when you're starving, drinking the shittiest beer that you can afford. Absolutely. Lone Star. So yeah. BBR, Matty Light, Blue Strike. I'm not going to name many names. But anyway, I'd always wanted to get in the beer market and I started seeing about these craft beers. I said, man, what the F is all this craft beer stuff? Because I figured that was for the snobs.

So I started drinking a bunch of Pell-Ls and stuff like that. I kind of tried one of those IPAs, India Pell-Ls. I said, man, that's a little too hoppy. I went back to the Pell-L and I said, man, that ain't hoppy enough. So I went back to the India Pell-Ls, the IPAs. My manager at the time, he went to high school with Rob Croxall who owns El Segundo beer company and he put us together. We liked each other, saw the same vision for great beer.

El Segundo Brewing Company is known for making great IPAs, West Coast style. So we hit it off and I've been in it. This is an interesting year for me because 2025 I've been in the beer business 10 years with El Segundo Brewing Company and it was a match made in heaven. We're proud of our beer. You know, we're craft beer. We're not the biggest.

We're competing with the bigs, but our beer, we make some good fucking beer. And I'm also this year, I celebrate my 10th anniversary with Kawasaki Motorsports. So milestone 2025 has turned out to be good. And here at WrestleMania in Las Vegas, I don't like to leave the state of Nevada too much because this is my home and coming down for it. We were just here last month at the Met 400 and I finished that race. We had a lot of problems and broke down, but finishes race. So it's just a great year and it's good to be here with you guys. What an accomplished dude.

Obviously WWE goat will always be talked about as such. Anytime you walk into a WWE place, it will go crazy. Ten years with Kawasaki, that's a long time with a partnership. Ten years with El Segundo with beer, that's a long partnership. You're an accomplished dude. You've done good, Steve. Never forget it. As long as Steve Austin is selling beer beer, I got a nice little piece

of information for you that you're gonna want to hear. People are gonna drink it, brother. And we're one of them for sure. On that note, Hulkster has a question for you, Stone Cold. Yeah, Steve, just first and foremost, I'd like to say from one beer magnate to one up and coming beer magnate, Congrats on all your success, brother. I love you. You know that I want to ask you, though, you know, with with mania right here, I'll tell you what these marks a bit up my ass all weekend. So far, it's getting real hard. I'm about to go over the edge and I'm gonna leave a lot of people unhappy here, dude. So show some goddamn respect, brother. You, you, right? I'm looking at you. Marks. But anyway, anyway, just curious,

I think I saw an excerpt that basically said, you were like, hey, listen, there's nothing better than being in that rig. There's no feeling that's gonna get to that point with all the motor sports and everything you're doing and all that kind of stuff. Do you feel like you're kind of always chasing that feeling that you get in the rig

or is that kind of one of those things where it's like, you know what, that's the best feeling ever, dude. And I'm never going to reach that again. No, I'm not chasing that feeling in the ring. It was just we was we was filming a project and I've been riding buggies and four wheelers and all that shit my whole life. And we were filming a show and someone asked me, Hey, man, do you want to do a poker run? A poker run is a pre run for an off road desert race.

And I said, man, what the fuck is a poker run? I don't play cards. So anyway, we went out there the fuck is a poker run? Because I don't play cards. So anyway, we went out there. No, man, I ain't got time to play cards. You sit there and you do your little cards out. Yeah, you do your little cards and you look at them. Yeah, and then you try to bluff the other guy. Yeah, but it ain't my bag.

So anyway, there we were. And I ran that race. And then the owner of the team, Shane Kisman, called me up and he said, hey, man, would you like to really race side by sides? And so I started that race and the owner of the team, Shane Kispen, called me up and said, hey, man, would you like to really race side by side? I started that. I didn't do that to try to chase what wrestling brought to me. You got to move on in life.

There ain't nothing that can mimic or follow what these crowds deliver when you're in that ring going down to give them 15, 20, 25 minutes of excellence that goes in the business of pro wrestling in a 20 by 20 squared circle. So I don't chase that. But I do have that racing racing to me. We're good fix. I found it a little bit late in life. I wish I'd have found it sooner.

But I love to drive because we like going all over the shows on the road. I love to drive like to have a steering wheel in my hand. I'm a type A personality. I hate to be late to the finish line. So it was a match made in heaven. Hell yeah. Did you ever do an uber? You've never ubered in your life.

You mean like Ben and Uber and drove? Can you imagine that? Ben in the car. What's the mark? Yeah. What's the uber mark? Yeah. Yeah.

I always get them big SUVs. So yeah, go ahead. I was gonna tell you about liking to drive. I have gotten Uber driver six shotgun and drove because I didn't like the way person was driving. Yeah. I agree completely. What you're saying with having a wheel in your hand.

Yeah. How fast you going out there on the desert? No, side by side. Man, our bug is you think about the trophy trucks. Those things are done. You know, buck 20, buck 30, buck 40, whatever, you know, if we're hitting about 80, and we're running pro, naturally aspirated. So it's a tough ass buggy,

but we're hitting speeds of about 80. I love watching it on Instagram. We also love Poncho. Poncho, Poncho. Hey, let me give a shout out to them two solid ass cats. If Poncho's been kayfabing me lately, we got an angle going on here. I'm a little bit pissed off at him.

Every time I go out there to pet his ass, he's starting to walk away on me. What? Macho went after a chicken. I had to suspend his belt, put him, he broke a sanction, so he's on a suspension. What? Life of the Broken Skull Ranchers

getting a little tough now. These cats got to realize that Paw Paw is still the boss. Nah, they're getting a little rub, brother. They're getting a little rub. Those are some solid-ass cats, and I love them rub brother. They're getting a rub. But those are some solid ass cats and I love them to death. Yeah, they are goats. As puncho the tuxedo cat and

the orange cat is macho. We named him a puncho. It was just a given. We originally had a black cat and he was lefty and he kicked the bucket. We got to know that. We would like to let you know

we did a live memorial for the raccoons. I appreciate that. The lake. Okay, last question here. We got two minutes before we have a hard out. John Cena. Okay.

Obviously you guys are in a Mount Rushmore conversation. You know who you are and there's nobody that doubts it. When you see Cena do what Cena has done here over these last couple weeks, because his last time is now. We wanted one last... Brrrr-pa-pa! Bam-bam! Bam!

John Cena! We wanted the whole thing! We wanted him throwing the headbands. We wanted the make-a-wishes. And then all of a sudden he comes out and tells the fans that they've been rude to him over the last 20 years, and theyrespected him and he's gone completely the other way taking on Cody Rhodes a guy that obviously they came Up into business kind of together. What are your thoughts on that match? What are your thoughts on what Cena did selling out to Dwayne Johnson the final?

I'm looking forward to the match, you know, and hey if you you like the if you like the John Cena heel turn, give me a hell yeah. If you don't like the John Cena heel turn, give me a hell yeah. I said I like it. So hey, I think it too. Hey, John's a good one for the bad guys. John's had a hell of a damn run. So for me to be inside the business as long as I was, I didn't have the longest career in the world. But to see what John's doing and where he's going right now to me,

I love it because he's just means so much to all of these people here, whether you boo him or you cheer him to see him as a heel is a breath of fresh air for me. So I think it the most Steve, you went through it. You went through it. You were so popular. You turned heel as well.

You went through. I tried to turn heel. That was you know that was something that wasn't that didn't need to happen. We tried to force that and it didn't fit. I think the way John did it you know I think it fits. Oh what are you going on? You know we got a hard out here. McAfee you're the one to set it

Already sex everybody covered Here's the use stone cold And, and, and, here's to you Stone Cold, you son of a bitch! Oh, hell yeah! Wayne! Wayne! Hey, guys. How's it go? Hey, thank you, guys. Hi.

Ladies and gentlemen, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Hell yeah. All right, we'll be back on the other side of the break for our two from WWE World. We had a little beer. What? Had a little combo. What? Had a little sidebar side talk.

What? Had a little poncho talk. What? Had a little Cena talk. What? That little poncho talk. What? That little Cena talk. What? That little goat talk. What? And we had Stone Cold Steve Austin.

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We are joined alongside a living legend, a goat, a voice, the voice for the WWE Michael Cole. A college football... I never said that. Michael Cole! Michael Cole! Michael Cole! I don't know how often those come. Much more regularly lately than I think in the past. Keep it up. Keep it up, okay. Michael Cole. Michael Cole. Michael Cole. Michael Cole, Michael Cole.

Michael Cole, Michael Cole. He's kind of begging for that one. Thank you guys for throwing him a little bit of a pity chant. We have a college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion, a Ryder Cup winner. Ladies and gentlemen, you can find him in WWE 2K24, which I'm sure all of you were pumped about. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawke. All right.

AJ Hawke! AJ Hawke! AJ Hawke! AJ Hawke! AJ Hawke! AJ Hawke! AJ, what professional wrestler have you had your eye on heading into WrestleMania weekend? And now that we're out here in Las Vegas, who are you looking forward to potentially stealing the show out here in Sin City? I tell you what, El Grande Americano. He'so, he's been climbing up the charts in my household.

I'm not gonna lie, Pat. I don't know how you guys feel, but I think it's awesome. I see some people booing El Grande Americano. Well, he's been relocated now to the Gulf of Mexico. I heard, I did hear that there was a... Gulf of America. That's not right no no also maria america he's been relocated off of america there was a processing

here uh... because al grande americana was born the name wise so that was kinda that's why i went back a paper clerical issue yet because he's not a month and a half old he is an adult so what where he's from is...

Maybe. Well, we don't know anything about El Grande Americano. We don't know who he is. No. Hopefully one day we get to meet him. Chad Gable. It's not Chad Gable. No, it's not.

That's wrong. Is he going to be an asshole all day? No, he's not. Have you guys compared the tattoos and stuff? No, this isn't the town, okay? This isn't the movie where they're kind of looking at neck tattoos and piecing things together A lot of people have that tattoo shit. I almost got that tattoo Paul You told me you almost got that tattoo El Grande Americano has a tough task for his first WrestleMania

He's going against the gloat the greatest luchador of all time But that's what El Grande Americano wants to become someday, I heard from El Grande Americano's people. Source says. So Chad Gable told you this? No. What are you talking about? Why don't you get off it, dude?

Sorry, Hulk. You're doing well with your career. Yeah, you know what? Pat. Whoa. Is that a shooter at work, brother? I don't know, but apparently this mark doesn't know that real American beers current valuation is well over $2 billion and currently climbing.

Steve Weiser was pretty good. I'd just like to kind of clear something up real quick, Pat. I didn't get a chance to do it in the first hour. Everyone wants to do this goat talk with Michael Cole and rightfully so. You're very good at what you do, but I'd be remiss if I didn't say dude you got a long ways to go to reach Adnan Virk territory brother okay so you fucking stay in line and you keep working on your craft and maybe one day the Hulkster will call you the goat you're not there yet dude. Adnan Virk is the Hulkster's goat I don't think anybody expected that.

I still like to throw a curveball every once in a while, brother. Go back and watch his tape, especially all these marks you guys gave him. A raw deal, dude. Okay, there's a reason he's not still there. He should be. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Go back, watch the tape. He's unbelievable. Razor Mon Chico bad guy.

How's WrestleMania going for you in the shirt you chose? Pretty good. I'm not gonna lie. I've given up the voice gimmick, you know, when you're sitting next to a holster. It really, yeah, it just completely changes. Hair looks good though. Yeah. I feel like the hair that was the most important thing to, you know, we talked about it yesterday, had to nail it, feel, feel good about that. But I mean, it's unbelievable. Every year it feels like we were just in Philly, you know, but then this is so much better than

Philadelphia. So much better. Philly first first, is just such a poopy city. And I feel like I can say that because half my family's from there. But Vegas itself is perfect for an event like this. It's incredible. This place is massive. I already went to the Mark's shop, spent, I don't know, $2,000 on 25 things. It was well-

Did you get the Michael Cole shirt? No. I already got two of those Cole You know that and no once again same as last year. They are not telling them in there They also aren't selling any NWO merch Thought he showed up with an NWO shirt instead he's got a Hall of Fame shirt couple your friends in there Oh, welcome me, you know, I'm already in there of course, April 4th, 2014. It's a beautiful day in the history of the WWE.

But once again, this right here is what it's all about. I'm excited for the Hall of Fame. Excited to watch you two work tonight at the Hall of Fame as well. Hard work pays off. Dreams come true. Tough times don't last. Bad times don't last. But bad guys do.

Geez. Look, I don't have my shit. I wrote it down. But bad guys do. Look, I don't have my shit. I wrote it down. Nice try, brother. He's the bad guy. Bad times. He's also a tough guy. Let's go to one half of the hammer. Cowboy CM Punk.

Have you ran into CM Punk? And how do you think he is feeling heading in to the biggest weekend of his professional career? I have not ran into CM Punk and how do you think he is feeling heading in to the biggest weekend of his professional career? I have not ran into CM Punk a lot of the WW people backstage said basically a spitting image So that was pretty cool. And I think I think I think Roman suit said it. Well, he Had to sing the theme song. That's why once he started singing. Yeah What is it? I don't want to steal his moment Is your moment? No, I was gonna say is okay Roman of what is it all I know is Roman avoided me like

the plague back there I think it's a bit worried about tomorrow. How do you hear these? He basically called see a punk and nothing not worried about it at all. Yeah, we wouldn't say it's my face. What did Roman? What did we learn from the conversation with Roman that you will take into your analysis of WrestleMania Michael Cole? I think he is affected a lot more by Paul Heyman being in punks corner than

he's letting on. I don't love that. I think he was very defensive, especially when I asked that question. I think it's bothering him. You know, there's 25 missed calls from Paul Heyman just yesterday on Roman's phone. He's turned them completely off. He's hit the FU button on him. He's looking forward.

He's going out there alone. He's not alone, though. And that's what I try to tell him. When Roman Reigns walks out into that stadium, there is going to be tens of thousands of people walking alongside of him. and rains walks out into that stadium. There is going to be tens of thousands of people walking alongside of them. And I'll tell you what, we can't wait for him to get the Oola fall off official tribal chief title all the way back as he gets a stranglehold on the company again. That's what we get the Oola follow back. Well, it's in good hands right

now. Yeah, it's a good day. The tribal The Tribal Commander in Chief has the Ulefala, I believe, in Washington, D.C. That thing I think is on a private plane heading over here to Las Vegas. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, I describe her every week as an anomaly because I don't think there's another human on Earth that can do any of the things that she can do. She is a picture perfect WWE superstar. You put that alongside the fact that she's been a lifelong fan. There's no wonder she's been a two time champ. And she's tied for the longest reign in the history of world championships.

This weekend, she's in a triple threat match to become champion yet again against EO Sky and Bianca Belair. That will kick off WrestleMania Sunday. Kick off match on WrestleMania Sunday, second highest honor you can get in the entire show. Ladies and gentlemen, some call her mommy. Rhea Ripley! The demons and the chains, it's leaving. The leecher body of the champion of all time.

The leecher body of the champion of all time. The leecher body of the champion of all time. Very well then. Terry Bollea. Terry Bollea. What the? Did he introduce himself to you as Terry Bollea? Yeah, he did. Sets of gentlemen, I did not know that that was possible. Ladies and gentlemen, Mommy is here.

I love it. They are all your children and this is becoming an annual tradition, so we thank you for joining us yet again. Obviously with so many big things happening this weekend you are not a champion going into WrestleMania look I feel like one okay how do you feel going in feels like you're maybe best shape of your life mentality how is it obviously triple threat match isn't easy how is the mentality here yeah I mean triple threat matches they're unpredictable you've got people coming from every single direction you got to watch your back at all times you got to watch everyone else's Yeah, I mean Triple Threat matches, they're unpredictable. You've got people coming from every single direction.

You've got to watch your back at all times. You've got to watch everyone else's back, because Io could pin Bianca, Bianca could pin Io. Anything could really happen. But going into WrestleMania 41, I am ready. I want my Women's World Championship back. And yes, even though I am an emotional wreck at times and I don't make good decisions.

Happens to all of us. It's a human thing, it's a human thing. And that's just how I have to deal with it. But going into WrestleMania 41, I am as ready as I'm going to be and I cannot wait. Okay, I'm happy to hear you didn't break your nose. A lot of us thought you broke your nose whenever EO Sky springboarded off the top

to push you into Bianca Belair. One of the moments where you guys, not a lot of respect seemingly amongst the three of you at this point, you're healthy heading in, nose is good. And how excited are you guys to finally kind of handle this that's been kind of brewing since Elimination Chamber? I mean we're all extremely excited again in there and just brutalize each other. We've been waiting for this moment, especially Bianca and I, we've talked about heading into WrestleMania against each other for the last like three to four years. Even since NXT, we've always been talking about this. Add Io into the mix, like I'm as ready as I can be. I'm excited for this. I'm willing to go into my bag of tricks and just put everything on the line.

As you know, kicking off WrestleMania is like the second most, like obviously the main event. Yep. And then there's the kickoff of the show. Big deal. You've been a part of it a few times now, obviously throughout. You're doing it yet again. How does that change your day and your preparation? I just have to start earlier. I have to mentally prepare to go to war a lot earlier and have the crowd be hotter, which is good, because then I get more of an adrenaline rush, because they're really, really loud

and just excited to be there. We're opening the show, so it's just like, we get all the emotions straight out, and it's going to be absolutely thrilling. Chosen to set the tone for the evening is a massive honor, obviously something that has been bestowed upon you plenty of times. Cole has a question for you, Rhea. So Rhea, you know, EO Sky is sort of in her mind taking a back seat in this whole build of this match.

It's sort of been you and Bianca and EO despite being the champion sort of been off to the side. You have never beaten EO Sky. What's this guy's deal? What the hell? What's your deal? Does that come in? Sorry, he's not on our show. You know that. Eoskai. What's the hell? Does that come in? He's not on our show. You know that he's a guest. Leading question, brother.

I'm just wondering if that weighs on you at all going into the match. I mean, it's always gonna be there. It's a fact. I've never beaten Eoskai. That's something that I have to live with and I have to think about. But I've gotten very, very close to beating Eoskai. And I had her beat on Raw until Bianca decided to get up out of her chair and steal the spotlight. You kind of got distracted there, I'm gonna say it.

I did. I did. I'm on your side, but you kind of got distracted. I definitely did because I've had people turn on me left, right and center. Since I came up to Raw, I've had people turn on me in NXT. I've had friends betray me, family betray me. So then to see Bianca go back on her word after years of us saying that we wanted to face each other one on one at WrestleMania for then to see her get up and cheer for Io.

Come on. I took that as disrespect and another betrayal in a way. So I lost my temper. I went out there, of course. Like it wasn't the smartest thing to do. But we're in it. I also had EOB, she only got up because she got a little cheerleader next to her.

So are you worried about the cheerleader and Bianca teaming up against you? You are the eradicator. You know, I'm not worried to be honest. They can team up if they want. Are you gonna do this number here? How come nobody ever does this one? This one's a good move.

Because I don't know if that one works. It does. It does. It does. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we've been. Watch, home. As soon as you start, you just do one.

Look, Terry's got it. Well, I mean, I was kinda starting with the, you know, boom right there. It's kinda the early Genesis, but you're just, you're sitting right there, you're waiting. You're waiting. You're calling it in, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom they should be calling it and then maybe you know if they come at the same time your speed back you know they're trying before I'm just saying

maybe something I might give it a go okay not a bad idea Terry does have a question for you I do listen everybody knows my wrestle man Listen, everybody knows my WrestleMania. Look at this. Look at all these people. Oh! Why are they all like you? Yeah, they don't. You know?

Good heat, brother. It's good heat. Well, that's because I was running hot in LA about 20 years ago. You know, everybody forgets that. But listen, WrestleMania, much different, obviously, than WrestleMania 3 when I was body slaving Andre and basically changing the face of wrestling forever. But I'm just curious, are you surprised when you see how much bigger this gets

every single year? I mean, you're a massive superstar now, but you wrestle in Las Vegas, in the Las Vegas Ranger Stadium, dude. Yeah, I mean, honestly, it's not that surprising. WrestleMania just seems to keep growing and growing and growing and getting more popular. And now, honestly, with our deal with Netflix as well, there's more eyes on the product than there ever has been. People that weren't wrestling fans

before they're now checking it out and they're like I want to see the Superbowl of WWE and wrestling in general I want to watch WrestleMania 41 I want to see these superstars that I've just started watching and then watch them go to war for the championships that they're going for like there are so many eyes and to see it the product get this big and just continue to grow, it's amazing. I'm not surprised, I wanna say, but it's just cool to see how high the product can go

and how many eyes are really on us all because it deserves it. It deserves the platform that it's on and we all work our asses off for this. So we appreciate everyone that actually does come and watch and watch us from home and supports us doing the thing that we love. So thank you guys. Yeah, we are lucky that you do your thing.

I was just checking out your nails right now. Awesome. Your rings, your watch, your bracelets. My bracelets, my many, many bracelets. Yeah, I mean you, three chains. I mean we are, hey, come on. Who's Saucin' going into WrestleMania? To WrestleMania already. I mean we are hey Come on Salson going into WrestleMania WrestleMania ready. I love everything about it. Go ahead You know what's amazing to me is that you've only been doing this ten years, right?

You started in a small promotion in Australia came over to the States a completely different individual when you came here I remember calling your your masses in the Mayon Classic, completely different, Priya Ripley. Since you, and I read an article about it earlier this week, since you quote unquote found yourself, you've seemed so much more confident and just on a different level than you've ever been before. Yeah, it took a lot. I was always someone that would listen to every part

of the criticism that people would throw at me and Honestly, it started eating me alive, and I just didn't feel comfortable Being myself I I wanted to have the long blonde hair to hide behind it. It was my my Hiding mechanism you know like if I got shy just hid behind my hair I didn't get tattoos because I was worried that WWE wouldn't hire me because I had tattoos. I didn't like standing out too much. I just wanted to please everyone and then I got to a point where I wasn't happy being me like that anymore. I wanted to be my true self and ever since I embraced who I am as a human and and started dressing the way that I wanted to dress. I cut my hair I felt more confident because I couldn't hide behind it

Man, it felt good. It felt really really good getting tattoos. I know it's just something little but like man, it's me I appreciate you guys You became mommy I did and that's something that I really stand for. I think everyone should just embrace their inner self and their true self and they'll start to love themselves. Screw what people say about you. Love yourself. Love yourself. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Some days are a lot harder than others, I will say.

Especially for somebody like me. But for you, you become an inspo obviously to a lot of people. And since, you know, becoming your true self, even though you were great to be a part of, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's

lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives, you've been a part of a lot of people's lives you become an inspo obviously to a lot of people and since becoming your true self, even though you were great before, you have become an anomaly.

You're one of one. Thank you. You are special. You are something that this company needs, this profession needs, this business needs and I'm so happy to see you once again at a championship opportunity. Enjoy the whole weekend, okay? Oh, I will. Ladies and gentlemen, the Eradicator, Mami Rio! She almost broke the stage.

She almost broke the stage. See you later. She's awesome. Yeah, I mean, she's awesome. She's awesome. She's awesome. She almost broke the stage. She almost broke the stage. See you later. Her hands are sick. She's awesome.

Terry's pants are a little tighter. Easy dude, show a little respect brother. Maybe though. She's awesome. Rhea's awesome. As Michael Cole takes selfies, D-But returns to the set. So when I was down, whenever we were down at NXT, Foxy, I don't know if you have a camera and a microphone back there, do you, Foxy? Yes, sir, what's up?

Hey, you remember when we were going down to NXT, it was during COVID? Yep. And there was only a few NXT talent, Hey, you remember when we were going down to NXT, it was during COVID. Yep. And there was only a few NXT talent, whoever was just on the show was there. And then there was only a couple producers. So it was like, I don't wanna say a small class of people, but we were very lucky to be a part of that week in and week out. Rio was one of them obviously, Karrion Kross was down there.

Ciampa, Gargano. Alistair Black. Alistair Black was down there, yes,, Gargano. Alistair Black. Alistair Black was down there, yes, at that time. Pete Dunn. Those scumbags. Scumbags. From Adam Cole all the way through the rest of the group. But Rhea was down there, and she was in the middle

of understanding, I think. I would kinda say we've known her since day one. We've watched this journey from beginning till now. It's been, it's honestly outstanding. I agree completely. I was thinking about that the other day, whenever she came out in a place with bananas. And she's always been so nice to us.

Was nice to us then, nice to us now. It's awesome. Always cool, yeah. In the night I did War Games. She might have caught wind, her and others, that I was gonna go off the top of the cage or whatever. And like right before I go out, her and I forget who else, it might have been Karen Krosk and they go, don't have to.

Don't have to go off the top. And it's like, you have to go up top, don't you think? And they're like, yeah, you don't have to. I'm like, all right, I'll see you on the other side. Literally like the last two people I see going out there. So it's great to see who she is. Confidence. Confidence.

That's what she's gained in the last number of years, and that's why she's great. She believes in herself now. Two-time world champ, longest-reigning one. What do you think her thoughts were on you, Razor Ramon? I assumed, you know, classic bad guy. She gets it, you know. She knows what's going on here and also you know confidence.

She uses machismo. I feel like that is something that we all can relate to. And I am looking forward to that kickoff because you guys mentioned it too. Obviously main event you want to be made of ventures. That's huge. The kickoff match just as important. That's the one that kind of sets the tone.

We're I feel like that's the one you kind of have to land because that gets everybody going for the one that kind of sets the tone. We're, I feel like that's the one you kind of have to land because that gets everybody going for the rest of the night. Sets the tone. What is the kickoff matches for? WrestleMania Saturday is going to be Gunther versus Jay for the World Heavyweight Championship. Yeah. He, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, That's a football stadium. Amazing.

That's it. That's a tone. Coming down like Chris Angel. That's gonna be a long time to that's what I'm thinking. That's the first match member. The eating and Indy at the rumble. Absolutely. I'm gonna be exhausted.

I'm gonna be absolutely exhausted. First match of the night. Cannot wait to sweat as J. Uso makes his way to the ring to potentially become a world champion for the first time. I'm gonna be exhausted. I'm gonna be exhausted. I'm gonna be exhausted. I'm gonna be exhausted.

I'm gonna be exhausted. I'm gonna be exhausted. I'm gonna be exhausted. I'm gonna be exhausted. I'm gonna be absolutely exhausted first match of the night cannot wait to sweat as J Uso makes his way to the ring to potentially become a world champion for the first time. Darius J Butler, your thoughts on Rhea Bianca Belair and EO Sky match for the title, kicking things off on Sunday. Cannot wait. You guys just talking about Rhea and just her aura. And obviously, you know, E. S. T. Can't wait to see that. And then she hasn't beaten the EO Sky yet. So I know that's on her mind, but I cannot wait

for that match to kick off things. As one of the best athletes I've ever witnessed, you. Thanks. Appreciate it. What are your thoughts on what happens in a ring for people that maybe don't watch wrestling at home? What do you mean? Just... The things that are happening. I mean, it's impressive, especially when you're in person

and you see these athletes, because it's live. And we know what it is, obviously, was to shoot sports at Stone Cold Steel. That was awesome. When you're in person and you see these athletes because it's live and we know what it is Obviously was the shoot sports as a stone When you're in that library you just react in but you have one time it's not like you could pre record and say hey Let's go do that again. We didn't hit it So it's impressive to see these world-class athletes in those moments. They feed off the fans They hear Roman said they hear the fans they feel it and it's awesome being a fan and just take it in not only what they do athletic wise but you know telling the story as Michael Cole was saying. It's

actual magic you know it is it's actual magic happening in front of our eyes and there's been a couple people talking about it where just watch and disappear like you know there's a lot of like hyper critical things on everything and I understand the world we're in with the amount that we know about everything. It's hard not to dissect and study every decision made in every facet of life. Definitely in the wrestling world.

It's like, if you just sit back and watch for the next three days, you're gonna disappear into a world and you're gonna say, wow, what a ride. That is literally what wrestling is every single time. I mean, it happened to us last night when we were at the stage reveal. There's just like, there's, I don't wow, what a ride. That is literally what wrestling is every single time. I mean, it happened to us last night when we were at the stage reveal. There's just like, there's, I don't know,

maybe a million lights, and they're all choreographed perfectly. The pyros choreographed perfectly. Like, leave whatever's happening in the ring out of it. Like, if you just watched the lights show, spectacle the entire time, it'd be worth the weekend. Yeah, you talk about last night, the set reveal that we were,

and that's an incredible honor to be bestowed upon us and shout out to Stephanie McMahon for doing that. The set so big it makes a football stadium look like a basketball arena. That thing is so from that. That's what I think it looks like three levels, right? Huge. It goes all the way up to the roof of the and then they got seats in the. Yeah, people in the experience for the fans that have those seats

near the stage, on top and the bleachers, so to speak. It's gonna be pretty incredible. Yeah, the shit's gonna be insane. They're doing things that have, obviously, it's the 41st one, there's been a lot of these. There's been a lot of big brains throughout the history of wrestling that have thought of ideas.

This weekend, there's gonna be things that we've never seen before happen. And there's gonna be things happen this weekend that'll never be seen again. There's one man's brain who's kind of been tasked with driving the ship of said WWE. He'll be heading into the Hall of Fame tonight. He'll be on a headset all weekend. He's a man who has given more to this business

than anybody that I've ever met, committed his entire being to it and will for the rest of his life. The current boss, ladies and gentlemen, the cerebral assassin. Terrorizing. CCO. Triple H. Come on, dude. Sound of blood. That's the right move. That was the right move. Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! And you're ready. You still got it! You still got it!

You still got it! Cole nailed it. At my age I feel good that it sprayed still. I believe so. Triple H, thank you so much for blessing us with conversation and also great work. Building up to all of this. Triple H, Triple H, Triple H, Triple H, Triple H, Triple H. Now, there has been a transition into a new era of the WWE. The WWE has had success for decades and decades, but at the current moment,

we're at a different stratosphere than it has ever happened before for anybody. The multi-billion dollar deals with Netflix, the global interruption that the entertainment world's doing. This setup for WrestleMania here in Las Vegas has to feel good. And it has to feel fulfilling that something that you love is now captivating more people seemingly than ever. Is that an accurate assessment of how you feel? 100%, I think there's no greater feeling than something that you're that

passionate about where you live and breathe it 24 seven. And to be able to put it out there, to be able to work along people like you, like everyone else that feels the same way, that is passionate about it, that grew up loving it, and that was a fan that now gets to be a part of it. For us to all work together and see this level of success

where these men and women can go out there, there'll be a couple hundred thousand people will descend on Vegas this weekend for WrestleMania. There'll be over 100,000 people there over a couple of days in the stadium. It's hard to put into words how cool it is. Yeah, I think so, cuz Steve said earlier, he said, houses are packed, checks like old school the way they talk about what success in the business Well, are there people in the arena moving merch and who cares do people care?

It's like people care now around the world everywhere we go is filled every single arena We've ever been in since i've been here has been filled and now you got a football stadium Looking like a basketball arena with how big that set is I mean is there thoughts of how much bigger can it get legit like because I'll sit out there sometimes Watch all the shit that you guys have put together all of it all the shows all the stories all this It's like how much bigger can you get are you guys still focusing on big growth project? Yeah, what is the thoughts? I just don't think there's a ceiling on it. To me, and again, this is just my personal feeling on it,

there is no greater form of entertainment than what we do. When it is done well and when it is at the highest level, there's nothing like it. It's why I became captivated as a five, six-year-old kid with it, and that's all I wanted to do. It's why you grew up captivated. It was why all of them grew up captivated with it. And one of the coolest things is to look out here

and see people of every single age group, every single race, denomination, everybody. Just it's a big giant melting pot. It's like a family reunion. You come here, there's no fights over teams, there's no battles. It's just everybody loving something and getting along,

doing it. And then when you see that and then you see little kids like this guy right here sitting on the shoulders like that's that next generation. Right. And they they bring that next

generation here and hopefully he'll love it for life. And maybe I won't be here but down the road we'll see him with his kids here, taking it to another level. We'll need to see you here by the way, we need you to live forever because of what you're doing right now with the WWE. And the boys will have their questions but I have mine here. I heard you talk about the conversation you have with John Cena

when he said he was sick of these fans and he wanted to turn on them and join The Rock. With how that is going, with Cody Rhodes, do you have any clue on what the reaction from these people will be if John Cena does what he says he's going to do, which is win the title and ruin wrestling? How do we make sure that doesn't happen so that this kid right over here

that's on his dad's shoulders still has a wrestling that he can love going forward and not have that John Cena ruin it all here in Las Vegas, Mr. H.? Well, I think this, I think that, um... incredibly cool of John. It would have been very easy for John Cena to want to come back here, do his greatest hits and right off into the sunset.

And just take the easy road and enjoy this last run and just relax into it. This is a challenge for him. Whether everybody loves that challenge or not, it's a challenge for him to bring things in a different way him to bring things in a different way and to on his last run, do things that he's never really done before and sort of challenge himself to go there. So hats off to him. I will say this and this is not to combat John because his opinion is his opinion.

You cannot stop this. You cannot kill WWE. Yeah, you're right. Yeah. Yeah, John. I don't care. I don't care what anybody says, what anybody does. This is WWE. This right here.

This sea of people, that kid on the shoulders, this is WWE. And no matter what anybody says, thinks, or any differently, you cannot kill it. It will continue on. Yeah, John. Once again, I'm a John Cena fan, okay? There was a lot of let's go Cena's earlier, not that many Cena's sucks,

so they might be on your side of this whole thing. D-Bud has a question for you, H. Kind of on an earlier note, Pat was mentioning how people can be so hypercritical of the business now, that's day and age, so many people care, and I live on X. I saw just an excerpt of your interview saying, hey, kind of F off, don't be a critic, be a fan.

Was there more context to that? Because everything is so clipped down there. Yeah, look, I'm just a big believer that if I ask you to go watch it, I tell you I saw a movie, thought it was great, you should go see it. You just go see it, you're a fan, you go watch it, you come back, you like it, you didn't, whatever. If I say, go watch that movie, give me a report see it, you're a fan, you go watch it, you come back, you like it, you didn't, whatever. If I say, go watch that movie, give me a report on it, tell me all the things that worked,

all the things that didn't, you go watch that movie differently, right? That's my point. At some point, you loved this. You loved it more than anything, and you grew up watching it, and you're invested, and you went as a fan, and then some reason you got into being a critic or somebody asked you to be a critic and now you're hypercritical. To me that ruins the experience for people. I don't want to go watch a movie or anything else and just criticize everything I see in

it. I just want to go see if I enjoy the movie. People will criticize this. I don't put a lot of stock into what is on the internet unless it follows through to other things we do, right? So if they're, you know, when J. U. So won the rumble, there were a lot of people that had their thoughts and comments and opinions on that,

which is at the end of the day all they are. But there are 15,000 people in a venue and as Pat said it's been sold out all the time yeeting and going absolutely crazy when he comes out including him and including him right so who do we listen to? The few people you know what I mean or the large crowd and that's the thing so we're fortunate enough to have a focus group every single night of a lot of people that are really in that moment, fans, not being critics, not being anything else. And people are allowed to love what they love

and dislike what they dislike and their opinions are their opinions. But you cannot base things on the opinion of some when the majority feels differently. But when the majority starts to feel it, then that's when you... Yeah, you gotta listen. You gotta listen.

Yeah, you gotta listen. It's a business where the fans very much matter. Absolutely. And in the world that we're in though, it's like, are the fans that are the most vocal representing the most amount of people? You know, that's kind of a conversation happening around a lot of businesses.

I will say this, the passionate fans that are critical of everything that happened are going to be wrestling fans for the rest of their lives. And that's why I think they feel a certain gatekeeping of what a wrestling fan is allowed to be, what a wrestling fan isn't allowed to be, what's allowed to happen. So I think they will always exist. But I will have, you know, D. Butch, I don't think was like a diehard fan other than when he was a kid. Connor just got into it. Ty literally has fan other than when he was a kid. Connor just got into it.

Ty literally has been in it since he was a kid. We can't wait to just sit back. And that's why my job is the best in the world. I get to sit next to Cole and I get to just watch wrestling for two and a half, three hours and have the time of my life. The business right now is more fun and better than it's ever been. And I think a lot of the ex wrestlers that would say that is the case as well. Promo wise, back in the day there was dogs, okay?

Nowadays, there's a lot of people that are good on mics as well. In the ring, being able to work. Back in the day, there was definitely guys that were able to work, but there was also a lot of guys that maybe couldn't work that well. Now it feels like a lot more people

have the ability to work. Just like every sport, it kind of there's an evolution that takes place. Absolutely. And I think it's in a great spot. So I think the people on the internet that are negative, like I think they'll be around forever. I think that's why they feel so passionate about it. But man, the bigger picture of all of us, we have loved the ride that you have taken. Oh yeah. Yeah. Look, it's part of the thing. It's a ride, brother. You're taking us on a ride. That's real. For me, like one of the things I love to watch,

we have the spy camera on you guys where I can see you. So if we need to talk about things between sex. There were times when I would see him and, bless him, would be trying to, you'd be like, oh my God, that's incredible. Oh, look at that. You know what I mean? He's trying to give you this energy and he's just sitting there

and now I watch him jumping out of his seat and I watch him freaking out and having a blast. I watch you doing it. I watch fans doing it. To me, that's the answer right there. If people are doing that, we got them and we're in a good place and when they're not, then we readjust and we shift and we get them back there.

Lucky to be a part of your company. Cole has a question for you. You know, one of the cool things about my whole career here is watching the evolution of you over 28 years. I mean, we bet. I'll still wedging you right now. Please do do it now. It's easy.

Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. I don't think so. I am not reaching into the back of his pants for any reason under the sun. You know, and it was really cool being a part of the whole evolution of NXT with you and

being there at Performance Center and being a part of all that. You've allowed us to be us and you've allowed us to have fun. And I said it last year at WrestleMania, I love professional wrestling and that's because of you. You've given me the opportunity to go out there and be who I am. I will say this out of everything I've been through in this company. Tonight is going to be perhaps the biggest honor of my career. Because Pat and I are going to be able to host the Hall of Fame tonight.

And we are going to be there to induct this man into the class of 2025 tonight, the Hall of Fame. Congratulations. Thank you. You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it. You do deserve it. And I know you didn't want it. Like I saw a lot of people saying like, Triple H in charge, now Triple H going in. And for those people, just because I am very lucky to have conversations with other people potentially that have the ability to make decisions,

this was the last thing that he wanted. Was forced upon you, but I hope at this point at least you understand just what they said, you deserve it brother, 10 times. Thank you. Look, yeah, clearly I've accepted it when they surprised me with it and Sean and Taker walked out on stage. Honestly, I thought I just didn't read the format sheet for

the town hall we were doing. And I thought like, Sean's coming out here to promote something and I didn't see it on the sheet. Like I gotta start paying more attention to this. Yeah, it's an incredible honor. It was an incredible honor to be told by those two. You know, as we had talked about Hall of Fame, I did not want to do it. We had other plans and then Nick took things into his own hands and he's the president. So what can I do?

Yeah, not just him. There's a board too. There's a lot of people that were like, we don't care if he doesn't want it. He deserves it. Look at this. Look at this. Is that good, dude?

Yeah. And I do want to say something. You see all the titles. You've won 15, I believe, or 14. I'm not sure, to be honest. I should know this, but. 14. You guys know. 14 or 14. I'm not sure to be honest. I should know this but. 14. With that being said how do you feel about the fact that John Cena could possibly beat Ric Flair's record and have 17 world titles on Sunday because I know what Ric Flair means to you in your

life. How are you going to feel if John wins and breaks Rick's record? I'll be happy for John. I will be happy for the industry. You know, Mac records are there to be broken. They're there to be surpassed. It is there for the next generation to come ahead and chase. Yeah, to chase to have that sort of sitting in front of you, I think that if it's going to be done, there is nobody probably more deserving to do it than John Cena. But he's got a lot to overcome late in his career. And if you ask me, it's why he's on the shortcut that he's on, because it's a lot harder to do it at the place he's at than it was 20 years ago. So if he does it, I'll be incredibly happy for him.

It doesn't take away from what Flair did or his amazing career, greatest of all time. But you can make that argument, people have been having that argument since the beginning of anything. How you can compare the Hogan era or the Savage era to the Bruno San Martino era. Thank you brother. Thank you for saying that. How long has he been wearing that? All day. Just today? I'm surprised.

All week bro. I'm not taking it off till Monday dude. All week, bro. I'm not taking it off till Monday, dude. Yeah. You know, I just think that you can't make those comparisons. Everybody is great in their era and their time. You know, it's just, it's nature. Look, I was standing back there just now and one of your tech guys goes,

you think you're gonna get a bigger pop than Austin? I'm like, hell no. You know what I mean? Who the fuck said that? Who the fuck said that, dude? You know. Who said that? The UZ.

But it's the fact that people even ask that question. I have no delusions of that, but like the people, comparison is always what people go to. It's just what they do, but I just don't think that's a, if you, there's things you want to chase, but you've got to be happy with your own success and the place you're in. And I think those comparisons are just you know people fantasizing

about things that could never be who's better LeBron or Jordan. Don't go there. They'll kill you. I'm not getting into that argument. I'm not saying anything but it is hard to compare. Very very hard. Different sports, different times, different rules, different life, different rules, different life, different everything. Everything. With that being said, you did mention his era.

Hulkster has a question for you, Mr. H. He did. Mr. H, first and foremost, congratulations on the Hall of Fame, obviously. Thank you, Hulkster. Please enjoy it. Please enjoy it. I'm just curious.

We talk a lot about you. You've been there, done that. You've been at Mania, dude. You've came down that ramp, brother, and you know what that's like seeing you in your element last night, you know, doing everything. The creative aspect. When you do that, do you feel like, Oh, I got this. So I'm not chasing, you know, being in the ring anymore, because that was as a life long fan. That was really cool to see, dude. Thank you. You know, there came a point in my time, long before I hung up my boots for health reasons,

where I was kind of done with it. And I hate saying that because there's a few that I feel like, you know, later, I don't wanna say I ever phoned anything in, but I just couldn't focus on it, right? It would be, I would be doing all this other stuff and trying to train twice a day, trying to get ready to be in the ring. The day of WrestleMania, I would be working on entrances and

doing a million other things. And somewhere late in the afternoon, I'd be like, my God, I got a match in a couple hours. I have to go think about this for the first time. I actually sort of felt bad sometimes for the people I was working with because I didn't have the bandwidth and the things for those other folks were almost the priority for me.

I've said this a lot to me. Where I'm at now is very much like doing something for yourself in your life that you're very proud of and then watching your kids do it and helping your kids to succeed in that and the level of pride that you're very proud of and then watching your kids do it and and helping your kids to succeed in that and the level of pride that you have in what they're doing to me you know tomorrow Sunday watching Rome and Seth you know Charlotte Ria just so many talent that I will watch that in some way

I was there through their journey and like to think in some manner, I kinda helped them get there or guided or whatever that is, but seeing them do that and the pride that comes out of you for them, that's an indescribable feeling. I can't, it makes my career in Ring pale in comparison to me in what it means to me to what I am doing right now.

Fulfillment brother. That's what you're feeling when you watch that. I assume teachers feel this way, coaches feel this way, parents obviously feel this way. And I had a chance to be a NXT icon in the black and gold brand whenever you were running it. Icon? I'm an icon. Yeah. Main evented one. You heard what the hell he said. Do you ever main event a fucking PLE? I'm undefeated at WrestleMania. That's not the question. Yeah, so am I. Have you ever main evented a PLE?

No. Actually, I did one year. Country Whippin' match. Okay, all right. Okay. Anyways, I took a lot of pride. So icon. Yeah, icon.

Icon. I took a lot of pride in being a part of the NXT that you were running. But everybody that was down there watching you do your thing was like, this guy is what you were supposed to do. The way you interact with people, the way you think of answers, cuz a lot of it is problem solving too. And to his point, Hulkster's point about watching you last night, it was cool. And it has been cool to kind of watch you do your thing and

how you go about doing it vastly different than maybe it's been done in the past. Yeah, look, at the end of the day for me, it's just fun. I'm not out there doing it because I think like, oh, I gotta get on this or I gotta control that or I gotta this. Like, I just wanna have fun. I wanna go out there, I wanna do this. I wanna work with talent.

I wanna collaborate with people. The favorite thing for me on doing this is like, hey, what do we wanna do here? And let's talk about this. And we had an idea for this. What do you think? How do we want to get there? And sort of riffing those ideas and bouncing them off, people, when you can be creative

with somebody, to me, that's the best. It's, I don't know, that's the coolest part of the job is just seeing it come through. What's that? That's that? What's that? What's that? Do I that? What's that? What? Do I what?

Just as a creative person. I consider myself a pretty creative person. I think there's a lot of creative people in the past. Creative dude. Creative guys. But Pat, I've never seen you smoke weed. You're right. Yeah.

So you don't either, right? You eat a lot of candy things. Yeah. Vitamins. Vitamins. Yeah, yeah. Vitamins. But what is your creative process? Do you listen to music? What is... Yeah. Vitamins. Vitamins. Yeah, yeah. Vitamins.

But what is your creative process? Do you listen to music? What is... It's a weird thing people say, like, what do you do to get creative? I don't know. I don't feel like my brain doesn't stop. Me neither, yeah. You know, and you're just constantly thinking about it.

The thing that's cool... Notes section in your phone? What do you do? Yeah, a lot of that. You know, I'm very not technical with the technology stuff, so I tend to not put things in notes. I tend to just send myself a text. Oh. To your own phone?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I just roll through my text and look at all the ideas. What did I want to tell me? Yeah, exactly. I have a conversation with myself on text. The notes section's right there, right? Yeah. It seems easier, but then again, I don't know.

It wasn't notes when I started texting. You're getting a notification from yourself? Oh yeah, shit. Yeah, oh, what did I say? Yeah, I gotta go in there and look at what I said. Sometimes I piss myself off at the things I say to myself. Yeah, I was saying, yes, hey, watch how you speak to yourself, you're listening.

Yeah. You gotta remember that. You've been doing great. We are all following along. Razor Ramon has a question for you, obviously. Friend of yours. Yeah, Mr. H, we're talking about the creative part. And luckily, we were able to debut the stage

to lead the show today and during the second hour. And it's incredible. But I feel like not everybody gets the full sense of what it really is going to look like tomorrow and Sunday. How did that design happen? Did you kind of start thinking of that as soon as WrestleMania last year started? And is this one of those stages where you do wish

you were walking down that ramp just to feel what it's gonna feel like and how different it is from the ones of the past? Well, in all honesty, I'll walk up and down that ramp about 4,000 times tomorrow. Perfect, perfect. Tomorrow and Sunday, I'll be worn out by the end of the day from going up and down that ramp.

Yeah, look, the beautiful part about this business, the difficult part about this business is it never stops. It's the story that never ends, thank God. As soon as a chapter is done, there's another chapter. And as soon as you put on an event, there's another event happening after it. People are just interested in what you're gonna give them at that event.

Forget about what you did at the one before, right? So it never ends. It's also the thing I think that is tough for people, it wears them out. You know, when you're there every single week and when you have to do that then multiple times per week, every single week. Travel. Travel. And if something goes wrong, you got to you got to acknowledge it.

You've got to then push it aside and you got to move on. You have an opportunity to fix it tomorrow or the next day or whenever that is. So, you know, you sort of have to be in that mode of just celebrate the wins, you know, learn from the misses, but move on from both.

Don't over. You know, we'll the misses but move on from both. Don't over. You know we'll celebrate when Sunday is over we'll celebrate for probably two or three minutes before somebody will hand me the script of what we're going to be doing and that the run sheet for Monday Night Raw

the next night. And before I can even look at that I'll roll over to the Tony Hintzcliffe roast and get with you guys. And then you know at some point in time we'll get on that but this week we spend a lot of time put it

this way what we have done for WrestleMania is now kind of done. I sat with Floyd Mayweather once in his locker room right before a fight and he was just laying on the couch watching a basketball game because he had

money on it was the most relaxed person I'd ever seen outside of Pat on a regular. Sure. Just hanging out, right? And I said, well, I'm going to let you do your thing. And he's like, I've already done my thing. If I haven't done everything there is to do

before I got here today, nothing I'm going to do right now is going to fix it. So I'm just going to relax. And in a little bit, I'm going to go out there and fight. No big deal, right? I feel like that's how we are. If we haven't done everything there is to do pretty much before that event starts on Saturday, we've messed up. So this week we spend a lot of time on what happens on the other side, right?

You have to get through what's in front of you, but the second you get the top of Mount Everest, you've got to look around and say, which hill am I going up next? Doesn't mean you don't enjoy the success. But the second you get the top of Mount Everest, you've got to look around and say, which hill am I going up next? Doesn't mean you don't enjoy the success. Doesn't mean you don't learn from the mistakes. That's key. But you have to then put all that stuff aside and move on to the next thing. And it's constant.

It is constant. And that is, I think there are a lot of people that want to be in this industry and you see them get weeded out by the long term. Anybody can do this short term, but when you start to get into the years and years and years that grind is what takes you down and can wear you out. You know the excitement about this too Paul is that you have WrestleMania every PLE now every month is almost like WrestleMania. I mean, it's just as important, but we're playing major stadiums around the world,

so you've got to be able to provide- Royal Rumble is in a football stadium. Right. You have to be able to act. Royal Rumble in a football stadium. Summer Slam will be two nights in MetLife this year. Football stadium. Yeah, will be, and that's the other thing, even just the town are coming off three

weeks in Europe. Oh yeah. are coming off three weeks in Europe. You know, like sold out massive shows in Europe. We'll do this, three weeks from this weekend we'll be backlash, you know, a few weeks at four, maybe weeks at. That's three weeks from this weekend, huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Quick turn around, dude.

Yeah, you know, it comes quickly and it keeps moving and you just have to try to stay in front of it. And you know sometimes people say how do you guys do it. You just keep stepping. You just keep one step in front of the other and you just keep moving forward. That's it. And I've said one of the things about your leadership is the fact that you understand that you have an all star team like you have an all star team across the board behind the scenes on air in the ring and you utilize that and you don't overmanage you basically say you guys know what you're doing the buck stops with you but you I'm not going to tell you how to ring announce or how to announce ringside you know what I mean I can add a storyline beat in here there I can tell you I could tell you if something I don't go that far without it whatever but

those are just little side notes the rest of it it, it's like, you guys do what you do. I can't, you know, you're the best you can rely on. But you rely on this team, and I think that's what makes it so good. I can't do any of this without everybody else that's here. That can't. Well, we can't do any of this without you being here. Tonight, we'll celebrate you going into the Hall of Fame.

This weekend, we will celebrate you and your team's big ass brain. And on Monday at the Raw After Mania, we will celebrate what the next chapter is after you wrap up this particular WrestleMania season. And now if you're on the internet, because it would never happen in real life, because every time I've ever been with you in public, doesn't matter if the people speak our language or speak another language as soon as they see you there's a blah blah blah that's triple h and triple h everybody does it because of how much you've done but if you want to talk to your shit on the internet we got two words for you

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Ladies and gentlemen, if you could, you don't know them, but you should. Can I get a go, Jim Kelly? Go go Jim Kelly. Go Jim Kelly. Go Jim Kelly. He's a like that little buzz. He's a bald headed handsome man who is obviously

director of security for the WWE. I mean he's like Bart the Ball cop guy. Paul Blart? Paul Blart, yeah. Like, he really nailed it. He is not that. That's a low blow, bro. I hope he features us, yeah. Okay, from us here at the WWE world, there's only one thing left for us to do, and I think

we should get AJ up here for this, for sure. Hey, Hawker. Hawker, we need you to come up here for this AJ because- I want another beer dude. We are gonna pick every single match that would be happening this WrestleMania weekend. AJ can you hear? Yep, I'm good to go. Welcome back out here.

I hope you got a chance to chat with Triple H about real professionalism. I really did. I got to talk about the set. Yeah, Triple H is the man. Love that guy. It was Zito who asked him if he thought he was going to get a bigger pop than... Good job Zito. Lay up of course. Lay up. Thanks for coming. That's a great question to ask somebody. I'm sure that's not something they're thinking about as they're going out there. not something they're thinking about as they're going out there.

Boys we need to pick every single match. Hell yeah. Let's go. It's a lot of them because it's a celebration of the year that was and a lot of great superstars. I will get your takes when you make your picks. Let's be quick. Let's start out with WrestleMania Saturday Night opening the show, kicking off all of WrestleMania 41. We have Gunther taking on Jey Uso.

Nailed it. Michael Cole leading the Yid up here. We'll start with you AJ Hawk. You got Gunther to retain or is the Yid man getting his Yid title for the first time? I mean this is for me this is an easy one you're gonna be yeeting all over the place Saturday so give me Jey Uso. CM Punk? Sure you and I were talking about this a bit Gunther kind of had his way over in Europe when he was on his home territory back in the US of A were yeeting all night long. J.U. So OK.

T. Butch it is the ring general but he lost his cool couple of weeks ago. I don't think you ever get it back. It's made a bitch James all day. OK. We're eating.

Razor Ramon I mean look James. So is that a big night at you know how could you go against him. But unfortunately I'm going to. He had his moment at the Royal Rumble and I think Guter is gonna bring it home with those chops. Sorry, sorry people.

You're just gonna have to take that in. Survey says. Another one for the bad guy. Not bad, you're close. Hulk Surfer. Come on man. Yeah, it's gonna be Guter dude. That's a layup.

Listen, I'll move, listen to these marks. He's got, you guys don't know shit about rest. None of you guys. Are you in the Hall of Fame? I should be if I'm not. I'm recent things. I don't know if maybe they took me out or something waiting to go back in. I don't know.

I need to still look at that. But yeah, it's going to be Guenther. It's a layup, dude. It felt like Guenther is one of your favorites. Yes, I love Guenther. Everything he's about, dude. Why do you love him so much? His makeup, his physique, his Swiss county. everything he's about dude. Why do you love him? His makeup his physique Swiss County?

You later brother every bit good. There's kind of the perfect WWE superstar in my humble opinion, dude So you got good to retaining that out Michael Cole voices the WWE. Do you have Gunther or Jey Uso? I'm gonna have to split the table as much as I want to eat tomorrow night, sir I don't know how you stop Gunther. Yeah It's good the guy's an absolute machine I will not be making a pick because I'll be a non biased journalist out there, but It's got to the next match shall we on WrestleMania Saturday the new

New day are taking on the Monday Night War Raiders. AJ Hawk, you like the War Raiders and the new, new day? Give me the new, new day. Wow. Absolutely. They said terrible things about Big E. We like Big E. Yeah, they did.

I love Big E as well. You know, I just take it, you know. It's competition. Things are set. Sometimes feelings are hurt. But it's going to be all right. They'll get past it. CM Punk? Yeah know I just take it you know it's competition things are said sometimes feelings are hurt But it's gonna be alright. They'll get past it CM Punk. Yeah, I've got all the respect in the world for the Viking Raiders But they're the war Raiders assholes come on and make up But I'm gonna go with the new new day okay this one. I like the cut of their jib more

Viking Raiders war Raiders are there War war war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, war, Ha! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again. No, New Day. Okay. Razor, Huromone? You know, I think I know which way Holkster's going, so I'm gonna go ahead and do the New Day.

Kofi Kingston actually from... What was that supposed to mean? From my hometown. I had no idea. He's a big Patriots fan as well, so the New New day all day. Okay, so new new day, new new day, new new day, new new day, and Hulkster, War Raiders versus the new new day.

Yeah, unfortunately, it's gonna be another layup for the Hulkster, dude. I like the War Raiders. I do. I do. Why is everybody just assuming- Why's that? I mean, I don't get, again, there's a couple guys up here who know what the WWE is all about. No rasslin. Okay? Folks are a couple marks over here. That's fine. You know, you guys eat your popcorn. Watch baby on Saturday, Sunday. The whole she's gonna be breaking

this thing down, dude. Okay? I'm sorry. The new day. Just I mean, they probably do. They deserve to even be here in the first place. I don't want. I don't believe so, dude. Yes, they do. I don't believe so. I don't believe so. I don't believe so. All the famers. They have certainly been insufferable. The hulkster is picking against the new new day. The war raiders. Nobody would have expected that.

It feels like that could have been a lot of teams. Michael Cole. New day wins the 12th tag title. New new day as well. Clean sweep almost for the new day except for one hulkster. Let's go to the next match, shall we? This one is going to the next match. Shall we this one is? This one is going to be talked about El Grande Americano

Makes his WrestleMania debut against the greatest luchador of all time. We're a Mysterio there was a clerical air That had El Grande Americanos home hometown as a place that didn't exist whenever he was born. So he's obviously hailing for the Gulf of Mexico. That was a big change. But they just clerical where they said El Grande Americano has certainly done some things very quickly and captivated the audience since joining

Monday Night Raw. Rey Mysterio, though, living legend used to the bright lights, lives in Vegas, I believe, so kind of a hometown fight for him. AJ Hawk, you like Rey Mysterio or El Grande Americano? El Grande Americano has been one of my favorites for the last couple weeks. I would say Michael Cole has some issues with him, but I'm taking Rey Mysterio on this one. Wow. Have to. I respect taking Rey Mysterio on this one, Pat. Wow.

Have to. I respect what he has done in this business. Tone? Similar to CM Punk, El Grande Americana is jacked, okay? So I'm gonna go with El Grande Americana. Okay, El Grande Americana wins in his debut at WrestleMania. El Grande Americana is great, but I'm going with the OG, the OG, Triple OG, Rey Mysterio. Rey Mysterio with the win. wins in his debut at WrestleMania. He'll grant him Americano is great, but I'm going to go ahead.

Oh, G triple O G Ray Mysterio. Ray Mysterio with the wind. Razor Ramon. I'm a diamond cereal guy. So Ray can go to hell. I'm going with a grand Americano. Nobody's a darn Mysterio guy. I am.

Hulkster. I think I know. Well, I was actually gonna say we can't do this here. I initially you see the batch we can't do this here Initially you see the batch up you do immediately think time say maybe a double countout for both these guys No, no, no Victor out there. I will go with El Grande Americano under the stipulation, dude If they change him back to the Gulf of America in honor of DJT if he does that brother That I like El Grande Americano if not I think we're probably looking at like a double cutout situation no one wins unfortunately but everybody

wins do you get him a real Americano beer afterwards or what again if he comes up to be privately he's like listen I'm from the Gulf of America dude I don't know about this Gulf of Mexico if he does that yeah I'll drink a real American beer with him. It's a great pill. You know, Cole. Okay, Michael Cole. I'm not shocked that the real American would go pick the real Olympian Chad gable. That's not.

Stop spitting in the face of Chad gable. At least he gets his WrestleMania moment. But Rey Mysterio is entering his 13th WrestleMania this year. I'm going with Rey. Rey is going to kick the booty out of Chad gable. A little booty kicking action on WrestleMania Saturday. Let's go to the next match. This one is going to be tense.

Jade Cargill versus Naomi. You go back to elimination chamber when all of a sudden we thought we had the answer. Jade Cargill comes walking. You go back to Elimination Chamber when all of a sudden we thought we had the answer. Jade Cargill comes walking out in Toronto, Canada. We assume Liv Morgan is about to have to pay for running over Jade in the back with a car. Uh-uh, it was Naomi all along. Bianca Belair's two best friends now in a vicious fight. They will settle it tomorrow night at WrestleMania. A J hawk, your pick to win Jade or that alone.

I tell you what, J. Car I've been on her bandwagon from the jump from when she came over here. Easy, right? I'll take it. I saw Jade in the hotel yesterday, not bad against her. Jade Jade. I don't like when Naomi's up to him. Go with James. I like to move out of Naomi.

I'm going with Naomi. I think the flash is quite the colors are sweet. She ran over. Hey, yeah. And I think to run someone over that takes a lot of moxie and a lot of guts. So I think we need to have more respect for that. And yeah, Jake Cargill, you know, she is jock. But Naomi's just she's technician.

She knows what she's doing in there. And that's why I'm going with now. Hulkster excited for you to make a pick here. Honestly, there's another one where I think we could have double count out. I think there's a chance, brother. It's tough. I looked into this match, you know, as much as I probably should have not as familiar with these competitors.

I'll be honest with you, dude. What are you laughing at, brother? Give you an elbow drop, dude. I'm not atomic leg drop, brother. Honestly, give me Jay Cargill. She looks like she might have 22 24 pretty similar to the whole sir. I'll go go Jade Cargill. But again, don't discount the possibility of no contest, dude. Sorry. Two in one day. What if it is the mania of count outs? What if every man? Michael Cole, Jade Cargo, bet the house on Jade Cargill. Naomi has no shot. Everyone always has a shot. I had you feel the glow a little bit. Okay, let's go to the next fight, shall we?

This one also... for some championship gold. Who will be our United States champion? Will it be L-A... United! Or Jacob? Jacob! Mr. Moe and Werewolf, I've been a fan of L.A. Knights since I saw him.

And obviously the first time I saw him was in a workout video with Triple H like 15 years ago. He stuck to the grindstone, continued to be a chiseled animal, stuck with it, grinded the hard roads, was given absolutely nothing, gets to the WWE, gets a microphone in his hand, and he's managing models. Then he moves on from that. They let him be himself, and he is an absolute superstar. I love everything about LA Knight. Yeah!

But this Samoan werewolf is different. Jacob Fa Tu is an absolute beast. AJ, who's gonna be our United States Champion after WrestleMania Saturday? I think for all the reasons you laid out the path that he has taken, give me LA Knight. Night. I didn't love what L. A. Night did at the rumble. You could ask Drew McIntyre about that one. Um, and there was a full moon. Yeah, there's full moon last night. Give me

the give me the werewolf Jacob. Five to K. Okay. I love the L. A. Night in the gear. Yeah, that's cool. But yeah yeah Yeah, failing of the bloodline video game cover with these boys and now if I too had to I love you so low I gotta go with the way far too. I love Jacob far too because he'll say in between those posts coast to coast Something bar bar bar every time he has a microphone in front of him slaughter oh yeah and every time he gets in the ring steals the show I could see why people think this is my werewolves gonna win Razor Ramon who do you like yeah look I mean LA Knight's been there done that and he and this isn't his first rodeo and it feels like hot come fat to maybe he's a

little bit off a little more than he can chew so I am also gonna stick with AJ I'm gonna go with L.A. Knight. Hulkster I think we know. Well first of all... Was it you? I will fucking smack the teeth out of your mouth dude. Watch it brother. What the fuck is Samoan werewolf dude? That's not even real. Okay.

It is real. Have you seen him? He's very real I did see dire wolves are back. So maybe if that's it like the same genus or species that he would kill you Maybe dude, but whoop your ass too cool. It's not you know puff our chest out. Okay again, you got listen Add that works up here dude. You're down here brother. So keep chopping away. Uh, yeah, give me LA night Nobody expected that out of you. What do you mean? I think I've been very unpredictable so far brother. It's coming I was like hey, who's cuz everybody wants to know two dudes like who's all you're gonna take who's a whole big of this one I'm really invested what I believe Corso very similar which Shout out go don't put Lee in the Hulkster.

You're right, you're right, you're right. Nowhere near. You're right, you're right. Corso couldn't hold the Hulkster's jock. No, don't you ever. What do you mean, dude? Don't you? I didn't say.

Double count out. I get it. Double count out. That doesn't even apply. See, you morons are so, I mean, these marks out here are so fucking stupid. They don't even know how to come back. Give me something good. If you're gonna come at the Hulkster, dude,

come on, buddy. They're supporting you. I don't think so. I don't think double count out Michael Cole to Jacob Fox. Okay, quick pick. Any reason behind it? Yeah, because he's a beast. He's an unbelievable athlete. Wait till we tell his story. Oh, I cannot wait to talk about Jacob fought tou and L. A. Night. Let's continue on WrestleMania Saturday night's card. Charlotte Flair, who's obviously goat conversation in this business taking on what time is that Tiffany Stratton in Tiffy time. Tiffany's our champion. Charlotte Flair will obviously be the challenger.

And I'll tell you what, I don't know the ins and outs of this business. But- What? It's kind of ob noxious dude. I think I think the WWE Universe is not pulling for Charlotte Flair. I will say Charlotte's one of the greats that this company has ever seen. Great to see her back in the business in the company. They are saying though that at the end of a little verbal joust session on SmackDown, there was some things said to each other that were a little bit of a little verbal joust sesh on SmackDown. There were some things said to each other that were a little bit of a shoot,

brother. So do not work yourself into a shoot brother, am I right? Yeah. Cool. You're right. There is a lot of animosity in this one. We expect a very physical fight. AJ Hawk, do you have the champion young or the go to Charlotte Flair?

Without a doubt, I think it's Tiffy time, Pat. Yeah. AJ Hawk, do you have the champion young or the GOAT Charlotte Flair? Without a doubt, I think it's Tiffy Time, Pat. Yeah! Wow, AJ, what a pick. CM Punk? You know what time it is. I always know what time it is. It's Tiffy Time.

Mm, okay. Yeah, I thought that was gonna be Robert. I didn't love what Charlotte did. Sneaking up on it. I don't wanna steal her pole. Beating the shit out of her like, so yeah, it is Tiffy Time. Wow.

Hey, maybe one of these guys grows a brain, huh and then pick something different than the guy before him, huh? Wait, that'd be nice. Would that be nice brother for TV? Yeah. Thank you You actually be disgusting yourself, especially UCM punk Razor Ramon tippy time or Charlotte Flair. I mean I agree with Holster one, but two it ain't tippy time It's Pacific time and it's screwing with me because I just like to the clock and it's 1130 and it's Charlotte Flair all day. Yeah, sure. She might've done some scummy things. You do what it takes to win.

And a person with the last name Flair knows that better than anyone. So give me Charlotte Flair. Yeah, it's going to be Charlotte Flair. Do you talk about Rick Flair's daughter, someone who goes in and puts his place over every time I come in here. So yeah, give me Charlotte Flair dude He just picked the same guy same guys got for no I took Naomi had a countout No. Hey, fuck you, dude. Keep it coming. Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you. Can we get back to the picks, please?

I'm trying, I'm trying, dude. Hulkster, please, jeez. 14 world titles. What? Involved in the first ever women's main event at WrestleMania a number of years ago. So much experience. This is Tiffany's first WrestleMania. Charlotte Flair will dominate tomorrow.

It is not tippy time. Reset the clock. It is not tippy time. And the main event of the clock. It is not tippy time and the main event of the Three names and men synonymous with dominating this era of professional wrestling this era of sports entertainment Have had a three-headed horse leading the way you have Seth freaking Rawlings taking on CMR. And Nemat who is looking to get back

to the top of this entire industry. The OTC Roman Reigns. This one is going to shut the show down in spectacular fashion. This one has so much personal tension amongst the three of them that it's almost at a point of combustion. Paul Heyman, who is normally the wise man for Roman Reigns, will actually be the best friend of CM Punk in his corner. Roman battles alone.

Seth Freakin' Rollins told Paul Heyman that he owes him a favor as well because Seth didn't squish Paul Heyman's head through a ring two weeks ago. AJ, this one could go any direction. This one could be a triple count out. This one could be all three men not able to get back on their feet because... There are no count outs in a triple threat. This one... You don't know yet All three of these men could die out here AJ who do you have? I love the animosity between these three, but we know where I'm going Hey, man, we don't have to pick on this one. He was out here. We saw

This guy next to me. I can't pick this guy. Roman Reigns, Roman Reigns, Roman Reigns, Roman Reigns, Roman Reigns. RTC, RTC, RTC, RTC, RTC, RTC. Just put it up. The table has selected except for one person, CM Punk. Fun fact, I'm only dressed like this today because CM Punk has a beard and similar hair. Oh! Wow! Playing sleep for our tribal chief, Roman Reigns.

Okay, that's WrestleMania Saturday. Let's get to WrestleMania Sunday. Kicking off, night two, EO Sky, our women's world champion. off night to Eoska or women's world champion taking on the E. S. T. Bianca Belair and real bloody Ripley out of Australia. She joined us earlier. Obviously, the vibes are high. She looks confident and calm heading into yet another WrestleMania title match. Eoska is our champion kind of not been a challenge about much and then Bianca Belair is used to having gold around her waist as well should be electrifying to start on Sunday. A.J.

Who wins? We saw Mommy was out here earlier. She's impressive, impressive performer. But Eos guy, give me give me Eos guy. She's been under the radar. Like you said, she's in a great spot. No one's talking about her. She's gonna dominate.

Guys, we counted out a day. That's what you like. That's in a great spot. No one's talking about her. She's gonna dominate. Eoskai's been counting out AJ. I know. You said that's what you like. That's what chip on the shoulder. Give me more chip. Just keep stacking those chips. Let's give it to her. Love that.

Eoskai. Rhea Ripley from Tone. I did appreciate Mommy and her aura. I'm going to EST. I'm going to Bianca Baron. The beautiful Bianca Baron. Hulk's picking. Easy.

Relax. Yeah. It's. Sorry. I think we're starting to get a kind of a trend maybe. Hulk's pickin'. Easy, relax. Yeah, it's... Sorry. I think we're starting to get a kind of a trend, maybe. What's that? An analytics on this table. Oh, we do analytics on the picks.

Well, just when you think you know. Razor Ramon. You might not. Razor, okay. Razor Ramon, who's your pick? That's the easiest one, Rio Ripley. Okay, Razor loves. Not even close. Hulkser.

Listen, the Hulkser ain't introducing himself to too many people as Terry Belair, brother. Okay. And that's what I did right up here to Rhea. So yeah, give me Mommy in a landslide. You love Mommy to win this quick and easy? Yeah. Well, I like seeing Mommy perform out there. So maybe we, you know, extend it a little bit.

But yeah, Mommy's, Mommy's, she's taking this one. Okay, so we got Eoskye pick, we got an EST pick, we got a Rhea Ripley multiple picks. Michael Cole, who do you like? Eoskye. Okay. It changed the title. Wow. That would be a massive win for Eoskye, who is our champion.

Next match on WrestleMania Sunday is a tag team title match. The champions are the only women's tag team to ever be the tag team champs three times. They call themselves the greatest women's tag team of all time. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez of the Judgment Day take on Lyra Valkyria and Bailey, who literally just became a tag team two weeks ago,

but both of them say, wow, we're our best selves when we're working together. Will that be enough to beat the Judgment Day, A.J. Hawk? No, it will not. Liv and Raquel continue to roll here, Pat. Give me them. Yeah, Liv's got a bit of crazy in her, and I don't bet against crazy, so give me Liv. Yeah, Liv's got a bit of crazy in her and I don't bet against crazy.

So give me, give me Liv. Yeah, I noticed my picks the Hulkster off because I'm going with them as well. Give me Liv in the judgment day. I respect that one. Yeah, I mean, just reeks of people who don't watch the product because if we're talking about crazy, we're talking about Valkyria. She's an absolute nut job. Bailey.

I mean, she's been there, done that as well. This isn't her first rodeo. Liv and Raquel, they're scumbags. And I think Valkyria and Bayley bringing home, I think Valkyria is on that kind of re-a-ripply trajectory after her debut post NXT. So I love what they're doing. Didn't you just say you were a Dom guy a few minutes ago? Yeah, I didn't say I was a Liv guy, brother.

That's his girlfriend. So? He wouldn't be the only guy's girlfriend I hate. OK. Valid. He's shade, dude. Valid, valid, very valid. Hulkster, who do you have in this tag team title match?

This one's tough for me. Both these tag teams are smooth as butter, dude. Seriously, brother, I love watching him work in the ring. I'm a Bailey guy, though. So, you know, honestly, I don't care what Bailey's doing, who she's doing it with. I ride for Bailey, dude. So I'm gonna go with Bailey.

And? Valkyria, whatever the hell her name is. Yeah, I'll go with her, too. She's the Intercontinental Champion. She is awesome. I know, and I respect the hell out of her. I do. Also, she had three This Is Awesome ch chance two weeks ago from one of her matches. She is

awesome. And I get that. I'll level with you guys. Holk's got a pretty good headache and I might be having like a fucking brain aneurysm. So I had a couple things are kind of coming and going as we get closer to the end of the show here, dude. I'd love another ice cold beer as well, dude. There's a bunch left. There's a bunch left. You finally drunk a good one. He talked shit on your real American beer. Who did?

Barry's Butler. So which beer? Hey, guess what, D-Bud? We don't want you buying it anyway. Whoa. He was bored. Good night, everybody. He was bored. What D, but we don't want you buying it anyway He was born everybody he was born in he's born in Germany the bow exactly He's born on a military base in Germany, that's what I bet come on

American American. More American. Still, Jeremy, not not in the U. S. Of a bright idea. What beer do you like better? Broken skull I P A or the real American stuff? We don't have to do that. Okay. Anyway, uh, uh, live in Raquel will win. Wow. You don't like Laura and Bailey like only team together once they ran a gauntlet. They did great, but they've only been a team together once. The other teams won three tag team titles together And there's no way they lose. All right, let's get to the next one boy. This is gonna be This is potential show stealing weekend stealing iconic moments littered throughout the phenomenal a

J Takes on the maverick First we get a couple of lagers. Logan Paul has been able to take to basically every business he has tried to get into. He has a titanium plate in his fist. One punch changes the entire outcome. The Pulverizer is absolutely absurd,

but AJ Styles is one of the greatest men to ever step foot into a wrestling ring and has been for the better part of the last three decades should be electrifying on WrestleMania Sunday. AJ, who do you have? I think there's going to be one of those high flyer matches with Logan Paul. I'm from Ohio, Pat. Logan Paul is from Ohio. I'm sticking with Logan Paul here.

Right now, fun match.'s not a strategy. Yeah, it is. It is AJ style still wearing gloves. Yes. Yeah. AJ styles. Okay. The phenomenal one. I got it. I mean, I love some good heat from the hill and nobody's getting more heat right now than the Maverick in. I would love to see another pulverizer in it. So I think this will be the best match of the weekend from my perspective. I'm going to Maverick in. I would love to see another pulverizer in it. So I think this will be the best match of the weekend from my perspective. I'm going to Maverick Logan

Paul. OK Logan Paul wins as the fundraiser. Yeah. Jay Styles does that weird thing with his hands where he throws up like an Illuminati triangle before before his matches.

Yeah it's weird. I like Logan Paul Logan Paul puts on a show no matter what. So I think he'll put on a show and I don't know who knows since these people always bitch and cry when he wins they'll probably have him go under and AJ Styles win because he's old. No don't get so don't be so cynical. Don't be so negative.

That's what happens sometimes. We're both trying to win. Hulkster who do you think? Again the book is just incredible. It's another tough one for me but I think I think I like the fabric the pulverizer I'd say is probably the second greatest finisher in the history of the WWE maybe outside the atomic leg drop Of course, nothing's ever touching that. Oh, you know, it's funny only regret Should know the sleeper hole for my finisher with the pythons, you know, my hips are all fucked up from the leg drop

But but yeah, I did only regret only regret of my fucked up from the leg drop. But, but yeah, I did. He only regret it. Only regret about life. Believe it or not. But yeah, dude, give me look Paul. You gotta go to Maverick, man. It's his time. It's his time, brother. He came out with American flag in Canada as well.

Yeah, let's just say I like that as well. Yeah, yeah. Michael Cole. I've never seen anyone take to this business like Logan Paul, and he's gonna continue to steal the show at WrestleMania and and beat AJ Styles See that coming let's go to the next match shall we it is Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Fatal four way for the Intercontinental title, representing Judgment Day, Dirty Dominic Mysterio. Yeah. Whoa. Here we go Dom. And Finn Balor. Whoa. A man that you have to experience to truly appreciate. I cannot wait for WrestleMania to get a chance to experience him.

A man who has, Sero Penta takes on a man who is born to be in his business. He's more explosive than anybody. And when he shows up, the dogs are barking in every city he comes to. Our Intercontinental Champion, Braun Breaker, the holder of the super spear, the sawer of men. Will he walk out of WrestleMania's Intercontinental Champion, AJ Hawk? Give me Braun Breaker all day.

He's gonna break somebody in half like David Blaine splits people's legs from their torso one of these times. So, Braun Breaker, no question. That was Chris Angel. Yeah, you're right. David Blaine. Take a lot, dude. A lot of Vegas magicians in my brain.

Different magician, but that was Chris Angel who saw. It wasn't like him alone The dogs are barking says AJ Hawk see him punk do you agree in our office in the Thunderdome? I watched brawn breaker saw a 500 pound man in half. Oh, yeah, I can't get that on my head. Give me brah 500 pound man How fast is bro and get up to me mouse brownie 323 miles you know what it won't be fast enough I'm going with absolute pure electricity Penta whoa dynamic I can you're saying that he has his and his interest through that walk. Yeah it looks familiar. Oh look. Penta is great and he invented that thing which I think is cool

to hand his end. It is sweet and you know Finn Ballard great guy but demons not showing up. So I can't I don't see Finn winning. Brombreaker moves a million miles an hour.

He gets distracted. And I think when Penta does the thing that he created he's going to do it and he's going to do it and he's going to do it. I don't see Finn winning. Braun Breaker moves a million miles an hour. He gets distracted. And I think when Pence does the thing that he created, he's going to do it. And maybe Braun kind of gets confused. And then guess who's sliding in for the victory?

Who? Dirty Dom, baby. Dom's going over. Dom's going over. I'd like him to win. Hulkster, do you agree with Reza Haramon? No, I don't. It's going to be a pretty quick one, dude. I'm going to go with Braun, do you agree with raise a hormone? No, I don't. It's gonna be pretty quick.

One dude, I'm gonna go bra breaker. All the other guys. I'm not huge fans of their work in rig. So I'm gonna go bra breaker. Let's just leave it that we don't need to. He's obviously Luton or from I didn't know that dude. I thought you said Diego in Baller from Ireland. Obviously, yeah, Dominic Mysterio.

He's from Mexico, right, dude? New Jersey. San Diego. Okay. You know what? We don't need to get dog. I'm not a huge San Diego guy. California.

Hold. Hold. Deal. Love Vegas. Love the Vegas. Run. Breakers saw them all down. Yes, he is, dude.

Michael Cole. Do you agree? No. What? I love Vegas though. Love the Vegas baby. I love Vegas. Ron Breaker saw him all the time. Yes he is dude. Michael Cole, do you agree? No. What? Because it's a fatal four way which means there's no champions advantage. I'm not going to pick an actual winner but I am going to pick a particular group. I think someone from the judgment day will become the Intercontinental Champion at WrestleMania. I'm getting to pick half the competitors.

Yeah. 50% chance, dude. Pretty good. Okay. Do you think they- Thanks, guys. Do you think they'll remain on the same side through it all, or are they gonna turn on each other in there?

I think they're gonna remain on the same side because they've been planting these seeds for so long that there's this dissension. I think that Finn and Dom are gonna realize, let's do what's best for the group and finally make this group powerful again. All right. So the Judgment Day gets a win, says Michael Cole. All right, brother. Let's speak about people that used right, so the Judgment Day gets a win, says Michael Cole. All right, brother. Let's speak about people that used to be in the Judgment Day.

One of the founding fathers of the Judgment Day, no longer. Now over on SmackDown doing his thing. Massive WrestleMania moment for Damian Priest, who's taking on the Scottish warrior, Drew McIntyre. Drew did do's and do nots for fans coming out to Vegas. I think a lot of wrestlers are very appreciative of that. He takes on a striking precision champ in Damien Priest. And remember, it's a sin city Street Fight.

Yeah, no rules changes a lot. All bets are off roller sins. Damien Priest drew McIntyre AJ Hawk who wins. There's no rules. I'm going Drew McIntyre all night. He might chop somebody's head off. Maybe one of the fans who knows but give me Drew McIntyre all day long. CM Punk. Not one, not two, but three Claymore kicks. That was a great accent. What accent was that?

Sounds like you went to Hogwarts. That was Scottish. What are we talking about? Of course. Dab Scots in Hogwarts. Drew McIntyre. You think there's going to be three... Three Claymore kicks. To the head of Damien Priest. Tree. Darius Butler, who do you like?

I did love Drew laying out the do's and don'ts. But he pops a little too much to me. I'm going with Damien Priest. Oh, wow. Yeah, give me Damien Priest. He does power. Razor Ramon. Yeah. I think McIntyre is a little bit of a powder as well.

I think that was very well put in a good analyst by you. And I also think, uh, Damien priest, he's got an accident back against the wall. And if, if I do recall, um, judgment day is why Aaron judge has his last name. And that is also why, uh, Damien priest is a big Yankees fan because of how well he's doing all rise. You Aaron, George kind of stole that from him. But with that being said, I like priest to win. Okay.

Hulkster, do you agree? Uh, guess what people, I have been a massive fan of the artist formerly known as punishment Martinez for a long time. Dude, I love Damien Priest. Absolutely loves God. And it's talked about since any street fight again, all the bitching and potting that drew back and tires been doing. Guess what? You see some of the streets you're doing that was gonna happen. Call. What's gonna happen? I'm gonna get your fucking teeth knocked out, okay? Cuz nobody cares. Especially not a guy like Damien Priest, brother. Damien Priest, I love that guy, man.

I love his machismo. I love his moxie. And yeah, it doesn't hurt that he's from the BX. And he's thrown out multiple first pitches at Yankees games, dude. This is strictly because he's a Yankees fan. Again, I've ridden with punishment Martinez through the midst of Avalon for a long time brother He's using that hot tub. He was hell. Yeah. Hell. Yeah. Hell. Yeah did that like 40 times It was one of the sickest segments I've ever seen in WWE

I'm an XT when he won a title it was I'm talking WWE universe dude People that actually hate my guts, so I'm still kinda little bitter about that. But I love, love Damian Priest, dude. Give me a hand with the Sid City Street Fight. Let's not forget that Priest is in Drew's head last year at WrestleMania. Yeah, Drew McIntyre won the world title, held it for just over five minutes before Damian Priest cast in to win. Priest is still in McIntyre's head and will win at WrestleMania. Drew McIntyre's gonna be patting is what the boys say. Damian Priest is gonna in McIntyre's head and will win at WrestleMania. Drew McIntyre is gonna be patent is what the boys say.

Damien Priest gonna get a win. Now it's for the main event of WrestleMania. A man finished his story one year ago has been the champion ever since. Has been an honorable champion for the WWE, obviously born for the moment. Cody Rhodes defends his title against The Goat, a man who looks familiar but is acting vastly different. John Cena is trying to eclipse history in the history of the WWE. He would become a 17 time world champion,

which would be the most of anybody in the history of the industry. If he beat Cody Rhodes, AJ Hawk, does John Cena get the job done? Pat, the goat stays the goat. John Cena all night long. So... I don't give a shit what Cody Rhodes wants to talk about, okay? Come on. Ooh. John Cena, John Cena, Darius J. Butler. I'm gonna keep it going.

At least he shocked the world when he turned heel, but he hasn't told one lie yet in that ring, even when he made that kid feel like shit. I mean, it's part of it. He had to say what he had to say. So yes, I hope he doesn't ruin the business. Maybe he does, but he breaks the record and go and see it all day. You know, Dibbitt said John Cena hasn't told a lie. Maybe that's true, but he told a lie about being a Marine.

And I don't stand with that. He was an actor. I don't stand with that one time. He was in a movie. Not now, not ever. OK, he killed the American nightmare is coming to Vegas. He's taking care of business. And John Cena, you will be seen as a fraud and a faker.

Whoa, by Cody Rhodes. Whoa. Sorry, brother. Your time is up. and John Cena, you will be seen as a fraud and a faker by Cody Rhodes. Sorry brother, your time is up. It ain't now. Cody Rhodes all day, American Nightmare. First selection of Cody Rhodes here from the panel. Will Holkster follow suit or will Holkster pick Mount Rushmore brethren, John Cena?

Could be, it's one of those things Pat, where I really don't care who is this. When I break this down, when I look at it analytically, okay? You're looking at things analytically. I mean, what are we doing here? What are we doing here, dudes? Are we not trying to figure out, you know, what's going on? These are two guys who are never going to be as good as I was, period.

You know, it's kind of just where I leave things. I'd like to see, you know, Cena again, my brother, and also the Marines, a great movie, okay? Not quite as good as the Nanny, a movie I starred in back in 1994. Or Three Ninja's High Noon at Mega Mountain, Dave Dragon always holds a special place in my heart, brother. But yeah, give me Cena. I love Cena. He's that dude.

And again, Cody, going know, doing the rounds, me and the corporate guy, I don't fuck with that because the Hulkster's for the people, whether or not the people respect him or like him after he gave his entire goddamn life to the fucking business, you know, but they don't care. But yeah, give me Cena, dude. Cena sold out.

Corker sold out. Hulkster, to not just the corporations But to the corporation the red one Hey, shut up fat ass. I'm looking at you pal. Yeah, you you 22 24 you can come get him anytime you want brother. I'm Michael Cole You can come get him any time you want, brother. Michael Cole. You know, I'm so torn in this match because both these guys have meant so much to me in my career.

Despite what John has done the last few weeks, I still think he's the greatest of all time. I would love to see him beat the record and have 17 world titles. I think he deserves it for everything he's given to the business. But I got to go with Cody. Oh, yeah, cool. Ask his dude. I believe he's going's night. Cody, yeah, cool. You're such an ass kisser, dude.

You're the John Cena train driver. I believe in Cody. I think Cody's gonna do it. All right, and I believe that WrestleMania is gonna be spectacular. We can't thank you all enough for hanging out with us. I believe you, Joe. We'll be here Monday, too, right?

We will be back here live Monday with all the fallout and assume there's going to be massive guests from the weekend on Monday with us. So hopefully you'll come back and join us. And if you're at home watching, this weekend is a great weekend to escape life, to disappear into a world that is the greatest of all time if you just let it take you on a ride.

There's going to be so many magical moments. There's gonna be such a spectacle. There's gonna be moments that'll live on forever this weekend. I am incredibly lucky to be a part of the weekend. Michael Cole obviously has done 28 of these, so he is the GOAT. The boys and I, anytime we get invited

to do something like this, we jump at the opportunity because we understand how big of an honor it is to get a chance to be a part of this magical spectacle that is gonna dominate the weekend. So from all of us here at WWE World to all of you watching at home, have a phenomenal WrestleMania weekend. And be a friend, tell a friend something nice, it might change their life. We're in this thing together.

Team all me! Team all three! One, two, three, team! Cheers! Have a great Mania Weekend, baby!