The Zach Nichols Podcast - Battle of the Eras EP. 8 Review w/ Ryan Kehoe | ZNP EP. 70

Episode Date: October 11, 2024

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Hey guys, it's Ryan. I'm here to talk about Challenge 40. I'm here to spill the tea and tell you things they didn't show. All right. Welcome back to the Zach Nichols podcast. We're here with the big Fettuccini. What's up? And for the second time on the couch, Ryan, Kiho.

Kiho? Sure. Keoh. Kiho. Like a Y. He's back. Like kilo. Yeah.

Just kidding. Which, this is actually a great time to have you. because you've had a hell of a lot of trauma in the last two weeks. Oh, God. And I'm just going to fire one right away. Sure. Rachel wasn't going to vote you in, but you volunteered. Or was she?

She wasn't going to vote me in? I don't think she would have. Oh, like, would she have chosen me? Yeah, I'm just saying, like. No, but she wanted me to self-nominate so that she had extra protection if error two. Oh, okay. She wanted me to. She wasn't going to force me to.

That makes sense now. Because when you, that was the biggest shocking part of the episode for me because I'm like, we talked about it last week. I'm like, I would be doing the same thing you're doing, especially in your era. Like, quite honestly, watching Avery get her ass kicked, Avery's a really dear friend of mine and just like kind of take it. It just inspired me to like step up. I feel like I didn't have an opportunity to like step up in a leadership role because

obviously it's really hard when Bananas is around to like even try to have a voice for an opinion. Say a word. Right. You know? Yeah. So I just, it wasn't because like bananas was giving me shit. A good week had passed.

And I was like in the moment, I was like, this is not a popular like decision because you have Kyland and Devin. Or was it Kyland and Devin? Yeah, Kylin and Devin. And I knew there was no more men on Arrow 1. So it was going to be two out of three of us. So statistically it wasn't looking good. But I was like, bitch, you're on the fucking challenge.

You're a fucking OG. Like step it. up you know like I really did love the people on my team minus one person and banana sometimes but I just thought it was time well the difference between those two people is one of them is annoying but very likable the other one just seems to be very annoying and super unlikable yeah for the last couple seasons now yeah and she's a dear friend of mine that would be Laura you and your dear friendship with her you guys are so fucking full of shit you want her to you want to have her back here I

get it but like let's be real Oh, man, I got, I know, I got a friend of me. She's a friend of me. I know, I'm just going to speak out my interaction. No, you're cool with her. You are cool with her. I just have to speak on my, but like, you know, you guys have real history with her. But I do really want to reiterate.

So you think that like, I'm sorry, Rachel wanted you to step up because in the next, you know, whatever, in the next chamber, you're going to be looking out for her no matter what position you're in. Yes. If error two, one and I'm a target and we're in control, Rachel's not going in. Okay. That's like, I mean, she was my, we play the game. very differently and we had different relationships with different people but from the get-go was very honest about it with everyone

everyone knew I rode for everyone even though they were a fucking infirmary most of the season I can't even believe that it was rough even from the beginning I'm like that team is stacked and literally like Rachel and I there was one time her and I were just like going to the gym walking downstairs and we walked by Dorell CT Derek and Mark and they were all like

icing shit and like in their bed like in coffins and Rachel's like dude I'm in my 40s and I don't feel like that. I was like, I know, I'm fucking 43 and the best I've ever felt like that's rough. Yeah, and those guys are not people who neglect their health either.

That's what's crazy about it. They work out. No. Maybe. Some of them, one specifically works out, but he definitely neglects his health. Okay, fair enough. Fair enough. Yes. Yeah. Okay. I mean, ding ding. I'm definitely going to have some some Rachel, tough Rachel questions

later because you know my opinions, but I love having a friend of hers here on the show. So she won't come on the show either. Not yet. A lot of my gaze won't. I am. He's making a hint. It's probably because you peer.

100%. They're really intimidated by huge weeners. Especially the girls. Well, you know, we have some, you know, some friends. We talked to Nicole yesterday on the live. I did a live with all this night. Yep. Your ex-cast meet Sam, you know, she's been here.

I love Sam and I love Nicole. Yeah. So, you know. Prayers for Sam because she's living in the Tamif. area right now. Yeah. Prairish for Sam and everybody down there. Yeah, that's crazy.

Yeah, government needs to be doing more down there for sure. They should start with North Carolina. For sure. Yeah, maybe Asheville. Yeah. Or what used to be. Yeah. Let's start with 40.

You haven't been back since it's been announced that you were on 40. How did it feel to be called and cast it for such an iconic season? It was flattering, for sure. I also knew it was like Slim Pickens without West. Okay. You know? No, like, listen, my trajectory on this, like, resurgence of being on the challenge, like, I know I'm not cast to, like, move mountains or, like, send someone home in a stretcher.

I'm there for the soundbites. I'm there because I always fucking commit. I don't give up. Hell you. I'll do anything. And I'm socially, like, a genius. Let's be real. But it's, like, charming.

And I'm, like, everyone's friend, you know? Like, I know how to play the game. Hell yeah. And you killed that first elimination around. Thank you. I mean, killed it. Thank you. Dude, thank you for bringing that up.

Go ahead. Brandon's no slouch. No. No, he's a tough competitor. Very. He's very unlucky competitor, but he's tough. Yes. You know?

So the three options I had selecting Brandon was probably, like, statistically. I'm going by statistics today. Probably like the hardest person to go into an elimination, I think, just based on like best elimination. I have a couple of questions that are going to come off of that. The first one would be like, do you think it's fair? I'm asking you this too, but do you think it's fair that bananas can say that you're skating by when you've won an elimination this season? Right.

And he hasn't been in one. Is that unfair? I'm the only man on our team that's been in an elimination and come out, actually. I don't think that's fair. Right. I also don't think it's fair. You were fucking knocked off that gladiator challenge first. I fucking stuck around for like 30 minutes after you were bumped off.

And like, you don't know what the fuck I'm doing. I'm trying to stay on as long as possible so that Derek gets knocked off first and arrow one is in the bottom. that was my I wasn't trying to fucking although I almost knocked Theo off a couple times okay and he gave me my flowers like after that he's like I didn't see it in you I didn't think you came in me

you came in me while I was down sure like yeah I'm a fucking competitor like I'm a small guy but like toughest this is what we're here for absolutely well and I don't think bananas I think wanted to be off that platform he doesn't like contact he's told me before in the past

he's like hey if I rolled up to an elimination run it was a hall brawl he's like I would just be like, all right, cool, I'm good with this. Yeah. And I don't think he likes the contact. I really don't. And I think that that, because the fall to me, and obviously we just see the quick edited of it, looked pretty suspect.

Yeah. I was surprised he got knocked off. I'll be honest. I saw it happen. Like, I saw it like that way. It looked like he whiffed and then pulled the, oh, I'm off balance. Yeah. But like what?

Or maybe he just didn't want to take more. It was brutal. Right. I don't think he was, okay, maybe he didn't want to go. He didn't jump off. but I think he was more than okay to be done with that challenge. He wasn't a target. Yeah.

If you pulled challenge fans to say, what do you think if Johnny finishes last and something like this, I think it's very few are going to say first. And I don't think he would say that he'd be first too. If that challenge was the final, he ain't coming in last. Right. He wouldn't have been off first.

And honestly, that was brutal. Like the guys around, the heat lasted a really long time. And there was one point that Kylan knocked me off my feet once again. And I had two dudes fall on top of me. And I'm facing. my shield in the ground and blood

is dripping over me. I didn't think it was mine because I took some hits, but not like that. And I honestly don't even know if it was Josh's or Jordans because they both got stitches later that day. Gladia. It was just fucking blood. Just gushing. And for those of you guys don't know, if you haven't been around Kyle and Ben,

like, you're close to six foot, but like, you know, these guys are 30, 40, 50 pounds heavier. They're like Zach's height, right, maybe 20 more pounds of muscle. And you're in the fucking mix. Yeah. Tough as fuck, dude.

Tough as fuck. Well, I wish that... Light on my feet, though. I wish that game would have been last man standing. And then there have been points as to where you fell off because if it was last man standing, it would have been a lot more carnage. So I think by saying whoever, like, that, like, whatever, or whatever team is left, because that makes it a lot more difficult because then it's like you have to get

off this platform or this challenge doesn't end. Yeah, for sure. And it would have been a lot. It would have been exhausting. Would it really hurt people? It would have been, you know, whatever. but I don't. This is brutal. And I literally, I only let, like, Kylan knock me up the thing once I saw Derek go in the water.

I was like, there goes there I was holding on. I would have just stayed on as long as if it was the last man standing thing. That concludes the free preview of the Zach Nichols podcast. So go to Patreon and subscribe to see the rest of the shit that we talk. Go do it now.