The Pat McAfee Show Live From WrestleMania | Friday April 18th 2025

the cell. Driving Chain right through. the cell. Oh my god. What's going to happen? Look. out. Oh my god. Oh my god. Undertaker. Oh my. god. No salt. Oh my god. Nia Jack's up high. Nia Jack slam to the. mat. Danny Fashion whipping Brad Shaw in the.

corner. Look out. Oh my god. Close line. from hell. [Applause]. Off the. second body dropped to the table. Blair trying to hold on. The exploder. from the top. rope. The stab.

Oh, Kennedy, come on. Wait a minute. A. plunge from the top of the ladder. Go for it. Oh no. God almighty have mercy on this. kid's soul. [Music]. Oh my god. That is it. That is it. Austin's not getting up. is making his own.

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Hello, beautiful people and welcome to. glorious Las Vegas, Nevada on this. feelgood Friday, April 18th, 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. of Sin City,

[Music]. baby. Just come outside for the night. Take your time. Get your light. Turn it. down. [Music].

when you in your prime that paper baby. my face on the dotted line I've been. flying out of town for some peace of. mind it's like always they just want a. piece of mind I've been focused on the. future never right now but I'm sipping. kombucha either pink or brown I'm the.

one that introduce to you right. now. Oh my go. Welcome to Wrestlemania. [Music]. [Applause]. Hell yeah. Welcome to Wrestlemania.

weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. The heats. 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 and it is great. to be. here. 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, Michael Cole. [Applause]. [Applause].

Michael getting big. [Applause]. [Applause]. I love it.

Michael Cole champ brother in. Wrestlemania. Hey, I want to thank all. you guys for supporting me. Uh, 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 uh, I'll. tell you, you're also undefeated at. WrestleMania, as are you. Bingo. Asteric. Asteric. But you are. Who else. is uh 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 of the NFL. You see him weekly or. daily actually on the Pat Mcave Show. Please welcome Darius Butler, Debbont. [Applause]. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Big pop for Debop. [Applause]. He's taking the tractor another.

round. Another round. Great to see you. Debbut was a part of. an NXT run. A lot of people forget he. was in there uh battling for me. Also. WWE superstar on WWE 2K24. Don't you. ever forget it. Yeah, that's right. You're right. He is a WWE 2K24. Worst. part of my life having a voice in those. games. Did a great job. 28 years. Hey, congrats. Appreciate it. That's awesome. So, 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, Razer Raone. Hell. Okay. Okay. [Music]. Are we sure that I don't think that's. actually racer?

[Music]. [Music]. [Applause].

[Music]. They're saying Connor. It's not how you do it. But I love what. you did there, Razor. Hey yo, you. You look like you're in great. shape, brother. Hey, Chico. Okay. Been. working out. Got a survey for the. people. Oh, yeah. How many people came. to Vegas for the Pat McAfee show?

That's another one for the bad guys, Pat. Right. Survey says, uh, who else we. got? So, we have another special guest. Uh, 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. [Applause].

What? Tribute. to pay tribute. Of course, these guys are paying tribute. to to everyone. That's right. Jack. [Applause].

[Music]. [Music]. an immediate boo as this particular CM. showing his face.

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 going to love me even. more. Yeah, you're right. Main event, CM. Punk. That's this weekend. And thank you. for paying tribute. You You look really. good. Thank you. Hair just like him. Perfect. Yeah. tape. there. Perfect. Who else? There's 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. What? Heat. Heat.

[Music]. [Music]. Hell yeah. Hey, where are all my Hulk maniacs, dude? Right here. Right here. Thank you. Come on, baby. Let's go. It's Mania. season. Hey, you, too, dude. You.

work. Yeah, baby. I want to go with you to go right away. Right away, dude. Come on, brother. I do. great rac. How you doing, Humpster? Doing damn. good. Hey, it looks like you've been uh. drinking a little too much of that uh. real American beer. Well, I mean, that's. the greatest American pills you're going. to find out there. It's hard not to have.

6, 12, 18, 24 tonight. Cole, come on, brother. How come these people are. booing you out here? Is that Michael Cole getting booed, baby? It sounds like Michael Cole's. maybe getting booed. I'm Hey, listen. These marks come out here and get all. excited. You know, it's season. I get. it. Show me some goddamn respect, dudes. Especially you, brother. I'll see you, brother. We'll get back to these people. Pat season and I'm a goat. So, you know, it's a great time coming back home. Uh, well, thank you for joining us, Legends,

Allstars, WWE fan, Darius J. Butler, WWE. superstar in there. Michael Cole will. lead with you in this thing. Uh, 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. 9:00 a.m. local in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, 9:00 a.m. might as well be 2:00. a.m., 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m., 5:00 a.m. in. most cities here. They're packed out. because wrestling is awesome. But what.

are they expecting out of this weekend, you think, the weekend? You know, it. starts today at WWE World. Smackdown's. 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 uh. 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 Rhodess on Sunday. If you're only a casual fan of sports. entertainment, professional wrestling, [Applause]. still a lot of Let's Go Cena. There. [Music]. are a lot of Let's Go. I think there's a. lot of Let's Go Cena cuz I think the.

Cena fans potentially say, you know. what, what John Cena has been saying to. us is been accurate. It's been right. Maybe we should be a little bit nicer to. him. Ain't that right, Razor and Bone? I. mean, I don't see why not. These people. have completely taken advantage of. everything John Cena has 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 going to be. I thought that was. fully Cena sucks because Debbot, 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. And I hate that. I hate that coach. I. don't 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 you know I don't actually. I do. I hope he does ruin wrestling like. I hope he. ruin brother. I hope he ruins it. I'm. going to enjoy it. Why would you want.

that? I'm going to enjoy it cuz I. respect John Cena. I respect everything. he's done and I I I love you guys pissed. him off thinking that was funny. It. wasn't pissed off. So he finally turned. after two and a half decades of pouring. his heart and soul in this business. John, it was funny when I said where. when you came out. It was funny. I. laughed hard. I thought everybody. thought it was fun. 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 for so many different. reasons. So many different reasons. However, well, for John Cena to blame. the fans, the fans have put millions and. millions of dollars in his pocket, made. him the star who he is today, and turned. their back on them. You just did a greatest of all time. conversation.

[Applause]. 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 Reign. [Applause].

Heat. Heat. [Applause]. Oh. [Music].

yeah. Come on. [Applause]. RC. [Applause].

A lot of ones to the sky at 900 a.m. in. a convention center in Las Vegas for the. original, the official R tribal chief. Roman. Reigns. Good to be here, man. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for. having me. [Applause].

Hey, they're not going to let us work. Huh? I know this. This sounds better. than anything I could sing. Not you. Obviously, you can 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. Uh, with that being said, uh, 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. There we go. It's early. I don't do it. this early in the morning, so I for I. forgot to get that out of the way. Sorry. My bad, guys. My bad. As a. morning hit, uh they did want to. acknowledge you. Congrats on everything. obviously this weekend. You're not a. champion, and it's not for a title, but. it feels like it's for something much. bigger than any goldplated 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 I'm. so tired of hearing Cody Rhodess run. around here talking about quarterback. one. What are we even talking about? There's only one quarter. That's a. tribal chief. I want to be that number. one contender. I want a title. I don't. I'm not trying to be I I get it. I love. that you love me, but I don't want to be. a legend. And I'm not trying to be a. Hall of Famer right now. I'm trying to. 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 uh run where. you had the title in the business by the. throat. Everybody was lucky. Like it was. great time. It was great times. Billion. dollar deals. Look at Cole's. He had. even spent that money yet. That thing. went straight to investments. Yeah. Yeah. You don't even need it yet. That's. life was very good with you at the top. How many days was he champion? Over 1300. days as champ. You don't even know the. exact 1316. Too many. That was a test. That was a.

test. He passed. He passed. 1316. 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 this position. This guy's getting forced into this.

position." I think at the beginning of. your run, that's how they felt. Not me, tribal chief. I always Okay. I just want. to let you know always before you were. even doing this, you know, when you uh. you know, you had the whole vet, the. whole thing. We missed that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Eat better. It could have been a. great week if we had that vest on. Yeah. Now we got to be shredded up. Now we got. to be shredded up. Hey, nice magazine. shoot by the way. Yeah, you looked. great. Loved it. You look great. Awesome. Doing a little art. The. interview is great, too. Uh-huh. You. can't pull that off, though. I loved it. I absolutely loved it. We got a couple.

Can we get 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. who were diehard wrestling fans who love. the business thought maybe you weren't. the right guy for it. What do you think. about the amount of experience you got. so earlier 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. Welldeserved, 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-sided. You know, the negativity is. always going to be the loudest. So, that's always what's heard. Um, but. we've always sold merch. We've always. held it down every single night. I. treated every single show as if it's uh. 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. Um, but I did learn. Being in the. heat, being the fire, it makes you.

learn. When you're taking L's, 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 Rogers obviously on a. regular. basis. Interesting. He's got an. interesting decision to make in his. life. I'm But he'll talk 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, "Uh, I saw a. defensive coverage that they tried to. show me in 2011." And he'll like he'll. 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 going to team up with who, but. what are you taking into the match? What. is the strategy? Is there a strategy. that you've been able to play uh use. before or how do you kind of feel going. in? I'm just going to do it like my. daddy used to do and just smash people, man. Just go in there and wreck. everybody. Hell yeah. Smash them. I I'm. 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. going to go in and I'm going to shut it. down ASAP. Are we going to edge Brian. Danielson right away? Just get them. Stack them. Stack. Oh god. You remember? I forgot about Yeah. We smash them. We.

stack them two times, dog. But what I. want to I did want to touch on because. you gave me kind of two questions there. It was a little, you know, you're a. little scattered on that guy there, but. uh you're talking about Aaron Rogers and. and he's able to see the defense. I'm. able to go into an arena or into like. the public like this and I can hear them. and then I can feel them. That's what we. pro wrestlers do. That's what 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 oh I heard. this before oh I know what to do now you. know what I mean so that that kind of. tying into that okay I like that's a. great give you a little you know I think. that was like a super genius tie in. there actually debut has a question for. you yeah I got a question so going back. and obviously you know wrestling is in. your blood so you've seen it your whole. life but what was that first moment. obviously you played football as well. what was that Wrestlemania moment. You. talked about treating every match like. mania, but it's nothing like this. Only.

my second one in person, but 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 uh the Wrestlemania. here way back in the day. Me and me and. the twins were little. We were up in. their dad, Rkkeshi's uh den watching the. the show. Um and just it was outside. It. was I don't know it being daytime it it. put a different like vibe and a. different energy on it and it just felt. so big. We had Yokozuna in in the main. event. Um their dad Rakkeshi was at I.

believe the head shrinkers back in the. day. Don't don't I'm not a historian. here and it was a long time ago. Um your. family but yeah just to have that. representation, you know what I mean? Um. 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 oh man I 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, well, well, yeah, actually don't. Whatever. You know, one of those uh one. of those ones where they find out your. family to get connected. Yours was just. literally that tree that they shared.

last year at Wrestle. We don't do they. try to clone our DNA. We don't want to. do that. Trying to get they 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 co era, uh, as a different. Roman Reigns, the tribal chief, the. bloodline, when you head into, uh, Wrestlemania tomorrow night, uh, in the. main event for the first time in like 5. years, you're going to be alone. You're. going to 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 Heymon. Monday night you had asked him for an. apology. It never happened because it. was. interrupted. Tell us when Paul Heyaymon. cash well Punk cashed in the favor to. have Heymon 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. smooching up on him. They were right. here. Yeah. That's not really my style,

but um. ain't either. Well said, dude. Um, yeah. 20 seconds. It It's uh 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 uh, you know, it's like this. Sometimes it's going to smack the. out of you. You know what I mean? And. and sometimes it's not nice. Sometimes. people don't understand how that helping.

hand's going to come. Um, 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. and lead 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 your. wise man. And then all of a sudden it's. not there in one of the biggest matches. of your career tomorrow night. Paul. needs one of these. Roman,

please. Dude, I mean, you got to be. hurt. Paul's known you since you were a child. I know. Who's telling this guy to ask. the questions here? What you want me to. get emotional? You what? 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 boo about. the wise man? The wise man made his. choice. You understand. me? These people can make their choice. It doesn't matter to me. I'm going to. Wrestlemania 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. You understand? So, keep touching on emotional stuff. Keep. pulling these triggers. And they're going to chant for other. reasons. You understand? Hey, Cole, stop being insult. I know you. don't have a lot of time. I know we're. wasting it with this guy. Uh, now with. that being said, my nutritionist is back. there. He's like, "Man, the cortisol is. going up and changing the look right. now." Okay, just real quick. Uh, We're expect I can't.

Hey, is this I think he pissed himself. Old PP loose Cole. I love that. Oh, PP. bag. Oh, booze bag. Pee bag boy. Man, I'm glad I showed up today. Cole, great. to have you here. Thank you for being a. great uh 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. going to potentially miss the business. of you two being together, especially.

when he was going to hand you that. microphone the other day and you just. went and grabbed your own. I 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 and it's over for Paul? Uh what 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 uh to me, and I I assume it was uh 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. Raone has a question for you. Uh Roman.

Reigns. Roman, I'd like to acknowledge. you first. Roman Roman Reigns. Roman. Roman Reigns. Rolling started to moon me. You did it. Good work. We did that. We did that. Yeah, we'll turn them. You did that, tribal 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. Uh 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? I am. I can't even put it in words, you know. Um,

it's not easy being a twin. I'm raising. them. Um, 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 the run, you know what. I mean? If there was one if there was. one a little bit 10% down, it 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. Um and then. also understand like now he understands.

me a little better. You know, you you. talk to him after after Saturday, you. talk to him after this weekend and he's. going to understand the elevation a. little better. He probably already does. I'm sure he's been busy as hell this. whole week. Um and I'm just so proud of. him. Um obviously we. have family's family, man. We're we're. going to have some disagreeances. We're. going to have uh you know, we're going. to 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, how dare you ask an emotional question. Well, that one actually landed, Cole. It was like a I don't know if it was. like a twitch that just almost. backhanded Wrestlemania. Uh, 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. First. and foremost, I'd like to say, dude, it's it's nice to be sitting up here. with the goat. Don't mind these. 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. want to ask you about, though, dude, what's the deal with Seth Rollins? this. guy. I mean, he he's obsessed with you. coming back like a scored lover. I know. a thing or two about those, brother. So, my my question would be, I guess, whose. ass are you looking forward to kicking. more? Is it CM Punk or is it Rollins? Cuz I feel like Rollins, you you really.

do. You just got to disband this guy. Just get him the hell out of here, dude. I agree, man. He He's what I call a. lemon. He's Mr. Buyer's remorse. Um, hey, where's Yeah, we just have such a a. long history and I I would be uh, you. know, disingenuous if I. didn't talk about that history and 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, let him. finish, Cole. Jesus Christ. Are you. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, it's about to be. poop in those pants, too. I'm about to. get warmed up for mania today, boy. I'm. telling you. Hey, we could snap this. thing, I think. Definitely could. But.

yeah, Punk is just one of those guys who. how do you even get here? I agree, dude. You know what 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 is 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 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. Well, okay. Seth freaking. Rollins says he's a. visionary. He is a. revolutionary. He. is freaking. That was light. That was real light. That felt light. That was a bad setup by. holes. That was light, dude. I know a. pop when I hear one. That's light. Okay.

Nothing like Roman's kitten out there. Um, what does it look like from now. until match time? I assume cuz I I've. been watching the workouts. I've seen. that Paul Heymon'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 uh Vegas. And you brought your. training camp here pretty much. Yeah. Okay. So, Okay. I don't want to get too. deep. Do we rent a house out here? They. got massive homes out here. Oh, I can't. give that away. I I don't want to give. my location away, but it's so nice. If I. I wish I could plug it too because it's. it's badass. Okay, so uh my kids are. running around crazy. It's nuts. So out. 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's entire fight camp over and it was. like this 25,000 square foot. Had the. training team in one part of the gym in. the other side, the nutritionist. You're. doing you're you're treating this as. main event big time fight. We're moving. fight camp from South Florida to Las. Vegas. This is a multi-million dollar. operation here. We're not messing. around. You know what I mean? Like, uh, this isn't just old school. We're going. to make towns Saturdays. We don't do. that no more. This is this is what it's. all about. This is Wrestlemania. You do.

not cut any corners. You can't be cheap. You got to make it happen. Filling up. Allegiance Stadium. Did you see that? That's what I'm saying. I catch this. dub. Everything's paid for for the next. 5 years or so. So, we're good. You're. welcome, everybody. You're welcome. WWE. Did you I saw you hold the Raiders. jersey up and uh asked them to. acknowledge you. I saw some uh a lot of. people saw some Niner games. No, no, I. stayed true. I stayed true. Keep keep. eye on all the content. You got to read.

every line, even the parenthes. You know. what I'm saying? You got to read it all. You got to take it all in. But I. acknowledge the Niners and the Niner. gang. Um but at the end of the day, you. got to show respect to the host. I I'm. from the I was born and raised in the. South. We got southern hospitality. We. show respect, you know, that's very kind. of no sir. That type of stuff, you know. 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. The. hometown, right? You know, these people aren't from here. I don't think a lot of people traveled. into Vegas, but I just made them. This. is ours now. It's us. It's the island of. relevancy. That's what you do, brother. You're bringing it. So all the things. that Paul said, am I allowed to mention. during the match or are we just. eliminating all of Paul Hammond diction. from your match? You're asking him for. permission to do your commentary? Shut. up, Cole. Tribal chief. Enough out of. you. When are you going to ask? I do.

have a question, but Go ahead, Cole. I I. want to know who's going to carry the. Oolafala. Wow. Wow. To the rank. We know. who that is. It's got a new and then 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 got to figure out out there on. the fly. You know, I know you're pretty. prehearsed 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. We're doing that these days. That's what we are, brother. Don't we. believe it? No, we're not. No, we're. not. We got a flat earther over. here. They're damn close, dude. You. never been to the moon either, Roman. Don't Don't buy in, tribal chief. Don't. Yeah. Anyways, uh 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. [Applause]. Thank you for coming. My pleasure, dude. [Applause]. [Music]. [Applause].

[Music]. [Applause]. [Music]. [Applause]. What a specimen. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawk has joined us up here. Hoger. Hey, bud. AJ. [Applause].

AJ also in WWE 2K uh 24. You can have. him go on a championship run. AJ, what. were your thoughts on what our tribal. 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 he's just class all around. The guy's unbelievable. It's It's tough. sitting here next to to Razer and the. Hulkster, but watching him backstage, I.

do like the energy they're bringing to. this place. What's your problem? He's. some of my idols. I'm I'm sitting next. to it. It's kind of like a pinch me. moment. It's very surreal. Good to meet. you, Mark. Good to meet you. His name's. AJ. Okay, Razer. Um Debbut, 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'se's Wrestlemania and the NFL's. Super Bowl from the last couple years. that we have experienced? I think the. biggest difference is uh with the Super. Bowl football in general is it's more.

domestic. It's more uh you know American. I guess WWE like I was flying I didn't. get a chance to fly with your boys. I. flew over from Philly and it was people. from all over the world on that plane. People all different you know different. people, different creeds, different. backgrounds, different age groups and uh. it's generational. passed down family uh. 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. There's independent. wrestling matches happening around town.

There is uh meet and greets happening. everywhere. This place is packed out. with things throughout the entire day. There's a show kicking off tonight at. 1000 p.m. local. That's 1:00 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 a great story for. Nico and for Dav uh uh for Dallas. And.

then we need we need Jaw to keep going. Hopefully, he's healthy with that ankle, but that's happening. Baseball is taking. place, right, Hulkster? Yeah, absolutely. We got a bunch of baseball. games all over the United States right. now. All the Hulkcomaniacs and. Hulkcomaniacs, they know about that. Uh, lot of those though, Pat, they're good. I tell you what, the time change is. really messing with me on those. You're. used to seeing all night games. We got a. lot of 1:00 p.m. baseball games, 400. p.m. baseball games, but those are going. on as well, probably. Okay, so the NHL, the NBA, and the MLB 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, twoight. show, over 60,000 both Saturday and. Sunday night at the stadium, Allegian. Stadium that host the Raiders and then. events like this, and you mentioned it. before, for these great fans to show up. at 9:00 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. Um, speaking of the weekend, is there. any golf happening? No golf. There is. golf. There is golf tournament RBC. The. Heritage is happening this weekend. Obviously, we'll watch that this. entirety. JT shot a 61 yesterday, I. believe. Scotty also went low, dude. Really? Scotty Sheffller's about to win. the entirety. What about college ball? Is there anything happening in college. ball? Uh, AJ Hawk. I mean, I don't know.

what Nico is with uh UCLA now. There's. transfer quarterbacks all over the. place. spring ball is happening and. there's uh 4,000 guys in the transfer. portal. Debbut, I don't know if they're. all getting signed or I think actually. it might be 6,000 something. How many D2. and D3 as well and uh UNCC Lombo and. Bichc got their quarterback. Oh yeah, South Alabama quarterback transfers over. to North Carolina. So Bill Bich 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 in. the world that we live in. They were. given like his contract out like $2.

million a year. They said like his. contract was at the bottom. Thank you, sir. And uh 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 I. don't think we have like confirmed on a. lot of these numbers, but we expected. him to not get uh anywhere close to what. he wanted. And then you heard the. stories about talking about Nico. Yeah. South Alabama quarterback that North. Carolina, he they said 2 million. The. Nico one has been everywhere from a. million to 175 to less than a million.

It's like these numbers are all being. reported. And 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 $4 million. deal and that's what everyone was. talking about. But it's hard to imagine, you know, the way everything went that. Miami would pay one guy $4 million, especially with what happened with. Carson Beck. He got hurt at the end of. the season. It's not as if, you know, they went on a deep run. They they had. their backup playing in the playoff. Yeah. I I don't I they're reporting it. though as if it is the I don't It's. interesting. Did you hear Fran Brown up. in Syracuse talk about the receiver? I.

guess what? 2 million. I think we. actually had Foxy. Do we have the Fran. Brown clip? He might be my new favorite. coach. Yeah, this this is this basically. explains the NIL in a whole here's coach. Fran Brown. With all due respect to. everybody in the country, to every YC to. everybody that's doing all this stuff. like you going to make 2 million at Y. receiver. That's the little homie over. at uh Ohio State. Ain't nobody else. making that money giving no wide. receiver $2 million, man. in college.

Nah, that ain't me. I ain't doing that. I can't. Unless they tell me that we get. a chance to have Travis Hunter, he could. come back to college and he could come. here and play for us, then he going to. get some of my ch. But they ain't paying. nobody 2,000 this year. Not not not to. be 2 million, whatever. I just say, "Yeah, you can give nobody." That's. hilarious. The coaches are trying to set. the kind of right now in this. salary cap publicly, but until there's. actually rules, it's going to continue. to be absolute chaos. It's going to.

continue to raise hell. Speaking of, ladies. and gentlemen, [Music]. it's early. It's early. The goat. the man. 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 bold 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, iconic, stone cold Steve.

[Applause]. [Applause]. [Applause]. [Music]. [Applause].

[Music]. Street pass a. street. All. [Applause]. right. Can I hear everybody? Hello, Steve. Can you hear me? Oh, yeah.

It's good to be here. I grew up watching your show on TV. All. right. Are we going to do that today? Uh, 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. bluecollar 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 apeshit.". First time ever in Dallas. And he said, "Oh, I hope you need to know for the. rest of your life, anywhere you. go. Give me a hell yeah.

forever. Thank you for what you've done. for our uh life, man. I appreciate that. It sounds like. you grew up in a hell of a town." And. and on on that same note, man, if you. saying, "Hey, thank you to me." Hey, thank you guys. Thank you try to give it back. These are. the greatest fans in the world. You know. that. Absolutely. God dang it. I 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 what. Wrestlemania what? Uh 30 38. But it's. been a minute. Yeah, it happens. It's. like every time you you come back to. something like this in the world of WWE, you just wonder, hey, will those fans. still remember? And hell, they they. never forget. And hell, I was in the. hotel the other day and you got these. kids 6 8 10 years old and they got no. business, you know, even knowing about. Stone Cold Steve Austin. I left the ring.

in 2003, but it's like I 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 that you did in that. match. I don't think anybody was. expecting that much. Then there's been. rumors basically every single big PL, 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, uh, another drop down stunner? No, you. don't. I I don't think about anything. like that. I've kind of moved on down. the road. And, uh, 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. I want to be the best at everything that. I do. And you know, you still go back. and you watch these guys on and the gals. on in the ring in the WWE and you think, "Hey man, I could have gave Ste 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. the time right now for the people in the. ring. It's for the younger generation. That's for the the young men and women. that are out there on the road. Uh I. leave it to them and they've taken it to.

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

[Applause]. Still got it. Yeah. Yeah. Still got it. Um, now you you mentioned the young cats. and you mentioned the current state of. the business being into place. Do you. follow? And what are your thoughts on. the current state of the business? Cuz. 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. new 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? Man, as far as I. could see, you know, 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. Uh the fans are excited, the. talent has taken the game to a level. You just It's like everything uh the. evolution of sports, shoot sports, but. wrestling has done the same. It just. keeps getting, you know, faster. the the. the kids these days are better athletes.

than we were back in the day. So, I I. just think that they're doing they. weren't, dude. Well, you know, that's. something I got to chip out there cuz, 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 wide, seven wide, eight wide, 12 wide, 24 wide, 31 wide, 42 wide beers in their mouth and in. their system while having to operate. none of these hangovers for 3 weeks. nowadays as opposed to working the next.

day. You're a different type of athlete, brother. I think you need to understand. that. Man, 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 went out there and had that. match and then came back and, you know, Brock Lesnar and I are pretty good. friends. We never speak, but we're. really good friends. and we had wanted. to have a drink, you know, after uh the. show and no one's ever heard this story. So, I had a bottle of Makers Mark from.

Jerry Jones's suite up there at AT&T. Stadium. And it was myself, Brock. Lesnar, Pat McAfee, and Larry Hec, the. trainer, and we had a fifth, a Makaker. Mark. This is just kind of what the. business is about and and what it should. be. And we all started around. We were. pouring that Makaker Mark whiskey in. those little plastic cups and we said, "I'll piss on that." And 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 and god dang, what what.

that's 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 going to have. drinks in a locker room. Larry Heck, who. is a dog uh 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. Uh trainer, trainer, whatever it is. Yeah, Larry's been. around a long long time. Larry's great. So, uh I get a text like, "Hey, come uh. come to the locker room or whatever it. was." I was like, "You got it." So, I. come walking in. open the door and I see. you and Brock sitting there and uh I was. like, "Oh 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 uh at that point. That was like one of the first real. times that could So I walk in and I. almost do like the Homer Simpson, okay, I'm going to get the out of here.

Instead, I stuck around and uh the. storytelling, the vibes, the energy, just everything about it is what makes. like uh the 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 Wisers? I think we had like Yeah, there was a. lot of beer going too. 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. Yes. I wasn't selling. as much, but yeah, I was selling it. It.

was It hurt. Yeah. I So I texted uh I. texted Larry and I'm like, "I'm in a bad. spot." And Larry's like, "Uh, oh, you. got to no sell this or whatever whenever. you talk to Brock and Steve." And I'm. like, "No, I'm dead. I am uh I. was puked three times the next day. It. was an honor to drink with you. That was. a dream come true." And uh thanks for. stunning me. You know, there's no reason. for that. We having a good time. We're. having we're having a good time. You. know, we're drinking some beers. We're serenating the crowd. Hey, we're.

in Jerry World. What? We're reminiscing. Why? And boom. And dude, you took that stunner like a. champ. And people asked me. And then. 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." I said, they said, "What was. up?" And I said, "Yeah." I said, "Anytime 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 in on him. And last I. heard I I I thought I I dislocated your.

jaw, messed up a couple of sea. vertebbrates. I I hit you over here on. this side, caught you with a liver shot. with that big boot. Yeah. And I heard. you was just all up. Yeah, I was. I was. Yeah. Hey, that's what happens. whenever you drink with a Texas. rattlesnake, you know. That is that is a. possibility. But yeah. Yeah. The neck. was stunned obviously. Jaw had a couple. there. And I was hung. But no animosity. back towards me now, right? Never. You're stone cold Steve Austin. Why? Yeah, 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, how do you. figure that? Well, well, first off, when. I started, uh, 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 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 me versus Jerry. the King Lawler. But you actually agreed. to be the special guest referee of that.

match and I'll forever be indebted to. you uh for that. I mean coming up in the. business with you was incredible, man. I. but I got to say I mean because of the. the state and and of the business and. where we were in that year and what. Stone Cold was. I had to lay that ass. whooping and and that's all seriously. that was protecting the business and you. took it like a champ because I truly did. beat the out of you. 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 uh brewery in Elsagundo.

It's a great place to go. It's. phenomenal. And they take care of us. there all the time. That felt like an. easy fit, you and beer. Why did Why'd. you finally get into the beer game? It. feels like that should have been. something for a long time. Perfect. Well, some for a long time. And and when. I was here's a story a lot of people, you might be like the most notorious. beer drinker in the history of. humankind. Probably. You know, that's. that's something that a badge of honor. Absolutely. Hey, it's way back in the. day and I was running hot at Stone Cold. We were doing some uh uh beer testing.

with a place up in Northern New York. We're about to come out with Stone Cold. beer. And then, you know, we come up. with a bad booking decision, you know, about me and Brock and uh Monday Night. Raw and I said, "Hey, man, f this." And. that blew the beer deal up. So, all. these years later, of course, you know, 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. Lonear. So yeah, BBR Natty Light. I'm. not going to name any names. But anyway,

uh I'd always wanted to get in the beer. market and I started uh seeing about. these craft beers. I said, "Man, what. the f is all this craft beer stuff cuz I. figured I was for the snobs." Yep. And. so I started drinking a bunch of pale. L's and stuff like that. And I kind of. tried one of those uh IPAs, India pale. L's. I said, "Man, that's a little too. hoppy." I went back to the PLL and I. said, "Man, that ain't hobby enough.". And so I went back to the India PLLs, the IPAs, and my manager at the time. went to high school with Rob Crohall, who owns Elsa Gundo Beer Company, and he. put us together. We liked each other,

saw the same vision for great beer. Elsagundo Brewing Company, is known for. making great IPAs, West Coast style. So, we hit it off and I've been in this is. an interesting year for me because 2025. I've uh I've been uh in the beer. business 10 years with Elsagundo 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 uh we make some good. beer and I'm also uh this this. year I celebrate my 10th anniversary.

with Kawazaki Motorsports. So, milestone. 2025 has turned out to be good. And here. at WrestleMania, uh, in Las Vegas, I. don't like to leave the state of Nevada. too much cuz this is my home and coming. down for we were just here last month at. the Met 400 and I finished that race. We. we had a lot of problems and broke down, but finished this race. So, it's just uh. it's just a great year and it's good to. be here with you guys. Yeah. But what an. what an accomplished dude. Obviously, WWE goat will always be talked about as.

such. Anytime you walk into a WWE place, it'll go crazy. 10 years with Kawasaki, that's a long time with a partnership. 10 years with Elsagundo with beer, that's a long partnership. You're an. accomplished dude. You've done good, Steve. Never forget it. And as long as. Steve Austin selling beer, I got a I got. a nice little piece of information for. you that you're going to want to hear. People are going to drink it, brother. And uh 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 cominging.

beer magnate, congrats on all your. success, brother. I I love you. You know. that. You I wanted to ask you though, you know, with with Mania right here. I'll tell you what, these marks have. been up my ass all weekend so far. It's. It's getting real hard. I'm about to go. over the edge and I'm going to leave a. lot of people unhappy here, dude. See, show some goddamn respect, brother. You. You right. I'm looking at you, Marks. But anyway, anyway, uh just curious, you. know, I think I saw an excerpt that. basically said you you were like, "Hey,

listen. There's nothing better than. being in that ring there. There's no. feeling that's going to, you know, get. to that point with all the motorsports. 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 ring 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. my whole life. And we were filming. a show and uh 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. is a poker run?" Cuz I don't play. cards. So. anyway, 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. What? And then you try to bluff your. other guy. It ain't my bag, man. Yeah. So anyway, there we were and I ran that. race. And then uh the owner of the team, Shane Kissman, called me up and he said, "Hey man, would you like to uh really. race side by sides and so I I started.

that, but I didn't do uh that to try to. chase what wrestling brought to me cuz. you got to move on in life. And there. ain't nothing ain't nothing that that. you know 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 and me. were a good fix. I found it a little bit. late in life. I wish I'd have found it. sooner but I'm I love to drive cuz we.

like going all the uh the shows on the. road. I love to drive. I like to have a. steering wheel in my hand and 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? And you've never Ubered in your. life, I assume. You mean like been an. Uber and drove? No, like Can you imagine. that? Been in a car was the mark. Have. you had Yeah. Mark? Yeah. Was Uber Mark? Yeah. Yeah. I always get them big SUVs. So, yeah. Go ahead. Well, I was just going. to tell you about liking to drive. I.

have gotten Uber drivers sick shotgun. and drove because I didn't like the way. person was driving. Yeah, I agree. completely with what you're saying with. having a wheel in your hand. Yeah. Is it. how fast are you going out there on the. desert? No, those sideby sides, man. Our. bug is you think about the trophy. trucks, those things are doing, you. know, buck 20 buck 30, buck 40, whatever. You know, our if we're hitting. about 80 and this we're running pro. naturally aspirated, so it's a tough ass. buggy, but we're we're hitting speeds of. about 80. I love watching it on. Instagram. We also love poncho poncho. punches. Hey, let me give a shout out to.

them two solid ass cats. And Poncho's. been kay fabing 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 chick and I had to suspend his belt. Put him He broke a sanction. So, he's on. a suspension. What? Oh, life in the. Broken Skull Ranch is getting a little. tough now. These cats got to realize. that Pawpaw is still the ball. So, they're getting a little rub, brother. They're getting Oh, they're getting a. rub. But, but those are some solid ass. cats. And I love them to death. Yeah, there they are. The goats. There's.

Poncho, the tuxedo cat, and the orange. cat is my show. We named him Poncho. It. was just a given. We originally had a. black cat and he was lefty and he kicked. the bucket. We got. another We would like to let you know we. did a live memorial. A memorial. for I appreciate that. Yeah, we uh the. lake. Okay, last question here. We got. two minutes before we have a heart out. John Cena. obviously you guys are in a Mount. Rushmore conversation. You know who you.

are and uh there's nobody that doubts it. when you see Cena do what Cena has done. here over these last couple weeks cuz. his last time is now. We wanted one. [Applause]. last John. We wanted the whole thing. We wanted to. throw in the headbands. we wanted to. 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 they've disrespected him. and he's gone completely the other way.

taking on Cody Rhodess a guy that. obviously they came up in the business. uh kind of together. What are your. thoughts on that match and what are your. thoughts on what Cena did selling out to. Dwayne Johnson the final? Yeah, I'm. looking forward to the match, you know. And hey, if 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 say they like it. So, hey, I dig it, too. Hey, John's a good The one for the.

bad guys. Yeah, John's had a hell of a. damn run. So, it's for me to be inside. the business as long as I was. not had. 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. you he's just means so much to all of. these people here. Whether you boo him. or you cheer him. Uh to see him as a. heel is a breath of fresh air for me. So. I dig it the most. Steve, you went. through it. What's that? I mean, 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. Uhoh. What's Oh, you got, you know, we. got a hard out here. McAfee, you're the. one that said it. 15 seconds. 30 seconds. Everybody. covered. Hurry. Yep. One more. Here you go. Here you go. Here you go. Ready. [Applause].

And and Ed and Here's the you stone. cold, you son of a Oh, hell. [Applause]. yeah. Wait. [Applause]. Hey, guys. Hey, thank you guys. Hi, ladies and. gentlemen. Stone cold Steve. Hell yeah. All right, we'll be back on.

the other side of the break for hour two. from WWE. World. We had a little beer. and a little combo. and a little side by side talk and a. little poncho talk and a little Cena. talk and a little goat talk. And we had stone cold Steve Austin. And. that's the bottom line cuz Pat McAfee. said so.

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at the from out of nowhere. Undertaker signaling to the end is near. Oh my. gosh. Reigns with a spear. Thinking about rip. tide counter into the DD. the greatest. professional athlete in the world today. Look at this. Oh my god. Oh no. Oh my god. No. No. No. No. Oh no. Oh my god. Oh lord.

Remember, don't have to worry about a. kill. Holy moly. Oh my god. No. up to the second rope. Oh, Rob crushing the champion. Oh my god, the animal slamming the. Undertaker moving.

table. Oh, look at. that. Oh my god. And for the 20oot. ladder with a spear on Jeff Hardy. For. the love of God, Jeff Hardy may be. broken. Smackdown. [Applause]. Irish went far side and Scotty. Oh gosh. Are you kidding me? Slam. Are you mad? You bro.

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Universe who got here at 8:00 a.m. local. to celebrate us launching into the. greatest spectacle in sports and. entertainment Wrestlemania weekend. We. are joined alongside a living legend, a. goat, a voice, the voice for the WWE, Michael Cole, a college football. I've never stepped. on that.

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. He's kind of begging for that. one. Uh, 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 could find him. in WWE 2K 24, which I'm sure all of you.

were pumped about. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawk. [Applause]. 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 have he's. been he's been climbing up the charts in. my household. I'm not going to 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, dude. No, no, of relocated. Gulf of. America. No, there was a processing. error. Uh because when El Grande. Americano was born, the name was So that. was kind of that's why it went back. A. paper clerical issue. Yeah, cuz he's not.

a month and a half old. He is an adult. So where he's from is maybe Well, we. don't know anything about Grande. Americano. We don't know who he is. Hopefully one day we get to meet Chad. Gable. It's not Chad Gable. It's not. That's wrong. Is he going to be an. all day? Have you guys compar. 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. I almost got that.

tattoo. Cole, 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. Hey, you know what, Pat?

Whoa. Is that a shoot or a work, brother? I don't know. But apparently. this Mark doesn't know that Real. American Beer's current valuation is. well over $2 billion and currently. climbing. Steve Wiser was pretty good. I. 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, you know, 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 Adanver territory, brother." Okay. So, you 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 Ver is. the Hulkster's goat. I don't think. anybody expected that. Oh, I still like. to, you know, throw a curveball every. once in a while, brother. Go back and. watch his tape. Especially all these. marks. You guys gave him a a raw deal, dude. Okay. There's a reason he's not. still there and 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? Uh, pretty good. I'm not going to lie.

I've given up the voice gimmick. You. know, when you're sitting next to. Holster, it really Yeah, it just. completely changes. Hair looks good, though. Everything. Yeah, I feel like. the hair that was the most important. thing, too. 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. Philly. So much better. Philly for first is just such a poopy. city and I feel like I can say that cuz. half my family's from there. But Vegas.

itself is perfect for an event like. this. It's incredible. This place is. massive. Already went to the Mark shop. Spent I don't know 2,000 bucks 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 selling them in there, brother. What else aren't they selling in there? They also aren't selling any nWo merch. out there. That's why, you know, Razor. Raone Razor Raone thought he was showing. up with an NWO shirt. Instead, he's got. a Hall of Fame shirt. Couple of your. friends in there, obviously. Yeah.

Welcome him in. You know, I'm already in. there, of course, April 4th, 2014. 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. Jeez. What do I Look, I. don't have my I wrote it down. Nice try, brother. He's a bad guy. Bad. time. He's also a tough guy. Let's.

go uh to one half of the hammer. Cowboy CM Punk. Uh 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. Um, a lot of the WWE people. backstage said basically a spinning. image. Um, so that was pretty cool. And. I think I think I think Roman uh Suit. said it. He just 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. Do it. This is your. moment. Oh, all I was going to say is. Okay. Roman and Volde. Look in my. eyes. What do you see? What is it? Personality. You don't know those words. Yes, I do. What did he just say? Sounded like All I. know is Roman avoided me like the plague. back there. I think he's a bit worried. about tomorrow. Did you hear what he. said? He basically called CM Punk and. nothing. Not worried about him at all. Yeah, but he wouldn't say it to my face. What did Roman What did we learn from.

the conversation with Roman uh that you. will take into your analysis of. Wrestlemania Michael Cole? I think he is. affected a lot more by Paul Heymon being. in Punk's corner than he's letting on. I. don't love that. I think he was very. defensive, especially when I asked that. question and I think it's bothering him. You know, there was 25 missed calls from. Paul Heymon just yesterday on Roman's. phone. He's turned him 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 tried 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 I'll tell you what, we can't. wait for him to get the Oola Fala, official tribal chief title all the way. back as he gets a strangleold on the. company again. He needs to get the. Ulfala back. Well, it's in good hands. right now. It is in good hands, dude. The tribal commander-in-chief has the. Olafala, I believe, in Washington DC. 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 Io Sky and. Bianca Belair. That will kick off. WrestleMania Sunday. Kickoff match on. Wrestlemania Sunday. Second highest. honor you can get in the entire show. Ladies and gentlemen, some call her. mommy Ria. [Applause].

Ripley. Heat. Heat. [Applause]. GTA. [Music].

[Music]. Did he introduce himself to you as Terry. Bala? Yeah, he did. Such a gentleman. I did not know uh that. that was possible. Ladies and gentlemen, Mommy is here. [Applause].

I love it. They are all your children. and uh 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 uh. 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. Um you got to watch. everyone else's back cuz Io could pin. Bianca. or 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. 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, a. lot of us thought you broke your nose. whenever Eio Sky springboarded off the. top to push you into Bianca Belair and. 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. Nose. is good. And uh how excited are you guys. to finally kind of handle this that's. been kind of brewing uh since. Elimination Chamber? I mean, we're all.

extremely excited to get 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 3 to four years. Even. since NXT, we've always been talking. about this. Add into the mix. Like, I'm. as ready as I can be. I'm excited for. this. I'm I'm willing to go into my bag. of trips, 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? Uh, I just have to start. earlier. I have to mentally prepare uh. to go to war a lot earlier and have the. crowd be hotter, which is good because. then I get more of an adrenal adrenaline. rush cuz they're really 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 emotion. straight out and it's 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, Ria. So Ria, uh, you know, Eio Sky has sort of in her. mind taken a backseat in this whole. build to this match. It's sort of been. you and Bianca and Io, despite being the. champion, sort of been off to the side. You have never beaten IO Sky. What's. this guy's doing? What the hell? What's. your deal? Does that come in? I'm sorry. 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 going to be there. It's it's. a fact. I've never beaten Eio Sky. Um, that's something that I have to live. with and I have to think about, but I've. gotten very very close to beating EOS. Sky. And I had her beat on Raw until. Bianca decided to get up out of her. chair and steal the SP. You kind of got. distracted there. I'm going to say it. I'm on your side. I'm on your side. But. you kind of got distracted. I 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 like I I. lost my temper. I went out there, of. course, like it wasn't the smartest. thing to do, but but we're in it. I also. had EOB. She only got up because she got.

a little cheerleader next to her. Are. you worried about the cheerleader and. Bianca teaming up against you? You are. the radator. You know, I'm not worried to be honest. They can. team up if they want. Are you going to. do this number here? How come nobody. ever does this one? It's a good move. Cuz I don't know if that one works. It. does. It does, dude. Yeah. We watch you start knew what. Hulk look. Well, I mean B was really I. kind of started it with the you know. boom right there. You know it's kind of. the the early genesis but you're just.

you're sitting right there. Okay. You're. wait you're waiting and then. move and then maybe you know if they. come at the same time you're speed. baging. No tried it before R. I'm just saying. maybe something to think about. I might. I might give it a go. Okay. Not a bad. idea. Uh Terry does have a question for. you Rio. I do. Listen Ray, everybody. knows about Wrestlemania. Look at this. Look at all these people. They don't like you. Yeah, they don't. You know, I mean, brother, it's good.

Well, that's cuz I was running hot in LA. about 20 years ago. You know, everybody. forgets that. But, uh, listen, Wrestlemania much different obviously. than Wrestlemania 3 when I was, you. know, body slamming 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're. wrestling in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas. Raiders 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. Uh, people that weren't wrestling. fans before, they're now checking it out. and they're like, I want to see the. Super Bowl 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 and. 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 it's amazing. I'm. I'm not surprised, I want to 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 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.

Sawing 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 10 years, right? You started. in a a small promotion in Australia. Uh. came over to the states a completely. different individual when you came here. I remember calling your your masses in. the May Young Classic. Completely. different for your 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. Uh. 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. I it was. my my hiding mechanism, you know, like. it if I got shy, I just hid behind my.

hair. Um 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. Um, man, it it. felt good. It felt really really good.

getting tattoos. I know it's just. something little, but like, man, it's. me. And you became mommy. 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 will start to. love themselves. Screw what people say. about you. Love yourself. Love yourself. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Some days is a lot harder than others, I. will. say. Especially for uh 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 before, you have. become an anomaly. You're one of one. You are special. You are something that. this company needs, this uh profession. needs, this business needs, and I'm so. happy to see you once again in a. championship opportunity. Enjoy the. whole weekend. Okay. Oh, I will. Ladies. and gentlemen, the eradicator, Mommy. Rio.

[Applause]. [Music]. Heat. Heat. [Music]. [Applause]. [Music]. broke our stage. She almost broke the.

stage. She almost broke our st. See you. later. She's awesome. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Terry. Terry's pants are a little tighter. Easy, dude. Show a little respect, brother. Maybe though. [Applause]. She's awesome. Le is awesome as Michael. Cole takes selfies. Debbut returns to. the. set. So, um, 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. uh, CO. 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. want to say a small class of people but. we were very lucky to be a part of that. week in week out. Rio was one of them. obviously Carrie and Cross was down.

there. Um Champa Gargano Alistister. Black Alistister Black was down there. Yes. At that time Pete Dunn. those scumbags. Scumbags from uh Adam. Cole all the way through the rest of the. group. Maria was down there and she she was in. the middle. of understanding. I think I would kind. of say we've known her since day one and. we've watched this journey from. beginning till now and it's been it's. honestly outstanding. I agree. completely. I was thinking about that.

the other day whenever she came out and. the place went 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 uh the night I did war. games. Oh god. Um she might she might. have caught wind uh her and others that. I was going to go off the top of the. cage or whatever. And uh like right. before I go out her and I forget who. else it might have been Carrie Cross and. they. go don't have to don't have to don't. have to go off the top. And it's like. 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. 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 Raone? I. assume, you know, classic bad guy. She. She gets it. You know, she she knows. what's going on here. And also, you. know, confidence. She oozes machismo. I. feel like that is something that we all.

can relate to. And I am looking forward. to that kickoff cuz you guys mentioned. it too. Obviously, main event, you want. to be main events. That's huge. The the. kickoff match just as important. That. That's the one that kind of sets the. tone. We're I 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.

[Music]. Okay, that's a football stadium. Oh, it's going to be amazing. With that. said, that's a toad setter, brother. Coming down like Chris Angel. That's. going to be a long time, too. That's. what I'm thinking. That's the first. match. Remember the yeing in Indie at. the Rumble? Absolutely. I'm going to be. exhausted. Oh, man. I didn't even think. of that. I'm going to be absolutely. exhausted. First match of the night. Cannot wait to sweat as Jay Uso makes. his way to the ring to potentially. become a world champion for the first. time. Darius J. Butler, your thoughts on.

Ria, Bianca Belair, and Eio Sky match. for the title. kicking things off on. Sunday. Cannot wait. You guys were just. talking about Ria and just her aura and. obviously you know EST. Can't wait to. see that. And then she hasn't beaten Eio. 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 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 when you especially when.

you're in person and you see these. athletes because it's it's live and we. know what it is obviously was shoot. sports as uh Stone Co called it. When. you're in that live arena, you're just. reacting, but it 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 it it's impressive to. see these worldass 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 taking in uh not only what. they do uh athletic wise but you know. telling the story as as Michael Cole.

would say it's actual magic you know it. is it's actual magic happening in front. of our eyes and uh there's been a couple. people talking about it where just watch. and disappear like you know there's a. lot of like hyperritical 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 in the. wrestling world. It's like if you just. sit back and watch for the next 3 days, you're going to disappear into a world. and you're going to 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 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 light show. spectacle the entire time, it'd be worth. the weekend. Uh yeah, you talk about. last night the uh set reveal that we. were in that's an incredible honor to be. bestowed upon us and shout out to. Stephanie McMahon for doing that. The. set's so big it makes a football stadium.

look like a basketball arena. It does. 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 the and then they got. seats in the There's going to be people. in the unique experience for the fans. that have those seats near the stage on. top in the bleachers so to speak. It's. going to be pretty incredible. Yeah, the. shit's going to be insane that they're. they're doing things that have obviously. it's the 30 uh 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 going to be things. that we've never seen before happen. And.

there's going to 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. Terror Rising. CCO. [Applause]. Triple. H game, dude. [Music].

[Music]. H. That's the right move. That was the. right move. [Applause]. Bros. Bro, [Music].

[Music]. it. [Applause]. ready. Heat. Heat. [Music]. [Applause].

[Applause]. [Applause]. That was terrible. You still got it. You still got. it. You still got.

it. You still got. it. You still got it. Cole nailed it. [Applause]. At my age, I feel good that it's sprayed. still. I usually just. uh Triple H, thank you so much for uh. blessing us with conversation and also. great work building up to all of this. [Applause].

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 are 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 is 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. um you know there's no greater feeling. than something that you're that. passionate about where you live and. breathe it 24/7 and to be able to put it. out there to be able to work along. people you know like you like like. everyone else that feels the same way. that is as 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 um and see this level of. success where where these men and women.

can go out there. You know, there'll be. a couple hundred thousand people will. descend on Vegas this weekend for. Wrestlemania. There'll be um you know, over 100,000 people there over a couple. of days in the stadium. It's It's hard. to put into words how cool it is. Yeah, I think so. Cuz Steve said earlier, he. said houses are packed, you know, checks. like old school. the way they talk about. what's success in the business. Well, 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. 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 cuz. I'll sit out there sometimes, watch all. the 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 or.

what is the thoughts? I just don't think. there's a ceiling on it to me. And 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 um at the. highest level, there's nothing like it. It's why I became captivated as a, you. know, five, sixy 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. Um, 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. Um, 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 and. hopefully he'll love it for life and you. know maybe I won't be here but down the. road we'll see him with his kids here. Um you know 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. Um, with how that is.

going with Cody Rhodess, 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 I 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 ride 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 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. I don't care. I don't care what. 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. And once again, I'm a John. Cena fan, okay? There was a lot of Let's. Go Cena earlier. Not that many Cena. sucks, so they might be on your side of. this whole thing. Debbut has a question. for you, H. Yeah. Uh kind of uh on a. earlier note, Pat was mentioning how. people can be so hyper critical of the. business now in this day and age with so. many people care and I live on X and saw. just an excerpt of uh your 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 flipped down now? Yeah. Look, I'm.

just a big believer that if if I ask you. to go watch I tell you I saw a movie, thought it was great, you should go see. it. Mhm. 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. 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 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 hyper. critical. To me that ruins the. experience for people. I I you know 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. Yeah. You know people will criticize this. I. don't 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 there you know um when Jay. Uso 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 ye eating 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 or the large crowd? And.

that 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, um but when the. majority starts to feel it, then that's. when you Yeah. You got to listen. You. got to listen. Yeah. You got to 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 uh. 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, Debb I don't think was.

like a diehard fan other than when he. was a kid. Connor just got into it. recently. Uh Tai literally has been in. it since he was a kid. We can't wait to. just sit back and 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 was. 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 and I think. it's in a great spot. So, I 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 us. Oh, yeah. Look, it's part of the thing.

It's a ride, brother. You're taking us. on a ride. That's real for 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? 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 if people are doing. that, we got them and we're in a good. place. And when they're not, then we re. 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 better I'll still wedge you right. now. Please do. Do do it now.

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 and and it was really cool being a. part of the whole uh evolution of NXT. with you and being there performance. center and being a part of all that. Um, 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. [Applause]. 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, "Uh, uh, Triple H's in. charge. Now Triple H's 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. Uh, it was forced. upon you. But I hope at this point at. least you understand just what they. said. You deserve it, brother. 10 times. Look, yeah, clear clearly I've accepted. it when uh when they surprised me with. it and Sean and Taker walked out on.

stage. I 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 got to start paying. more attention to this. Um 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 uh 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 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. Damn. Is that. good, dude? Yeah. I and I do want to say something. You see all the titles. Uh you've won uh. 15, I believe, or 14. I'm not sure to be. honest. I should know this, but. you guys know 14. 14. With that being said, how do you feel.

about the fact that John Cena could. possibly beat Ric Flair's record and 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 Rick's. record? I I'll be happy for John. I'll. we'll be happy for the industry. You. know, me records are there to be broken. They're there to be uh surpassed. It is. there for the next generation to come. ahead and um 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, um, if he does it, I'll be incredibly. happy for him. It doesn't take away from. what, you know, Flair did or his amazing.

career, greatest of all time. Um, but. you can make that argument. You know, people have been having that argument. since the beginning of anything. You. know, how you can. compare the Hogan era or the Savage era. to the Bruno San Martino era. Thank you, brother. Thank you for telling that. You. know, um. Oh, yeah. Has he been How long's he been. wearing that? All day. Yeah, just today. I'm surprised. Yeah. Um, one week. I was.

going to say I'm not taking it off till. Monday. Um, you know, I just think that. you can't make those comparisons. Everybody is great in their era, in. their time to, you know, it's just it's. nature. Look, I was standing back there. just now and one of your tech guys goes, "Uh, you think you're going to get a. bigger pop than Austin?" I'm like, "Hell. no, I'm not." You know what I mean? Who. the said that. to you? But but it's it's the fact that. people even ask that question. And I. have no delusions of that, but like the.

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 in the place you're in. And I. think those comparisons are just, you. know, people fantasizing about things. that can never be. Who's better, LeBron. or Jordan? You know, don't go. there. They'll kill you, brother. I'm. not getting in that argument. I'm not. saying anything but that but is it is.

hard to compare right very very hard. different sports different times. different rules different life different. everything everything with that being. said uh you did mention his era Hulkster. has a question for you Mr. H you did Mr. First and foremost, congratulations on. the Hall of Fame, obviously. Thank you, Hulk. Please enjoy it. Please enjoy it. I'm just curious. Uh we we talk a lot. about you. 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? cuz that was. as a fan a lifelong fan that was really. cool to see, dude. Thank you. You know, there there came a point in my time long. before I I hung up my boots for health. reasons where I was kind of done with. it. And I I hate saying that because. there's a few that I feel like, you. know, later I don't I don't want to say I ever. phoned anything in, but but I just.

couldn't focus on it, right? would be I. would be doing all this other stuff and. in 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 you know doing a million. other things and somewhere late in the. afternoon I'd be like oh my god I got a. match in a couple hours like 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. Um, 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 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, uh, 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 kind of 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 um that's an. indescribable feeling. I can't it it it. 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 whenever 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 uh. 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. You ever. did you ever main event a PL? Uh, I'm undefeated at WrestleMania. That's not the question. Yeah, that was. So am I. Is there Have you ever main. evented a PL? No. Okay. Oh, actually I. did one year. A country whipping match. Okay. All right. Okay. Anyways, uh I. took a lot of pride. So icon. Yeah.

I uh 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, "Oh, this guy is what you were like. 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 want. to have fun. I want to go out there. I. want to do this. I want to work with. talent. I want to collaborate with. people. The the favorite thing for me on. doing this is like, hey, what do we want. to 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 it's. the best. It's um I don't know. That's. that's the the coolest part of the job. is just seeing it come through. What's.

that? That's it. What's that? What's. that? What do I What? Just as a creative. person. I I consider myself a pretty. creative person. I think there's a lot. of creative people. Creative dude. Creative guys. But Pat, I've never seen. you smoke weed. You're right. Yeah, you're So you don't either, right? You. eat a lot of candy things. Yeah. Yeah. Vitamins. Vitamins. Yeah. Yeah. Vitamins. But what is your creative. process? Do you listen to music? What is. uh. I I it's a weird thing people say like. what do you do to get creative? I don't.

know. I don't feel like feel like my. brain doesn't stop. Me neither. Yeah. You know and it's you're just constantly. thinking about it. The thing that's. notes section in your phone. What do you. do? Yeah. A lot of that I you know I 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 your own. 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. You know, seems 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. Yeah. Oh, what did I say? Yeah. I got to go in there and look at. what I said. Sometimes I piss myself off. at the things I say to myself. I. understand. Yeah. So, you're Hey, watch. how you speak to yourself. You're. listening. Yeah. You know, you got you. got to remember that. Uh you've been. doing great. We uh are all following. along. Razor Raone has a question for. you. Obviously, friend of yours. Yeah, Mr. H. Uh you know, 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, you know, tomorrow and Sunday. How did that design. happen? Did you kind of start thinking. of that as soon as Wrestlemania last. year started? Is this one of those. stages where you do wish you were. walking down that ramp just to feel what. it's going to 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. Tomorrow and Sunday.

Um it it I'll be worn out by the end of. the day from going up and down that. ramp. Um yeah, look, the the beautiful part about this. business, the difficult part about this. business is it never stops, right? It's. the story that never ends. Thank God. Um, as soon as a chapter is done, there's another chapter and as soon as. you put on event, there's another event. happening after it. People are just. interested in what you're going to give. them at that event. Forget about what. you did at the one before, right? So, um, it never ends. It's also the thing I. think that is tough for people. It wears.

them out, you know, when 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 you know you sort of. have to be in that mode of just. celebrate the wins, you know, um learn.

from the the 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 of what we're going to be. doing and 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 Hinscliffe roast um and get with. you guys. And then, you know, at some. point in time, we'll get on that. But th. 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 a 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. Um 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 you you have to get through. what's in front of you, but the second. you get the top of Mount Everest, you. 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, you know, 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 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 and can wear you out. You know, the excitement about this too, Paul, is that you have Wrestlemania.

Every PL 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 Royal Rumble is in a. football stadium, right? You have to be. able to Royal Rumble in a football. stadium. Summerslam will be two nights. in Metife this year. Football. Yeah. We'll be and and that's the other thing. Even just the Towner coming off three. weeks in Europe. Oh, yeah. you know, like sold out massive shows in Europe. Um, we'll do this three three weeks from. this weekend will be backlash, you know,

a few weeks at, four really weeks after. That's three weeks from this weekend, huh? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Quicked her out, dude. Yeah. You know, it's it's um it. comes quickly and it keeps moving and. you just have to try to stay in front of. it. And you know, sometimes people will. 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 I I've. said one of the things about your. leadership is the fact that you. understand that you have an allstar 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 going to tell. you how to ring announce how to announce. ringside. You know what I mean? I I can. add a storyline beat in here or there. I. can tell you I can tell you if something. Oh, don't go that far with that or. whatever. But those are little just. little side notes. the rest of it. It's. like you guys do what you do. I can't, you know, you're you're the best. You. rely on this team and I think that's. what makes it so good. I can't I can't.

do any of this without everybody else. that's here that can't that 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 uh 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, soon. as they see you, there's a that's Triple. H and Triple H. Everybody does it. because of how much you've done. But if. you want to talk your on the. internet, we got two worms for you. Triple H, ladies and. [Applause]. [Music].

gentlemen. Hey, pretty good race, huh? Pretty. good. You got to get that. Yeah. Yeah. [Music]. I am the game. Yeah, just tackle something. Is.

that the game, bro? This way. This way. Hey, Jimmy, do your job. Get your boss. over there. Great work, ladies and. gentlemen. That was Triple H. Hey, let's. not forget Jimmy Kelly. Ladies and gentlemen, if you could, you. don't know him, but you should. Can I. get a Go Jim Kelly? [Applause]. Go Jim Kelly. Go Jim Kelly.

He's a uh I like that little buzz. He's. a baldheaded, handsome man. Uh, who is. obviously the director of security for. the WWE? Who knows? I mean, he's like. Bart the mall cop guy. Paul Blart or. Blart. Yeah, he really nailed it. He is. not that. I hope he beats. 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. Hoger. Hawker, we need you to. come up here for this. AJ because love. another beer, dude. We are going to um. we are going to pick every single match. that will be happening this. Wrestlemania. weekend. AJ, can you hear? Yep, I'm good. to go. Welcome back out here. Uh I hope. you got a chance to chat with Triple H. about real professionalism, man. I. really did. I got to talk about the set. Yeah, Triple H is the man. Love that.

guy. It was Zitto who asked him if he. thought he was going to get a bigger pop. than Good job Zo layup. 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. Um, boys, we need to pick. every single match. 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, but 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. Joo. Nailed it. Michael Cole leading the. ye up here. We'll start with you, AJ. Hawk. You got Gunther to retain or is. the yeet man getting his yeet 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 Jay Uso. CM Punk. Sure. Uh, you and I were. talking this 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 you eating all. night long? Jay Uso. Okay, TB. It is the. ring jitter rally, but he lost his cool. a couple weeks ago and I don't think. he'll ever get it back. Uh, it's main. Jay Uso all day. Okay, we're eating. Razor Ramon. I mean, look, Jay Uso was. at 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 Gunther is. going to bring it home with those chops.

Sorry. Sorry people. You're just going. to have to take that in. Survey says, another one for the bad guy. My bad. You're close, Hulk. Come on, man. Yeah, it's going to be Guther, dude. That's a. layup. Uh, listen. I mean, listen to these marks. He's got. You guys don't know about. wrestling, none of you guys. Are you in. the Hall of Fame? I should be. If I'm. not recent things, I don't know. Maybe. they took me out or something. Waiting. to go back in. I don't know. Need to. still look at that. But uh yeah, it's.

going to be Gother. It's a layup, dude. It felt like Guther is one of your. favorites. Yes. I love Gother. Everything he's about, dude. Why do you. love him so much? His makeup, his. physique, uh his physicality. Uh you. name it, brother. I mean, Gther is kind. of the perfect WWE superstar in my. humble opinion, dude. So, you got Guer. retaining? No doubt. Michael Cole, voice. of the WWE. Do you have Gunther or Jay. Uso? I'm going to have to split the. table. Um, as much as I want to eat. tomorrow night, sir, I I don't know how. you stop Gunther. Yeah, well said, Cole,

it's Gther. The guy's an absolute. machine. I will not be making a pick because I'll. be a non-biased journalist out there. But, uh, let's go to the next match, shall we? On. Wrestlemania Saturday, the New Day are. taking on the Monday Night War Raiders. AJ Hawk, you like the War Raiders and. the 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. it's competition. Things are said. Sometimes feelings are hurt, but it's. going to be all right. They'll get past. it. Uh CM Punk. Yeah, I've got all the. respect in the world for the Viking. Raiders, but uh they're the War Raiders, Come on, wake up. But I'm. going to go with the new new day. Okay, this one. I like the cut of their jib. More Viking Raiders. Whatever. War. Raiders are there. Get the goddamn rind. I don't give a damn. War more. War.

the new new day. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again. What is it for? Absolutely nothing. Say. it again. New new day. Okay. Razor Moon. Uh, you know, I think I know which way's. going. So, I'm going to go ahead and do. uh the New Day. Kofi Kingston actually.

Where was that supposed to be? From my. hometown. Uh, I have no idea. He's a big. Patriots. He's a big Patriots fan as. well. So, the New Day all day. Okay. So, new new day, new new day, new new day, new new day. And Hulkster War Raiders. verse the new new day. Yeah, unfortunately it's going to be another. layup for the Hulkster. Dude, I like the. War Raiders. I do. I do. Why is. everybody just assuming Why is that? I. mean, I don't get again there's there's. a couple guys up here who know what the. WWE is all about. No wrestling. Okay.

Hulks are a couple marks over here. That's fine. You know, you guys eat your. popcorn, watch baby on Saturday, Sunday. The Hulksters gonna be breaking this. thing down, dude. Okay. I'm sorry. The. New Day just I mean they pro. Do they. deserve to even be here in the first. place? I don't believe so. I don't. believe so, dude. Yes, they do. I don't. believe so. Hall of Famers, but they. have certainly been insufferable. The. Hulkster is picking against the New Day. I love the War Raiders, man. Nobody. would have expected that. All right, brother. Feels like that could have been. a lot of teams. Uh Michael Cole. New Day.

wins a 12th tag title. New Day as well. Boom. Clean sweep almost for the New Day. except for one Hulster. Let's go 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, Laorray Mysterio. There was a. clerical uh that had El Grande. Americano's hometown as a place that. didn't exist whenever he was born. So,

he's obviously the Gulf of Mexico. He's. hailing from the Gulf of Mexico. That. was a big change. uh over but they they. just clerical aware 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 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 I know Michael Cole has. some issues with him, but I'm taking Rey. Mysterio on this one. Pat, wow. Have to. I respect I respect what he has done in. this in this business. Tone, similar to. CM Punk, El Grande Americana is jacked. Okay, he is. So, I'm going to 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 oldhead. The OG triple OG Rey Mysterio. Rey.

Mysterio with the win. Razor Raone. I'm. a Don Mysterio guy. So Ray can go to. hell. I'm going with El Grande. Americano. Well, nobody's a Don Mysterio guy. I am. Hulkster. I think I know. Well, I was. actually going to say I we can't do this. here. I initially you see the match up, you immediately think tie like maybe a. double count out for both these guys. No, no, no. Victor out there. Um 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, then I. like El Grande Americano. If not, I. think we're probably looking at like a. double countout situation. No one wins, unfortunately, dude. Uh, but everybody. wins. Uh, do you get him a real. Americano beer afterwards or what? Uh, again, if he comes up to me privately. and 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. You know, it's a.

it's a great piller. You know, Cole. Okay. Michael Cole. So, I I'm not. shocked that the real American would go. pick the uh real Olympian Chad Gable. That's not I don't know that, dude. I. don't know that, dude. 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. Ray. Ray is going to kick the booty out. of Chad Gable at Wrestlemania. Wow. A. little booty kicking action uh on.

Wrestlemania Saturday. Let's go to the. next match. This one is going to be. tense. Jade Cargill verse Naomi. 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. AJ Hawk, your pick to win.

Jade or the glow. I tell you what, Jade. Car I've been on on her bandwagon from. the jump from when she came over here. So, give me Jade Carill right now. I'll. take Jade. Saw Jade in the hotel yesterday. Not. betting against her. Jade. Jade. Yeah. I. don't like what Naomi's up to. I'm going. with Jade. Jeez, I'd like the mismo out. of Naomi. I'm going with Naomi. I think. the flash is cool. I think the colors. are sweet. She ran over Jade. Yeah. And. I think to run someone over that takes a.

lot of moxy and and and a lot of gut. sack. So, I think we need to have more. respect for that. And yeah, Jake Carill, you know, she is jocked, but Naomi is. just she's a technician. She knows what. she's doing in there. And that's why I'm. going with Naomi. Hulkster. Excited for. you to make a pick here? honestly is. another one where I think we could have. a double count out. I think there's a. chance, brother. Uh it's it's tough. I. haven't looked into this match, you. know, as much as I probably should have. Not as, you know, familiar with these. competitors. Um but I'll be honest with.

you, dude. Cole, what are you laughing. at, brother? About to give you an elbow. drop, dude. Follow by an atomic leg. drop, brother. Um honestly, give me Jade Carill cuz she. looks like she might have 22s, 24s. Pretty similar to the Hulkster. I'll go. with Jade Cargill, but again, don't. discount the possibility of no contest, dude. Okay, thank you, Hulkster. Sorry I. can two in one day. Hey, it's Mania, dude. You never know, brother. What if.

it is the mania of countouts? What if. every match has a double counter? Michael Cole, Jade Cargill, or bet the. house on Jade Cargill. Naomi has no. shot. Everyone always has a shot. I 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. [Applause]. or Jacob,

the Samoan werewolf? Uh I I've been a. fan of LA 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. Yeah. 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 L a. but this Samoan werewolf is different. Jacob. F is an absolute beast. AJ who's going. to be our United States Champion after. Wrestlemania Saturday? Well, I think for. all the reasons you laid out the the. path that he has taken. Give me LA. Knight. Yeah. Uh I didn't love what LA.

Knight did at the Rumble. Uh, you could. ask Drew McIntyre about that one. Um, and there was a full moon trying to get. his spots in. Yeah, there was a full. moon last night. Give me the Give me the. werewolf, Jacob F. Okay. Okay. I love the LA night and the. Yeah. Yeah, that's cool. But I saw. failing of the Bloodline video game. cover with these boys and Fatu had. there. I love you so low. I got to go. with the word Fatu. I love uh Jacob Faw. too because he'll say uh in between.

those posts coast to coast something bar. bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar. bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar. bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar. bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar. bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar. bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar. every time he has a microphone in front. of him slaughters. Oh yeah and every. time he gets in the ring steals the show. I could see why people think the Simone. werewolf's going to win. Razor Raone 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 fat too maybe he's a little bit. off a little more than he can chew. So I. am also going to stick with age. I'm. going to go with L a night.

Hulkster. I think we know. Well, first. of all, was it you? I will smack the teeth out of. your mouth, dude. Better watch it, brother. Uh, what the a Samoan. werewolf, dude? That's not even real. Okay, it is real. Have you seen him? He's very real. I did see direwolves are. back. So maybe if that's like the same. genus or species, then he would kill. you. Maybe, dude. Whoop your ass. too, Cole. Let's not, you know, puff our. chest out. Okay. Again, you got Listen,

Adberg's 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 up. It's like, hey, who's Cuz. everybody wants to know, too, dudes. Like, who's the Hulk you're going to. take? Who's the Hulk you're going to. pick in this one? I'm really invested in. what the Corso very similar which shout. out goat don't put Lee in the Hulk. You're right. You're right. You're. right. You're right. Nowhere near.

You're right. You're right. Corso. couldn't hold the Hulkers's jock. Double. count. Don't you ever. What do you mean, dude? I didn't. say double count. You get it? Double. count. That doesn't even apply. See, you. morons are so I mean the these marks out. here are so stupid. They don't. even know how to come back me. Give me. something good if you're going to come. with the Hulkster, dude. Come on, bro. I. think they're supporting you. I don't. think so. I don't think so. Double. count. Michael Cole. I too. Jacob Fatu. Okay, quick pick. Uh, any reasoning.

behind it? Yeah, because he's a beast. He's an unbelievable athlete. Wait till. we tell his story tomorrow. I cannot. wait to talk about Jacob Fatu and LA. Night. Let's continue on Wrestlemania. Saturday night's card. Charlotte Flair, who's obviously a goat. conversation in this business, taking on. what time is it? Tiffany Stratton and Tiffy time. Tiffy'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. Whoa. What? It's kind of obnoxious, dude. I I think uh 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 the at the. end of uh a little verbal jou sesh on. Smackdown, there were some things said. to each other that were a little bit of. a uh a shoot, brother. Oh, so do not. work yourself into a shoot, brother. Am. I right? 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 GOAT, Charlotte. Flair? Without a doubt, I think it's.

tiffy time, Pat. Wow. AJ, what a pick. CM Punk. You know. what time it is. I always know what time. it is. It's tiffy time. Okay. I thought. that was going to be I didn't love what. Charlotte did. Sneaking up on her steal. Beating the out about her like So. yeah, it is tiffy time. She Hey, maybe. one of these guys grows a brain, huh? And pick something different than the. guy before him, huh? Wouldn't that be. nice? Wouldn't that be nice, brother? For TV. Yeah. Thank you. You you should. be disgusting of yourself. Especially. you, CM punk. Raise a Raone Tiffy time.

or Charlotte Flair. I mean, I agree with. Hulkshire. One, but two, uh, it ain't. Tiffy time, it's Pacific time, and it's. screwing with me cuz I just looked at. the clock. It's 11:30 and it's Charlotte. Flair all day. Yeah, sure. She might. have done some scummy things. You do. what it takes to win. And And a person. with the last name Flair knows that. better than anyone. So, give me. Charlotte Flair. Hulkster. Yeah, it's. going to be Charlotte Flair, dude. You're talking about Ric Flair's. daughter. someone who goes in and pushs. his place over every time I come in. here. So yeah, give me Charlotte Flair,

dude. [Music]. He just picked the same guy. Same guys. as the guy before. No, no, I cuz I I. took Naomi. He had a count out on the uh. you. No. Hey, you. Keep it coming. you. you. you. you. [Applause]. Can we get back to the picks, please? I'm trying. I'm trying, dude. Hulkster,

please. Jeez. 14 world titles, but. 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. Why? Charlotte Flair will dominate tomorrow. It is not Tiff. table split. Reset the. clock. It is not tippy time. And the. main event of the evening.

Three names in men synonymous with. dominating this era of professional. wrestling. This era of sports. entertainment have had a threeheaded. horse leading the way. You have Seth. freaking Rollins taking on. CM R. And the man 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. Heyaymon, who is normally the wise man. for Roman h uh Roman Reigns, will. actually be the best friend of CM Punk. in his corner. Roman battles alone. Seth. freaking Rollins told Paul Heymon that. he owes him a favor as well because Seth.

didn't squish Paul Heymon'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 should be all. three men not able to get back on their. feet because there are no countouts in a. triple threat. This one, you don't know. yet. Major, anything could happen. 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. Amen. We don't.

have to pick on this one. He was out. here. We saw him. This guy next to me. I. can't pick this guy. Roman Reigns. Roman. Reigns. Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns. Roman. [Music]. Reignsc the table has selected except. for one person, CM Punk. Uh, fun fact, I'm only dressed like this today because. CM Punk has a beard and similar hair.

Oh, wow. Clean sweep for our tribal chief, Roman Reigns. Okay, that's Wrestlemania. Saturday. Let's get to Wrestlemania. Sunday. Kicking off night two, Eio Sky, our women's world champion taking on. EST, Bianca Belair, and Ria 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. Eios Sky is our champion. Kind of. not been uh chatted about much. And then. Bianca Belair is used to having gold. around her waist as well. Should be. electrifying to start on Sunday. AJ, who. wins? Well, we saw Mommy was out here. earlier. She's impressive impressive. performer. But Eio Sky, give me give me. Eio Sky. She's been under the radar. Like you said, she's in a great spot. No. one's talking about her. She's going to. dominate. Eio Sky has been counting out. AJ, you said that's what you like.

That's what chip on the shoulder. Give. me more chip. Just keep stack stacking. those chips. Let's give it to her. Mommy, enough said. Ria Ripley from. Tone. I did appreciate Mommy and her. aura. Um, but I'm going to EST. I'm. going Bianca Bear. The. beautiful Hulk's picking. Yeah, it's all. right. I think we're starting to get a. kind of a trend maybe. What's that? I. got analytics on this table. We got some. analytics on the picture. Well, just. when you think you know Razer, you might. not.

Okay, just Razor Raone. Who's your pick? This is the easiest one. Really? Okay. Razer loves. Not even close. Hulkster. Listen, the Hulkster ain't introducing. himself to too many people as Terry. Bolo, brother. Okay. And that's what I. did right up here to Rio. So, yeah. Give. me mommy in a landslide. You love mommy. to win this quick and uh easy. Yeah. Well, I like seeing mommy perform out. there. So maybe we, you know, extend it. a little bit, but but yeah, mommy's. mommy's, she's taking this one. Okay, so.

we got Eio Sky pick, we got an EST pick, we got a Ria Ripley, multiple picks. Michael Cole, who do you like? Eio Sky. Okay, retains the title. Wow, that would. be a massive win for Eio Sky, 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 Valkyia 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? AJ Hawk. No, it will. not. Liv and Rockel 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 give me Liv.

Yeah, I notice uh Mike picks the. Hulkster off because I'm going with them. as well. Give me Liv in the judgment. day. No, I respect that one. Yeah, I. mean it just reeks people who don't. watch the product cuz if we're talking. about crazy, we're talking about. Valkyia. She She's an absolute nut job. Bailey, I mean, she's been there, done. that as well. This isn't her first. rodeo. uh living and Raquel, they're scumbags. Uh and I think Valkyia. and Bailey uh bring it home. I think. Valkyia is on that kind of, you know, Ria Ripley 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 live guy, brother. That's his girlfriend. So, I wouldn't be. the only guy's girlfriend I hate. Okay. Valid, dude. Valid. Valid. Very valid. Hulkster, who do you have in this tag. team title match? This one's tough for. me. Um, both these tag teams is smooth. as butter, dude. Like seriously, brother. I love watching the work in the. ring. I'm a Bailey guy, though. So, you.

know, I honestly I don't care what. Baileyleyy's doing, who she's doing it. with. I I ride for Bailey, dude. So, I'm. going to go with Bailey. And Valkyia, 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 know you do. I like it. She had three This is awesome chance two. weeks ago from one of her matches. She. is awesome. And I get that. I'll I'll. level with you guys. Hulkers's got a. pretty good headache and I might be. having like a brain aneurysm.

So, uh that'd be a shame. A couple. things are kind of coming and going as. 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 talks on your real American. beer. Who did Dar's Butler? So, which. beer? Hey, guess what, Nebuta? We don't. want you buying it anyway.

He was born in Germany, everybody. He. was born in He was born in Germany. Debo. was born. He was born Hey. Yeah. Scumbags. He was born on a military base. in Germany. That's what I meant. Come. on, dude. Military base. Military base. was more American. more. Still Germany, not not in the uh USA, brother. What uh. what beer do you like better? Uh Broken. Skull IPA or the real American stuff? We. don't have to do that. Okay. Anyway, uh. uh Liv and Raquel will win. Wow. You.

don't like Lyra and Bailey? They've only. teamed together once. They ran a. gauntlet. They did great, but they've. only been a team together once. The. other team's 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 going to be This is. potential show stealing. Weekend. stealing. Iconic moments littered. throughout. The phenomenal. AJ takes on the Maverick. Logan Paul. Can I have a logger here?

Yeah. Chris, can we get a couple. loggers? Um, 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, 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. this is going to be one of those highf.

flyier matches, but Logan Paul, I'm from. Ohio, Pat. Logan Paul is from Ohio. I'm. sticking with Logan Paul here. Great. Highf flyier fun match strategy. Yeah, it is. It is punk. Is uh AJ Styles still. wearing gloves? Yes. Yeah, AJ Styles. Oh, 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. And I would. love to see another pulverizer to end. it. So, I think this will be the best. match of the weekend. From my.

perspective, I'm going with the. Maverick. Logan Paul. Okay. Logan Paul. wins, says Donzo Ramon. Yeah. AJ Styles. does that weird thing with his hands. where he throws up like an Illuminati. triangle before before his matches. That's cuz the cops. Yeah, it's weird. Uh, I like Logan Paul. Logan Paul puts. on a show no matter what. So, I I think. he'll put on a show and I don't know. Who knows? Since these people always. and cry when he wins, they'll. probably have him go under and AJ Styles. will win cuz he's old. No, don't get so. Don't be soical, dude. Yeah, don't be so.

native. That's what happens sometimes, man. They're both trying to Hulkster. Who do you think? Uh, again, another the. booking of this is just. incred. But um I think I like the. Maverick. 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. You know, it's funny. Only. regret sleeper hole for my finisher with. the Pythons. You know, my hips are all. up from the leg drop. But uh but. yeah, I did hit only regret. Only regret.

of my life, believe it or not. Um but. yeah, dude. Uh give give me Logan Paul. You got to go with the Maverick, man. It's his time. It's his time, brother. He came out with an American flag in. Canada as well. Yeah. Let's just say I. like that as well. Yeah. Yeah. Uh. Michael Cole, I've never seen anyone. take to this business like Logan Paul. And he's going to continue to steal the. show at Wrestlemania. and and beat AJ Styles. Oh, a lot of Logan Paul here. Didn't see. that coming. Let's go to the next match, shall we? It is electric.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Fatal four-way for the Intercontinental. title representing Judgment Day, Dirty. Dominic Mysterio. Yeah, we go Dom and Finn Balor. 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. S. Penta takes. on a man who is born to be in this. business. He's more explosive than. anybody. And when he shows up, the dogs. are farting in every city he comes to. Our Intercontinental Champion, Braun.

Breaker, the holder of the Super Spear, the SAR of Men. Will he walk out of. Wrestlemania's Intercontinental. Champion, AJ Hawk? Give me Bron Breaker. all day. He's going to break somebody in. half like David Blaine splits people's. legs from their torso one of these. times. So, Bron Breaker, no question. here. That was Chris Angel. You're. right, David. Take a lap, dude. Lot of. Vegas. A lot of Vegas magicians. Different magician, but that was Chris. Angel who saw it. It wasn't Michael. Malone, though. He swallowed uh needles.

Uh the dogs are barking, says AJ Hawk, CM Punk. Do you agree? Yeah. In our. office in the Thunderdome, I watched. Braun Breaker saw a 500 lb man in half. Oh yeah. And I can't get that out of my. head. Get me Braun. 500 lb man. 500 lb. Debo, dude. How f How fast does Bron get. up to? How many miles per hour? 23. 23. miles. You know what? It won't be fast. enough. I'm going with absolute pure. electricity. Pent. He's too dynamic. I.

cannot wait. What are you saying? You're. saying that he has. uh zet. [Applause]. He's awesome. And his interest, do that. walk. Oh, I can't wait. Yeah, it looks. familiar. Hey yo. Um, look, Pent is great and he. invented that thing which I think is. cool, too. And his entrance is sweet. And you know, Finn Balor, great. Yeah, but the demon's not showing up. So, I. can't I don't see Finn winning. Uh, Braun Breaker moves a million miles an. hour, he gets distracted. And I think. when Pensa does the thing that he.

created, he's going to do it. And maybe. 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. Razor Heramone? No, I don't. Uh, it's. going to be a pretty quick one, dude. I'm going to go with Braer. Uh, all the. other guys, I'm not huge fans of, you. know, their their work in rig. So, uh, I'm going to go Braer. Let's just leave. it at that. We don't need to. Hector is. obviously Luchador from Oh, he is. I.

didn't know that, dude. I thought he was. from San Diego. Finn Balor, uh, from. Ireland, obviously. Yeah. Dominic. Mysterio. He's from Mexico, right, dude? That was. New Jersey. San Diego, I think. Yeah, San Diego. Okay. You know what? We don't. need to get Don't get me start. I'm not. a huge San Diego guy. Okay. LA, California. Yeah. Whole whole deal. Love Vegas, though. Love the Vegas, baby. Love Vegas. Ron Breaker sawing. them all. 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. Yeah, we. know. 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 get to pick half the. Yeah. 50% chance, dude. Pretty good. Okay, I'm pick dude. Do you think they. Thanks, guys. Do you think they remain. on the same side through it all or are. they going to turn on each other in. there? I think they're going to 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 going to 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. Hi, 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 Damen. Priest who's taking on the Scottish. Warrior Drew McIntyre. Drew Da dos 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 Damen. Priest. And remember, it's a Sin City. street fight. Yeah. No rules changes a. lot. All bets are off, brother. All. sins. Damen Priest, Drew McIntyre, AJ. Hawk. Who wins? If 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. Yeah. What a sound. like he went to Hogwarts. That was Scottish. What are we talking. about? Scots and Drew. You think there's. going to be three three claymore kicks. to the head of Damen Priest? Yeah. Tree. Darius Butler. Who do you like? I did. love uh Drew laying out the dos and. don'ts. Uh but he pops a little too much. to me. I'm going with Damen Priest. Oh. wow. Yeah, give me. Dora Raone. Yeah, I think McIntyre is a.

little bit of a powder as well. I think. that was very well put good analyzing by. you. And I also think uh Damen Priest, he's got an ax grind back against the. wall. And if if I do recall, um, Judgment Day is why Aaron Aaron Judge. has his last name. And that is also why. uh, Damen Priest is a big Yankees fan. And because of how well Aaron Judge is. doing all rise, Aaron Jones 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 loved. Damian Priest. Absolutely love this guy. And I'm talking about Sid City Street. Fight again. All the bitching and. potting that Drew McIntyre's been doing. Guess what? You see someone on the. streets you're doing that? What's going. to happen, Cole? What's going to happen? Probably going to get your teeth. knocked out. Okay, cuz nobody cares. Especially not a guy like Damen Priest,

brother. Give me Damian Priest. I love. that guy, man. I love his machismo. I. love his Moxy. And yeah, it doesn't hurt. that he's from the BX and he's he's. thrown out multiple first pitches at. Yankees games, dude. This is strictly. because he's a Yankees fan. Uh again, I've I've ridden with Punishment. Martinez to through the Miss of Avalon. for a long time, brother. Cuz he was in. 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. That was in NXT when.

he won a title. It was I'm talking WWE. Universe, dude. Uh the people that. actually hate my gut, so I'm still kind. of little bitter about that. But I love. love Damian Priest, dude. Give me him in. the S city street fight. Let's not forget that Priest is in. Drew's head last year at Wrestlemania. Oh. Oh yeah. Drew McIntyre won the world. title, held it for just over 5 minutes. before Damen Priest cashed in to win. Priest is still in McIntyre's head and. will win at Wrestlemania. Drew McIntyre. is going to be Patton is what the boys.

say. Damian Priest going to 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. Rhodess defends his. title against a 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 Rhodess. 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 what Cody Rhodess. wants to talk about. Okay. Come on. Oh, Cena. John Cena. John Cena. Darius J. Butler. I'm going keep it going. He shocked the. world when he turned hill, but uh he. hasn't told one lie yet in that ring. Even when he when he made that kid feel. like uh point. Yeah, I mean it's. part of it. He had to say what he had to. say. Uh so yeah, Cena, I hope he doesn't.

ruin the business. Maybe he does, but he. breaks the record and going Cena all. day. Roman, you know, Debb 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 Not now, not ever. Okay. He killed American Nightmare is coming. to Vegas and he's taking care of. business. And John Cena, you will be. seen as a fraud and a faker. Whoa. By. Cody Rhodess. Whoa. Sorry, brother. Your.

time is up. It ain't now. Cody Rhodess. all day. American nightmare. First selection of Cody Rhodess here. from the panel. Will Hulster follow suit. or will Hulster pick Mount Rushmore. brethren John Cena? Could be. It's one. of those things, Pat, where I really. don't care who wins this one. I'm when I. when I break this down, when I look at. it analytically, okay, you're looking at. things analytically. I mean, what 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, that's kind of just um it's kind of just. where I leave things. I'd like to see, you know, Cena again, my brother. Um and. also The Marine's a great movie. Okay. Not quite as good as The Nanny, a movie. I started uh back in 1994. Or uh Three. Ninjas, High Noon at Mega Mountain, Dave. Dragon always hold a special place in my. heart, brother. But um yeah, get give me. Cena. I love Cena. He's he's that dude. Um, and again, Cody, you know, going up.

doing the rounds, being the corp. corporate guy, I don't with that. cuz the hulkers for the people whether. or not the people respect him or like. him after he gave his entire goddamn. life to the business, you know, but they don't care. Uh, but yeah, give. me Cena, dude. Cena sold out corporation. sold out to 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.

Hey. 22s, 24s. You can come get them. anytime you want, brother. All right, Michael Cole. You know, I'm so torn in this match. because both these guys have meant so. much to me in my career. Um, 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 uh 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. I think it's Cody's night. Cody. Hell yeah. Cool. Askisser, dude.

You're the John Cena train driver. I. believe in Cody. I think Cody's going to. do it. All right. And I believe that. Wrestlemania is going to be spectacular. We can't thank you all enough for. hanging out with us. I believe 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 uh 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 going. to be such a spectacle. There's going to. be moments that'll live on forever this. weekend. I'm 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 going to. 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. on me. Team on three. 1 2 3. Cheers. Have a great Mania weekend, baby.