What Do You Wanna Talk About? with Cody Rhodes

Brandi Rhodes

70 min
May 28, 2025about 1 year ago
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Summary

Cody Rhodes interviews his wife Brandi Rhodes on his podcast, discussing their 11-year marriage, parenting their daughter Liberty, wrestling careers, and personal anecdotes from events like WrestleMania and Disney trips. The conversation blends intimate relationship dynamics with professional wrestling insights and humorous family moments.

Insights
  • Brandi's wrestling contributions were often underrecognized despite her role in supporting infrastructure and talent development, highlighting gender dynamics in professional wrestling recognition
  • The couple's relationship success stems from mutual support during career transitions, with Brandi remaining committed even during Cody's less prominent career periods (Stardust era)
  • Parenting philosophies differ between spouses, with Brandi more structured about rules while Cody is more permissive, creating tension around grandparent involvement and child discipline
  • Brandi's transition from wrestling to yoga/pilates business demonstrates successful personal brand building outside traditional wrestling industry constraints
  • The importance of doing good deeds without expectation of gratitude or recognition, versus the human tendency to feel underappreciated after repeated acts of kindness
Trends
Female wrestling talent moving into executive/ownership roles and business ventures outside traditional wrestlingWrestling personalities leveraging personal brands into adjacent wellness industries (yoga, pilates, fitness)Increased transparency in professional wrestling relationships and behind-the-scenes dynamics through podcast mediaCelebrity/athlete family dynamics and parenting challenges becoming normalized podcast contentDisney adult culture and experiential spending becoming mainstream lifestyle choice among affluent families
Topics
Professional Wrestling Career TransitionsMarriage and Long-Term Relationship DynamicsParenting Strategies and DisciplineGender Recognition in Professional WrestlingPersonal Brand Building and Business OwnershipWork-Life Balance in Entertainment IndustryFamily Heirloom Organization and PreservationCelebrity Event Experiences (WrestleMania, Disney, Movie Premieres)Mental Health and Therapy AccessibilityGratitude and Appreciation in Relationships
Companies
WWE
Discussed extensively as Brandi's former employer where she was first Black female full-time announcer and first Blac...
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Mentioned as venue where Brandi was first woman in a match at Russell Kingdom; discussed her match with Eo Sky
Fanatics
Referenced multiple times for merchandise including Farrow plush toys and WWE gear/jerseys available on their platform
Disney
Discussed frequently as regular destination for family trips; Brandi identifies as Disney adult; Moana 2 premiere eve...
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People
Brandi Rhodes
Guest on the episode; discusses her wrestling career, business ventures, marriage, and parenting experiences
Cody Rhodes
Host of the podcast; discusses his career, marriage to Brandi, parenting, and WrestleMania experiences
Dusty Rhodes
Cody's father; discussed extensively regarding wrestling career, hunting hobby, and missing red leather jacket
Dustin Rhodes
Cody's brother; mentioned as part of Cody's dream team and discussed regarding family dynamics
Liberty Iris Runnels
Cody and Brandi's daughter; extensively discussed regarding parenting, personality traits, and public appearances
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Invited Cody and Brandi to Moana 2 premiere in Hawaii; provided private jet and catering
Neil Patrick Harris
Encountered at Disney California Grill; had conversation with Brandi about shared neighborhood background
Chelsea Green
Mentioned as friend encountered at Disney; described as comfortable with revealing attire
Eo Sky
Discussed match with Brandi in Japan; known for stiff kicks; communication barrier due to language
Jay Lethal
Mentioned for his Macho Man and Rick Flair impersonations; worked with Brandi at original All In
John Mayer
Attended original All In wrestling event; requested tickets for bachelor party through manager
Michelle Kwan
Mentioned as part of Brandi's dream team; noted transition from figure skating to Belize politics
Rudy Galindo
Mentioned as part of Cody's Mount Rushmore of sports jerseys; white Olympic outfit referenced
Seth Rollins
Mentioned for his reaction to Cody's WrestleMania 38 return; described as having perfect facial expression
The Undertaker
Mentioned as sitting near Brandi in gorilla during WrestleMania 38; referenced as major WWE superstar
Stephanie McMahon
Sat next to Brandi in gorilla during WrestleMania 38; grabbed her hand during the moment
Renee Paquette
Referenced as standing with Brandi on the mountain that Stardust was a great wrestler
John Cena
Mentioned as major WWE superstar that Brandi announced alongside; referenced in Mimi interview incident
Quotes
"I don't believe in the words you're welcome because I don't believe you do something for the pat on the back for the gratitude."
Cody RhodesMid-episode
"I contributed in ways that I felt were the right ways for me to contribute. And then the ways that I did not feel were right for me to contribute, I just didn't."
Brandi RhodesLate episode
"You stayed with me and you cared for me when you were announcing superstars as big as the Undertaker and John Cena. And you had to look in the ring and see Stardust and say, that's my husband."
Cody RhodesLate episode
"I don't need approval from somebody I don't approve of myself ever."
Brandi RhodesLate episode
"There will never be a time where I'm not enchanted by you. I think you are fine as it gets."
Cody RhodesClosing segment
Full Transcript
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My baby mama, my favorite person, which is what I told her, because I didn't have the courage to say I love you. So I said, you're my favorite. The first woman who was involved in a match at New Japan's Russell Kingdom, the first black female to be an announcer full time for WWE, and the first black executive in a North American wrestling company, the owner, proprietor, the best, the queen of naked mind yoga and Pilates, my Wonderwall, my Muse, my favorite person, and of course, my baby mama. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to What Do You Want to Talk About, Brandy Rhodes. You forgot one. African American Nightmare. That's never once we talked about it. I just thought... Ladies and gentlemen, the African American Nightmare. Don't ever say that. Sounds so bad. Don't ever say it again. It was just... That leads me to the first question, which I didn't think would be the first question. Do you know who Akeem is? Nope. No? Hakeem? Not Hakeem. Not Raheem. Akeem. Looked in my neighborhood when I was growing up. Okay, many years ago, there was a wrestler for WWE. Akeem. Akeem. I also was formerly known as the one man gang. Is he no relation to Aladjuan? None. He was a big old white dude that they would poke fun of African culture at with. Or I don't even know if that was. If anything, it was meant more to be a direct rib and foil for my dad, because my dad was doing that without promoting it. So then they just started promoting it with Akeem, and it's not a memorable or wonderful character in WWE history. However, I'll give you a Royal Rumble story. Akeem was pretty good in the ring. Him and Big Boss Man, they were a tag team, all this. But anyways, this Royal Rumble happens. I think maybe Dusty's only Royal Rumble. And Dusty's in the ring. It's a who's who of who's in the ring at this point. And Akeem, the African dream, his music hits. You said he was white? Yes. And his name was Akeem, the African dream. That's the bit, hun. Yeah. Yeah. So anyways. What's happening? So this guy starts coming to the ring, and you can see my dad licking his chops. This is what they wanted. This is it. They wanted Dusty and Akeem. Plus they worked together previously. So he thought this is it. And I believe it's Roddy Piper as rumbles go. You've got this spot in your mind. You've got this moment that's about to happen. Roddy Piper just runs across and starts pummeling Dusty and ruins the moment. And you can genuinely see disappointment as my dad is selling in the corner that he did not get to have this silly fun moment with Akeem. I know what that feels like. I was in a rumble style match, rumble style match before, where time got cut pieces didn't happen. And then I came to the back and. Oh, I remember exactly what you did. You yelled at everyone. And my friend Nick, as you walked away, looked at me and goes, you think she's mad? That was the best response. Yeah. A couple F-bombs were dropped. Question for you. It is my show, so I got to ask the question. Yeah. I can't let you take over here. OK. What are you drinking? I've got a classic American mule. American mule. How we like it in America. But you've got a classic American mule. I got a classic American mule. You know what? I believe you're the first on the show to have the same drink as I do. But truth does count. And he gave us that dogty. Oh, our truth had a mule? Yeah, he brought, not only had a mule. Good for him. He brought two mules, plushies, which I thought, oh, this would be after the bit. I'm like, this would be kind of fun. We'll give these to Libby's. One of them, though, if you want. Brian, you want to grab that? It's a dog toy, isn't it? That's exactly what it is. I know that. Now, let me see that thing here. Seeing that. Oh, Ron Cena decided to leave me with a gift. OK, yep. And that's how you know. Yeah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Dog toy, so thanks, Ron. And also, like, raw hide tail. You think Farrow would like it? Yeah, Farrow might. He might. He'll like it for a day. He'll eat it. And then he'll eat it. That's what Huskies do, by the way. Four warning to Husky owners. They don't like toys. If you get a Husky, they'll play with that toy hard for a day, and then they'll rip its eyes out. Farrow ripped his own face off. Of the Farrow plush. He gave him a Farrow plush. Which, by the way, if you're looking for a good Farrow plush, you can get it on Fanatics. So, but yeah, Farrow chewed his up. So an American mule there? American mule clutch. That's your drink, by the way. I know this. I've made it. You know why it's my drink? Because in my process of aging, my stomach hurts a lot. So the ginger beer is comforting. So I can still drink on an upset stomach. Because in this classic era of aging, there are a lot of reasons to need a drink still at the end of a day where my stomach hurts. So this is the way that I can make people. It's not news to me. I know you. Yeah. What, we've been married 11, 12 years? 11. Why did you add one? Because I know what's going to happen, you know? We going to get there? What was it that you were saying the other day in the car? You're saying something and then you made it sound like we were breaking up or something. And I was like, are we breaking up? Well, I don't know what I said. You said something wild. I think Brian's there. Somebody was there. I think you're pretty solid at this point. Are we done? What's happening? Pretty solid at this point. I have to do a lot to get kicked out, I think. Yeah. I'd say you have to do a lot. I was going to say in terms of aging, which you're aging at a rate that's unbelievably, you're ahead of everybody in a sense. Wow. No, no, you're not aging. You're glowing. You're radiant. Your skin is still perfect. Everything about you look like the day I met you. I think you need to know that that's not going to be the case for me. We're looking at three, maybe seven, seven solid years of this. This is it. You say that all the time. I'm letting because I'm letting you know. Trying to. And then when it's over, big sunburned. Shorts, Tommy Bahama shirt, flip flops, probably my American nightmare flip flop, swollen feet, just a perpetual sunburn to like, like what you would expect of a Georgia, what you found out with the white lotus, what Southern frat boys and families look like. That vibe. That vibe, but big. I was going to ask you, what is something that I wear that you're just like, God, what is that? You wear it every night. What is it? It's that nightgown. What? You wear a nightgown that at one point was silk and probably very nice. And I don't have a nightgown because there's several different people who are washing clothes in the house. It looks like now you've run through a barbed wire fence with that nightgown. I don't have. I have one nightgown, but I don't wear it all the time. I usually wear like my little sets, the little short. The stuff you match with the Libby. Yeah, the matching. We should talk about Libby, by the way. Okay. Well, now I know you don't like that outfit. Throw it in the garbage. There's nothing you wear out there that's like, oh, that's, I feel like you're always stunning. The red coat is very similar to Dusty on WCW Saturday night. Which by the way, this is something for fans out there of the pod. If you know of a WW, I guess my dad used to wear this red leather coat that had, I want to say, faux gator. Maybe it was real gator on the shoulders. This jacket's missing. And a lot of his items were missing. He sold a lot of things off. We've talked about that pond, a lot of things. But this one, I think someone in the family has. And if you were that person, maybe, maybe Dustin, if you were that person, I think you need to come clean and we need to find out. Because I've been looking for this jacket. Your jacket reminded me of it today. It was a classic look he had. Well, can we talk about Buck? Yeah, let's talk about Buck. So I don't get in my husband's car a lot because it's not in pristine condition on the inside for the most part. But he had parked, I know, I know. How dare you? You get a nice car and mess it up. It's rough. He had parked the car directly in my path of exiting the garage, which is what everybody does. It's wonderful. It's so nice that people think of me. And I just said, I'm just going to move it. Rather than plus at him, send a text, you know, get it out of the way. I got to go. I'm just going to move it. So I hopped in the car and I nearly tore my ACL instantly because I hopped right back out because there were eyes looking at me from the back seat and turned straight. Like it's literally if I turned around right here, sitting upright was the head of a deer. So I jumped out the car because I didn't know what was happening. And then I peeked back in and I was like, that's a damn deer head in the back seat. We're not these people. We're not. We're not these people. So I was just confused. I went in the house and I was like, what is that? So you met Buck. Buck is a deer as hunters do. Do you hunt? I went hunting one time and it was probably one of the worst moments for my manhood that ever could have existed in a sense. Not only did I miss a deer that was about 20 yards from me with a scope. I dropped the rifle and that's terrifying enough. The big secret and you know this because you've been at a lot of family dinners. My dad loved to hunt. He didn't love to hunt. He loved to sit out in the woods. That's what he loved to do. He didn't want to be around anybody. He had to figure out what he was going to do next. He had his own deer stand that has a special staircase. There's still a plaque at the bottom of it. It was also right by the highway. So not a spot a lot of the deers are going to migrate to during deer season. He liked to sit there. That was his spot. But Buck is the long, I have to be careful with how it, because my sister has opinions on Buck. Buck is the last deer he got. Well he's in your car right now. I have to, yeah. About that. We were talking about the jacket. My family's the worst at hey who's got this, who's got that. The Pinellas County Sheriff badge that I wanted. Somebody else has got that. Let me go record and let you know. I organized all the dusty stuff. I hired people to come in. We sorted through everything. Well okay, I organized it. What a new money thing. By hiring people. I did it all. I hired a bunch of people to do it. Let me see something off the cuff that's unrelated to anything. I don't even know where the hell I'm looking. I'm just hitting all the cameras. Okay there we go. Hey guys. Hi. What's the service announcement? Okay, PSA. If you don't know how to organize things, don't organize them. Don't say you're going to organize them. Don't organize things. I have had people come into my life and tell me they're going to organize stuff. And I don't know what we're allowed to say on this show. But they just throw shit in the garbage can. Organizing is a skill. It's a trade. It's a professional thing you can do. That's why you can hire people to organize. If you don't know how to organize, hire somebody that does know how. It's a fair but. Don't play games with that. I do not know how to organize. So when I took on the task of, hey I'm going to organize the family heirlooms, all the stuff, I hired a pro. Let them show me the ropes. I just keep them nice how they are supposed to be. And I know you've been down there. I know it. I saw you walking down there. I'm about to go look at it. Go ahead. If anything's on stuff. If anything's on my mind. It's my stuff. There's an irony in you saying that you organized and knowing that you wake up every day and have woken up every day since I've been on you. And don't make the bed. And don't make the bed. It's not for me. And for, let me trade a PSA for a PSA. If you want to start the day right and you want to start the day with an accomplishment, a sense of accomplishment, knowing that that goal is done and you can move to the next goal, make your bed. Make your bed. Make your bed. And just get started. Hit the floor, feet, hit the floor and start moving. You sit around, pittling around, making a bed. What could you have done in that period of time? I got a child dressed. I got dogs outside. I got breakfast happening. I got phone conversations happening. Shame me this morning over breakfast, by the way. Oh yeah. Told me to make a waffle for Libby. You see me make a waffle every morning. I made a waffle. She didn't want just a waffle on a blank plate, a black plate at that. Just a waffle sitting in the middle of a black plate. Like doom. The kid walked up and she was like, I said you didn't do anything. She did say that's her illness. No syrup, fruit, garnish. She likes a little whipped cream. I put sprinkles sometimes. Yeah, you missed. I did. That was, phew. It's kind of a recurring thing in our marriage where I will admit to a thing I did not do correct. And then I will. But then you will not ever admit to a thing that you have. What's something I've done wrong lately? Oh man, I don't feel you've done anything wrong lately. Have you done something lately? Oh, I'm sure I've just. Okay, I got you one. Cheers to this. Okay. This is the thing that you've done wrong lately. You can put them together. I'm kind of afraid of. Is that fragile over there? I'm afraid of something falling out. We're not on this show, you know what I'm saying? No? All right, what do I do? What do I do? You are really big. So this is something that the. I'm really big? No. I'm a wrestling audience who does not know about me and this is the first time I hear it. I did not believe in the words. I did not believe in the phrase, you're welcome. I don't like it. If you do something, you just do it. You don't do it. But then someone says to you, thank you and you just look at them and go. Do you know what I say? I don't go like that. I say thank you. No, yes, what you do, you go. No, I say thank you. That's pretty. Thank you. Thank you. I don't believe in the words you're welcome because I don't believe you do something for the pat on the back for the gratitude. Yeah, we have this. All the time. Question a lot about a lot of things. I believe in the phrase, if you say thank you to me, I'll say thank you. Anyways, Brandi has now got a list of people that she's been hitting up on the sly and I know this because you've been texting me on the sidebar. No, no, no, no, no. She's been hitting the... It's not real. Basically telling them that they need to thank me for their WrestleMania experience because I rolled out the red carpet for some people. Got a box, catered it, did a big dinner, all this and she's, that's something that I think Brandi, you're just going to have to live with the fact that we do nice things for the simple reason that we do nice things. If I do something nice, I don't need to be thanked for it. So here's where, I met this head on. I said to him, I brought it up and now he's airing my dirty laundry here, but I said, you know, something that I need to work on because everything's, you know, you're upbringing, how you're raised, all the things and then you come together with a bunch of other people. They're all raised different. You bump heads on things. What happens with humans all day long? I have a problem with doing things that are nice and then not feeling appreciated about them. Yeah, that's a problem. It's not all the time. It's like, maybe like when we get to the 10th one, that's when like something goes off in my brain and I'm like, feeling used, feeling a little used, feeling a little abused. So I told you, I would like to find a healthy way to move out of this feeling that I have, you know what I mean? And then you decided to come on this show and just say that it's a personal flaw of mine. It's a thing. I don't know if it's a personal flaw. Here, hit me back and then you. I'll tell you what your flaw is. I'll tell you what it is right now. I'm right on my no flaws. And me and Libby, I'm so happy. Man, when you have a little human and they start to just do everything that you do, that you like that you do, oh, it's beautiful. Okay. I have known this man for 12 years now. That's right. Starting 12 years ago, he stomps around the house like a freaking T-Rex. It's a T-Rex though. It's like, don't, don't things are shaking this glass. Let them know you're coming baby. Like he's just walking through the house like that all day every day. And I have a big dog in the house. Like I say, you're going to have a big dog on here. A problem or something with the way, with the way that you're doing this, you're going to have problems. I don't know what the long term, wearing terrors from that. Yeah. It's hardwood floors. Yeah. At any time, this older lady, and she was just like, he was walking around one day and she said, I ain't never heard nobody walking like that before. That's a good rhyme. And I said, yeah, that's crazy, right? Like it's been going on forever. Finally Libby has noticed it and she hates it. So she will be in her room and we just hear a boom, boom, boom. And she's like, stopping again. And then he comes in the room and she goes, why aren't you stopping again? You got to stop stomping. It's for your own health. I don't like the way you've delivered your point. But if Libby says it, then I'll fix it. Well, she's been saying it for about a week now. I know, I know. But Libby is, I'm working for Libby. So if Libby don't like it. Stopping, man. She picked that up on her own. I never said anything to her about it because my hope was that she didn't hear it because he stomps around while she's asleep. And I'm afraid he's going to wake her up. And then another thing that you did. Okay, one was good. If the opening the door, okay. If you close the door, this drives me crazy. And this is where I turn into Baby Billy on Righteous Jimstones where he has a problem with the nanny. I haven't watched the whole season. So I don't know how aligned I am with Baby Billy in the nanny situation, but I get mad about stuff with nannies a lot. I, we had a nanny that couldn't get the baby when she was a baby, when she was an infant, couldn't get her to go to sleep. So she'd be in the room and she'd be shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, and you know, all the things and everybody's quiet as a mouse, you know? And then she finally put the baby down and then she'd come out the room, whoa, slam the door. And then she'd be like, she was British. So she'd be like, I don't know why I can't get the baby to sleep. And I'd be like, because you're slamming the door. If I'm sleeping, you slam the door. I'm going to wake up too. Come on, woman. Just close, just turn the knob, slowly close the door. The four knot times the other night that you went in that room because I was feeling under the weather, so appreciate you. There you go. Just, just you know. But four times. When they call me in, when they call me in the pinch. He slammed the door every time he left. And then she woke up again. I'm like, stop slamming the door. I don't know if you want to liken yourself to the righteous Jim Stone's baby Billy character. Just with the nanny situation. Just even that. I don't know. I was just observing what I saw the episode the other night where he said, where's the nanny? And his wife said, oh, she's changing. And he said, changing. We're not paying her to do fashion shows. I feel like sometimes I can't find our nanny. And I'm like, where is she? And then she comes up and you know, she got a whole like get up on like she's going to Coachella and I'm like, what are you doing? Who's this outfit for? You ever been to Coachella? You're just not looking for, you know what I'm saying? You been to Coachella? No, I see a lot of things on Instagram. You don't go anywhere like that. I'm in my 40s. I just live on Instagram now. On the gram, man. Disney, Instagram, you know. What's something you see on there that I saw the Met Gala stuff? Nope, not even there. You're not interested in that? To what? Sabrina Carpenter was kind of dressed up like me and June 30. You be saying Sabrina Carpenter a lot. Is that like your girl right now? No, she was dressed in a brand new. I've been wearing Sabrina Carpenter a lot. I think Sabrina Carpenter is a very talented artist. We'd love to have her on the pod. Love to have her on the pod. Let me be here when Sabrina's on the pod. Why would you be? You're already feeling this. You're probably a nice young lady. I'm not. Now she's not going to come on and enjoy this great. I'm not, but you know where I was wearing Sabrina Carpenter? See age. Also, if she ends up playing Rapunzel, you wouldn't be first in line. That's where I started to say, wait a minute, what's going on here? I'm trying to get her all as Pascale. He's trying to get her to be Rapunzel in the live action Rapunzel. Ever dreamed of making your own WWE entrance? Well now's your chance. At Fanatics Fest, you get to step into the spotlight, hit the ramp, walk the walk and recreate your favorite WWE superstar entrance. Full theme music, official WWE set and all. 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Visit BetterHelp.com slash Cody to get 10% off your first month. That's BetterHelp, H-E-L-P dot com slash Cody. We're going to kick all the way back because you were talking about growing up long after you went into several character flaws in mind. Growing up, was your family a wrestling family? Were they into this? Early. Early stage was, my brother was very, very into WW. Yeah. It was his fate. I think, I want to say either Macho Man or Ultimate Warrior. Warrior? Warrior. Warrior. I tried to slide through that. It didn't work. All right, so Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man, great picks. Something happened. There was some pay-per-view that we watched, and then my brother got mad and started crying and throwing stuff, and then it got banned. Yeah, it got banned. So then we didn't get back into wrestling again until I got into wrestling. Then my dad became a super fan, and now my dad is a little bit of a situation. So you know how hard it is to do heat in 2025, considering your brother got probably very upset at the ending of a pay-per-view, got beat up by a big old bad guy, big heel, whatever it was, and today it's even harder. So you saw Jason's pain, shout out to Jason for his hero. Yeah, he was pretty upset about it. And then my family was like, that's it. I got a good Macho Man story. That's not actually about Macho Man. It's more about a low point in my life where I, well, not too low. Rhodes Scholars period. Yeah, yeah. I don't even know when it is. Don't worry about the timeline. Briefcase in the end. I don't want to connect anyone to this. Where'd you guys through? The briefcase in the end? That's different. Anyway, there was a wrestler who was doing a Macho Man impersonation. Every wrestler ever. It's really important that we don't name names here. I'm thinking every human being ever who's ever turned a television on knows that it's ooh yeah and not oh yeah. Oh yeah is the Kool-Aid. If the Kool-Aid man comes flying through this door right here and makes Kyle make him an American Mule, he's going to say, oh yeah, Kyle. He's not going to go ooh yeah, oh yeah. Macho, anyways. So dude grabs me and the people are into this bit. They're into this act. And looks at one side of the crowd and says, oh yeah. And they thought, that's weird. Then he turns the other side and he does it all four sides. So the wrestling historian in me is crushed that, hey, people are responding to this. They like this and that's not, he said ooh yeah. The only person who might have said oh yeah ever is Elizabeth when she accepts the proposal. That's maybe, come on guys. Are we allowed to talk about wrestlers? We're allowed to talk about anything here. One of my favorite moments ever was getting to play Jay Lethal's faux Elizabeth in a match when he was, what is he called? You're at the original All In. Of course. Yeah and Jay Lethal does one of the greater macho man impersonations of all time and Rick Flair. Who else was at the original All In? Who? John Mayer, he's in the front row. And I remember that not to be the case. Yeah because we didn't believe it was actually John Mayer until I was like walking around the front and then I was like oh. Well first off, John Mayer, we're talking about how I'm going to age, this awful look I'm going to have. That guy is going, he's going your direction. How's he doing? I mean he looks good there. He's a good looking guy. You know who, okay, you know who for a while was on that aging just beautifully and I haven't seen them in a really long time. Roman. No. How old is he? I don't know how old he is. I'm not saying that Roman is old. Boy look good. Boy look good. Okay. Where I was going was, well let's say this, Roman's Vanity Fair spread, very tasteful. I enjoyed that side of Roman. Okay, what were you saying next though? Uncle Jesse, what's his name? John Stamos. John Stamos. It's America's uncle. How's he doing? Because he was looking real really nice. Why are you asking me? Hey John. I mean your pop culture, I don't be paying attention to nothing until he's snacking on things. I think John Stamos is probably looking pretty great these days. I heard Ricky Martin is looking really nice. Long story short, the original All In show before and after. John Mayer was looking nice. Yes, before and after an alternative promotion for any of this. He liked Chelsea. He did. Remember that? Yes, he did like Chelsea Green. Chelsea Green. He was looking at her. Anyways, I got an email. Her husband like, hey boy, you might want to get her. Yeah, if John Mayer wants it, you know. Oh my God, I'm going to start seeing him. Body is a wonderland. Okay. Anyways. Heartbreak Warfare. I mean, these are the hits. We're not doing the B-sized with John. Anyways, I get an email. Just put the hits. Play the hits. Play the hits. I get an email at 3 a.m. from John Mayer's manager. There's a bachelor party. They want to attend All In, the original All In, which has been very, very sold out, like fire code sold out. And at that point, I just thought it was a good wrestling rib. And then at 9 a.m. when I left the hotel room, I was greeted by someone right at the door saying to me, hey, did you deny John Mayer tickets? And I did not. Did John Mayer really coming? And apparently there was a bachelor party or yeah, it was a bachelor party and we set him in the middle of the aisle. So as I am wrestling SmackDown general manager, Nick Alviss, I looked into the aisle where you can clearly see where people walk, walk, wait, then there's just John Mayer who's sitting right in the middle. So no one could walk by him. If there was a fire, it would have been a bad situation. But that was a really fun get. It took some photos afterwards. Can I say that Nick Alviss hit me with the cleanest elbow in history. Nick Alviss is really good, huh? Very concerned about it. And it was probably the nicest thing that's ever happened. Pro's pro and we're not going to get too far into it. But when we left the alternative promotion, we were also slightly re-ridden. How are we portrayed very dark night-esque? No, believe it all for me. Let the darkness in. Okay, so yeah. It just enhances my beauty. I think I like the wicked step. But I thought Nick was such a fun experience because all in, that was the loudest the arena got that night. And I don't think we were the match that was meant to get them that loud. Yeah, it was just the fun one. Just competitive pride. That ego, not mad at anybody. That we were the ones who got to steal the show on a show we weren't supposed to steal. Another fun fact about that show. Steven Amell's wife ordered a replica from Sandra of my outfit from that night. For what I'm not sure. I'm not sure. They got two beautiful kids. You know what I'm saying? Because it was a very scantily clad. But I remember Steven trying to buy that. Remember which I said, Steven, I'm black. Cass is white. I didn't notice. What's she going to do with that? Black skin tone outfit. And he was like, I don't know. So I was like, let's just hook up with Sandra. You get your own maid. I like to say that Wheatley and I, we make the American Dream team. So now the time has come for me to ask you, who makes up your American Dream team? How many spots are on there? We have had a, we've had animals. We've had a soccer team. So this is, is this like my team that I'm taking with me? I think zombie apocalypse. Yeah. I think zombie apocalypse is a great, great way to look at it. I look at it as a war games team, but I like zombie. Oh, war games. Okay. That's a little easier. So who's on your team? Uh, well, Libby's always on my team because she don't beat up anybody that says anything about me or even looks at me funny. Including myself. Baby Billy. Baby Billy's on my team. He's got an angle for everything. He'll survive. A fictional character from the hit TV series, the Rages Gyms. That will survive. Okay. No matter. Baby Billy. Liberty, Liberty Iris. Baby Billy. Liberty Iris, Baby Billy. Michelle Kwan. Oh. Michelle Kwan. Figure skating royalty. She is now, what is she? The, she, she's a political figure in Belize now. So it has gone from. What's something about that? From figure skating royalty to Belize royalty now. Belize royalty. Yup. Who else would be on my, I don't know if this is going to work. If it's another IP. It's not an IP. Okay. That's a controversial character. Oh, we like controversy. My manager is who I would take. That's not that controversial actually. That boy gets everything done. Hey, I need a helicopter to take me to a rainforest. Drop me in the center. I need a photo shoot there with like this photographer and this, you know, make a part of something that, and then I need that same helicopter to pick me up. I need a ladder to drop down for me to come back up. That helicopter needs to take me to space next. Nice. You don't figure it out. Like Katy Perry, she went to space. I heard about it. I don't know what's going on with all that. It's dope. Katy Perry is great and people are shaming at her weird. You know, I don't, I don't, yeah, I don't get into the weird. Why are we mad at, why is the weirdness? I'm going to be straight. Why are people mad at Katy Perry anyway? She's awesome. Katy Perry done. That's like, ah, we're, we're on a, she went to space. She went to space, y'all. We're trying to get to space. I know. The planet's falling apart. Let these people get to space. So you've got Liberty. Baby. Baby Billy. Baby Billy. Your manager. My manager. Wait, I feel like I got one more. Michelle Kwan. Michelle Kwan. And then round it out. Give us, give us one more. Give me Morgan Freeman. He's just my favorite actor. He's just, he's got a great voice. I was sitting right here. I didn't think I could take you. You said you were with Wheatley. To be fair. That's your dream team. To be fair. I wasn't in the Wheatley dream team. Why is everything got to be about you? I've never done my dream team. You know what? You should do. Let's see your dream team. You want to see my dream team? I don't want to be in it. I'm not, I'm not asking for a position. My Wheatley American vodka dream team is obviously. Don't say that old dog. First and foremost, my old dog, Faro. Oh, he's in there. So I'm going to go, then there's me. So there's, we're going to get five out of this. There's two. You're going to take yourself? That's my, it's my team. I'm trying to make a team of five since everyone makes this game so ridiculous. I'm going to make a team of five. Me, Faro, my father, my brother, who I love and do not doad on enough, but that's my brother. I need one more. It's all men and it's all family, man. You might as well take Kellen. Then I'd skip Kevin. That's okay. Kevin understands. He gets skipped on all the film stuff. Everything we've ever filmed. Poor Kevin. Nicest guy ever. Faro, Dusty, Dustin, Cody, Randy Orton. And I think when Kellen's of age, Kellen could do it. Can I do this again, but with wrestlers that I would actually? No, yours is a great answer and the clock, the time is money. Okay. I would take myself. This is for me to do as little work as possible. So me, Becky Lynch. Solid. Sensational Sherry. She's just crazy. Yeah, the best. Rear Ripley. Again, crazy. Solid. Piper Niven. Because if you ever take a Vader bomb from that girl, you're not getting up. I took one. Yep. You barely got up. I did. It was an independent show. We do like her though. That's a great team. That's my team. What a great team. Taking them. I think that he knows could be tricky. He starts saying with this idea or this question has permission to suck. And then he'll present something that doesn't suck at all. And then he said at the Hall of Fame two years ago. Amazing. Kepisall. He gave us all life. What do you think about the Cody Raheem Rhodes things that you might see online or every now and then in the crowd? I don't think anything about him. I see it all the time and just whatever. Some people think it's funny. It's fine and it hurt. Does it offend you? No. It's just silly. People just being silly. Well, let me, if I was to ask the same question, your parents, my in-laws, the incredible Otis, incredible, beloved by everyone who meets him. You can't miss him because he's... Shady. Shady. Can't miss him because he's wearing an American nightmare hat. Super shady. He is fanatics number one. I mean, behind my back to our manager to get whatever he wants. And he does because he's parents, kids, dogs, get whatever they want. That's how it's supposed to be. But Jill, your wonderful mother who we love. We're not even going to get him. No, but what do you think they think about stuff? I don't think they know about it, to be honest. I think your dad knows about everything. He knows we're filming this right now. Probably read it on the old... He's probably down the street. The old dirt sheets. No. I don't think they think anything of it. I don't think they hear. It's like you choose what you have time to care about. That's not on my list. Do you know who made a really good tag team? This is not to switch to a somber tone, but your dad and my dad at the wedding was great. Oh, I thought you were going for a real tag team. No, they could have been a real tag team though, but your dad, I always found that I loved... Here I come from show business. I come from Carney. I come from pro wrestling. And then I meet your dad, who's a military man, who's worked for Ford consistently for years. That man, if you inserted him in pro wrestling, he'd succeed like nobody's business. Yeah. Shady. Just behind. You're already going so hard at it. The term that we use is Carney. My dad, but he's good at it. He's good at it. Do you think at a certain point though, parents get what they want? They raised you. It's their turn. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Kinda. Kinda. Yeah. Like we don't do the Mimi like candy stuff. That's not okay. Okay. So Mimi, her what she wants to get, and this Mimi is as Mama Rhodes. Mama Rhodes. I am not Mama Rhodes, by the way, friends. Mama Rhodes is Mimi. I'm Brandy Rhodes. I'm still able to be that. Please don't make me Mama Rhodes. Okay. Because when she said something in the media the other day, like a while ago, before WrestleMania. Oh, when my mom was unauthorized, interviewed by Mill After. Not knowing what she was saying. And put out a note saying that John Cena was an asshole. Yeah. Yeah. Don't interview old people. I didn't say that. If you're a journalist, if you're a journalist, you don't interview old people. That's not fair to them. She didn't even know she was... Yeah. It was the whole thing. She cried about it actually, so that's why you shouldn't do that. Yeah. Okay. I'm not going to be old too. Shout out to Bill. But Mimi, Mama Rhodes Mimi, she thinks she can skate on the rules of our parenting strategies. Yeah, every... If you do that, the rule is the kid can't get sick. At Libby's birthday, her and the aunts and everybody gave her so much cotton candy, she ended up puking that night. So there's a reason that I don't want candy thrown in my child's mouth the moment you walk in. But Mimi, still to this day, try... I mean, it was spending what? Kids almost four. It's been four years of me fighting Mimi. We got into the box at WrestleMania. Immediately, Mimi grabbed Libby by the hand, took her down to the front of the box. I see her getting something out of her pocket, M&Ms. Instantly, I was like, hey, hey, hey. No, no. Come back. No M&Ms. Shut it down, no. We got to eat food. Libby's smart. Actual food. I always tell people, I'm like, Libby's smart like her mama, beautiful like her papa. Oh. Always, always, always, always tell people that. All right. Who do you think Libby takes after the most? You or me? When it comes to... When it comes to qualities like telling fibs. A Libby lie? A Libby lie. Yeah. There are the Libby lies. You can get to the root of a Libby lie really quick. I always tell her something that I learned from one of my Instagram parenting people. I can't think of anybody's name right now. Like must be... It's quite all right. Usually when you say someone's name, we have to double check it, source it. What's that girl's name? Do you know these people? No. No, you don't need the name. Don't do the old... All right. You're doing the old people story thing. Anyways, anyways. When the child flies, she... I think it was in 1990? 1995. 1996. Anyways, we were in Florida. Did just tell me the story. Yeah, that's what happened. Tell me the story. Got it. It starts happening. You're looking good for Porty. Boom. Weird things start happening. You're looking good for Porty. I got to look good because I'm just going to mind. What's going to happen? I don't think you really had one in terms of like you were always kind of... I think Libby has my sensitivity. And I think Libby has your rage. Child. She... Well, it's a little bit of the lot, but she is very sensitive like you. She fake cries. Like if she doesn't want to get out... Fake cry? I'm not fake crying on them. Well, I don't know if you fake cry. I think you real cry. Like her emotions, they swim. Right on the surface. And they just fester and you know, peak very quickly. And I don't understand that stuff because it's just not the way that I am. It's like we've hit a level 10 hurricane for tears to start dropping over here. So like for them, it's like, you know, two, they're well enough. And I'm like, oh shoot, man, I got to... You know what we should answer right here? Libby on apple picking day. She gets hit by a fly on her face as she's screaming at us. Oh man, it's her. We're in like North Georgia in like a varnished, farmish area. And she was just kind of reaching her peak. Let them see it. It's pretty great. I was trying to get a picture with her. So we're standing next to like some, you know, like picture of a pig or whatever. And you know, I'm trying to get her excited about the picture. I'm like, what are we going to do? Can we do a piece of that? Or if our hands are hip? And I'm like really trying here to mom. This fly hits her right in the face, which I didn't see that, but the footage reveals that later. She hits right in the face of the fly. And she goes, and then I go like, let's do this. And then she goes, we're going to do what I'm doing. And then I look at the camera like an idiot. And then it stops. But I was like, Jesus, kid, relax. I got a good wrestling story about Liberty Iris Runnels. You know where I'm going with. Nope. And the world will appreciate it. It's perfect for what do you want to talk about? Again, these drinks brought to you by Wheatley American Body. What do you want to talk about? What do you want to talk about? So the final boss, the rock, tells us, hey, I want you guys to come to the Moana Tube premiere. Oh gosh. And there's a second story. I jumped to the, yep. Oh, do you have to be at Smackdown Salt Lake? Yep, I do. But let's find a way to make it work. Put us on a golf stream. Really, really kind of put his wang on the table. Let us know. Let us know. Let us know that he is the final boss. He is the final boss. Put us on an amazing golf stream, fully catered with Moana themed desserts. Everything about that. This is what we say though, like right, is starting to interrupt the moment that I saw him. The first word out of my mouth was thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Did he say, I mean, it's right there. You're welcome. Yeah. Anyway, so he brings us out to Hawaii for the premiere and the premiere is done. It is the best premiere I've ever been to in terms of it wasn't the traditional. Here's the carpet press element. Then you move on. That's wonderful. Maybe you'll watch the movie. Those are the families. Maybe not. This was for families. So many sponsored things. Craft tables. Mickey and Minnie are there. The little tattoos. The red carpet is not even really a red carpet. We were one of three people who walked it, which Libby said right away. Libby said no pictures. No photos. So, okay. We did it. But he, Rock, goes on stage to present the movie. Well, she was starting to act a little fussy. She was. It's been long and she didn't know what was happening. Never sat through a full movie. Yeah. She also, she started fussing a little bit and people were trying to say hi to her. She's also the only child there who did not wear the Moana outfit. She decided to go in full Elsa. So full Elsa for the Burning Hot Moana 2 Outdoor premiere. And she's sitting there and I said, Hey, do you want to say hi to Maui? You want to talk to Maui? I know Maui. It's a pretty big get. She's also sitting right behind me, which guaranteed that I couldn't leave early if I didn't like the movie. So he's sitting, which I wasn't planning on it. It's great. But it's great movie. Anyway, so she says, no, I don't want to talk to anyone. I'm anyone. She's not really paying attention to what's going on stage. And then she realizes that's a big deal. Look at all these people. Oh, they're wanting to shake his hand. They're wanting to take pictures with him. And he slinks in his seat, all 800 pounds jacked up and gets in his seat behind us. And as he does it, my daughter, who is only not even four yet, turns around and waves. And she welcomed him in for a hug, full smile. It was like it was jarring. Yeah, it was. To see that she has the corny bone. It was like what it took me from like 18 to 25 to Garner. She has it all. She gets it. So she did it at WrestleMania. She don't want to. It's loud. Kids, it's loud. There's stuff blowing up. When I walked out there, she looked at me as if I was the greatest thing ever. That is not how Libby looks at me on a daily basis. I'm the guy stomping. I made the waffle wrong, whatever. But yeah, that was a real big moment with her and the final boss. I noticed as we were talking, you're checking your cleavage out there. You're really concerned about this dress. Dude, I've never worn it before. Can I ask you a question? Like a question that I probably should have asked you a long time ago. What's up? What's the point of having the big old, the Tiggolds if you're not putting them out there, right? Well, I'll tell you what the point of it is. Tell me the point. I want to know. I don't have to tell me the point. I had a great story here. All right. We saw all these weird things happen in my life. I love doing stuff like this because this is the only time people get to hear all this bullshit that happens. So we go to Disney every 12 seconds. Like if you're on social media and people are like, do you live there pretty much up there all the time? Like give me two free days for any reason and I'm there. I love it. I'm a Disney adult. It's not a kid thing for me. I was that way before she was even born. She just got lucky y'all. Like that's just me. But solid. We are at Disney. We're at Califax. I asked a question about your breasts. Yeah, we're going to get there. We're going to shift there. Okay. 40. It takes me a minute to get around. Yeah. Okay. So I'm going to get in here with Chelsea Green. And my good friend Neil Patrick Harris. Cardona. Yes. But then we see Neil Patrick Harris walk by with his husband. They're like, oh my gosh, in pH. Of course, because you know, I'm for you. I'm like, who's in pH? I do need to tell you, we're not good friends. I say that because the photo looks like we're really cool. But here's the thing. I hope one day maybe that's the real deal. So we have a situation where we have the guy who at the time was managing California Grill. He's cool with us. He's cool with them. He makes the intro. This is still about your boobs. It's still about boobs. Okay. 100%. They come over and we're chatting. We're having a good time. We're drinking. We're taking pictures. We're having a great time. I'm having a whole conversation with Neil and his husband. We're just going on and on. I discover I grew up in the same neighborhood as his husband. Look at that. Like all the same. Look at that. Under its spirits, right? Wonderful time. They exit. We're like, I think that went well. Chelsea Green is like, man, they were just talking to you, Brandy. You guys were having this conversation. I couldn't even get in there. You guys were just having this great conversation. I said, do you run in a Y? And I looked at her chest with both of my eyes and I said, that is Y. Too much was going on. It's a lot, man. It's a lot. I am afraid to look at your chest right now. I got it. So that's why you're not on God. Chelsea likes to walk on the wild side. She's young. You know, she's not a mom yet. Chelsea is what we call a sealant looker. Yes. So when I walk back to her and I'm a woman, I go. If you're dressed in scantily clad or just not a lot of clothing, which often wrestlers are not, if I feel. Chelsea's the most naked wrestler. I do a lot of like, hello. And I'll look at the ceiling like a half. She's the most naked. Who's more naked than Chelsea ever? I don't know why. You're shaming hard here on the screen. I'm just shaming hard. She's beautiful and comfortable. Chelsea, always be your naked self. No, no, no, no, no, no. The men are hard. The men are far. That little, that little boy, Angelo Garza, he got trunks tighter than mine in 2008. He is more naked than. What did your mom say? Well, we were at NXT one time and we were watching a male wrestler. Yeah, don't bring your mom to a wrestling show. I'm not going to say what's wrong. I'm not going to say what's wrong. But we were watching a male wrestler. I could see his whole penis. That's what she said. Loud, loud as hell. I could see his whole penis. I mean, I had to be like, hey, wait, come on now. This segment is brought to you by Fanatics. What is your Mount Rushmore of sports jerseys, including WWE gear, that means the most to you? All right, I'm going to go very Detroit on this. From the Red Wings, Steve Iserman, jersey. Don't love there's a guy you've never talked to me about there. All right. I know that's probably a high on a lot of people's lists, but I'm going to say Detroit Tigers jersey Randall Simon. Okay, another one. We'll go with a wrestling one. Yeah. I'm definitely going to do, let's get Dusty's red jacket. Let's just get Dusty's red jacket back. Red jacket that's being held. Wherever that's being held at. And then the fourth one, not a jersey, but I would take a professional figure skater, Rudy Galindo's white outfit that I don't know what year Olympic Games he wore it in. Rudy G. Rudy G. Rudy G. There we go. That's it. For our viewers and listeners, whoever is on your Mount Rushmore, you can get all your favorite jerseys and fan clothing from Fanatics. Go to Fanatics.com or download the app today. Obviously, you're going all over the map here. Anyways, let me ask you something because I don't want to tell you. I don't want to take up too much of your time. I know you're busy. I'm busy right now. What's, because you're not around the wrestling space anymore, and of course you joined us at WrestleMania 40 in my favorite entrance I've ever been part of. That won the best entrance, didn't it? Here's to the Slammys. Cheers. Thank you for that. Next time I'll show some more cleavage for it. Let's see if we can get it. Yeah, I get the MPH story works. I understand. What do you, having been away from the business a bit and then coming back in here and there, what do you miss about pro wrestling? What do you miss? I miss the performance element. I like, you know, there's always like a sense of occasion to every show. I miss having a sense of occasion regularly like that. Which is probably why we try to do a lot of events and stuff at the studio to create, you know, a sense of occasion, something for your wrestling. Right now, try every time to flow your studio. Take in mind, yoga and Pilates here in Roswell, Georgia, you got to bring your ass. We don't do the, we don't, we don't bring that ass. We don't do the virtual thing, not right now. Okay. Maybe we'll try in the future. So you miss the sense of occasion. You miss that? Yes. And then I miss the travel, not the grind of the travel, but getting to go to like Europe and spend all that time over there and see the sights that you would never see in the cities and the countryside that you would never see. I miss being with you, of course. That's probably the top thing, because we had some awesome times on the road. What I don't miss is feeling like I'd been hit by a truck most weeks. Yeah. And I didn't even do that much. Like, but the stuff that I did do, I felt it. I still feel it to this day. Yeah. So. There's, there's perceptions and there's reputations and there's legend and there's ego. There's, often the truth is not the thing that you, when you describe a person who's in wrestling, that could be a person you love, someone you absolutely detest, whatever it may be. But I feel it's always interesting when I think about you in pro wrestling and what you did, particularly when we were away from here. I would get more frustrated at your lack of credit than my own lack of credit. I get how we write the story now. I understand. But I always thought there's so many people who are beloved. They're on the back column and you were the one who spoke up for them. You were the one who drove them and, you know, gotten the ambulance with them. It just really, it's funny to me. That's why I loved WrestleMania 40 so much because. And again, that's an emotional thing for me. I have tried very hard not to get teary on this one, but I was so happy that you got to connect with the audience again. Because in this X and Instagram and in the hardcore fans and opinions and all that, often it gets lost how they, how they really feel. And I thought, I bet you she gets a bigger reaction than me coming up in this giant Thunder Helm, which by the way, wasn't supposed to look so big, but the feathers didn't fit. So it looks like it ended up being great and so big. And then here you come and places their mind and I thought, that's a respect thing. It's not just a pop. It's a respect thing. And then again, all these people that you helped, infrastructure that you put in place that still exists, those are contributions that I very curious how time will see them all. Again, yeah, go. Well, that's the thing though. So you have to know that if you're going to be, and you do know your side of it is a little bit different, your journey is different. People love me. Well, yeah, they do. But like, you have to know when you step into certain roles and you really don't know until you're in it. You know, there's always somebody that you have to look to and say, well, what did they ever do? When something makes you upset, what did that person ever do? And what does that person stand there looking like an idiot for? You're never going to get deep down into what they actually did. You're only going to see like maybe the surface, the very surface of what they did. You know, I contributed in ways that I felt were the right ways for me to contribute. And then the ways that I did not feel were right for me to contribute, I just didn't. I'm not saying that it's wrong or right the ways that people choose to, but like some people choose to get in with people. They choose to get in with people because they want that person's voice going forward, or they hope they have that person's voice going forward. I didn't want that. I wanted to do what I knew was right. And if you weren't a right person, I didn't want anything to do with you. So yeah, I did not have those voices behind me moving forward, but I don't want them. I don't need them. I don't want them. I don't need those people and we don't need to get anywhere near it, you know, but I don't need approval from somebody I don't approve of myself ever. And so if the internet will ever think, you know, we'll make this, maybe that, that's fine. I don't know you. I can't take it personally, but I do know those people personally and I don't need their echo. That might be top three of the best quotes we've had. We've had some killer quotes. That's a Ronnie get one. No, Ronnie did not. Right. Our truth was a terrible guess. I did, I did it as a favor for, no, our truth was great. We love our truth. Ron Cena. I don't know. You know, I often, I am very affectionate as you, you are not. And you are very affectionate. I'm very, I'm very doting. One of the things, I don't know if I've ever verbalized it, but why I can see you said earlier, are we going to make it? You know, here we are 11 years in why I am not concerned in that regards and why everything is yours. The bus is yours. Clothes I'm wearing are yours. The truck you don't like buck, all of it. It's all yours. And if you chose to leave, it's all yours. The reason that is, is because you stayed with me and you cared for me when you were announcing superstars as big as the Undertaker and John Cena. And you had to look in the ring and see Stardust and say, that's my husband. I thought Stardust was one of the best wrestlers. I would, Renee Paquette and I stand on that mountain that Stardust was great. And I never, never once had any shame in Stardust. You bit into that sucker and you just kept sinking in and kept sinking in. Honey, I almost went bald out of stress. Well, the only thing that bothered me about Stardust is that it bothered you. Well, I just told you it was all yours. So way too much leverage. Yep. Way too much. You should never have done that. You just wait. You just wait. If, you know, all of a sudden, you know, that truck just blows up going down the street. Why would you murder me that way? Well, I'm not going to get it because that buck is in the magazine. They go ahead and blow me up. I'm going to get that thing again. God bless Buck. Unless you get rid of him. We got to bring Buck. You got to go. I think Helen's taking him. Matt, who drives this wonderful bus and takes care of it. Matt is a sommelier. Matt at the dinner party. I don't see somebody. That was wild. Down there, look at Yoh and the casino. He was so dapper and charming. I was like, okay. Real quick, I'll put Matt over and then we need to play a game. Matt's the best driver in the fleet that WWE has. Charlie won the award for best drivers, WWE drivers, and I think it was a scam. I didn't get to vote. If we're speaking about voting, this is going to be too late by the time this happens. But make in mind, Yoh and Pilates is up for a number of awards right now. I put stuff on Instagram all the time. I know that if it's not related to wrestling, sometimes you guys just kind of scroll by. Give me a second. Just give me that vote. We won everything last year. Wonderful. I'm trying to keep winning it because somehow that's helpful. It's a wonderful space you've created. What I love about it and I'm very proud of it is you took something you succeeded at and with where we were, you set that infrastructure in place, you left, you created a whole new experience for people. A culture I know nothing about, the yoga culture, the Pilates culture, and you got multiple people who have hit 100 classes, 200. 200. We got 400 for one person coming up this week. 400 classes. But let me just tell y'all, it's a gray hair a day. I must stop you before you go on and rant about it. Love it. It's beautiful. They're all great. The things that we're doing. But holy heck. Just the amount of messages I've gotten today about things that haven't gone right. I'm going to let you get to the messages. It's a mountain. Funny you're sitting there on the bus. It was not unlike how WrestleMania 38 getting on the bus secretly arriving. Eight month old. My return. Eight month old in your lap. My return to WWE. I've told people till I was blue in the face how I felt it was going to go, how I thought people would react to me, what was going through my mind and the emotions that I had. How were you feeling about WrestleMania 38 and what did you think was going to happen when I shot up there on the stage? I was super excited about it all. I know we had gone through crazy turmoil to get like, I mean, I feel like it was like weeks leading up to it that we were like, is this going to happen even because technical things were happening. And you know this, I kind of always have weirdly because there's so many things about the business that I'm not fully understanding it in ring mainly. Like a lot of times stuff just doesn't make sense to me, but I'm just not natural in that part. I'm very natural at looking at things from a fan perspective. And this was probably one of three things that has happened that I was just confident like when it happened. And I knew that there were nerves and there was anxiety and we were having these conversations of what if, what if. And I would just remember you saying, you know, to me, what if they boo and I just said, they're not. It's WrestleMania. They're not. Like they're just not. They're going to be this year. Yeah, but they were booing him too. Like it's WrestleMania. You know, it's just this moment, you know, for people. And so I knew that that wasn't going to happen. And I remember I was sitting in gorilla. This is my first time in gorilla. I had a hoodie. The first person that I saw walking up to gorilla was Naomi and she was like, oh my God, you're here. You guys are here. You know, and I was like, yeah. And then we get in there and then it gets quiet and I'm so focused in. I'm sitting right next to you. I'm in the middle of the undertaker and Stephanie McMahon. And I have no idea because I'm just so honed in and I didn't realize it until Stephanie grabbed in my hand and I was like, how are you? I'm so like focused, you know, and then like everything goes dark. And then I just knew, I knew that the moment you said wrestling. They're losing their shit, you know, and it was just like wrestling has and it was just like the beginning of it because some people know that and some people don't. So it was like, wait a minute, the ones that knew it were like, oh hell yeah. And then like it took that second for like boom, American Nightmare hits the screen. Just everybody just lost their complete minds. And I was just like, this is just the best thing ever. And then my second favorite part was soon thereafter, they pan the camera to go. They pan the camera to Seth and he's, you know, going ha ha ha ha ha ha. And then he goes, and like I was just like, oh my God, that is the most perfect like facial everything. It just all culminates in that one moment. So I knew, I knew it was going to be great. It had to be. A rare moment where it had to be. Yeah. It has to be. Otherwise, wouldn't be sitting here. Well, we talked about this the other day. I was the one that said with that little Carney production all in when everybody was saying. The original all in was not Carney, it was organized by fashion. Yeah, but I mean, but we were these just little tiny people putting it together. And the first thing I said when everybody said how the ticket situation was going to happen, I said the site's going to crash. And everybody looked at me like I was stupid. But I said, no, if there's no like tiered way to do this, the site's going to crash. And it crashed within seconds, you know, and then it was sold out within what 50 seconds. That's why you're not affectionate and not doting because you're confident. I think I just have a sense about some things. No, I feel like about me. I've always been like, I could tell you something dumb. I think one night I told you I want to be the president of the United States. And instead of you being like, you're an idiot. You just went because it could happen. It really said in a way that I was like, there's one question I want to ask you because I think it's a good story. And she's wonderful and I'd like to have her on the podcast, but EO Sky. EO Sky, you actually wrestled EO Sky talking about her this morning. And this is before you broke your collarbone. Yeah. So you got a clean match and just tell me how that went about and what EO said to you. Tell me how that went. So at the time, EO did not speak a lot of English. This is my first time over to Japan by myself. So they put me with her for this match and we're putting this match together. It's a whole new world for me because I can't really communicate that well with her. There's no translator. And so we're just communicating by like motions, you know, like, dumb, dumb. Like how Glenn Pentagon talk. Yeah. Yeah. My father. Carter. Cross the road. Yeah. Cross the road. So we put this whole match together. And then the one thing that she said to me that was a full sentence, kid, you not was, as we're walking away from putting this together, she goes, don't, don't up. And I said, okay, I got it. So we have our match and in the match, I'm feeling great. And we're in heat. And at one point she grabs my foot and she kicks me in like the medius part of my hamstring that anyone's ever kicked me in. Hard, harder than anybody's ever kicked me. I literally like, yep, like a dog. And then she does it again. And then she does it again and again. And I just get angry and I start to think I'm going to kill her. I'm absolutely going to kill her. Like I'm done. Done. Enough. And so come back comes. I never chopped anybody as hard as I hit her in my life. Like so hard it was hurting my hands. Like you would have to tell Boonther to hold my beer. It was hard and she was like ripped up here. And then we get to the back and then I said, hey, you know, thank you, thank you. Everything okay? She said, oh, good, good, good. You okay? I said, yeah, good, good. She said, good match. Then we walked away. And then now when I see her, she's always, you know, like, so it was, I'd rather wrestle Gunther than EO. It was the kicks and everything else, nothing. But I think she did that on purpose. I think she did it to fire me up so that I laid it in and it worked. Like I was angry. I was telling this to some women that I meet with on Wednesdays. These days they were asking me about like, does this like hurt? And I was like, child, let me tell you. What do you think EO Sky drinks? Just like straight whiskey. Like she gets them from the parent company then? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. She's tough. We got games to play. All right. So I'm going to play this for you. This is the jingle for our good friends at Wheely American Vodka who have provided all of this for us today. 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