Ep 608 - WrestleMania (feat. Cody Rhodes)

34:21like this this ain't good we got to get out of here we can't just go well cut you know it's alive always with us but sid's going who is that he's trying to stay in but the thing that fred told everybody is there was a board a guy named jackie crockett who was a cameraman he put that board there to just make sure the flare for the goal because it was just a three wall set doesn't fall that board apparently was not there earlier in the day and that board is what did it i don't know any way which this ever would have worked say he emerges through the wall in his storm his fur vest and only anderson who's doing his voice from somewhere else so he's like he's like yeah it's not him talking he's like lip-syncing like he's talking it's so crazy but okay so this happens and it's funny to the entire wrestling world some stuff is so bad it's funny we call it a monitor sellout where it's just oh my god it's gone so bad looking like let's stay but i had a very interesting ride home because my dad was mortified and i'm pretty sure he thought he was gonna be fired by ted turner and tbs my uncle was not gonna make it in that role that wasn't gonna so we just drove home from wherever that was in dead silence like the loss the games like that type of so all we ever talked about was wrestling and how cool that was but i knew it's bombing we do we do this yeah yeah you bomb you get in the car with everyone drive home silently yeah the bit the bit didn't work out that someone says one thing like dude shut the fuck up that's a bad drive yeah and there's always the one guy trying to be like let's go to taco mac or something no man like yeah my friends yeah we have a this i'm thinking of the mashup oh it's the funniest bomb ever my two friends were on stage together and just the crowd hated them and then we get in the car and we're driving back to our place and it's just dead silent and then finally it's like you guys suck and then they were like okay all right yeah it's pretty funny yeah we suck and then after like an hour of me making fun of the one dude just lost his mind and tried to

36:30Shane Gillis:fight me oh no well then we had a chair is that we had like a house with like five of us there's one chair we'd all play video games if you bomb his idea you got to sit in the bomb chair you bomb tonight you got to take the bomb chair he kept bringing up the mashup yeah and he stood up fully like fight me right now i can't i thought he was joking too he like went to the kitchen he was like you motherfucker so i got in his face joking i was like and then i realized he was serious i was like oh he might he might murder me do you feel it's important though the passion in terms of when you bomb or have that moment you need to have that bad night right uh yeah for sure but I would never, I don't know why I would say never.

37:08I spazzed on so many people after I bombed. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I think you need that back. Yeah. It's embarrassing though when you, if you bomb and then you get mad at somebody else. Yeah. You gotta be mad at yourself. Yeah.

37:20Shane Gillis:I almost threw a can of liquid death just the other night. I flubbed the last like two words of my closer. I just like fucked up the clothes and flubbed the words. And I was like, all right, yeah, you guys got the idea. I'm out here. Sorry about that. And I walked backstage and I was getting like ready just to hurl a full liquid death and I saw a camera above me. I'm like, yeah, maybe I'll just chill. So I just squeezed it privately. I put it against my chest and squeezed it. I saw like right before you took a break from stand-up, you got off stage at Helium and I was on the other side of the door and I was just like, ooh, that sucked.

37:54And he's like, fuck. And I was like, oh, never mind. Never mind. Yeah, I don't like it. Because normally if you bomb, you can just be like laughing off. but every once in a while you'll see someone like fully like no dude the worst we did a comedy

38:06Shane Gillis:contest in new jersey that was sick and i i had like an okay set and i remember the guy came up after me and was just like yeah this guy started just like trashing me and i was watching it i was like he was sitting next to me and he was like fucker shane's laughing i'm like it's not funny yeah and then i it was i've chilled out for sure but i remember he was done he was with his girlfriend i like walked up to him it's just like hours later walked up to him like yeah it was pretty funny man he was like oh okay and i was like no seriously ever do that again i like pulled him in i'm like never do that again i'll fucking kill you i swear to god he was like dude relax i'm just kidding he was right i'm just being a spaz but yeah it's okay as far as like wrestling promos go and the last lines being flubbed that's one of the worst feelings ever when you think you've got some hot ammunition and then you come back and realize didn't get i got 60 of that yeah and it didn't land and also you feel like it's everybody else's fault because our at least i you go out there and it's live so there's the camera there and there's all these other elements i'll tell you a crazy one that people never take into account now on my bus every now and then i'll try and do this, but the amount of stuff, physical stuff sometimes in wrestling.

39:18So you're just sitting there, you're talking, I'm going to say this, I'm going to say this. And then you realize like, I got it. I'm going to have the title and the mic. And then I might have the glasses on. You think of all these other elements and I always, those are where I usually go to blame. Like that's right. Yeah. You'll know there was one promo I did where I laid the title in front of me and I just told the cameraman, I said, shoot up. Like it's a big dramatic shot. I can't puck around with this thing right now. Like I, it's so much. Yeah. yeah i blame everything else blame everything else when i buy a fucking crowd sensitive whatever no matter what i got a fucking guy before me sucked when's the last time that that you felt you bombed uh it happens a lot i bombed on friday at the fucking united center in chicago big building the biggest big money literally the biggest arena and that was actually sounds fault yeah yeah so is it acoustic why acoustically it was terrible we fixed it they they were adjusting it the entire time during my set oh took like 25 minutes into my set they started to fix it did you feel that are you your own biggest critic that you bombed by your standards

40:22Shane Gillis:or did you feel you really it probably wasn't a true it wasn't a true it was fine the show was fine but there was definitely like sections of people that could barely hear it so then you're like damn those people wasted their money yeah yeah that's and like you feel oh terrible about that you're a real you're you're a real one well that's the worst well the consumer experience is everything i feel like the longer you go in any type of entertainment i like being around people who care because a lot like a lot of young wrestlers for example they're just just want to body slam him and then he kicks me up and we go they're thinking very much about just two of them yeah and then i think especially if they go on before raw or smackdown there i'm thinking there was 12 000 people yeah they were they they didn't mind what you did but you could have brought them in yeah involved him could have like get him going get excited we're about to go on air yeah versus do kind of your own performance the first uh i did the first arena i ever did i was always like i'm not gonna use fucking like fog machines and fucking lights and shit like i'm like that's all fucking corny i just it was the worst decision of all time i just stood on a it was just silent in a stage and i was like we gotta get some fucking lights and shit we gotta spruce this up yeah because i'd see other comedians doing i'd be like fucking losers yeah and then you kind of have to that's kind of the uh george straight in the country music world just stands in the center of the stage yeah it turns out i'm not george straight so i feel like a lot of people have the turns out i'm not george straight moment where it's like you know what yeah load it up yeah yeah i'm good mine was night one and then night two i was like all right we got to get like some fog or something they got one tiny like mall fog machine it was like a hundred yards away from me there was just like steam coming out of the side bombed again i was like oh fuck that's a work in progress yeah we're figuring it out yeah that's too big of a space just to come out to and be like walk walk out quietly yeah everyone's waiting for you crazy that's so funny it was bad i did i used to think it would be funny to come out on stage to ambient music like the stuff you fall asleep to I tried it once and I was just like I'm so so he'll pick songs to walk out to because it's funny and the idea of it's funny like what if I walk out to like flute EDM of fucking dubstep and then every time Matt walks out at one of my shows I'm like who picked what is this turn this the fuck off it also plays for three seconds it just blasts fucking garbage it doesn't even play long enough for it to land.

42:57Shane Gillis:And I also run the stage as fast as I can. You never even go, that was funny. He just starts, he's like, hey, how's everybody doing? This guy's out of his mind. Yeah, it's like, well, well, well, well, yeah. What's the song? You got the song. I know exactly what it is. I can play it right now. It's nuts, dude. This is a song. How did you come up with your theme song? Damn, come on. That song, well, speaking of him coming out to land, songs that may not land. You got to hear this fucking. Hit it. I got a good one right here. Where is this? I think it's this one. Oh, here it is. I found it. No, no, no.

43:34Shane Gillis:It's not that. They're probably going to sound pretty similar. No, it's right. I am excited to hear it. I'm worried that there's such a long list. Here we go. Let me skip ahead a little bit.

43:50It's a good fucking wrestling walkout.

44:06the song doesn't really tell us anything about you right other than i privately think that's funny because to your to your question uh the trick with a wrestling song all the greatest wrestling music it doesn't need to be a good song it needs to be a catchy song jimmy hart the mouth of the south the manager for hogan he was making all that great 90s content music that ended up being everyone's favorite it was catchy i like kingdom the song i come out to but and i actually think it's those guys are great downstate's great it's great song it's done amazing things it's the only walkout song i think wwe has that wwe doesn't own which i don't know how we feel about that uh but uh the issue is i hear it so much that especially at the end of the night if i'm doing the rounds and i'm staying and they're just playing that one song it it gets you yeah and i heard my daughter the other day she doesn't know the words but she was saying uh like something she put paw patrol in it all of a sudden it's very it's very you can i've heard people do the Something Something, Cody Rhodes, which is just kind of the appropriate way to sing it and whatnot.

45:18As long as you get to the whoa. What do they say? Yeah, the way nobody seems to know the words. There's one part of it like something something, Cody Rhodes. And if you think of it that way, it's a pretty interesting song by WWE standards, too. It's got my voice, which I recorded on a Generation 1 iMac when I first left WWE. because I took this song on the road with me. That's one of the things why WWE doesn't own it. I took it when I went and did independence and basically started myself back over to eventually come back to WWE. But I can say this, it can never change. Unless I was to go, you know, bad guy, then that song is out, I suppose.

46:01But that's the other thing. I'm locked into it. We're married together, that song and I.

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48:43Shane Gillis:Guys 417 please come to the Celebrity Theater Phoenix, Arizona It's in the damn round. Right now I'm about to be in the U. I need you guys to complete the circle so I'm not just in the U Otherwise I'll be a pendulum I'll just go back and forth I need to come to get that orbital velocity. So please come to the Celebrity Theater. And then after that, the Celebrity Theater is not looking bad. I've hoped for that. Tucson, Arizona. What the fuck did I ever do to you guys? Yeah, what's your problem? Come out to Tucson. Come on, guys. It'll be fun. The Rialto Theater. Go Roadrunners. Yeah, man. Hell yeah.

49:15Shane Gillis:And the Toronto, you guys keep doing what you're doing. That's going to be great. Riviera Theater, Chicago, May 16th. And that'll be fun as well. It's just goddamn Phoenix and Tucson kicking my ass right now. We'll figure it out. We'll get them. My word. We'll find her. What? That was a big Smoke America guy. Like the action Cody Rhodes. Yeah, that was my guy. Speaking of bad guys, what's going on with that prick Pat McAfee? Yeah, what the hell? What the hell, dude? What a prick. How well do you know him? I know him pretty well. Yeah. He's a jerk. Let me see what I can. I'd like to stomp him at Las Vegas WrestleMania.

49:50I'm going to beat the fuck out of Pat McAfee.

49:53Shane Gillis:That would honestly be awesome. I actually have to open the straighter Hormuz again, though. Oh. Yeah. Fucking they closed it. So I can't go to Vegas. True. I've been I've been told that some of the people in his his orbit, his circle, think he's the next Sylvester Stallone in terms of TV film. I don't know if I'm getting that. From what I've watched, I have very limited knowledge on Pat. Other than I love me some college game day. Yeah. Yeah. He is very good on college game day. I will say, I know you don't want to hear this. He's the fucking man, dude. Yeah, I love that. I would say I'm glad.

50:38I'm glad there are people who like to pitch themselves in these WrestleMania and these big moments. I am flattered. Yeah, he wants to be a part of it. I'm flattered. Yeah, that's his. LaMere, you're shaking your head. No. LaMere, have you turned on Pat? Have you turned on Pat?

50:56Shane Gillis:this is a pat friendly house right i haven't turned on pat but like dude like you know like it doesn't make any sense talk your dude yeah talk it like yeah talk it because i'm not i'm just gonna do the mariah carey answer moving forward i don't know him there's like no tough punters like you know what's the answer this all right because he kicked me in the like below the belt here yeah uh that was an nfl punter that that that might be though you want to stay away from those legs yeah i don't know that might be it yeah this is the first time i've been asked about him and i think henceforth i'm just going with the mariah carey i don't know him response even though i might what was the nature of the betrayal what exactly happened oh man what do you do i uh let's see how we can explain randy orton who i'm wrestling at wrestlemania we have like almost two decades of history between each other he was my mentor i had cena who i drove around i had randy very different opinions uh but also really helped shape me we were on screen together as part of his group legacy he had my dad's last match my first match in the company's there was a lot of rich story material and then we inserted uh pat mcfee and that's we are literally in that part right there yeah so your question is everybody else's question true and now what the hell's this guy even doing here i uh yeah no you know like the the troops all outside there's that clown right i'm not saying he's like the clown in that regards it just it's an interesting fit and we're gonna see we're gonna see we're gonna see where it goes you're saying he's not a serious person no i don't i think he seems like you can't have that much success and be ground up like he is without being a serious person and having been to the thunderdome and for sure there's what i would say is right now what i've seen is everyone around pat mcafee his orbit probably someone needs to say no every now and then that seemed that seems like a dangerous group of people to you know you need like we're talking about bob holly earlier man you need that one guy in the room to be like i don't know man jumping into the wrestlemania main event also while i was getting my ass kicked in the ring the other night looking up and he's wearing shades like he put the shades on to go out there it's a different era of wrestling it was like watching a guy at a bar do like a stone cold impression or like and here's here's the thing and i'm really trying to i'm just going to stick with that i don't know him but this is my as uh is i heard him again getting my ass kicked i heard him talk about the attitude era and i'm thinking oh man i don't think he knows almost 30 years ago almost so love it and it was the most prolific era in the business until the last four years yeah so if you're part of the last four years you kind of feel like why are we talking about this you know what i'm saying we're playing in this game why are we talking about this and uh yeah no uh i'll stick with the official though uh i don't know him yeah damn dude should be interesting oh that's the best part about it i it's very interesting wrestlemania and something that modern wrestling fans and more what i mean is younger fans who didn't watch wrestlemania one or two, the original WrestleMania was built on the celebrity interaction.

54:39I think Mr. T, Hogan, Liberace, everything there, you know, you know, Wendy Richter, everything like it was all built. Liberace wrestle. Mike Tyson and, you know, when WrestleMania with him and with Sean and Steve. So there's always that element. Now Pat is there. There was that in the ring. He's in it. He's the new Liberace is what you're saying. in that list of celebrities who've come to the first world of mania muhammad ali mr t wendy richter and liberachi you decide where pat falls on the on the list you decide you know well there's that yeah i was watching the i just saw an instagram reel of uh when mayweather was on when he punched big show i watched that live and i was like he really fucking punched him yeah and then them talking about it was pretty sick also i think show that the big show they had a nice agreement between each other that when wrestling's done right the best thing ever is when you can just have a little bit of doubt on whoo seems like those guys do hate each other seems like and we have a lot of that in both main events this year there's a lot of sincerity to the suspension of disbelief i just believed you yeah yeah about that well i tried very hard to navigate and his real buddy.

55:59So now I'm sitting here. I feel bad. No, dude. No, you got to do it. I'm turning on Pat, dude. It's WrestleMania. Yeah. I mean, it's WrestleMania, too. Pat backstabbed me on college game day. Judging. Oh, bro, you got hokey. He told me Nick Saban loved joking around. Nick Saban does not love joking around. We're having fun here, right? We got done. He was still going. He was like, dude, go talk to him. There's no way he was serious. I was like, look at you, serious. Yeah, you bet. Well, so he's such a serious guy, Saban. i uh the crazy thing from my game day experience did you have notes when you did yours no thank you i didn't know what was going on you just went it well you know i had a couple drinks i had a couple drinks during the day too it was a night game it was a no name playoff game at night dude i was matt got on there matt almost made it it was a nice boot yeah that's it's such a great show it's fun i went on and i had the night before kind of like a set had been thinking of there's because there's some teams I don't know.

56:53I don't know about Kansas state, but I want to be able to make my picks and I'm in Athens and I go up there and I got the title and I got the fanatics, other UGA title. They're making me bring up there. So I didn't have notes. I sat down next to coach Lee. I sat down and he looked at me and just went, no notes. Huh? And I thought, oh, fuck. Oh, shit. Shit. Oh, man. Fuck. Oh, dude. No, no, no. Could I have notes? I would have not been able to memorize who won this award because some of those teams are, I'm not watching. Yeah. You know, I'm an SEC guy mainly for the most part. That's where I was at, but I loved game day.

57:29Loved it. Yeah, it's awesome. You did great on game day, man. Yeah, I like the - It replicated this year. The rivalry is great. Yeah. Saban's the straight man on that show. It's real. That was so funny.

57:40Shane Gillis:You also have a deep knowledge of all the teams and stuff. I wouldn't. I'd be tough. It would sniff me out pretty quickly, I think. Do you ever listen to a Saban or a Kirby locker room speech to get yourself fired up? Those are sick. Those are pretty awesome. I have found myself listening to Kirby talk to a bunch of college kids like they're going to war. Yeah, it's awesome. And I didn't realize the amount of F-bombs in a college. Like, Kirby speeches get me. That's a regular little treadmill listen. Freeman got one at Notre Dame's coach got one. It was halftime of Notre Dame, Penn State. I think it was 10-0, 10-3.

58:16And he was like, it's just a fight. Go out and fucking fight. I was like, that's crazy. He's like, you know how to do this. Fight him. Get your pads on, man. Lou Holtz has my favorite one. It was right before. It was Notre Dame, Miami. They got in a fight in the tunnel. And all the players are like, because Coach Holtz was like a very serious, they're like, he's going to yell at us for fighting. And he's like, I just got one thing to say. you leave Jimmy Johnson's ass from me.

58:46Yeah. All right. P is this Catholic convicts? Yeah. Oh gosh. What? You seen that? Yeah, it was that game. It was that game. Yeah. That's what that was as real as it gets. That's fun. Oh yeah. All on the line. You know what I'll say about the Miami fans? They, they love the whole, we're the bad guys thing. Yeah. You call them convicts once and they're all like,

59:04Shane Gillis:that's mean. I thought you guys were Catholic. Shut up. Well, I think also the... November 7th, we're coming for you, Miami. You're coming to South Bend. I think the sensitivity of that era was a little different, though, in terms of what was on TV. Also, the way they presented both teams always. Yeah. Well, the way the teams presented themselves also. Miami's scoring touchdowns and taking their helmet off and spiking it on a guy's head. It's probably a good character question to find out where you stood during the Catholics-Convicts side of football. I know exactly where I stand, dude. I like my roster not getting arrested constantly.

59:44I mean, what are we talking about? That's why my dad loved you. But I see why you like the Bulldogs. Oh, the dogs, bro. They're the best. They're pretty good. Other than that, Sugar Bowl. That was fun. But also, as far as a team to root for. It's a good team. You're consistently winning home games between the hedges. Ugg is still on the field. Ugg fucking rules. He's the best. Always. LaMare's going to be Ugga 15. When this Ugga does, I'm signing up LaMare. I like every time they bring Ugga around, another mascot or try to do one thing. He got upset. You know Ugga? The bulldog, man. You like it?

1:00:20Bevo attacked, Ugga. Bevo and Ugga. That was nice. Every time someone's like, I think it's a good idea. Let's just get it together. Yeah, let's get a dog next to this. Why would you put a full-blown steer and this bulldog are going to do well together? I love them dogs. And the dog biting people sometimes. That's nice. Well, that great picture, I think, is UGA 5 in the Auburn game. Yes. That's the type of run-through brick wall stuff. If our dog is getting into this, we're fighting, you know? That's pretty cool. Yeah. I think my niece is going to UGA. Nice. Yeah, that's big. That's awesome. I'm excited.

1:00:49Yeah, the dog's a good team. My mom's a big Notre Dame fan. Yeah. She's a saint. Yeah. She's great. Yeah, she'll be happy to hear that. Yeah. She understands your struggle. Because we don't get it. Because here's why. What don't you get, dude? So her era of growing up, Notre Dame. it's notre dame that's all you have to say touchdown jesus it's notre dame right however we don't know anyone who went there anymore we don't have any connection to it doesn't stop and multiple children have gone to other major universities and it's still i'm going to the notre dame game with my sister who do you know it's like you got to get out there that's their thing once you see it you go i get it does it get you yeah you'll get it yeah it gets you all right I get it.

1:01:32It's one of the greater institutions of all time. If not, top five. Top five is crazy. Top five? Now, since Bama went on that run with Saban, now Notre Dame's two. And Bama being one? Bama's now number one. Where would you put UGA? Recently, they made a good run. Because before that, I think they had won titles since like 1980. Yeah, and then they had their final. But now they've, yeah, they're up there for sure. What about Texas? Not really. You live in here, man. I still like Texas. They're great. The Longhorns are fun, but they're not. You can't put them up there with. They're not even above Oklahoma.

1:02:07Oh. All time, though, just blue blood wise. Wrestling, famous wrestling announcer Jim Ross is watching this now. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, he still has his own. Take my car. My car, Shane. Shane knows ball. Oh, man. No, Texas is right there. I think I sent you a text about this. I don't know. I think I saw you talk about it one time, and I was telling myself, I was like, I have to ask him about it. Is Ken Burns' Civil War. Shit rocks. I live for Ken Burns' Civil War. And it, have you seen it? I haven't seen it, no. It's 47 hours long. Yeah, I heard it's long as hell.

1:02:44Shane Gillis:I haven't been able to commit to it. There's no video. I've watched it eight times. Yeah, it's just pictures. Just scanning it. I've watched it eight times. I don't think I've gotten to Gettysburg. I've watched the first five hours of this thing. That's still really good. It's great. That's awesome. I got the part of Guile in Street Fighter coming up. Oh, yeah, that's right. And I'm thinking like, oh, I just want to get as American as an American can get. Right? And deep dive into military history. All stuff I already like. Yeah. Clearly already very much like. But I was just diving in. And for whatever reason, I got stuck on Kinburn's Civil War.

1:03:19And I was just fine with that. Yeah, it's incredible. It's so good.

1:03:22Shane Gillis:It's so good. It's so funny to watch that preparing for Guile. Yeah. i got a knowledge of what it's what it took thinking about pickets charge boom this is what it took to get you know true true you get to hang out with schultz on that what's that andrew schultz on that when you were phenomenal yeah he's the man oh and genuinely phenomenal yeah um i think people will be because they have noah centineo kalina and koji the three leads chun lee uh ryu and ken are killing it they they they knew their stuff they were ready they were pros pros and i think they put 50 cent and schultz and me and we got to come in float in and the way schultz is in the movie really blew me away yeah because i got to see him both making people laugh hysterically and then also a couple sincere moments he's a special one yeah yeah he's really a special one yeah he told me he'd help me against mcafee i don't know well yeah some jokes and then schultz also has started i think single-handedly schultz started a mortal combat versus and everyone i think on stage thought like the same thing okay uh we'll back him because that's our guy but like you know like yeah i don't know how far i think it's only getting worse like schultz is ready for a fight but also like i don't know i was saying he's like my tag partner i'm in we'll we gotta go yeah we got his back great guy i wish He had jumped in the ring with his shades on talking about the attitude era.

1:04:53True. While I was laying there confused, you know, but yeah, no, I know him. Yeah. True.

1:05:00Shane Gillis:I know this other guy. McAfee's a freaking punk. I can't wait for this all to get settled. Is this your wrestler go-to? This right here? I go, Hulk Hogan, we're coming from you. do you know when you do media and stuff for your shows, do people ever ask you hey, do something funny for you? I read all the time. Do you have a bit? No, I say no. Dude, I tell everyone because some people when they don't know wrestling and I totally understand how great the 80s were and I get it. I loved it myself. But that is a common, hey man, why don't you just cut a quick little promo for us? and that's what they want they want and i usually it's it's so soft and just almost i'd say i you can see in their eyes oh that's what that's not what i want that's not what i was yeah i thought you were gonna like say let me tell you something brother you know like bro it's 7 a.m uh i'm in a suit and it's it's 20 26 you know like i can just tell you this other stuff but then also in my mind I leave like, well, I should have something.

1:06:09Yeah. I should have a thing. Like when I met Bert Kreischer, Bert's more of a pro wrestler than half the pro wrestlers. He's like ready for that. Yeah. So I, I now try to have one ready, but then I never do. And just always try and tell him, let's just avoid. Before we, before we get out of here. Cause I think you actually have to go. Yeah. Could you cut one for us? Yeah, sure. Please cut a wrestle, please cut a wrestle, man. He needs you to cut one. I need it. Get in front of the camera, I'm getting in front of the camera and caught one. Give Pat McAfee a message.

1:06:35Shane Gillis:Send Pat McAfee a message right now. Give him the camera, bro. I'll set you up, LaMare. This guy came for us. Yeah, bro. He inserted himself into WrestleMania. Did you hear that, LaMare? That's your turf. LaMare, the belt was in your pool house. Yeah. Honor it. The title. LaMare, grab the Notre Dame belt. Get the belt, bro. Get the Notre Dame belt for this. Don't even mess around. Yes, feel it. Feel the strength of it. Yeah, feel that. Yeah. Coach Lou's in there. Oh, yeah. You got Pat Van Aden. You got a couple of them. Tell McAfee what's up, dude. What's the date? When's WrestleMania? 1819. Yeah.

1:07:11You know. Yeah. He's tattooed his brain. Come on in there.

1:07:17Shane Gillis:Pat McAfee, you dare say that the wrestling industry is the wrestling fandom, the IWC stinks. Yeah. Dude, this is the stuff that you're made of. This is where you're from. Without the IWC, you wouldn't even be on TV. You wouldn't be shit. Keep going, man. He wouldn't be shit. This WrestleMania, April 18th, April 19th, you and Randy Orton think you're going to take on the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes? You think you're going to walk out unharmed? Yeah. You think you're going to walk out fully together? You think you're going to walk out the same guys? He's threatening life-altering. Yeah, this guy right here, Cody Rhodes, the American nightmare, the QB one of the WWE.

1:08:12Shane Gillis:He rarely lets us down. He rarely lets us down. He won't let us down. You got to do better shit talk than that. He does pretty good for us. What the fuck, dude? The man, that was great. Good job, LeMere. I got to get out of here. You did it, man. You did it. You did it. You said he's got a pretty good winning percentage. All right. I think, unfortunately, you set it up where it's like, oh, man, he rarely lets us down. Basically, like, hey, dude. There's no chance. He's going to let us down. LaMere, I was happy. So you're coming to Mania, right? Yeah, you know Scott. Yeah, he's going to get into Mania.

1:08:50Yeah, you got to be there after all that. Watch out for Pat, too. Pat's going to watch you. You got to be there.

1:08:56Shane Gillis:Can I, before we go, I have to say one more thing. So on the way here, I was doing a little research. I came across an interview with you and your wife, Brandy, right? Yeah. And there was just a point of it made me laugh so hard where she introduced herself as the African-American nightmare. Yeah. And then you said it, you're like, the African-American nightmare. She's like, okay, don't say that anymore. That interview is so funny. It's not mine. Matt's marriage is an African-American nightmare. It's not mine. It's not mine to access. Yeah. and I learn it more every day. It's not. So I referenced my nickname on TV, Rahim, and that was funny until I said it.

1:09:42And then now I live with it.

1:09:46Shane Gillis:That interview is so funny. It's not mine to say. You must have been like, ooh, I'm keeping that. Yeah, no. See how that one goes for me? It's not mine. God, that was a really funny interview. Definitely watch that. I learn every day. Yeah. It's good. You're growing. You're learning. LaMare, thank you for the promo. That was incredible. Great job, LaMare. You're coming to WrestleMania, man. You got it. And Pat, he'd be scared running into you, man. You got him shaking, right? You're holding the Notre Dame title. Friends of our friends at Fanatics. You know, you're feeling that energy. It's Pat's move now.

1:10:25yeah I do worry about Randy Orton I think you could take Pat

1:10:32Randy like a human horse though a thick thick boy you know so you got it LaMare you're strong as hell right yeah okay

1:10:42Shane Gillis:we're talking about you taking out Pat oh yeah I can take Pat Pat would beat the hell out of you yeah That'll beat your ass. No, dude. I'm turning heel. I'm going back. Pat McIntyre, you're the man, dude. All right. Well, thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, man. It was a blast, man. Thank you so much. Watch new episodes of Matt and Shane's secret podcast on Spotify. Do it.