Hour 1: Rich Reveals He’ll be Hosting ‘SportsCenter’ from Bristol, plus WWE Superstar Seth Rollins In-Studio

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21:45Rich Eisen:Back on the Rich Eisen Show is one big happy simulcast family. Our ESPN radio audience just rejoined us on Disney Plus, the ESPN app. We're on ESPN 2 as well today. WWE superstar, fresh off of his stint on Good Morning Football today, getting set for WrestleMania 2 in a couple weekends from now. In Las Vegas, Nevada, Seth Rollins is here. It is great to see you. How you been? I have been great. Okay. Yeah, I mean, I'm back, back on WWE television, fully healed, fully cleared, ready to have a match at WrestleMania, which, man, I'll tell you, the idea of missing WrestleMania, when I first got hurt in October, that was the first thing I thought of.

22:24I'm like, I got to get back by WrestleMania.

22:26Rich Eisen:Was that your goal, like as you're rehabbing around? Yes, yes. And I've been in this scenario way too many times to get hurt and then maybe miss WrestleMania. I missed one WrestleMania in my career, and it was one of my lowest moments. And so I'm very happy to be back and be able to get in the ring, not just do like a run-in or anything like that, but actually have a contest. Wrestling, one of the best in the world, Gunther, in a match that's kind of come together over the last couple weeks. And so I'm pretty excited for that one. Yeah, we had him on our show in New York, right? In December? Right before the Cena match.

22:54Rich Eisen:Gunther, the ring general. Right before the Cena match, yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah, man. Where he told us exactly what he was going to do. and then he went out and did it. Is it correct? I know. He's a real deal, that guy. There's no joke there. He's legitimate. I mean, you watch his body of work. And this is a guy that I've known since he was Walter back in his WXW days in Germany. I crossed paths with him. And he's one of those guys that, you know, we have something very similar in that we came from kind of nowhere. No one really thought that we were going to be huge major stars in the industry when we were young cats.

23:31and now we're at a point where here we are at WrestleMania, the grandest stage, two of the most renowned in-ring performers the last two decades. And this will be our first real go at it. We've had one in-ring encounter, which was like seven years ago. And this will be an interesting test, and especially for my first match back.

23:50Rich Eisen:So do you wish to utilize this stage in the way that Gunther used this stage in December to describe what you're going to do to him and then speak it into existence? I mean, I'm not going to make any predictions. As far as outcome is concerned, what I will predict is that I will put on a show. Because it's WrestleMania and that's what I do. And so if anybody out there is wondering what version of Seth Rollins we're going to get, I promise you right now, I will look you dead in the eye. You are going to get the very best version. You are going to get the WrestleMania version of Seth Rollins that you know and are accustomed to.

24:27I will bring everything that I have got in Las Vegas.

24:31Rich Eisen:Well, it's been six months since you've been in the ring, too. So you've been ready for this. You've been waiting for this. I've been jonesing for it, yeah. It's exciting. I mean, it's nerve-wracking. Anytime you come back and your first match is at WrestleMania, you don't even get a couple of trial runs or anything like that. You're just into the fire. But, I mean, this is not my first rodeo. And to make sure that you're as physically healthy as you possibly can be, you are spending the weekend before WrestleMania doing the least physical thing you can possibly do, correct, this weekend? That's, I mean, yes.

25:01There's some physical tax to it.

25:03Rich Eisen:What is physical about what you're going to say you're doing this week? Well, look, there's going to be a lot of energy expended because my wife and I are launching our very own coffee brand this weekend in San Diego at the World of Coffee Festival. We're going to be drinking a lot of coffee. We're going to be talking to a lot of people. And as you know, someone that talks to a lot of people, there's an energy output with that. The caffeine could be flowing. And the caffeine will definitely be flowing. You speak to the wrong over-caffeinated person. Yeah. And it's on. It's chaos. So you've got to up your caffeine, and then it's a, you know, that's a dangerous game.

25:39Look out. So I'm excited. Yeah, we're launching our coffee brand, Amo. You can check it out on social right now at enjoyamo. On Instagram, enjoy.amo, I think, is the handle there. Okay. Enjoyamo.com. We got a little countdown for when the new coffee drops. Okay. It's pretty exciting. All right. I have many follow-up questions here. Great. Let's go.

25:59Rich Eisen:First of all, you've got the right beans? Because I don't know if you ever saw the Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David. The spice story, you've got to have the beans. Mocha Joe would be telling you, you've got to have the right beans. I have heard. So we partnered with a local roaster here in Los Angeles called Dayglo. Dayglo has a couple of brick-and-mortar shops here. I think four of them around the city, and they're fantastic. They're very spiteful? They're doing our roasting for us. I don't know if there's spite mixed in with the roasting, but there could be. Okay. There could be. Full body?

26:30Like a big booming coffee? What do we got here? No, I like crazy flavors. What? So we have one that I love that's like a watermelon flavor. What? It's a watermelon co-ferment. So when they kind of co-ferment, they basically soak the beans in like, before they roast them, in like this watermelon. Like a brine or something? Like a watermelon juice? Something of the sort. But it's not what you think where you're like, oh, it's vanilla roasted, and it's like this intense caramel or vanilla or whatever. It's a very subtle kind of touch to it. So it's like I like a bright coffee. I like an adventurous coffee.

27:05I like a coffee that's pretty surprising. My wife's the same way. So we have a lot of this going on, but the flavor profiles are pretty awesome. And we have a range, too. We have like a chocolate strawberry. We have like a – and that's not a co-ferment, so it won't be as crazy. Understood. We wanted to name the coffee. Co-ferment just got dropped. Excuse me. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Co-ferment. We drink a lot of coffee in this family.

27:29Rich Eisen:So I know you refer to her as Rebecca. Do I refer to her as Rebecca? You can, yes. So you and Rebecca, did you come to a relationship where you were both coffee drinkers? Because my wife was the coffee drinker. I had never really had coffee. Oh, really? Yes, and she's just like, really? Are you out of your mind? And then she started making coffee in the morning. And I'm like, I am all in. Like, yeah, now I smell it in the house. Yeah. So you both come as coffee drinkers to the relationship. We did. We both did. She was like a little on the standard coffee, I guess you would say, like the Starbucks of the world situation.

28:05And when we started dating, I was long. I was way off that track. I was deep down the rabbit hole of craft coffee. So you're like, come with me. I was like, come with me. You're the Sherpa. Yeah. So we spent, I mean, with WWE, especially the first few years we dated, we started dating in 2019. We were on the road that whole year. And then 21, once we got back from COVID, we were on the road. And we would all the time, this was like part of our ritual, was just going to different cities, wherever we were at, seeking out the best coffee shops and just trying different beans. And so it kind of cultivated our relationship a little bit.

28:39And it was one of those things where we were like, we want to give this to people. We want people to be able to experience this as well. and our fans are not necessarily accustomed to these types of experiences. So we are purveyors of craft coffee now. We're giving it to the people who've given us love. We want to show the love back and do that through coffee. Last question on this. It may not be, but where are you going? What's it called? Oh, World of Coffee. It's called the World of Coffee Convention. It's in San Diego at the San Diego Expo Center, I think, like right down by Petco. It's right across the street there, and it's like the Comic-Con of craft coffee.

29:19That's what it is. I don't know that you're going to get as many cool costumes as you would at Comic-Con. The CC of CC. But yes. Comic-Con of craft coffee. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Yeah, so it's going to be a lot of fun. You got a stand? Yes, Rebecca and I, we have a booth there for Ammo. It's like a split booth with Dayglo. Is this what you were doing before? Yes. Messlemania. We're pumping it out, man. I can't drop that bit of information. What? We got some surprises for Amo coming up shortly. I can't drop it all. So the next couple weeks are pretty cool. This isn't our only event before WrestleMania.

29:51We've got something else in the works that we're going to be dropping soon. But I can't give you the full scoop. Can't give you the full scoop. It may be Las Vegas related. I'll just say that. It's billed as America's premier coffee industry event. Bada boom. How about them apples?

30:07Rich Eisen:I had no idea it existed. Me neither. Okay. Just be careful. Again, you're going to be around a lot of people. I can't wait. Drinking a lot of coffee, over-caffeinated people. We got to get to WrestleMania nice and healthy. Yeah, I mean, we'll detox the adrenal glands after us. I'm just going to live on caffeine for the next, what is it, Thursday? Ten days, and then we're set. Gunther's going to be like, man, Rollins has really got a lot of pep in his step right now. I love that. I can't get him. You know, do you drink coffee, Jay? Yeah. Right, okay. You do not, Chris, at all, right? I do not.

30:39Rich Eisen:I've never had it. TJ, you're not a coffee drinker? No. Never had it? Never had it. Zero times? Not a drop. Oh, for God. In your entire life. My entire life. Nobody's ever. You didn't even have the cafecitos in Miami? I did not. When we were. I think he saw how hot up we were after those coffee. I packed. Oh, yeah. I mean, in hindsight, I guess maybe I wish I would have tried it. But no, I've never had it. Why? What's wrong with you? You know, I think when I was a kid, it was like, oh, it'll stunt your growth. And I was like thinking I was going to stunt your growth. Caffeine. a lot of caffeine while you're growing and you're not good for you.

31:16Rich Eisen:I'm not talking about when you're in grade school or whatever. Growing is done. He's still not growing. Emotionally, spiritually, he's still a child. I think I've come a long way. And I just missed it. It just doesn't interest me. I know, I'm sorry. It's not a personal attack on you. You said you missed it like the coffee wave is over. like I was there but I missed it yeah like you miss a movie you miss a TV show I just missed coffee my window for coffee I just missed it that's one way to that's one way you will never get to the world of coffee comic con you'll never get there I'm looking at all the exhibitors down there it's stacked I can't wait I can't wait to just walk around and get all the coffees from all the different Are there any colleagues of yours who are into this too?

32:12Anybody else? I mean, everybody drinks coffee. That's one of the appeals of starting a coffee brand. Is everybody?

32:18Rich Eisen:No, I'm talking about WWE. Anybody else? Nobody that's selling coffee. No, no one's ever done anything like this. I mean, the closest thing in the beverage space is probably Stone Cold Steve Austin and his Broken Skull IPAs. I don't know that anybody even touched the coffee world. No, we're breaking new ground. There you go. See, TJ, don't be jealous. No contest wrestling doesn't talk about caffeine like we're talking right now. Well, the thing about Seth is, you know, when we had Cena on, Cena and Seth are really big into the coffee world. They have a group chat. John loves it. We got a group chat.

32:46Rich Eisen:Okay. And so I hit Seth up. I'm like, yo, we got Cena coming in studio. Can you give me a recommendation for a coffee? Seth's like, oh, absolutely. There's one right up the street, blah, blah, blah. Yeah. We didn't have anyone to go get it. So I went to go get it, you know, postmated. I didn't even know this. And they're like, it's going to be 59 minutes. And I'm like, well, John's not staying here for 59 minutes. So he stayed for three hours. and we didn't get coffee and it was part of the yeah he called us the no coffee wrestling and then and then seth text me back he was like i'm so disappointed i was came to me for a suggestion i gave it to you it was it's so easy it's offset roasters are right down the street it's so easy and he just didn't do it i hope john got his caffeine beforehand you can't order and get coffee for an hour it's gonna be freezing by the way seth i heard something about you that really, man, bummed me out the other day.

33:40Rich Eisen:Oh, no, what's this? I heard that you've never seen Die Hard? Is that true? Yes, yes, I have divulged on Good Morning Football. It was one of those things where it was like, name a movie that you're embarrassed to admit you've never seen. I've never seen Die Hard. That's correct. You got to rectify that, G. We're going to get on it. We're going to get on it. I'm going to download it and watch it. I'm going to get it done. No, don't download it. You got to watch it on the TV. Don't watch it on your laptop. Yeah, it's big. Okay. On Christmas Eve, much Die Hard. It's one of the best Christmas movies ever.

34:13Oh, God. Okay. All right. All right. But I'm in. I'm sorry to disappoint you.

34:17Rich Eisen:Actually, this is an outstanding situation we have here because you are not a guy who's ever seen. You've never seen Die Hard. Nope. So are you aware of the debate about what type of movie it is? I've heard it. Okay, great. So you are a complete blank slate. At an advanced age. Yes. You're a highly accomplished individual, personally and professionally. Thank you. You are a pop culture keystone in the 21st century. Great. So you are as plugged in as what we're talking about as anybody else. You've got to watch it and give us your opinion. All right. You're fresh like he's not going to say what he thinks.

35:01Rich Eisen:I'm not going to say what I think. You are completely an untainted jury box. That's right. Fantastic. This is great. I know the debate, but I've never heard the details or anything. So I'm pretty wide. And I hate spoilers, so I won't. No, there'll be no spoilers. We're done talking about it. Great. But you will have to come back on here and share your opinions here. I will report back. Thank you very much. Before I go anywhere else, that's a promise. Okay. And before you leave here, are you ready to see the Bears right out of the box on the first night? Oh, I want the Seahawks game right away.

35:36Rich Eisen:It's going to happen. You think that's the one? Well, I mean, if you take a look at their opponents that the NFL has an opportunity to put in the building. I mean, that's the one. It really is. There they are on the screen. We have the Australian flag over the Rams and Niners because they're playing the next day in Melbourne. There's a lot of options here, though, I will say. Well, I mean, the Cowboys have opened. They opened up last year. They're not going to do it. They're not going to do it again. Right. The Chiefs in May, when the schedule comes out, it's a jump ball as to whether Mahomes is going to be there.

36:07Rich Eisen:The Patriots being in Seattle, you know, the last time the first game of the season was a repeat of the previous year's Super Bowl was Panthers and Broncos 10 years ago. It's been a decade. So they could do that again. They could, and they could put Harbaugh there. And they could put Harbaugh there. But either hardball there as the Giants are on the docket, too. I can't imagine the Bears would not be there. That is just jumping off the page. It is right there. I mean, the Bears were last year's kind of sexy team. They were the one that everybody was looking at. And to be fair, and this is not personal bias, they were the best story, in my opinion, in the playoffs just because of the way they won so many games during the season.

36:56You had the big play situation, the comeback of the Iceman. I mean, it was Ben Johnson, Matt LaFleur. You had all that there. Yes. I think you're right, and I hope you're right. I'd love to do it. You want it. You want the smoke. I want the game right out of the gate. I want it right away. I want to know. I want to know. Look, the last time the Bears had an incredible winning season, after that, nothing but straight downhill, right, in the Matt Nagy era. So I want to know, let's go. Is this Ben Johnson year two going to be legit, or is it going to be a fluke? What are we walking into? Give it to me right away.

37:32I want to see Caleb test it against the best defense in the NFL. I'll get right to it. On the biggest night. Let's go.

37:39Rich Eisen:I think you know the answer whether it's a fluke or not. I think so. I feel pretty strong about it. It's not. It feels different this time around. I mean, I hate to constantly give this sort of stuff to, you know trubisky being the the face of it all but this is this is not that trubisky naggy era off the double doink an unfortunate way to leave the playoffs obviously it was an unfortunate way for the playoffs to end for the bears last year but it was um it was house money in a way you know a little bit and then on top of it all um you know it makes sense to put the bears in seattle because that would have been the nfc championship game had the bears won yep uh that night against the Rams.

38:22Rich Eisen:I think it's I'd be stunned if it was something else. I think if they want ratings, that's the game. They want ratings. You want ratings? You want ratings night one. That's the name of the game. So let's do it. I'm all for it. WrestleMania 42 is right around the corner, everybody. Saturday, April 18th, Sunday, April 19th at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Going to stream on the ESPN app exclusively for fans with the ESPN Unlimited plan beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern time. And the first hour of night one and night two will broadcast live on ESPN2 and ESPN respectively. Yeah, that's pretty sick.

38:54Rich Eisen:First time ever for that. Yeah, you can get it for free for the first hour. That's right. That's amazing. And you know who's going to be hosting ESPN2 coverage on Friday? Is that correct, TJ Jefferson? Yes, sir. Well, you just gave it away when you asked me. Wow. No contest wrestling. You guys are in. Yeah, we are. It's not a game anymore, Seth. Wow. Congratulations. It's not a game. They're moving us up, man. That's pretty sick, dude. Yeah, I'm not taking this slightly man and i i made a mention like the amount of hours i've watched espn and wrestling combined can't be calculated so to be able to do this is for those shay yeah that is incredible congratulations to you guys i'm happy to hear that i'm happy for you guys that's that's a nice hustle right there man and you know they've earned it and uh we're we couldn't be more excited to have any more uh connection with the wwe and we we love it and i appreciate you taking the time to come in here anytime you know it all right so if you're in san diego uh california this weekend yes stop on by the amo amo booth yes amo day glow booth please okay the amo day glow booth uh the spite booth that's that that's at the world what is it i can't get enough coffee the world of coffee coffee yeah okay there's a whole world of coffee out there there's hundreds of vendors that are What are you surprised about?

40:14Rich Eisen:It's the Comic-Con of craft coffee. I was looking at all the... The list is gigantic. From everywhere. Everywhere. From all corners of the earth. It's pretty impressive. And there's definitely going to be people dressed like you guys. I don't know. Oh, there will be. I think we're the only quasi-celebrities that are going to be there. I think we're the only ones. I'm very excited. Quasi-celebrities. I'm sort of nervous about it because we're walking into a... I mean, this is a world that I'm not familiar with. It's brand new for me. There's an excitement level that's very high. And it was sort of like when I hosted the show for you.

40:44It was like the nerves are through the roof for me. I've never done anything like that. So same thing, walking into San Diego this weekend, never done anything like this, excited to do it with my partner in life. Now my partner in coffee, my wife, the one and only, the man, Becky Lynch. Love it.

40:58Rich Eisen:I love it. So if it's going to be anything like this show, you're going to walk in with a limp. Bring your crudgy completely. Yeah, you're going to walk in with tea. Wait a minute. Cut coffee. still holds a grudge still holds a grudge we will never forget that the host of the liar liar pants on fire edition of the Rich Eisen there it is I love that logo that is a great logo the Bears title I'm so excited for you everybody get this man's coffee and then check out Wrestlemania on the ESPN family of networks the following weekend Seth Rollins here everybody we're back on the rich eisen show in a moment the rich eisen show the podcast

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44:29Rich Eisen:two of the more famous people in sports Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch are just going to be standing there saying you want a cup of it yes you don't have the beans I love it you now have a mocha joe drop good coffee is all about the beans you don't have the beans if you don't have the beans you don't have good coffee I told her, I just listen to Mocha Joe. So what are they going to have? Those little plastic on the paper? Those little paper? Little pixie cups? Hey, would you like some? Would you like some? Someone will be holding a tray and just be samples. Now, if you're another craft coffee maker, do you want to be next to their booth to get the foot traffic?

45:14Rich Eisen:Or you just don't want to? You're like, come on, of all the world of coffees for me to be trying to sell my stuff at. And I want to put this out there. Obviously, no disrespect to Seth and Becky. Uh-oh. However. What a setup. Wow. There is a chance that nobody knows who they are. No, there's not. It's the world of coffee. Who's famous in the world of coffee might not be who's famous in sports entertainment. So if you're saying, if you want to, let me just set this up and you can come off the top rope. Okay. There's a circle of coffee people. Right. Coffee, makers, the world of coffee. Consumers.

45:55Rich Eisen:And then there is the world of wrestling. Uh-huh. And entertainment, right? And if there's a Venn diagram, you don't think there's a large mashing point? I don't think it's a large overlap there. TJ? I mean, these are WWE superstars known around the world. But they're not superstars of coffee, is his point. That's kind of what I'm saying. Yeah, but neither is Brad Pitt. but if he shows up, you think people aren't going to know who he is? I'm not equating Brad Pitt's popularity to those two. You just did, actually. I will. Becky Lynch, also you got to understand, she's gone on past wrestling. She's been in Happy Gilmore 2.

46:34Rich Eisen:She's been in Star Trek. Seth Rollins has hosted, remember the dude Alex who was climbing rocks? Guys, let me handle this. Yeah, he hosted that for Netflix. Millions of people saw that. Understood. just saying you just didn't he hosted something that millions of people saw you just didn't know that the guy was putting his life on the line i understand listen let me just say this as the you jay yeah i think out of all four of us here have a foot in each one of the circles more than anyone else the coffee world and the wrestling world yeah you i i turn you what do you think I think this will be the response.

47:15Rich Eisen:Uh-oh. And I got to say, this coffee, damn fine. And hot.

47:24Rich Eisen:How often does man have an opportunity to play the Kyle McLaughlin, Agent Cooper coffee drop? I want you to be like Bumblebee and only talk in drops. It goes better that way. Seriously. There'll be a crush. There'll be a crush. I wouldn't want to be. But back to my point. I think you do want to be next. Yeah. You want the foot traffic? Yeah. You want the traffic. Okay. Because if they don't have the beans, it doesn't matter if they've got the foot traffic. They don't have the beans. But I know that this man travels the world. Like I said, he's in group chats with other wrestlers. They travel the world and they discuss coffee.

48:01Rich Eisen:So this is real serious for these guys. Not a game. It's not a game. Not a game. It's the coffee game. Yeah. I mean, you get the wrong caffeinated guy from, you know, Columbia. Look out. We don't have the beans. Seth Valdez. There you go. Seth Valdez. That's it. Good one. The Ridge Eisen Show Podcast. From 30 for 30 Podcasts.

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