Hour 2: Braves 2B Ozzie Albies In-Studio, plus The Miz Talks WWE Backlash Tampa

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23:54I am happy. I am unhappy of the fact that the Cavs lost game one. There was a sloppy game, a lot of turnovers, but I think the Cavs beat themselves. The Pistons did not beat the Cavs. The Cavs beat the Cavs. So as long as the Cavs can turn it around, I think that they're going to go to the NBA finals.

24:12Rich Eisen:Well, listen, I always know you think the Cleveland teams can go always all the way, if not undefeated, unblemished and unrivaled. I understand that. Did you hear about Donovan Mitchell saying that he's not a he's not a flopper. That's why he's not getting the calls. He's not a flopper. So he's never been a flopper. I know that Cleveland. We don't flop. We don't need to flop. We're not a bunch of floppers in Cleveland. We are hard workers. We dedicate ourselves and we strive to win. Well, you know what you do? You play the long game because you have no choice. But listen, the long game is this.

24:50Rich Eisen:by the way did I stutter? It's all true I mean he comes in peace though but here I do too, may not sound that way but I come in peace we all remember we remember this face remind this man of this face this face was the man who had just learned that his team was passing up the opportunity to trade to acquire or draft Travis Hunter willingly trading and that photograph was taken to troll you by angelo dawkins yes who is definitely nothing in his heart about the cleveland browns that uh at all to be positive but look hold on a minute one year later the trade is done and put it up on the screen mason graham quinshawn judkins dylan sampson and now casey concepcion are in the browns house and i don't know do you have anything to say now back to anybody that was having fun at your expense with that photograph and that face miss can i be can i be completely honest with you please before the draft i told myself and this was the first year that i actually said this and it'll and probably like ever i was like the browns aren't going to the super bowl this year they're just not we should tank and we should go for arch manning that's what we should do okay after this draft we're going to the super bowl like i don't think you understand i don't think you understand what happened with this draft andrew barry yeah i applaud you but i've never seen anything like this have you ever seen a better draft i mean people are like saying oh the jets no no the cleveland browns got four first like four first round graded players four four we didn't have four first round draft picks but that trade of travis hunter which i was last year that was when i was on the plane the face you saw yeah i wanted travis hunter thank you for being more knowledgeable than me andrew barry to know that the future is what we're looking for and these players that we have gotten from that trade unbelievable we have playmakers we have blockers now we just need a quarterback and here's what i'm thinking yep and i know a lot of people are going oh watson might be back get rid of it we don't need him i don't want him i want shader i want to give shader the entire season and see what we have in him and if we don't have what we need i hear there's a lot of good quarterbacks coming on this next draft let's go get one but let's give Sharder a chance to be a franchise player because I feel and I don't know about anybody else but I feel he is taking Cleveland as his community and whenever someone comes into Cleveland you have to represent Cleveland and I feel like he's been doing that he does the little things around the community that a lot of people may see or may not see but i look at unsocial and i'll be like wow he's really being a part of the community and that i love and so i want the cleveland browns to do well i think they have everything they need to do well and i think they will do well and i think they're going to the super bowl and you laugh at me right now you laugh you have a big smile on your face yeah but wait you just wait okay until next year right we're sitting here talking again yes sir and i am bragging that the cleveland browns are the super bowl champions you know what i got you know what i gotta apply you gotta give it up thank you gotta give that's the level of delusion i have it's not delusion i love it but i i hear you um and i don't think anybody capes for shador more than i do um because i i've known him since he was a uh knee high to a jack rabbit to use a phrase um and so he and obviously i love dion the whole family he does have an opportunity i would imagine i imagine they'll give him that opportunity he's got a ball out in training camp and do everything because if I'm the Browns and I've poured out so much capital and time and taken so much crap and so much grief for acquiring Deshaun Watson and I've spent all that money and he's you got one more year to see what you have in him I it would be way too enticing for me to not kick that tire in week one and see how it goes um because he does have have the neck i think it's flat i think you got a flat tire and you just need to put it in the trunk and get that new tire in okay put it on shader is it what do you think shader is missing like you've known him since he was a child experience experience experience is that what it is then why aren't we giving him the experience no i know that because because you have something else um where you're otherwise potentially ready to go with these young guys and then you've got I want to also see how the rest of the team, and obviously Todd Munkin will have to take that temperature, how does the rest of the team respond?

30:12Rich Eisen:Didn't Munkin want him? He said that when he walked in the office, but, you know, Miz, you've been around this town long enough to know what people say to your face and what it really means behind your back, too. So you think he's two-faced? You know what? I shouldn't say such things. It could be something that might be genuine. I did see that exchange. I shouldn't say that. even though I just did. I don't know. I understand. Do you think you speak for all Browns fans that you want to see the kid rather than Deshaun Watson again? You do? For me and my friends, and my friends are all from Cleveland, I think we all, whenever Deshaun was brought to Cleveland, we all went, ugh.

30:53And we all liked Baker Mayfield. I think, like, talking to my friends and being able to go to the American Century Championship and play golf with Baker Mayfield and see what he's like around everybody else, that's a guy I can get behind. Like, that's a guy that I want to hang out with and I want to play football with. And he's just a ride-or-die type of person. He has the moxie that is Cleveland or was Cleveland. And then we trade him away to get this, what's supposed to be a franchise quarterback that just basically has been broken ever since he's gotten to Cleveland. And it's been an annoyance.

31:28It's been negative publicity. And, you know, you bring in Shador, which I don't know if that's even better publicity or not, but I mean, I look at him and I go, this guy has a star and a father that has been training him since he was a kid to be a star, to take with the pressure of, of what it is to be an NFL franchise quarterback. So he knows what that pressure is. He knows how to do it and it's just being able to do it. And now that he has the team that literally has the playmakers, It has the blocking. I think they do have the coach and the defense is unreal. What's stopping them from literally saying, okay, this guy needs experience.

32:11Let's give him this full season to do that. He's gotten to sit a little bit. He should have enough time by now. That literally has given him the experience to be a good, solid quarterback. And everyone has a bad first year. Like his first year, his first time I saw his first game with the Raiders, and I was like, this guy's got spark. There's something about the team that when he plays with them, there's a spark. Now, there's a lot of turnovers, but Peyton Manning had a lot of turnovers as well. So why are we saying, oh, Peyton Manning's this guy, but then why not Shadur this guy? I know one's fifth round, one's a first round, but I don't know, man.

32:48I say give him the ball and let's see what he can do.

32:51Rich Eisen:Yeah, well, let's see how that plays out. The Miz here on the Rich Eisen Show, WWE Backlash. Ladies and gentlemen, coming up Saturday on the ESPN app, on the ESPN unlimited plan right here in the good old US of A. ESPN 2 is the home of the first hour live. I give you the floor on this subject matter, sir. What do you got for me? I mean, Backlash is going to be absolutely incredible. I have a match myself and Kit Wilson, my mentee, Master Inspire Zone In, Miz Method. He's been doing it. He's been doing great. And we're taking on a guy named Danhausen who curses people. And people believe in this curse.

33:30People believe so much in this curse that I'm in a tag team match for the tag team championships. I hit a guy with the skull crushing finale. I go to cover him. One, two. The referee gets a cramp in his shoulder. Could you imagine an NFL referee saying, sorry, guys, I got a cramp. I missed that place, that play. I cost you the game. What would you think would happen to that person? Because in WWE, he said, oh, it's okay. It's no problem. It happens. No, it doesn't happen. What happens is one, two, three, I'm the tag team champion. I'm no longer tag team champion. Not only that, by the way, Dan Housen has blown me up.

34:11Two weeks ago, pyro just blows up in the ring. People are saying, oh, it's a curse. No, it's not. It's the pyro guy doing the pyro wrong at the wrong time and hitting me in the face and cost me a mat. These are the type of things that happen. Dan Housen has also ruined my vow renewal with my wife. I was going to renew my vows with my wife. We were doing it. We were doing a special thing at WrestleMania where I would basically officiate weddings, which I thought was beautiful. I remember when I married my wife for the first time, and then my wife surprised me. She says, you know what? We're going to renew our vows right now.

34:47I was like, oh, my God, this is amazing. In front of our daughters who have never seen us get married. This is crazy. We got married before they were boring. And so then what happens? Dan Housen shows up and ruins everything. My wife gets cake in her face. I get cake in my face. And so he ruined my vow renewal. Not only that, he stole my daughter's bike. Dan Housen stole my daughter's bike. Sounds like a real bastard, this Dan Housen, miss. People are cheering him. They love him. My daughters, Rich, my daughters love him. Think he's so funny. I was like, they stole your bike. And she's like, that's okay.

35:24You'll just buy me a new one. I'm like, what are we doing here? It's your first bike. Like that's, that's, that's, that's sentimental value to me. To you too. Like, this is not a guy that we should be looking at going, oh my God, he should be going up against a person that's been in WWE for 20 years. Has main evented WrestleMania, two-time WWE champion. And I'm going up against this guy. And people think this guy's going to beat me. I don't think so. And then also on the backlash card, by the way, I'll keep going. Yeah. We have Roman Reigns taking on Jacob Fatu, which Fatu has been on a tear. He's exactly what he says he is.

36:01All gas, no breaks. And Roman Reigns has his hands full. Let me tell you, Seth Rollins, Braun Breaker. And I got to tell you, this new crop of talent, I don't know what's going on down there at the performance center and the WWE's NXT performance center. but they are training these young superstars to come into WWE and not only be ready, but have a connection with the audience. And Braun Breaker has just been absolutely stout. So Seth Rollins, man, I mean, he to me is the new Mr. WrestleMania. Every time he has a match, it's a five-star quality match that you know you're going to want to see and love.

36:42But man, Braun Breaker just hits you hard and could cause an injury. You never know. So we have a lot of insane matches. Asuka, EOS Sky is going to be one that to be remembered. So we're going to be there, Tampa, this Saturday, and it's going to be an absolute amazing ELE.

37:01Rich Eisen:Well, Jacob Fatu, the guest of this week's No Contest Wrestling, correct? Yeah, episode dropped yesterday. We will also have a cut-down version on ESPN2 this afternoon. This afternoon. What up, Miz? Better guest, me or Jacob Fatu? Oh, that's hard to say, Miz. I mean, you were in person. You were in person. Jacob was on Zoom. Can I say I'd love talking to both of you? How about that? No, you can't say that. No, I don't want a PC answer. Nobody here. Rich Eisen wants eyes on the show. He wants to know, hey, if I'm going to put you on, Teej, I want to know what the answer is. I don't want to. Well, maybe this, maybe that.

37:40And I got you. You know, you and I. Jordan or LeBron. I'm just kidding. They're so both good.

37:45Rich Eisen:You know, Miz, you and I had a one-sided beef for decades before I was able to sit down and chop it up with you. So if I had to take that into consideration, I'd say Jacob, you know, if you're going to put me on. Yeah. Yeah. Because it took, but now you and I are here and I didn't want to say it. Cut a promo. You know, but I do have a thing, Miz. You don't know who Dan Housen's tag team partner is, bro. So I'm going to do you a favor because we are cool now. I don't care who it is. I don't care if he brings more people with face paint. You think I care who his mystery partner is? I don't think you care.

38:21I don't think I don't care if it's a Hamburglar. Bring on whoever you want.

38:25Rich Eisen:I don't think you care, but because we're cool now, I have a few names. I just want to throw these out just so you'll be prepared. I don't know if I want to answer them anymore. I mean, this is for you. So they're saying that Jacob Bundy is a better interview than me? There's no one that's a better interview than me. gives you more energy, more ammo, more talkability than me. And you sit there and say, oh, Jacob Fulton, he's all gas, no brakes. He's so amazing. Oh, my God. He's going to be maybe the world champion. You never know. He might be. How dare you? I think it's over. How dare you? You put me in this position unjustifiably.

38:57Rich Eisen:I didn't want to say it, but you made me. I'm a bunch of seats. Okay. But here's the deal. I got a few partners for Dan Houser. I just want – Just go ahead. Just do it because he doesn't want to hear it. It could be Matt Cardona. It could be Mr. Iguana. It could be Royce Keys. Could be CM Punk. I show speed is another one. But if they're going to go the ESPN route, because, you know, there's some synergy. I've been hearing Stephen A. Smith. Nah, I'm not worried about him for you. But you should worry about Kendrick Perkins. Maybe he's Dan Housen's tag team partner. Oh. Brian Windhorse. Wouldn't he?

39:26Rich Eisen:He could be Dan Housen's tag team partner. Or, you know, sometimes it's the least expected person. And there's a man that's sitting to my left now. I don't know what he's doing on Saturday. Me? He has no plans. You never know. It could be Rich Isaac. He could be Dan House. Watch out. It'd be a better option of being in the freeze in Atlanta. I want it to be you, TJ, so I can smack you right in the face. Yeah. Hit you with a skull crush finale. How about that? That's who I want the partner to be. You never know. Maybe then I'll be your favorite guest. It's no longer one-sided. All right. It was Saturday, May 9th, 6 Eastern on the ESPN app.

40:04Rich Eisen:ESPN Unlimited plan in the United States. The first hour airs live on ESPN2. Prime Video is the home of American Gladiators, available right now, hosted by The Miz. Thank you, Rich. You're welcome. It's hard to get that plug out there sometimes, but I appreciate you giving me the American Gladiators plug. And it's amazing, by the way. We've been the number one competition series, as well as unscripted on Prime Video, since its debut one month ago. We've been number one. And people have been talking all about it. So thank you very much. Of course, Lee, bringing it up. And I'm happy to bring that up, even though you mentioned about playing American Century Championship Golf with Baker Mayfield, even though you did it with me first.

40:47Rich Eisen:I'm fine with it. So stop being so sensitive, Miz. I was going to ask you, are you doing it this year or no? Hell yeah. I'm back at the end. Okay, good. Yeah, which is why you and I are both calling it the American Century Championship, because we don't want to be caught on a teaching tape. You're the best, Miz. Thanks for being here. Thanks, bud. Thanks, guys. Hi, brother. Good evening, Miz. The Miz, no longer one-sided beef. It's both sides beef now. We'll take a quick break because we're out of time here. We're having such a great time with guests. We'll take it right up until the limit. We're back on The Rich Eisen Show in just a flash.

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43:37Rich Eisen:It's almost a quarter century old. And I remember, again, sitting upstairs at my cubicle that I just found again a month ago. Remember, I shot that video of where I, there's my cubicle, where I sat for the overnight sports centers. and you'd get to work around 5 o 'clock, 5.30 for the 2 a.m. Sports Center or 1 a.m. Sports Center. And I just remember sitting at the cubicle and watching the 6 o 'clock Eastern Sports Center, the Robin Roberts, Bob Lee, Charlie Steiner Sports Center, to be using the trio that made it the most famous and putting that all together, seeing that all together. just blew me away.

44:30Rich Eisen:I couldn't believe what I was seeing. And I knew the rundown meeting that we had just had for that evening's show was over. Kaboom. Kabooey. Yeah. And then we found out later on that a dear, what, a family member or a friend had just died, and he was really miserable. A friend of his had died. Right? There's a backstory to it all. Yeah. Right? So, yeah. that was a hell of a day says practice 22 times during during that's the grand total during the 30 minute press cover you know there were trade rumors at the time lost in the first round of the playoffs bet one of his best friends died my man was going through it and we never knew until later we just had that snippet yeah time of practice 24 years ago today that's crazy and a decade ago is when bartolo cologne went yard man do we have video of that or no no just our memories just exactly just our memories just our memories 10 years ago what a moment i remember i don't remember we were here we were on the air were we really well yeah 2016 oh uh but we weren't sitting here wasn't an afternoon game while we were watching it was a great question i will find that out it was in san diego so probably not oh probably not it was probably an evening game but he shook up the world he shook up the world i mean they call it the impossible thing that happened.

45:55Rich Eisen:Chris Weber is going to be joining us top of the next hour in his weekly spot. Wonder if he's going to be in his gym. Oh, definitely. I hope so, because we requested it. We let him know it was... That's a better spot. It was a better spot. I know. And so, Chris Weber in hour number three right here on this busy Thursday. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eisen Show podcast. You can watch and listen to the Rich Eisen Show live weekdays from noon to 3 Eastern on ESPN Radio, Disney Plus, and on the ESPN app, the Rich Eisen show, the podcast.

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