Hour 3: Comedian Brad Williams & Seth breaks down how this year's Bears season will play out

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1:19Our YouTube channel. Subscribe at youtube.com slash Rich Eisen Show and you'll never miss a moment. Now, on with the show. Pump up the volume. This is The Rich Eisen Show. With guest host, WWE superstar Seth Rollins. God, I love that guy. Live from The Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. Earlier on the show, Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Theismann. Apple TV MLS play-by-play announcer Max Pretos. Coming up, comedian Brad Williams. And now, sitting in for Rich, it's Seth Rollins. We are here, guys. We've reached the final hour. We are in the home stretch. I would say the first two hours have been pretty good.

2:10It's gone by real quick, man. It flies. It cooks, man. Every time. I'm like, three hours, man. Can I talk for three hours? The answer is yes. Yes, I can. I can run my mouth for three hours. And hopefully I haven't turned away all of your viewers and listeners. Absolutely not. show to come back for um either way we are here we are live it is rich asian show i am seth ronalds wwe's own uh and hopefully the next world heavyweight champion sir they take on roman reigns at summer slam two nights uh beginning of august i want to say it's like the first and the second i could be wrong on the dates there uh we're in minneapolis for summer slam there it is august 1st always second what a shot let's go that's um wow that kind of hit i got a little goosebumps seeing that man this is a yeah that's epic some great beards that's pretty yeah high quality beards and hair and hair i still got a little bit left you know they they sent the title ahead of your appearance here seth well let everybody know that you go what you were what you were coming for that's a beautiful thing that's my title man i brought that into existence i was the inaugural champion world heavyweight champion romans hold on mind you i didn't lose that title you never lost it.

3:21I did not lose it. I had to forfeit it because I was actually injured. In Perth at Crown Jewel last year in a match with Cody Rhodes, which I won with a blown up shoulder. I showed Seth a video from Wrestlepalooza last year, guys. And O'Shea and I got lucky enough for sitting in the front row and Seth fell out of the ring and he literally landed right in front of me. And I'm recording this and I lean over and go, hey, Seth, they're not going to buy it this time, bro. like i had to get up yeah i had to get up unfortunately we lost that match too very sad me and the wife we should have won your entrance was epic though it was a great entry my wife was so scared so wrestlepalooza in indianapolis was our first pay-per-view on espn um i got to do the pre-pre-show he was on the pre-pre-show you and o'shea and we were up on this like it was a scissor lift it was huge way when we're like as high as the the screen is and my wife hates heights she hates it so much this is a woman mind you who has jumped off the top of a page like through tables like but she just she was white knuckling like just like she was so scared and especially because when it moves when you're at the top of the scissor lift it's like a skyscraper yeah it wobbles a little you know but and you can feel it so she she was miserable i was having the time of my life it was a really fun match and anytime you get to do we uh do we have the outfit picked out for SummerSlam?

4:50Yeah, for SummerSlam. Do we have thoughts, ideas, options? So since I have been back, I've been wearing a lot of black. Yes. And I've enjoyed that process. But there has been some thoughts that maybe we should bring some color back into the wardrobe. I don't know where we're at with it right now. I got a whole team that handles this situation. I got... King Troy's still doing your business? King Troy's doing the jackets. Surratt's still doing the gear. And Jolene's... I got a whole squad. Shout out to them. They make me look awesome. So we're in the preliminary conversation stages. But it's got to be big.

5:24I will not disappoint. I promise you. I want to ask you how you get your jacket to smoke. But then again, I don't want to know how the sauce is. Sometimes you just don't need to know, you know? Yeah. Like my buddy used to be a writer for WWE and he knows I used to love the great Muda. I still do. So one day he calls me, he goes, you want to know how they do the mist? And I was like, absolutely not. because there's only a few things left, Seth, that I can hold on to and just be amazed by. So, like, no, don't want to know. Never tell me how that happens. Well, I will not then. I will not tell you.

5:57What I will tell you is we got some callers on the line, and I advertised that we would talk to them. So we're going to. We're going to start with it. We got a few now. Let's talk Manny in El Paso, Texas. Manny! Manny, Manny. Mr. Rollins, I'm a big fan of you. I'm a big fan of your fandom for Chicago. What I'm not a fan of is how you lied to the boys on the Rich Eisen show. Manny, I apologize already. They accepted my apology. We're all on the same page now. It's kumbaya here in the studio. Thank you for that, sir. Now we're all on the same page. World Cup soccer. I believe in the underdog. You said so yourself, sir.

6:38You love going against the big guys. That's exactly what Mexico and the USA are going to do. England is going to have their hands full against Mexico. The elevation at Estadio Seca is going to be an issue for them. On the U.S. side, that record that Balogun got, that really stinks. But it does open the door for El Paso's own Ricardo Pepe. He was there when Pulisic was out, so he might get the start again for the game against Belgium. He was so close to scoring yesterday. I'm like, God, El Paso would have popped just the way you did when you threw the crutches to the side. My question is, where does the U.S.

7:172026 men's soccer team compare to the Miracle on Ice to this year's Olympics with the men's ice hockey, wins ice hockey, and the Paralympics getting the hat trick in gold? That's all I got, guys. I love the show. Mr. Rawls, it's a pleasure speaking to you. Be kind. Be safe. Let's watch some sports, everybody. Bye, guys. Thanks, Manny. He's got it. See you, brother. Thanks, Manny. What a shtick, that guy. He's ready. I appreciate that, though. he comes ready to go and he pays attention that's a great question he was kind of like talking about where does the u.s men's national team if they can go all the way this year where would they rank as far as like biggest upset teams or you know i mean the cultural the miracle on ice team he he referenced like the the gold medal he kind of like put it all together into one but The Miracle on Ice team, that was like a cultural zeitgeist moment.

8:09I don't know that it's on that level, but it would be one of the greatest upsets of all time if somehow the U.S. men's national team got to the finals and won this World Cup. I mean, it would be insane, I would say. It would be insane. Nothing will ever be on the Miracle on Ice level. No, I mean, that— I don't think. That was different because of the politics. Different, the geopolitics. Can I challenge that? And I do agree with you, but there's always that other side. Like, because of the times that we're in now with the social media, with us being more connected than ever, wouldn't that give it a chance to be bigger?

8:51Because remember, that game, from what I can recall, it happened at like, what, in the middle of the night here. And I'm not questioning how great it is. Yeah, it was on tape delay. Yeah, it was on tape delay. So I'm just saying, if the United States won the World Cup, Based upon all of my friends who know and love soccer, them telling me there's no chance, I'd have to say you'd have to with as connected as we are. I think it would be a bigger deal if Cape Verde won the World Cup. Yeah, but you're not from Cape Verde. So, I mean, I guess I'm just talking to us right here. Yeah, I mean, I don't know.

9:22USA has better odds to win than Mexico. It's like I think it'd be a bigger upset if Norway won the World Cup. I just think this U.S. team has come a long way in terms of talent level and getting closer to some of the world's best where, yes, it would be shocking, but it wouldn't be on par with Miracle on Ice. Yeah, with Miracle on Ice. Yeah, that's tough. I do see what you're saying, TJ, about the bigness of it and the social media. It would feel big for sure. Yeah, but lasting impact-wise, it would be hard to match Miracle on Ice. Yeah. Look, I just saw Mike Arruzzioni in a commercial two days ago, and that game happened in 1980.

9:59So, yeah, there's long-lasting effects. Yeah, I don't know, but maybe those guys would be, maybe Balogun and Freeman and some of these guys, maybe they would have that staying power, like some of the, like Jim Craig and Mike Arruzzioni and those guys have had. But I don't know. I don't know. It's fair to wonder. It would be amazing to watch and enjoy that ride. It's true. That's for sure. It sure would. All right, let's grab another caller here. We got Derek from Missouri. Derek. Derek, you're on the Rich Eisen Show with Seth Rollins. What's up, my guy? Hey, how's it going, Seth? Yeah, I was going to say, I could vouch for having Russell Wilson as a Broncos fan for two years that I could never get back.

10:43But that's another story on its own. On the other hand, speaking about your Bears going this upcoming season, what are your expectations? other than you say they're going to the Super Bowl, but it's going to be a heavy path because the Rams are the legit favorite right now out of the entire league, it seems like. And if I could ask you, Seth, being the Bears fan that you are, what would you say was the most memorable Bears game you've ever attended in your lifetime? Ooh, double-hitter question. All right, so where do we want to start, guys? We want to start with my game, my most memorable game?

11:15Yeah, let's start with memories and then go to expectations. Expectations? Okay, so I got injured in October this past year. I had surgery in October on my shoulder, rotator cuff repair. So obviously you have to relinquish the World Heavyweight Championship. Things aren't good. You're sad. There's some bleakness. But you always got to look on the positive side. And the positive side of that was that I was able to attend some Chicago Bears games this season that I probably would not have been able to go to. So there were two games this season that were, for me, the craziest games that I've ever seen in my life.

11:53I was at both the Bears' comeback wins against the Green Bay Packers this past season. So I was there in person for the Iceman throw. The DJ Moore, I'm getting goosebumps right now. Oh, man. That was the most insane thing I'd ever seen. and then I come back two weeks later to the same spot, the same game in the playoffs against Green Bay, I would say the playoff game in my lifetime, probably the biggest Chicago Bears win of all time. It's one thing to beat them in the regular season, obviously with the deep ball to DJ Moore. Like, that was crazy with the comeback and everything. I mean, it'll go down in history because of the way it was done.

12:38but I would say the playoff game was more impactful. I also had my brother and my dad at that game. My dad, the reason I am a Bears fan, his father was a Bears fan, and so that's where my Bears fandom comes from. So to be able to have my dad in attendance for the Bears playoff win against the Green Bay Packers and, of course, the insane comeback that came with it, the Caleb fourth down throw, you had the Jaday Walker catch. I mean, everything was nuts in that game as well. So I think that's probably number one for me. God, what a season. That was last season. Before you let me go, Seth, I wanted to ask you this.

13:23Since you're going to Minneapolis, Brayson Roman next month, I mean, you're in Skull Country, so why not just Blackout and Bears in our familiar? I mean, just to talk to Blackout fans. You know, maybe. We'll see. I don't know. I might want them to like me, though. You know, I might want them to cheer for me. You don't want them to go boo. Yeah, yeah. I'd like them to sing the song in a positive manner. But, yeah, thank you. Thank you for the questions. They were good questions and nice to get me back into some of those memories with my family. Thanks. Thanks so much, brother. Appreciate you calling in.

14:00As for the Bears this season, I mean, this is the most excited as a Bears fan. And I think, you know, we can talk about the Bears playing in Indiana. That's kind of sour the offseason a little bit. But we're talking strictly football. Chicago Bears, as a fan, I haven't been this excited for a season, a football season, in so long. Expectations are high. Expectations are high. And we talked about this earlier when we're talking about the Sixers, when you have all that hope. It's a double-edged sword. It's dangerous. It's very dangerous. You know, it can go south super quick. Matt Nagy's rookie year as a coach, things went really well.

14:37Mitch Trubisky, the Bears make the playoffs, win the division, and then, boom, steep drop-off. Now, I don't think there's a chance in the world that Ben Johnson is going to pull a Matt Nagy. I feel like Caleb Williams is a better quarterback than Mitch Trubisky. I feel like there's a lot going right in Chicago right now. I'm very excited about it. My expectation for the Bears this season is that they will compete till the end. I obviously want them to win the Super Bowl. I think they can be a Super Bowl contender in the NFC. The Rams are the odds-on favorite with the people that they have right there.

15:19I mean, some would argue that, I mean, they underachieved. They were the best team in football last year, and they've added a shutdown cornerback and the greatest pass rusher maybe of all time to go with their MVP quarterback and their star wide receiver. I mean, that's going to be a tough hill to climb for sure. But, I mean, I got to back my Bears, baby. I got to. Here's the deal, Seth. We're not going to do it now, but think about it. We're going to do Bears win-loss game, Seth Rollins, to end the show today. yeah oh we're getting into it already we're getting into it last year i was pretty good last year you were pretty good i was pretty good last year so all right okay and here's the deal i'm about to blow your mind we're talking about the u.s men's national team and what it would be like if they won the world cup what if i told you what if i told you that the bears and the u.s men's national team have the same odds bears are 27 to 1 to win the super bowl and as we stand right Right now, the U.S.

16:24men's national team, 27 to 1 to win the World Cup. Oh, baby. I like this. Which one is more surprising to you?

16:35I mean, I think the Bears probably. Yeah. Too low or too high? They're not too high, but I'm surprised they're that high. Yeah. To be honest with you, I'm surprised they're that high. But I love it. I'm into it. I'm excited for it. Bears right between Cowboys and Jaguars. Well, that's decent company. I mean, the Cowboys can't. I mean, they got to be better than last year, right, TJ? Oh, we have Caleb Downs. I don't know if anyone knew this, but he plays on our football team. Are you more excited for Caleb Downs or Jalen Brown? Don't ask me. It's like, which kid do I like better? I can't do that.

17:12I'm excited about both. I hope. Right? Some people wish. Well, look, I love Caleb Downs. I thought he's one of the best players coming out of the draft this year. But this man, and I don't mean to knock the position either. He's a safety. How much impact do you think this guy's going to have on the game? You know who else plays safety? Edward Reed. Okay. You know who else plays safety? Troy Polamalu. Ronnie Lott. Ronnie Lott. Safety can, and by the way, also, we don't have to be the number one defense. We don't got to be the number 10 defense in NFL. This is true. We just can't suck. That's true.

17:49If we're 15, if we're right in the middle, we're going to win three more games minimum than we did last year. So, you know, we don't have to be number one like on this jersey. We will because we got Caleb Downs. I have said that about the Cowboys. They like the Bengals. If they can just get a passable defense in there and keep their quarterback on two feet, you will be a playoff contending team. I tell you what's not going to happen again, though, is the next time the Cowboys play the Bears, am I ever going to put two Bears fans together on a group chat and then have them just powerbomb me through a table.

18:21That was on you. You did that for yourself. You did that. Put me and Ashton on the group chat when the Bears were playing the Cowboys this past season. Yeah, I was convinced. That did not go well. I was convinced I was going to have the one-on-two clothesline off the top. No, I got super kicked multiple times. That was actually, I think, of the entire season last year, the Chicago Bears, that was the most dominant game. Maybe the Browns were the other one. But in the early season, the Bears put a whooping on the Cowboys. Yeah, I did not like that. It was ugly. It was nasty. But we got Caleb Downs this year.

18:58But you got Caleb Downs. You got a safety to prevent that. So, yeah, I don't know. Those are my expectations. I think the Bears are going to do very well. The NC North is a stacked division. Incredible coaches. Incredible quarterbacks across the board. We're very curious to see how Kyler does in Minneapolis. It's going to be fun. The Bears. The Bears. A SoFi personal loan is here to help you achieve something once thought impossible, overcoming high-interest credit card debt. Walk the tightrope of your finances with one low fixed-rate monthly payment, no fees required, and as soon as the same-day funding.

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20:01NMLS 696891. That's a lot. We are coming back. We got more. Let's talk about it, guys. Brad Williams is coming up. Let's go. The Rich Isis Show Podcast.

20:24We are back now on the ESPN Radio Sirius XM channel 80 as well. You were saying you're a Lakers fan. Yes. You're a Broncos fan. Yes. Where are you from? Why do you have these fandoms? Explain these things to me. I'm from Orange County, California. and most of my teams are all LA, Orange County based. But then the Broncos are because my dad went to Stanford University and wanted us to be and support a Stanford-led team. That gave us two options, John Elway with the Broncos, Jim Plunkett with the Raiders. And as you could tell, I don't have face tattoos or priors. So therefore, I am not a Raiders fan.

21:00And I am a Denver Broncos fan. Yeah, and if not for a misplaced broken ankle, you have not had a Super Bowl appearance. what wow yeah yeah yeah what come on i'll come at you i will cut a promo on you no no problem a broken ankle and whether the likes we've never seen before that kept my denver broncos out of the well here's here's the thing brad uh you also would have got waxed by seattle so it's fine i'm not talking about that game i think it worked out about the lead up and apparently the uh New England Patriots didn't necessarily have their affairs in order. Let's say that. And you guys got a little distracted.

21:45Hey, hold on. I like this. Hold on. I like the hostile territory. I will come at you. You can't touch me. If you touch me, it's a hate crime. I understand. Great white male going after a handicapped guy. That's not a good look for you. And I'm busy this weekend, or I would. I can't be in prison for the weekend. Yeah, by Monday. Yeah, all right. This is so great being here with you two guys, because I'm fans of both of you, but this might be the only time where I'm fans of your partners more than you. Both of you. I get that a lot. Yeah. That's fair. Yeah. So, yeah, right? Yeah. I'm stoked. Now, I'm a dad.

22:28You're a dad. You're on the road constantly. I'm on the road constantly. I see you got the award. That's cool. he stole that right from rich um but how are you how are you balancing like uh being a dad but all but also the road schedule you know it's very interesting because my uh wife is doing the same gig as me so we're both on the road all the time we were so lucky in the beginning uh when she got back on the road in 2021 after our baby was born she was like six seven months old we just brought her with us everywhere perfect so she was small enough that she was easy to travel you know we just kind of like latched her on and went.

23:05And she was great. We were in a great spot where we had a tour bus that we could kind of have her on. We had our nanny was our bus driver's wife. Oh, wow. So they got to spend more time together. So it ended up being like a perfect scenario for us. Now she's in school. I don't know how old your kid is. So mine's five and a half. She's going to be six. So now that she's in school, she's more locked in. She's got to be here all the time. Right. We're on the road. But we also lucked out because in 2023, our schedule got infinitely lighter. We stopped doing non-televised events almost exclusively.

23:40We were just doing television shows. And so our travel went from being on the road, I don't want to say 200 days a year to now I go for raw and then I'm back the next day. So it's so easy. My mom, I'm just going to tell you how fortunate I am. My mom was like, can I move to Los Angeles to be with my granddaughter? sold yeah please i don't have to find reliable daycare and i get to be with my mom all the time this is fantastic please come to los angeles so my mom is our daycare and she's awesome so i mean we have we have literally gotten so lucky perfect to take her with us everywhere she's such a good traveler and then now we've got my mom so my mom can watch her and spend time with her granddaughter now that i've told you all my good fortune yeah and tell me yours right i i will the only thing I'm very jealous of you in that I believe your daughter knows what you do and knows what your wife does and my daughter doesn't know what I do yet I can't exactly take her to the events strap her on and say some four letter words into a microphone yeah the school teachers wouldn't like that it was very strange I don't know if you've had this where her kindergarten teacher walked up to me and said oh I'm a big fan of you and I'm like I don't need you to be yeah like that's a little weird knowing that you're watching things that i'm saying and then you're gonna teach my kid the next day it's weird that i do it yes there you go yeah let alone a kindergarten teacher but uh yeah she uh my daughter has seen some photos of me on stage and kind of she just knows people say like hey what is your dad doing she goes my dad is silly oh okay perfect well that's good though and i'm a like i tell people when they see me out and about if they're like, oh, where do I recognize you?

25:31What do you do for a living? I go, I'm a professional moron. Oh, great. Some people do it for free. I manage to get paid for it. Isn't that the life? It is pretty great. Isn't that the life? Yeah. When did you realize you were funny? Oh. You were good at being a moron. First day of school of kindergarten, Laguna Road Elementary in Fullerton, California. I say that because here's the back story to it, all right? my dad average size guy tall guy mom tall no other dwarves in the family we don't all come from the same tribe so when i was gonna go to school my dad was very aware that i looked different and would probably be bullied so he would prepare me for that by he would make fun of me first but then say okay now hit me back with something and my dad and i would write comebacks together like we would write jokes together so he inadvertently trained me to be a comedian and a kid came up literally on the first day of school and said, ha ha, you're little.

26:28And I looked at him and went, ha ha, your mom doesn't live with your dad anymore. And growing up in Orange County, about a 75 % chance of getting that one right. And I did. And I got sent to the principal's office for having the better joke. So that's when I knew like, oh, this is a fun superpower. And like literally in kindergarten, kids were like, yeah, yeah, don't mess with Brad. He made Tim cry last week. It's done. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're fighting a losing battle there. Exactly. So then, okay, so let me follow up on that. Did your father then, when he realized that you had something, did he cultivate this the way, like, you know, we talked about Brockman.

27:07He's got a kid who's a prodigy over there, a sports prodigy, right? Yeah. I call his kid the number one draft pick. See? Yeah. So he's got to cultivate this so that, you know, he can. Right. We've got to practice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got to break all of Jack Nicklaus' records. So did your parents cultivate this? My dad did. But he thought that because my dad was a defense attorney, like he thought that that's where I would go, like because he would he would joke around. He could talk and he'd be like, yes, so now you're going to learn how to talk and do that and be a great defense attorney.

27:41And then, you know, things went a different way. And I became, as I say, a professional moron. I brought my dad to a comedy show for Father's Day 2004. And while I'm in the audience, the comedian on stage starts making, I'll say the word, midget jokes. Half the audience is laughing. The audience that's sitting by me is like, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm. And the comedian goes, what, is one of them here? And I just raised my creepy little hand in the air like, yes. And he called me up on stage and he started asking me questions. I answered the questions honestly. I was not trying to be funny. he said what do you do for a living and at the time 19 years old growing up in orange county california do what a lot of people do i said i work at disneyland yes that happened and then i look at the audience i say shut up i'm not one of the seven first joke still gets a laugh love it and then uh it was really that moment where it was like oh that that that felt good that felt good yeah my my first joke still gets a laugh my first joke is all elite it's so great that's amazing yeah man so it's like and the i imagine one of the reasons why pro wrestlers and comedians get along is that it's that rush it's that pop it's that adrenaline junkie without jumping off a bridge where that felt amazing and now you know 22 years later i'm a overnight sensation yeah that's how it always is right and that's the other thing that wrestlers and comedians have in common no one no one gets into wrestling and then just day one you're a main eventer now you know you have to work your way up you have you have to pay your dues comedy very similar no one just starts headlining uh the the clubs or the or the theaters you have to work your way up and uh yeah there's a now i i have been in one wrestling match oh this was on the uh chris jericho rock and wrestling rager at sea okay you're on the you're on the cruise that's my worst nightmare my nightmare by the way but continue being on a cruise uh with other wrestling with a bunch of wrestling fans yes that's terrifying i will tell you i will tell you it's awesome but uh i know there's some contractual things where that can't happen but i will say that uh uh there was another wrestler on that boat uh i believe you may know him uh hornswoggle oh of course yes shout out dylan i know i know swoggle very well yes and And he and I were like, now, for those of you who are unfamiliar, Hornswoggle is another little person.