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1:00Rich Eisen:That was just a dark moment in all of our lives. This is the Rich Eisen Show. Talking about Devontae Adams in regards to Jimmy Garoppolo. Eight different uses of the F word. From the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. What's just a four letter F word? Would you call that a noun? The word is a noun. The Rich Eisen Show. It describes a person, place, or thing. Earlier on the show, co-host of Good Morning Football, Manti Teo. Coming up, Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin, WWE Superstar The Miz, Director Gotham Chopra, and now it's Rich Eisen. Hour number two of The Rich Eisen Show is on the air.

1:43Rich Eisen:I feel like we just had a little tag team swap out. I thought Irv was now and The Miz was later, but that's not the case. Irv's later. Irv's later and The Miz is now. And The Miz is now. I had no idea. Love it. Well, I mean, you've got to stay on your toes. Omaha, as they say. That's right. It's a good thing I'm a lead pipe-wielding professional who can do this sort of stuff. You've been in this game for years, man. So I'm hanging in there. We're doing all that sort of stuff. Let's take a phone call here because we're checking in the Miz right now, wherever he is. 844-204-RICH has been the number to call.

2:19Rich Eisen:Let's take one of our regulars, Terzo in Iowa, all rise. What's going on in your mind today, Terzo? What's in your mind? What's up, guys? Hey, Rich. I've got to give a shout-out to my 94-year-old grandma, Margaret Ann. I got to see her this past weekend when I went back home, and she wanted me to say hi to Richie and the boys. Oh, hey, Grandma. Hey, Grandma. Hey, good to know. We love the generational shout-out. Thank you. Well, like I said, she loves to listen to your guys' show and appreciates you guys letting me come on, so she wanted me to let you guys know that. Okay, very good. What else is on your mind?

2:52Rich Eisen:Anything? I've got a couple things for you. The Rams are not winning the Super Bowl in the field of genes. Do not put that evil out there on me, Ricky Bobby. Don't you be doing that. They're not going to be lifting their legs and doing that. Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby. I wasn't expecting to come in hot with that. Okay, very good. Sorry. Just, hey, I'm just pointing out facts. Oh, I know, I know. That could occur. Rich, the next thing, I got an OGN stat for you, and I got a really bold prediction for the NFL team. Okay, so give me the bold prediction first so we can get the old GenStat production value ready.

3:28Rich Eisen:What's your bold prediction? I believe Michael Penix is going to have the best season of last year's draft. Well, that is a bold prediction. Okay. Penix is going to outperform Caleb, Jaden Daniels, Drake May, Bo Nix, J.J. McCarthy. Dang. Terzo. Correct. Correct. I am making that bold prediction right now. And it'll just be sort of like we know it, we see it, just no specific metric or anything on that sort of thing. I just feel that he is going to shine in Atlanta this year. They're going to have kind of a magical little run, and I think the others are going to take a little step back. I think the defense in Denver is going to carry Bonick.

4:15Rich Eisen:All right, Terzo and Iowa with an old-gen stat. Hit it. Hit it, please.

4:21Rich Eisen:Old-gen stats. Terzo? Can you guys name the one pitcher who struck out Tony Gwynn three times in a single game? It only happened once. Okay. Who's that? Bob Welch. Ladies and gentlemen. Oh. Okay. That's your old gen stat right here on the Rich Eisen Show. Who knew that? Terzo and Iowa. Well done. Round of applause for Terzo. Oh, yeah. Roll it. Roll it. Go ahead. Appreciate you guys. Take it, Terzo. Old gen stats. You got to bookend it. Tops and bottoms. Tops and bottoms. I saw Al Michaels last night. Oh. And he said, remember how your Red Sox, sorry, lost on a walk-off catcher's interference? Yeah, I was watching that.

5:08Rich Eisen:It was the first time in 53 years that that happened. He looked it up. He called the last game that had happened. No. Involving the Cincinnati Reds. He knew exactly what it was. He said, because God bless Al, Manny Mota scored on a bases loaded catcher's interference. That's incredible. That was unfortunately on Johnny Bench. And he said they Zoomed and had a laugh over it. That's now Michael's for you. Wow. 844-204-RICH is the number to dial. First ever two-night Summer Slam takes place this weekend at MetLife. And our friend The Miz is back here on The Rich Eisen Show. Good to see you, Miz. Good to be seen, Rich.

5:48Rich Eisen:Good to be seen. How are you, man? Well, last time I saw you, I was spitting up all over myself at the American Century Championship, and you weren't too far behind, to be very honest. Yeah. You know, so. You know what's sad? What is that? I started an entire YouTube channel dedicated to getting better to the American Century Championship. Yes, sir. My goal was to beat Charles Barkley. I was going to beat George Kittle. I thought maybe even Marty Fish. I mean, who knows? I was grinding, Rich. I was out there each and every day working on my swing, working on putting, working on everything you could possibly think of to get myself ready.

6:28Rich Eisen:Put it on YouTube. All the errors, all the trials, all the tribulations I was going through. I had the best of the best trainers training me. George Genghis, James Ledbetter. I had all these people working with me, guiding me, getting my swing better. And I go there and I just lose it. I lose everything. And I played horribly. I did better than I did last year. My swing is better. I felt better. I felt like every time I was playing on the course, I had a chance for par. And then I would three putt because nobody understands. You know, everyone plays with like a foursome, right? You're in front of you.

7:12Rich Eisen:You're with your buddies. You're with your friends. You know, it all changes when you deck someone in the audience that is just there standing watching. You know, I did it like three times. I hit a person. And it's not the best feeling in the world. It's in your mind. It's in the back of your head. And then when you're putting and you're standing over a gimme and you have to still put it in and you don't, something happens to your mind that just blows it out of the water and you play horribly. Am I wrong on that? No, Miz, can confirm, because I experienced a lot of what you experienced. It was my first time at the American Century Championship in 21 years, so I was really nervous for that first tee.

7:56Rich Eisen:And, you know, certainly didn't help to watch Matt Ryan and his ball flight just absolutely stab the sky, center cut every single time, right? That's another one of my problems. I need to be with people that don't, like, hit the ball a thousand yards. Which is why I was happy that I saw you. I can't be there with Bryson DeChambeau. Which is why I was so happy that I saw you in my group, especially since I was a little self-conscious, which I'm not very often self-conscious, about showing up in my own running man gear, thanks to Travis Matthew, you know, a hat and shirt, and I was a little bit self-conscious.

8:35Rich Eisen:And then I saw you. You had the hat. You had the shirt. You had the shoes. Like, there wasn't a thing that wasn't branded Ms. Golf that was on you. We looked the part, Rich. No one looked better than us. Travis Matthew did a fantastic job dressing you up. Unreal did a great job dressing me up. My boy Mosh got me these custom-made shoes. I looked the part. You looked the part. The problem was, and even our swing, our swing looked the part. The ball flight did not look the part. Matt Ryan belts the ball. Like, was a contender. And then there was me and you, and we were just standing there going, what are we even doing?

9:14Rich Eisen:We're the fun. Did Matt ever feel like you guys were bringing him down? No, he did not. He was great. He never made us feel that way ever, ever. But we had fun with him where I turned to you and I said, which one of us is going to take back the tee box from this guy? Like we have to do it. And I did that away from him. You then went to his face and said, one of us is taking the tee box back from you. And he took that pretty well. And the best part was the next hole, at that green, he goes, I guess it's not this hole. And I was like, Matty Ice, baby, let's go. I had so much fun with you guys. Matt Ryan, not only is he great at golf and he was a contender, but he was having fun as well.

10:02Rich Eisen:Sometimes people in these type of environments, in these tournaments, they kind of just, they ignore everything else. They're so dialed in and they're not having a good time. Well, they're having a good time, but they're in a different mindset, right? They're in that tournament mindset. They want to win. Matt was not only in that tournament mindset, but he also was having a blast. And we had so much fun with him. And honestly, I learned a lot from him. Yeah, he was great. He was really great, and then you and I separated ways because I just, you know, you had a better first day than me, and they paired you up with others.

10:37Rich Eisen:I got, you finished 85th. I tied, finished for 88th. There was no photograph. Not far behind, by the way. It's not that far. I know that, and, you know, I finished up feeling down on myself. There's no photograph of it, but there's a photograph of how I felt. Like, that's how I felt right there, Miz, right? That's kind of how I felt like, you know, when you're sitting on a plane and there's a Cincinnati Bengals blogger who takes a picture of me when I learned that my team traded away Travis Hunter. That's that's basically how I felt. Yeah. How are you feeling right now about your Browns now? How are you feeling?

11:11Rich Eisen:By the way, how are you feeling now? How are you feeling? I'm feeling pretty good. You are feeling really good, actually. You know, hearing all the stuff about training, by the way, what are we talking about here? Like, are we just making up news for training camp? Is that what we do in the NFL? Like, is that what the NFL does? Because it's training camp, right? Everyone is there. It's getting back. It's getting dialed in, trying to figure out, you know, what you have. And to be honest, I think the Browns, I know what a lot of people are saying. You got a lot of quarterbacks and you got a circus over there.

11:42Rich Eisen:But I believe in Kevin Stefanski. And I think people don't make fun of me when I say I believe in Kevin Stefanski. And the reason that is, is because he's a two-time coach of the year. And there's a reason he is that. And he's able to take quarterbacks and give them everything they need to succeed. And so I believe with Dylan as well as Shadur, I believe that we have our franchise quarterback. And who is it going to be? Whoever steps up in the preseason. Now, here's a hard part that I have. You got Flacco. You got Kenny Pickett, right? Now, you know what you got with Flacco. We know we got a pretty good quarterback.

12:26Rich Eisen:He's 41. Do we want to check and see what we have with Kenny Pickett? Like, are we going to trade Joe Flacco? Because I've been hearing rumblings. I've been hearing some things. And when you hear things like that, usually there's some sort of truth to it. People aren't just making stuff to throw it at the dartboard, you know? So maybe the problem I'm having, though, is I remember Kenny Pickett as the all-star, as the MVP of the preseason for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And then what happened like five games in, the dude was like benched. So, I mean, once they turn on their defenses, it feels to me, you know, Kenny might not have been ready.

13:11Rich Eisen:But I also look at last year and I look at Sammy Darnold. I look at Geno Smith. I look at guys that needed time to develop, guys that needed that, you know, maybe another team to figure it all out. You look at Baker Mayfield, which I'm still upset about. I don't blame you. Because as you, I mean, you were there at the American Century Championship. He was awesome. How much do you love Baker Mayfield? Immensely. Immensely. I mean, as a person, as a human being. I'm with you. Yeah, plus one. I got to play with him on Sunday. And let me tell you, not only did I have fun, I would have ran through a wall for that guy.

13:47Rich Eisen:At one point, he's playing big booty mix 15. And we're just jamming. And we're like dancing in the middle of the fairway. And then he realizes, you know, I'm shooting for Miz Golf. My YouTube channel said, oh, do you need me to turn this down? I'm like, no. As a matter of fact, turn that bad boy up. Because I need to body roll. And I need to show people my dance moves instead of my golf swing. Was that the round where he shotgun beers? ah yes we did shotgun beers that was on hole 17 myself uh didn't i needed that actually because george kittle super kicked me on 17 walk me through that miz obviously in advance of summer slam that is uh exclusively live in the u.s streamed on peacock at 6 eastern time uh this weekend and streams internationally on netflix walk me through that moment on 17 t uh with george kittle of the 49ers for all those people that are not do not understand golf there's an honor system and when you beat people you get to have honors on the t-box yes sir it was my honors maybe george got lost in the moment because there were thousands of people you know watching him play golf and he goes up and steps up to the t-box it was my honors it's my honors rich so what do i do i go up there and say, excuse me, sir, it's my honors.

15:12Rich Eisen:He gave a little lip back. So what do I do? I kind of say, hey, it is my honors. He gives me a little shove. I shove him back. I don't know if you noticed the shove, but kind of took him back a couple steps. I mean, for a guy that blocks for a living, I took him back pretty simply, right? So then I put my ball down. My back is towards George Kittle. No idea what he's doing back there. I'm thinking he's talking with Baker, about to watch me hit a hole in one on 17. Everyone's going to go absolutely mayhem. People are going to have celebration. I celebrate myself. I go, everyone, get the crowd up.

15:48Rich Eisen:You know, get them going. The crowd's rumbling. They're ready to go. Little did I know, George Kittle has stepped back and is looking like Shawn Michaels' sweet chin music and gearing up, tuning up the band. So the band wasn't tuning up for me. They were tuning up for George Kittle. I did not see this. I turn around to hear what's going on. George Kittle super kicks me. I lay down. He puts his ball down. He shoots. Not a nice guy. Afterwards, Baker Mayfield gave me a beer, said, hey, Mike, shotgun a beer with us. And I said, yes, sir. That's exactly what I needed in that moment. He knows what to do when a person is down low.

16:27Rich Eisen:That's the Baker Mayfield I want in my locker room, not George Kittle. That is everybody right here on the program. Fantastic. All right. Walk me through. What did you think when you saw that, by the way? I thought you would come up with it maybe on the 16th green and say, let's do this. That's what I thought. I mean, you did see Unreal on Netflix, didn't you? There's a lot of things that go on behind the scenes that people don't know that are now able to kind of get a grasp of what we do and what it goes through to make an incredible show like Monday Night Raw or Friday Night SmackDown or even SummerSlam, two nights, first time ever.

17:04Rich Eisen:we're giving you an inside look behind the scenes of a show called unreal it's with peyton manning's crew nfl films who by the way do unbelievable documentaries if you love hard knocks you know these are the same people that have brought you those quarterback receiver these are shows that i love watching i love the insights i love seeing the mind of a current cousins because it kind of reminds me of the kind of way my mind works and I go oh so I'm not the only one that is a lunatic like this and just thinks like this so there's others like me um so yeah so we we we have this new show unreal um and so yeah I guess uh going back to George Kittle uh I I thought of that probably on the fifth hole I go hey we got to do something on 17 and he's like I'm down what do you want to do i love it and so i had him like shoulder tackling me and he was like hey you know i can super kick right and i go no you can't so like on the sixth hole there was like maybe three people on the sixth hole because sixth hole isn't like one of the the holes right sure so i was like hey let's practice that let me see your super kick and so literally he kind of gave it i went oh he can actually do it okay okay let's go i love it now did he clip me a little bit sure oh but i'll take that all day for the audience in on nbc as well as the audience out there the ms everybody again you're referring to wwe unreal that debuted on netflix july 29th season one have you seen it yet five 50 minute episodes i i don't have time to watch television but i will definitely do it triple h is narrating the docuseries it's awesome i mean i have seen some clips from it and this is exactly what fans want to see they they love the access they do want to see behind the scenes they do want to see the competition that you obviously have out there in advance of SummerSlam uh what what are you looking forward to being in MetLife here you know I tried to get into a match I've been gone uh for the past month and a half probably the longest I've ever been gone out of WWE I was filming American Gladiators um uh as the new host nice but um and so I haven't been back so I literally came back I think last week so there's not enough time for me to like develop a story to get into a SummerSlam so it's a little little wonks I'm like ah I really want to be in SummerSlam it's our it's our it's it's it's like a big big show of ours especially in the summer it's the biggest party of the summer and Drew McIntyre got landlocked in UK forgot his passport and he's in a big tag match with him and Logan Paul versus Jelly Roll and Randy Orton so what do I do I cut a promo and I say, hey, if this guy's out, I'm in.

19:52Rich Eisen:Because if this guy's going to be irresponsible and not bring his passport all the way to the UK because he's got to do a wedding, then this guy will be responsible. This guy will show up on the day and perform to the highest levels. However, he found a way back. I guess Logan got him back. And so, yeah, so that's going to be an incredible match. I can't wait to watch that. I can't wait to see what Jelly Roll does. You know, some people say, you know, oh, like big fans like of WWE, Uber fans, which our fans are very, very passionate. Whenever celebrities come into WWE, they always go, well, that spot could have been a person like myself.

20:34Rich Eisen:It could have been my spot, you know, that Jelly Roll took. But I look at it as Jelly Roll's bringing a whole new audience. And I want to see what Jelly Roll, an intrigue, because I want to see, I've watched Jelly Roll's mission to lose weight. I mean, I saw this guy at SummerSlam last year. I was in the ring with him, and when I hugged him, it was like this. And now when I hug him, it's like this. It's incredible. It's remarkable what he has been able to do to transform his body and get him in shape. And he's been saying the reason he's wanted to do that, not just to get healthy, but he wants to get in a WWE ring.

21:11Rich Eisen:And now he's going to have this chance. Unfortunately, he has this chance against Logan Paul. who I still believe hasn't touched the surface of how talented he truly is. Nobody understands. You can look at Unreal, and you can watch the documentary. You can see the insights. But when you get in a WWE ring, I can feel a person, and I know I've been there long enough, who is going to be a star and who is going to be the next big thing. I felt it with AJ. I felt it with Roman Reigns. and I feel it with Logan Paul. And I think he hasn't scratched the surface of his talent. This is going to be a match to watch.

21:52Rich Eisen:Anytime Roman Reigns is back, I look at him as the goat. I also look at John Cena as a goat. And he has been, it's been pretty incredible to watch because I'm used to Super Cena, right? I'm used to the guy that everyone's cheering. To see him be on a farewell tour, this is his last SummerSlam. We've already seen his last Royal Rumble. We've seen his last WrestleMania, and now we are here in his last SummerSlam, and he's going up against Cody Rhodes for the undisputed WWE Championship. And who's going to win that? I don't know. And again, it's the first ever two-night SummerSlam takes place this weekend.

22:31Rich Eisen:MetLife begins at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock, internationally on Netflix. You just mentioned it's Cena's farewell SummerSlam and his farewell tour. Your Unreal premiered on Netflix on July 29th, and you, sir, on August 13th and 14th, Wednesday and Thursday of that week, are sitting in this chair to guest host this program, Miz, and I can't wait for you to do it. It's going to be a blast. I am so excited. When we were golfing at ACC and you were like, hey, would you ever want to step in? I was like, what do you mean? Step in and host my show? and I go, it would be an absolute honor. I mean, it would be a dream.

23:13Rich Eisen:I watch this show. I've known you for so long. Right back at you. And to be able to step into your shoes and sit at your desk. Yes, sir. And be able to put on a show like, hopefully only I know how. That's right. Maybe a little bit by you, you know. But I plan on making it absolutely entertaining. Sports talk, entertainment, you name it, we're going to do it. It's going to be a lot of fun. and I appreciate you allowing me to do it. Of course, and just know this, Rollins did it, and he set the bar high. He set it really high. I watched it, and I was actually proud because I know people don't understand that you make it look so easy.

23:50Rich Eisen:You really do. It's like with WWE superstars. I'd like to see an Unreal with the Rich Eisen show, to be honest with you, because you guys got a lot going on back there that people don't see and people don't understand. You're on the air for three hours a day. Yes, sir. That's a lot. that's a lot of talking and a lot of things to keep it moving and you make it so effortless and seamless seth rollins did exactly that as well gave me everything i wanted as for a rich eyes and show and i plan on piggybacking off of what you guys did and hopefully elevating it as much as i possibly can to do the best i possibly can for you and the show and your fans it'll be great love you man can't wait thanks miz go on thanks guys appreciate the time always great to see you At Mike the Miz, the great the Miz right here on the Rich Eisen Show.

24:33Rich Eisen:We got to take a quick break because Irv is logging in now. Nice. Yeah, he stepped out from his autograph session. This is going to be fun. Next. Rich Eisen here. Running a small business means every hire matters. A bad hire costs time and money, but the right one helps your business grow. The challenge? Finding that person without sorting through resumes. That's where LinkedIn Hiring Pro comes in. It screens candidates so you can focus on conversations with qualified talent. With Hiring Pro, you can hire with confidence and build the team you need. Join the 2.7 million small businesses using LinkedIn to hire.

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26:30Rich Eisen:It's okay because he's got things going on. He's one of those guys, too, that doesn't matter, right? It doesn't matter. We go so far back, it doesn't matter. He's interviewing Prime. That's right. He's doing stuff. Colorado one day, he's in Texas the next. He's all over the map. So we reached out to his scheduler, who's fantastic, to say, how about the Rich Eisenhower? I went through official channels. That's right. and i get a text screen grab from michael texted to confirm he's coming on the show the back and forth with liz pop it up on the screen here it is but don't pay attention to the back and forth here other than i will step away from all the people who are there for my autographs to spend a few minutes with my brother rich eisen at this very moment in time do you see the number at the top left of your screen 150 unread text messages no wonder i'm not getting anything back put them on the screen right now i wish you could see her right now 150 that's almost two times 88 michael what's up oh my god rich rich called rich text me back he said 150 unread how do you know that i don't even know that that number of getting a quarter is how many unreaded fans.

27:47I don't even know that.

27:53Rich Eisen:So no wonder. I mean, I got to set up a fire. Where in the world is this? Oh my God. That is so funny. I'm in Chicago. Oh, in Chicago. Then I'm headed to Ken. That's right. That's right. We got a football game today. Can you believe that? We're here. We're here, Rich. And all season, all of that. And the best part about this, everybody right now believes they got a Super Bowl winner in their city. Every team think they have a shot right now. So I'm excited about starting the season. This is it, Michael Irvin. And, of course, that's the beauty of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, right, as we celebrate the rebirth of a season by celebrating the history of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.