In short
Seth Rollins fills in for Rich Eisen on The Rich Eisen Show, mixing caller Q&A with NFL 2025 power rankings. He also discusses training advice for aspiring wrestlers, his own wrestling gear/outfits, and how often he watches live football.
Key claims
Rollins says he’s satisfied with his career and advises “hustle,” being prepared to suffer, and choosing accredited wrestling training. He argues the Steelers will improve with Aaron Rodgers healthy and motivated, the 49ers can rebound if healthy, and the Bengals should be better because their defense “can’t be any worse.”
Notable examples
Rollins describes attending the Bears’ comeback vs the Commanders, including the Hail Mary catch, and recounts his WrestleMania LA outfit (over-the-top puffy red/pink jacket) plus Game of Thrones “Night King” gear and a “blue fire” entrance he wanted.
Guests
Seth Rollins is the main guest/host. Other mentioned guests in the show: Steelers defensive tackle Cam Hayward; Bears cornerback Jalen Johnson; WWE superstar Seth Rollins (guest host).
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOSeth Rollins' Experience and Caller Interaction
1:55 to 3:20
Seth discusses his first hour on the show and interacts with callers.
“But for those who don't know, I am WWE superstar Seth Freakin' Rollins filling in here for Rich Eisen on the Rich Eisen Show.”
Seth's Career Satisfaction and Advice for Aspiring Wrestlers
3:20 to 6:29
Seth reflects on his career and offers advice to a young aspiring wrestler.
“Rich, I hope I'm doing you a solid here and filling in well enough.”
Training Tips for Future Wrestlers
6:29 to 12:11
Seth emphasizes the importance of quality training and perseverance.
“I have immense gratitude for my industry and what I've been able to do in it.”
Seth Rollins on Wrestling Journey and Fan Interaction
12:11 to 14:00
Seth shares his wrestling journey and how fans can engage with the sport.
“Was his finisher like the hallucinator or something like that?”
Bears' Hail Mary Game Experience
14:00 to 18:32
A detailed recount of the thrilling Hail Mary game experienced by a Bears fan.
“I ended up at, one was like an integration.”
Reflections on the Bears' Season
18:32 to 19:20
Discussion on the implications of the Bears' performance and coaching decisions.
“If they win that game, if they win that game, last season is a totally different game.”
Seth Rollins' Wrestling Gear
19:20 to 22:20
Seth shares insights on his most memorable wrestling outfits and inspirations.
“I've got to answer part two of that question.”
Jump the Shark Explained
24:29 to 26:31
Explaining the origins of the phrase 'jump the shark' in pop culture.
“Terms apply at SoFi.com slash debt play.”
Breaking News and Transition to Threads
28:00 to 31:10
The hosts discuss a change in social media platform for sharing football insights.
“My I hate football tweets will be moving from the X platform.”
NFL Power Rankings Introduction
31:10 to 31:40
Discussion transitions to the NFL Power Rankings, hinting at upcoming topics.
“But they're going to be on threads this season.”
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Detailed NFL Power Rankings Discussion
31:40 to 42:04
A detailed discussion of NFL teams ranked from 10 to 2 and their potential for the season.
“There are many lightnings, but there are many lightnings.”
NFL Power Rankings and the Chicago Bears
42:04 to 44:42
Discussion on NFL team rankings, focusing on the Chicago Bears' prospects.
“They are, in my opinion, if not the most complete team in the NFL, the second most, maybe third most, behind number two, the Philadelphia Eagles, the reigning, defending Super Bowl champions.”
Bryan Cranston's Acting Experiences
45:45 to 53:12
Bryan Cranston shares anecdotes about his career and acting challenges.
“All right, first one up, Bryan Cranston.”
Chicago Bears Quarterback Struggles
53:12 to 54:57
Seth Rollins discusses the challenges Chicago Bears fans face with quarterbacks.
“I know that you're very cautious on what goes into your body, but when we are cheating, is it sweet or salty?”
Transcript
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1:20Rich Eisen:I'm going to try to throw some cheese real quick. From the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles.
1:32Rich Eisen:The Rich Eisen Show with guest host WWE superstar Seth Rollins. Earlier on the show, Steelers defensive tackle Cam Hayward. Coming up, Bears cornerback Jalen Johnson. And now sitting in for Rich, it's WWE superstar Seth Rollins. ladies and gentlemen we are back for hour two i'm not gonna do the whole intro again no but that graphic is awesome i didn't realize the building was on fire the first time i didn't notice i have graffitied like the little beach uh lifeguard thing i think my favorite one and my wife there it is my wife is like on the uh uh the the post the telephone pole I didn't even realize we changed the open.
2:19Rich Eisen:I was even paying attention. It's really something beautiful. But for those who don't know, I am WWE superstar Seth Freakin' Rollins filling in here for Rich Eisen on the Rich Eisen Show. If you're watching us live on the Roku Sports Channel, listening to us on Infinity Sports Network, listening to us on SiriusXM, you can call us too. Give us a holler. We got some callers actually we're going to get to, But if you need the number, it is 844-204-RICH-RICH. We couldn't get a Seth number. We couldn't get like a 204-Seth. That's a good point. What is 844-204-Seth? We could do it like, you know. Just saying.
3:02Rich Eisen:We could do faux letters, one word, uh-uh. Seth. We could do that. But yeah, we had a great first hour. You guys really kept me going, man. You kept me moving. I appreciate that. It goes fast. It goes so fast. It flies. It's so cool. I appreciate it. I hope everybody listening or watching is having a good time. Rich, I hope I'm doing you a solid here and filling in well enough. But, yeah, let's pop into some callers. Let's talk. We have a whole bunch of callers. Yeah, we got a slew. I mean, you have the list in front of you. You can go down or I can choose. What do you think? You know what? I don't like the pressure of choosing.
3:38So I don't want to play favorites. J-Foy, let's go line four. Let's go Madison in California. What's up, man?
3:47Rich Eisen:Hi. Oh, hello. Woman, sorry. Lady, lady. Sorry. Apologies. Yes. Madison, how are you? I'm doing good. I have two questions for you, Seth. Go for it. My first one is, are you satisfied with your career? And after you answer that, my second one is, well, like just a little dump. You're a really big inspiration to me, you and your wife. and I just, what are your words of advice? Because I want to be a wrestler when I get older. So I just, what do you think I should do? Wow. That's, how old are you? Are you, you sound like an adult human. Are you, are you, are you a teenager? Yeah, I'm turning 14 in October.
4:28Rich Eisen:Oh, wow. Thanks for calling. Thanks for calling. Look, I'm bringing the youth game. I'm bringing the youth movement. Usually your colors are 80. Are you a normal Rich Eisen listener? or are you just popping in for me today? I saw you on the TV, and I'm a really big wrestling fan, so I'm like, oh, my God, that's Seth Rican Rollins. And so I called. I love it. I love to hear that. The first part of your question, you asked if I was satisfied with my career, right? Is that the one? Yeah. Yeah, I am. I am really good. I think I'm in a place in my life where if it all ended tomorrow, knock on wood, you know, I don't know where there's no wood around here, but I'll knock on it.
5:09uh, proverbially. Um, if it all ended tomorrow, I would be extremely satisfied. Um, you know, not only has, I have, I've been able to like kind of accomplish all of these cool milestone things in my life. Like, you know, you know, winning world titles and, uh, main eventing WrestleMania and headlining. Um, it's, it's, it's the, the things that I think people don't really think about like I've made some of my best friends in the world through the industry I have met my wife here so I have a family because of this business I've been able to travel the world I get to talk to people like you who tell me that I inspire them which is you know pretty insane I've been doing this for a long time so I get like I get that often but it never is lost on me how incredible it is to be an inspiration to another human being in whatever capacity that is.
6:07And so I've been able to do all of those things and provide a life for my family and those close to me. And so yeah, if like I said, if it all ended tomorrow, I would be more than satisfied with what I've been able to accomplish, the people I've been able to meet and the things I've been able to do through professional wrestling in my life. So thank you for that part of the question. That was great. I have immense gratitude for my industry and what I've been able to do in it. And the other side of it is, look, hustle, man. Hustle. That's my advice. Just hustle. Like, if you love it and you really want to do it, just keep working.
6:45Keep hustling. Hard work will provide opportunities for you, and then you just got to knock those opportunities out of the park. I own my own wrestling school in Davenport, Iowa, Black and Brave Wrestling Academy. me. I've had it for over a decade. And, you know, the advice, even though the business has changed, times have changed, everything is different than it was 10 years ago. The advice remains the same. You just got to hustle and be prepared to suffer. And I mean that, and I mean that in a way that embrace the suffering because that part of it, that struggle is what makes anything you do in life worth it, right?
7:25If everything is easy for you, then it's no fun. Then you're not going to get what you want out of it. So embrace that journey, be prepared to hustle, revel in it, and be prepared to suffer and enjoy that part of it because it is worthwhile if you really want something. So great questions. Allowed me to get my Tony Robbins on a little bit there. Thank you, Madison.
7:49Rich Eisen:Seth, would you also tell Madison to make sure if she starts training, and make sure the school, the trainer that she goes to is accredited? Yeah, yeah. You know, there's something to that, too. You want to find somebody that's not just going to take your money. You want to find – because there's a lot of carny folk out there in the wrestling business, these guys, these old-timers. And, you know, look, I get it. You know, you've got to find a way to pay the bills. But try not to take money from these kids who are just coming to you with a dream. So – and when you're looking out for that, when you're trying to get trained, You know, look for places that have some sort of accreditation or even just a conversation with some of these trainers.
8:26You can kind of get the idea or you see people who've come through there that have gotten trained. It's a wild west out there in the independent pro wrestling world. So you got to be careful. You know, get good training. Stay in school, like my mama told me. Stay in school. You know, I'm not saying have a backup plan. And I'm saying just give yourself some options when you're first getting started. Because you never know. You might not like it. You know, it's not for everybody. We got a lot of kids that come to our school. They don't love it. They think they love it. They get in the ring. Two weeks later, they're like, I don't love this.
9:01I love watching it. I don't love falling down, man. You said you had a plan at 14 is what you wanted to do. And then, you know, your mom made you stick it out. And then 18. Did you love it right away? Was that a thing when you got in there and started taking the bumps and the bruises? you were like yes more more more oh i couldn't i couldn't get enough of it i could not get enough of it the first time i was ever in a real ring like we had access to a real ring this is a wacky kind of wacky story so we uh are i mentioned we were backyard wrestlers okay uh we ended up you know doing shows and people would come one guy that that came to the shows he had a death in the family they left him some money with some of that money he bought our little backyard wrestling company a wrestling ring we put that ring inside of a church gymnasium that wasn't being used in the summertime and we had full access to that during the open hours of the church whatever those were but you could not keep me out of that ring I loved it I jumped off the top rope I learned how to, I took every bump I could front bump, back bump, belly bump.
10:10Uh, I was doing like camps. I would go pay like 20, 10, 15,$50 to go to these camps at independent wrestling shows in the Midwest. So I'd work with like, you know, Samoa Joe, uh, or like a guy named Joe legend. I worked with an independent guy named acid, you know, I would do anything to get in this ring. So, so I loved it. I was obsessed with it. I loved the feeling of being sore. I loved all of it. I love the marks on my back that I get from running the ropes. We had cable ropes in these rings, like WWE ropes are the rope rope. So they're kind of a little more lax, but independent rings are like cables.
10:49Like they're literally just garden hoses wrapped around cable, essentially. That's all they are. And so you will get like, your back will get cut up the more you do it. But I loved it. I loved it. I was obsessed with it from, from the, from the beginning. I loved it. And we get kids at our school that come in and like, they think, Oh yeah, this is going to be easy. They come in and I'm like, well, you're out of your mind. They, two weeks, they run on the ropes. They're taking bumps. They're, they're trying to get in shape because they, they think that you don't have to be in shape to be a wrestler for some reason, whatever.
11:18Um, and, and they're gone. They quit. They're out. And that's okay. Look, that's okay. Truth be told. I don't, I don't want those people in my business in that capacity. I want them to be the ones buying the tickets. That's what I want. And that's okay. That's okay. There's a place for everybody in our industry. I'm not trying to like gatekeep or anything like that, but I want people on our side, on my side who are going to hustle and put in the work. And everybody's got different, you know, kind of levels on what, where they see success. You know, some people are like just weekend warriors. They just like it.
11:47They're like, ah, this is something I always wanted to do. And now I get to do it and I can do it occasionally on the weekend. Great. That's awesome for you. Some people, they want to do what I do. They want to make money. They want to be at the top of the game. They want to be the best. They want to inspire a next generation, whatever it may be. And that's great. And then some people are like, yeah, I think I just want to buy a ticket. And we love you. We need you, too. We need you, too. So, yeah, I get that. Do we want to go to some more callers?
12:14Rich Eisen:By the way, it was acid. Was his finisher like the hallucinator or something like that? You know, dude, who was his finisher? I think it was Acid. I think it was like a snake type situation as opposed to like a drug situation. I think he was like, I can't remember exactly, but yeah, God bless. Nice guy. Shout out to Acid. Shout out to Acid. Where is that guy right now? I would love to go. Acid might be on the line, man. He might be. Jay, let's go to line three. Let's go to Enoch in Pittsburgh. Go ahead. How you doing, man? Doing good. How are you? Good. What do we got for Seth? Okay. Am I allowed two real questions for Seth?
13:00Rich Eisen:Sure. Okay. The first one is I'm just curious, Seth, how often you get to watch football live. I feel like obviously like during the season, Monday Night Raw, Overlap with Monday Night Football, and I know just in general the wrestling travel schedule, there's a lot of days you're traveling, so I'm just curious how much. Typically, how much you get to watch games live and stuff. And the second one is I know you have a lot of outfits and stuff that have been inspired by Game of Thrones and Marvels and things. I was just curious if you, and you're known for just all kind of having weird and wacky outfits, I'm just curious if you had a favorite outfit that you've had worn in your career.
13:48Great question. So should we do the football one first or the wrestling one first? Sure, do the football first. Football first. I try to get to as many games as I can during the season. I think last year I went to, I remember two. There might have been a third. I ended up at, one was like an integration. I went to the Bills-Ravens Sunday night game where the Ravens absolutely mollywhopped the Bills. Like it was brutal. And then I went to the Bears-Lions game in Chicago where it was just destruction. The Lions dismantled Chicago within five minutes, I think, in that game. And then I was at the Hail Mary game.
14:36Oh, you were? In Washington. Oh, no. The end of the season last year. I mean, it was the middle of the season, but it was really the beginning of the end of the Chicago Bears season. um hold on hold on stop where were you sitting what was the end of the game like did you see it all unfold in real time what were your so i went in i was in a uh a box with i had my family with me so not not my i had my uncle uh my cousin and uh cousin-in-law or something um by through marriage either way i had a few people my bus driver was with me as well we were in a uh commanders like sponsorship box so we were not allowed to wear Bears gear so we were like I had my jersey on underneath covered up you know we were all there and we're watching and the game I mean look I'll take you through it the first half was rough for Chicago couldn't get any points on the board but was holding Jaden Daniels to field goals so the commanders were just getting field goals then the third quarter sort of more the same but like halfway through the third quarter the tide started to turn the bears started to make a comeback started to play ball better started to move the ball better and then caleb goes ham in the fourth quarter and brings the bears all the way back so we were you know first half we're just you know ho-hum like you know give me a beer give me some snacks like just bummed out everybody everybody around us is like just strutting you know like peacocks up in the they knew you were all bears fans right They knew.
16:09Yeah, they knew. Of course they knew. Of course they knew. And so they were rubbing it in. And then the fourth quarter, everything, the whole thing was silent. But we were losing our minds, losing our minds. And Caleb had brought the team back. I think there were two like just spectacular drives that he had led to leave the Chicago. And there was no time left at that point. You're there at the 50 yard line. You're thinking like my brain was like, oh, there's no chance. You know, there's no what was it? It's too far. Like he's not even gonna have the time to throw the ball. like even if he does throw it no one ever catches a hail mary like that i i was so out on it like this is not there's no chance he chunks the thing um you know obviously you're thinking okay he's running around too much but it's like jayden daniels so you're kind of like he might get a chance to throw the ball because he's moving around a lot so i kind of wasn't surprised that he got a good one off and then as you see it developing because you're following the ball live but you start to see in your periphery the guy in the back i don't remember who caught it with a guy behind everybody and he's by himself.
17:10And I remember like, you know, time slows down. You just see it happen. It's the smoothest thing in slow motion and he catches it. And I didn't even have words. Like I dropped, I dropped to my knees in the box. I collapsed, I fell over. There was, at the time there was some kids had recognized me from underneath and they were filming me on their phone. So you don't see, you don't see the collapse because they know they're losing their minds as well. But what you see is me, I'm peeking my head up over. When I finally came to, I came to over the little guardrail there at the stadium, and I'm in shock.
17:53It was unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it in my life. I hope I never see anything like it again. Did you see the Yahoo on your team who was taunting? Did you see all that? Tyreek Stevenson. You saw that going down? So my uncle was actually pointing it out as it was happening. He's like, hey, look at this fool. What's he doing with it? 28 or whatever number he is. He's like, get him. 29, get him. What are you doing? Get back there. He's yelling at him. You know what I mean? My uncle, he's a little bit older. He's like zoned in on that. There he is. Tyreek Stevenson. Yeah. I mean, he was doing what I was doing, thinking there's no chance.
18:24You know? No chance. But yeah, that was the beginning and the end. Bears won one more game after that, and it was the final week in Green Bay. That was it. That was it. They were 4-2 going into that game. If they win that game, if they win that game, last season is a totally different game. You know what I mean? Iberflues might have kept his job. We may not even have Ben Johnson in the game. This wouldn't have been good, though. No, it would have been terrible. I loved the guy as a D coordinator in Indianapolis. I thought he was great. When Chicago made the hire, talk about a head scratch. I was deep in the head scratch game on that one.
19:03But I was a full bear. I'm a full in. I'm buying in all the time. So I'm like, yeah, this is our guy. Heber Flues. Right. It became very apparent pretty quickly that he was not going to be a great head coach for that team. So, yeah, that's where I'm at on the bears. But, hey, let's talk about the wrestling outfits. I've got to answer part two of that question. I've had a lot of really good ones. I think they're talking specifically about my gear. You know, over the last couple of years since I've been in these types of outfits, I've had way too many outfits to even pick from. But my gear, man, I've had a lot of really fun ones.
19:38One of my favorite ones was actually here in Los Angeles for WrestleMania when I wrestled Logan Paul. I had this massive, like, red, I don't even know what to call it. It was a huge puffy jacket-looking thing, and I had, like, there was some pink involved, and there was a lot of puff to it, and it was like half inspired by, I think, a Rihanna Super Bowl halftime show look. There was a lot of weird stuff going on, but it was so over the top. It was so Los Angeles. I thought that was really fun. They mentioned my Game of Thrones. I've done a couple Game of Thrones. I did Kingslayer for WrestleMania one year, which is like all gold and some fire.
20:20That one was pretty cool, but I actually liked the Night King. If anybody watched Game of Thrones in here, There's a Night King outfit I did for WrestleMania in New Orleans the last time we were there. I had blue contacts and everything. If I have one caveat to that, I will say this. I wanted, my entrance, you know, has burn it down the fire, right? Oh, you wanted ice? I wanted the blue fire. I wanted the blue fire. That would have been so cool. I wanted the blue fire. I pushed so hard for the blue fire, and I got, I had one particular voice, oh, no. I won't say who. Well, if I do the impression, oh, God.
20:58That's good stuff, pal. That's God. No one's going to know. And then I remember he was, in case you didn't know, it was Vince McMahon. He was acting like he watched Game of Thrones. Like he knew what I was talking about. I'm like, there's no way. The blue contacts are sick. I'm looking at pictures. You're looking at it? Yeah. The blue contacts were cool. I was able to wrestle with, I think I wrestled with them in, or maybe I took them out. I don't remember. But either way, I thought the fit came together really well, and it was fun. They did the entrance up in some blue. Like, I think it started red and, like, turned to blue or whatever.
21:30But, yeah, that one was – those are two that jump off the page for me.
21:32Rich Eisen:I remember the SummerSlam, like, 2015 against Cena when you came out in the ball white. That was dope. And then the word was you were told you couldn't wear that again? That is correct. Yeah, I got the no-go on that as well. They just don't want you to have fun or what? Because that was fired. Yeah, when I did it, I got the, oh, that's heat sinking. That's heat sinking. That's amazing. Yes, that's great. And then it was like, no more. No more white. You know what it was is it got such a good response, I think, online. People were so excited for it. They didn't want me to get, you know, they didn't want people to like me.
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24:37Rich Eisen:You are an accomplished water skiing enthusiast. Yes, I am. You once worked as a water skiing instructor. Yes, I am. When the Happy Days writers found out, they wrote it into the script, and that's how Jump the Shark was born. My father said to me, tell Gary Marshall you water ski. I said, I'm not telling him I water ski. Tell him you water ski. So he told me enough times. I went to Gary. I said, I'm just going to say this. My father wants you to know I'm a water skier, and I was a counselor in camp as a water skier counselor. All of a sudden, I'm water skiing. I pull up on the beach. I let go of the rope.
25:15Rich Eisen:I pull up on the beach. I step out of the skis, and I go, hey, look at that, and I'm smiling. If you watch the scene, half of that smile is the Fonz going, hey, I did it. And the other half is Henry going, oh, I can't believe you did it. True. And you are aware of the phrase, jump the shark. I am. And it's meaning within the pop culture lexicon, right? A young man, John Heim. John Heim. Yeah, he's a Michigan guy. A Michigan guy in his dorm room. Yeah. With his roommate, don't know his name. They came up with the phrase, jump the shark, because of that episode. Yes. And I met him years later. Now, this is America.
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25:58Rich Eisen:He comes up with a phrase. There's a book. There's a game. He's on the radio, on the Howard Stern Network. That's true. Now, people say, how did you feel? You know, this phrase, jump the shark. Every time they mentioned it, and it was in the newspaper, they had a picture of me water skiing. At that time, I had great legs. So I didn't care for one minute. We were number one for five years after that. What did I care? That there was a phrase. That's true. That's true.
26:44We are back here on the Rich Eisen Show. Seth Rollins filling in for Rich Eisen here with Chris Brockman, Jason Feller. And again, way off in the distance. way up in the nosebleeds.
27:04Rich Eisen:That's where I feel most comfortable. TJ Jefferson, we are live on the Roku Sports Channel, Infinity Sports Network, Sirius XM, and Odyssey. The Odyssey app, odyssey.com. Rich has an Instagram. And X, he has an X, too, at Rich Eisen Show. I also have social media, which I try not to use at all. I use my Instagram a little bit. The X, I'm done. You know what? Here's the thing. I actually need to make an announcement about this. Oh, okay. Yeah, you know, this is breaking news. We'll get you some music. We're going to get to my power rankings for the NFL this season coming up soon, but I need to make a very important announcement.
27:46Actually, I didn't even think about this. It just occurred to me. Is this the breaking news music?
27:51Rich Eisen:No, this is not breaking news music. I like this, though. He's going to break some news. Yeah, breaking news. We should get Pellissaro for this. Breaking news. Breaking news. All right. I am going to break the news. And Maria, I see. Breaking news. There it is. Beautiful. It took a while. Beautiful. We got there. My I hate football tweets will be moving from the X platform. What? To the threads. Threads? Platform. Oh, wow. That's right. Ladies and gentlemen. Okay. There it is. There they are. Wow. wow, that was quick. How did you get that so fast? I did not prep them on that at all. That literally just occurred to me in the moment.
28:35And I wanted to share it with everybody. Uh, so kudos to whoever. We had that from a few years ago. Okay. Yeah. So, so yeah, the, the, uh, I have, uh, I've left the platform X, it still exists like my account, but I don't, I don't run it. Um, you know, we don't need to get into the politics of all that, but, uh, it has now been moved to threads. I will, uh, still be loving, hopefully loving hopefully loving more football than hating i think you're going to but i will be loving and i mean we'll get to that we'll get to that i think i think maybe tomorrow we're gonna go over uh game by game i got the the little thing the whole schedule right here we're gonna
29:12Rich Eisen:play that tomorrow um seth i've actually kind of stolen your i love football or i hate football for the mets this year so 162 games i'm about i'm about 70 games i've missed a few but it's it's tough there's a lot of games but i've got a lot of them in there and it's all because of you i've just either i love baseball hashtag let's go mets or i hate baseball in the lower cash case see this is this is my thing with baseball can you really love it after one loss or like one win you know what i mean that's what kind of makes it funny like i'm i hate baseball in may it's egregious yeah it's great yeah but football it really matters one game one game it can be i can hate football 100 and i do and you got a whole week to stew over a whole week a whole week i mean that's the problem it's pain it's you know my poor family my poor wife my wife is irish she doesn't she doesn't even understand doesn't get it your wife is the ultimate troll though you guys are in green bay and she comes out with the bears gear on and it's just like amazing she gets it yeah she gets it and she knows she understood the assignment she saw me uh at the draft and uh was like I got this.
30:24I know you're not out there very much tonight. I'm out there. I'll take care of it for the fam. So I appreciate that. Yeah. Unfortunately for her, she's got a deal with having to be a Bears fan and be like has to deal with my suffering, which turns to anger. I get I get mad. You know, terrible. Yeah. I don't I don't let it linger like for just a few hours. It sometimes takes till the next day over because what happens is here's the thing. All right? The game's on Sunday. Bears get demolished. Then I got to deal with it all Sunday night, but then I got to go to work the next day, and then we got to talk about it.
30:58I got to talk about it, you know, and I got to try to spin it like, oh, the next week is going to be better. You know, it's a short week. They're playing on Thursday. It can't possibly get any worse, you know? Like, that's what it's come to. It can't get any worse. Oh, ah, ah. Anyway, breaking news. The tweets will no longer be tweets. There'll be posts, I guess, threads. I don't know what to even call it. But they're going to be on threads this season. So, you know, you've got to move forward in life. That's it. You've just got to move forward.
31:26Rich Eisen:Adapt and understand. Adapt and overcome. And that's what we're going to do as we move into my 2025 NFL Power Rankings, baby. Here we go. Let's do it. Yeah. There he is. Wow. There are many lightnings, but there are many lightnings. Power rankings. That is, I'm told this is a thing Rich does every Wednesday. Every Wednesday. Power rankings. Power rankings. So we're going to power rank. All right, let's do it. We're going to go down the list, all right? Or up the list. Well, yeah, up, up, down, 10 to one, right? Down the list. Down, 10 to one. 10 to one. All right, so we're going to start at 10, and this might be a surprise to some people.
32:14It was a surprise to me as we were looking it over and we were thinking about it, but I really feel like I hate to say this. I hate it. It pains me. I really feel like Aaron Rodgers. Oh, no is going to make a difference in Pittsburgh. I do. I do look he came last season at the end of the season. He played really well. His Achilles is 100%. He's back to it. He's motivated. He's playing with look look. We know this Steelers team finishes at 500 or better every year. No matter what every year. Every year, no matter what, with Justin Fields and Russell Wilson splitting time last year, they still did it.
32:51They still got to the playoffs. Can he pick it? Come on, right? I mean, it's going to happen. So I think you add in a few extra wins to that, and they're in a position to where they're going to play. And you got a guy who, in the last two minutes of a game, can go and win it for you on the offensive side of the ball. So I think they're going to be a force to be reckoned with. That's my opinion. I hope I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I want to say, and not for Cam. I love Cam. Not for Cam. I want them to be good for Cam, but I want them to suffer. Well, Cam's bigger than us. Yeah, he is. He would hurt us badly.
33:25I already have one bag of legs. I can't have two bags of legs. So, yeah, that's a controversial one, but I'm going with it. Moving on to number nine.
33:39Number nine. a team that just got obliterated by injuries last season but I still think has an exceptional squad a lot of talent great coaching they play in a very winnable division though I think they're going to get some pushback on that from a couple of teams there I'm going with the San Francisco 49ers at nine I think they underperformed last year but I think a lot of that has to do with the injuries my man George Kittle you know you got Brock Purdy here in the graphic and we love brock i love brock man got paid uh believe got paid this offseason right sure did made a little money we like that like that for guys who've earned it uh mr irrelevant and uh he is no longer irrelevant i think they're gonna have a good season um like i said the cardinals i think the rams i think are gonna push them in that division seahawks and you know i'm not in love with them but i do think the cardinals are gonna be better um the rams i think were undervalued last season You saw what they were able to do.
34:37But I do think the 49ers, if they can stay healthy, again, that's a caveat. If they can stay healthy, they got the squad. Kittle got paid, too, this offseason. He did. And we love that. We love George. You know what? I will say this before we move on. I saw George at a golf event with the Miz, my colleague, this past week. Yeah, American Century. Yes. Lake Tahoe. Now, can we really call that a super kick? Oh. That was atrocious.
35:01Rich Eisen:Oh, wow. I don't know if it was the pants. I don't know. if George is just getting old and he ain't got the hip mobility he used to. I don't know. Yeah, but my God, you can't call that a super kick. Can you call it a mediocre kick? Yeah, a mediocre kick. I like that. Not super. Nothing super about that. Nothing super about it. Super awful kick. I don't know that. Good God bless. Wow, shots fired. Yeah. So we're continuing here at the top of the list. Number eight, another one that might surprise some people, but I think this division is very strong. I think this team, look, they underperformed last season as well, but they lost a lot of close games.
35:40They were, I believe, the highest scoring offense in the NFL. Don't quote me on that, but very close to it, the Cincinnati Bengals. Oh. I think Joe Burrow and that offense is going to be so good. The defense cannot, and I don't mean this as a knock on them too much, but that defense can't be any worse than it was last year. It was so bad. Dude, I watched them blow so many games where Burrow would put up 40-plus points, and they just could not stop anybody. I think they're going to win some more games this year. I think they're going to be a team to be reckoned with, especially when we start looking into January in the playoff time.
36:18I think if they can sneak – I mean, look, if they would have snuck into the wild card last year, I was concerned about them, to be honest with you. I thought they would have been able to do some damage, surprise some people. Yeah, they were a team that nobody wanted to get in the playoffs. No, absolutely not. And they still, after they gave up 30-plus points every single game, it seemed, they were still right there. So I think they're going to be better this year. I think, again, they can't be any worse. I think they're going to win some of those close games. So they're my number A team. Okay.
36:47Number seven, going to the Chicago Bears division, but not the Chicago Bears, the Detroit Lions.
36:57Rich Eisen:The Lions. Yes, at seven. I know, I know. You probably think that's a little low, right? I do. Yeah, well, I'll tell you why. You lose both your coordinators. Yeah. You lose both of your coordinators in the same season. And not that it hasn't, you know, success in this situation hasn't been. You know, people have done it before. And I don't doubt Dan Campbell. I think he's an incredible head coach. I think he's going to rally the troops. But I do think they're not going to be as good as they were last year or the year before. I think they're going to take a step back. Now that may or may not have to do with the ascension of some team in Chicago that I feel comfortable about, but I do think they're going to take a little bit of a step back.
37:38It's going to be difficult for them to get their footing probably in the first part of the season before they start to figure out what this looks like from a defensive side and from an offensive side, because they have the talent. Talent is all there. Everybody stays healthy. Good, good head coach, good leader. They're going to get things going, but it is going to be, this is my opinion. I think they're going to have a little bit of a struggle. to start things off. Number six. Again, painful. Painful to say this. But the Washington Commanders. They're on the up and up, man. That's a solid team.
38:12I think they're the class of the NFC East. I think Dallas is going to be Dallas. Philly is Philly. But look, I think Washington, man. I think Washington is going to push them very hard this year. I don't see too much of a sophomore slump for Jaden Daniels. I think he's in a great position. They maintain Cliff Kingsbury as offensive coordinator. I think that consistency is going to be huge. They have... They added Debo Samuel. They traded for Laramie Tunsil. I see only upside to this team as long as they can stay healthy. and I think they're going to be they might give Philly a run for the money winning that division yes they do he's a is he full holding out of camp is that the deal he said yesterday he doesn't see a scenario which he steps on the field without a new deal and that's fair that's fair he's a baller dude he is not just a security blanket he is the real deal he's the real deal dude And he's an undersized cat, too, at that position to be a wide receiver one.
39:22He can make all the plays. He is incredible. Been a stud on my fantasy team the last few years, to be honest with you.
39:28Rich Eisen:And he seems like a good guy. You never hear anything bad about him. Interviews, he comes across great. He seems like someone the fans love. So you've got to wonder, why are they playing around with this guy like that? Because that's what they do. That's what people do. They play, they play. He's going to get paid. They're not, you know, you can stop bullcrapping around with him and give him the money. It's going to happen, but this is just the game that, you know, the front office plays with the talent, with the players. Like, it's just going to happen. So I think he'll get paid, and I think that team's going to be really, really hard to deal with.
40:03Number five, halfway there, the Buffalo Bills, the Josh Allen-led Buffalo Bills at number five. They could, yeah, I mean, what do you, what do you, scoffing at me for him.
40:17Rich Eisen:What was the scoff? This is kind of what I do during Rich's Power Rankings. I just scoff at all his selections. This is different, though. He ain't rich. He can come over there and drop something. I cannot, because I have one working right. I think I might actually be able to take Seth right now. I can throw a crutch at you, man. I think he'd still beat your ass. Buffalo Bills, number five. And look, I'm putting this all on Josh Allen. I'm just saying it's the Josh Allen squad. he's one of the best. You know what I mean? He is incredible. No doubt. I still remark about his rookie season from what that was to what he's become is just incredible to me.
40:56You know what I mean? I love Josh Allen. I think he's a married man now. Marriage does something special to you so I think he's going to take this team to the next level. Whatever that may be. I'd love to see them get into a Super Bowl. I really would. I'd love to see them win one. You know what I mean? For those 90s teams, those 80s and 90s teams I'd love to see. Hoskins would love that too
41:15Rich Eisen:in the back. Yeah, we would love that. We'll see. Number four. Number four. The old tried and true Kansas City Chiefs. Yeah, you might think they'd be a little bit higher as they were in the Super Bowl last year. But they're aging, except Pat Mullins. He's like 30 years old. He's invincible. I don't know. I just feel like there's got to be, at some point, you know, they can't always go to the Super Bowl. He's been to like, what, seven AFC championships in a row or something like can you can you take a year off can you just chill for just a minute brother please take a break yeah you know him and andy reed travis kelsey they know how to win uh kelsey is getting a little bit older not that he's any less effective he seems to be able to get open uh at will even everyone even yeah even you know at his uh his age um and experience level maybe it's the experience level i don't know work smarter not harder i guess um but yeah i think number four and i'll tell you why it's because i think the teams at three and two and one are better and that's bottom line number three i'm going with the baltimore ravens okay that team's ready to win a super bowl right now they're ready to lamar is the most dynamic player in the nfl um he hasn't even we haven't seen the best of him in my opinion i still think he can win will win a super bowl i think it's going to happen uh within the next couple years the team is ready to go Derrick Henry still rocking and rolling.
42:36That squad is good. Their defense always comes to play. They are, in my opinion, if not the most complete team in the NFL, the second most, maybe third most, behind number two, the Philadelphia Eagles, the reigning, defending Super Bowl champions. I know there's been a lot of discourse about Jalen Hurts, whether he's an elite-level quarterback. It's all nonsense. The guy gets the job done. He gets the job done. Bottom line. Don't care if he doesn't do it how you want him to do it. Don't care if he doesn't do it like Brady or Manning or Breeze. This is your new age quarterback right here, dude.
43:13He gets the job done. Hold on.
43:14Rich Eisen:I'm looking at this list, right? Eagles. Something's wrong. Did we remember these right? Chiefs. Bills. All the good teams are already. All the good teams. I mean, he threw the commanders in there. I get it. Lions. Bengals. I guess the Steelers. I don't really understand. Hold on. What? Hold on. Number one. He's going to do it. No. He's going to do it. Wait. The Chicago Bears. The best team in football. Revamped coaching staff. Revamped offensive line. The weapons are there. DJ Moore, Adunze. We got two tight ends now. Not just one. We got two tight ends. We got Loveland. We got Komet. The defense is going to be on point.
43:59We got Dennis Allen running ship on that side. The Chicago Bears. The team to beat in the NFL 2025. They're taking it all. Caleb for MVP. Ben Johnson, Coach of the Year. It's over, baby. They're the number one team. They're the team to beat. You come to Chicago, be ready for a butt whooping. It's going to happen, son. Mark my words. Number one team, Chicago Bears. You got a problem with it. Call in. Tell me about it, and we'll get to you after break. Who? Who? Who? Who? Let's go bear down in the Windy City.
44:36Rich Eisen:The Bears.
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45:45Rich Eisen:All right, first one up, Bryan Cranston. True or false, one of your first gigs was a Preparation H commercial. True or false? Oh, come on. That is false. Oh, gosh. Look at that photo. That's very Roy Scheider. Isn't it? Don't I think right there? Roy Scheider is really good What do you think? Or what's that talk show host who had those big red glasses Sally Jesse Raphael Sally Jesse Raphael Good call Good call So what happened? It's called a job, Rich I know you haven't been job hunting in a while Mr. Employment Steady employment guy Well you're not, you know, actors You gotta say yes Well, this was at least I was a spokesperson.
46:33Rich Eisen:I wasn't afflicted by hemorrhoids. You know what? Well, in real life I am, but not in. If I was afflicted, I would trust you to give me the right advice. I would put that ointment on and go, there we go. Let's take care of this little problem. I didn't mean the administering of the operation. I just meant the advice of like, you should try. I'm a full service spokesperson. We don't just stop with talking about it. Come on. Is that why you brought your alcohol? Yes, I bring my alcohol so I can soak my face. It just kills everything. True or false, you did your own stunts on Malcolm in the Middle, including wearing a suit of 10 ,000 live bees.
47:21Rich Eisen:That also is false. That never happened. Oh, God. You keep on having the photo pictures. But those are real? Those are real. That's 10 ,000, I forget how many, the count it was. But they would extract the pheromones from the queen, and they would put the droplets all over me, wherever they wanted the bees to go. Then they'd open up the traveling chutes, and the bees would just start swarming. And they'd swarm forever. in order for them to stay off my face so the camera could recognize me. Yes. You take a little of the, you know, the bug spray off or whatever, and they put it all over my face there so that they would crawl.
48:08Rich Eisen:Oh, no, I don't want that. And they'd get off it. But it was about two inches thick of bees. So I got stung once in the shoulder when they were getting them off. But once when I was doing that whole thing and I had to stand very still, one got between my legs and I got stung and I said, oh, I think I got stung. Because when you're wearing bees, Rich, the chance of being stung is pretty high. Yes. You're wearing bees, for God's sake. So, but what I realized is that the sting of a bee is not really painful. It is mostly the shock that gets you. Wow. Jeez. But when you're wearing bees and you get stung, it was literally, I think I, did I get stung?
49:00Rich Eisen:Ah, I did get stung. And the beekeeper comes over ready with a little credit card thing and a thing to scoop it out. He goes, where is it? I go, in my scrotum. And he goes, can't help you. That's exactly what it is. Can't help you.
49:29and we are back here on the uh seth rollins show the seth rollins show that sounds good nice ring i like that yeah yeah i like that i like it i like it a lot you know i like it i like that logo the logo is beautiful yeah the logo is beautiful i think we could uh you know you can take a vacation more if you like.
49:51Rich Eisen:Well, you did say you're going to have some free time on your hands. I will. I will. Yeah. Seth Rollins filling in for Rich Eisen here. I got Chris. I got Jason. I got TJ. We're nearly done. We're deep. And you mentioned earlier how fast it's going. We try to tell all guest hosts, look, buckle up. It does go fast. Does a live show or an event for WWE, does it feel fast when you're in it? yes yes it does for me anyway i think uh you know we have most of our shows are two two hours two like smackdown's two hours raw is like two to two and a half occasionally and those shows feel so fast like because when you get done with the the first hour is just all energy right all adrenaline and when you get done with that first hour you look at the clock oh there's only an hour left and then it just boom boom boom boom boom it's like a waterfall just straight downhill now i will say the antithesis to that is when we have a three-hour show you get done with that first adrenaline shot the first hour and you look at the clock and you're going oh god bless two more hours two more hours and then you get done with the second hour you're like all right i guess i'll put on my gear start warming up put out the cigarette you know uh But this has been incredible.
51:10The first two hours have flown by. Maybe it's because I'm just constantly talking. Either way, I hope we've all been having a good time. I've been having a good time. So let's do it. Let's do more hours. Let's do more time. I love it. I think you're doing great. We're having a great time. Phone calls, we love it. Keep calling 844-204-RICH. Let's take this one. Let's go J. Fally, line four. Chris in Dayton, Ohio. Chris, what's up, man? Dayton. Love Dayton.
51:36Rich Eisen:What's up, Seth? You're the man. Thanks, dude. Dude, how are you? I'm doing good. Two-part question, if you don't care. People love the two-parters, man. Go for it. Get after it. How heartbreaking is it that going through quarterback after quarterback, that you guys, as a Chicago Bears fan, have dealt with this? And now you may not be there. But over the years, what's that like for you?
52:06It's painful. I don't know any other way to describe it. It's painful. Every time we get one coming in, we think that's the one, you know? And look, we've had some decent quarterbacks in Chicago. You know, I thought Jay Cutler was a win. I love Jay Cutler. Still love Jay Cutler. What a character. What a cat. And I love Justin Fields. I think Justin Fields, given everything that was going on around him and the system that he was playing in, I think he could have been an incredible quarterback. Still may be in New York. I was bummed when we let him go, but I love Caleb Williams too. So I'm hoping the carousel is over.
52:40But, man, these elite quarterbacks, they don't grow on trees, guys. It's not like they just pick them up and here they are. Toughest position in sports. It is. There's so much pressure to perform. You know, I saw a headline earlier. We were looking at the TV. Is this now or never for Caleb Williams? He's in his second season with his many head coaches and more offensive coordinators. What are we talking about here? It's July in sports media. Pump the brakes. So, yeah, it's been difficult, but I think we found the one. He's the Neo. He's the Neo for our magic.
53:12Rich Eisen:Second question. Yes, sir. Just a fun question. I know that you're very cautious on what goes into your body, but when we are cheating, is it sweet or salty? Top question. Top question, my man. I love it. Good one, Chris. I am a savory till I die, man. I love a little ice cream. Went and had some salt and straw here in L.A. yesterday. Berry Month, they have monthly flavors. But I love savory, man. Pizza and tacos and pasta and steak. Oh, my God. I could go on for days and days and days. My favorite cheat meal, number one, is a pizza. There's a place near here called Little Dynamite. They do an amazing Detroit style is my favorite style.
54:01Oh, baby. Detroit style. Little dino destroyed with a crispy crust, the burnt cheese on the edge. Oh, my God. My mouth is just watering. Can we get some in the break? Can we get some before the third hour? We got Jalen Johnson coming up in the third hour. You guys are the best. Let's rock.
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