Best moments of 2025

26:33No, I'm saying. Not of you. Of the situation. I didn't know that. No, just, you know, being new and new environment. Yeah. Yeah. So then she goes over. Well, after practice, I kind of bombed. I was like, oh, this. I want to go loosen the ropes on the other ring. This isn't working. So after practice, though, she was leaving. I stopped her. I was like, hey, man, I just want to introduce myself. I'm John. I made a horrible joke about my dad. I heard that that was your favorite wrestler growing up. So I just thought that would be a cool end to you to get there. But obviously, stop sign. Something else happened.

27:08And what did she say to you? She's like, why did you say say that? Yeah. Why did you say introduce yourself? What I read and again, I don't know if this is accurate, but is that she said, well, why did you say all that stupid shit? I probably didn't say that. That. That. When I came aboard, I was told, my daughter runs the writing team. Take her out of her game. I want you to be the disruptor in the room. I want you to be the contrarian opinion. Do not make that easier. There's no nepotism here. She earns that right to manage you, or she doesn't get to do it. At the same time, so I'm walking in to be the disruptor.

27:53I'm walking in to be the bull in the china shop. I'm walking in to just say, here's the fucking answers. And she's told, God damn it, Stephanie, you got to manage that Heyman guy. He's out of control. He thinks this is his company, and it's not. Reign him in. If you want to be respected, if Stephanie Marie McMahon, if you want people to respect you as an executive and as a professional and as a manager of people, you can't let Heyman take you out of your game. You have to show that you can manage someone like him. This is true. This is all true. I feel like we're pitted against each other. I know, but it's fascinating in hindsight, right?

28:38And we figured it out anyway. That was my question. How did it be? One day, in one of those couch sessions at 120 Hamilton, I just sat there and went. So you're fucking with me at 3 o 'clock in the morning. I guess I was a little upset. He was there to help. Oh, blasted me. What the fuck is wrong with you? Who told you to make my life so fucking difficult? Your father. Yeah. And even like the most recent ones I got all in my hands, like the Godfathers and Lucha Legends, I feel like that's pretty cool. Sure. can we zoom in oh I didn't realize it was so much effort I thought they could control it back there can you explain them yeah so so like on this hand I have four three of my godfathers this is La Parca he's not a godfather but I loved watching him as a kid we have psychosis who is my godfather and then we have Conan, also godfather of mine, and Villano, also godfather.

29:52Villano Cuarto. And then on this hand, I just feel like I have four Lucha Legends who just deserve credit no matter what. We have El Rayo de Jalisco, Mil Mascaras, Blue Demon, and Santo. Wow, that's really cool. Yeah, those are super painful as well. Oh, yeah. In their honor. Yeah, for sure. But I feel like that one, it felt like an original idea because I've seen certain things and tattoos and stuff, but I feel like no one's ever done the masks like that. Yeah. So I feel like it was very original. I was like, I hope I started a little trend there. Yeah, you might have inspired some people. Yeah, I hope so.

30:32If you sat with me, we were just talking with Nikki off camera about how I dressed, looked, and acted in 2006. if you had sat with john cena then i would be in i did which you did by the way not only did you sit with you pretty much created i would be in reebok pumps uh polo cargo shorts probably a michelin ness basketball tank top a brand new fitted hat 250 000 worth of diamonds and we would be talking about stuff different but at that time i was also trying to debut an album living a life that I never thought was possible and like those things were my why I am if you ask me what I was born to do my response in 2006 would be I am a WWE superstar it is what I was born for that's at 48 that's not why I was born and it's okay no it's not I was I mean like the forever question of why are we all here Mm-hm.

31:36That's some real deep stuff. Yeah. We're so insignificant, like honestly, none of it matters. We're logging all this stuff, there's people giving their time and effort. None of it matters. It's finding beauty in that and then being okay with it and making those things significant. I'm with you on that. Yeah? Yeah? My God, I have such a bad sweet tooth. Okay, I don't feel so bad now. Paul does not. I know. At all. I'm trying not to look at him right now while I'm talking about cookies. I know. But he's always so strict in discipline. Well, he's like, oh, we're cheating. Let's have a, you know, like a fire-baked pizza with like a whole chicken breast on it.

32:20Oh, yeah, exactly. Wait, and that's your cheat meal? Well, you know on the road you've eaten with him, right? Of course. Of course. So I have snuck like chocolate-covered almonds or chocolate-covered... not that I have to sneak it, but I feel like I have to sneak it. Sure, sure, sure. And he catches me almost every time, and I'm like shoving shit in my mouth in the little pantry closet. That's cool, right? And he's like, what are you doing? Why are you hiding it from there? Yeah. I mean, it's been, and Randy was like in some moments so hilarious and in some moments so raw and vulnerable and real and relatable.

32:58and it was unexpected, I think, you know, by everyone, you know, myself included. He was, like, I love Randy. I've known Randy for such a long time, but he was just so open. And I don't think a lot of people, sorry, I don't think a lot of people realize just how human Randy Orton really is. I think the fan comments, even like the cheers he got after that, I assume was because everyone was listening to this podcast and hearing him tell that story and like that real side of this strong ass man who feels just like every one of us and struggles just like every one of us. And I remember reading a lot of comments that were like, I'm in that situation or I was in that situation.

33:56And to hear that you were too is saving me or makes me feel so much better. I'm not ashamed of my anxiety. Like it was, it was so powerful. It was so powerful. And I think we went into it not really expecting it to get so deep. Well, you never know. Here I go. Sorry. Karma. Allergies or something.

34:23But it was. And I don't think so either. And that's kind of the beautiful thing about all these podcasts. Like we don't know what anyone's going to bring, you know, or what we're all going to bring out of each other. And there's a lot of roller coasters where like Randy, we were laughing about the snacks and his bag of everything. Oh, that's right. I forgot about his bag of tricks. Yes. Yes. You're like, oh, just a little one. Remember that? I do know that you mentioned it. I got you. But then in the next moment, he was sharing, and maybe not in that order, but like we laughed, we cried, we learned.

35:02Yeah. We did the thing where we have the full day, just a short time. Yeah. Pretty cool. It was beautiful. It really was. Paul Heyman, you know, it was my personal goal to share with the world, the Paul Heyman that I know, and that I've always had. I mean, I've, I've met many of the different versions of different sides of Paul Heyman and but his heart and who he is. And his core is what I really hoped anyway to bring out so that the audience could see that side of him. And I think he, of course, over-delivered like he does in anything it is that he tries to do, especially when he shared that moment about his mom and her smile and her joy at his bar mitzvah and And how it was one of two times that he saw pure joy on her face because she knew that she had carried his family's legacy forward because he made it to manhood as the bar mitzvah celebrates.

36:19And she was a Holocaust survivor who lost so much. And lost her sister and her mom. And just kept keeping on. I mean, it was so powerful. And then to hear the beautiful story about his dad coming in and how they were magnets attracted to each other and intellectually challenged each other immediately. And that was what it was really all about, was this sort of intellectual duel, if you will, which completely explains Paul. 100%. I mean, his resiliency, how intelligent he is, how he can argue both sides of any situation seemingly convincingly. I said to you after, the way he has this ability to recall details, and he hits you with every adjective and every, not just one.

37:19Oh, he's an incredible storyteller. I mean, the whole time, we were here for a while, and I think I could have listened to him for two more hours at least. Oh, yeah. It's hard not to drink the Kool-Aid. I mean, it just is. I was chugging it. You were doing shots. You were gulping. Sorry. We are having a moment. We are. We are because we're talking about the seriousness. And no, there's no real words to describe what someone like Paul's mom went through. Yeah. There's no possible human understanding if you haven't lived through that. And I can't imagine. He's here and he is living out that legacy.

38:12And he has two beautiful kids of his own. Who I got to meet after the episode. Not the same night, but just you could. Oh, yeah, then when we were at the garden. They were just, they. Azalea and Jacob. They were amazing. Yeah. And you could feel their energy from him. Like it was. They love their dad. It was beautiful. Oh my God. Watching them watch his Hall of Fame speech was my favorite. Like they had so much love in their eyes watching their dad and Paul Heyman having that moment in Philly. And it was incredible hearing him retell the story. Yeah. Because I remember. And that is what I wanted to tell him.

38:53because if you've made it in life, you know, it's your kids looking at you like that. You can't ask for a bigger gift than that. No. I was going to say, you know, what's pretty cool is I get to watch your girls this year doing the same thing. Not gushing, just that will be really awesome.

39:21I'm not sharing something.

39:28I'll tell you after. Yeah. Well, this, this has been obviously so many unbelievable heartfelt moments. We talked about Paul. We talked about Randy. Let's take a look at some of these moments guys. And obviously the, our, the reaction from our fans are just unbelievable of how much people really look at some of the real things that you guys talk about and the real life issues. So we'd love to throw to that now. What's one of your clearest memories of your mom? Her laughter the day of my bar mitzvah. Really? Yeah. Please tell. Couldn't stop laughing. All day? All day. Every picture from my bar mitzvah is of my mother with the biggest smile on her face.

40:22Just so proud. No, happy because the next generation made it. Wow. Beautiful. It was August 1944, depending on the date. My mother was either 16 or 17. She doesn't know the actual date. She just knew it was August 44. They were put on a train to Auschwitz. when they got off the train from Auschwitz, and this is the defining moment of my mother's life. You know how when you wear glasses, you see everything through the lens of the glass? I believe my mother saw everything in life, every moment of my mother's life, through the lens of what they called the separation. And the separation was, are you fit for slave labor or not?

41:10if you're fit for slave labor you go this way if you're not fit for slave labor you go that way and if the child goes this way the mother goes with the child because once you kill the child the mother's not fit for slave labor the mother just shuts down because the child's been killed my mother got off the train my mother was fit for slave labor she went this way my mother's mother and my mother's 7 year old sister went that way. Within an hour, they were in the gas chambers. That was it. Liberated April 15, 1945 by the British Army from Bergen-Belsen. Had no family. Everybody was dead, as far as she knew.

41:51And she was diagnosed with either typhus or typhoid or both. She doesn't really know. was given a 10 % chance of living. She was that much on death's door. Survived and became a nurse at the Displaced Persons Hospital in Berlin because there was nowhere else for her to go. Now, her uncle, Zelig, would save his money every year and go back to Poland looking for any members of the family that survived. he went to the displaced persons hospital in Berlin and said anybody here from Poland named Scharf and they said we have a nurse and her name is Sula Bita and he said my god that's my niece on my mother's tombstone is not only my mother's name but her mother's name and my mother's sister's name and that was at my mother's insistence because my mother didn't just live her life for herself.

43:01My mother lived her life for her younger sister. I didn't see us talking about this stuff, but I started kind of like getting in my head, and this is after I met Kim, and I had three stepsons, and I have two daughters, and I kind of got overwhelmed, and I started getting, I don't even really want to get into this, but I don't even give a fuck. Like, what the hell? Like, we all are human. Like, I was having, like, panic attacks. Yeah. And it was like it started to become hard to fly. It started to become hard to stay in another bed. And I would be, like, up all night. And it was really rough. And I think it kind of came to a head when I had my spinal fusion and I was out for, like, a year and a half.

43:49And it was like, here's my identity. This is who I am. This is, like, the one thing I know that I'm good at. and I get respect for, and I can't do it anymore. And for like six months, I was under the impression that that was it until I met this amazing doctor, Dr. Cantor, Newport Beach, California, and he was able to perform the surgery on me so that I would be able to be an athlete again and not cut through any muscle. Whoops. Not cut through any muscle, and so that, you know, once you cut through muscle and that muscle's stitched together, uh like there'll be like fatty infiltration into the tissue to where that muscle doesn't operate the same as it used to it can get you by but you're not gonna be a pro wrestler or a pro athlete during that time that six months where i thought that that was it like it was like such a like i always like when i was younger i felt like so mentally strong and mentally tough and nothing could shake me and like i got to like a dark place and i i started to revert back to some of my old habits and and i've got a wife and five kids and luckily i was able to kind of nip it in the bud quick she saw it happening and um i was put on some ssris and uh i don't know what that is It's like an anti-depression, anti-anxiety medication.

45:16And I've actually been off of them for about six months, and I feel like I'm myself again. But I needed them for a few years, Steph. Because, like, I... I can't believe I'm talking about this. I just... I didn't know if I could do this job anymore, even after I came back. I started to... Like, my head was just going... It was like playing out all the scenarios, worst case. It was trying to go to bed at night and then not being able to lay down in bed because my mind would start going. And then all of a sudden I'd get like hot and I'd have to get out of bed. And then I'd be like, everyone's sleeping in the house.

45:58And I'm out like walking around our yard, just like taking deep breaths. And I met like an amazing doctor. and she like gave me just pages and pages of information on how to deal with like panic attacks and stuff. And I don't know that the medication ever worked, but it made me feel not myself. So I didn't like the medication, but I kept taking it because I thought that, well, I need to take this because if I don't, I'm going to have panic attacks. I was having them anyway, you know? And like, honestly, it's been, gosh, what is it? June. It's like coming on six months since I've had a panic attack.

46:39And it's funny. Thank you. But this is like shit people deal with and don't talk about. Maybe so it's like it's good to talk about or something. No, it's true. It's very true. I don't know what this is going to do for the Randy Orton character on TV. No, I don't have to worry about that. But I also think there's someone that's listening to this. He's going through it and they see this strong-ass guy like you. You know, we're all human. I live with bipolar disorder. I have been taught, I once did a speech. I do keynote speeches for mental health organizations across the country. And I once did a speech and I said, I am bipolar in it.

47:19And afterwards I was speaking to all the medical professionals and one of them came over and held my hand and she goes, you have bipolar. You're not bipolar. And I was like, because it's a part of me. It's not all of me. It doesn't define you. Yes. And so ever since then, I've I live with bipolar disorder. It's a piece of me. It's not all of me. But it is something that runs in my family. And we didn't know it, that my mother was struggling with it. And so that answered a lot of questions of like her behavior growing up and, you know, why things were the way they were. But then you, it is often triggered and worsened by high pressure situations, high stress.

47:59Oh, so you went right into that. Yes. Yeah. So I just was really figuring out, I mean, from like 19 years old to like 24 was sort of the coming into wrestling and going, you know, being shot, you know, strapped to a rocket. Right. I went to NYU for six months. I couldn't afford it. I had to leave. And I said my dream was I loved I loved writing. I went there for film and television production. Couldn't afford to do it, but I also loved wrestling. So I was like, okay, I'm going to go wrestle now then. And started the indie circuit, got signed by WWE eventually, like two years into my indie run.

48:43And I was still dealing with like this initial diagnosis. And I had just gotten. So when were you diagnosed? When I was 19 years old, I believe. Okay. And then I was signed when I was like 21. Okay. So it was just. I didn't have money for medicine. Yeah. I don't have money for therapy. So I was just given this sort of bomb to like, you know, here you go. Good luck. And there wasn't it wasn't talked about nearly as much. So there wasn't as much information available. Not at all. And it was there was so much shame and there was so much stigma. Yes. Where I thought it could cost me my job if people found out about it.

49:18And so I never told anyone. And I remember one person had like sort of an inkling. That was Caitlin. because I think she's told we've talked about the story before on her podcast but I we were going to the gym or something and I was like I can't leave the car and I just like sat in the car and like cried while she went out into the gym and like worked out she's like you're good when she came back um but you know it was one of those things you had to like sort of suffer in silence and figure out and so dealing with the high pressure of like being on television and it brought it all yeah so to speak it was a lot all at once for for a young person to sort of figure out and so i really started taking care of it once i retired but that's that's kind of where i'm trying to be ahead of the curve and then also you know this isn't a business thing but it's a personal thing it's the most personal thing but really being able to balance home and road life that that's a key priority that that's a that's a puzzle to figure out for a young performer traveling the world um trying to make it 100 yeah you I mean the the the carrot's dangling and you're just constantly chasing it um and you're tunnel visioned on it but to be able to you know be a professional in both regards be a professional in your personal life too you know well and kudos to you for being able to do that and for recognizing that because it's something in you know when I when I was interviewing John Cena, that he talked about that he said was a lesson he had to learn the hard way.

50:54And with his first wife, they'd be sitting at the coffee table, and if the office called and needed him, he'd be like, okay, bye. And that was it. And it unfortunately didn't work out because he prioritized differently. But you clearly prioritize your family, and everybody knows you as a family man. And I think that's an incredible reputation to have that not many, you know, men in your position especially have. And it speaks to your character and who you are. And I think that's very rare. And I think it's awesome. Yeah, just, you know, being new to this. And I shared with Steph, we're hitting her second birthday.

51:40and for the first time, you know, she's not a baby anymore, but she kind of looks like she's a baby. What scares you?

51:51That was good. I liked that. I liked that. Great question.

51:58Sorry. How I can't change the world for her and how people will treat her. Oh. You know? Yeah. Yeah, and that's...

52:15Tell her, and you as her mom, waking up tomorrow, there's nothing you or her can do, right? Nothing. Got to live with this. And we're going to live with it and make it awesome. Embrace the shit out of it. You can't change anything, right? Like, that's my mindset. You can't change tomorrow. I can't change this. And I'm okay with that. how did you or your parents not feel the need to fight every single person that made a comment because that's where i feel like i'm headed not that i'm a violent person love it but it makes me happy no i just get on the bar crawl and yeah i mean oh i got the look now we're getting into it if you come for her this lady can slap um but i just like we're getting to the age now where like an innocent comment from my son's friend is like, oh, your sister's head's big.

53:12And my son didn't really hear it, but I did. And the mom and I talked and she was so apologetic. But like, how do you handle those moments? Because I might want to fight a child. 100%. I get all the time. Mommy, why does that baby have a beard? Sorry. What was it expected? This day. Till this day, I get it. I laugh about it now because it's like two reactions oh what is that from these children what's going on there kind of thing it's a shock or what is that it's going to happen right it's going to happen and are you like hey I'm Dylan I'm just literally very much so God made me different I literally live by God made me different I'm not a religious person but it's just the easiest way to go about it.

54:05And then when they get the questions, but why? It's just how I am. You have dark hair. I have a big ass skull. Like that was me growing up. And it's one of those things where it is, I don't know how my parents dealt with it because it had to have been tough to not just want to go, I'm a jerk. But I never once saw my dad go get pissed off about it because I dealt with it very nonchalantly. I didn't let it get to me. I hadn't watched that back because you told me not to watch myself back. I didn't say not to watch yourself. I said I don't watch myself back. I'm just trying to learn from you. But this one in particular.

54:56But in the beginning it's very important to watch yourself back so you can learn what you like and we don't like. throwback to Roman Reigns sorry but now yes we're talking about something very serious but I'm trying to keep it light for you because I appreciate it yeah I am struggling totally was I very much appreciated his perspective as someone who I believe is almost 40 and has lived through this. Powerful to hear that he kind of doesn't remember bullying. Well, he said he wasn't bullied. Yeah. Or he doesn't really remember what his parents went through, but he personally didn't deal with bullying.

55:40And since we've had that conversation in October, we've been at a birthday party where another kid has flat out asked me why Liv looks weird. And what do you say? I actually was really taken. I was thrown off. My guard was down. So I tell this story and I say like every time I go to the grocery store, every time I go anywhere in public with her, I mentally prepare a little, right? Like I need to be ready if someone asks. I want an answer. I want to. There's a lot of like mental. Armor you got to put on. Yeah. Just because I want to say the right thing, especially if Chase is with me. I don't want to like instantly get angry or want to fight someone.

56:22and my guard was down because it was a friend's party where I thought kind of all of the kids I thought I was in a safe space and I was but it was someone who's never really been around her and he just was like why does she look weird and I was like excuse me what and he was like why does she look weird and I said I mean we all look different at first I said what do you mean because I kind of was like shit this is happening and there's other kids around and I want to say the right thing. And I said, we all look different. And I was like, you look different from him. You look different from her.

56:56Like, we're all different. And he's like a child, so he doesn't get it. Right. But I wanted to say the right thing in case any of the older kids are listening. They're like, oh yeah, we all do look different. And you know, as she gets older, she needs to hear how I handle it.

57:15So it was just - Because she'll look to you. She will. and I think hearing Dylan's perspective of like you can't change the world for her make sure she's ready to live in this world um and now I kind of I think I left that conversation with like this different confidence almost as her parent to be like I'm not gonna pick you up every step to help you she's she's walking now which is well I mean you can't help her if she doesn't want you to I'm true. I mean, she is feisty. She is spicy. She really is. She is. But like now that she's walking. I love her little finger wag. So this is a very funny story.

57:54No, no, no. Steph is over giving her her birthday gift and just wants to hold her. I'm messing with her. I'm trying to tickle her. And she flat out to her face. No, no. I was like, I can't wait to tell you someday that you just finger wagged. She did it many times. you didn't learn that's great but I do think I left that conversation with a different level of like alright this is how it is and I know that but every now and then I just need to be reminded like this is how it is and it's all good it's better than all good like it's it's a damn beautiful life it's different but it is damn beautiful so I love that thank you Dylan for that Want to wear the gear of WWE's most iconic legends?

58:45Head over to WWE Shop and check out all the official Legends merch collection. From classic tees to iconic gear featuring your favorite Hall of Famers, it's all there. Don't wait. Grab your piece of WWE history now at WWE Shop and Fanatics. Want to feel like a champion? Step up your game with an official WWE replica title belt. Perfect for collectors and fans alike. Available now at WWE Shop and Fanatics. Big part of our show, guys, is the fans. Obviously. Our fans. Our fans are great. Mostly Steph's. They have some questions for you guys. 99.1. And I thought this was a good transitional question.

59:28Oh. This is, they submitted a whole bunch of questions to us. But a while ago, right? A while ago, but we used it for a rainy day. It was like, okay, this was perfect. Just giving context. So the first question comes from CC underscore 612. You and Elise have shared about your friendship on the show, but can you tell us more about the bond you guys have? I mean, we were just holding hands. I know. Sweaty hands. I was holding her sweaty ass hand to make her feel better. Whatever. It was a hot moment. I feel like we, yeah, I mean. You got it. doesn't it speak for itself? I feel like it does. I feel like it does.

1:00:11I'm very, again, I'm... No gushing. Filled with gratitude. I really am. And I try to... What? I'm pointing at the bracelet that says grateful. Yes, that you gave me. Thank you. Same. Grateful. But it is, you know, that's kind of a theme in my life, I think. I always try to be as grateful as possible. And especially when things are starting to spin or I'm starting to feel bad about myself for whatever reason, I just sort of refocus myself in gratitude. And Elise, I've told you a million times, but I'm so incredibly grateful for you and all of the things that we've been through together. And I think they do forge a bond.

1:01:00They really do. It's beyond a friendship. and, you know. This brings me to the second bracelet I got you that says soul sister. That's right. And mama. Well, yes. You're not my mama, but. I'm going to show the mama.

1:01:19Dead. There it is. Tremendous. Okay. What's next, Joe? Okay. Something we haven't really talked about on the show. this one comes from Nassar.080 who says how does it feel to be a WWE Hall of Famer oh yeah no I can't answer this okay no I am yeah I am not a Hall of Famer yet I am I it's still I know I keep saying this but it won't be real until it actually happens and I'm still just totally overwhelmed by it all.

1:02:02What's she going to wear? I have no idea. What's she going to say? What should I wear? Oh, there we go. That's a question for the fans. I promise you the comments are like nothing, nothing, nothing. Just your feet. There were a lot of questions that came to you about a lot of the wrestling stuff that you grew up with. And, you know, one comes from GBear521 who says, what is your favorite wrestling moment on and off screen? Oh, there's too many. Yeah. You know, way too many to have a favorite. Yeah.

1:02:41Oh, and it depends on why, you know, because whether it's my moment or Paul's moment or someone else's moment, you know, they're all so meaningful. but I think that's the power of WWE, right? And there's too many to even count. And on and off screen, I mean, for both my answer would be probably Paul, you know, because our love, you know, life imitated art. And it was, it's just the most amazing thing. So, I mean, when we first started, you know, it was like always just great chemistry, even though there was, you know, no acting on anything is forbidden and taboo and all that stuff. But, um, on and off screen, it was like electric, it was kismet electric.

1:03:40Yeah.

1:03:45I think I'm going to ask this one to Elise. Yay. This one comes from Claude Gomez who says, what would surprise most people about the real, Steph McMahon. Oh. Claude. Easy, Claude. I feel like this podcast has been amazing for that reason. People are getting to see this, not this heel, heel of all heels. Maybe a little bit. You know, you see it. You see it. You get it. but you're not, they're not seeing you acting. They're not seeing you doing the promos. They're seeing the you that we all get to see like the genuinely good, just like biggest heart.

1:04:39But I think it's so powerful that people get to see this side of stuff because there will always be haters. but everyone in this room can speak to it. Like when you know Steph, when you hear that laugh. Yeah. Oh, when I watch the clips, it sounds so obnoxious. But like it's so loud because you're having fun and you're getting to be you on screen and it's really cool. It's really cool to sit back and be like, hey, this is why we became best friends and now everybody gets to see that side of her. And they grew up with this evil, evil villain. I have two stories about that, actually. Oh, Joe. Two stories.

1:05:26One, when everything went down with COVID and we all came back to the office, the first person that came to the office, and literally you came to 88, and you took five minutes to talk to everybody. Individually, that was like Ryan can attest to us. We remember you coming over to our area and just telling us things are going to be OK. We're back. We're doing our thing. We appreciate everything you guys did during this crazy time in our lives. And you didn't have to do that. You really didn't. And you did. You came in and you made sure that all of us were OK. All of us made it through. and you reassured us that you were behind us and the company was behind us.

1:06:13So that is a core memory that I'll forever have of you. So that's one. And then the other one was the first ever Christmas party we had here when all the kids were involved. My daughter - I heard about how it changed. My daughter was like running across the dance floor and she bumped into you and you immediately scooped her up and picked her up and you wouldn't let her go. She was so cute. And she just, it was like a good 10 minutes that you were holding her. No, no, no. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. But she loved it. And she still talks about it to this day. Really? Yeah. She was a little kid, but she remembers it.

1:06:58It was so fun. I loved the kids at the party. That was the money. Yeah. I actually said to Paul last night because the holiday party, well, wasn't it Tuesday night? And I was like, oh, hey, go have fun with those kids. And he goes, oh, they're not kids anymore. I was like, no, they don't have the families anymore. Like what happened to the families being at the holiday party? I guess it's different now. Yeah. It's just different. Just a couple more here, guys. I hope that doesn't sound bad. It sounds awful. Like you left and the kids stopped coming.

1:07:33This one comes from Finster56. Finster. If aliens invaded the world and were hostile, which WWE superstar, past or present, would you put on the front line to defeat them? Brock. Brock. Brock Lesnar. Not even close. Yeah, it's not even close. There's only one. Yes. Please, God. Save us all, Brock Lesnar. Yes. And if you've watched Age of Disclosure, which is on Netflix, I have no affiliation, but oh my God, has anyone seen it? Paramount? Have you guys seen it? No. Oh, Prime. is it Netflix? No it's Prime. I know what you're talking about. Prime Video. Sorry not Netflix. No. But it's like this whole have you not even heard of it?

1:08:17No. It's like Marco Rubio and all of these very high level government employees that they're talking about aliens. So Brock needs to get ready now. Yeah. We all need to get ready if this is accurate. I'm coming to your house. Okay. My dogs are ready. I don't know why I said that. They stay ready. Two mastiffs. We have two more that I'll go to. Paco's World wants to know, what's the most painful bump that you've ever taken?

1:08:59That's hard to say because you don't feel it out there. At least I don't feel it out there. Your adrenaline is so ridiculously high. Things that you know are going to hurt later, you just don't feel in the moment. But I guess there was one, and it's not like it was such a hard move to take or anything, but I took a rock bottom on the side of the ring, which there are different, like it feels different in different parts of the ring. It's never soft. I mean, some people believe it to be soft. It's never that. But it's particularly hard in certain places. and on the side, it's particularly hard.

1:09:35And I just remember all the wind getting knocked out of me. You know, I'm sure I did something wrong or whatever too, but that was like one in particular that I remember hurting a lot worse than I expected it to is probably how I should say it. I feel like the Rhonda connect. Oh, no, but that was legit. Yeah. I mean. Just wanted to remind you. Yeah, no. Rhonda's, yeah. Rhonda's roundhouse. Oh, yeah. Don't mess with her. And then I think finally we'll say, this one comes from Harris. Who is your white whale of people that you want to interview on this podcast? I thought that was a good question, too.

1:10:16I saw that in the packet. There are so many people that I would really love to interview on the podcast. We were talking a little bit about it. But I'd love to interview Joe Rogan, honestly. I don't think he does other people's podcasts because his is so successful and he's so busy at it all the time, among other things. But he's kind of fascinating. And I'd love to, like he always tries to understand what makes his guests kind of tick. And he asks great questions. And I'd love to understand more about what makes him tick, how he got to be, who he is, and all of his success and kind of what he's overcome.

1:10:56but more specific because he's shared so much. And let's see who else. Let's riff. I did say Angelina Jolie because. You did. We discussed Denzel Washington also. We did also. Yes. And another episode we did, which hasn't aired yet. So you guys, you'll see. Denzel's a good one. He's top of the list. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there's just so many because everybody has a story. Yeah. So what? Ed Kosky. Oh. In the wings. Oh, sorry.

1:11:35He was making faces that I couldn't ignore. I've known Ed a long time. Let's bring him on. Yeah. I hired Ed. Yeah, that was a long time ago. He still looks the same, but with gray hair. He is like, he doesn't age in his face at all. I was taken out of my train of thought. Where was I? That's my fault. White whale. White whale. White whale. Oh, yeah, the good ones. Yeah. We were trying to think of who else, and I got distracted. Tom Brady. Bob Iger. Oh, yeah. Yeah, Bob Iger's also on there. That's a great one. Love to interview Bob. I think he'd be fascinating. And again, you have to, the goal is to just hear the human story of all of these people.

1:12:20Mm-hmm. Do you have any? I mean, I feel like Tom Brady is such an obvious one for me. Yes, very true.

1:12:32I'm trying to think of any music. One more, one more. One more. I mean, I had said a while ago that I thought Cody Johnson would be a very cool interview. Yeah. As I've shared. Your tie-in. Yeah. One of his songs got me through like the early struggles of Liv. and I'd just love to speak to someone, like similar to our conversation with Jelly Roll and hearing like his whole process of how he writes his songs and what the fans mean to him, just, and maybe thank him, you know? Oh, that's kind of beautiful. What a great way to end that segment. By the way, did you guys see Jelly Roll on Rogan this week and he got made a member of the Grand Ole Opry?

1:13:22I watched. No, I heard a little bit of it. Just bawling. Full crying. Oh, my God. It's really beautiful. Yeah. Oh, Jelly Roll, we're so proud of you. You're amazing. You deserve it. You're just such an incredible human being. You really are. Good for you. And I think, guys, we can wrap it up. Do we have any goals for 2026? Really? This is the wrap up? Yeah. Man, I hope it's fun. I hope every. Sorry? Well, we have to rap now because you broke the mic. Yeah. Yeah. At least I didn't do it with my laugh. Oh, ASMR. Here we go.

1:14:01I heard. You got to do it, I suppose. I'm sorry, Alex. In his ears. He's like, stop. Do we have goals? Painting was a gift. Painting was a gift, Todd.

1:14:19That was too quick. It was... So good. He's laughing. I was going to say, what's really cool is... Should I not, Jack? Jackie. I didn't even do anything funny, I don't think. I'm about to drool. I was about to get emotional. I've never actually seen anybody spit the water back out. Into the bottle. We're losing her. I have spray. Do you put not in the bottle? Are you going to drink that? Because that's like four ounces. Are you sure you're all right? There's a restroom right there. Took a weird turn.

1:15:10No, you can't. Are you okay? I mean, that means quite a lot of water to come back out. Yeah. You okay? You sure? At least, goddammit, help her. What do you do when that happens? If it kept going, I would have got over there and... Down the wrong pipe? Yeah. That never happens because I'm a pro. Anyways, I was just going to say what's really cool. That's what I said. Okay. What's really cool is a year ago, I would have never pictured this opportunity for myself. I love it. I love it. Like not even a little bit. Like last year making goals. I'm like, just keep a job. Like find a job. You did. I did.

1:16:02I mean, you complained about it a lot. It makes it fun. And obviously I am very just beyond grateful to be in the seat, like literally having fun with you. And what's really cool is we started last April. Oh, yeah. And all of you guys behind the scenes, including Nash, Charles, there's a few that are not here. Yeah. Like from day one, Braban were like, you got this. Just go out there and do this. and you guys are like the faces I would look to in the beginning where I was super uncomfortable. I was like sitting in the closet, like waving to Dom. She was actually in the back of the room, not in the closet.

1:16:46Oh my God, that's right, yeah. And I was like, hey, I'm - One of the test episodes and even the Dom episode, right? Yeah, I was like, when Dom was like, I'm trying to see you, but I'm looking through a lot of wires. You're very far. Even Dana White. Dana White, you moved me closer. Bianca, I still - We inched you closer into the - Each time, each time. I don't think we want to put her up there. I guess we're probably right. She just keeps getting closer. But you guys are like the unsung heroes that. Oh, thank you. I come in having a rough day. Jackie just instantly handles me. And even like you guys before Steph is here and I'm talking to everyone.

1:17:28Like you guys are just, we are so lucky. and we get to like say the most inappropriate shit and laugh and watch your faces and you're in on it. Or then they don't react. They don't react sometimes. Sometimes we're so like in a zone. Yeah. But I'm like, oh, and that didn't live. That is actually my favorite when you guys are like, and you didn't react and I'm like, oh, fuck. Joe's like, I was trying to think of the next thing you were going to say so I could get the clip. But I don't think people see, you know, what goes into it. behind the scenes. So just a thank you. And you guys have helped.

1:18:07And we are so fortunate to have a team also because a lot of podcasters do not have these kind of resources. Turn off the cam. I mean, yeah, it would be you. It would not. But I wouldn't complain. Yes, it would. For me, just like learning how to do this, or maybe I haven't learned, but I'm trying. Like you guys, you are the people I lean on. Yeah. Because I try to, you know, this one's a pro over here. So I've never done this. Well, not this. You've done some things as we've established since the beginning of this. Very, very grateful for all of you. And I thought you might. Yes. Because we always talk about how.

1:18:53We do. We talk about the team all the time. And it just, it adds to our experience and having fun. so well we all we all appreciate you guys seriously and when when you think about it we're actually a year in because we started really our test episodes test episodes which we need to put out at least one which was john cone yeah i was like meeting with creative and coming up with ideas and to just see that's when you were in the yeah i was shaking in the corner for the John Cohn episode. Maybe we don't let that one out. I think it was January of last year or late January where we had that big meeting with creative services and we started talking about the show.

1:19:35Think about the name of the show. Yeah, and the theme and everything else. Yeah, it took a while. So to see where we landed in April of that year, three months of prep to now where we are pretty much a year in and how things have subtly changed and things are continuing to improve. I was pointing at you. I'm going to hold my hand again. Listen to Joe. The joy, seriously though, the joy of this is that sometimes you work with people that aren't fully committed and you guys are. We should be committed, let me tell you. Way to ruin a good moment, huh? I'm sorry. No, me. I wanted to tickle her.

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