Rob Gronkowski

0:28We always recommend Shopify. here we go oh here she goes here she comes oh yeah oh my gosh that's what i knew look at her oh no no no no you know what's her name i the security guy's name i the security girl lisa that's what it was we came we became like best friends yeah my kids love lisa and they were telling me the story afterwards they were like lisa didn't know

0:56Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to, I just want to read this because I want to make sure I do it the right way. Please welcome Rob Gronkowski, the one and only Gronk, four-time Super Bowl champ, five-time Pro Bowler, and arguably the greatest tight end to ever grace the NFL. He's a Fox Sports analyst and New York Times bestselling author and the life of the party every time. Ladies and gentlemen. thank you what a round of applause that was amazing great introduction thank you very much that got me excited oh good good and i am excited to be here as well thank you guys for having me well we want you to be excited to be here and before we get started i just have to let you know that elise is one of the biggest diehard patriots fans that i know really like i consider myself a patriots fan but i'm i am not nearly to the level of fandom that elise is so i think trying to play it cool here well she is yeah she is playing it cool like she was looking the other way when you were saying that she's like really you gotta embarrass me like that already right right off the well where are you from though you must be from massachusetts i am yeah i knew it all the biggest patriot fans are from massachusetts i'm a i'm a mass hole through and through yeah i do live in Connecticut now but we uh for many years trekked back to watch every game every game so you live in the state that's a big argument on is if Connecticut is a part of New England oh and and it is but it really isn't right that's my theory like technically it's New England but but when it comes to sports not as much yeah exactly yeah because I'm a Patriots fan I mean I mean, I guess a Celtics fan too.

2:41And it's, you know, like I grew up on the Cape. I was born in Connecticut. I grew up on the Cape and then moved back to Connecticut. I went to BU for college. So I'm kind of like, I get the difference. You know, I am both England and Connecticut. Okay. But where do you sit on this? I mean, I'm New England. I'm through and through. Yeah. I think the tricky part is like being in Connecticut as a Patriots fan, you go out on a Sunday to watch the game and it's mostly Bills, Giants. And we're like, all right. Sometimes Jets fans are awesome. Yes. And like Mets fans out of random. Yeah, but Giants and Jets fans, it's a big argument over there, you know, in Connecticut.

3:20And then you got the random Patriots fan as well. Yeah, that's right. It's just all over the place. That's why Connecticut just isn't part of New England because they're just, yeah, it's a melting pot. They're all over the place. They don't even, Connecticut doesn't even know who their team is. No, it's true. Yeah. That's very true. I mean, Connecticut was legit when they had the Hartford Whalers. everyone still remembers that team why did they ever move? I don't know I don't know. It's a great question It is. I mean I don't work in the NHL I know but I can still picture the puck You got W2 with the green logo, black logo People still wear Hartford Whalers hats Super cool We gotta bring it back.

3:57I mean there's the Bridgeport Islanders No, I know I'm not knocking them I'm not knocking them but they're not to the level of I was picking on Connecticut a minute ago. I tried to bring it back. Yeah, I tried to bring it back around. You want to know what Connecticut's good at? It's like they got beautiful, you know, geography. Yes. Landscaping, beautiful trees. I'm telling you. Yeah, my girlfriend's from Killenworth, Connecticut. Oh, she is. Yes, and just agriculture there is just wonderful. The farm's all over the place. Like little pop-up, you know, mom-and-pop shops. When you get off the highway deep into the woods a little bit, you can get all your fruit.

4:34You can get, you know, deodorants. that's made right in the house. It's incredible. That's maybe not the best deodorant. No, it is. It's all natural deodorant. Does it work? It works. Because any person I know who has ever tried going the natural deodorant route, it doesn't work. Well, because you've been around the biggest and sweatiest guys in the whole entire life. Natural deodorant doesn't work when the guys are all muscle, over 300 pounds. You got to have that deodorant that has aluminum in it and just dominates the smell. That's great. Not that you'd know anything about that. No, I wouldn't.

5:09No, no. I know a lot about it. Yeah, yeah, I guess, I guess. Well, you know, we have something in common because we're both Slammy Award winners. I don't even know if you know that you're a Slammy Award winner, but during COVID, you won Celebrity of the Year. And I, myself, won a Slammy, which is a big deal in our business for WWE. and I was best heel moment, I believe. And it was for slapping the crap out of Big Show. Whoa. Yeah, many times actually. I got a little carried away. What's a Slammy award? Oh my God. I feel like he's standing out right now. He's standing out right now. He's standing out in the Oscars and the Grammys for WWE.

5:48Did you guys forget to tell him? Yeah. Yeah, I got to give him that award. I thought the producer of his audience was... Yeah. Yeah. He's slacking. He's slacking. I know. The producer. He's like working on this podcast. He should have gave me the Slammy award before I came on the podcast. Yes, I told you about it. Yes. Like, this isn't good that I didn't know it, but it might bring more awareness. It could. I mean, yes, it could. The Slammy Awards are a big deal. So it's just WWE awards. Oh, yeah. It's just in the, they used to be at the end of the year. Is it in LA? It has been in many different places.

6:18Yeah. I remember. Yeah? I couldn't go. You couldn't go. That's right. You couldn't go. I had an event in Canada that day. Wow. So I could not make it. I remember. I do. I do. I do. You're off the hook. Celebrity is here. All right. there we go but you still need to get him the slammy yeah you do yeah i think there's maybe like one slammy that we actually made maybe two and we would have to hand them off to everybody as they like walked up we're fully stocked with slammy's now can i get my back i need my slammy i worked really hard for my slammy slammy it sounds like a sandwich give me that slammy on the slammy a lot of mayonnaise a lot of mayo salami yeah salami as well yeah on the salami mayonnaise oh uh cheese yeah melted cheese like cheese that's dripping like oh yeah outside onion onion with it are you an onion guy grilled onions grilled onions yeah grilled onions yeah like top of the line yeah and then yeah salami is the main meat.

7:19You got to have one other meat. You go so on salami by itself. Yeah, because it's kind of like a cheese steak with salami so far that we're describing. So maybe what other meat? A little cutlet. A little chicken cutlet. We haven't eaten all day yet. This is mean. Oh, this is true. Yeah, but chicken is too clean. I agree. We need a sloppy. Yeah, yeah. Like some shredded steak or something. Yeah, or hamburger. Yeah, there we go. Yeah, ground beef. Ground beef. Yeah. And manwich. There we go. Do you eat the three of us? I'm getting hungry. Yeah, with the grease running down your hand while you eat it, you know.

7:51Oh, and dripping all over the shirt. Oh, totally, totally. That's a good meal right there. Good sandwich. Now we're talking. The slammy. We got it. We have to make this come to life. This is a thing. Dang it. I mean. I need that trophy first, though. Yeah, you do. That's right. I'm so disappointed, especially learning that we're so fully stocked. So one of the things I wanted to ask you about is your book. Yes. and you have as i'm like reading through and learning there's a lot of opportunities where you have turned chaos into opportunity yeah it's like a common theme that is correct that's been my whole life yeah so i would love to hear about that you know i gotta go back to that chaos you know i'm not really that chaotic anymore i mean we all grow up i mean compared to growing up as a kid, young 20s, all that good stuff.

8:45The energy levels are... Played in the NFL. Yes, NFL levels. The energy levels are just to a whole other roof, and you don't really know what's right or wrong. You kind of know your limits, which I knew my limit. I always stopped right there. Oh, yeah? You did? Yeah. I always stopped right before I was about to get in trouble. That's pretty good knowing your limit. I mastered that since I was two years old. You got to ask my parents. He drove me crazy. Pushed you right to the edge. And right before they were going to send me away, I just became a sweetheart. Oh. Yeah. Or like they would start laughing at me because I'd be funny.

9:16So it was a lot of chaos. That's for sure. And then you turn it into an opportunity. It kind of went with my personality and who I've been my whole life. I never heard anyone actually master that before about me besides my parents. So congratulations. This is amazing. You deserve another slamming award. The sandwich and the trophy. Yes. I always just loved chaos. That's for sure. I caused chaos in New England when I first got there. they're like this guy's not a patriot this guy yeah what happened doing his own thing you know like i took but even when you had your interview right what happened when you were when you went there to interview exactly before that was chaos i saw you do like 15 interviews in like 15 days and you fly to every team and i was just sick of the process i was like this is ridiculous where where were the patriots in the order very last one very last interview and like i'm trying to be all buttoned up at these other ones and i was like all right i'm just gonna let it go i don't care like I don't care if I'm drafted by the Patriots or not I'm just gonna be myself totally I just went in and started telling like crazy stories who I am about my college life um all this good stuff and Billy O 'Brien offensive corner drew a play on the board hardest play you can possibly you know think of and then he erases his draw the play and I was like bro I have no chance I go but you know something just throw me the ball I'll make a play and like he's like oh damn I like that but like right at the same time he's like well he's an idiot he can't even remember one route yeah but he's like but he's not an idiot because he said just throw him the ball and he'll make a play so it was just silliness like that there's a lot more to it it was one of the most tired i was really tired too did you by any chance take a nap yes i did right when i got there took a nap not in front of everybody like not in the middle of the meeting no they left oh the front office came back 15 minutes later they're like here we're gonna put you in this room we're just getting organized they came back 15 minutes later and i was passed out yeah but that's not bad when i arrest him 10 minutes no getting a little face yes totally you're actually my mom used to say she was just resting her eyes that's what you're doing you're resting your eyes but power naps are the best they're the best they're so important especially in the athletic world oh yes oh yes i mean and in business too i feel like the queen of until minute is that wrong to share?

11:30Elise and I work together yes please go ahead. So she'd be like hey before this next meeting 10 minutes I have 10 minutes I'm gonna close my eyes quick so I'd shut the door head down. I put my head on the desk. I'm like hey your next meeting's here yep I'm like how how'd she do it? You train your body. I mean and then up and ready to go. Yeah you just sometimes only five minutes but when you're going you're gone. Like seven great. And then you always have the most energy after too and you're like wait i just slept seven hours the night before i felt like shit for the last six but it was 10 minutes oh so i take a 20 minute power nap and i can run through that wall yeah i can go live now i'm gonna play a game i can go wrestle i can go do whatever i need to do yeah yeah and like it's wild how power naps work like that yeah there is i wonder the the you know the synapse like i'm gonna start doing what exactly happens i'm behind on that you are you need to learn the power nap she's two young kids power nap slammies yes there's there's many interesting things to learn together i feel like oh slam a power nap oh oh hey i'm in do you eat a slammy before you slam a power nap yeah definitely because you know will make you tired will make those arteries tired it'll be working hard just uh whatever Just to digest that.

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13:51Squarespace gives you everything you need to offer services and get paid all in one place. Plus, get discovered fast with integrated Squarespace SEO tools. Head to squarespace.com slash S-T-E-P-H for a free trial. And when you're ready to launch, use offer code Steph to save 10 % off your first purchase of a website or domain. So you grew up with four brothers, right? And I had the chance to meet you guys at one of your beach parties in Miami. And I met everybody in the family. And they said that, you know, I had to remember their names if we were going to do a deal together. Met your dad. I met Camille.

14:37I mean, it was met Bill Belichick. I mean, it was really like an amazing experience and opportunity. But I was so struck by you and your family and how crazy it is that you all played professional sports. Your oldest brother was a baseball player, right? For MLB. I played minor leagues for six years for the Los Angeles Angels. That's it's insane. And then all of your brothers then went on to play in the NFL, right? Yes. The rest of them. Yes, and then the second oldest, he did about three years in the NFL as a tight end. Third oldest, he played fullback for three years as a fullback in the NFL.

15:14And then the youngest one, four years after me, he played one year in the NFL. He actually started off on the Bills, got released after the first game, which was the best thing that could possibly happen. He came over and joined the New England Patriots practice squad. Oh, he did? Okay. And he got a Super Bowl ring on the Super Bowl. I didn't know that. He was on the practice squad, and he was like a versatile player. He played like fullback, H-back, tight end, wide receiver. So he gave all the looks to the defense, you know, on the scout team. And then he ended up getting a Super Bowl ring because it was the Super Bowl that we came back when we were down 28-3.

15:45So and then after that, he was like, I'm good. And I was like, yeah. And what does he do now? He played fullback. So he was always running downhill, smashing his head. And fullback was kind of disappearing as a position. Doesn't get paid well. And he's like, one year is good enough. I got a Super Bowl ring. I'm good. Yeah, I mean, that's pretty good for one year. Yeah. right and then your dad also played right he went to Syracuse yeah he had a cup of coffee okay yeah his sons were greater than him well naturally I mean that's just evolution right evolution there you go that's right but then your great-grandfather was an Olympian yes in 1924 100 years ago about um he took like a little sailboat over to Paris in order to compete and he was a cyclist.

16:30I never met him before he passed away before I was even born. But he had that cardio and he never passed it down, I can tell you that. No, it seems like a lot of the athletic genetics were passed down. I mean, it's freaky. I've never known a more successful athletic figure. Yeah, look at that. Yeah, definitely. But the cardio side, I don't think that's like I said. I've seen you run. You have great cardio. Yeah, but he was a cyclist, so he biked for, like, I don't know, an hour, two hours, days straight. Like, it's wild. And, like, I can run a route 40 yards and then walk back to the huddle. You need, like, 40 seconds off.

17:08I can run again another route. But, like, I go over 100 yards and I try a mile. Like, it's vicious. I'm like, yo, I can't breathe. My organs are, like, crying for help. Yeah, it's tough. Yeah. Not many people can do what you do. That's the truth. Thank you. So you credit Bill Belichick with a lot. I'd love to know what are some of the key lessons that you learned while you were playing for him? Because I think, you know, like in life, a great teacher, a great coach, when they are passionate about what they do and when they love what they do, I think sometimes that's infectious. and, you know, especially during the years that you played for him and, you know, how you went from coming in sort of full party mode.

17:57Maybe you kept it. I don't know, during the whole time. But what are some of those bigger lessons that you learned from him? Yeah, definitely. I learned a lot from him and I couldn't have been blessed to go to a better organization. Like literally that organization was for me. I needed that structure. You know, I needed that discipline as well. I love it. I love when people are on my tail. Tom was on my tail. Coach Belichick was on my tail. All the other coaches were on my tail because they saw greatness as well. It's good to be around people that want the best out of you, that want to get the best out of you too.

18:29That's what Coach Belichick was doing on a daily basis, not just with myself but with the others as well, the other players around us, like with Tom. He wanted Tom to be great. He got the greatness out of him. But he taught us so much. He taught us discipline. You know, he taught us consistency as well. He really structured, you know, and, you know, and acknowledged to us on a daily basis throughout training camp and throughout the season, like you would have a great play and he would put it up there and then he would like emphasize big time, like, okay, you did it once. Like, can you do it again?

19:01You know, and then can you do it again after that? And then can you do it again after that to where to the point everyone can trust you to the point where they know that you can do it every single time when the play is called. And that right there, he installed that into you. It's not like he complimented you after making a great play. It was a little compliment once in a while, but then it was with a vicious haymaker right after that to make sure that you weren't satisfied, that you weren't settled. And then boom, you would go out and he would say in a way, get under your skin in a way where it's like, man, I'm going to prove to this guy that I can do it on a daily basis.

19:37And that's what it was all about. And that's what forms greatness, you know, throughout the whole time. And that's what kept the dynasty going from whatever, 2003, 2002 to, you know, until it ended in 2019 or whatever year it was. I mean, also just to be prepared in the most important thing, block out the noise. What's going on on the outside? He emphasized that all the time, especially when there was a lot of noise, you know, going on from the outside. Being on the Patriots every year, there was some new scandal. Sure, sure. Some new guy getting in trouble. Yeah. New something was going on. Something that was not boring.

20:14Yeah, it was never boring. It was just to block it out and just focus on what you can truly focus on. And that was, you know, being the best at your craft. And how have some of those lessons applied to your life? You kind of take what you learned and you apply it to the real world now. Yeah. You know, consistency. That's like in business as well. And also your role. He emphasized your role. Hey, do it to the best you can possibly do and do it at a consistent basis, your role. And then that's kind of like taking it to the outside world is making sure I'm doing what I need to do so everyone else can function around me and help out whatever business is going on.

20:55And I've taken that to my endorsement deals to the TV world now is just focus on what I can do to be the best that I can do and be the best teammate possible as well. in whatever world I'm entering next. And if you're in the athletic world, I truly believe it transfers, you know, to the next world as well with whatever you want to do. And the best part about athletic world though, is that there's still no filter. Like a coach can freaking ream you out. He can call you whatever he wants to call you. And that's what I loved about the football world. In this real world, you know, there's HR. Oh yeah, you can't say, yeah.

21:28All that good stuff. A lot of things you can't say. Yeah, football though, you can still do that. That's good to know. I didn't know you could still really, you know. I mean, I don't know. I haven't played in like four years. It might have changed a little bit. Just to go back to Bill, I don't know if you can share maybe like your top funny memory of Bill Belichick. Just as like a fan, you only ever saw like press conference Bill. We're on to the next. Very stoic and doesn't say a lot. Obviously a great coach. But I wonder, are there any moments behind the scenes that you, you know, you got to have with him?

22:02Yeah, he is actually a really funny guy, but only when he's a funny guy. He's always got that face, that persona. It was true, what he was on TV, how he was in person. And it just made him to be the greatest coach. Literally, he was doing what he loved to do as well. Loved coaching the game of football, 100 % hands down. And every once in a while, though, he would crack a joke to the team. And everyone loved it. Oh, good. I was going to say, did they actually know he was joking? Every single time. It really did. But it was probably like once every three, four weeks. And then he would have a big smile as well.

22:40We would all be laughing. And then, to tell you the truth, it would be the best practice of the year. I bet. Yeah, because the whole mood was just lighting up. But he was funny when he was funny. And it was like dry, like crucial humor. Right. But it was good. So as a professional athlete, you retired once, you came back, and then you played with Tom at the Bucks, and now you've gone on to become an analyst. But one of the things I've learned in interviewing especially young professional athletes is how hard it is when that time comes that you have to retire. um what are some of the things that you went through when you were making those decisions and how have you come through them you know on the other side yeah yeah yeah definitely because we've been athletes our whole entire career since we were two years old and then all of a sudden you retire and boom it's over like it's gone like the paychecks are gone the income's gone you know it's not like you can switch over to another sport like you could at 10 years old and just start playing that and be competitive.

23:51So, but I knew when my time was done, especially my first retirement, but in fact, like I was so beat up, I was banged up. I took a huge hit in the Super Bowl game as well on my quad. So, you know, it really sent me into retirement. I couldn't walk for like six weeks after that last game I played in New England. I got that hit in the second quarter and just fought my way through. Then two minutes left in the fourth, it totally went out. I couldn't even walk anymore. And that was like my retirement gift. That was my sendoff package by the NFL. I was like, thank you for sending me off for no hesitation of, I knew I was retired.

24:22I knew before the playoffs even started and I gave it my all in those playoffs coming up. And just when you don't have it anymore and everything's aching, like you don't have that pop anymore. The game's not fun anymore. It became like a super, super job. Like I was finding the ins and outs of like how to just get by. Like it wasn't fun anymore. So that time I first retired, it was kind of like a no brainer to me i kept it on the wraps the whole time because like coach would say it's just a distraction them and i wanted this to be the best teammate i could possibly be uh so it wasn't like i brought it up and then when march came i knew that you know all right i really want to do it still so i did it uh but in back of my mind still i was like i can get healthy probably again like it was in back of my mind like it i was satisfied with my career three super bowls already um but then the opportunity came took a year off felt good again like the injuries healed up kind of found new ways to train tech new techniques to train start getting the itch yeah i got the itch you know a good amount and then the opportunity came too i did want to switch organizations as well just because i just felt like it was necessary for that time in my career i would never take away those nine years i had in new england but at that time you know it just felt like i should move on like Like, you know, that's just how everything is in life.

25:39That's life. And then when the opportunity got presented in Tampa, it couldn't have been a better fit. Everything checked off. You know, my mom lived two hours away. It was in Florida. Tom was down there. So the quarterback chemistry was already there. They had a great team already. They were seven and nine. They just needed to get over that hump on how to win games. And then everything else just played out and won a Super Bowl in the first year, which was just insane. Yeah. And for, I mean, yes, Patriots fan, but I certainly was rooting for the Bucks when you guys got back together, I have to say.

26:11And I think WrestleMania was in Tampa that. Yeah, I was a little angry at first. It was in Tampa the COVID year, right? Yeah. So there was no fans there as well. No. Was there? It was the first time back. So we were supposed to be in Tampa and then there was no fans. So then we actually did it. We shot it out of the Performance Center because we never went off the air. So we continued to produce live programming, but with no fans in attendance. Ultimately, then we brought in virtual fans. Okay. And it was, you know, it was as good as it could possibly be. But yeah, you won the 24-7 title at WrestleMania.

26:48Yes, I did. In the Performance Center. Yes, in the Performance Center. That was the year. That was the year. Post at WrestleMania. And it was all set up to be nicely done. And then all of a sudden COVID hit. It was set up before COVID. yeah yeah and then all of that nonsense happened yep wow wow we go way back we do we go way back and that that your dad actually i had to jump off of of uh scaffolding yes yeah what is it called a scaffold yeah scaffold scaffold yeah but this is i already knew i was coming back to football actually so the football thing went down about a week before this about two weeks before it so in back of my mind cool i was like i can't be it kind of mind fucked me a little bit that i was going back to football yeah because like in back of my mind i felt like like it's not good like i gotta be a little like i can't be too crazy i can't get hurt or something right so like i was kind of hesitant your dad came over and just jumped right off of the scaffolding or whatever it was called i was like dude wow that was impressive like he did such a good job i was like i'm i was like to myself i'm a huge pussy i think that's what he was going for yeah definitely he was going for that and then i wasn't he knew how to get you yeah exactly and then i was like no hesitation from there um and did it and uh won the belt the 24 7 belt right there on that jump yeah that was so fun and that that view of that i never seen the view of that jump right there that was really cool it was awesome yeah that was again yeah let's see it one more time oh yeah oh here you go here you go i throw my mic i wave to the virtual fans everyone's fighting down there i mean that does take guts it really does i took out what 10 300 pounders huge 10 15 20 guys you took out all at once one jump my favorite wrestlemania moment though was when i was there about two three years before that and uh it was the royal rumble right andre the giant yeah andre the giant royal rumble battle royale 45 sweaty big dude oh yeah that natural deodorant doesn't work with i'm telling you it doesn't work it doesn't work with those guys and ginger mihal was the wwe champion of the world and he came it was so rude of him like he just came in through a drink in front of my face right picking a fight why would he do that i don't know and then i came in the ring and just clotheslined his ass you did and i was a big dude and i showed him that i was a big dude but my favorite was the security guy didn't know that i was part of the show i did hear about i remember that she came running over and she looked at me and grabbed me and i looked at her and i said oh shit you don't know she don't Like, I know, like, when someone's playing the part, I knew she wasn't tipped off.

29:41I was like, oh, shit. So I played back. I was like, all right, this will be fixed. But I was like, I ain't fighting this girl because it's going to be like... Yeah, of course not. So I played back. I was like, I'm sorry. I was like, I'm part of the show. I was supposed to do this. Yeah, but then I played off. I didn't want to give it away. So then she kind of, like, put me back in my seat. And then a couple people radioed into her. And then she looked at me, and she was like, oh, shit, back to me. She was like, oh. And I was like, yeah. And then I leveled Ginger Mahal Wasn't supposed to kick him in the face Kicked him two times in the face Did you get him good?

30:13Yeah, got him great Wasn't supposed to do that, but I did it And then Mojo Rawley won the Andre the Giant Battle Royale That's right Battle Royale or Royal Rumble? Battle Royale The Royal Rumble's in January There it is He's taunting you That's a 15 yard penalty Look at that You do look mean I look mean. Your hat makes you look extra mean, right? It does. He stole my drink. He drank it. And then he threw it at me. That's when I knew he meant business. That was disrespect. Disrespect right there. And then he turns his back on you as if you don't even matter. Yeah. Right? Pshaw. Jerk. I was hoping they'd show.

30:57Oh. Right here. Here we go. No, her. I'm not letting him in. Here she is. Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh. That's what I knew. Look at her. Oh, no, you meant business. They're like, no, no, no. No, he's in it. What's her name? The security guy's name? Lisa. Lisa, that's what it was. We became like best friends after that. Yeah, my kids love Lisa, and they were telling me the story afterwards. They were like, Lisa didn't know. Yo, I can't wait. Look how jacked and big I was back then. Huge. Huge. Holy shit. I was diesel back then. Damn, I got to get back to that size. you're one of those craziest like i weigh more than i do like right there yeah not that big anymore like and then i gotta get that big absolutely look at that you're him oh yeah oh yeah you're just a little bit excited i mean like a little excited there i'm jack diesel there proud of myself see those two kicks to the face yeah oh yeah those hurt them because those are for real the hit was for real too yeah so how does that crowd compare to an nfl oh it's a great crowd oh oh my god i feel like it was electric there you go you hit it right i think that crowd like is more into it than an nfl crowd like that's what i'm trying to say more electric like more of like truer fans.

32:24They're in every aspect of WWE, every match. Whoever comes out, they're ready to go. Football fans are grabbing a beer sometimes. Their team's not on offense so they're taking a break, grabbing a hot dog. WWE fans, they're ready to go at all times. They are. If you don't know a storyline and you ask them a question, six different people turn around and tell you like the whole backstory of exactly what's been happening and i find the energy is like kinetic when you're out there there's nothing like being in the crowd and i mean of course i'm super biased i mean obviously but uh yeah there's nothing like the wwe audience there's not i was gonna say i i did i did also have my wrestlemania moment see meeting you was her Wrestlemania moment.

33:14Alicia. Is that your whole first name? Elyse Ashley. It's my middle name. Elyse Ashley. Elyse Ashley. Yep. But so our security guys who were New York fans knew that I was diehard patriots and they're like, you gotta come over here. You gotta come over here. And I think it's for her. Yeah. So I'm like running and they're like, I'm gonna take a picture with Gronk. And I was like, does Steph need me? Are you sure? We gotta replicate that picture. Oh yeah. I smiled with every tooth in my mouth and all of my friends with this with this title belt maybe that was your happiest moment i could just tell by this it was her whole wrestling moment yeah you did yeah it was you yeah i mean thank you i'm just saying thank you yeah i started with it really ginger i know you did ginger right ginger yeah i was calling him everything in the book i'm sure it's great yeah i was like you smell like ginger it's a natural do you're really like a bad smell he loved it he was great Are you ready to hold WWE history in the palm of your hand?