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Break the Cycle · The 3Ts: Tables, Tailgates, and Toploaders

• WEBVTT 00:00:11.179 --> 00:00:13.400 What is up, ladies and gentlemen? Welcome into 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:15.960 another episode of the Tables, Tailgates, and 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:18.679 Top Loaders podcast. This is episode seven, to 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:21.899 be exact. I am your host, TB, aka Tim Beardsley, 00:00:21.940 --> 00:00:24.480 and thank you all so very much for stopping in 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:27.679 and checking out the three Ts. We have so much 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:30.739 to get to, so let's not waste any time. Let's 00:00:30.739 --> 00:00:33.920 dive right in. Bills fans, mafia members, the 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:38.039 floor is yours. How are we feeling? Now, last 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:40.539 week, we closed out the podcast by talking about 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:43.679 The Bills schedule. And we talked about how they 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:46.479 are favored in every single game on the calendar. 00:00:46.539 --> 00:00:50.219 Every game. 17 games favored in each and every 00:00:50.219 --> 00:00:52.479 one of them. And as I talked about, that's pretty 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:54.539 rare. That doesn't happen very often. But it 00:00:54.539 --> 00:00:56.979 got me thinking. Got me thinking about the bigger 00:00:56.979 --> 00:01:00.420 picture. What does this all mean? How is this 00:01:00.420 --> 00:01:03.340 team, this Buffalo Bills 2025 team viewed? How 00:01:03.340 --> 00:01:05.459 are they viewed on a national level? How are 00:01:05.459 --> 00:01:08.260 they viewed in the local market? And regardless 00:01:08.260 --> 00:01:10.780 of how they're viewed, does any of it even really 00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:13.219 matter? Does it matter to the team how they are 00:01:13.219 --> 00:01:15.719 viewed on a national level? Does it matter to 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:17.640 us how they're viewed on a national level, us 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.420 as fans? I don't know, actually. As I'm thinking 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:22.260 about this, as I'm trying to dissect it all, 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:24.719 looking at it all has got me thinking about what 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:26.909 the expectations expectations are for this 2025 00:01:26.909 --> 00:01:30.129 bills team now obviously obviously on the team 00:01:30.129 --> 00:01:33.430 level so management coaching staff players their 00:01:33.430 --> 00:01:36.090 expectations at this point in my opinion they 00:01:36.090 --> 00:01:38.430 have to be to get to the super bowl if i'm a 00:01:38.430 --> 00:01:41.329 coach if i'm on upper management if i'm a player 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:43.959 That's my expectation to get to the Super Bowl, 00:01:44.019 --> 00:01:45.900 win the whole damn thing. It has to be, right? 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:48.739 Because after seven years of success, I feel 00:01:48.739 --> 00:01:50.599 like it's been building and building. Playoffs, 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:52.780 AFC Championship games, the only logical step 00:01:52.780 --> 00:01:55.680 is the Super Bowl. So I would say this aligns 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.519 with what some of the national viewpoints are. 00:01:58.819 --> 00:02:01.599 Because I think if you look around, a lot of 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:04.560 the national pundits, a lot of the writers, the 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.540 people on radio shows, whatever, they think this 00:02:07.540 --> 00:02:09.770 team's going to be pretty good. So for the Bills 00:02:09.770 --> 00:02:11.629 to be betting favorites in every game, people 00:02:11.629 --> 00:02:14.090 think this team is going to be really, really 00:02:14.090 --> 00:02:16.009 good in fact. But the way I look at it, that's 00:02:16.009 --> 00:02:17.590 kind of the easy part. It's easy to look at this 00:02:17.590 --> 00:02:20.189 team even as an outsider, even as someone who's 00:02:20.189 --> 00:02:22.949 not really a fan, even as a casual observer and 00:02:22.949 --> 00:02:25.370 see that this Bills team has a very good chance 00:02:25.370 --> 00:02:28.729 to not only do well, but they have a legit shot, 00:02:28.789 --> 00:02:31.909 in my opinion, a legit shot at making a run at 00:02:31.909 --> 00:02:34.229 the Lombardi Trophy. As I see it, that's the 00:02:34.229 --> 00:02:36.770 easy conversation to have. But what are the expectations 00:02:36.770 --> 00:02:39.689 for the fans? And this is what I was thinking 00:02:39.689 --> 00:02:43.110 about. What are the factors as a fan that define 00:02:43.110 --> 00:02:46.449 what a successful season is? And does your definition 00:02:46.449 --> 00:02:50.009 of success change depending on the type of fan 00:02:50.009 --> 00:02:53.250 you are? So I started to think about the types 00:02:53.250 --> 00:02:55.830 of fans. And let me start by saying this. This 00:02:55.830 --> 00:02:58.530 is not a shot at anyone. This is not me taking 00:02:58.530 --> 00:03:01.270 shots at the types of Bills fans that are out 00:03:01.270 --> 00:03:03.740 there. It's just... a way to kind of break this 00:03:03.740 --> 00:03:07.020 down and it's kind of a way to or how i interpret 00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:09.360 the fan base first of all you have the people 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:11.259 that consider themselves fans but it's on a very 00:03:11.259 --> 00:03:14.580 small safe simple level so totally fine so maybe 00:03:14.580 --> 00:03:17.540 they watch some games or most of the games But 00:03:17.540 --> 00:03:19.439 for them, it's not, oh, I got to set my alarm. 00:03:19.580 --> 00:03:21.780 I got to set my clock. It's not a rearrange my 00:03:21.780 --> 00:03:25.099 schedule. It's not must see TV. Maybe they watch 00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:27.500 highlights. Maybe they check out stuff on socials. 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:29.860 Maybe they go to a game or two if possible. Maybe 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:32.300 they buy some merch. I would say these are your 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:34.439 low investment casual Bills fans. And that's 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:36.360 fine. We'll put these in the casual fan box. 00:03:36.659 --> 00:03:39.120 They want the team to win. But it's not going 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.620 to impact their life from one game to the next, 00:03:41.659 --> 00:03:44.400 one season to the next. Then there's the flip 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:47.360 side of the coin, the diehards. Maybe some people 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.719 out there look at the diehards as psychos or 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:54.659 lunatics. I don't know. Maybe that's how people 00:03:54.659 --> 00:03:57.659 see me. And so be it. But I always wonder what 00:03:57.659 --> 00:04:01.030 percentage of the fan base this... portion is 00:04:01.030 --> 00:04:03.789 these are the lifers these are the ones i feel 00:04:03.789 --> 00:04:06.530 live and die with this team not literally of 00:04:06.530 --> 00:04:08.449 course but the ones and i consider myself to 00:04:08.449 --> 00:04:10.189 be in this category the ones who right or wrong 00:04:10.189 --> 00:04:13.569 are impacted in some way by the success and by 00:04:13.569 --> 00:04:15.969 the failure of this team the ones who feel as 00:04:15.969 --> 00:04:18.670 if the team is somehow embedded into the fabric 00:04:18.670 --> 00:04:20.930 the very fabric of their being like i said this 00:04:20.930 --> 00:04:22.870 is not right it's not wrong it's just kind of 00:04:22.870 --> 00:04:25.329 how the way i see it now personally Going back 00:04:25.329 --> 00:04:27.490 to episode one, why I started this podcast journey, 00:04:27.689 --> 00:04:30.790 this team has been a significant part of my life 00:04:30.790 --> 00:04:34.069 since about as long as I can remember. As I said 00:04:34.069 --> 00:04:37.170 before, I'm 46. It's all I can remember, 40 years 00:04:37.170 --> 00:04:39.470 supporting and loving the Bills. I used to listen 00:04:39.470 --> 00:04:41.410 to the games on the radio. I used to read articles, 00:04:41.550 --> 00:04:44.399 cut out player pictures in the newspaper. And 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.740 then as I got older, I would make it a point 00:04:46.740 --> 00:04:50.040 to try to find ways to watch nearly every game 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.740 despite going off to college, moving to different 00:04:52.740 --> 00:04:56.060 states, moving all over the country. I would 00:04:56.060 --> 00:05:00.139 find a way to stay in contact. Not in contact, 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.639 but to stay connected to the team, know the players, 00:05:02.699 --> 00:05:05.360 buy the merch. And then finally, as I got older... 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:08.699 and became in a better position. When I was financially, 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.620 geographically in a position to do so, I was 00:05:11.620 --> 00:05:13.839 blessed enough to become part of the season ticket 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:16.740 holder group, the season ticket fan base. Now, 00:05:16.740 --> 00:05:19.040 I travel five to six hours to get to a game. 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:21.600 I know there's people that travel further. It's 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:23.720 not me tooting my own horn. I'm just laying it 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:25.360 out there for you. I travel about five to six 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.939 hours to get to a game. I listen to local radio 00:05:28.939 --> 00:05:33.389 shows. local buffalo sports stations i read articles 00:05:33.389 --> 00:05:37.029 i get on websites like i follow the team this 00:05:37.029 --> 00:05:40.189 team this team is a part of me and i know there 00:05:40.189 --> 00:05:42.529 are others who have a much longer more intense 00:05:42.529 --> 00:05:45.569 resume than me um you know so if you want to 00:05:45.569 --> 00:05:48.550 rank levels of fandom there are ones that that 00:05:48.550 --> 00:05:50.410 do way more and travel further but you get the 00:05:50.410 --> 00:05:52.250 point these are the people this is a group of 00:05:52.250 --> 00:05:54.430 people i'm thinking about so knowing the history 00:05:54.430 --> 00:05:56.769 of this team knowing the history of this team 00:05:56.769 --> 00:05:59.829 what does success look like to these fans. So 00:05:59.829 --> 00:06:02.370 the diehards, diehard Bills fans, is it truly 00:06:02.370 --> 00:06:05.230 Super Bowl or bust this year? 2025 Buffalo Bills 00:06:05.230 --> 00:06:08.189 upcoming season is a successful season, truly 00:06:08.189 --> 00:06:10.589 Super Bowl or bust. Now this is the tough part, 00:06:10.670 --> 00:06:13.230 right? Is the only way to measure success by 00:06:13.230 --> 00:06:14.829 hosting the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the 00:06:14.829 --> 00:06:17.509 year? The way I see it, there are fans in a similar 00:06:17.509 --> 00:06:20.470 age bracket as myself. Many, many people older 00:06:20.470 --> 00:06:22.949 than me who have experienced both the high times, 00:06:23.009 --> 00:06:27.050 both the high periods in the last 40 years of 00:06:27.050 --> 00:06:29.800 Bills football. The first being the run in the 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:33.240 late 80s, which led to, obviously, the four straight 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:36.199 Super Bowls in the early 90s. As we talked about 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:38.500 before, that team is ridiculous. At some point, 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:40.740 we'll do a deep dive into those teams on future 00:06:40.740 --> 00:06:43.480 episodes. But that stretch created, I think that 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.800 stretch created a cycle that is now permanently 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:49.139 etched in the brains of these older fans. And 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:51.160 I consider myself to be a part of them. And the 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:54.699 cycle goes like this. Hope, confidence, heartbreak, 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.720 repeat. I'll say it again. Hope. confidence, 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:01.459 heartbreak, repeat. So part one, hope. Here comes 00:07:01.459 --> 00:07:03.899 July, usually right around the time of the year, 00:07:03.939 --> 00:07:06.500 right? As this podcast is coming out. So you 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:08.579 start planning, you start hearing, you start 00:07:08.579 --> 00:07:11.019 talking about training camp. It's either just 00:07:11.019 --> 00:07:13.459 starting or it's just on the horizon. Players 00:07:13.459 --> 00:07:15.500 start showing up. You start to get that early 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:19.319 buzz. And here comes this idea of hope. You start 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:22.980 to feel it. You start to believe it, right? You 00:07:22.980 --> 00:07:25.779 don't want to feel it. Sometimes I think, As 00:07:25.779 --> 00:07:27.680 a Bills fan, it would be easier if you didn't, 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.939 but there it is. You get this sense of hope, 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:32.480 and it starts to mess with your head. It's that 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:34.019 voice. You all know what I'm talking about. It's 00:07:34.019 --> 00:07:36.220 that voice in your head that says, maybe this 00:07:36.220 --> 00:07:38.639 is the year. Maybe this is the year we win it 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:41.860 all. You all know exactly what I'm talking about. 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:44.480 So then, after hope, here comes part two, confidence. 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.500 Confidence. Now the season kicks off. The team 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:49.680 starts cranking out wins. Maybe they put a nice 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:51.879 stretch together. Maybe they crush a team who 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.839 was supposed to be, you know, on an equal or 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:56.439 level playing field. Maybe the team was supposed 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:58.160 to be better than them. And the Bills just straight 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:00.519 truck them, right? So they crush them. As the 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:02.899 season goes on, they might have a letdown game 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:05.339 here or there. Every team is bound to drop one 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:07.240 or two of those a year. But for the most part, 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.500 wins are coming fast and furious. And your confidence, 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:12.100 well, this is the glorious part about part two. 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.300 Confidence, it keeps growing through the season. 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:15.459 It keeps building and building and building. 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:18.100 And so what do you do as a result? Maybe you 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:19.779 start talking a little louder. Maybe you throw 00:08:19.779 --> 00:08:21.879 out some smack talk. Maybe you start walking 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:24.839 around with more confidence. Maybe you're wearing 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.220 your gear everywhere. Now, most people, most 00:08:27.220 --> 00:08:30.000 diehards wear their gear everywhere, so that 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.759 doesn't really matter. But maybe you start wearing 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:36.899 your gear even more than you normally do. And 00:08:36.899 --> 00:08:38.500 the end of the year is approaching. Playoffs 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:40.460 are starting to come into focus. You feel on 00:08:40.460 --> 00:08:43.259 top of the world, ready to take it all. And then... 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.360 Then it all comes crashing down and we get to 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:49.159 part three, heartbreak, right? So we all know 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:51.559 this part. Wide right, Super Bowl disasters, 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.779 lost helmets, turnover machines, terrible breaks, 00:08:54.940 --> 00:08:56.679 music city miracle. I mean, the list goes on 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:58.519 and on and on. One after another, after another, 00:08:58.659 --> 00:09:01.500 after another. It's like we feel like the football 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:04.840 gods have turned their backs on us. Upstate New 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:07.679 York, Bills Mafia, Bills fans. It's just not, 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:09.779 it's not okay. Games we know we should have won, 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:11.740 teams we know we could have and should have beaten. 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:14.710 It's so frustrating. Heartbreak enters in and 00:09:14.710 --> 00:09:18.129 it just destroys us. It breaks our hearts. Sometimes 00:09:18.129 --> 00:09:20.309 we get mad. Sometimes we rage. Sometimes we yell 00:09:20.309 --> 00:09:23.389 and scream. Sometimes, if you remember me at 00:09:23.389 --> 00:09:26.370 11, Super Bowl loss, sometimes we cry. It's just 00:09:26.370 --> 00:09:29.070 miserable. It's absolutely worse. It's the worst, 00:09:29.230 --> 00:09:31.309 the absolute worst. And this cycle continues 00:09:31.309 --> 00:09:34.490 to repeat itself for many, many years, especially 00:09:34.490 --> 00:09:37.409 through the 90s until, poof, what happens? Suddenly 00:09:37.409 --> 00:09:40.200 we turn around and... It's all gone. The very 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:43.659 definition of hope has seemed to have changed 00:09:43.659 --> 00:09:46.259 because now where we were once hoping for a Super 00:09:46.259 --> 00:09:48.500 Bowl and winning the Super Bowl, four straight, 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:50.860 we couldn't get over the finish line. There's 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:53.440 no hope for the Super Bowl. There is no hope 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:55.419 for the Super Bowl because we're in the middle 00:09:55.419 --> 00:09:59.100 of this drought, right? So now it's not hope 00:09:59.100 --> 00:10:02.809 of making the Super Bowl. Hope, can my next coach 00:10:02.809 --> 00:10:05.610 tie his shoes right? Can he find the podium after 00:10:05.610 --> 00:10:07.370 the next loss? Can he remember the name of the 00:10:07.370 --> 00:10:10.149 quarterback we way overdrafted? I mean, fill 00:10:10.149 --> 00:10:13.370 in the ridiculousness blanks. It's crazy, right? 00:10:13.429 --> 00:10:15.830 Hope takes on a completely different viewpoint, 00:10:16.029 --> 00:10:17.690 a completely different meaning. So expectations 00:10:17.690 --> 00:10:20.269 during the drought years, I mean, I don't even 00:10:20.269 --> 00:10:24.080 know. I felt like there were barely... any expectations. 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.399 I remember when the season was kind of hanging 00:10:27.399 --> 00:10:29.799 on whether or not we could shock the world, shock 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:32.139 the NFL world, and beat Tom Brady once a year. 00:10:32.179 --> 00:10:34.779 That was our Super Bowl. Once a year, beating 00:10:34.779 --> 00:10:37.240 Boo Boo, that became the game we kind of hung 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:39.659 our hopes and dreams on. So 17 years of this 00:10:39.659 --> 00:10:43.159 crap, right? 17 years of literally no hope. And 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.220 then it all seemed to come back, come back into 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:48.779 focus, come back into play right around 2018. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.799 Suddenly, We have brought along a whole new group 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.820 of younger fans. And now suddenly this younger 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:58.340 group of fans can get to learn and experience 00:10:58.340 --> 00:11:01.480 this dreaded cycle that I brought up. They can 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:03.639 experience it for the first time. They can experience 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:06.679 it with the older group. who has experienced 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:09.259 this over and over again. And I put my kids in 00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:12.139 this group. My kids, thank God, are huge Bills 00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:14.440 fans. They love this team. They love the experience. 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:16.840 They love the players. They love Orchard Park, 00:11:17.019 --> 00:11:19.340 the whole deal, the tailgating, everything. They 00:11:19.340 --> 00:11:21.480 love it. But they are a part of the group that 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:24.019 never knew what the first period was like. They 00:11:24.019 --> 00:11:26.100 didn't experience the first high times. They 00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:28.700 didn't know that time in history, in Bills history, 00:11:28.899 --> 00:11:31.539 nor did they experience the drought, right? Because 00:11:31.539 --> 00:11:33.899 by the time they were old enough to really... 00:11:34.190 --> 00:11:37.350 get into all this, make their own decisions about 00:11:37.350 --> 00:11:39.490 which teams to root for. We were kind of out 00:11:39.490 --> 00:11:42.769 of it. So us older fans, well, guess what, folks? 00:11:42.850 --> 00:11:44.750 Lucky us, here comes round two, the second wave, 00:11:44.830 --> 00:11:46.649 the second boom period. So again, let's play 00:11:46.649 --> 00:11:49.789 it out. Here comes... new hope not the Star Wars 00:11:49.789 --> 00:11:52.190 movie but we get new faces actual players who 00:11:52.190 --> 00:11:53.990 can play we get coaches for the most part who 00:11:53.990 --> 00:11:55.450 seem to know what the hell they're doing we get 00:11:55.450 --> 00:11:57.710 a sense of direction for the franchise and we 00:11:57.710 --> 00:11:59.529 get a young exciting quarterback who in seven 00:11:59.529 --> 00:12:01.649 years has literally taken the league by storm 00:12:01.649 --> 00:12:04.570 and has proven so many in the NFL draft gurus 00:12:04.570 --> 00:12:07.110 completely wrong about what they thought this 00:12:07.110 --> 00:12:09.309 young raw inexperienced kid out of Wyoming can 00:12:09.309 --> 00:12:12.730 do right so the first few years we see glimpses 00:12:12.730 --> 00:12:15.450 of what he can be what is to come it is awesome 00:12:15.450 --> 00:12:19.610 and as Bill's fans as a As a huge Mafia fan base, 00:12:19.710 --> 00:12:22.690 we are excited and we get this hope once again. 00:12:22.789 --> 00:12:25.429 So what happens next? Round two, here comes the 00:12:25.429 --> 00:12:27.730 confidence. As Josh starts to get experience, 00:12:27.889 --> 00:12:30.529 the team starts to gel around him years and games. 00:12:30.889 --> 00:12:32.750 become building blocks. And the core of this 00:12:32.750 --> 00:12:34.830 team grows stronger. They grow tighter. I mean, 00:12:34.850 --> 00:12:36.889 you can see it. They like being around each other. 00:12:36.950 --> 00:12:39.049 It's a totally new atmosphere from the drought 00:12:39.049 --> 00:12:41.769 teams. Totally new atmosphere. Totally new culture. 00:12:42.169 --> 00:12:44.730 And what happens as a result? We start to smoke 00:12:44.730 --> 00:12:47.070 teams again. We start to get that swagger back. 00:12:47.190 --> 00:12:48.929 We start to beat teams here and there that we're 00:12:48.929 --> 00:12:51.750 not supposed to beat. And we start to get that 00:12:51.750 --> 00:12:53.950 attention, that national attention. And we are 00:12:53.950 --> 00:12:56.149 no longer the laughingstock of the league. We 00:12:56.149 --> 00:12:58.529 are no longer irrelevant. And that's all thanks 00:12:58.529 --> 00:13:02.470 to GA17. and this cast of awesome teammates and 00:13:02.470 --> 00:13:04.789 company, right? So here we go again. We got the 00:13:04.789 --> 00:13:06.549 hope, we got the confidence. And yet, despite 00:13:06.549 --> 00:13:09.549 all that, round three, here comes the heartbreak, 00:13:09.590 --> 00:13:13.309 right? This time, it takes the form of 13 seconds. 00:13:13.350 --> 00:13:15.289 It takes the form of defenses that don't bother 00:13:15.289 --> 00:13:16.950 to show up in the playoffs. It takes the form 00:13:16.950 --> 00:13:19.210 of poor coaching decisions, dropped last second 00:13:19.210 --> 00:13:21.210 passes, time after time, year after year. Here 00:13:21.210 --> 00:13:23.850 we freaking go again. Heartbreak, it's always 00:13:23.850 --> 00:13:26.610 entering right back into the equation. And sometimes 00:13:26.610 --> 00:13:28.730 we rage, just like before. Sometimes we cry, 00:13:28.830 --> 00:13:31.080 but the worst, The worst, in my opinion, the 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.600 absolute freaking worst is sitting there in absolute 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:37.120 silence. And that's exactly what I did after 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.100 the last AFC Championship game. Game was over. 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:42.000 We lost. And I just sat there in pure silence 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.500 because I didn't know what to do. I didn't know 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:46.500 what to feel. I didn't know what my response 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:50.740 should be. Because at 46, and like I said, I 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:52.259 don't ever want to compare myself to people who 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:53.679 have been rooting for this team way longer than 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.860 me. And like I said, their fandom resume far 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:59.559 outshines me. But you get to a point. You get 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:01.559 to a point where there just are no words. You 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:04.220 don't know how to describe what keeps happening. 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:06.559 And you start to wonder if this will ever happen. 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.720 You start to wonder, you start to ask yourself 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:11.340 rather, how much more of this can I actually 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:14.379 take? And this is the frustrating part. This 00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:16.860 is the part that sucks about the heartbreak portion 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:20.870 because there are so many times I wish. I wish 00:14:20.870 --> 00:14:22.710 I just didn't care. I wish I didn't give a crap. 00:14:22.789 --> 00:14:24.929 I wish I wasn't invested. I wish I was just one 00:14:24.929 --> 00:14:26.470 of those first group of fans. We talked about 00:14:26.470 --> 00:14:30.350 the casual fans, a loss, a season ending defeat 00:14:30.350 --> 00:14:34.330 didn't impact me in such a way. And the problem 00:14:34.330 --> 00:14:37.250 is at this point, it's just become a part of 00:14:37.250 --> 00:14:39.490 me. It's part of my DNA. It is, it is what it 00:14:39.490 --> 00:14:41.750 is. It is who I am. And that's the hardest part 00:14:41.750 --> 00:14:45.429 to explain to someone who doesn't get it. It's 00:14:45.429 --> 00:14:47.110 the hardest part to explain to someone who says 00:14:47.110 --> 00:14:49.779 it's just a game. It's just a game. Why are you 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:53.039 getting so upset? Now, I'm not saying it impacts 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:55.559 me to the point where I can't leave my room and 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:57.379 I can't function and I can't do the things I 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:59.980 need to do as a husband, a father, as an employee, 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:01.399 right? That's not what I'm talking about. But, 00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:04.039 you know, your mood changes. You're like, you 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:06.480 just, it sucks. It just freaking sucks. And so, 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:09.960 yes, it is just a game, but it's so much more 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.299 than that. And this is the part I struggle with. 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:14.740 And I really believe that there are other Bills 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:17.419 fans like this. And so. There's probably outsiders 00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:19.360 that say, oh, this guy needs some freaking professional 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:20.820 help. And maybe they're right. But it brings 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:23.059 me back to the beginning of this conversation 00:15:23.059 --> 00:15:26.500 and what are truly the expectations of us as 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:30.440 this fan base. How do we define success? How 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:34.840 do we look at 2025, 2016 and say, yeah, that 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:37.580 was a successful year. This is a absolute huge 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:40.419 year for this team and for this franchise. It's 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:43.490 historically significant. obviously because this 00:15:43.490 --> 00:15:46.529 is the last year at the stadium. So Highmark, 00:15:46.629 --> 00:15:48.210 DeRalph, Bill Stadium, Rich Stadium, whatever 00:15:48.210 --> 00:15:49.830 name you want to call it, it's the last year. 00:15:50.029 --> 00:15:52.549 And there's a lot of emotion that's tied to that 00:15:52.549 --> 00:15:55.429 for a lot of people. So you start to think, is 00:15:55.429 --> 00:15:59.250 it possible? Is this the year of all years? Is 00:15:59.250 --> 00:16:02.250 this the year of all years to find success if 00:16:02.250 --> 00:16:04.929 it doesn't include raising up that Lombardi trophy? 00:16:04.970 --> 00:16:08.289 And so personally, I need to kind of take a step 00:16:08.289 --> 00:16:12.600 back. I need to make it a focus. especially this 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.379 season, to kind of zoom out the camera a little 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:17.840 bit. Zoom out the camera, slow it all down, take 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:20.659 a broader, bigger view. And this is where I encourage 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:23.919 everyone, young, old, all types of fans to do 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:25.820 the same because it's crazy what's going on. 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:28.059 Please don't take this for granted. Bills Mafia, 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:30.559 I beg you. If you are a new fan, don't take this 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:33.620 for granted. You don't know what it's like to 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:37.740 not have Josh Allen. I think there are so many 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:40.220 fans that take Josh Allen for granted. He's literally 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:41.940 one of the greatest football players. In the 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:45.100 league, top three, top five, top five players 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:47.179 in the league. Easy, hands down. Can anybody 00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:49.440 really argue that? He's one of the greatest players 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:51.200 in the league, and we are absolutely blessed 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:53.799 to be able to watch him lace it up every week, 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:56.220 play in the NFL week after week for our team. 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:59.120 That is so freaking rare. It's so rare, especially 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:01.580 in this league. I encourage everyone, take a 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:04.730 step back. Don't take it for granted. Enjoy every 00:17:04.730 --> 00:17:07.130 second of it because really stop and think about 00:17:07.130 --> 00:17:09.509 what we are seeing when Josh takes the field. 00:17:09.630 --> 00:17:11.630 It's like history in the making and you never 00:17:11.630 --> 00:17:13.990 know. when this ride is going to come to an end. 00:17:14.049 --> 00:17:16.549 So enjoy each game for what it is. Enjoy the 00:17:16.549 --> 00:17:18.670 history of the stadium. Enjoy your fellow fans. 00:17:18.849 --> 00:17:20.910 Enjoy your fellow mafia members. Enjoy being 00:17:20.910 --> 00:17:23.470 a part of something that I think is kind of way 00:17:23.470 --> 00:17:25.769 bigger than me. It's way bigger than you. It's 00:17:25.769 --> 00:17:27.809 bigger than all of us. Try to be a part of something 00:17:27.809 --> 00:17:29.970 bigger. Try to find success in the little things 00:17:29.970 --> 00:17:32.269 that hopefully, hopefully this year of all years, 00:17:32.390 --> 00:17:34.549 hopefully the little things lead to bigger things. 00:17:34.589 --> 00:17:36.950 That would be the absolute ultimate storybook 00:17:36.950 --> 00:17:38.670 ending, wouldn't it? Think about it. Wrapping 00:17:38.670 --> 00:17:40.549 up the incredible history of this stadium by 00:17:40.549 --> 00:17:44.069 hosting Hosting and then winning. That's right. 00:17:44.109 --> 00:17:46.289 I said it. Hosting and winning the AFC Championship 00:17:46.289 --> 00:17:48.950 game. The last game of the stadium. Can you imagine? 00:17:49.269 --> 00:17:52.329 If the last game we play in the stadium was in 00:17:52.329 --> 00:17:54.809 the AFC Championship, we win it to go on to the 00:17:54.809 --> 00:17:57.690 Super Bowl. And we ultimately break this freaking 00:17:57.690 --> 00:18:00.369 cycle. Because if that happens, all the heartbreak 00:18:00.369 --> 00:18:02.710 that's happened year after year, time after time, 00:18:02.789 --> 00:18:08.569 will have been absolutely worth it. So, I had 00:18:08.569 --> 00:18:11.029 to get that out. I'm glad I did, but I really 00:18:11.029 --> 00:18:12.970 wanted to talk about that. Anyway, wrestling 00:18:12.970 --> 00:18:16.390 fans, how are we feeling? So Monday Night Raw. 00:18:16.809 --> 00:18:18.549 Let's go back. Monday Night Raw. It was okay. 00:18:18.650 --> 00:18:20.390 We have brand new tag team champions. The New 00:18:20.390 --> 00:18:22.490 Day dropped the belts to McDonough and Finn Balor. 00:18:22.490 --> 00:18:24.970 The Judgment Day. I was happy to see this. New 00:18:24.970 --> 00:18:27.869 Day really wasn't doing much of anything. I don't 00:18:27.869 --> 00:18:29.230 know. I feel like they dropped the ball with 00:18:29.230 --> 00:18:31.839 that, with the New Day. They had a great turn 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:34.839 with Big E, and then it kind of just went nowhere. 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:37.640 So I was happy to see Finn. Finn's one of my 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:39.380 favorites. It's nice to see him get some gold 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:41.539 back. I love the work he's doing, especially 00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:44.980 the backstage segments with the group, with Dom, 00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:47.579 Liv, Raquel. And now bringing Roxanna to the 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:50.240 mix, I think it's pretty great stuff. Pretty 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:52.400 great stuff all around. Lyra and Bayley had a 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:56.210 match that ended in a weird draw. Very weird. 00:18:56.289 --> 00:18:58.869 You don't see that too often. But clearly, I 00:18:58.869 --> 00:19:00.529 think this is paving the way for a triple threat 00:19:00.529 --> 00:19:02.730 match between them and the man, Becky Lynch, 00:19:02.890 --> 00:19:05.069 at Evolution. It was a good match. It was a good 00:19:05.069 --> 00:19:08.650 segment. Lyra does not seem at all out of place 00:19:08.650 --> 00:19:10.549 on that main roster. I mean, she is crushing 00:19:10.549 --> 00:19:12.950 it, if you ask me. Great segment. I think she 00:19:12.950 --> 00:19:15.970 fits right in. She's doing great work. Gunther. 00:19:16.250 --> 00:19:18.130 Gunther. My man, Gunther. He comes out, cuts 00:19:18.130 --> 00:19:22.059 a great promo on a non -existent Goldberg. So 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:24.480 happy he wasn't there. And that was great. So 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:27.259 good promo. Rollins comes out, interrupts, talks 00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:29.859 a bunch. Punk rolls in. It's a whole schmazola 00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:32.339 LA night. You know, it's round and round. There's 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:34.460 so many people. And it's all setting up Saturday 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:37.000 night's main event. Great, fine, whatever. At 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:39.359 one point, Rollins, or I'm sorry, not Rollins. 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:42.339 Punk pushes Gunther down. I don't know. Maybe 00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.980 he slipped and fell, but it looked really weird. 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:48.279 That was stupid. Goldberg. Gunther, you got to 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:51.019 get up. You can't be pushed. to the ground you're 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.960 the champion don't get pushed by punk that looks 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:55.700 weak we could sell anyway we get lucky lucky 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:57.940 us fans we get another goldberg video package 00:19:57.940 --> 00:20:00.220 thank goodness it was definitely what my life 00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:02.619 had been missing up to this point more goldberg 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:05.839 video packages i'm so happy they keep doing this 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:09.259 And I see what you're doing, WWE. I see you. 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:11.819 I see right through your garbage. I know you 00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:14.039 are trying to use bomb -ass songs to get me to 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:16.839 care about this near 60 -year -old. Shout out 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:18.720 to Three Days Grace and the song Dominate. That 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:21.460 was awesome. Such a shame to waste it on this 00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:24.480 trash video package that we have seen a billion 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:27.740 freaking times. So, just want to say that, but... 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:30.079 I see your games, WWE. I see your games. You're 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:32.720 trying to get me to care about something by using 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:35.160 awesome music, and I see right through you, so 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:36.980 it's not going to work. Another segment that 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:40.960 made zero sense, Rhea Ripley. She's down in the 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:43.200 ring. She's talking. She's rambling on and on, 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:45.599 and here comes women's champ Io Skye. She comes 00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:48.859 out and challenges Rhea to a match. What? I'm 00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:51.920 watching this. I'm like, in what world? Does 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.799 the champion ever come out and challenge someone 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:56.700 to a match? I mean, I guess. I guess they tried 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:59.819 to clear it up because GM Adam Pearce told her 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:03.039 she could pick whoever she wanted. But that's 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:05.059 stupid. We don't have champions challenge people. 00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:07.160 That makes no sense. I thought it was mad dumb. 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:10.160 So anyway, whatever. That's clearly being set 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:14.759 up for Evolution. And anyway, we move on. AEW 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:17.019 Dynamite, pretty good show. Opening segment with 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:19.180 Adam Page. He's doing his thing. He's talking. 00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:22.339 And he's rambling on about Jon Moxley. And at 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:24.799 the end of his speech, he challenges Moxley to 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:28.359 a Texas death match. And then all shenanigans 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.960 break loose. We go round and round. They say 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:33.579 Texas death match about 50 freaking times in 00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:36.339 a matter of five minutes. And finally, the stipulation 00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:41.869 is set. It's Page. It's Jon Moxley. at All In 00:21:41.869 --> 00:21:44.630 in Texas in a Texas death match. And then to 00:21:44.630 --> 00:21:48.329 show that Adam Page is super serious about this 00:21:48.329 --> 00:21:51.210 match, he then proceeds to hit Marina Shafir 00:21:51.210 --> 00:21:53.849 with the buckshot lariat after she's left all 00:21:53.849 --> 00:21:55.910 alone in the ring by herself. So he clotheslines 00:21:55.910 --> 00:22:00.210 her, and she's laying there in the middle of 00:22:00.210 --> 00:22:02.009 the ring. So that's the only way to show how 00:22:02.009 --> 00:22:04.450 serious he is about the match. Sure, whatever. 00:22:04.730 --> 00:22:08.359 So anyway, there's... A fatal four -way match, 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.640 pretty good fatal four -way match for the number 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:12.859 two spot in the casino gauntlet match at All 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:16.500 In. MJF finally takes the victory, and post -match 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:18.980 shenanigans ensue. Hurt Business beats down Jet 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:21.359 Speed, which I think is the stupidest name for 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:23.819 two pretty good guys. They need a new name that's 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:26.519 got Vince McMahon written all over it. Jet Speed, 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:29.480 that's a dumb, dumbass name. Anyway. Mercedes 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:31.380 wins again. Toni Storm's sitting there for the 00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:33.420 whole match, looking like she's in a coma. It 00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:35.680 makes no sense. Then after the match, they scuffle, 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:38.039 and Mercedes gets the upper hand. She hits her 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.960 with the belt. Whatever. It's fine. Young Bucks, 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:42.500 they are part of a heroes versus villains trios 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:46.480 match, and they're with Takeshita. That's a pretty 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:50.519 good match. They win the match. Swerve, Swerve 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:52.740 Strickland, Will Ospreay come down, and they're 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:54.660 all scuffling around, and there's a whole lot 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:58.119 of shenanigans, and they're setting up. This 00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:00.579 match for All In, which should be, in my opinion, 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:03.619 the highlight of the night. And there's some 00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:06.259 stipulations on it about control of the company. 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:09.759 And if the Young Bucks win, then Swerve and Ospreay 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:13.349 can't challenge for the title for a year. Whatever. 00:23:13.349 --> 00:23:16.009 Pretty cool. Another match, the main event, Okada 00:23:16.009 --> 00:23:18.549 versus Ibushi. Pretty good. Pretty good main 00:23:18.549 --> 00:23:22.569 event. And there's a post -match beatdown. Kenny 00:23:22.569 --> 00:23:25.250 Omega comes out, makes his save, and again, setting 00:23:25.250 --> 00:23:26.990 up more stuff for All In. All In's going to be 00:23:26.990 --> 00:23:29.190 awesome. It is going to be a great show. It's 00:23:29.190 --> 00:23:30.930 probably going to be like 12 hours long, but 00:23:30.930 --> 00:23:34.490 hey, whatever. It's must -see pay -per -view 00:23:34.490 --> 00:23:37.390 television, folks. Don't miss All In. I think 00:23:37.390 --> 00:23:39.349 it's going to be great. And then I just kind 00:23:39.349 --> 00:23:41.710 of want to jump back into WWE for a minute, talk 00:23:41.710 --> 00:23:43.769 about the winners of the King and the Queen of 00:23:43.769 --> 00:23:46.230 the Ring. Now, last show, we talked about Night 00:23:46.230 --> 00:23:47.890 of Champions. We talked about the finals of each 00:23:47.890 --> 00:23:50.490 tournament and what ultimately led to Cody Rhodes 00:23:50.490 --> 00:23:54.569 and Jade Cargill being crowned the men's and 00:23:54.569 --> 00:23:57.190 women's winners, the King and Queen of the Ring. 00:23:57.210 --> 00:23:59.470 Now, as I said, the Jade match, it was fine. 00:23:59.829 --> 00:24:02.210 Hopefully, I mean, the problem with that match 00:24:02.210 --> 00:24:05.140 is... But nobody cared. Nobody cared that she 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:08.119 won. And I'm really hoping that she can use this 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:10.400 as positive momentum, do some good work in the 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:13.680 near future. I think she can do good stuff. She's 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:15.559 got to make a few tweaks. And I think she can 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:18.420 have a good shot. So I went back and I looked 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.779 at the history of the Queen of the Ring, which 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:21.259 is actually pretty short. There have only been 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:23.700 three tournaments for the ladies. Three tournaments. 00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:27.480 This started in 2021. Selena Vega. She was the 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.740 very first Queen of the Ring. She won it at the 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:31.900 finals. Can anyone guess where the finals of 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:34.539 the 2021 Queen of the Ring took place? Anyone? 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:37.559 Anyone want to guess? If you guessed Saudi Arabia, 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:39.680 then you have been following the 3Teach program, 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:41.839 and you are absolutely correct because everything 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:44.440 happens in Saudi Arabia now, it seems. Whatever. 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:47.740 And then the next one, 2024, we skipped a couple 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:50.880 years. Nia Jax wins. I don't know how you all 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:52.920 feel about that. I thought that was garbage, 00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:55.740 but I get it. They're turning her into this powerhouse, 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:59.079 like unbeatable force. So crushing everybody. 00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:02.140 So she won the queen of the ring and anyone want 00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:05.140 to guess where that took place? Okay. And again 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:07.660 in Saudi Arabia and now Jade, which was also 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:11.420 in Saudi Arabia. Anyway, not much history there. 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.859 Three queens. We shall see if this can, if they 00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:16.259 can kind of build some, some tradition, some 00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:18.259 momentum with the ladies. I would like to see 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:22.500 this actually get some, some run. like let's 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:24.700 use this let's make this kind of big kind of 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:27.519 important but we shall see what happens the men's 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.299 side obviously there's much more history there 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:34.339 with the queen the queen with the king of the 00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:37.339 ring tournament and history this has been going 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:39.279 on for quite some time and i remember when i 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:41.460 was a kid growing up like this was a pretty pretty 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:43.859 big deal They used to have entire pay -per -views 00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:46.759 dedicated just to this event. So it was a huge 00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:49.759 deal in the 90s, early 2000s. You had Brett Noenhart 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:52.299 win. You had Triple H. You had Kurt Angle. And, 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:55.160 of course, the victory speech by Stone Cold Steve 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:59.460 Austin that kind of catapulted him into the stratosphere 00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:02.140 where, if you remember this, he had just beaten 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:07.480 Jake the Snake. And Austin then proceeds to produce 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:13.000 the... historic iconic 316 tagline you know austin 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:15.900 316 said i just whoop your ass and then boom 00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:17.819 now it's everywhere it's on t -shirts it's on 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:20.119 signs it's on literally everything and he is 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:23.180 a megastar so this all happened because the king 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.799 of the ring but i'm looking back i'm looking 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:27.079 back through the history of this tournament and 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:30.019 there's one winner who stood out like a sore 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:33.099 thumb one that is simply just not like the others 00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:36.180 and that's none other than 1995 king of the ring 00:26:36.990 --> 00:26:39.029 I don't know if you all remember this. 1995, 00:26:39.410 --> 00:26:42.730 the winner was none other than Mabel. That's 00:26:42.730 --> 00:26:44.390 right, Mabel. And I bet some of you are saying, 00:26:44.490 --> 00:26:47.609 who the hell is Mabel? Well, let's take a trip 00:26:47.609 --> 00:26:51.769 down good old memory lane, shall we? Mabel, back 00:26:51.769 --> 00:26:53.950 in the day, had a partner named Moe. Do you guys 00:26:53.950 --> 00:26:56.569 remember this? Mabel and Moe. And then they had 00:26:56.569 --> 00:27:01.430 this rapping manager. Named Oscar. So if you 00:27:01.430 --> 00:27:03.829 put Mabel Oscar mo together, what does it spell 00:27:03.829 --> 00:27:06.710 spells mom, but they couldn't call them mom So 00:27:06.710 --> 00:27:09.450 they called them men on a mission You follow 00:27:09.450 --> 00:27:12.410 how that crazy 90s logic works men on a mission 00:27:12.410 --> 00:27:15.069 and they were supposed to be these this trio 00:27:15.069 --> 00:27:17.809 of real positive guys who would go around to 00:27:17.809 --> 00:27:21.490 like inner city communities inner city bad neighborhoods 00:27:21.490 --> 00:27:24.069 and they would talk about making positive changes 00:27:24.069 --> 00:27:26.940 and improving things and If you haven't seen 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:29.380 this, you need to check this out. Go pull up 00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:32.420 the YouTube. Check out some old raps from the 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:36.559 Men on a Mission WWF team. And specifically, 00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:39.359 if you can only watch one, pull up WrestleMania 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:44.299 10 Men on a Mission video. It is glorious. Glorious. 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:46.940 Some of this stuff that they managed to rhyme 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:50.240 is pretty badass. Anyway, at some point, Men 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:53.119 on a Mission, these guys, they turn heel. Gone 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:55.220 is all the positivity. Mabel becomes a singles 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:58.109 wrestler. And then Vince decides to push Mabel 00:27:58.109 --> 00:28:01.509 to the moon. He tries to turn him into a huge, 00:28:01.509 --> 00:28:04.190 vicious bad guy. So fast forward to King of the 00:28:04.190 --> 00:28:06.109 Ring, pay -per -view. Like I said, it's a standalone 00:28:06.109 --> 00:28:09.190 pay -per -view in 1995. And this show, well, 00:28:09.369 --> 00:28:13.069 it's something. Yeah, it's something. If I had 00:28:13.069 --> 00:28:16.190 paid money back then, I think, I can't remember 00:28:16.190 --> 00:28:19.910 what they were in 1995, probably 35, 40 bucks 00:28:19.910 --> 00:28:23.289 for a pay -per -view. But if I had paid... At 00:28:23.289 --> 00:28:25.430 that time, 30, let's say 40 bucks. If I paid 00:28:25.430 --> 00:28:29.029 40 bucks to watch King of the Ring 1995, I would 00:28:29.029 --> 00:28:31.710 have felt like I got completely ripped off. So 00:28:31.710 --> 00:28:35.130 Mabel, in the first round, Mabel faces The Undertaker. 00:28:35.190 --> 00:28:38.089 Now Mabel is close to 600 pounds. So his matches, 00:28:38.170 --> 00:28:40.970 well, they're absolute crap. They're crap. Now 00:28:40.970 --> 00:28:43.890 he's slow, he's lumbering. He's not that great. 00:28:43.970 --> 00:28:46.089 And there's tons of shenanigans in this match. 00:28:46.230 --> 00:28:49.309 There's a run -in from a wrestler named Kama 00:28:49.309 --> 00:28:52.250 who... In the future, it turns into Godfather, 00:28:52.349 --> 00:28:55.329 who we talked about before. Mabel manages to 00:28:55.329 --> 00:28:57.589 beat The Undertaker somehow, which is shocking 00:28:57.589 --> 00:29:00.490 to everyone. He advances to the finals because 00:29:00.490 --> 00:29:02.890 in the other first round match, which was Shawn 00:29:02.890 --> 00:29:05.910 Michaels and Kama, they fought to a 15 -minute 00:29:05.910 --> 00:29:08.829 draw. So you have these two guys fight to a draw 00:29:08.829 --> 00:29:11.869 and they essentially eliminate each other. So 00:29:11.869 --> 00:29:13.869 now Mabel doesn't have a second round match. 00:29:13.930 --> 00:29:16.369 So he gets to jump right to the finals, which 00:29:16.369 --> 00:29:19.710 is total crap because Mabel's terrible. And then 00:29:19.710 --> 00:29:21.990 in the finals of your pay -per -view, you have 00:29:21.990 --> 00:29:25.710 Mabel versus who? Savio Vega. Yeah, I don't even 00:29:25.710 --> 00:29:28.089 want to waste time going down the Savio Vega 00:29:28.089 --> 00:29:30.410 path. Don't worry about it. This is your match. 00:29:30.609 --> 00:29:33.589 Vega versus Mabel. Mabel wins the match and he's 00:29:33.589 --> 00:29:36.220 crowned king of the ring. He sits on this throne 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:38.660 they put together. They put this cape on him, 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:41.119 which looks terrible. And then for some reason 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:44.720 they decide the king gets a legit sword, like 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:47.859 a full -size sword. So they hand King Mabel this 00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:50.000 sword and they put this terrible cape on him. 00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:53.160 Anyway, it's not great, Bob. He is then pushed 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:55.059 after this pay -per -view as a monster heel. 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:58.680 He goes on to have some major feuds with guys 00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:01.019 like Diesel, who, if you remember, Diesel was 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:05.920 Kevin Nash. He came into the... wwf as sean michaels 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:08.519 bodyguard so he has a feud with diesel he has 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:11.119 more of a feud with the undertaker but he never 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:14.660 wins and allegedly if you kind of dig uh dig 00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:17.660 around and and look up articles on old school 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:20.900 mabel he injures both of these guys pretty badly 00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:23.359 during these feuds and i think it just pissed 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:26.109 a lot of people off so Mabel kind of goes away 00:30:26.109 --> 00:30:28.650 for a few years. Then he comes back. If you remember 00:30:28.650 --> 00:30:32.509 Big Daddy V, Viscera, they brought him back as 00:30:32.509 --> 00:30:34.450 part of the Ministry of Darkness, which I think 00:30:34.450 --> 00:30:37.190 is funny because now he is part of the Undertaker's 00:30:37.190 --> 00:30:41.069 gang. After he literally, I think one of the 00:30:41.069 --> 00:30:44.009 injuries to the Undertaker, he crushed his orbital 00:30:44.009 --> 00:30:46.930 socket or eye socket or some craziness like that 00:30:46.930 --> 00:30:50.069 from doing the 600 -pound leg drop on his face. 00:30:50.450 --> 00:30:53.940 But anyway, it's just, I don't know. Big Daddy 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:56.740 V. Yeah, you're not missing much. But to put 00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:59.039 a big Mabel -sized bow on this whole thing, I 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.799 got to say, yeah. Looking back, looking back 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:02.339 to the history of the King of the Ring winners, 00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:05.140 Mabel, yeah, you are the worst. Sorry to tell 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:08.460 you, 1995, if you're ever in the mood to watch 00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:10.140 really bad pay -per -views, this has got to be 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:12.259 up there. But I wouldn't waste your time. So 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:14.720 that about sums that up. So what they decide 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:17.460 to do with King Cody, you know. flashback to 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:21.299 present day King Cody Rhodes well most likely 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:23.279 it looks like he's going to be facing Cena at 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:25.400 SummerSlam if I'm a betting man he's probably 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:28.799 going to win but then again who knows if he wins 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:31.019 then you know you'll have people say oh finally 00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:33.640 everything's everything's all right everything's 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:35.440 back back to the way it's supposed to be everything's 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.099 right in the world again I don't know I really 00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:39.579 don't want to see King Cody versus John Cena 00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:42.569 but we shall see what happens All right, folks, 00:31:42.690 --> 00:31:45.349 time for some hobby talk. Card collectors, how 00:31:45.349 --> 00:31:47.849 are we feeling? Now, Topps recently ran their 00:31:47.849 --> 00:31:50.369 pre -sale for 2025 Topps Chrome Baseball. This 00:31:50.369 --> 00:31:52.950 product comes out July 23rd. I looked at it. 00:31:53.210 --> 00:31:57.789 They were selling hobby boxes for $199. In a 00:31:57.789 --> 00:32:00.490 hobby box, you get 80 cards, either one relic, 00:32:00.490 --> 00:32:04.009 one auto. So $200 for 80 cards. How we feel about 00:32:04.009 --> 00:32:06.210 that? And then jumbo boxes, which are completely 00:32:06.210 --> 00:32:08.750 sold out. They sold out relatively quickly after. 00:32:09.210 --> 00:32:11.529 After the pre -sale went live, the Jumbo Hobbies 00:32:11.529 --> 00:32:16.150 were $399, and you get 132 cards. So 400, 132 00:32:16.150 --> 00:32:18.549 cards, and they're gone. What is this product? 00:32:18.690 --> 00:32:21.369 It's a 300 -card base set. It combines all your 00:32:21.369 --> 00:32:24.180 guys from Series 1, Series 2 flagship. I went 00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:26.400 back and I looked. I checked the checklist. It's 00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:28.299 not too much to get excited about. You got a 00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:30.700 couple guys that basically carry over from series 00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:32.619 one. You got James Wood for some reason. Have 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:34.640 you guys noticed this? James Wood, right? He's 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:36.359 crushing it. He's absolutely crushing it. And 00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:39.019 he's getting no hobby love. Zero. I mean, zero. 00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:42.339 His prices are maybe slightly going up, but I 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.700 don't know. I don't know. People are sleeping 00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:46.779 on James Wood. This dude is awesome. He's awesome. 00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:49.420 And wait till he gets comfortable and he starts 00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:51.680 putting on some bulk and some muscle. This dude. 00:32:52.410 --> 00:32:54.170 Look out because this guy's going to take the 00:32:54.170 --> 00:32:55.890 league by storm. I'm telling you, mark it down. 00:32:55.990 --> 00:33:00.490 If you are in the market for investment, this 00:33:00.490 --> 00:33:03.269 is the guy. James Woods is the guy. We also have 00:33:03.269 --> 00:33:05.619 Dylan Cruz, his teammate. Now he's been hurt 00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:07.799 for a good portion of the year. He's kind of 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.819 struggled too. But right before he got hurt, 00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:12.279 he started playing a lot better. He's in this 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:14.980 product again. Him and Woods were basically your 00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:18.559 poster child, poster children for Series 1. Jacob 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:21.279 Wilson thrown in there. He's from Series 1. He's 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:25.059 been playing pretty dang good. Ben Rice, maybe 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:27.740 we can add in there. He's okay. I mean, he started 00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:31.500 the season on fire. But then you have Kobe Mayo. 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:33.740 I mean, he's done nothing. He's been terrible. 00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:37.339 He was supposed to be one of the highlights of 00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:40.619 Flagship, but nothing. Nothing so far with him 00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:43.180 at all. So I don't know. I feel like the further 00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:45.240 we get into this season, the less I like the 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:48.200 look of Flagship. Series 1 came out. I bought 00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:52.440 a bunch. The product was fine. I'm just not sold 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:56.019 on... on the way it looks this year i just i 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:58.079 don't know i'm not i'm not about it this year 00:33:58.079 --> 00:34:00.259 guys i'm just not i don't like it that much i 00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:02.640 will take heritage over this one every day of 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.920 the week and i know what you're probably saying 00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.200 heritage sucks it's for set builders blah blah 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:08.679 blah blah high number heritage high number which 00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:11.320 came out earlier that product is amazing you 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:14.619 still can't find it and then 2025 heritage i 00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:17.179 love the look of that product if you put those 00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:19.739 two up against flagship series one series two 00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:22.590 i'm gonna take heritage all day every day So 00:34:22.590 --> 00:34:25.409 what else we got coming up? Some other new releases 00:34:25.409 --> 00:34:29.429 on the horizon. We have 2025 Panini Donruss Elite 00:34:29.429 --> 00:34:33.309 Football. This product releases on July 16th. 00:34:33.309 --> 00:34:36.289 Now this is a 200 -car base set. You get 100 00:34:36.289 --> 00:34:39.090 vets and 100 rookies. This product actually doesn't 00:34:39.090 --> 00:34:41.809 look too bad. Not too bad at all. They have a 00:34:41.809 --> 00:34:45.179 Back to the Future insert set. which look really 00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:47.820 cool. These are autograph cards. Now I am a huge 00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:50.920 eighties and nineties fan. So any retro cool 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:54.480 shout out you can do to those two decades is 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:56.960 a win in my book. You're looking at right around 00:34:56.960 --> 00:35:00.460 $300 for a hobby box. You also have 2025 tops 00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:03.559 UFC Chrome. I know this came out recently. These 00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:05.710 are actually selling. Pretty well, pretty well. 00:35:05.849 --> 00:35:09.150 This came out on June 27th, I believe. And you're 00:35:09.150 --> 00:35:11.489 looking at roughly $250 for a hobby box. You 00:35:11.489 --> 00:35:14.090 got a ton of other basketball, football stuff. 00:35:14.570 --> 00:35:16.869 It's, I don't know, basketball, football fans, 00:35:17.030 --> 00:35:19.269 how do you all keep up with this? I feel like 00:35:19.269 --> 00:35:21.730 there are so many products out there. So many 00:35:21.730 --> 00:35:23.170 products. And I guess you could say the same 00:35:23.170 --> 00:35:25.630 for baseball too, but I kind of ignore some of 00:35:25.630 --> 00:35:29.869 the non -licensed stuff. So I don't even look 00:35:29.869 --> 00:35:33.329 at Panini and all the baseball crap that there's 00:35:33.329 --> 00:35:36.170 no. logos on, but there's a ton of basketball 00:35:36.170 --> 00:35:40.389 product, a ton. And then for pure nostalgia folks, 00:35:40.570 --> 00:35:42.949 here we go. This is my, if money were no object 00:35:42.949 --> 00:35:46.630 buy of the week, I am buying a hobby box of 2025 00:35:46.630 --> 00:35:51.170 upper deck FLIR Scooby -Doo. That's right. Have 00:35:51.170 --> 00:35:54.170 you all seen this? These cards look pretty damn 00:35:54.170 --> 00:35:55.489 cool. Now I know they're not that expensive. 00:35:55.690 --> 00:35:58.670 I think they're like 150 bucks. So really if 00:35:58.670 --> 00:36:00.809 money were no object, this, it really shouldn't. 00:36:00.989 --> 00:36:02.949 apply to this but I would never buy a Scooby 00:36:02.949 --> 00:36:05.130 -Doo hobby box so if money were no object if 00:36:05.130 --> 00:36:07.650 I found it on the street as I'm walking down 00:36:07.650 --> 00:36:11.920 the road maybe I'd go throw it on a On a upper 00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:14.400 deck, Fleers could be due Hoppy Box because these 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:16.780 designs are really cool. They have classic designs 00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:19.800 from the 80s, from the 90s, and they're kind 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:23.800 of intertwined with the series. They showcase 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.780 some of the favorite characters. They got villain 00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:27.900 cards, monster cards. There's a hunter card base 00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.980 set. It features all your favorite characters. 00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:33.739 It features the mystery machine. Have you guys 00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:37.079 seen these memorabilia cards? These memorabilia 00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:39.639 cards are pretty, pretty cool. They are manufactured 00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:42.960 swatches or like, you know, how you do in baseball 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:44.760 where you get a patch or whatever the case may 00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:49.239 be. You can get a manufactured memorabilia card 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:51.900 of the actual Mystery Machine. It looks like 00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:55.579 it's a piece of the tire. So now I know it's 00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:57.599 probably not from the Mystery Machine, but I 00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:59.360 think they're cool. I've seen some other ones. 00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:01.380 It looks like you're getting Scooby -Doo's dog 00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:05.269 tag. Hey. Like I said, why are we in this hobby? 00:37:05.409 --> 00:37:06.949 We're supposed to be in this hobby to have fun, 00:37:06.989 --> 00:37:10.230 and these have fun written all over them. Like 00:37:10.230 --> 00:37:13.429 I said, character, villain cards, good guy cards. 00:37:14.070 --> 00:37:17.610 There's cool things. There's relics. Like I said, 00:37:17.670 --> 00:37:19.409 anyway, a lot of cool stuff in this product. 00:37:19.489 --> 00:37:21.550 I encourage you. You don't have to run out and 00:37:21.550 --> 00:37:23.829 buy it. Just give it a look because they're pretty 00:37:23.829 --> 00:37:26.090 fun. They're pretty cool. Also, don't forget. 00:37:26.590 --> 00:37:28.789 Don't forget, there's still time. Run out and 00:37:28.789 --> 00:37:31.309 get your Rambo Keepsake Collection Premier Edition. 00:37:31.429 --> 00:37:33.449 I talked about this a couple episodes ago. These 00:37:33.449 --> 00:37:37.309 are awesome. I would definitely get a box of 00:37:37.309 --> 00:37:39.230 this. If money were no object, I still have my 00:37:39.230 --> 00:37:41.289 eye on these. I'm hoping they drop in price because 00:37:41.289 --> 00:37:44.070 I'm not paying that money. Again, maybe if I 00:37:44.070 --> 00:37:46.250 found the money somewhere. Someone wants to send 00:37:46.250 --> 00:37:48.590 me a box of these, there you go. Set me up, hook 00:37:48.590 --> 00:37:50.309 your boy up with a Rambo Keepsake Collection. 00:37:50.610 --> 00:37:53.590 What else am I getting into? Marvel Chrome, Topps 00:37:53.590 --> 00:37:56.659 Marvel Chrome. Love these cards. I am. piecing 00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:59.800 some of my favorites together one card at a time. 00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:01.820 I'm buying the base cards because I think they're 00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:04.800 pretty cool. I think they're pretty cool. Hobby 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:06.920 boxes are still ridiculous. I'm not spending 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:10.219 five, $600 on a hobby box. I see that blasters 00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:12.440 have come down just a little. Right now you're 00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:14.579 looking at about 50 bucks for a blaster, which 00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:17.219 I still think that's crazy. Maybe if they get 00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:20.179 down to 40, I will dive in. But what I'm doing, 00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:22.099 I'm kind of piecing together the ones I like 00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:25.360 and I'm paying literally like. $2 for these on 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:28.900 eBay. So I've already gotten some of my favorites. 00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:31.119 I've put the Guardians of the Galaxy together 00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:33.500 and there's some others that I have my eye on, 00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:36.800 but I love these cards. The prices on the Wolverine 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.179 insert, the scratch cards that we talked about 00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:41.340 before, they are still through the roof. But 00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:45.280 as I said, this product is awesome and I freaking 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:48.110 love it. So there you go. Anyway, I think that's 00:38:48.110 --> 00:38:50.769 going to wrap up this episode of the Three Tees 00:38:50.769 --> 00:38:53.510 Podcast. If you have enjoyed this episode or 00:38:53.510 --> 00:38:56.469 any episode of Tables, Tailgates, and Top Loaders, 00:38:56.570 --> 00:38:58.150 please do me a favor. Please, please, please 00:38:58.150 --> 00:38:59.590 share it with someone you know, whether they 00:38:59.590 --> 00:39:01.969 are a mafia member, a card collector, or someone 00:39:01.969 --> 00:39:03.550 who just loves wrestling. 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