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- WEBVTT 00:00:11.230 --> 00:00:14.550 Hello, friends, and welcome back to episode six 00:00:14.550 --> 00:00:17.530 of Tables, Tailgates, and Top Loaders. I'm your 00:00:17.530 --> 00:00:20.410 host, TB, a .k .a. Tim Beardsley, and this is 00:00:20.410 --> 00:00:22.890 the only podcast where we can discuss the Buffalo 00:00:22.890 --> 00:00:25.390 Bills, the squared circle, and that dusty old 00:00:25.390 --> 00:00:28.309 shoebox you have. hiding out under your bed. 00:00:28.429 --> 00:00:30.050 Thanks for stopping in. If this is your first 00:00:30.050 --> 00:00:31.949 time, I encourage you to go back, check out the 00:00:31.949 --> 00:00:34.369 earlier episodes. If you've rocked with the three 00:00:34.369 --> 00:00:37.170 T's since the start, thank you so very much. 00:00:37.310 --> 00:00:39.950 Now, let's not waste any more time. I want to 00:00:39.950 --> 00:00:42.509 dive right into the world of card collecting. 00:00:42.689 --> 00:00:45.750 There is a ton going on. So much to talk about, 00:00:45.810 --> 00:00:48.149 but I need to start by talking about... tops 00:00:48.149 --> 00:00:52.090 now i'm sure by now you have all seen or at least 00:00:52.090 --> 00:00:55.649 heard about the crazy world that is the tops 00:00:55.649 --> 00:00:57.390 now experience if you don't know what i'm talking 00:00:57.390 --> 00:01:00.770 about tops now is essentially a what they call 00:01:00.770 --> 00:01:03.509 a print on demand card series now this launched 00:01:03.509 --> 00:01:07.230 all the way back in 2016 they did it as a trial 00:01:07.230 --> 00:01:10.549 run actually in 2015 with the world series it 00:01:10.549 --> 00:01:13.109 had some success so they decided to launch it 00:01:13.109 --> 00:01:17.030 full time in 2016 now the core idea behind the 00:01:17.099 --> 00:01:19.540 the Tops Now product is to release cards that 00:01:19.540 --> 00:01:23.420 essentially commemorate or celebrate the most 00:01:23.420 --> 00:01:27.299 exciting and culturally relevant events that 00:01:27.299 --> 00:01:29.739 are going on at the time. So for example, a big 00:01:29.739 --> 00:01:32.299 moment happens the next day, Tops puts out a 00:01:32.299 --> 00:01:35.439 card that you can then go on their website and 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:38.000 order. For example, I've talked about this card 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:40.799 before on the podcast, the 2024 Olympic Games 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:44.819 Tops Now card. I think it's number 26. This card 00:01:44.819 --> 00:01:48.780 has... LeBron James, Steph Curry, and KD, Kevin 00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:51.180 Durant. Three of the biggest basketball players, 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:54.859 obviously not only in the NBA, but... in history. 00:01:55.019 --> 00:01:57.219 And they put them on the same card. They were 00:01:57.219 --> 00:02:00.840 all on Team USA for the Olympic Games. And so 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.340 these three are on the card and it's a card celebrating 00:02:04.340 --> 00:02:07.959 Team USA's victory over France in the men's basketball 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:11.020 gold medal game at the Paris Olympics. Now for 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:15.580 this card, 588 ,035 base cards were purchased. 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:18.949 So over half a million. purchased a base card. 00:02:19.330 --> 00:02:22.449 And they were all chasing, what Topps now does 00:02:22.449 --> 00:02:25.270 is they do the base print run and then they have 00:02:25.270 --> 00:02:29.689 variations off of this that they include when 00:02:29.689 --> 00:02:32.110 people order the base card. So if I want one 00:02:32.110 --> 00:02:36.090 of this triple LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin 00:02:36.090 --> 00:02:38.789 Durant card, I go on the website, I pay my money, 00:02:38.909 --> 00:02:42.389 I get sent one. And what Topps does is they include 00:02:42.389 --> 00:02:46.520 these special parallels or variations. insert 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:49.159 it into various random packs. It's supposed to 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:51.719 be random, random packs for free. And so what 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:55.000 people were chasing was this one of one. So single 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.740 card, it was a triple auto variation of this 00:02:57.740 --> 00:03:00.659 card that had all three of their autographs on 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:03.800 it. Crazy card, like this card is going to go 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:08.020 for tons of money. And essentially everyone wanted 00:03:08.020 --> 00:03:09.860 this card because it's probably going to be worth 00:03:09.860 --> 00:03:12.360 over a million bucks, if I'm going to guess. 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:14.960 And to this day, that card has not surfaced. 00:03:15.020 --> 00:03:18.150 Now, As I said, this card is going to go for 00:03:18.150 --> 00:03:20.629 so much freaking money. It's going to be insane. 00:03:20.830 --> 00:03:24.650 So this card came out 588 ,000 sales of the base 00:03:24.650 --> 00:03:27.969 card. A month later, that record was then broken 00:03:27.969 --> 00:03:32.389 when none other than Shohei Otani, Los Angeles 00:03:32.389 --> 00:03:35.449 Dodgers. baseball sensation he became the first 00:03:35.449 --> 00:03:38.789 player in MLB history to have a 50 -50 season 00:03:38.789 --> 00:03:41.789 so what does this mean if you don't follow baseball 00:03:41.789 --> 00:03:44.550 he's the first player to ever hit 50 home runs 00:03:44.550 --> 00:03:48.169 and steal 50 bases in the same season huge historically 00:03:48.169 --> 00:03:51.870 significant huge moment in baseball crazy stats 00:03:51.870 --> 00:03:55.379 a ton of people We're going to buy into this 00:03:55.379 --> 00:03:58.219 hype. So as soon as he hit 50 -50, Topps now 00:03:58.219 --> 00:04:00.800 puts out a card celebrating this monumentous 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:06.039 occasion. 653 ,737 base cards were sold of that 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:08.780 moment. I mean, that's crazy. That's a ton of 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:12.159 freaking cards. So I get it. I get the draw for 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:15.159 the idea of creating these moments, these huge 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:17.839 moments in sports and putting them on a piece 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:20.589 of cardboard. I get it. It's cool because you're 00:04:20.589 --> 00:04:22.709 buying into a specific moment that makes you 00:04:22.709 --> 00:04:25.170 feel something, which if you remember going back 00:04:25.170 --> 00:04:28.209 all the way to my first episode. that's why we 00:04:28.209 --> 00:04:30.230 are invested in these hobbies. That's why we 00:04:30.230 --> 00:04:32.170 do this stuff, right? It's supposed to get you 00:04:32.170 --> 00:04:35.410 to feel something. So me personally, I have bought 00:04:35.410 --> 00:04:38.069 numerous top now cards. I'll be the first to 00:04:38.069 --> 00:04:40.529 admit it. I have bought in. There's been guys 00:04:40.529 --> 00:04:43.089 that I collect for my personal collections and 00:04:43.089 --> 00:04:46.009 I go back and I buy their tops now cards. So 00:04:46.009 --> 00:04:49.290 there are moments that are just special to you, 00:04:49.329 --> 00:04:51.569 to the individual person and you want to capture 00:04:51.569 --> 00:04:54.310 them. So I have a very, very personal example 00:04:54.310 --> 00:04:58.879 for you. So last year, July 31st, 2024, I took 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.600 my son to see the Baltimore Orioles take on the 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:03.899 Toronto Blue Jays. And this game was in Baltimore, 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:06.959 Camden Yards. Awesome park. One of my favorites. 00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:09.300 One, in my opinion, still one of the greatest 00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:12.959 parks in Major League Baseball. Now, my son and 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:15.779 I, we had been following Jackson Holiday. He 00:05:15.779 --> 00:05:18.519 was a highly touted prospect. We've been following 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:21.000 him very closely since he was drafted. And he 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:23.660 was slowly working his way up to the main club. 00:05:26.370 --> 00:05:29.149 He debuted with the main club. He was on the 00:05:29.149 --> 00:05:31.189 team since the beginning of the season. And the 00:05:31.189 --> 00:05:35.069 season was a disaster for him. I mean, brutal. 00:05:35.189 --> 00:05:38.910 Like, holy cow, this is a dumpster fire. So he 00:05:38.910 --> 00:05:41.329 had only managed two hits. He was collecting 00:05:41.329 --> 00:05:43.970 a ton of strikeouts. He just looked completely 00:05:43.970 --> 00:05:46.550 lost. It was not good. So the Orioles sent him 00:05:46.550 --> 00:05:49.009 back down to the minors to kind of regroup, to 00:05:49.009 --> 00:05:50.769 kind of clear his head, settle him down a little 00:05:50.769 --> 00:05:53.170 bit. And I had went and bought these tickets 00:05:53.170 --> 00:05:55.970 well ahead of time. And I didn't know. that he 00:05:55.970 --> 00:05:57.689 was going to be sent down and that he was obviously 00:05:57.689 --> 00:05:59.649 going to struggle so much. So I'd gotten these 00:05:59.649 --> 00:06:01.230 tickets ahead of time, and we were hoping to 00:06:01.230 --> 00:06:04.829 see him play. And to this point, it wasn't looking 00:06:04.829 --> 00:06:06.709 good. Now, the game that we were supposed to 00:06:06.709 --> 00:06:08.730 go to was on a Wednesday. And I think Monday 00:06:08.730 --> 00:06:10.689 or Tuesday of that same week, so one or two days 00:06:10.689 --> 00:06:12.769 prior, the Orioles announced Holiday was going 00:06:12.769 --> 00:06:15.569 to be called back up to start this game. So I 00:06:15.569 --> 00:06:18.709 know I was super, super excited. I passed this 00:06:18.709 --> 00:06:21.370 info on to my son. He was excited too. So this 00:06:21.370 --> 00:06:23.110 is the first game I was going to be able to wear 00:06:23.110 --> 00:06:26.000 my brand new. Jackson Holiday jersey. I was pumped. 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:29.519 So my son and I are there in person watching 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:33.040 this game. Now, his first two at -bats, he comes 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.259 up the first two times, grounds out both times. 00:06:35.459 --> 00:06:37.920 I'm like, well, this isn't good. This is just 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:43.279 repeating what had been kind of par for the course 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:45.399 so far this season. It's just not good. Then 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.220 all of a sudden, here comes the fifth inning. 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:49.420 I look up at the scoreboard. I see Holiday is 00:06:49.420 --> 00:06:51.459 set to come up fifth in the inning. So there's 00:06:51.459 --> 00:06:53.259 going to be four other batters ahead of him. 00:06:53.470 --> 00:06:57.430 The inning starts, first batter flies out, so 00:06:57.430 --> 00:06:59.589 you got one out. Next two guys up, they both 00:06:59.589 --> 00:07:02.089 walk. So now you have two men on, and there's 00:07:02.089 --> 00:07:05.629 one guy on deck ahead of Holiday. So in baseball 00:07:05.629 --> 00:07:08.230 terms, he's technically in the hole. I turn to 00:07:08.230 --> 00:07:11.709 my son at this point, honest to God. I say, we're 00:07:11.709 --> 00:07:13.310 going to load the bases, and Holiday's going 00:07:13.310 --> 00:07:15.529 to hit a slammy. I said, he's going to hit a 00:07:15.529 --> 00:07:17.879 slammy, and it's going to be the ultimate. redemption 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.139 story it's going to be awesome so next batter 00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:23.500 up there's two on jordan westberg he gets plunked 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:26.379 he gets hit by the pitch now bases are loaded 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:29.199 so here comes jackson holiday first pitch he 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:32.720 takes it strike right down the pipe doesn't even 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:35.480 bother swing strike one next pitch hacks it foul 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:38.160 so here he is he's down oh two here comes the 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:40.639 third pitch and folks let me tell you if there's 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:42.399 ever times in your life where you wish you had 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:45.839 the ability to like freeze frame Take a picture. 00:07:45.980 --> 00:07:49.240 Take it. Just stop everything that's going on 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.079 around you. As ridiculous as it sounds, this 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.740 would have been one of those moments. Jackson 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:56.800 Holiday connects with this third pitch, and he 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:00.620 absolutely destroys this baseball. The sound, 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:02.939 when you hear that ball come off the bat, the 00:08:02.939 --> 00:08:05.439 sound is glorious. It's glorious. And this ball 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.089 is sent into orbit and lands on. freaking Utah 00:08:09.089 --> 00:08:12.149 Street over the right field seats. Now, at this 00:08:12.149 --> 00:08:14.350 point, my son and I are jumping up and down, 00:08:14.430 --> 00:08:17.329 going absolutely crazy, screaming like schoolgirls. 00:08:17.329 --> 00:08:19.430 I am absolutely not ashamed to say it. It was 00:08:19.430 --> 00:08:22.290 a magical moment. Not only does he crush this 00:08:22.290 --> 00:08:24.930 Grand Slam, but this is also his very first Major 00:08:24.930 --> 00:08:27.550 League home run. So needless to say, this is 00:08:27.550 --> 00:08:30.110 a super, super cool moment. Now, if you know, 00:08:30.170 --> 00:08:32.710 if you're familiar with Camden Yards, anytime 00:08:32.710 --> 00:08:35.789 a player hits a home run onto Utah Street, the 00:08:35.789 --> 00:08:39.220 Orioles place a ball marker. on the brick walkway 00:08:39.220 --> 00:08:41.779 out there where people can walk. It's like a 00:08:41.779 --> 00:08:45.379 concourse. They place a ball marker on the walkway 00:08:45.379 --> 00:08:48.019 where the home run lands. It's really cool to 00:08:48.019 --> 00:08:51.019 just walk around and see where all the home runs 00:08:51.019 --> 00:08:55.120 have landed. They mark it with feet and who hit 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:57.889 it, et cetera, et cetera. Anyway. After the game, 00:08:57.909 --> 00:08:59.870 my son and I go out to Utah Street and they had 00:08:59.870 --> 00:09:02.710 marked with paint the exact spot where Holiday's 00:09:02.710 --> 00:09:04.990 Grand Slam had landed on Utah Street. So it's 00:09:04.990 --> 00:09:07.590 super cool. So my son and I, we kind of kneel 00:09:07.590 --> 00:09:10.850 down. Somebody takes a picture of us in front 00:09:10.850 --> 00:09:12.990 of this marker. And let me tell you, as a dad, 00:09:13.190 --> 00:09:15.769 it doesn't get much cooler than this. Like to 00:09:15.769 --> 00:09:18.799 me, this is the perfect. perfect application 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:22.580 of what a tops now card should be i knew instantly 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:25.220 after he hit that grand slam that i would be 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:28.019 on the website the tops website the next day 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:30.840 checking to see if this moment was going to be 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.360 stamped onto a piece of cardboard and i would 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:36.139 be ordering the card regardless of the cost because 00:09:36.139 --> 00:09:38.419 of what that game in that moment meant to me 00:09:38.419 --> 00:09:41.159 now would it mean something to someone who roots 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:44.340 for the angels or the mariners across the country 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:47.279 no probably not but for that moment that That 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:50.019 one experience, me and my son, that was all that 00:09:50.019 --> 00:09:52.159 mattered, and this was an absolute no -brainer. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:55.299 So I ordered it. Weeks go by. It finally gets 00:09:55.299 --> 00:09:58.440 to my house. I look at it, and the card's awesome. 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.419 It's just awesome. I love the card. It's one 00:10:01.419 --> 00:10:05.500 card that I actually sent off to get graded, 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:09.240 and this was the first batch of cards I had ever 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:11.820 sent off to get graded because I wanted to kind 00:10:11.820 --> 00:10:14.879 of – not because this card had – huge dollar 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:18.120 amount but because it has so much meaning for 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.460 me and that moment meant so much for me personally 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:23.159 so it's probably one of my favorite cards I own 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:26.100 and it's really not even close so as far as these 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:29.700 special specific tops now sports moments I totally 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:31.700 get it but then there's the other side of the 00:10:31.700 --> 00:10:34.419 coin there are also non sports top cards and 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:38.620 non sports tops now cards and there are print 00:10:38.620 --> 00:10:41.200 runs for pretty much everything you can imagine 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:44.009 I mean so you They cover all the sports, which 00:10:44.009 --> 00:10:45.789 we kind of already talked about. I mean, literally 00:10:45.789 --> 00:10:50.370 all the sports. WWE, random soccer stuff, baseball. 00:10:50.690 --> 00:10:52.590 Okay, I guess they don't cover all sports because 00:10:52.590 --> 00:10:54.909 they don't own the license to football. So there's 00:10:54.909 --> 00:10:57.769 no football stuff. Some college stuff. I mean, 00:10:57.809 --> 00:11:01.409 there's even now women's softball stuff on there. 00:11:01.610 --> 00:11:04.309 It's crazy. But for the non -sports, they have 00:11:04.309 --> 00:11:06.700 Disney cars. They have marble. marvel cards they 00:11:06.700 --> 00:11:08.759 have garbage pail kid cards they have star wars 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:12.139 cards which are huge hugely popular and of course 00:11:12.139 --> 00:11:14.860 recently they even just came out with a tops 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:18.039 now card for the newly elected pope so good old 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.100 pope leo is rocking his his recently elected 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:25.980 um i don't know popedom whatever the heck you 00:11:25.980 --> 00:11:28.559 call it and this card crushed it so for a non 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:33.820 -sport this card sold 133 533 copies which had 00:11:33.820 --> 00:11:38.159 bested previous non -sport cards such as i just 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:41.399 looked this up the cards that it outsold were 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:46.519 were 2020s dr fauci's card so they made a covid 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:49.799 doctor card which is crazy weird that's that 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:53.059 card sold around 50 000 copies and then a 2024 00:11:53.059 --> 00:11:56.080 solar eclipse card now i'd much rather have this 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:59.100 solar eclipse card than a dr fauci card but hey 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:03.039 who am i to judge so this is crazy stuff But 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:06.320 the one Tops Now card that really threw me off 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.360 and kind of sent me down this whole path in the 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:11.500 first place is the one that came out about a 00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:14.039 week ago. And it came out during Fanatics Fest 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:17.340 while it was going on. And this is the KD card, 00:12:17.539 --> 00:12:19.379 the Kevin Durant card. Have you all seen this? 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:22.460 Because if you have not seen this, KD is at Fanatics 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:26.080 Fest taking part. He's being interviewed. He's 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:29.679 up on some sort of panel. And during the middle 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:33.320 of the interview, he is... notified live that 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:36.860 he has actually been traded to Houston. So Kevin 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:40.419 Durant, he's being asked questions and suddenly 00:12:40.419 --> 00:12:43.000 it's brought up that he has in fact been traded 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.340 to Houston. So what does Topps decide to do? 00:12:45.419 --> 00:12:48.340 They decide to create a Topps Now card of this 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:52.480 very moment. Now, is this a viral moment? I mean, 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.610 I'm not one to judge, but he's... The guy is 00:12:55.610 --> 00:12:58.730 literally sitting in a chair on a stage in street 00:12:58.730 --> 00:13:01.529 clothes. He's looking at the camera very oddly, 00:13:01.629 --> 00:13:05.210 and he looks like he's not very happy. So what 00:13:05.210 --> 00:13:09.730 are we doing, Tops? Why are we choosing to capture 00:13:09.730 --> 00:13:12.649 this moment? Because it just, it seems a little 00:13:12.649 --> 00:13:15.330 weird to me. And I'm trying to think, like, have 00:13:15.330 --> 00:13:17.330 we gone too far? Because I'm not sure anymore. 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:20.659 Who is buying this weird looking street clothes 00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:23.320 wearing Kevin Durant card where he's literally 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:25.700 just been told he's been traded to Houston? I 00:13:25.700 --> 00:13:28.700 don't know. I can't wait to see what the actual 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:33.120 print run is on this card. But I hope sorry to 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:35.500 say this tops. I hope this one kind of flops 00:13:35.500 --> 00:13:38.259 because it's kind of ridiculous. I just think 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:41.519 it's a little weird. And I think maybe maybe 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.679 we should have left this one alone. But it probably 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:46.909 won't because basketball. Crazy basketball cards 00:13:46.909 --> 00:13:50.649 seem to sell really well. So I'm thinking if 00:13:50.649 --> 00:13:53.269 it doesn't flop, what does this? look like in 00:13:53.269 --> 00:13:55.750 the future does this open the door for more moments 00:13:55.750 --> 00:13:57.809 like this so the whole craziness got me thinking 00:13:57.809 --> 00:14:00.929 of what i'd want to see on these tops now cards 00:14:00.929 --> 00:14:03.389 if i was in fact making them if i was in charge 00:14:03.389 --> 00:14:05.129 and i could actually put together a list what 00:14:05.129 --> 00:14:08.110 crazy moments would i want to see etched on cardboard 00:14:08.110 --> 00:14:10.990 forever so for this episode of the three t's 00:14:10.990 --> 00:14:14.230 podcast we are about to bust out the crossing 00:14:14.230 --> 00:14:17.289 the t's segment of the week now i have put together 00:14:17.289 --> 00:14:21.340 i have drawn up a list of my top five historic 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:25.120 bills moments that i want captured on a trading 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:28.580 card courtesy of our boys over at tops now so 00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:31.539 here we go y 'all ready top five list historic 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:34.019 bills moments that we should capture in tops 00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:37.419 now form number one ryan fitzpatrick shirtless 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:39.820 if y 'all don't know what i'm talking about ryan 00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:42.460 fitzpatrick former bills quarterback fan favorite 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:46.340 everyone knows who he is this is not from a particular 00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:49.360 game he played, but rather this is his iconic 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:52.519 shirtless pose in the frigid temps of Orchard 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.440 Park on January 22nd, 2022 during the playoff. 00:14:57.409 --> 00:15:00.629 annihilation of the New England Patriots 47 -17. 00:15:00.909 --> 00:15:04.330 Some call this the absolute perfect game, offensively, 00:15:04.330 --> 00:15:08.110 of course, and some think Fitz magic is a absolute 00:15:08.110 --> 00:15:10.629 national treasure. So combine the two, perfect 00:15:10.629 --> 00:15:13.509 game, Fitz magic, shirtless, it all makes sense. 00:15:13.610 --> 00:15:16.610 Number one, boom, there you go. Who's buying 00:15:16.610 --> 00:15:18.490 that card? I think I would. I would actually 00:15:18.490 --> 00:15:20.509 buy this card. In fact, I think I would buy all 00:15:20.509 --> 00:15:24.080 these cards. Let's move on. Number two. T .O., 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:26.879 Terrell Owens, he has handed the keys to the 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:30.320 city. Do you all remember this moment of insanity? 00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:33.919 T .O. had just signed with the Bills. It was 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:36.649 crazy around western New York. If you remember 00:15:36.649 --> 00:15:38.990 this time, T .O. had just signed a one -year 00:15:38.990 --> 00:15:42.769 deal and there was a ton of hoopla and craziness 00:15:42.769 --> 00:15:45.129 following him around. If you remember, he had 00:15:45.129 --> 00:15:49.230 a reality show on VH1. The camera crew was following 00:15:49.230 --> 00:15:51.490 him everywhere. It was just madness. Anyway, 00:15:51.649 --> 00:15:54.110 he signs with the Bills a one -year deal. He 00:15:54.110 --> 00:15:57.470 flies into Buffalo and within 24 hours, the mayor 00:15:57.470 --> 00:16:00.950 is literally giving him a key to the city. Think 00:16:00.950 --> 00:16:03.009 about that for a second. The key to the city 00:16:03.009 --> 00:16:05.750 for T .O.? And the guy hasn't played a single 00:16:05.750 --> 00:16:08.090 snap for the Bills yet, but here he is getting 00:16:08.090 --> 00:16:11.230 a key to the city. So what does he do to thank 00:16:11.230 --> 00:16:13.929 the mayor and the city of Buffalo? He goes on 00:16:13.929 --> 00:16:17.649 and catches how many balls that year? 55 catches, 00:16:17.769 --> 00:16:22.649 and he amassed 829 yards that season, all in 00:16:22.649 --> 00:16:25.129 exchange for a key to the city. So 55 catches, 00:16:25.309 --> 00:16:29.110 829. I'm not too sure if that was worth it, but 00:16:29.110 --> 00:16:31.529 he got the key to the city. Yikes. So there you 00:16:31.529 --> 00:16:34.389 go, number two. Number three. On the top five 00:16:34.389 --> 00:16:36.610 list of historic Bills moments I want to capture 00:16:36.610 --> 00:16:39.950 in card form, Stevie Johnson blames God card. 00:16:40.169 --> 00:16:42.730 Now, if you remember this fiasco, this took place 00:16:42.730 --> 00:16:45.490 in November of 2010. The Bills were bad. I mean, 00:16:45.570 --> 00:16:47.909 they started the season 0 -8. That's how bad 00:16:47.909 --> 00:16:50.850 they were. It was atrocious. So we rattle off 00:16:50.850 --> 00:16:53.409 a couple. A couple wins. I believe they won two 00:16:53.409 --> 00:16:56.490 straight. And then they're playing the Steelers' 00:16:56.549 --> 00:16:59.250 good old Big Ben, Ben Roethlisberger. So the 00:16:59.250 --> 00:17:01.450 Bills were down. They managed to come back. This 00:17:01.450 --> 00:17:05.869 game goes into overtime. Who's QB? Good old Fitzmagic. 00:17:05.869 --> 00:17:08.089 He throws a beautiful pass to Stevie Johnson, 00:17:08.250 --> 00:17:10.990 who is literally wide open in the end zone. I 00:17:10.990 --> 00:17:15.029 mean wide open and in absolute pure Bills fashion. 00:17:15.369 --> 00:17:18.509 What does Stevie do? He drops the ball. So we 00:17:18.509 --> 00:17:21.099 could have won. Three games in a row, but he 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:23.980 drops it. We go on and we lose the game. To make 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:26.920 matters worse, after this crazy dropped pass, 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:29.579 after the game, Stevie goes on his Twitter account 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:32.339 and blames the Lord Almighty, the man upstairs, 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:35.480 for him dropping the pass. He says something 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:38.740 to the effect of, I praise you 24 -7 and this 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:41.809 how you do me? And that's what I want to see 00:17:41.809 --> 00:17:45.829 dropped right on top of this card. You can have 00:17:45.829 --> 00:17:48.970 him sign it. I don't care what happens. I want 00:17:48.970 --> 00:17:50.869 this card. I want to put it in my Bills collection. 00:17:51.130 --> 00:17:53.569 It would be glorious. So Tops, if you're listening, 00:17:53.769 --> 00:17:57.289 get on that. Do a retro Tops Now card. I want 00:17:57.289 --> 00:17:59.809 the Stevie Johnson Blames God card. Put that 00:17:59.809 --> 00:18:02.150 in the mailbox. Let's move on to number four. 00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:04.740 Now, some of y 'all might get mad at me for this 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:09.400 one, but I am bringing in card form Nate Peterman's 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:12.920 first career start. What a moment this one is. 00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:16.519 Can this be classified as the worst first start 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:19.200 in the history of sports? I think if you look 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:22.140 at it, it quite possibly could be. So flashback, 00:18:22.140 --> 00:18:24.740 folks. Let's go, Mafia. Let's jump with the DeLorean 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:27.779 back to 2017. The Bills had started the season 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:31.269 five and four. Not bad, Tyrod Taylor's QB, but 00:18:31.269 --> 00:18:33.569 that wasn't good enough. So what does good old 00:18:33.569 --> 00:18:36.569 Sean McDermott do? He decides he's going to bench 00:18:36.569 --> 00:18:39.490 Tyrod Taylor, and he's going to start Nate Peterman 00:18:39.490 --> 00:18:42.309 on the road against the LA Chargers. Do you all 00:18:42.309 --> 00:18:46.250 remember this game? Because it was an absolute 00:18:46.250 --> 00:18:49.210 dumpster fire. So here comes the rookie in an 00:18:49.210 --> 00:18:52.390 away game, and then he proceeds to drop the biggest 00:18:52.390 --> 00:18:55.210 turd you will ever see, five pickles. That's 00:18:55.210 --> 00:18:58.210 right, folks, five interceptions in the first. 00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:02.440 Freaking half of the game. Five picks in the 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:05.440 first half of the game. Needless to say, halftime 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.940 comes around and he gets benched. Of course, 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:11.740 the Bills go on to lose the game 54 -24. And 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:14.640 after the game, good old Sean says, I'm going 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:17.380 to take my time and evaluate it. I felt like 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:19.660 this was the right situation for Nate to come 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:22.640 in and play. He also goes on to say, I don't 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:25.680 regret my decision. I regret the result. We didn't 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.740 get the result we were looking for, so I don't 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:30.940 regret the decision at all. I know that's a lot 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:32.900 of writing, but I would love to compress that 00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:35.240 quote and put it on the back of this Tops Now 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:38.180 card because I want him to be able to go and 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:40.599 look at this card anytime he thinks of doing 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:44.279 something as stupid as starting Nate. peterman 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:47.779 because that game was atrocious and it needs 00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:51.359 to be encapsulated in card form and number five 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:54.319 last but certainly not least back in the delorean 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:57.759 driving all the way back to september 16th 2018 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:01.299 another chargers game that's right but this time 00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:04.180 the score is only 28 to 6 at the half we are 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:07.619 down we're losing and then it gets even worse 00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:10.319 because then something i had never thought i 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:12.920 would ever see in my lifetime absolutely happens 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:15.460 If you all remember this, against the Chargers, 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:19.339 September 16th, 2018, cornerback, starting cornerback, 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.480 Vontae Davis, he goes to the coaching staff and 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:25.319 he literally tells them he's done. He's not done 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:27.740 with the series or the game. He's done with the 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:30.579 team, with the sport, with everything. He literally 00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:33.180 quits in the middle of a National Football League 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:36.380 game. Can you believe that? I want this in card 00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:39.990 form. I want it forever etched. I want to protect 00:20:39.990 --> 00:20:42.890 it and put it in a binder and look at that card 00:20:42.890 --> 00:20:46.769 forever because what a disaster that moment was. 00:20:46.950 --> 00:20:49.650 So there you go. Those are the five moments that 00:20:49.650 --> 00:20:52.990 I want turned into tops now cards. Awesome top 00:20:52.990 --> 00:20:55.849 five bills moments. I think they would absolutely 00:20:55.849 --> 00:20:59.180 be best sellers. So what else is happening in 00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:01.480 the card world? Well, Fanatics Fest wrapped up 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:03.980 over last weekend. And for the most part, it 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:06.720 seemed to have received rave reviews. I mean, 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:08.960 everybody was talking about it. There were a 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:12.440 ton of people there. Tickets were sold out. I 00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:15.480 mean, it was everywhere. If you were on social 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:19.440 media over Fanatics Fest weekend, you saw clip 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:22.339 after clip, video after video of celebrities, 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:25.319 sports stars all coming together. They were all 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:28.779 over the place during the show. You had so many 00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:33.059 people taking so many media clips and doing their 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:34.859 thing. It was crazy. But I got to be honest. 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:38.019 I got to be honest, folks. I don't think we saw 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:41.680 enough of my favorite athlete of all time. That's 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:45.099 right. The fake TV, Tom Brady, because he only 00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:48.160 literally accounted for 80 to 90 % of the freaking 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:50.660 content I saw. It's absolutely ridiculous. I 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:52.920 couldn't believe what I was watching. Every time 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:55.180 I opened my phone, every time I opened Twitter 00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:58.200 or look at Instagram, it was Tom Brady. He's 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:00.660 walking around with his goon squad. He's talking 00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:02.759 on panels. He's throwing baseballs. He's throwing 00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:05.619 footballs. He's shooting three -pointers. He's 00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:07.400 hitting hockey pucks. I'm like, he's wearing 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:09.240 this pair of glasses and this pair of glasses. 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:12.539 I'm like, what the hell is going on? Why is there 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:15.799 so much freaking Tom Brady at this damn show? 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:18.640 But then the absolute worst, the absolute worst 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:22.019 thing happened. Have you seen this video, folks, 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:26.859 where he is doing the WWE entrance? It is sick. 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:29.440 It's sick. If you don't know, Fanatics Fest set 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:33.250 up a literal WWE ramp. Really cool. And all the 00:22:33.250 --> 00:22:35.009 fans can participate and they can pick their 00:22:35.009 --> 00:22:37.109 entrance music and they come out of the curtain 00:22:37.109 --> 00:22:39.710 and they stand at the top of the ramp and they 00:22:39.710 --> 00:22:42.009 can do whatever they want. It's pretty sweet. 00:22:42.150 --> 00:22:46.170 So of course, because he's everywhere, Tom Brady 00:22:46.170 --> 00:22:50.589 has to have his own WWE entrance. So the fake 00:22:50.589 --> 00:22:53.769 TB comes out to none other than the American 00:22:53.769 --> 00:22:56.849 Nightmare, Cody Rose's music, which he's not 00:22:56.849 --> 00:22:59.849 my favorite, but his song. is a banger. That 00:22:59.849 --> 00:23:02.349 is pure fire. He's got one of the best songs 00:23:02.349 --> 00:23:05.109 in the company. So out comes Tom Brady to Cody 00:23:05.109 --> 00:23:08.269 Rhodes' song. He's at the top of the ramp. He's 00:23:08.269 --> 00:23:12.710 wearing a championship belt. It's kind of thrown 00:23:12.710 --> 00:23:15.170 over his shoulder. The first thing he does is 00:23:15.170 --> 00:23:17.450 he sticks his arms out. The belt then proceeds 00:23:17.450 --> 00:23:20.250 to slide off his shoulder. Instead of picking 00:23:20.250 --> 00:23:23.630 it up, he just leaves it there. So he just doesn't 00:23:23.630 --> 00:23:26.250 bother to pick it up. which is very disrespectful 00:23:26.250 --> 00:23:28.710 to the belt. He just leaves it there. Then he 00:23:28.710 --> 00:23:31.650 proceeds to walk, being the awesome human being 00:23:31.650 --> 00:23:35.230 he is. And I know this is all plant, but just 00:23:35.230 --> 00:23:38.069 keep following me. He then grabs a Jets jersey 00:23:38.069 --> 00:23:41.109 from someone who's standing in the crowd. Again, 00:23:41.269 --> 00:23:43.769 I know it's a plant. He throws the Jets jersey 00:23:43.769 --> 00:23:46.670 on the ground. And one of the least favorite 00:23:46.670 --> 00:23:50.109 things I ever like to see, he actually spits 00:23:50.109 --> 00:23:52.690 on the jersey. And you can see him. essentially 00:23:52.690 --> 00:23:55.769 hawk a loogie and spit on this jersey one of 00:23:55.769 --> 00:23:57.750 the reasons why i can't stand goldberg so much 00:23:57.750 --> 00:23:59.589 is because he spits all over the freaking ring 00:23:59.589 --> 00:24:01.990 when he's wrestling but here's a good old good 00:24:01.990 --> 00:24:04.829 old tom brady and he's throwing the jets jersey 00:24:04.829 --> 00:24:07.250 on the ground spits on it then he keeps walking 00:24:07.250 --> 00:24:10.150 then he grabs a giant jersey so a new jersey 00:24:10.150 --> 00:24:13.670 uh there you go bills fans new jersey giants 00:24:13.670 --> 00:24:17.200 new york giants jersey and rips it in half He 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:19.240 literally rips it in half, which I know he's 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.160 not that strong. So come on, it must have been 00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:24.799 like cut. So easy tearaway Giants jersey. Anyway, 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:27.319 he rips it in half. And then who comes to save 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:30.420 the day but Eli Manning. Eli Manning runs out 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:33.220 from the back, from back behind the curtain. 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:36.680 He jumps on Brady's back and he saves the day. 00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:39.259 And so look, I know the whole thing was staged, 00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:44.069 but give me a break. Get this freaking guy off 00:24:44.069 --> 00:24:47.250 my screen. I get it. He's there. I tried a couple 00:24:47.250 --> 00:24:50.410 episodes ago to, if money were no object, by 00:24:50.410 --> 00:24:53.910 the week to go have Tom Brady inscribe to the 00:24:53.910 --> 00:24:58.170 Real TV on some Bill's merch. But he's too cool 00:24:58.170 --> 00:25:01.150 to sign anything for anyone at Fanatics Fest. 00:25:01.269 --> 00:25:03.450 But he just has to go around and do all this 00:25:03.450 --> 00:25:06.150 other stupid crap. And he won't ever get off 00:25:06.150 --> 00:25:08.349 your screen. So it's too much. It's too much 00:25:08.349 --> 00:25:10.769 boo -boo. I can't take this guy anymore. I just 00:25:10.769 --> 00:25:13.579 wish. He would go away. Anyway, I think that'll 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:17.359 about cover the top loader portion of the program. 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:21.579 So wrestling marks, how are we feeling today? 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:24.500 Lots to go over, lots to discuss in the world 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:27.140 of professional wrestling. But I want to start 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:30.240 with the Cena Punk story that's been kind of 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:34.660 evolving over the last few shows between Raw, 00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:38.019 SmackDown, and then finally Night of Champions. 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:41.940 We finally started to get somewhere with the 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:44.640 promos between these two. If you remember Monday 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:47.359 Night Raw, Cena and R -Truth had their second 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:49.619 match. It was kind of a rematch. During this 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:51.839 match, Cena ends up grabbing his belt, smashing 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:54.059 Truth over the head with it, and he gets himself 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:57.119 DQ'd. Surprise, surprise. And then out comes 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:59.920 Punk to essentially save the day. They get into 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:03.140 a little scuffle. Cena then proceeds to drop 00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:07.200 him using a table spot. uh that's sponsored by 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:10.559 none other than slim jim side note this is total 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:13.460 garbage he pulls the table out he sets the table 00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:15.420 up and you can see clearly on each end of the 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:18.160 table is a sticker that says slim jim while i 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:20.720 was not surprised it was kind of ridiculous so 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:23.500 but here we go so now we're doing sponsored table 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:26.359 spots by that are brought to you by slim jim 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:29.500 so anyway cena puts punk through the table punk 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:32.240 is then laying there essentially unconscious 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:36.140 for about 10 minutes as cena which is crazy to 00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:38.480 me. But in professional wrestling, you have to 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:41.599 suspend disbelief. So sure, CM Punk, one table 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:45.579 shot, he's going to lay there while Cena spins 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:48.359 this tune on him for about 10 minutes. So Cena 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:52.099 then drops a crazy promo, which is clearly a 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:55.240 throwback to Punk's pipe bomb from their feud 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:58.019 that was about 14 years ago. It was an awesome 00:26:58.019 --> 00:27:00.440 promo. I got to tell you, some people didn't 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:02.440 like it. They said he was copying him too much 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:04.799 and a lot of it didn't hit its mark. You know 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.460 what? We got to take our victories with this 00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:11.299 Cena fiasco anywhere we can get them. And to 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:13.680 me, I thought this was a great step forward. 00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.079 I thought he was progressing his character and 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:19.059 it really added to the punk story. So to me, 00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:22.200 it was a win. It was nice to see a promo of this. 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:24.920 It's nice to see a promo that he cut actually 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:27.299 matter because up to this point, all he'd been 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:29.619 doing is just ripping on the fans. So I thought 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:32.440 it was great. And then fast forward to SmackDown. 00:27:32.970 --> 00:27:36.089 And out comes CM Punk to the ring. And he looks 00:27:36.089 --> 00:27:40.630 just like old school John Cena, aka Doctor of 00:27:40.630 --> 00:27:43.289 Thuganomics. He's got his jersey on. He's got 00:27:43.289 --> 00:27:46.309 a sideways hat going. And he comes out and basically 00:27:46.309 --> 00:27:52.029 battle raps his way to cut a promo on Cena, which 00:27:52.029 --> 00:27:54.250 was also very good. I don't think it was as good 00:27:54.250 --> 00:27:56.990 as Cena's, but hey, Punk did what he did. Tip 00:27:56.990 --> 00:27:59.490 the cap to him. So now we are set for the main 00:27:59.490 --> 00:28:02.210 event of Night of Champions. which of course 00:28:02.210 --> 00:28:05.390 was from none other than Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 00:28:05.569 --> 00:28:08.250 Having just reviewed Goldberg's last nine years 00:28:08.250 --> 00:28:10.809 of wrestling, I feel like I literally can't escape 00:28:10.809 --> 00:28:13.089 this freaking place, but here we are. Quick side 00:28:13.089 --> 00:28:15.849 note, I'm watching Night of Champions and I don't 00:28:15.849 --> 00:28:18.789 know why I had never put this together or maybe 00:28:18.789 --> 00:28:21.509 I never heard it before, but I stopped myself 00:28:21.509 --> 00:28:24.309 and I was like, did they say what they just said? 00:28:24.450 --> 00:28:27.410 I had no idea that the Royal Rumble was gonna 00:28:27.410 --> 00:28:30.250 be in Saudi Arabia next year. The actual Royal 00:28:30.250 --> 00:28:32.450 freaking Rumble is going to be in Saudi Arabia 00:28:32.450 --> 00:28:36.069 for the first time ever. What are we doing? WWE, 00:28:36.369 --> 00:28:38.990 what are we doing? The Royal Rumble is one of 00:28:38.990 --> 00:28:41.349 the top three to four pay -per -views of the 00:28:41.349 --> 00:28:44.869 entire year, and now we're selling it off to 00:28:44.869 --> 00:28:48.950 Saudi Arabia? Like, give me a break. It's one 00:28:48.950 --> 00:28:50.750 thing if we're giving them Night of Champions 00:28:50.750 --> 00:28:52.710 and some of these second -rate shows. You want 00:28:52.710 --> 00:28:55.849 to go have a week with Raw and SmackDown, NXT. 00:28:56.410 --> 00:28:58.470 Great. I don't care. Do what you want. But to 00:28:58.470 --> 00:29:00.809 have the actual Royal Rumble, in my opinion, 00:29:00.849 --> 00:29:04.730 top three event on the entire WWE calendar, what 00:29:04.730 --> 00:29:07.410 the hell are we doing? It was so frustrating 00:29:07.410 --> 00:29:09.109 to hear. Apparently, this has been announced 00:29:09.109 --> 00:29:11.450 months ago, and I must have missed it. But anyway, 00:29:11.609 --> 00:29:14.650 I digress. Back to the match. The match is actually 00:29:14.650 --> 00:29:17.029 pretty good as far as the scene of matches go 00:29:17.029 --> 00:29:21.210 on this sort of bad guy title run. It's probably 00:29:21.210 --> 00:29:24.160 the best. match that Cena has had so far because 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:26.059 the others were kind of crap. Anyway, everything 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:28.420 goes crazy. Of course, at the end, there's a 00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:32.779 big Shmazola. Seth Rollins and his goon squad 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:37.160 and his legal team, Bronson and Braun, come down. 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:42.180 They start attacking everybody and then Penta's 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:44.579 music hits. Now, this is where things get really 00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:47.079 weird because if you watch this pay -per -view, 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:49.859 Penta starts to run down the ramp, but then he 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:52.910 gets about five feet. He stops. Then he starts 00:29:52.910 --> 00:29:55.930 doing his slow walk and strut and doing all these 00:29:55.930 --> 00:29:58.789 poses. And I'm watching him and I'm like, Penta, 00:29:58.890 --> 00:30:01.289 what are you doing? Get your ass to the ring 00:30:01.289 --> 00:30:04.109 and stop posing. You look ridiculous. If you're 00:30:04.109 --> 00:30:06.430 going to do a save, if you're going to do a run 00:30:06.430 --> 00:30:09.390 in and save somebody, you need to actually run 00:30:09.390 --> 00:30:12.490 in. You can't be stopping and waving to the fans 00:30:12.490 --> 00:30:15.289 and doing your whatever the hell stupid pose 00:30:15.289 --> 00:30:18.869 walks nonsense he's doing. Anyway, he finally 00:30:18.869 --> 00:30:22.130 gets down to the ring. Sami Zayn comes out. It's 00:30:22.130 --> 00:30:24.769 chaos. There's people everywhere. But here is 00:30:24.769 --> 00:30:27.490 the absolute best spot of the night. Because 00:30:27.490 --> 00:30:30.569 if you haven't seen this yet in short video form 00:30:30.569 --> 00:30:34.609 or meme form, referee Charles Robinson gets the 00:30:34.609 --> 00:30:37.309 award for best spot of the night. So Seth Rollins 00:30:37.309 --> 00:30:39.150 is in the ring. He's your Money in the Bank. 00:30:39.789 --> 00:30:42.750 Winner, obviously. And he's attempting to cash 00:30:42.750 --> 00:30:46.269 in. He's calling for a ref. So here comes none 00:30:46.269 --> 00:30:48.769 other than good old Charles Robinson. He's running 00:30:48.769 --> 00:30:52.509 full steam down the ramp. Full steam. And the 00:30:52.509 --> 00:30:55.009 camera is zoomed in close. So you see him run. 00:30:55.130 --> 00:30:59.769 And then out of nowhere, he gets taken out by 00:30:59.769 --> 00:31:03.309 a flying shoulder tackle by John Cena. And Charles 00:31:03.309 --> 00:31:09.170 Robinson goes flying across the floor mats. is 00:31:09.170 --> 00:31:12.210 by far the highlight of the entire night great 00:31:12.210 --> 00:31:14.230 if you haven't seen it go check it out anyway 00:31:14.230 --> 00:31:18.069 match continues Seth Rollins then hits Punk with 00:31:18.069 --> 00:31:20.609 the curb stomp John Cena gets in the ring and 00:31:20.609 --> 00:31:24.650 it's one two three Punk loses Cena retains total 00:31:24.650 --> 00:31:27.730 like I said total schmaz fest too much going 00:31:27.730 --> 00:31:30.410 on it wasn't bad it wasn't great but it wasn't 00:31:30.410 --> 00:31:33.369 bad and there is a lot of crap that happened 00:31:33.369 --> 00:31:35.710 in that match Whatever. It is what it is. So 00:31:35.710 --> 00:31:38.430 the rest of the show, quick breakdown. Men's 00:31:38.430 --> 00:31:41.549 King of the Ring final. You had Cody versus Randy 00:31:41.549 --> 00:31:45.170 Orton. And surprise to surprise, Cody wins. Is 00:31:45.170 --> 00:31:49.089 anyone shocked by Cody winning? Anyone? No one? 00:31:49.170 --> 00:31:52.430 So the match was okay. They're just trading finishers 00:31:52.430 --> 00:31:54.410 back and forth at the end. It was kind of stupid. 00:31:54.990 --> 00:31:57.049 Everyone just keeps kicking out left and right. 00:31:57.430 --> 00:32:01.660 And then at the end, Randy's like... slowly menacingly 00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:03.900 walking back up the ramp he keeps turning around 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:06.559 looking back at Cody as Cody's in the ring doing 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:09.539 his good guy thing and showering Randy with all 00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:11.859 these praises it was kind of stupid and of course 00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:14.700 now we're setting up for John Cena versus Cody 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:17.759 Rhodes again at SummerSlam like we literally 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:20.440 just did this but yet here we go again I don't 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:23.339 know folks I don't want to see John Cena Cody 00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:25.680 Rhodes number two maybe something else happens 00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:28.950 but I seriously doubt it another match Rhea Ripley 00:32:28.950 --> 00:32:31.970 versus Raquel Rodriguez. This was a decent match, 00:32:32.150 --> 00:32:35.849 but she never wins. Raquel literally never wins. 00:32:36.109 --> 00:32:39.130 I know she is one half of the women's tag champions. 00:32:39.470 --> 00:32:40.650 I don't know what they're going to do with that 00:32:40.650 --> 00:32:42.890 now that lives out, but one -on -one matches, 00:32:43.049 --> 00:32:46.670 one -on -one prominent, important matches, Raquel 00:32:46.670 --> 00:32:49.609 never wins. The women's queen of the ring final. 00:32:49.809 --> 00:32:53.470 Now this match was not so great. Jade Cargill 00:32:53.470 --> 00:32:58.839 versus Asuka. And look. i don't know what was 00:32:58.839 --> 00:33:00.980 going on maybe they were having a bad day but 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:05.319 this match was not great bob she's just not i 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:07.359 don't know she she looks good until she gets 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:09.740 to the ring and then she i don't know it's just 00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:13.059 something's something slightly off with the way 00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:15.079 she wrestles i don't know there's problems there 00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.519 i'm not sure what it is maybe she'll get better 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:20.900 hope so because she's strong as hell i think 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:23.700 she can be good love how she kind of takes the 00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:26.880 marvel character storm and you know does some 00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:29.740 different outfit stuff with that. Like I said, 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:32.059 the look is there. It's just once the bell rings, 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:34.720 something is off, something's missing. Anyway, 00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:37.359 she wins the match. She's your queen in the ring. 00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:41.019 And the crowd doesn't care. They did not want 00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:44.339 her to win. They give zero reaction. The crowd 00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:46.720 literally could care less. Then we, which brings 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:50.599 me to Karrion Kross versus Sami Zayn. The online 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:54.160 wrestling community, there's been an underground 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:57.839 movement, an underground push. to get Karrion 00:33:57.839 --> 00:34:01.019 Kross a more prominent position in the company. 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:04.599 And he finally gets a match with Sami Zayn. It's 00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:07.579 in Saudi. And he loses. And again, it's like, 00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:10.639 what are we doing? Because now we go, he finally 00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:13.300 started to get what looks like a little bit of 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:15.820 momentum. And now all of a sudden, it's just 00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:18.739 back to zero. So it's like, why are we doing 00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:21.900 this? I get it. Sami's huge over there. And the 00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:24.460 match was fine. Kross loses. And now it's like, 00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:26.460 he's back to zero. so i don't know i don't know 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:29.690 what to do Fatu versus Solo Sokoa. Again, we 00:34:29.690 --> 00:34:32.710 have another schmaz fest. This one kind of went 00:34:32.710 --> 00:34:35.510 really crazy. And I think Michael Cole didn't 00:34:35.510 --> 00:34:38.150 even know what the hell was going on. So Tonga 00:34:38.150 --> 00:34:41.250 returns. He's been hurt for a while. So he comes 00:34:41.250 --> 00:34:44.309 out, makes the save. He starts attacking Fatu. 00:34:44.389 --> 00:34:46.909 That doesn't work. And then here comes another 00:34:46.909 --> 00:34:49.909 guy in the family. And now, like I said before, 00:34:50.230 --> 00:34:53.590 we're probably on like the 30th member of the 00:34:53.590 --> 00:34:58.019 bloodline. Here comes this huge dude that they 00:34:58.019 --> 00:35:01.460 are claiming is seven feet tall. And I can only 00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:04.500 describe him as a love child between X -Pac and 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:07.820 Kevin Nash because he's huge and tall and he 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:10.340 has long hair like Kevin Nash. But his face, 00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:13.519 he's got facial features that. look just like 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:16.340 xbox so this is the love child of xbox and kevin 00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:18.360 nesh it is what it is and then then there's michael 00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:20.880 cole who's doing the announcing and he has no 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:23.440 clue what he's saying he literally says that's 00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:27.960 tamatanga tangaloa their brother and we're like 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.619 what are you talking about that's neither one 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:33.139 of those people he has no idea what he's saying 00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:35.800 he doesn't correct himself ever they never say 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:38.679 who this person is but he just goes on and say 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:41.820 and he's assuming we know who the hell this person 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:44.760 is anyway big smash fest fatu loses the belt 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:47.880 solo has the united states championship he has 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:50.039 a new gang and where do we go from here well 00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:53.260 it's pretty easy if i'm a betting man i'm betting 00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:55.300 that we're gonna have another bloodline versus 00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:57.579 bloodline story we're gonna have the usos and 00:35:57.579 --> 00:36:01.320 fatu against solo and his boys so pretty easy 00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:04.099 setup and there you have it all in all i don't 00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:05.880 know the whole thing the whole night of champions 00:36:06.429 --> 00:36:09.530 Eh, it was fine. If you told me, hey, you got 00:36:09.530 --> 00:36:12.929 to rate it on a scale of five turnbuckles or 00:36:12.929 --> 00:36:15.630 four turnbuckles or whatever the heck rating 00:36:15.630 --> 00:36:17.369 system we want to use, I would say it's like 00:36:17.369 --> 00:36:19.510 right in the middle. It was fine. There's nothing 00:36:19.510 --> 00:36:22.489 to write home about. I will never go back and 00:36:22.489 --> 00:36:25.570 watch any of these matches unless I'm doing research 00:36:25.570 --> 00:36:27.630 on something because it really wasn't that good. 00:36:27.710 --> 00:36:30.869 But I don't know. It was fine. Anyway, AEW, what 00:36:30.869 --> 00:36:34.269 do I want to say about AEW? Well, they had some 00:36:34.269 --> 00:36:37.699 shows. Yep. I don't know what to say at this 00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:40.760 point. They had some shows. Sometimes watching 00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:45.019 AEW feels like a chore. I don't know why. Their 00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:47.519 top guys are amazing. Their top women are amazing. 00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:49.840 But there's really just not a lot to talk about. 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:53.260 I need All In to get here ASAP because some of 00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:55.480 these TV tapings are just not doing it for me. 00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:59.139 And listen, AEW, you can't keep changing the 00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:01.820 night that your shows are on every single week. 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:04.769 There has to be some continuity. It can't be 00:37:04.769 --> 00:37:06.650 this week it's Wednesday, then it's Saturday, 00:37:06.809 --> 00:37:08.530 or then it's Friday, and then it's Thursday, 00:37:08.650 --> 00:37:10.650 and then Wednesday's show is two hours, and now 00:37:10.650 --> 00:37:12.829 it's four hours, and then it's two hours. Holy 00:37:12.829 --> 00:37:16.989 cow, people. Take it easy. Pick a night, pick 00:37:16.989 --> 00:37:19.650 a length of time, and stick with it. You're never 00:37:19.650 --> 00:37:22.469 going to grow and actually try to compete with 00:37:22.469 --> 00:37:24.429 the other guys if you keep doing this garbage. 00:37:24.829 --> 00:37:28.949 It's fine. It's whatever. The shows, I try to 00:37:28.949 --> 00:37:31.889 stay up with it. There's some really good segments, 00:37:32.010 --> 00:37:34.380 but the rest, it's just meh. I don't know. I 00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.920 don't know what to tell you, folks. That's just 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:39.539 me. Anyway, let's move on. Bills, Mafia, how 00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:42.179 are we feeling? This is definitely the slow period 00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:45.159 for the NFL and for teams. We have a bit of a 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:48.820 break until we wait patiently for training camp 00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:52.139 to arrive. The Bills came out last week and announced 00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:54.159 their training camp schedule, which will be held 00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:57.239 at St. John Fisher once again. And this time 00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:01.340 HBO is bringing the crew for hard knocks. I don't 00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:05.239 know how you all feel about this. I don't really 00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:07.199 know how I feel about this. Apparently, Hard 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:09.739 Knocks crew is only going to be taping during 00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:12.320 training camp, and then they are moving on to 00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:15.559 the NFC East. So you're going to get, I looked 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:18.400 this up today, you're going to get five training 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:20.800 camp episodes on the Bills, and then they can 00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:25.179 go focus on whoever. Dak Prescott, hooray, no 00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:28.000 one cares. But I'm kind of glad that it's only 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:30.099 for training camp because I really don't want 00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:32.360 the attention. Is that weird? Is that weird to 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:34.280 say? I don't want the attention. So come in for 00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:36.460 training camp. We'll talk about the James Cook 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:39.800 scenario. We'll talk about, I don't know, who 00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:41.920 are they even going to focus on? We're going 00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:44.900 to play Mr. Brightside for five episodes for 00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:47.019 60 minutes, and everyone's going to dance and 00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:51.230 find out what a great guy Josh Allen is. It's 00:38:51.230 --> 00:38:53.269 going to be great. And Mitch Trubisky, maybe 00:38:53.269 --> 00:38:56.550 we'll do a special on Mitch Trubisky and it'll 00:38:56.550 --> 00:39:00.429 be awesome. Maybe they'll try to recreate the 00:39:00.429 --> 00:39:03.849 Matt Milano, Mike White on -field incident in 00:39:03.849 --> 00:39:05.590 which he literally folded him in a suitcase. 00:39:05.849 --> 00:39:08.610 Maybe we can do that. But all in all, I don't 00:39:08.610 --> 00:39:10.210 know what they're going to do, but I'm kind of 00:39:10.210 --> 00:39:11.829 glad it's only going to be for training camp. 00:39:11.949 --> 00:39:15.230 But you never know. I'm just afraid. I don't 00:39:15.230 --> 00:39:17.630 want them to try to force and try to create some 00:39:17.630 --> 00:39:21.159 drama, manufacture some kind of... bs drama i 00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:23.420 don't know you never know what you're looking 00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:25.239 at when you watch this stuff you never know what's 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:27.599 real you never know what's legit and what is 00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:30.619 actually being produced for tv so i kind of don't 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:33.639 want them i'm gonna watch it of course but i'm 00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:36.199 a bit apprehensive if i'm being honest and finally 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:38.119 i looked this up the other day the bills are 00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:41.000 the only team in the nfl favored to win every 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:43.730 single game this year on the schedule and This 00:39:43.730 --> 00:39:45.849 is crazy to me because if you look at the schedule, 00:39:45.949 --> 00:39:47.969 if you break down the schedule, there are a handful 00:39:47.969 --> 00:39:51.250 of really difficult games on the schedule. So 00:39:51.250 --> 00:39:53.110 obviously the home opener against Baltimore, 00:39:53.329 --> 00:39:55.750 that's, in my opinion, if you look at the schedule, 00:39:55.809 --> 00:39:57.650 that's the toughest game of the year. Then we 00:39:57.650 --> 00:39:59.469 play the Chiefs, we play the Eagles, we play 00:39:59.469 --> 00:40:01.829 the Bengals, we play the Bucs. Thank God most 00:40:01.829 --> 00:40:04.320 of these games are at home. So there's really 00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:07.480 not one really difficult road game. If you break 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:09.559 down the schedule, so Ravens, Chiefs, Eagles, 00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:11.760 Bengals, Bucks, those are the five toughest games 00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:14.900 by far. And we're favored in every one of those 00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:18.019 games. Now, I looked this up. Now, since 1978, 00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:22.079 only 23 teams have gone on to be favored in every 00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:25.360 game of a regular season. 23 teams. And how many 00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:30.099 years is that? A lot. 40, 47 years. That's crazy. 00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:32.920 The other side, the flip side of the coin, 28 00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:35.500 teams have been underdogs in every game of a 00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:38.480 regular season during the same time span. You're 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.920 more than likely to be the underdog in every 00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:43.000 game than you are to be favored in every game. 00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:44.599 I'm not sure how I feel about that. Should I 00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:47.380 be worried? What would I rather be as a team, 00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:49.619 favored in every game or the underdog in every 00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:53.380 game? I don't know. I guess I... Should just 00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:56.280 go bet the house that the Bills run the freaking 00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:59.880 table. We go 20 -0, and this is the year we finally 00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:03.619 bring the Lombardi Trophy to Western. New York. 00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:06.139 What do you think, folks? 20 and 0? Who's signing 00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:09.280 up for that? I can't wait. Sounds about right 00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:11.619 to me. I think that's going to do it for episode 00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:15.320 6 of Tables, Tailgates, and Top Loaders. I cannot 00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:18.619 thank you enough for stopping in. If you have 00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:21.219 enjoyed this episode of any episode of the 3Ts 00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:23.619 podcast, please, please, please do me a favor. 00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:25.800 Share it with someone you know, whether they 00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:28.920 are a fellow card collector, someone who loves 00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:31.510 professional wrestling, or of course a fellow 00:41:31.510 --> 00:41:34.050 member of the mafia. It doesn't matter. I want 00:41:34.050 --> 00:41:36.230 to grow this thing one episode at a time. So 00:41:36.230 --> 00:41:39.110 please, please help a brother out. Hit that follow 00:41:39.110 --> 00:41:41.469 button. Throw a review up. Help me out. Leave 00:41:41.469 --> 00:41:43.949 a quick review. Let's build this thing together 00:41:43.949 --> 00:41:47.510 one episode at a time. And as always, I appreciate 00:41:47.510 --> 00:41:53.929 you all very, very much. So until next time, 00:41:54.010 --> 00:41:56.389 whether it's ripping packs, breaking tables, 00:41:56.530 --> 00:41:59.150 or dropping elbows, keep doing what you love. 00:41:59.269 --> 00:42:01.199 And as always, Go Bills!