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Episode 112 - Heels S1E5 - Swerve · My Third Place Pod

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OK, Summer slam. I know I'm a little late, maybe
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two weeks late, but can we talk about the most cringiest
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commercial from that premium live event?
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At the end of July, I ordered this Macho Man Hawaiian shirt
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that just yelled by me by. Me whenever I came across it.
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No, wait, it was more E you fellow.
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Did you give me a you know? Yeah, I was kind of like that.
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I saved the way, the website and my favorites just in case, but
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all through. July, I wanted to buy this shirt
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where like, I want to buy this shirt.
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When can I buy this shirt? I don't have money for this
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shirt. OK, you know what?
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I'm gonna buy this shirt. So by the end of July, I said
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OK, this shirt is coming home and it'll be here in a few days
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and I'm gonna put it on and see what my next move is gonna be.
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It didn't take a few days. It fucking.
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I hated it. I got an e-mail saying it'd be
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here 5 to 10 business days. I hate that two weeks later, it
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finally got here. A few days ago I opened it up
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and it's the best thing ever. If you're wondering where you
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can see it, it's on the app formerly known as Twitter.
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So Joe, check that one out. Oh, your brother, not brother.
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I don't expect any of you to understand the love I have for a
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Macho Man, Randy Savage. And again, you know what, I'm
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not even going to explain it to you guys, but here, here it is.
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In middle school went to play The Pomp and Circumstance as our
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6th grade graduation song. I did the finger circle movement
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and just went full savage. But you know, Oh yeah, nobody
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got it. I did.
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My friends did. They laughed.
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They're cheering for it. I never met the man, the myth,
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the legend. But I did get to meet Black
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Machismo Jaylito, back when Impact Wrestling was still known
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as TNAI. Went to a meet and greet before
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the Night of Down for Glory in Chicago.
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I met a lot of wrestlers that night, yes, including Jaylee
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Dole. And I did the most My most, Not
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the most, My most impressive. Finger, finger, finger, finger
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circle. And started talking like this.
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Oh yeah, for don't don't know. Black machismo wasn't a March to
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the savage gimmick, and he killed it.
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Oh you. You all heard my version.
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It's not the best, but I try. Do I try?
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Yes, I try. Do y'all need a reason as to why
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I bring anything up? Do you need a reason as to why I
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start doing a monologue before the show starts?
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No. So two weeks ago while watching
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Summer slam. A commercial.
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Not just any commercial. The slim gym.
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One with Macho Man. Randy Savage.
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Yeah. OK, look, we get you're trying
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to appease the older fans and get nostalgic by bringing back
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the past, but that was not it, my guys.
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According to ww.com, WWE and Slim Jim first crossed past 30
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years ago with the serious explosive in Your Face Slim Jim
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commercials featuring Macho Man Randy Savage.
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It's in my contract. I gotta say his name just like
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that. Sorry.
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The Macho Man Randy Savage thing.
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Finger Circle included in that one, by the way.
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Debuting the famous Tagline snap into a Slim Jim?
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Oh yeah. Again, that's also on the
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contract. That has remained a hallmark of
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the Slim Jim brand ever since the.
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Two global brands will tap into that rich history.
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Read a re energized multi platform campaign which begins
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with the summer Slam battle represented by Slim Jim.
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The first of several custom integrations at the premium live
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events as part of the packed Slim Jim will also activate at
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Survivor Series in November in addition to Row Bumble and
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WrestleMania 14 in 2024. Quote alongside our partners at
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Slim Jim and ConAgra Brands, WE is excited to renew one of the
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most memorable collaborations in sports entertainment history and
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there's no better way to kick off the partnership in a 20 man
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battle royal Summer slam, said Craig Stemmel, WWESPP Head of
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Global Sales and Partnerships. Slim Jim has always been about
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crushing boredom and doing the unexpected, which is also the
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cornerstone of a WE and their memorable lineup of Bold in Your
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Face Superstars Seth Fencer, 507 VP and General Manager of Snacks
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at ConAgra Brands. We're thrilled to be back in the
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ring with the to build on our shared history and celebrate the
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Savage Energy of delays. WWE Superstars Savage Energy,
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Right. In addition to the live event
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integrations, the WWE and Slim Jam partnership will include
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custom content and social media, executions with Superstar
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talent, online sweepstakes and Dr. Fan engagement in store
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activations and more. So I get that they used LA
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Knight and Bianca Bel Air for that commercial.
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But there was number need to use much of it.
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Randy Savage? Oh yeah, again, it felt cringy,
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just like my voice. But that was my childhood.
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Don't get me wrong, I love that guy forever.
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I will always love that guy like he's the reason I do the circle
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movement, he's the reason I have this shirt, but let his memory
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rest with him being an awesome wrestler.
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Welcome back ladies and gentlemen.
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It's time to clutch your pearls because we have another awesome
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episode that surely comes to you from under the apron.
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The link will be in the show Notes This is Healed Season one
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Episode 5. The episode is titled Swerb, is
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directed by Peter Segal, who directed episodes one and two
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and is written by Rachel Sidney Alter, A Swerve.
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It's when the wrestling storyline takes an unexpected
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turn. You'll see a lot of those
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swerves on this episode. The show opens on Crystal,
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rehearsing the lines in the ring against the booing crowd.
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She yells into the mic. I can't tell you how upsetting
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this is to be booed by you, a bunch of wannabes, or never
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wears irrelevant dopes who hate Ace and me for being what they
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wish they were. Two perfect physical specimens
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at the height of our power. And let me be crystal clear, we
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only care about one thing and does the DWL title belt.
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We are coming for it with hostility in our hearts.
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We're going to take you down Jack Spade, but first we're
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going to crush the a pitiful Peony dream of that mama's boy
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Bobby Pin. She laughs, and Jack asked
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Willie to pick up the lights to reveal there is no crowd in the
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audience, but just the boy sitting out right inside
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watching the whole thing go down in the cage.
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Jack is impressed, but Ace believed it only ruins the
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suspense and wants to skip the promo altogether, obviously
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having to do with him finding Crystal and the trampoline with
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Bobby the other night. Surprisingly, Jack agreed with
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him. Diego and Rooster look at each
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other as if to say that was messed up and she did a pretty
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good job. Jack tells Crystal that whether
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she that whether she gets to run her mouth or not, she is still
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in the main event. It's big for them and it's big
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for her character. And now, knowing that she can
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memorize lines that like that and delivered them while moving
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forward, he assures Crystal that he will be writing for her in
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the future. Willie then tells her to buy a
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new outfit, including a bra reminding Crystal that they run
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a family show. Bobby and Ace then rehearsed the
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main event, Cage Magic. But Bobby isn't quite
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comfortable. On the top ropes, he botches a
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move. Jack tells him that was
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terrible. Back tries to help Bobby by
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telling him to hold his balance 1st and then leap.
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Commit in your good Willie unexpectedly gets a call from
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the South Georgia State Fair, who wants them to perform at the
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fair. Jack runs to his office and
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takes care of the call, leaving the voice behind to continue
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working. While Bill holds the press
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conference to discuss his incident on the plane and how he
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is fired for his actions. He starts off with greetings.
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I have some apologies to make. I'm sorry that I use language
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that has apparently caused some unspecified people a lot of
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pain, and ever since I was young, I've been flying.
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I mishandled medicating my nerves.
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The result is me standing here today in the public square
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graveling. This in turn gets all the
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reporters to start asking questions.
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So I'm going to turn it into like I do it on every premium
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live event after premium live event if this was actually a
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post match conference and give easy audio of what he really
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said. Are you ashamed that you got
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naked? Hell no. 50% of the world
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population is male. It should not be shocking to see
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a man naked. Some consider this kind of
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behavior toxic masculinity. Psychologists believe that this
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kind of behavior may be tied to my getting circumcised the day I
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was born. As if deep down I'm still that
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butchered little boy pulling it out.
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Show everyone look at the horrible thing they did to me.
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Isn't circumcision about hygiene?
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Ma'am, every 3rd Daydream a man has is about putting his penis
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into someone else's mouth. The other two are about putting
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it other places. Circumcision is prime evil
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cruelty. It's time for our bodies, our
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choice to also apply to boys foreskins.
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But look, there's a time and place for male nudity, and it's
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not midair. On a commercial jetliner, you
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fly private. That's a different discussion
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entirely. There's rumors you've been
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fired. Well, like many long serving
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employees of American corporations, I've been
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abandoned. What do you call an
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entertainment empire built upon the broken bodies of men and
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women who wants the juices squeezed out are kicked to the
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curb? No safety net other than drugs,
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alcohol and self-inflicted gunshots?
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The National Football League after a stint in rehab.
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I'll be back. Thank you.
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Stacy calls her dad and tells him.
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It's a in a voice message that she's going to start her first
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day of work later that day. She also tells them that they
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have rules at her job that she can't be on the phone, so try
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texting instead. She knows how much he hates
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that, but that is the world they are.
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Living in now, she has Thomas, a bull of old Mia who's sitting at
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the table watching his favorite cartoon and says thank you.
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Next scene we see the beautiful town of Duffy from a drone in
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the sky. Then we see Jack going out for a
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run and enjoying, but while Bill drives up to tell him that he's
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going to ruin his hip and his knees with all that running,
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Jack ignores him and continues to run all the way home while
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Bill is driving beside him while Bill offers Jack his expertise,
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but Jack isn't interested and tells him to get lost.
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He's even less pleased to see Bill after hearing what he said
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to Willie. Bill explains to Jack that he
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was hammered and he blurted something stupid.
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Sometimes when you drink and blurt, you hurt.
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When you drink and blurt, you hurt.
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Sometimes when you drink and flirt, you hurt.
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Jack tries to walk away, but Bill continues telling Jack that
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he doesn't really know what he's doing.
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He knows some while Bill can turn into, some into something
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much more. Jack tells Bill he should kick
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his ass, but while Bill steals the pot some more by telling him
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he's getting a little bit huffy, son.
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Yeah, I don't like when people caught me son either, and it
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just reminds me of that one part in Hamilton.
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One more time. Jack says it again that he
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should kick his ass until he begs for mercy and it would be
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easy, while Bill tells him that he doesn't think it would be
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easy, but Jack would laugh the whole time while Bill says that
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now Jack is turning him on. This is so damn Batman Joker.
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And the Batman was a Killing Joke.
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The spoiler alert for anybody who hasn't read the book.
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Batman finally has his hands on the Joker, but he's waiting for
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the police. Joker has one more joke to tell,
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and he tells him to punchline. This time, however, Batman's
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murder starts laughing. This in turn makes the Joker
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laugh and the book ends in such an ambiguous way.
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Did Batman killed the Joker before the police arrived, or
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did he just punch him to unconsciousness?
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What if Wild Bill wants to be the Joker to Jack's Batman?
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Here, Jack tells Bill that I'm him Being down on his luck is
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not going to change around here. So he's going to say this again
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to him and he don't. He don't do it this time.
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He's going to sleep to it that he does.
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He tells him to get lost, turn around and walk away, and while
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Bill gets back in his escalator, Jack returns home from his run
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and Stacy gives him a hand job in the bathroom to calm his
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nerves as he has to close the deal.
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With the State Fair. Low on cash, Crystal decides to
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use the entirety of her $100 check to place a bet on the Red
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versus Cardinal's game. Yolo.
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Right on their way to the Yellow, Thomas tells Jack that
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his class gerbil had babies and his teacher said he could have
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one. Jack tells Thomas a story when
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he was growing up, a girl who used to steal gerbils and feed
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them to her snake. Thomas says those gerbils must
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have been scared and wonders how long it took them to die.
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Camera pass back to Jack, who wishes he wouldn't have told
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them that story. So despite Stacy previously
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telling Jack that Thomas could not have one, Jack relent.
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He exclaims. We're going to get you a gerbil,
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but you got to promise me right here and right now that you got
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to look out for it. You got to be the gerbil king
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and keep it away from kids and cats and snakes.
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Thomas gets excited and he says he promises he will and thank
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you. Back in the Dome, Jack arrived
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with Thomas and hyped up the crew.
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What to expect Tonight, he informed them that they had the
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same old show, same masses in the seats going to sun, the same
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autograph, the same lights in your eyes, same sweat, same
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grind. It's the same old, same old.
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With the exception that in the crowd tonight they're going to
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have three people from the South Georgia State Fair Commission to
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determine if the WL would perform the fair in front of
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10,000 people. So it's not the same old, same
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old. Jack tells the boys he wants to
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destroy for these people. Thomas then reads the rundown
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aids arrived in the parking lot of the WO with Trisha.
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Just as Crystal gets worried that she wanted her bet, which
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was the game of the St. Louis Cardinals versus
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Cincinnati Reds, she hugs Bobby and excitement and head into his
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trailer. A sees this and is a bit
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jealous. He tells Trisha to hurry up
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because they're late. Trisha tells A's that he's late.
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She's not a A's yells that she's the one that had to have
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churches instead of KFC. Both Jack and Willie look at
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each other like this is going to cause some commotion.
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She quit back that she was considering her digestion.
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He runs up the stairs of Dome instead of waiting for her.
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Then we go back to Jack's office and Willie has taken the liberty
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of confirming Jack's dinner with a State Fair woman named
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Constance. A's then arrived and announces
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that Trisha, that bartender down at Cooper's is his new.
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Next scene, Stacey's off to a good start on the first day at
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work is going well until she runs into Wild Bill, who has
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broken his car. A jar of Pickles, all that
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pickle juice, all that pickle juice.
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Bill suspects that money must be tight with Jack forcing Stacey
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to work, but she informs him that she's working because she
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chose to. Stacey clearly isn't interested
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in talking with him, but Bill continues.
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Stacey suspects that Bill wants to stick it to Jack because he
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reminds Bill Tom. While Jack isn't half as
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skilled, Bill does admit he's just as cocky and arrogant.
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Despite his staggering lack of accomplishments, however, Stacey
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argues that Jack is breathing new life into the DWL while also
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building a family life that Bill will never have.
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Bill then says as long as he doesn't put a gun in his mouth
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like Tom, then it's a win. Stacy immediately called Bill a
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sad, pathetic piece of shit and tells him to fuck off.
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Stacy didn't mention that Jack intends to land the State Fair
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and that he's going to prove while Bill wrong.
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Bill rolls his eyes, is impressed, but he before he
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walks away he says he's looking forward to see how he fucks that
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one up. Ah, Stacy told Wild Bill what
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Jack was planning with the State Fair, and that's where she
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fucked up. Basically, Krystal tries on her
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new costume in Bobby's trailer, a cheerleader outfit with pom
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poms in a darker aesthetic. Bobby tells her she looks great.
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Then again, she would look great with nothing on or anything.
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He realizes what he said and tries to keep quiet.
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Krystal ignores him and looks at herself in the mirror again.
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Bring your own popcorn. Meanwhile, Thomas and Apocalypse
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eat doughnuts from the stands as Diego and Rooster rehearse their
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match. Diego goes on the top or open
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splash Rooster to sell the move, and then Rooster says that's
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when the medics come in and take Rooster out of the stretcher.
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Thomas says that was impressive. He really thought Rooster was
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hurt. Rooster says he will never get
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hurt because he's not working with Bobby tonight, Crystal
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explains to Tom as if Rooster was really injured, Diego would
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put up the X with his arms and they would probably send in the
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fake medic. Still, Jack calls Crystal and
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Bobby into his office, where Ace awaits with his new valet,
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Trisha, from the bar at Coopers. Yeah, her.
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For tonight's match, Ace and Crystal will go down to the ring
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together. But Ace is then going to grab a
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mic and tell the audience that they're breaking up because he
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caught her behind his back with Bobby Pin.
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Crystal turns to look at Ace and discuss who just there's a hole
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right at her. He got jealous that she was
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getting too close to Bobby. And this goes back to a couple
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of episodes ago where Crystal where Ace thought he was the one
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step out of his family and Crystal was all in by holding
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the baby at the hospital and everyone including her.
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From now on, Ace was the one who brought her in, so why not
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destroy all of that? The angle Jack will paint is
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that Bobby and Krystal are not are in love.
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While Bobby is fine with this, Krystal is not.
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Jack then points to AIDS to continue what he has to say on
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the mic. You may think it's love, but she
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will break your heart just like she broke mine.
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Lucky for me, I got a new valet, Duffy, Trisha.
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Tricia smiles. And then she says she'll just
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come out and before she can finish her sentence.
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Willie tells her not much of anything, sweetheart.
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Trisha's upset. She thought she could do like a
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cartwheel or something and then pouch, but Willie tells her, but
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you won't. But Willie then tells Crystal to
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go change your office and then meet her in Bobby in the
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bathroom so she can take photos of them kissing so that Ace has
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a bunch of photos to prove that Crystal was going behind her
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back. She asked Ace why he is doing
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this when he could have just talked to her, but he insists
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he's simply doing what's best for his character.
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It's a better story. It's nothing personal.
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It's just business. Ace walks away and Trisha gets
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in Crystal's face to tell her. She used to be a cheerleader.
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She was Varsity for two years. They both walk away, leaving
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Crystal in shambles. Jack brings Thomas with him for
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his lunch with the committee from the South Georgia State
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Fair. As they wait, Thomas begins
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asking questions about the family business, such as why
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Jack and Ace are healed and how is it Jack came to take control
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of the WL. Jack says he made Ace turn, you
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know? But Uncle Ace isn't bad.
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It's just the same as him. They're playing different
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characters. Bad guys exist, and people want
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to see things portrayed that exist in real life.
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And he thinks it's what's best for a story, because that's all
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wrestling is. It's just stories.
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Then we see Crystal ask Willie why Jack's bringing on the
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ballet like Trisha F and Bell from the bar.
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At Coopers, if tonight's show is so important, Willie claimed
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that he's simply following his instincts, with Willie taking
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the picture. Crystal and Bobby stage a
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romantic interaction that Ace will later show to the crowd as
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proof of Crystal's infidelity. At 1st and according to Willie,
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Bobby and Crystal are holding each other like their brother
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and sister. Crystal changes position, has
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Bobby sit on the table while she gets on top of him and straddles
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him. Willie leaves and.
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Bobby, apologize to Chris. To us.
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They both look down on his lap. She awkwardly gets off of him,
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tells him to have a great show. While the committee aren't
25:03
exactly wrestling aficionados, they're intrigued by the concept
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of adding to the Bears entertainment.
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So Jack informed them about how it's created by his father 30
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years ago, and how the community of Buffy comes out every week.
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To see them. When the committee asked just
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how to keep people entertained when none of it is real, Thomas
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jumps in with the eyes wide open.
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Explains that it ultimately comes down to storytelling.
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He brings up to his favorite wrestler, his uncle 8th.
25:35
He brings up his favorite wrestler, his uncle 8th, the
25:38
hero everyone loves because he's a good person.
25:43
But then he lost to his dad, Jack, and he couldn't take that.
25:47
He was a loser, so then he became the hero, the bad guy,
25:51
and now he wants revenge because they throw up him mad.
25:53
Like he's really, really, really mad at Jack and he wants to
25:56
prove everyone was wrong. You go to the show and you're
26:00
just waiting to see what he's going to do next is you can
26:02
remember he's a good person or does he care too much about
26:05
winning? That when the ref has his back
26:06
turn, he's going to do something like kick his father where the
26:10
son don't shine. Everyone at the table laughs.
26:14
And Jack says he wishes he could tell everyone that he wrote
26:17
that, but even his scripts are rarely have ever that concise.
26:22
Jack tells the committee that they are thrilled that they are
26:25
here, and DWL have a great show for them tonight.
26:28
They can ask him anything as long as it's not resting.
26:30
Trade secrets. He would love to explain why the
26:33
DWL is a great fit for them while signing photos for fans.
26:39
Crystal asked ways why he's replacing her, but he insists
26:43
it's not personal. Meanwhile, while Bill arrives at
26:46
the WL for the fan signing with Ace heads off to use the
26:50
bathroom. While Bill fills his seat, he
26:53
and Crystal and take photos with the fans.
26:55
Debbie confronts Bill, telling him that he's not supposed to be
26:57
anywhere near the DWL, but he claims he's just trying to help
27:01
them close the deal with the State Fair Committee.
27:04
Debbie Roulette's telling Bill to send the crowd where he can't
27:06
be seen and to keep his clothes on.
27:11
The arena is packed. Talk tells Diego that 10,000
27:15
people is what Tom Spade dreamed of doing.
27:17
Rooster is upset that he isn't getting the push he deserves.
27:21
Instead, Diego's getting the push in Tonight Battle Royal,
27:25
and he's tired of hearing about Rooster's constant complaining.
27:28
Diego doesn't care about the Battle Royal or the belt, he
27:31
just wants to wrestle, so he suggests that Rooster wins
27:34
tonight's Battle Royal instead. Even though Jack will be upset,
27:38
Diego will claim he tripped because he wants to see Rooster
27:42
happy. Ace and Trisha have sex in the
27:45
car with Crystal not too far away in her Jeep.
27:49
She ducks down as they walk past and enter the arena.
27:52
While Bill wishes Crystal good luck and offers her some advice,
27:56
he tells her to pull her hair back when she walks down to the
27:58
ring so that the crowd can see her.
28:01
Her pretty face is more of an attraction than any muscles, he
28:07
tells Crystal. Why else would Ace be so caustic
28:10
if not that he's jealous? Crystal, the ballet, is getting
28:15
a bigger pops. However, Crystal reveals that
28:18
after tonight, she will no longer be Ace's valet, which
28:21
Bill assumes as Jack's doing due to his short sightedness and is
28:25
protecting the feelings of his man, child, brother.
28:30
If Jack was smart, he'd mind the drama and the buzz that the
28:33
screw job caused, Bill adds. The crowd is more likely to
28:37
believe when they say what they really feel, even if it's not in
28:41
the script. Bill advises Crystal to lean
28:43
into her feelings and sees the moment make everyone react to
28:47
what she does. That's called self
28:50
determination. Crystal tells Wild Bill that
28:52
maybe this is the wrong place for her.
28:54
Wild Bill tells her fortune must be enticed to reveal itself.
28:58
You just have to open your heart and have fun.
29:00
That's the point anyway, isn't it?
29:02
To have fun? Wild Bill walks away, leaving
29:05
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Next scene As the battle royal is underway in the rink, Ace is
30:16
practicing his promo. I got something important.
30:21
I want to say a little secret. I found out about my very own
30:26
ballet Crystal. Yeah, that's right, Crystal, I
30:30
know you've been sneaking around behind my back with Bobby Pin.
30:34
Thomas, who was sitting at a table watching his Uncle Ace
30:37
perform his promo, says. That's sad.
30:40
Ace turns to look at Thomas and reacts to him.
30:43
What, you thought I wouldn't find out that you could just
30:46
play both sides to one of those crown champ and you make your
30:49
decision and claim your spawn the throne as queen?
30:53
He yells. I made you what you are and you
30:56
repay me like this? Jacks, who's been sitting at his
31:00
desk, says Ace missed coming out with the photos.
31:04
Ace continues crumbling the script and throwing it by
31:06
Thomas, yelling. You filthy piece of trailer of
31:08
trash. I pulled you out of the dump.
31:10
Now I'm sending you back to the Wrath nest.
31:12
They can hustle tricks as a Cam girl till you wind up dead.
31:18
Thomas turns to look at his dad and says that was good.
31:21
Worried. Jack says thank you but ask
31:23
Thomas to go downstairs to get him two Cokes while he talks to
31:28
Ace. Thomas leaves.
31:31
Jack tells Ace he has to ratchet it back real quick with the
31:35
whole rot to your dead Cam girl stuff.
31:38
A says that he's a heel now. He's not supposed to care about
31:40
her feelings. Jack points at the script and
31:43
says the line he wrote will turn the audience against Crystal.
31:46
Just say the lines he wrote. It's a family show, Willie
31:49
Barton says. The battle rotors hitting up and
31:52
main events next, getting them in their places in guerrilla
31:56
position. Crystal and turns.
31:58
You get into a fight which aids and Bobby are forced to break
32:00
up. But Crystal costume is torn in
32:03
the process. Which Willie manages to patch,
32:06
at least for the moment. Jack shows up in the referee
32:10
shirt to check in the situation, but then checks the theory
32:12
monitor the last moments of the battle Royal.
32:14
Rooster and Diego are going off script in the ring rather than
32:18
Diego pulling out the win as written.
32:20
Rooster intends to win. However, he has a change of
32:23
heart when the crowd begins to chanting his name allows Diego
32:26
to win as initially intended. Rooster then turns returns
32:30
backstage, where Jack admits that he should allow him to
32:33
improvise more. As he and Diego had the crowd
32:35
riled up, however, Rooster is clearly frustrated, which
32:39
doesn't go unnoticed by Jack. He asked Jack what his real name
32:42
is. Jack smirks and knows where this
32:45
is going. DeAndre Milton Rutherford.
32:49
He says he knows his real name because he pays him by check and
32:52
he gives him a 1099. He goes by D to his family.
32:56
He goes by DA to his friends, which Jack knows because Rooster
32:59
is always talking with his F and speaker phone on in the locker
33:03
room. And like he said before, his
33:06
stage name is Rooster and he knows everything around here.
33:10
Been crazy, but please, please, please don't make Jack something
33:13
that he's not. He's not a man who doesn't know
33:15
his resident's name. He knows all four of Rooster's
33:18
name. He will call him by any of them
33:21
Rooster wants. Tonight was about respect,
33:24
recognition and success for everyone here, which clearly
33:28
includes Rooster. He didn't offer Rooster time
33:31
tomorrow for them to discuss the future in WO.
33:33
To elevate these frustrations that he's clearly having, he
33:38
will try Rooster's moment and the sun will come.
33:41
Thank you for very much for your working night.
33:43
You crushed it. They fist and roster walks away.
33:49
AIDS heads down to the ring. Following Bill's advice, Crystal
33:52
pins her hair back and enters the ring just as planned.
33:57
AIDS grabs the mic and prepares to tell the crowd about
33:59
Crystal's infinality. But Crystal sees the moment and
34:04
reveals to the crowd herself that she's been cheating with
34:07
Bobby Pin. Jack, who's in the ring with his
34:11
referee shirt on, step forward but crosses his arm to see what
34:13
she has to say but coping what Ace is about to do as well as
34:20
Bobby, who was smirking a bit, Crystal confesses she isn't a
34:23
bit sorry about it and Ace couldn't satisfy her.
34:26
She says she needs a man as she points at Bobby, who poses, and
34:30
not a crybaby boy. End points at Ace.
34:34
Ace then glares over at Jack, who signals for him to remain
34:37
calm and let her go through with this.
34:41
Crystal continues. But hey, don't worry, because
34:43
sometimes you find someone more pathetic than you.
34:46
She then calls Trisha out to a booing crowd, telling her to get
34:50
her Bony behind. Out there, Willie is backstage
34:53
with Trisha, who lets her know that's her cue to go out there.
34:56
Trisha smarts and asked if Crystal just said she had a Bony
34:59
behind. Willie tells Trisha to take it
35:01
as a compliment. It'll expand, eventually.
35:06
Trisha comes out to a chorus of booze.
35:09
Crystal continues on the microphone.
35:10
I'm thankful for this this little lady, because this here
35:14
girl, she don't mind reaching across the bed at night to find
35:16
not a man, but a whimpering shell of a man.
35:22
Ace tries to grab the mic from Crystal, but she continues to
35:26
pace across the ring. She then turns to look at Ace.
35:28
Who is deeming at this point? And ask if he wants the mic.
35:33
She has one last thing and tell days that they're over.
35:35
She's with Bobby now. She gets on the top, turn,
35:37
buckle and nose onto the cage as she yells.
35:40
Let the night roar. A crowd is cheering for her.
35:47
She drops the mic and kisses Bobby backstage.
35:51
Willie is with Thomas. Was upset that they might have
35:54
broken another mic. She tells Thomas when he grows
35:56
up not to become a fucking idiot like these guys.
36:00
Thomas has got it. Well, he says, shit, what a
36:06
fucking swerve. What the hell I'm like, what the
36:11
hell did this come from? Wow, I'm shook.
36:17
Wild Bill watches from the concession stand as Crystal sees
36:20
the moment. Just has he advised.
36:23
He is then confronted by Debbie, who suspect that he is
36:25
responsible, Crystal going off script.
36:29
Ace yells at Jack, who tells him to get to the spot and they will
36:33
deal with it later, while Bill tells Debbie he only told
36:36
Crystal that she has talent and the world needs to see it.
36:39
Thankfully, we live in an age where all it takes for a woman
36:42
to act boldly is to tell her the time has come for change and
36:45
she's the one to change it. The match is underway and Ace
36:50
takes all his aggression out on Bobby, hitting him harder than
36:53
usual. The two men both attempt to
36:55
climb the cage but fall back down to the mat.
36:58
After superplexing Bobby off the cage, Ace puts him in a leg bar
37:03
and breaks Bobby's leg. Like for real.
37:07
Jack does the axe and calls for a medic.
37:10
Backstage. Everyone's concerned as to what
37:12
just happened. Willie orders a stretcher now,
37:15
Thomas says. That means he's really hurt.
37:17
Back in the ring, Bobby's rising in pain and Ace stands up to
37:21
yell. This is what happens when you
37:23
mess with Ace Fade. Thomas, not Thomas while Bill
37:29
takes off his glasses and stares into the ring with concern after
37:35
Bobby's carried out on a stretch to the gorilla position, Jack as
37:37
sure as Bobby did we'll fix him right up.
37:39
Pop tries to calm Bobby down. Meanwhile, back in the ring,
37:43
while Bill is in the ring with a mic to accost Jack and H for the
37:49
reckless actions and tarnishing King Space legacy, Bill claims
37:53
that he came back home to rest. But upon discovering the mockery
37:58
they've made of the DWL, he decided to come back and
38:00
challenge Jack and the agent, the three-way ladder match for
38:03
the title. Enraged by his president of the
38:06
DWL, Jack comes out to the ring with the title belt in hand.
38:10
He plays along with the narrative Bill has created and
38:12
agrees to the match at the Sanctity Health Medical Center.
38:16
DWL crew sit and wait for word of Bobby status at the doctors
38:21
performed surgery on his leg. Jack then spots AIDS and sends
38:26
Thomas to the gift shop while he confronts his brother.
38:29
AIDS insists there was an accident, but Jack slams him
38:31
against the solar machine. Explain to AIDS that he made him
38:33
a heal because he's a bad person.
38:35
Unaware that Thomas is watching, Jack releases AIDS and Thomas
38:41
runs away in complete shock. Willie joins them in hands.
38:43
Jack the phone to speak with the State Fair Committee, who are
38:46
under the impression that Bobby pins injury was scripted with.
38:49
Jack plays along, however. Willie is more concerned with
38:52
the mental state of Thomas, who she advises Jack to speak with
38:56
soon or she would talk to Stacy herself before Willie walks
39:00
away. Jack tells her they got the
39:01
bear. Willie looks at Jack and says
39:04
OK, the show fade the black. OK, a lot to unpack here.
39:14
What did I think of this episode?
39:17
Not gonna lie, initial reaction when I first saw it was the
39:21
swear from not using Krystal's promo to taking her off as Bill
39:25
Ace's ballet. And then while Bill giving her a
39:28
little motivation and whispering in her ear like devil's
39:31
advocate, like you know, all that shit, to finally Krystal
39:35
taking that microphone and turning it into a pipe bomb for
39:39
herself. It backfired in the end.
39:42
The that was the initial reaction when I first saw it,
39:45
like years ago. The next reaction, when I just
39:49
saw it like a few days ago, I was just like, oh shit.
39:52
That was rough. That was rough.
39:54
She really shit the. Bet on that one, didn't she?
39:58
Because she was going on due to aces, a reaction and ACE reacted
40:06
to that. So it just kept on like a chain
40:09
reaction I guess. 8th Really. It's a hot head.
40:15
Come on. So this whole time he's jealous
40:19
of his valet. Another time a wrestler was
40:23
jealous of his valet was Mark Merrill when he introduced Sable
40:29
to the masses in WE And then, like, they kicked Mark Merrill
40:34
to the curb and like, basically freaking pushed Sable to the
40:39
moon. And you know, that's the story.
40:44
But here he is, just like, you know why this?
40:48
You know, I brought you in here so you can be with me instead.
40:52
You're out there making friends with Bobby.
40:55
What the hell, man? And the weird thing here is that
41:00
he has sex with Trisha in the car and the whole team, and the
41:04
whole time she's writing him, she's on top of him in the car,
41:08
in the back seat. He's staring out into Bobby's.
41:12
Trailer. Like, what the fuck dude?
41:16
Focus. Like, is Crystal there?
41:19
No, she's not. But still.
41:21
Like why are you staring out into Bobby?
41:23
Like, ooh I hate this motherfucker, I'm going to have
41:26
sex. Ooh like dude, he does the
41:30
switch with Trisha and then takes that out on Bobby by legit
41:34
breaking his leg. And then break.
41:37
Like legit break it breaks. Fucking oh that was an awful
41:41
break. Why is eighth nine in handcuffs?
41:46
You know, I love the fact that while Bill felt bad for Bobby
41:51
and he knew first hand how like these two are gonna fuck this
41:56
up, they're gonna shit the bed and he calls it he calls it
41:59
earlier with Jack's wife. She's like, I wonder how they're
42:02
gonna fuck this one up. Maybe I should go you know save
42:07
the situation. So while everyone was worried,
42:10
all the crowds worried about the show like the ending of the
42:13
show. I'm like Oh my God is he OK?
42:15
And maybe the State Fair community was now leaning
42:18
against it. It's like this is so violent.
42:20
We we don't want, we don't want none of this.
42:23
Bill saw that opportunity to help out and they like, as they
42:28
say, let the crowd go home happy.
42:31
He while Bill, use that and says, like, I'm gonna go talk to
42:36
these people, you know, calm them down.
42:39
So he went up there, grabbed the mic, you know, he helped the
42:42
situation, he eased it up. He he hyped him up, throwing
42:47
himself into the title mix. That was awesome.
42:50
I really enjoyed that. Another scene.
42:54
Jack told Chris earlier that he would write for her from now on,
42:58
but she kind of ignored him during the ending because she
43:00
brought it out herself. And dude, if that's not her
43:06
catch phrase after this, like what the hell?
43:09
Let the night roar. Let the night roar.
43:13
That got the crowd to pop. Let the night roar.
43:19
Do it, Let's do it. OK, last episode I mentioned how
43:25
how is it? Crystal and Bobby, we're having
43:27
fun at the trampoline but weren't able to hear Asia's car
43:29
parking or closing the door and then scratching the side door of
43:34
Bobby's car. Like, how are you not able to
43:36
see that you're out there and you're not able to see a fucking
43:39
douchebag come up with the car with the radio on loud enough?
43:46
The same thing here. Same thing goes for here.
43:49
Sorry. After Crystal celebrates with
43:51
Bobby that she won her bet, they hug and that's it.
43:54
You know, they just hug and he takes her into the trailer.
43:58
They're not doing anything. Obviously she's wearing her
44:01
costume for later, but you know Ace is coming up in his car,
44:06
parks up, still looks over at the trailer at them, like I
44:11
can't believe they're doing that.
44:13
I was fucking jealous. But still, as soon as they're
44:18
not even there in the in the trailer yet and Ace rolls up
44:24
with Trisha and he starts yelling her hurry up, we're
44:27
late. Like why couldn't you get KFC
44:30
And she saw churches up and you know like, OK, why weren't you
44:37
able to hear that it was the situation was there like.
44:41
Why is Trisha there? Also, obviously after the sex
44:45
scene between Trisha and Ace, does he not recognize Crystal
44:49
Jeep and her being in it that she has to duck down?
44:53
Like same time while Bill's standing right there with a
44:58
little smoke, lights up, lights up a freaking match and you
45:03
know, lights up his smoke and nobody was able to see each
45:06
other. What the fuck come on the
45:11
ending. I kind of was disappointed about
45:13
the ending. Not because of how it played
45:15
out. I just was like.
45:16
More disappointed about Jack. Jack is more concerned about
45:19
getting the State Fair than anything here.
45:23
And the guys, the boys, Bobby, his son, probably getting an
45:27
image of his head on his head that his uncle was so bad he
45:30
broke a man's leg and now his dad is trying to beat him up.
45:35
Like, dude, help your son out. I wonder how they're going to
45:38
use that in the next episode, the next few episodes for this
45:40
kid, and possibly the new season coming up that he saw some shit
45:44
in the backstage. Willie cursing.
45:47
Oh, hey dude, sorry. And it's like, dude, is this
45:51
what when they say, like, bring your kids to the arena, do they
45:58
do this also backstage when Bret Hart was screwed, did they do
46:02
the same shit here where they like, cussing in front of the
46:07
kids? That was a sort of, In the end,
46:11
I'm gonna say that I like this episode.
46:13
We saw a lot of overshadowing from earlier with the boys
46:17
talking about using fake medics and then the ending.
46:19
We actually see the fake medics, but you know, they took him to
46:24
the hospital and all. Every episode usually has a
46:28
wrestling reference to it or I bring you something that is
46:31
wrestling related that has to do with the show or its title.
46:34
So here I'm going to tell you a few of my favorite swerves of
46:38
all time. Just a few.
46:41
In 1994, Eastern Championship Wrestling was another indie
46:45
promotion, working with the end of the day to create a new
46:47
champion. Shane Douglas won a tournament
46:49
for the belt, making an emotional promo on how it felt
46:52
to carry the lineage of the title, and then threw the belt
46:56
down. Douglass torn to the NDWA.
47:01
Douglass torn to the N.W.A as outdated and declared himself
47:04
the. 1st ECW World Champion The N.W.A board has no idea this was
47:10
coming as Extreme Championship Wrestling was born and the
47:14
ramifications of this work would shift the business in ways no
47:19
one expected. Oh yeah, another one that has to
47:23
be the year after the Screw Job. We all know the screw job was
47:26
the biggest verb of them all. Bret Hart getting screwed by
47:30
Vince McMahon because he his contract was up so he had to
47:33
save the title. Shawn Michaels, the whole blah
47:35
blah blah. You know the whole shit
47:36
situation that happened but the year after the screw job though
47:40
Survivor says 98. We get the rock, Putting
47:43
mankind. The sharpshooter.
47:45
Here comes Vince McMahon. We're calling for the bell.
47:49
He recreated that moment that he did the year before with Sean
47:53
and Brett to his screw Brett heart, and he made sure that it
47:58
was a spoof. And thus here was the exact same
48:03
screwing mankind so that the Rock becomes the new WF
48:06
champion, or in this case, the corporate champion.
48:12
And of course, to this day, one of the all time greatest.
48:15
Forevers Bash at the Beach 1996 Hulk Hogan came out seemingly
48:19
ready to defend those W with outsiders.
48:21
Kevin Nash and Scott Hall were beating Steen Lex and Lugar and
48:25
much men rain Savage only for Hogan to drop a massive leg drop
48:29
and a nephew to Savage. WW and his fans are becoming a
48:33
heel for the first time and formed the NWO, The New World
48:38
Order. And it was after during an
48:41
interview he told the world to stick it.
48:47
Stick it. All right, That's gonna do it
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guy's music. Ivan Campbell Music Check out
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Ivan Campbell Freaking awesome on Spotify.
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I will put the the link in the show notes to check out his
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music. He has his Beatles S sound.
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It is amazing. Lots of of albums throughout the
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years. I was able to catch up with him
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the other night, talk to him. He told me about his music.
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I told him about the podcast We Switch.
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We freaking shared each other stuff, man.
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He was like, oh, you have lots of episodes.
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I'm like, yes, I do. You have lots of albums.
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Hey, we have lots of time. Let's go for it.
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He's listening to my my podcast. I'm listening to his music.
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Y'all should listen to his music.
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