I had seen on After The Bell last week as a matter of fact, and
he gave credit to a lot of the guys in Eddie Guerreros and
he he used the analogy you have to learn how to play jazz.
Which- >> Yeah,
>> It sounded so,
so prophetic when he said it, and you were similar generation.
I mean, you worked a lot with John and a lot of the same talent.
So I think it's exciting from my perspective to have somebody with those
tools back on the team for the foreseeable future.
Because I think john and you mostly echoed one another sentiments that that's what's
missing a lot now is just the ability cuz the guys don't have that experience or
that guy to work with.
>> Yeah, and that's tough because if you're coming up with guys that that all
have the same amount of experience, then you're only gonna learn so much.
And I had a crop of guys that I trained with, we could get to a certain point,
but it wasn't until I started working veterans,
that these light bulbs started going off.
It was having to be in the moment, it was having to feel the audience,
not knowing what's coming next.
And there's a danger and an excitement that comes with that, and as a viewer,
they might not understand why but they can sense it.
They can feel it you watching Eddie Guerrero match,
it's always gonna be there.
That to me is fun, and I wanna be able to get in there with a lot of people and
truly just try and do that.
>> Looking down the road,
hopefully in the near future once the live crowds resume for WWE, who's somebody
that stands out to you that you think you would like to make some magic with?
>> Man, there's just so many.
I could point at each roster, I could point it NXT let's start there,
Ciampa, Gargano, Adam Cole, Velveteen Dream man.
Man- >> He's still so young too man.
>> He's so young, so to get him so young, and be able to try and
and teach him some extra tools, my God, that would be so much fun, Keith Lee man.
God you can look at the UK, and gosh I mean there's just a Bate and there's so
many, Walter and I know I'm forgetting names that I would love to Shane Thorne.
I'd love to get in there with him, I'd love to get in and
just see what they got and
try and give them some tools to take it to the next level, you know what I mean?
And there's so much untapped potential there, Roddy,
efficient O'Reilly give me a partner like there's so much there,
and if I look at SmackDown I mean Reigns and I has to happen someday.
There is no way around it, it just has to and
to get that little taste at the Rumble, that felt good man.
That felt like we were in a pocket we were on a zone, and
that's the first time we've ever touched.
So, for it to feel like that on that, that's when you know.
Like I had that with Angle, I had that with Randy,
I had that with Taker, I had that with Jeff.
That can be a rare feeling,
but it felt like that right out of the gate with Reigns.
Baron Corbin to me is a guy who truly understands this industry,
he gets it and I love that he does not care about being cool,
he wants every percent of that audience to hate him, and I love that.
God there's, I mean, man there's so many and
if I look at Raw I'm chomping at the bit to get my hands on Alistair Black,
and AJ Styles the first time we touched 25 years in the industry together,
the first time we touch was the Royal Rumble.
How does that happen?
>> Yeah, it's wild when you think about it.
>> So that has to happen, Rollins, that's a gimme.
With our history, the fact that I hadn't been around for nine years and we have as
much history as we do, right is crazy and it's built in and it has to happen.
Drew at where he's at now, my gosh when I got Drew, he was he was so
young but just so eager and he was he was a sponge man and to see him as a sponge,
collect everything he has and get that world experience and
go through some crap and fight through it and hammer his way back.
Now, we're talking about a complete performer because in real life he's
had to encounter some, [BLEEP] and that's when you learn.
And that's when you become that guy and you may show the roadmap on your face, but
that just adds another layer man.
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