- I think I might wanna just get taken,
and become a walker.
Like, I don't know if I want
to live in that world.
- Yeah, I feel like I could fend myself
and it'd be fun.
It'd be like living the movie in real life.
It'd be almost kinda fun at first,
at first anyways.
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- Hey guys, welcome back to Happy Hour.
We're gonna talk about Walking Dead,
and this incredible
Ciroc Vodka cocktail that I made,
called The New Dawn.
And speak with a really incredible person.
Also professional wrestler,
from Lucha Underground, and Impact Wrestling.
Your name, (Brian laughs)
real badass,
Brian Cage.
- So, see you made this drink right here.
That's pretty good.
- Yeah, thanks. (both laugh)
I do what I can.
I was really excited to make this.
It's a really great and easy drink.
I did one and 1/2 ounces of Ciroc Vodka,
and then I made tomato water.
Which is just basically roasting tomatoes
with garlic, and salt, and olive oil.
For a little bit of heat,
I did a little bit of Tabasco.
And a little bit of Worcestershire.
So it's got your vegetables.
And then I garnished it
with a pretty celery leaf,
you know.
For like, the nature. - Perfecto.
- Yeah, thank you.
In the series,
you see a lot of classic trope.
Good versus evil.
That obviously comes into play in wrestling,
as well.
But how do you see that?
- It's been kinda exposed out there for a while.
But there's always the heel and the face.
Babyface being the good guy,
and the heel being the bad guy.
I've been on both sides of the fence,
heel and babyface.
It changes everything as far as,
how you're presented.
Especially with Ricks',
you know, moral dilemma
with his choices.
That's like, super babyface.
Like, oh I gotta be a good guy
through and through, you know.
- Is there anybody that you're kinda looking forward
to facing down in the ring?
- Oh my goodness.
All-time dream match I've ever wanted wanted
since I first started wrestling,
has always been A.J. Styles.
His moniker's The Phenomenal One.
Easiest way to describe him,
he's just phenomenal in everything he does.
- Okay.
- I remember being just a kid in high school
and, oh I gotta be a wrestler,
to get to wrestle him would be awesome.
Then as I started wrestling,
as I first met him,
and so on, and so on,
like, dude.
Every one get asked that question,
it's been consistently him, every time, so.
- And would you be the heel,
or
again
another face--
babyface coming up? - Oh!
It might be easier to take the heel role.
Just 'cause too,
he's a smaller guy, as well so--
- I'm sorry to interrupt.
Did you just say he's the smaller guy, as well?
Do you see yourself as more as a Rick?
Or more as a Negan?
- Somewhere in between, I guess?
Because I wouldn't be as forgiving,
and easy going as Rick.
I mean, I'm definitely not a Negan.
Just a full on maniac, so.
- Yeah!
You have a hedgehog. - Yeah!
- You've got a very sweet side.
- Yeah I've got a hedgehog, yeah.
I've gotta take care of him.
I've gotta change his water,
and put his food in there.
Make sure his heat lamp is set at
72 degrees, everyday, so.
(laughing) - Yeah!
And you have a daughter, too right?
- I do.
I actually have a daughter, and a son.
- Oh!
- Daughter is eight months,
turned last Sunday.
And then my son is 12 years old.
- Yeah, so you definitely have to have a little
bit of Rick in you for that.
- Yeah, yeah, of course.
- If you were in the position,
that Rick was in.
And you were up against your mortal nemesis,
you're just gonna make sure he goes down?
- I wouldn't second guess like,
oh, we need to make a good example out of--
nah, nah, nah.
Forget that.
- Listen, a walker is coming at you.
You're not just gonna make friends with it, right?
You're gonna go like --
(grunts) in the--
- No. And I'm a true horror fan, too.
Like through and trough.
Always.
And I've always loved all the gore,
and all the horror,
and all the zombies.
And watching this,
that is the main frustrating part.
Is when the people are like,
oh, I don't know if I should.
What do you mean, you don't know if you should?
I'm so ready for the zombie apocalypse to go down.
- Are you?
- I'm prepared.
- Now here's another question.
So, you're in this world.
There's walkers everywhere.
Your hedgehog is upstairs.
In like, a room-- in a closet.
You need to get to that hedgehog.
But, like.
If you do there's a 97 percent chance that you're
not gonna make it out.
Do you take that chance?
- This is an equation here,
that you're throwing on me.
- I don't even know.
I'm making it up as I go along.
- Well, is my pug safe, too?
Is my pug in the house, as well?
- Your pug's safe.
- Okay.
- So it's just the hedgehog. - Just the hedgehog, huh?
- And it's your old hedgehog.
- He's coming back to dead?
He could be a walker, then too.
- He could be, yeah.
(laughing)
Would that be hard for you?
If Sonic came back, as a walker?
- If Sonic came back as a walker,
I'd still keep him.
I just probably wouldn't hold him as much.
- I mean, it's risky.
You got a kid and a pug.
- Yeah, but I could just put him in the cage.
He'd be fine.
I could use him as a weapon too,
once I got him.
- Oh, yeah!
See.
You're such a Rick.
- I mean, I said I wasn't Negan,
for sure.
- Yes.
No, that's true.
Thanks, Brian.
- No problem.
Thanks for having me.
- [Lindsay] If you guys want to make this cocktail at home,
the ingredients are all in the description.
And you can enjoy this cocktail
while you're watching The Walking Dead,
or while you're reading the comics.
They're amazing comics,
so you should read them.
Brian!
Where can everybody find you?
- Ah!
You can find me on Twitter.
MRGMSI_BCAGE
Much simpler,
just Brian Cage on Instagram and Facebook.
- And if you guys wanna find me,
I'm at LINDSAYAMES on
Instagram,
on YouTube,
on Twitter.
Please, come back and watch the next episode.
Bye guys!
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