Did you ever have a job that you had to work to support your wrestling habit?
>> Yes.
>> I feel like, I mean I've known you so
long I don't know if we've ever had this discussion.
I mean we've all had jobs we hated but.
>> Dude, I worked, I couldn't keep jobs between 18 and
21 cuz I was traveling so much.
And then my favorite one, I got fired from the YMCA twice.
I worked at the Y so I could get a free Y membership to work out there.
I got fired twice.
One of them was because I fell asleep in the break room.
I opened the thing at 5am on a Monday or whatever, but
I had a show in Cleveland the night before, so I didn't get back till 3am.
So I hadn't slept and I wrestled in Chicago the night before, so
I really hadn't slept in three days essentially, minus some car floor naps.
But I was sleeping in the break room at 5am when no one's in the gym, and
they caught me and I the next day they were like, yeah, you gotta go.
>> So how did you get fired twice though?
So you got rehired?
>> So I got fired from from two different Ys
>> Two different Ys?
[LAUGH] >> Yeah, so
I was working, I was employed by the same YMCA, the same group around here.
The first one was [BLEEP].
>> [LAUGH] >> I was talking to my friend on
the treadmill, I was working, I had my little name tag on, and
she was on the treadmill just doing her thing.
And we were chatting and
she was distracted by my rugged looks and she fell on the treadmill.
One of those missteps, and went [SOUND].
My first instinct was to laugh.
>> [LAUGH] >> Because what am I gonna do,
it's hilarious when somebody falls on a treadmill.
Now mind you, I went and made sure she was sorted and all that,
but at the end of the day they didn't like the way I laughed at her when she fell.
>> That's one of the funniest conversations.
I should probably do that on the show more often.
Hey what did you do while you were trying to make it in wrestling,
cuz everyone's had the weirdest, worst jobs.
My only job that I ever actually quit without having a backup plan,
I was working for Dick's Sporting Goods in the warehouse.
And it was just outside of Pittsburgh.
And it was this massive shipping center- >> Okay.
>> Kind of like the main hub.
And I took the job because I could have weekends off, and I worked overnight from
Monday through Thursday night or maybe Friday night, whatever it was.
And it was the worst job I've ever had.
I remember I was unloading a truck full of kayaks, and
it gave me a whole new appreciation for Office Space,
because you know how in Office Space you got like 11 bosses.
>> Yeah.
>> I was apparently unloading the truck full of kayaks improperly.
I got scolded, and then like five minutes later someone else comes over and goes,
I understand you did this wrong.
Yeah, no, it's fixed, I handled that.
Okay, don't let it happen again.
And then like the shift supervisor comes over, hey,
I heard you have a problem over here, did you get.
And I'm like, wait a minute, I'm unloading kayaks, you can train a monkey to do this.
>> [LAUGH] >> And I finally got to the point where I
was like, I can't do this, I can't do this anymore, I'm gonna go insane.
So that was the only job I ever quit without having another job to go to.
>> Yeah. >> The things we put ourselves through
to to support our wrestling habits.
>> Yeah, I worked at UPS, same thing, a big shipping center,
and that was the worst job I ever had in my life, no question.
The YMCA story but UPS,
I worked from 3am to 8am just like loading trucks.
That was the worst ever, and I was on call.
So it wasn't just show up at 3am,
it was like you have to wake up and call to find out if you had to go in.
>> And then sometimes they would be like, no, you're good, but then someone would
call in later, an actual person that was working cuz I was just a temporary
employee to see if I could get the job, I was doing 30 days or something like that.
So someone, an actual person, was working, they were calling in, and
then they'd call you back 25 minutes later after you were, I get to sleep today.
And then you'd have to get out of bed and go to the shipping center and
try to get all the crap packed.
And I remember I separated my shoulder in a wrestling match halfway through that
month or whatever, so I'm trying to just like I can't lift my right arm so
I'm trying to just pick boxes up one arm and like move them and I'm so slow and
it's early and I haven't slept or eaten.
I'm having flashbacks man.
>> [LAUGH] >> And miserable stuff.
>> It worked out alright for you.
Yeah, yeah I did okay.
>> What, once everything gets gets kicking obviously you're keeping an eye on all
things WWE because I know you watch every show every moment religiously
all the time.
Who are some guys catching your eye right now?
>> Man who's doing really well?
There's a lot of new blood.
I mean, look, people are being put into situations that they weren't ready to be
put into as a kid name Austin Theory is a good example of that.
He was like 21 years old, jerk.
Just looks great, moves so smooth in the ring and
just happened to be around when people were hurt and ended up on Wrestlemania.
>> His first match was at Wrestlemania, or maybe he had one match beforehand.
>> Something crazy like that.
You know, he's been doing really well.
You know, you look at the Forgotten Sons on SmackDown over there.
>> Yeah, they just they just showed up on SmackDown a few weeks ago.
>> Again, there's a crew that a few months ago might have been just,
lost, you might have just forgotten about them and now here they are and
they're making ways for themselves in a tag team title field on SmackDown.
So there's a lot of guys even.
Hey, someone like Braun Strowman found himself in
the Universal Championship slot and so guys are trying, doing their best.
I'm looking forward to seeing to now that Becky's gone,
that leaves just a huge void on the Raw side for the women, so
I'm looking forward to seeing who's gonna step up.
You know, we had recently debuted and
Bianca Belair, who I think has all the talent and
charisma in the world to be a superstar and so I'm looking forward to it.
And then you got like, dude, I don't know how we skipped this,
we didn't talk about it, but the Viking Raiders and
the Street Profits basketball game was so awesome.
>> [LAUGH] >> And
the fact that we're getting the opportunity to do more stuff like that and
to see the type of personality that Eric and Ivar have,
that makes me really happy because they're two of the funniest dudes.
And you just think of these brooding Viking looking weirdos but
dude they're funny dudes so to get them to get them out there and.
>> Yeah. >> And do funny different stuff like that
I do that the check the bald spot man I almost lost it.
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