Maxwell Jacob Friedman is the latest guest on Chris Jericho’s Talk is Jericho podcast. During the hour-plus discussion, MJF was his humble self and provided some interesting details on his status with both AEW and Major League Wrestling (MLW).
MJF recently signed a long-term deal with AEW and spoke to Chris Jericho about how he was able to do that, in light of his multi-year MLW contract. MJF acknowledged that working for WWE was once a career goal of his, but has a pretty great situation for himself working with MLW & AEW.
After his standout performance at All In last Summer, Cody Rhodes pulled MJF aside and told him, ‘I’m sure you’re going to have a much easier time now going to WWE.’ Even though working for WWE was an early career goal for him (as it is for practically all pro wrestlers), that wasn’t an option for him at the time.
MJF’s MLW contract allowed him to work for other non-WWE promotions and at the time, AEW wasn’t even a thing. He spoke to MLW CEO Court Bauer and AEW President Tony Khan and some deals were made.
“At no point in [my MLW] contract did it state anything about AEW because AEW was not even a thing yet,” said MJF. “Once we figured out the logistics of everything, and Court [Bauer] was 100 percent cool with it. I lucked out. Cody hit me up and said, ‘Here’s my friend TK.’ Tony Khan. Don’t know if you’ve ever heard of him. Me and Tony talked for about an hour and a half.”
MJF continued, “In my head, I had two ideas. There were rumblings that there was interest for me from [WWE]. But once I got to talk to Tony, I instantly went, ‘This is where I’m supposed to go.’ The idea of someone walking up to me and being like, ‘Hey kid, here’s what we want out of you. Here’s what you’re going to do.’ I don’t do well with that. Nobody can tell me how I talk.”
Once he learned about what Tony Khan and company had in store with AEW, he knew it was the right fit or him. He reiterated the AEW company line that WWE is not their competition. In fact, they’re not trying to compete with anybody.
“We’re doing our own thing. We are showcasing professional wrestling the way it should always be showcased; as sport.”
Other topics discussed in the Talk is Jericho appearance include MJF’s disgust for poor people and several examples of why he’s better than virtually everybody.
You can listen to the full podcast in the embedded player below or here.
The former heavyweight champion, who had spent the better
part of eight years as one of the faces of the company while performing as Dean
Ambrose, knew that his time in WWE was coming to an end.
While his contracted expired in April, Moxley explained
during a recent appearance on Chris Jericho’s podcast ‘Talk is Jericho’ that he
knew last July that his time in WWE was finished.
“I knew pretty much knew that I was gone in July of 2018,”
Moxley explained. “At that point, I was out with an injury. I tore my tricep.
Normally that would only be a four-month thing but it was so banged up and
bruised because I had been working on it hurt for a long time and it was just
the tendon was all mangled so it was like a minimum of six months. Then I got a
staph infection and I had to go in for surgery.
“It turned into nine months, it was a mess. A very miserable
time in my life, very challenging.”
When Moxley returned from injury he was transitioned from a
babyface to a heel for the first time since he was a founding member of ‘The
Shield’ alongside his friends Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.
Unfortunately, Moxley says the creative direction that WWE
took his character was just abysmal with several promos that eventually sealed
the deal that he wasn’t going to renew his contract with the company.
Moxley points to two specific incidents that burned the
bridge between himself and WWE where he could no longer see himself performing
there after his deal was up.
“The first one I’m going to tell you is the day that I physically
looked at the calendar and started counting down the days,” Moxley explained. “The
other one will be the day that I absolutely knew, no turning back, I am gone. A
day I almost walked out.”
The first incident involved a set of promos that had Moxley
saying things that made absolutely no sense to him whatsoever and it forced him
to go speak to WWE CEO Vince McMahon in hopes of having the scripts rewritten
before saying them on video.
“So one day I come into TV like normal. At this time, I
think I’m on SmackDown, I’m a good guy, a babyface. A pretty major good guy on
the show, basically the lead good guy on the show at this point. I come in and
get a backstage promo handed to me from a writer — writer is going to be a key
word in this podcast you will find and the word script — I get a script handed
to me by a writer, right? And it’s a backstage promo and it’s me describing the
things I did on the way to the arena that day. I can’t remember exactly what
the things were because they were so ridiculous and this isn’t an isolated
incident. There’s hundreds of these promos that have happened over the years.
They all get lost in the shuffle.” Moxley said.
“These are things that an idiot would do. Like things along
the lines of like driving backwards on the street in a unicycle or sharing a
pizza with a homeless man on the street, just weird stuff like that. So I’m
like, ‘I’m not saying any of that.’ So I’m like, ‘Change all that. Rewrite it
just as something normal.’ Go about my business, writer comes back to me later.
Vince redid it, put all that stuff back in, so I’m like, “Uh, now I have to go
in and talk to Vince.
“I’m like, ‘Yo, I can’t say all this stuff, it’s
ridiculous.’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, it’s such good shit! Oh, this stuff, this is
the reason people like you. It’s why they connect to you cause you’re different
— this is you!’ And I’ve had a million conversations with him that are almost
this exact same conversation about similar promos or things. ‘This is you! This
is such good s—t. This is what makes you, you!’
“And I said, ‘So I’m an idiot?’ And he goes, ‘No! It’s you!
You’re different.’ And I’m like, ‘OK.’ And I don’t know where we landed on that
particular promo, whatever, but that’s just an example, that kind of sums up the battle I’ve been fighting
for six years.”
The next incident that had Moxley counting down the days
until he could get out of WWE for good was another promo that involved a ‘pooper
scooper’.
“All the things that are on these scripts, it’s a typical
WWE script. It’s a bunch of words, a bunch of big words, a bunch of goofy
words, none of it makes any sense to me. We’re not telling any kind of tangible
story. We’re not doing anything to get any kind of characters over. Nothing
that makes any sense to me,” Moxley stated.
“But the one I’m most concerned with is the in ring promo at
the end of the night. We go into the writer’s room, I start reading this promo
and again not trying to pass judgment, but to my eye in my opinion, this is
absolute hot garbage, awful crap.
“The main gist of it is the people are smelly, disgusting
people and they’re foul, disgusting [people]. You can kind of just see Vince
saying these words ‘oh Liverpool, sounds like a skin disease!’. You can just
picture the Vince face.”
“The thing that catches my eye the most is a joke about a pooper
scooper. Like something along the lines of ‘I wouldn’t come out there without a
pooper scooper’. And I’m like ‘I’m not saying that’.”
While Moxley was able to get rid of the ‘pooper scooper’
line, there was another part of the promo that had him turning Roman Reigns’
real life battle with leukemia into part of his story on television.
That definitely crossed a line in Moxley’s mind but through
some convincing from McMahon, he ended up cutting the promo as written.
“I go off to do another promo and I believe this one was live
and again it doesn’t make any sense to me, I’m just saying stuff and earlier I
had to go into Vince because in this promo there’s a line that’s a very distasteful
line taking a jab at my friend who had leukemia and is now going off to recover
from that, Roman Reigns. I don’t remember what the line was but I went ‘are you
kidding me?’ so I’m going right into Vince on this one. This is clearly a mistake.
“I cut the promo and as soon as that line left my mouth I
went ‘oh my god, I can’t believe I just said that’. “
The last straw was a final promo that Moxley was ordered to
cut where he was going to be backstage with his ‘personal doctor’, who would be
giving him injections to protect him from rabies and other diseases that could
come from the WWE audience in the building.
“Keep in mind during all this, this is a billion-dollar
company run by a man who’s allegedly a genius and keep in mind, we’re all
adults and we’re talking about stuff like this,” Moxley said.
“This is the day I knew 100-percent I was gone and there was
no turning back. I actually almost walked out. Not really, I’m glad I didn’t
cause I could have ended up in some legal stuff or whatever.”
In the end, Moxley did as he was ordered but there was no
turning back and his time with WWE was going to come to an end no matter what.
At the end of his eight year run with WWE, Moxley says the
world’s biggest professional wrestling promotion actually took away his passion
for professional wrestling and that hurt him more than anything else.
“It’s like they take wrestling away from you,” Moxley said
about WWE. “Wrestling is my first love, my only love besides my wife, the thing
I’m most passionate about. I love it. I feel like now I’ve got it back finally.
Since I was a little kid, I was obsessed. Just watching tapes, always watching
tapes, always thinking of promos, watching all the wrestling. I loved pacing
around my house just thinking of promos. Waking up in the middle of the night
cause you just thought of a cool line, a way to tell a story in a match or whatever,
and then I’m just pacing through the house cutting promos to myself in a
mirror.
“Promos used to be my favorite part of wrestling. I loved
it. They ended up becoming my least favorite part. The part I dread.”
As much as his WWE career ended on a sour note, Moxley is
still able to look back with fondness for the good times he had with the
company. In particular, Moxley enjoyed working with the ‘Make-A-Wish’
foundation and WWE also allowed him to meet his wife — on air talent Renee
Young — and that is something he will absolutely never regret.
“If nothing else, over all these past eight years, I met my
wife in WWE, who’s my best friend and my soulmate,” Moxley said. “If we got
nothing else out of this run, I got her. I always tell her, if things get too
weird, we’ll just sell all this stuff, we’ll hop in an RV and we’ll hit the
road babe cause all we need is each other.
“Needless to say the last eight years couldn’t have been any
more successful and full of gratitude for WWE for that.”
Now Moxley is beginning the next chapter of his career after inking a multi-year deal with All-Elite Wrestling and he will also be performing in promotions such as New Japan Pro Wrestling as he moves on without WWE.
Listen to “The Emancipation of Jon Moxley” on Talk Is Jericho:
All Elite Wrestling has generated a buzz in the sports entertainment industry before its first event has even taken place. Tickets are selling out, television rights are being shopped, and merchandise is popping up everywhere.
Eventually, that buzz will give way to an actual professional wrestling product but what will that product look like?
Tony Khan On His Vision For AEW
We have heard from Executive Vice President Cody on what his vision for All Elite Wrestling is, and now President and CEO Tony Khan has explained his own on Talk Is Jericho.
“It’s going to be a much more interesting time to be a fan of wrestling,” says Khan. “The time when [Jericho] came to national and international prominence in WCW and then on Raw, was the last time it was like that.”
Khan says that while not looking to challenge WWE in a wrestling war, he is looking to recapture the feelings and interest that fans had during the Monday Night Wars era.
“There’s still numerous podcasts and books being written about this era that’s been gone for 18 years now,” Khan says. “We still relive it week by week all the time. There’s just something about it.”
“I’m not saying that this is going to be that, or that were trying to do that again or copy that.”
“I just want people to feel that way again.”
Khan also says that fans should not expect to see All Elite Wrestling’s TV show going head to head with Raw or Smackdown.
“It doesn’t have to be that shows are on the same time of the same night,” he says. “If anything, put more shows on more nights of the week so there’s more wrestling for people to watch… There’s a lot of wrestling now, but there’s not as much high-budget, quality wrestling as there was 20 years ago.”
“That’s a problem, and that’s something we’re going to do something about.”
A Clear Vision For All Elite Wrestling
Khan, who grew up watching every promotion imaginable, cites Memphis Wrestling and Mid South Wrestling as particularly influential on his vision. To that end, he says that fans can expect a product with a serious bend.
“Great promotion, taking the stars seriously, the fans seriously, and treating the product as a legitimate sports property, and treating wins and losses as everything,” Khan says of his vision.
“Winning should make your day, make your week, make your year, and losing should break your heart.”
“If that’s not important, what are we even doing this for?”
You can hear much more from Khan, including stories of traveling to ECW events, his Jericho fandom, and why he chose to get into the wrestling business, on the full episode of Talk Is Jericho below.
When referencing this transcript, please credit SEScoops.com. This transcript has been edited for clarity.
Are you excited for Tony Khan’s vision for All Elite Wrestling?
Daniel Bryan beat A.J. Styles for the WWE Championship this week. On Talk Is Jericho, Chris Jericho gave his insight on what he believes Vince McMahon’s thought process was like when making the decision to end Styles’ title reign of more than a year.
“I think that Vince wanted a buzz going into Survivor Series, because he lost his main event, which was Ronda vs. Becky,” Jericho said.
“He needed a buzz. ‘I need buzz-worthy. I will change the title.’ Because to him, A.J. and Bryan are the same. They’re both great workers. They’re both the same size.
Jericho’s explanation didn’t end there, as he also managed to work in a couple of thinly-veiled jabs at Brock Lesnar.
“They’re both going to get eaten alive by Brock depending on what kind of mood he’s in, if he even wants to have a match or whatever,” Jericho said.
“Because sometimes Brock will just show up and say ‘Yeah, we’ll just talk about it in the ring.’ That’s what happened with Ambrose at WrestleMania. They didn’t even go over anything.”
Jericho did not elaborate further. But from the context of the comments, and by invoking the Ambrose match, you can connect the dots on how Jericho feels about Lesnar’s professionalism.
Judge for yourself by listening to the full episode of Talk Is Jericho below.
On Friday’s Talk Is Jericho, Chris Jericho stated that the punch from Nia Jax that led to Becky Lynch’s broken face looked “legitimate [and], deliberate.”
To provide some context, Jericho was previewing Sunday’s Survivor Series card with co-hosts Jack Slade and John Howarth.
In discussing the switch from Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey to Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair, Jericho recounted the circumstances that forced the match to be changed.
“You know, stuff happens. If you see the punch that she took, oh my gosh, it didn’t look like a potato,” Jericho said. “It looked like a legitimate, deliberate punch to the face.”
“But, whatever, we’ll hold off judgment on that,” Jericho was quick to add.
Jericho also had some fun with the way that Lynch’s injury has been described.
“Becky got stiffed, st-izz-iffed, by Nia Jax, and they said she broke her face,” Jericho said. “Has anyone went to the doctor and been diagnosed with a broken face? Wouldn’t it be, like, a broken orbital bone?”
For the full context of Jericho’s comments, as well as the rest of his thoughts on Survivor Series, you can listen to the full episode of Talk Is Jericho below.
Host Chris Jericho and Pillman Jr. covered a wide range of subjects, including Pillman’s memories of his father, who died when the younger Pillman was just four years old.
“Growing up, I knew he was a big deal in wrestling, and I knew that he was a famous person in that business, but I more or less thought that people would forget about him,” Pillman said. “I was so wrong about that.”
Training For Wrestling
Pillman also discussed his decision to get into the wrestling business, and specifically his choice to begin his training in Calgary with Lance Storm. He said that his father’s ties to the city were one reason for his choice, but perhaps not the driving factor.
“I did my research,” Pillman said. “Who’s the best trainer? I want to be in the most professional training environment.”
Pillman also said that Storm presented him with the pros and cons of the wrestling business before he agreed to take him on as a student.
“More or less, I was led to believe by my mother and my family that this would be bad for me, that it was going to do all this harm to me, that it killed my father and all that. But then you meet guys like Lance and you [Jericho] that, it didn’t kill you, you’re still making a good living,” Pillman said. “All these people that say wrestling is terrible are wrong.”
Football
Pillman also spoke to his decision to go to college before entering the business. He said that while he had impukses and ideas of following in his dad’s footsteps right out of high school, ultimately he chose to pursue an education first, so that he would have something to fall back on.
Pillman talked about his high school football career, and how it paralleled his father’s football career as well. Both played defensive line, and in spite of their small stature, both were successful. “I went to the d-line, and at 185 pounds, I was just manhandling dudes,” he said.
Steve Austin
Steve Austin was a pivotal figure in the elder Pillman’s career, and the two were tag partners in WCW.
In the interview with Jericho, Pillman Jr. mentioned that Austin reached out to him via Twitter. Austin would later send the younger Pillman a weightlifting belt that belonged to his father.
Austin also reached out when Pillman Jr. recently suffered a knee injury, and offered some moral support and advice.
Other topics covered in the interview include a very early interaction with Triple H, different training philosophies, choosing a functional hairstyle, and learning moves.
Daniel Bryan’s comments about returning to independent wrestling were probably one of the reasons why WWE turned their decision back in a surprising manner just a few weeks before WrestleMania and cleared him to return.
During his recent appearance on Talk Is Jericho, Bryan talked about how he hated his job of being the SmackDown General Manager as it meant staying close to the ring but not being able to wrestle.
Later in the episode, Daniel discussed how he aimed to return to NJPW and ROH if WWE had not cleared him and revealed that he was planning to have a long-term feud with the notorious Bullet Club:
“…so Bullet Club is very hot, but they need somebody to go against… something that would draw money and interest and bring independent wrestling to another level… so that’s what I was thinking, a long-term thing. We could do that for a couple years.”
Prior to being cleared, Daniel Bryan had talked openly about wanting to wrestle again and on multiple occasions, he had said that he would consider a return to Independent Circuit if the company does not clear him by WrestleMania 34.
Many consider this to be one of the reasons why the Officials agreed to evaluate the former SmackDown General Manager again just weeks before Mania which resulted in him being cleared for an in-ring return.
It’s worth mentioning here that during the same episode, the host Chris Jericho also revealed an interesting story about how he almost replaced Shane McMahon as Daniel Bryan’s partner at the Show of Shows which you can check out here.
Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura had arguably the “Match of the Year” inside the WWE at NXT Takeover Dallas.
Fans all around the world were anticipating a spectacle, and both men delivered in a major way. Millions watched as Nakamura’s WWE NXT debut was everything they expected it to be, and more. It was also Zayn’s final match in NXT, which was a somber, but exciting moment.
What’s interesting is how the match came to be behind the scenes. On a recent episode of Talk Is Jericho, Sami Zayn revealed that he and Nakamura didn’t interact before their match at NXT Takeover.
“I think I met him literally once. And we’ve had very parallel careers. He started [at] the same time as me. I think I started two months before him or something. [Him] 14 years, me 14 years. He was in New Japan. I never worked New Japan, so we never worked. We’ve met maybe once. We never touched and I remember Matt Bloom, who’s head of the WWE Performance Center now was saying, ‘Hey, maybe you guys want to get in the PC and spar a little or something like that. I don’t want the first time you guys get in the ring ever, the first time you touch, to be at this big match.’ And unbeknownst to me, Nakamura said the same thing I said, ‘No, no, no. I prefer that,’ which is a dangerous thing, but it’s what I know. Yes, I prefer for the first time to be in the show, instead of a ‘Hey, lets feel it out in the ring’ [and] feel how this guy moves and stuff. So we ended up putting something together.’” – Sami Zayn
Knowing the back story to Zayn and Nakamura’s match at NXT Takeover Dallas immediately makes it more impressive.
It’s a known fact that there are wrestlers who don’t like to outline a match move by move. Clearly, neither of those men like to either and it was one of the greatest matches in NXT history.
– Hulk Hogan and The Boogeyman are among some of the guests featured on this week’s edition of “The JBL Show,” which you can watch below.
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features an interview with WWE announcer JBL, is now online. The official description for the show reads as follows:
TIJ – EP105 – WWE’s JBL & Peter Thomas Fornatale
“WWE announcer JBL has stories about the Von Erichs, Vampiro, the European circuit, the Monday Night Wars, the Westminster Dog Show, the APA and Ron Simmons, Public Enemy, The Dudleys, Vince Russo and the Attitude Era, and the WWE Tribute To The Troops! He also talks “Seven Summits,” helping at-risk kids, and running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain! And Y2J welcomes special guest, Peter Thomas Fornatale, who collaborated with Chris on all three of his NY Times best-selling books! ”
As noted, Ryback was Chris Jericho’s guest on his “Talk Is Jericho” podcast this week. During the interview, Ryback addressed recent comments made about him by CM Punk on Colt Cabana’s “Art of Wrestling” podcast.
Below is an excerpt from the interview where Ryback talks about the subject.
“I went and heard part of it. Punk was always good to me when he was here and I felt I was good to him. He was never like that to my face and I felt we always had good matches for the most part on the live events. To leave and say the things he said, I try not to take anything personal anymore. So whatever he’s going through, if he feels the need to say that, I can tell you it’s not true.
It’s one of those things, it’s like, come on man. I don’t understand if it’s a personal thing with me. I don’t know but I have no ill feeling towards the guy, I wish him the best.”
You can listen to the full Ryback interview on Talk Is Jericho right now at PodcastOne.com.
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features Ryback, is now online. The official description for the show reads as follows:
TIJ – EP101 – WWE’s Ryback
“Ryback is speaking about the CM Punk’s recent comments & he’s doing it right here on TIJ! Ryback’s also got a great Dusty Rhodes impression, the back story on “Skip Sheffield,” his very own WWF bell hammer, an update on the injuries that nearly ended his career, and words of wisdom he never actually heard from Arnold Schwarzenegger! ‘Feed Me More! Feed Me More!'”
– The latest edition of “WWE Inbox,” which you can watch below, features WWE Superstars and WWE Divas discussing the worst gifts they have ever received.
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features WWE Diva Paige, is now available. The official description for the show reads as follows:
TIJ – EP91 – WWE Diva Paige & Ash The Fish Expert
“2X WWE Divas Champ Paige talks to Y2J about British wrestling, her WWE tryout, learning to cut promos from Dusty Rhodes, her two Championship title victories, which of the divas she calls “friend,” why she loves being a heel, and cockney slang! And Ash The Fish Expert returns to discuss recent Lake Monster sightings and answer your questions!”
– This week’s edition of “The JBL (Not Cole) Show,” which you can watch below, takes a look at the history of the show and some of its’ finest moments.
– Dolph Ziggler and WWE doctor Chris Amann are the guests on the latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast. Both part one and part two of the interview is available right now at PodcastOne.com.
– Below is a new video from the official WWE YouTube channel, which features Sgt. Dan Rose. As noted, the inspirational figure will make an appearance on tonight’s edition of WWE SmackDown.
Regarding reports that Vince McMahon doesn’t want a cast member of WWE Total Divas to become WWE Divas Champion, it’s said that it was merely behind-the-scenes chatter until Total Divas cast member Cameron spoke out about it.
Cameron said the following regarding the alleged “rule” during her recent appearance on Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast:
“The whole thing we have been fighting is being on the show (means) not being able to have a chance at the title.”
As far as the rule itself is concerned, most believe that WWE officials do not want the Divas title to be confused due to the several month delay in Total Divas being taped and actually airing on television.
– Hideo Itami, formerly known as KENTA, will be making his NXT live event debut this Thursday in Jacksonville, Florida. Tickets for the event are available right now at this link.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley recently tweeted the following, praising Triple H’s recent appearance on Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast:
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features Jericho talking about the end of his latest WWE run, is now online. The official description for the show reads as follows:
TIJ – EP76 – Y2J Says Bye to WWE & Kevin Smith Pt1
“He’s a pop culture lover, a film director, a die-hard hockey fan, a podcaster, a wanna-be Canadian, and now… he’s on TIJ! The long-awaited Kevin Smith sitdown finally happened and this is part 1! Stick talk (Kevin lingo for hockey talk), Degrassi talk (Canada’s version of 91210), “Clerks” talk, Kevin’s “mad money moment,” twinkies & Canadian Beer, the “Canada of America,” and the genius of Quentin Tarantino. And wait till you hear part 2…coming Friday!”
– The latest edition of Jim Ross’ “Ross Report” podcast, which features an interview with veteran journalist Dave Meltzer, is now online. The official description for the show reads as follows:
TRR – Ep32 – Dave Meltzer and Night Of Champions PPV Review
“Dave Meltzer from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter joins JR to break down the WWE’s Night of Champions PPV. Hear their thoughts on The Usos, Cesaro, Chris Jericho, AJ Lee, Brock Lesnar, the meaning of titles & belts, and long term planning in pro-wrestling storylines.”
– In addition to the press conference that is scheduled for today to promote this week’s NXT Takeover 2 special on the WWE Network, Triple H will also be hosting a live Twitter Q&A at 3pm EST. on Thursday. Fans can submit questions by using the hash-tag “#NXTTakeover.”
– The cast of Total Divas will be on Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast this coming Friday. The show will be available at PodcastOne.com.
Chris Jericho held a live Q&A on Twitter on Sunday night. Below are some highlights.
– He said Triple H was his biggest guest and best interview on his podcast so far. He said the ratings for his HHH interview are insane. He also mentioned that the next 12 weeks worth of “Talk Is Jericho” guests are planned out and he has some “amazing” names scheduled.
– He said Fozzy is working on a huge U.K. tour that will be announced in the near future.
– He confirmed that he will not be part of the WWE’s U.K. tour in November. He also confirmed that he won’t be wrestling at the WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view.
– He said if Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero were still alive today they would still be “kicking ass” and “working behind-the-scenes.”
You can check out more from Jericho’s Twitter Q&A at @IAmJericho.
– WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley will be appearing on the September 6th episode of Me-TV’s “Svengoolie”, a weekly series that airs old Universal horror films and bookends them with host segments and comedy bits. In the past, Jerry Lawler, Jim Cornette and Lisa Marie Varon have all appeared on the show.
– Chris Jericho noted on his official Twitter account that WWE executive and on-air talent Triple H will be appearing on his “Talk Is Jericho” podcast this week. Jericho tweeted the following:
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features an interview with Batista, is now online. The official description for the show reads as follows:
TIJ – EP68 – Batista Pt. 1
“He’s Drax in “Guardians Of The Galaxy.” He’s a former WWE World Champion. And he looks damn good in skinny jeans…despite the reports on twitter! Batista sits down with Y2J. He’s got stories from the set of “Guardians,” details about the Drax makeup, and thoughts on leaving WWE and his most recent return. He’s also talking Royal Rumble, Daniel Bryan, and Wrestlemania 30.”
– The latest edition of Jim Ross’ “Ross Report” podcast, which features an interview with Tony Schiavone, is now online. The official description for that show reads as follows:
TRR – Ep28 – Tony Schiavone
“Tony Schiavone steered the Monday Nitro ship for WCW, spent a brief year in WWE, got his start with Jim Crockett Promotions… and joins Good Ole JR to relive it all. He’s also speaking candidly about Bobby Heenan, Vince Russo, and Ed Ferrara, and sharing details about what happened behind-the-scenes the night NWO debuted!”
– And finally, the latest edition of Steve Austin’s “Steve Austin Show” podcast, which features an interview with Jim Ross, is now online. The official description for that show reads as follows:
SASc – EP145 – Jim Ross
“Steve Austin and Jim Ross are talkin’ rasslin’… today’s rasslin’! Hear why they think Paul Heyman may be the best talker EVER in the history of the business, what John Cena needs to do in his rematch against Brock Lesnar, why Bray Wyatt is actually a character babyface and not a heel, where Sting will end his wrestling career, who should challenge Roman Reigns, and when JR knew something was fishy in Montreal! Plus, a RAW breakdown, some fantasy booking, and what to do with the IC Belt.”
– The latest edition of Steve Austin’s “Steve Austin Show” podcast, which features part one of an interview with Mick Foley, is now online. The official description for the show reads as follows:
SASu – EP142 – Mick Foley Pt1
“What happens when two WWE Hall of Famers sit down and start shooting the shit? Well lucky for you, recorders were rolling when Stone Cold Steve Austin sat down with Cactus Jack aka Mick Foley at 316 Gimmick Street! You can learn a thing or two about the rasslin’ buisness from this one… negotiating pay, taking care of your body, concussions and head trauma, and surviving steel chairs! Don’t worry, you’ll also be laughing your ass off – loaded boots, loaded Gucci bags, Clash of the Champions, “The Commissioner,” and plenty of Vince McMahon impersonations! And the best part?? This is only part 1!”
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features an interview with Bray Wyatt and an American Idol contestant, is also online now. The official description for that show reads:
TIJ – EP65 – WWE’s Bray Wyatt & American Idol’s James Durbin
“James Durbin finished 4th on Season 10 of “American Idol.” That was the same year Y2J competed on “Dancing With The Stars” at the sound stage next door. They had many LA adventures together while competing… and you’ll hear some of the crazier stories! Plus, get a very real look at the behind-the-scenes workings of Idol, the audition process, & what James believes led to his demise! James is also a HUGE pro wrestling fan & had a quite a moment with Hulk Hogan. It’s wrestling, singing, DIO, and the trappings of instant fame.”
– The latest edition of Steve Austin’s “Steve Austin Show Unleashed” podcast, which features Austin taking calls from fans, is now available. The official description for the show reads as follows:
SASu – EP140 – Opening a LINE of Whoop Ass
“Steve opened the phone lines… and you guys flooded ’em! Undertaker stories, Shawn Michaels stories, cement trucks & Vince McMahon’s corvette…Triple H, Bray Wyatt, and Paul Heyman and ECW. You wanted to know and Steve answered UNLEASHED! You’ll even get inside scoop on the Broken Skull Challenge, and Steve’s thoughts on TNA & the state of pro wrestling today!”
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features an interview with Tom Savini, is now available. The official description for the show reads as follows:
TIJ – EP63 – Godfather Of Gore Tom Savini
“Godfather of Gore Tom Savini is the mastermind behind Friday The 13th’s Jason Voorhees, the cockroaches in Creepshow, and the original zombie special efx and makeup in movies! He’s worked alongside Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez! He’s got stories from movie sets, secrets to great horror efx, the best way to use rotting pig entrails, and a killer story about a duck that saved his life!”
– The latest edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features Jericho’s take on the TNA/Spike TV situation and an interview with a UFO expert, is now available. The official description for the show reads as follows:
TIJ – EP61 – UFO Expert Peter Robbins & Y2J talks TNA
“Y2J shares his take on TNA and what its potential demise could mean for pro-wrestling! Plus, it’s all about alien abductions, implants, and sightings with UFO expert Peter Robbins! He’s breaking down the evidence for you to decide… and sharing what he knows about Area 51 and government cover-ups. Skeptic or true believer – this one’s a must-listen!”
– Also new at Podcast One today is the latest edition of Goldberg’s “Who’s Next w/ Goldberg” podcast, which features an interview with NFL legend Herschel Walker and more. The official description for that show reads as follows:
Who’s Next w/ Goldberg – Ep11 – Herschel Walker & Wrestling Questions
“NCAA/NFL Legend Herschel Walker checks in with Goldberg. Then BG goes to the phones to answer your wrestling questions.”