Captain Sig Hansen From Deadliest Catch, Hornswoggle & Fyre Fest of The Week

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On today's Pardon My Take, we have Captain Sig Hansen from Deadliest Catch. Awesome interview, something a little different on a Friday.
We usually try to do a little different interviews on Friday. He is one of the baddest dudes out there, like one of the coolest guys.
He just, like I said, had two heart attacks and just worked right through them. We also have WWE superstar Hornswoggle, who is fighting in Ruff and Rowdy tonight.
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We have Fyre Fest of the Week. We'll do some different sports topics that popped up in the last couple of days.
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Today is Friday, April 23rd. Let's just have a good Friday, boys.
Let's just have a good Friday. A little Friday energy for the boys.
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So, let's talk some sports. Where do we want to start? Let's start in the fact that every Thursday for the past month, I've woken up thinking that it's the day of the NFL draft.
And it's not.

It's not.

I think NFLPR guy, who, by the way, has maybe the best Twitter handle out there.

I don't even know if he's a real person.

It's just at NFLPR guy.

He tells you exactly what he is from the get-go.

I think like two weeks ago, he said that tonight is draft night.

And it's like, no, you still have three more weeks left. I'm going to give credit, though, to the NFL draft analysts and talking heads because you would say to yourself, well, we've picked these guys apart so much and we've talked about them so much.
But I think whoever is running the big narrative machine in the sky has done a pretty good job of spacing it out in the fact that Justin Fields' epilepsy was not something I thought we'd get to, but we had enough time to get to it. That's true.

Yeah, no. So good job.
If the draft wasn't pushed back this far, we might never have found out about it. Right.
They saved it. They're like, hey, the week before, let's drop the epilepsy story.
We're going to stash that one away because people are going to be starved for some news. But it is weird seeing, like, Mac Jones climbing, Mac Jones falling, McCorkle back, McCorkle out, Trey Lance out, Trey Lance in.
I think that there's going to be

after Mac goes

I think that it's just going to be like two quarterbacks immediately after yes and then Sam Ellinger might as well he might creep into the first round too right it's it's like uh playing fantasy football 10 years ago when you would take Carson Palmer in like the second round because all the other good quarterbacks went right away you're're like shit shit shit all right Carson Palmer also big shout out to Nick Sirianni he's the coach of the Eagles yes people forgot that uh I could understand it he leaked the news himself he put the news out there that he was evaluating draft prospects by asking them to play rock paper scissors against him much like our sweet Hank uh he probably stole the idea from Hank he probably probably saw stool streams and took it. Jenga next? So I think I would have liked this story if someone else had reported it.
Like if a prospect had said to somebody, well, the Eagles coach said that he wanted to play rock, paper, scissors to see how competitive I was. But the fact that he put it out there, he's like, look at this cool, smart, awesome football guy thing that I did.
He's trying to get us to be like hey football guy of the week nick sirianni he deserves to be there well we're too smart for that we're more focused on the portland state basketball coach who drives around in a car with no air conditioning yeah dan campbell would not put i guarantee you dan campbell has played rock paper scissors with somebody he's evaluating yes but it's just like which one of these things would you most like me to kill you with well no yeah dan campbell plays it with actually a rock a paper and a scissors yes and rock always wins yeah you just throw rocks at each other this is a rock throwing in dan's mind it's like how the fuck could paper beat a rock i'll demonstrate right now how a rock beats paper and he just throws it at you it's the scene in braveheart when the big guy throws a huge boulder and the little guy just throws a fucking rock right at his head yes that's That's Dan Campbell figuring out your competitiveness. Yeah, but the fact that Nick Sirianni himself put it out there, it's like okay, I'm officially skeptical of Nick Sirianni at this point.
Yes, I'd agree. Can we put the Portland State coach's soundbite in there? I was just about to bring this guy out.
See, this is what it really does work with Nick Sirianni because Nickni wants to be this guy. Even though this guy reported himself, you could tell.
He said, I don't, well, let's play the clip. The other thing is, is I'm hungry and passionate.
I don't eat breakfast in the morning so I can come to work hungry. So when I get to lunch, I'm hungry.
And that's just the kind of person I am. I know my 2003 Chevy Tahoe's got a lot of play this week so far but like it doesn't have AC and it doesn't have heat and the reason I do that is so I can practice my mental toughness during the winter when it's cold and I can practice my mental toughness during the summer when it's hot that's the type of person I am the I don't eat breakfast so that I'm always hungry.
I mean, I believe him, and he's just driving around in a hot-ass car, dying of thirst, dying of hunger, being like, well, people are going to know I'm tough. I'm the coach of Portland State.
Football guys, and I know he's a basketball coach, but he is a football guy. We've had that before.
The biggest thing with them is they take metaphors literally. They're like Amelia Bedelia.
Shout out Amelia Bedelia. Shout out AB.
When they read Animal Farm, they were probably like, that's a fucking crazy story about pigs talking. Yeah, why the hell were all the pigs? Why did the pigs fucking run that farm? But his whole thing is like, I want to be uncomfortable all the time so that I'm never comfortable because when you get get comfortable, you get complacent.
Right. So that's why I won't install heat or air conditioning in my car.
And the best part about it is it's Portland State. Yeah.
Like if that was his press conference, he was, you know, announced the Lakers head coach. I'm like, damn, whatever he was doing, working.
And he could be, you know, he's probably climbing the career ladder. But Jake, do you know this guy? Did he just get hired at Portland State? No, he was an assistant and worked his way up the ranks.
He's been there for a while now. But it's still Portland State.
It's still Portland State. It seems uncomfortable.
Yes, it seems very uncomfortable. He's like, I removed the rearview mirrors in my car because I can't look back.
Jimmy Butler actually did that. That's right.
Jay Butt he did. Jay Butt did that.
He did do that. Very dangerous.
There's being gritty, and there's just not being comfortable. Yeah.
What were you going to say? I actually was thinking of the other video that went viral this week, the Montana Tech football coach. Oh, that's an old video.
With all the sayings, but it went re-viral. Play that one, too.
Exactly. It's a great one.
That's a great one. The key to the win was thatar diggers took control early.
Kind of like when you get married. That first day, your wife takes control early.
And that's what the oar diggers did. Our football team was like the kid that plays second French horn in the school band.
We got to play better. You know, and that's a double-edged sword, you know.
It's kind of like watching your mother-in-law go off a cliff in a Cadillac. You know, you got mixed feelings.
First of all, they got after it hard. I'm telling you, they were like a hobo on a ham sandwich.
They were going hard all the way. He's like that black lab on the first day of pheasant hunting season.
He was pulling at the chain. We're kind of like a woodpecker in a petrified forest.
You know, just keep busy and look for opportunities. I wanted to raise my kids using a depth chart.
Can you imagine that? I wanted that. Pam Green vetoed that idea.
I got a short memory just like when I was in the third grade. Two of the best years of my life.
I don't like that bottled water. I like that Butte water.
You get to eat and drink at the same time. Some aspects look like we're really ready to play.
A couple of other aspects look like we just got off Willie Nelson's tour bus. His attitude's positive.
He thinks he could take on hell with a squirt gun. It's kinda like that T-Bone Steak dinner with all the trimmings.
They played a complete game. You know, with Jacksonville, what more can happen? Jacksonville's so bad they sentence prisoners to attend the games.
Everybody expects you to win. My wife couldn't go to church with me on Sunday, and everybody said, where is she? I said, she doesn't go out with losers.
I had a 6 ACT in 1967. One time I got an A, and my grandma beat me for cheating.
All the calls I made on fourth down all those years, you know what my favorite fourth down call was? What? Punt. It was the most successful play we had.
All right, other things, other thoughts I wrote down. Mark Davis isn't smart.
You think? So we taped earlier on Tuesday, so we missed the Raiders tweet. It was a situation where I think it was a bad tweet, but it also was the internet just loves a pile on.
But I love the idea that Mark Davis, credit to him for just owning all of it, sort but also being like i'm not very smart like i'm not a smart guy i don't really understand this i actually think that every nfl owner should be the only people that tweet from the main account yeah every tweet should be like there should not be communication staff it should be directly from the brain of that owner like the cowboys twitter account would be incredible it would be accidentally retweeting porn stars all the time. I would 100% pay for an only fans of Mark Davis.
Yeah. Him not.
I don't want any nudity. I just want him eating a PF Chang's him saying bad tweets out loud.
Him just looking like a fucking weirdo. Just all of that.
I would pay to watch Mark Davis. I Mark Davis could like save a reality television station that that's that's struggling.
It's MTV. Stop playing ridiculousness.
Just follow Mark Davis around with the camera. Yeah, Mark TV.
I like the idea of that a lot. And we don't need nudity, but I wouldn't turn away a lot of camel toe, a lot of the white tracksuit that he rocks.
I wouldn't be shocked if he was a Ken doll. Just nothing? Nothing.
He might beullied. He doesn't even pee or poop.
Because his body is so efficient. He just uses all the energy that it absorbs.
Just thinking of Mark Davis taking his white jeans, his skin tight white jeans off and it's just Ken doll. You're probably not far off.
I don't like to think about his generals, but I do like the tight tracks tight track suit that he wears it's very funny because he's oblivious to everything he just walks around totally oblivious i think that every professional sports owner should one take a quiz before they buy the team to make sure that they're a fan of the team we learned that this week from the super league you have to be a fan first and then second you have to run the twitter account by yourself all the time and we we are coming up on like an event horizon issue with raiders because mark's mom is probably not going to stick around for that long she's getting why she's leaving she's getting she's getting older okay uh and then when mark gets the team he's not going to have the money to pay the inheritance tax correct and so he'll have to have to sell that team. Inheritance, yeah.
I mean, it's been around for a while. But also, Biden, I think that we should maybe consider putting together GoFundMe.
To save Mark Davis. For Mark Davis so that he can purchase the team outright.
Keep going to P.F. Chang's.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, we need Mark Davis to stick around in the NFL.
And he would get offered so much money for the Raiders. It would be insane.
So we got to figure out a way to keep Mark Davis hanging out. Imagine if someone bought it.
Do you think the person who bought it would be so callous that they would put out the eternal flame? I was about to say they might turn him into the Quasimodo of the team where his job is just to take care of the flame. To tend to the flame.
Tend the flame. Live in the flame tower.
Yes. He's probably immune to it.
Yeah. It's his own flesh and blood in there.
Yeah. He's got some Chez Juan beef that he's just grilling on the flame of his father.
Yeah, he's got kebabs going all the time. Whatever it takes to keep Mark Davis involved with the Raiders, I'm on board with.
I agree. The other story I wanted to address, back to the draft, I think you need to start stumping for Devontae Smith because people are going after his height.
And he's six feet. But they're more going after his weight.
But also his height. They're skin shamed.
They're both. They're both.
They're going after both. They're saying he's not able to play at the big boy level? Yeah, which is crazy because I think that guy is going to be able to play at the big boy level.
I think he will too. I am a fan of Devontae Smith.
I'm more of a fan. I'm a Kyle Pitts guy in the first round.
I mean, Kyle Pitts is incredible. Kyle Pitts is incredible.
I don't know if I can let him into the short Kings club, though. Six feet, yeah.
Six feet is like that's – I can't – But hold on. He gets matched with any girl he wants on Tinder because he's six feet tall.
But here's the problem.

This is like a very important moment in height shaming where if six feet becomes the new height that you can shame, everyone under is very fucked.

So you need to like defend the wall.

Yeah.

Although if it creeps, there are a lot of people who are exactly six feet that I would like to see taken down a peg because they reach the level of six feet and they're like, Mom, I've made it. I'm a man now.
Then they hold that over your tiny little head if you're 5'9". I'll statistically make like $50,000 more a year.
Exactly, because you're six feet instead of 5'11". So I'd like to see those guys just brought down to earth.
I just love picking a part of every prospect, the draft should have happened two weeks ago. Yes.
It should have. 100%.
There's also, I think, maybe the best play in the history of sports happened last night. You're talking about a home run guy? I'm talking about Joel Embiid.
Oh, I'm talking about a home run guy. The rebound off the foul shot throws the ball, what, like 70 feet with .8 seconds left?

Yes.

And it goes off the backboard, hits off the rim twice, and bricks.

I don't care that it didn't go in.

I think that is the best shot.

Do you have a participation trophy for trying?

No, that's the best shot in NBA history.

Was Gordon Hayward the best shot in college history?

Yes.

It's one of them.

It was.

Patrick Mahomes' touchdown throw that didn't count.

Yeah, the best throw I've ever seen on a football field. Aaron Rodgers has a bunch of those.
Nah. Hank, his nickname isn't trust the results.
It's trust the process. And the process of that shot.
I'm not going to base whether or not it was a good shot off if it went in. It wasn't.
It missed. He's a giant.
It's so awesome watching him play. It was the most incredible thing I've ever seen on a basketball court.
I'll give you this, PST. It was impressive that he got it out of his hands in .8 seconds.
Someone replied with a whenever you like take the actual quotes from this show, I have a moment every now and then where I'm like, holy fuck, we're stupid. Someone was like, you guys talking about Joel Embiid, all you said was, he's really big, his hands are big, the ball looks small, and when he falls, I think he's going to get injured.
And that is NBA corner. I mean.
Part of my take. Act like that's not what you think when you watch Joel Embiid play basketball.
Spot the lie. It's 100% true.
Also, shout out Steph Curry for just completely shitting all over our MVP take on Tuesday with just his worst game of the year. That's okay.
I think I still won, but it was, uh, Jokic is our MVP.

I was reminded we're Nuggets podcast.

We forgot.

We forgot our true,

we're Nuggets podcast.

Here's something big.

I know your,

your brain is just soaked in gambling,

uh,

logic.

Yeah.

There should be some,

I should get some,

I should,

I should get some type of,

of course,

I should get some type of reward or like bonus for picking,

uh, no joke. It's just my MVP last year.
Like there should be some type of carryover., I should get some type of reward or bonus for picking Jokic as my MVP last year. There should be some type of carryover.
I was on it. You're the one complaining about participation trophies? No.
Because you were early on a take? No, but it's like you get a little warranty or insurance, I guess. Alright, fine.
Fair, fair. It's something I've been trying to wrap my brain around.
You'd just like us to say congratulations, Sank. You very smart.
No, it's just like, you know, Barstow Sports, there's got to be some next level, you know, bet we could offer. What? Like MVP insurance or like warranty.
If Hank predicts an MVP a year before it happens, Hank gets his money back. No, like, yeah, like, you know.
Do you want to predict any other, like, I don't know, Lakers going to win another title at some point? Ever? No, but, all right, all right, fine Alright fine fine All I was saying was I was just Throwing it out there I was just testing the waters I wasn't saying It's a concrete idea I wasn't presenting it I was just merely asking you If it's something we should consider I think it's fair to give you I'm gonna give you% credit feels okay. 7% credit.
All right. Are you good with that? That's something, yeah.
Yeah, that feels appropriate to get the MVP a year before he was MVP. 7% credit.
I think that Arch Manning will be a great quarterback one day. I want you to credit me when that happens.
Trevor Lawrence will go to the playoffs. His hair is too long.
His hair is too long. I actually have a take.
Right, but if you bet him to go to the playoffs and then went the next year, like, you know. I've got a take about Trevor Lawrence.
I've been squatting on a little bit. I think that his artistic brother is doing all his interviews for him.
He's a fucking cool guy. His what brother? His artistic brother.
Yes. His brother who is an artist.
He's on the artist spectrum. Yes.
He's a guitarist? Probably. Painterist paints with his guitar uh-huh williamsburg hat maker that kind of guy he's got a sustainable line of pants yeah does he also have long hair i'm assuming yeah he does they look it's it's very actually interesting i would like to see how they how their lives diverge so much you don't really see right

you usually see if a brother goes if a guy goes to the nfl and his brother you're like oh yeah he

was just a really good division two college basketball or football player like to see it

completely different job and be successful in it i don't know i'd like to talk to him i think he

smoked marijuana and trevor didn't he and then a red pill or blue pill? Yeah, exactly. The road diverged at that point.
Gateway drug to becoming a hipster. I have another take as well.
I think, so this is going to Home Run Guy who, shout out the goat, Hank slandered him on Monday's show. He said, I will rectify this.

I will catch a home run.

And then he did it.

He put his money where his mouth is, and there was no money involved.

But he fucking caught a home run right in your face, Hank.

Yeah, sometimes you've got to motivate the players.

I put him on my hot seat, and now he's on the cool throne.

I think what he did is more impressive than Babe Ruth hitting two home runs and calling a shot.

Easily.

Easily.

He's back.

Okay, he never left. That's your problem.
problem. He did.
He fucking fell on his face. No, he went balls to the wall.
And fell on his face. You think a guy who jumps for a loose ball in basketball, you think like, oh man, he fell on his face.
No, he's fucking grit, determination. Hank's why kids don't play defense anymore because they're afraid of getting put on a poster.
You're afraid of, oh, wow, he snatched the chain. Look at that.
A.U. Hank.
Guess what? A.U. Hank.
Hank, sometimes if you want to be great, you have to fail at a great level. If a primetime player in a primetime moment slipped without anyone touching him, just slipped on the floor and lost the game, people would be like, that person is out of their prime.
Jamie Swinson in the Rose Bowl?

Tom Brady didn't catch that ball in the Super Bowl?

And what did people say?

What happened afterwards?

People chirped him, and he fucking took the chirps and won two more Super Bowls.

I chirped foul ball guy, and what did he do the next night?

Caught a home run.

You're welcome.

Because he's a home run ball guy.

Exactly.

All right, but either way, my take was,

I also, the Javi Baez hit a a grand slam and a guy went for the ball and like slid down the tarp it was awesome it was basically he just went for it it was a fucking full send i want this ball and just ate shit and then right before we started taping there was a guy in the red stadium who uh was holding nachos and went for a home run ball and just spilled the nachos all over himself.

I think we are in a golden age that we have to appreciate right this second with spaced out seating to just see awesome videos of people eating shit.

Because think about it.

Usually there's fans, so you're not going to go for a ball that's four rows in front of you. With not as many fans, not capacity, it's just America's Home's funniest videos in the stands every night.
I like that, yeah. You need to appreciate this.
Keep an eye out for more wipeouts in the stands. And there is a small voice in the back of your head.
Any grown adult that goes to a baseball game, if you make an athletic enough play on the ball and catch it, you think maybe I'll get like a spring training offer yeah maybe they want to see what i've got or just a round of applause yeah a round of applause either way but like when you see that ball usually you do have those people around you that prevent you from running but they also prevent you from falling down right because they're so close to right now it's just selling out and but flip side to that you don't get as many people throwing pizza on people's faces like what happened in Boston a few years ago.

So we just need to just remember that.

Remember that there will be a day when the fans are back, and I'll be excited for it because a full crowd is the best.

But just cherish what we have right now in that people are eating shit on a nightly basis trying to get balls with nachos in their hands or jumping down tarps or home run ball, catching a ball, no big deal.

I don't know. People are eating shit on a nightly basis trying to get balls with nachos in their hands or jumping down tarps or home run ball, catching a ball, no big deal.
It's great. I feel like we also got to shout out the Texas Tech baseball announcer.
Yes, that was sick. He caught.
It was like an absolute screaming foul ball. Had his hand in one pocket.
Just caught it with one hand. Didn't even flinch.
Such a snag. Very impressive.
Such a snag. It's a pig snag.
That's a pig snag.

What is it? Pig snag.

That's a pig snag.

It's a pig snag.

Riff raff.

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Actually, Chuck Borden.

Chuck Borden.

Chuck Borden Sports.

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More sports at seven.

I had one other note I can just say and we can move on.

I think we've forgotten about Saquon Barkley.

I just haven't heard his name a lot.

You know what?

I'm okay with that.

Because there are too many people who called him Barry Sanders before he even played in the NFL. But he was really good his rookie year.
He was. Well, he was.
What was his yards per rush? I know he's behind a really bad offensive line, so I'm not bashing him. But he also had a couple nice long touchdown catches, too.
He has a couple nice touchdown catches. I agree.
Oh, no. He's got yards per hour.
4.7 yards per time. Okay, that's a lot better.
For some reason, I thought. I'm not trying to make a grand point or anything out of this.
I'm just saying that I feel like as a nation, we've forgotten about Saquon. If we're doing random things.
Oh, it was this past year because he only played in two games, and he had 19 rushes for 34 yards. That's what I was thinking about.
But he was also behind the worst offensive line ever. So you're right.
I'm a Saquon guy. I just think that the hype was insane to start.
I also am ready to start respecting Chris Paul more. That was the only other thing.
I don't know if I can get on board. As a basketball player only.
That's a double cross on Blake Griffin, though. As a basketball player only.
It's a big double cross. Not as a teammate.
It's a big double cross. Not as a teammate.
Not as a teammate. You know what? My favorite podcast is now Dax Shepard, too.
What? Don't the two go hand in hand? Not always. I don't.
I'm not on the respect Chris Paul bandwagon. Well, maybe it's a double cross because our friend Blake Griffin had a new shoe out, and I just DM'd him on Instagram.

I said, size 12, and he said, maybe Brooks Koepka can get it for you.

I go, okay.

Well, if we're going to play that way, maybe I'm a Chris Paul fan.

So that's what this is about.

Maybe.

It's about you not getting a pair of shoes.

Who knows?

We can be vindictive.

We should start wearing.

Does Chris Paul have a signature shoe?

What does it look like?

It looks like shit. It's so bad.
I think it's Jordan, too, though. Let me see.
Chris Paul's signature shoe. It's a Jordan brand.
It's probably a bowling shoe. Oh, the Zions actually are sick, by the way.
Yeah, I like those. Can't do a shoe.
Oh, my God. I don't know what.
Oh, these are terrible. I'll buy one, though.
I'm going to start wearing them.

All right, let's get to our interview.

We have two great interviews.

We have Sig Hansen, Captain Sig Hansen from Deadliest Catch,

one of the coolest guys we've ever interviewed,

just a total fucking badass.

And then we are going to have Hornswoggle on, who is fighting in Rough and Rowdy tonight.

So go to buyrnr.com if you want to watch.

It's going to be a great, great card.

Tons of fights.

Also, you can play Barstool.

Play Barstool app, right, Hank?

Yep.

Play Barstool app.

You can win some money.

You can get something down on the fights.

So go check it out.

It's going to be awesome.

I have a question about that.

Are you going to be singing the National Anthem?

I am.

Always.

Yes.

So get ready.

It's going to be a great night.

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Okay, here he is, Captain Sig Hansen. Okay, we now welcome on a very special guest.
It is Captain Sig Hansen from The Deadliest Catch. new season is premiering Tuesday, April 20th at 8 p.m.
Eastern on the Discovery Channel. Everyone knows the show.
Everyone has watched the show. It's a fantastic show.
So we're really excited to have you on. And you just said it right before we started.
You're on land right now. How long does it take for you to be like, all right, I'm to get back on a boat or would you are you at the point in your career where you'd prefer to be on land it's weird like when you're on land you're so happy to be back and honestly i don't know what was scarier being out on the boat or being on land with this covid stuff going around but that being said it doesn't take very long i would say i mean as i get older i want to be on the beach more right just because i feel like i earned it but uh it's weird like my wife like i would say two to three weeks before we head up you know after you know like like last winter we had a what was it three weeks off in december and then we headed it up at the end of December.
And like a week or two before, your head's not even at home. Your head's not in the game.
Your head is thinking about fishing. It's really strange.
Yeah, you just never leave it, you know. Do you prefer captain or skipper? You know what? The whole captain thing, I mean, usually people in Dutch Harbor would say, well, who's running the boat, right? You didn't really hear guys being called captain all the time.
I think the show kind of brought that on more than anything. And so I get honestly to this day when guys see me on the street or something or a restaurant, well, hey, captain but at the same time i feel like you know it's a title and it's and it's odd it's still odd for me to hear that yeah that's why i like saying skip skip is like a little informal so you might be a baseball manager who knows it kind of goes both ways i've always wondered what skipper actually meant and where that term came from oh that's a good question you know what i'm gonna find out that's a dang good question great question thank you um it is thank you yeah it's a great question as long as it hey as long as i'm not gilligan i'll be the skipper there you go so so for people who don't watch the show you should watch the show uh it is alaskan crab fishing and it is the deadliest catch so they're out in freezing cold temperature on these boats for how long do you guys what's the longest time you've been out fishing for oh gosh i think the longest apelio season i've done was uh we started january we got finished up in august i think sometime or july august something like that i mean that season ran long uh when i was younger we'd go out oh gosh we different seasons we'd be out uh eight months nine months at a whack holy shit so wait well you would you would come back for fuel though or is that yeah you'd come back yeah or you or you could sneak off home for a trip or whatever but you know you had like these nine month increments but longest out to sea for a little crab boat like what we're using uh i would say a little over a month which is a long time on a little boat yeah uh yeah because you can get fuel at sea and you can deliver at sea you know back then you then you're delivering out there.
So different ballgame. You know, honestly, after like if you're out there for like 12, 14 days, you start getting tired of it.
You really do because you're sick of everybody else on the boat. You want to you want to go in and offload and regroup.
Yeah, you guys are in tight quarters, too. I mean, it's not it's not like you're on a cruise ship and it's, you know, luxury.
You guys are in tight quarters. So there's how many guys are on a boat at a time, like maximum and minimum that you'd go out with? Well, I typically will go with a five or six man crew, you know, six to seven with the captain, you know, like the wizard, Keith.
He's got a much larger boat. They'll go 24 hours, 24-7 typically.
So they'll probably run, I'm guessing, seven, eight guys, something like that. So you always have a guy in the rack, and then you're just rotating, you know.
So it depends on what ballgame you're playing. But back in the day, those boats were built for four-man decks.
So four guys would do the job, four to five guys. Yeah.
And since the show've been watching ever since it debuted what was that like 2004 2005 yeah i remember watching that that first season and i was completely enthralled and at the time i had a bunch of friends who were like man i want to do that i want to go move up to alaska and try to be a fisherman just so you know you can make a shitload of money in a small amount of time and then uh then come back and go on vacation for a while did you guys see like an uptick in uh new people that would move up to alaska that thought that they could be on these boats because of the show oh absolutely and i mean that's great you know why not um you know but now that we've got a quota system and and the industry is rationalized we went from 220 40 boats down boats down to, you know, 60, 70 that are participating. So it's harder.
But I encourage it. I love to hear that.
And I remember being in at the airport, you know, in Cold Bay, we're trying to get into Dutch Harbor. A couple guys, you know, tapped me on my shoulder like, hey, you know, you're the guy.
Yeah, I'm that guy. And then, well, we're going up to Alaska, going to get us a job.
I'm thinking, guys, you're late. you know, tapped me on my shoulder like, hey, you know, you're the guy.
Yeah, I'm that guy. And then, well, we're going up to Alaska, going to get us a job.
I'm thinking, guys, you're late. You know, these guys hang on to their jobs and you're preparing, you know, weeks or months ahead.
But they went up there and looking for work. There was such an influx that there was actually guys sleeping in tents on the beach, you know, looking for work when that show first started.
And it was just this phenomenon. And I think it's great.
I love the fact that, you know, we're showing a work ethic and a different lifestyle and that people dig it. I love that.
I can tell you the story. We're in Seattle in the shipyard, you know, that's where we're from and a lot of the boats were built built.
So this kid comes down there. He's looking for a job.
I said, look, I don't got room. Do this and then see what happens.
So get a job at a cannery. So he gets a job at one of the seafood canneries.
And then I said, you'll got you got room and board. You'll be in Dutch Harbor and then, you know, just keep beating the docks.
And then eventually you'll find something trust me so the kid does this like a year later i'm in the same shipyard and he's in there but now he's on his boat and the guy's in tears and he's like you changed my life i go what do you mean he goes you remember me i said no he's like and he pointed he goes that's the boat that I'm on now. And I did exactly what you said to do.
And I got a new home. And this guy, I mean, he could, you know, he couldn't get a job anywhere.
I just felt so good, you know, that, that, that one guy had that opportunity and, and he made it. So, you know, it's great.
It's inspiring. That's awesome.
That's awesome. Yeah.
And you, you, you mentioned, you know, work ethic and how tough these guys are. It's, it's, that's I think the most fascinating part of the show, how tough, uh, all you guys are being out there at sea in, you know, freezing cold temperatures.
So we are big football fans. We do a hurt or injured.
So like you can play with, if you're a little hurt, if you're injured, you're injured. You know you know i mean like it's an actual injury so what's the threshold on a boat like what are uh things where you're like hey listen you can you can still do this you can still you know catch crab or what what is the injury where you're like all right you got to sit out you got to you got to maybe get off the boat for a while you know i've had guys where uh you know i started yelling at him and i'm like what's wrong with you man you're slowing down you know this is ridiculous and then uh i won't say his name but he's just he was one of my heroes and he comes up and you know he uh he he takes his rain gear down he pulls his sweats down right and I'm looking at him and I swear to you, it was purple from his hip.
Past his knee was just this giant purple scar. And he'd been working with it for a couple of days because he'd been hit by one of our crab pots, which are 875 pounds each hit him against the rail, pinched him, you know, looking at it, you would think, are you out of your mind? mind hit the bunk we got to take you to the beach you know this is bad he didn't break it but he damaged it so bad it was just this giant bruce anyway uh we leave it up to them you know now because we there's no hr you know and you're out there and yes the captain does last word.
But at the end of the day, a lot of times it's about your ego and a lot of peer pressure. The crew's going to, they're relying on each other.
You only got so many guys. It's not like you're going to go down the street and hire some dude.
And so, and if you got to go in, you're losing time and time is money, right? So they'll do it to where, I mean, they're literally putting themselves at harm's risk and you don't got to be the biggest guy. That's not what it's about.
It's about what you got in your heart, in your head. That's what makes it, you know, I've seen the smallest guys be the most tremendous people and the biggest guys fail.
It just depends on what you got here and right here. That's it.
So as the you allowed or the boat run or whatever way you want to you want to phrase it are you allowed to arrest somebody on your boat do you have that authority oh yeah i had a i know i had a buddy we were fishing out west for deep water brown crab and uh and uh this kid was going crazy couldn't handle it for whatever reason and he was threatening and he was sleeping with a knife. You know, he'd have a knife under his pillow and the guys were just getting freaked out.
And he made a remark. I won't say what it was, but then my buddy Kurt, he's like, that's it.
You're done. And they grabbed him.
They duct taped him, threw him back in his bunk, locked the door, took him to town. And that was that it was like, you can, you know, I mean, it was for everybody's safety, but you just don't know if a guy flips, what are you going to do? So, yeah, there is that law and you are the law.
And you just got to, and these go back for hundreds of years. You know what I mean? That's just the way it is.
What's the scariest storm you've been in? Or what's the closest you've been like, all right, this is – like what's your threshold? Like I've been through some shit. I've seen some shit.
I can handle this. But I'm sure there's been a few times you're like, I'm pretty nervous about all of us right now.
We had – I mean, I don't know out of which one because they're all freaking hairy. That's the problem.
You know, it's hard to pick one because I've seen my life flash before my eyes so many times. But, you know, like one time, a story I've told before, we were icing up and I was young and hungry and greedy.
We weren't chopping the ice. And so it builds on the boat so tremendously.

You know, four or five feet thick all around.

And she was literally sinking underneath our feet.

Wave hit us.

We got kind of broadside.

She laid there.

It took us, I would say, 16 to 18 hours to get the ice,

enough to where she started to ride herself.

Holy shit.

Oh, yeah.

That's a long day.

We had the boat.

Yeah, it's bad. We had the boat on the beach one time.
That was just hairy. We've had her on the side so far that we shut power to the engine over.
You couldn't get fuel to the engine. Shut down.
That Black Sunday, I forget how many boats went down, but it just seemed like there was maydays, mayday after mayday, you know, and people that you knew that had gone down just literally miles away from you, you know. So there's – and I – looking back, you know, like guys dramatize this.
I don't know. Maybe they build it up in their mind like, oh, it's such a, you know, guys dramatize this and i don't know maybe they build it up in their mind like oh it's such a you know thing but when you at a younger age it was like well i was just part of the deal um and and it's nuts but but at the same time we try to be as safe as we can we just sometimes you're in the wrong place at the wrong time do you ever and that's just how it is yeah in times like that, do you ever think to yourself, like maybe I'll just go captain a boat off the coast of Florida, like go fishing in the Gulf, like run a charter and go take people out to, you know, go deep sea fishing, catch marlins and 80 degree weather instead of being up here in Alaska all the time? No.
I mean, we've got a salmon boat or a pleasure boat in the Puget Sound. I got a ski boat for my kids and all that, you know, on the lake and all that.
But, I mean, I like to pleasure fish. But at the same time, it's an addiction, right? And so, and yeah, how many, like a cat, how many lives do I get? But that being said, I think, you know, if you're good at what you do and the guys that are up there are the best at what they do i believe the fleet is just top notch and uh bad things happen but we do take every precaution we can we really do and uh i think you know you're not gonna get the same reward doing that when you've done well right and this is like an addiction thing this is like your you know this is your fix yeah you get up there and if you succeed and especially when you do well it's like hey man i got my fix i'm good yeah no risk it no biscuit that's what we say what's the uh what's the best type of crab what's the well all right give me this what's the tastiest type of? And then what's the crab that will get you the most money? I mean, you know, for me, I like king crab.
Uh, uh, and then there's a bear die or a tanner crab. Those are sweeter.
And that's kind of a species close to the appeal or snow crab that we call it. So we got a lot more snow crab out there.
You'll see that in a lot of restaurants, but for me, i just like king crab just because it's a lot more meat and it's got that that flavor to it you know just giant legs yeah yeah is that is that the is that the type that brings in the most money yeah i mean we get we dollar per pound we get a lot more depends on the quota right so the guys typically make more money efficient snow crab or apelio because you've got a bigger quota yeah and then uh you know but i mean if you hit it big on king crab you know it's 10 bucks a pound or whatever you're getting oh a hundred thousand pound load is a million dollars that adds up fast that's pretty good yeah yeah yeah i was a uh yeah i worked as a bus boy in a crab shack in the outer banks Banks for a while. I lived there.
I was a pogue.

And we used to serve the king crab legs.

And every day I would come home and it would probably take me about, I don't know,

it would be at least two showers to get the smell of crab off my body.

For you, after you get off a boat after being out there for a couple months,

how long does it take you to no longer smell like crab?

Dude, I'm a captain, right? So I not smelling anything i'm i smell like coffee and cigarettes that's my problem uh as far as the boat itself it gets pretty raunchy because you know they're built for for packing pots not comfort so we have very very tight living quarters and that's pretty putrid when you get in there pretty bad um. We try to stay clean, you know, all that.
There is showers and all that. Pretty nasty.
It gets pretty bad. And for you with all that long hair, it takes you forever to wash it out.
Come on. Yeah, no, I was short.
I looked like Forrest Gump back in there, a little crew cut. But still, it would get under your fingernails, you know, like your hands would smell like crab all the time and i love crab i love eating crab but at some point you know halfway through uh the the summer gig i was like you know what i might want to look for a different place just because it did take me you know a couple showers to finally get that get that stink off me and when you make uh that part of your job uh you start to resent going to work occasionally You know, that the type of cologne i don't necessarily want to wear what's yeah i think we just get used to it man it is pretty they don't have smell of vision i think that that smell of vision we wouldn't have any viewers yeah what's the weirdest thing you've got uh in your pots before that when you pull it up either animal or like trash no i mean like we drug up a workout bike believe it or not we uh i don't know somebody must have tossed it then uh hillstrand jonathan hillstrand the time man you know they've been on the show forever in the day too and uh and i love these guys they're like family right and uh they pull on our plots and they put this uh it was like an alligator or crocodile skull in there.
Holy shit. And then my guys are like, we got to go to Smithsonian.
Oh, my God, we found a saltwater crocodile or something like that, right? And because I do believe they live in freshwater. Yeah.
And so they're just freaking out. They thought that they hit this historic jackpot.
Come to find out it was Hillstrand pranking us. So I thought that was pretty clever.

Oh, that is good.

And would you guys, do you ever get like, uh, what, what are the, like, do you get, you

obviously get fish in there.

Have you ever gotten anything else?

Like, do you like, Oh, that sucks.

No, I mean, you know, we're, the gear is meant specifically to catch what we're after.

So we've got escape mechanisms and, and, you know, so you're not getting a lot of bycatch,

we call it.

Um, you'll see a little bit different species here and there. But for the most part, it's a real clean fishery, right? That's what we're after.
And so that's why we have a sustainable industry, you know. The more bycatch you catch, the worse you're doing for the environment.
So, you know, it's all about that too nowadays. And that's good.
Yeah. Like, I've got like a wolf feel you know it's like this most it's a terrible looking fish and it's got the little fangs they call it wolf feel uh just scary looking stuff i've gone super deep you know for brown crab and there you'll catch a lot of weird stuff you know just different kind of species of crab that i didn't even know existed right just weird looking spidery things but uh i couldn't even name it yeah yeah when you go deep you get into some weird stuff have you ever seen a norwall what a norwall no norwall no i mean i've seen are you talking about whales and stuff like that yeah the norwall is that it's the whale has the unicorn horn.
I'm convinced that it's not a real animal just because those things, they're so freaky looking. No, but it's weird.
It's like sometimes you're up there and it's, you know, you don't see the beauty, I guess is what I'm saying, because it's your job. But then at times you'll see, I've seen like pods of like killer whales and whales that are just for miles.
You know, you'll just see, you know, the water come out of the blowhole and just it looks like a storm out there but it's it's whales it's it's really cool you know at times and uh because you get you get desensitized to it because you're you're on your job but then when you sometimes you know you'll get like beautiful sunsets and things of that nature that that that you will never see again. And you're thinking, man, this is really something because you're, you're in the middle of nowhere, you know? Yeah.
Pretty, pretty neat. Earlier you were talking about, about your boat and you kept referring to it as she and her.
And it's, it's very cool to hear that. Cause I think a lot of people forget that all boats are females.
Is there a history behind like why it's always a she or a her? Because my theory is that

it's just a bunch of dudes out at sea.

They haven't seen a woman in a while, so

they just get so horny that

they're going to say that the boat's a girl.

I know there's

an answer to that question.

Back in the day, they always had

a female carving

up on the bow.

You always had the lady, like a mermaid or something something up on the bow. They always had a gal up there on the tip of the boat.
Maybe that's where the she came from because I know I've been asked that before and I was going to research that, but I think that's where it comes from, you know? And for some reason they did that. They'd always have a lady figure up on the nose.
And if I was saying she, I don't know. That's just who knows.
Maybe that'll be inappropriate someday. Maybe I'm supposed to be gender specific to my boat and say it.
Whatever the boat chooses to be. Until they stop me, I'll never do it.
I got to plug you guys in. That's cool.
Yeah, no worries. So I was wondering, when you guys are doing the season, how much do the cameras get in the way? The cameras are, in the beginning, they were in the way because we had to learn how to co-exist with each other right but but uh you know now it's uh to the point where everybody understands their job and and my rule number one when we first started doing it was you know fishing first camera second and i think that recipe is probably one of the reasons why we've, we've been on so long because, you know, we only get one shot to fish and do this thing.
And if you're worried about the guy asking you questions and trying to get in your head, you ain't going to get nothing done and you're going to fail. So, you know, our priority is fishing.
How many, how many cameramen are on the boat at a given time

oh we got we got two guys we have a producer in a wheelhouse he's on me 24 7 and then uh and then

you got a guy on deck and they work together and so there's two guys with our crew and so it gets

pretty tight you know yeah and if you get a guy that you're not getting along with i mean it's a

disaster but they're just trying to do their job you know right has there has there ever been like

Thank you. it gets pretty tight, you know? And if you get a guy that you're not getting along with, I mean, it's a disaster, but they're just trying to do their job, you know? Right.
Has there, has there ever been like a instance where things are going sideways? You need an extra set of hands and you've asked like the camera guy or the producer, Hey man, I know you got a job to do, but this is bigger than the TV show. Can you lend a hand trying to, you know, pull this crab pod off a guy? Hypothetically.
Yep. If I was to do that because of liability and legal issues, that would be inappropriate, right? But hypothetically, there may or may not have been cameramen that probably would have participated because of certain circumstances.
And hypothetically, if they did that, my hat's off to them because i think they're friggin awesome yeah how about that gotcha yeah wink we should we should they should do a behind they should do like a deadliest camera like cameraman show of just the behind the scenes of the cameraman on the deadliest catch those guys are all i'll tell you what man it took a while to for us to get into sync and and and learn each other but uh the guys that they have uh really are amazing right because they do put themselves in harm's way as well right and they're getting beat up all the time and so uh you know you my hat's off to him obviously and uh it's getting smoother. It took a while, but it gets smoother and smoother because they understand what they're getting into.
And that makes it easier for everybody. But, yeah, they're go-getters.
Because, well, even this last season, I'm assuming they'll show it. But, you know, he was filming, shooting at the rail.
Next thing you know, he's flying on the stern uh head first and the camera's you know middle of the air because you got hit by a wave it happens all the time and and it's there's nothing we can do about it you know so they have to be on guard just as much as the crew is on guard and they have to work together and the first thing i tell the camera guy gets on the boat is, look, I know you got your job, but right now you're a part of this team. You either start to think like a crew member or get the hell on.
That's your choice. And they learn really quickly that they're a part of our crew.
If you smell something funny, see something funny, feel something funny, you know, say it. Don't expect us to save your ass.
You're a part of this deal. You know, if you smell oil or anything, say something.
Be a part of the boat because it could save your life someday. You know, we have fires.
We have floods. There's all kinds of things that can happen.
And you're a part of it. And once they understand that, then it becomes a team effort.
And that's what that's, that's the winning recipe right there. Yeah.
I mean, the fate of the boat is going to include them, whatever happens to the team there like it or not, you know, you're miles off the coast. So you do have some skin in the game.
And if you get like a, a greenhorn, a new guy out there, who's maybe, maybe hasn't tried this before, this before thinks that they're cut out for how quickly into the journey do you typically find out uh whether or not this guy has what it takes to be on a boat and have this job oh like a greenhorn crew member uh the guys will feel him out pretty quick you know you can tell you can tell right away at the dock if he's going to make it or not you know it's about their spirit and their heart and their attitude. You know, if they got the right stuff, they're going to make it.
And, well, quite frankly, we had a new guy here this last season, never been craft fishing, but he was hungry, right? And he was amazing because he had that attitude. You get a greenhorn cameraman, watch out.
You know, they all want to be the next spielberg and as i did you know let's just survive how about that let's work on making it back to shore um all right so i have one last question uh so you've had two heart attacks you've been through many many seasons fishing is there retiring as a as a fisherman? Like, I feel like you alluded to it, you know, the addiction to fishing and being out there. What does that look like in terms of, hey, in 10 years, I'm going to wrap it up, or five years? I would assume after the second heart attack is usually when people are like, you know what, I'm not going to do this anymore.
You powered through that. So what does the rest of your fishing career look like? Well, I mean, for me, I'm just glad that I'm here.
And, you know, I've got my daughter on board. So, you know, captain in training.
So, you know, eventually, hopefully, you know, she'll take the reins and then that'll be that. And that's always been her dream.
Great. That being said, for me, I feel like it's it's my responsibility always has been and so even if i was going to sit it out i think i'd like jonathan you know on the time he he could sit it out i mean we say we're going to do it and then i don't know maybe until they drag your ass off the field you're not going to sit it out right it's just one of the things um you know yeah i don't'm ready for that.
I mean. I didn't mean to like make you have to face it, but it is just interesting because I think, you know, watching the show, it's such a great show.
And you guys are so tough and you're doing something that's so tough. But at the end of the day, I think you all genuinely love it to a level that a lot of people don't love their jobs.
Oh, absolutely. Without question.
And even like, you know, I've been home, I missed a trip here and there. And then you're always thinking about the boat and the people on it or the weather or what's going on.
So it's in your head no matter what, you know, but then, but then again, I mean, I'm still pretty young guy, but I feel like, you know, you're thinking more about your mortality all the time. And you're thinking, Jesus, man, like I've had so many close calls.
Why risk this stuff? But I don't know. It's like I don't want to admit I'm getting older either.
I know I am. Right.
And it really freaking sucks. It does.
It really does. It does.
Wait, on that note, heart attack, does that just feel like really bad heartburn? For me, it was, yeah, like massive heartburn in the middle of my chest, went down my arm and kind of on my back. And I wasn't admitting it.
And then when we got in. That's an absurd statement to say.
Like I was having a heart attack and I just refused to admit it well i didn't and then the guys were like you need to get to the clinic and actually when we got to the beach one of the uh assistants you know uh uh for the for discovery of the production company was there and like get in the car we're going you know what i mean so everybody was on board but me um and i and it's weird you start to hear these things and it's very common i guess with a lot of people so and it sucks because it lives in your head and every day you're like you know thank you god i'm alive and uh you know you're living like day to day and it's just it really sucks yeah but it's a it's a mental mind yeah it sounds like the best thing for you is to continue to do what you love. And that is insanely tough that you're just like you're out there trying to walk off a heart attack.
Or just have a couple of drinks and then sleep better at night. I don't know.
Right. I just need a nightcap.
Maybe a nice red wine will take the edge off. I have one last question, then we'll let you go.
go uh this might be a dumb question but i'll ask it anyways have you guys gotten into the whole sea shanty game because sea shanties are really really popular amongst youngsters these days if you wanted to appeal to you know the high school and college crowd just uh tape yourselves doing a sea shanty one time and i'm sure that you'll get another new influx of young greenhorns come up there to Alaska. All right, so now I got a YouTube, a She Shanty Game.

Is that what i gotta do just yeah just get everybody on board to sing a song about crabs and i think that that would do that go viral instantly all right okay that's a good idea yeah i'll put my scottish kilt on or something like that and start shantying Is that it? Yeah. The kids love it these days.

Okay. Well, I mean,

like, we're always in Norway.

We try to go once a year,

and there's always songs

like that going around in the pubs,

you know, and for some

reason, but they don't see a lot of it here. If you guys are

seeing it here now, that's cool. I'd love to hear that.

Yeah.

All right. Well, Captain, thank you so much.
Everyone check check out deadliest catch it premieres uh the new season is out uh april 20th at 8 p.m eastern uh so check it out on discovery channel and if you haven't watched it you got to watch the show i assume most people have but it is one of the best shows out there so thank you so much we appreciate it and be safe out there hey man, man. Oh, yeah.
Another thing, they got that Discovery Plus.

So guys that want to catch all the episodes can see it there, which I now have learned.

So I'm signed up as well.

So I get to go relive my ugly past.

Thanks, guys.

I appreciate you having me.

It's awesome.

Yeah, great to see you, man.

Take care.

Thanks so much.

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Yep. And I'm going to make some money.
Okay. So reading between the lines, you're not going to pull a big ass, but are you? No, I'm not going to Jose Conseco.
I'm not going to show up, take a fall, go home, put more steroids in my arm, and go to sleep at night. It's not going to happen.
Okay, but just from hearing you talk about the fight for the first time, are you confident in yourself? I've never fought in my life. Jeremy Smith has fought once in his life.
People are calling him a fighter. As I said in a previous interview, does that mean if I go to the park, hit a couple tennis balls, I could be fucking Andre Agassi? No chance.
So I'm not a fighter, but neither is he. Sure, he won a title on his first fight.
first fight yep again if i compete in a slam dunk contest and somehow beat shack does that mean i'm a slam dunk champion no it shouldn't in reality but you would be kind of so you this all happened because you tweeted during rough and rowdy like i want next right i do i do want next that doesn't mean i i know i'm going to win listen i am a professional wrestler i'm an entertainer this is going to be my first foray into this world who knows what's going to happen have you ever been in like an actual fight like a bar fight i've caused a lot of them okay i like that we're being fucking out i can drop f-bombs here right yes absolutely yeah i i didn't know uh what what shows i can and can't i never know and i don't like to a lot because i'm a pg wrestler but uh with your guys's audience i feel i can be a little more pg-13 yes and a little more myself um but the thing is yeah i've caused a good amount. I mean, I've definitely been over-served and been very tired, as I say, and caused a few.
Have I had people had my back? Yeah, sure. Any WWE fellow WWE superstars have your back in any of these? I mean, yeah.
You want to name a name? Give us a name. Who's the guy? You know, I cannot name this.
There was a night where Luke Gallows was definitely having my back one night. Former star Luke Gallows, now Doc Gallows.
He definitely had my back one night. So part of, you know, you've been wrestling in WWE long time uh people know you uh do you you one of the storylines you had for a while was that you were vince mcmahon's bastard son do you think maybe you're like there's a one percent chance you're in his will zero no come on that's now you're saying wrestling isn't real i mean no no because it was revealed but i'm actuallyley's son.
If you would have kept watching the product and you didn't read my Wikipedia like you probably did. So the issue is it was revealed that I was actually Finley's son.
So I'm not Vince's son at all, which means I would not be in his will. But do you think there was a time that maybe you were in his will? Like you should have actually negotiated that.
Like, hey, I'm going to go with this storyline, Vince, but I want a little I want a little taste. Listen taste listen he was paying me well well at the time so i didn't care about the will at the time i'll be honest yes i i also love the fact that you were in dx because degeneration x i loved x-pac he was maybe my favorite wrestler so i always i always said i was the x-pac like we would go and do live event house shows overseas or in the country just non-televised and.
And I would be in the middle of them, too, doing the pyro with them. And I was like, I'm fucking X-Pac.
It's the greatest moment of my life. Would X-Pac have your back in a bar fight? Hypothetically.
I feel like X-Pac would have anyone's back in a bar fight. He just wants some action, yeah.
yeah yes he just wants to fight yeah what's the longest you've spent at a time hiding underneath a ring during a wrestling match to to then be revealed and have everyone go crazy seven hours and i mean did you have no i did not no i did not shit or piss that's the that's always the follow-up question yeah the number one follow-up question where you shit? Where'd you piss? Yeah, you could hold it for seven or eight hours. Did you have your phone at least? Yeah, I would have that.
I would bring a PSP under there. It was a portable gimmick.
And I would sleep. I would literally just sleep under there.
It was fine. You'd just be hanging underneath a wrestling ring.
I don't know if you know this or not, but I'm not a tall human. It wasn't that uncomfortable for me.

Yeah, but it's just a hilarious thing that you'd be watching a wrestling match

and Hornswoggle just playing fucking PSP underneath it.

Yeah, so I fell asleep.

We were on tour overseas in Europe, and I fell asleep under the ring

from the night before being, again, a little tired from the night before.

Whole show. Finley's match was last, last, last of the night.
I fell asleep the whole show. So much so that when my time, Finley rolled out of the ring, lifted the apron for me to come out, and I wasn't there.
And I'm just face down, like, just sleeping away. He thought one of the the beams hit me and it knocked me out.
No, I was just passed out. You're just tired.
He literally had to crack. Hey, I go, what's up, man? He goes, were you sleeping? Oh, no.
He had to toss me into the ring for a face-off with The Undertaker, of all people. And so I'm just in the ring now and i realize what i did oh my god i walk i i literally like just whispering to myself an undertaker i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i was just yeah he goes where were you i said i was sleeping where were you i said i i was sleeping were there certain certain parts of of being underneath the ring where like you knew you had to avoid this corner at this time because somebody was about to get slammed and the ring would actually like hit you?

You know, a few days into these two week long tours,

I would be able to hear and picture what's happening above me from the crowd reactions and just what they're doing.

It was a really,

really neat thing. Like I picked up on for certain matches and certain guys.

But yeah,

I,

I mean,

I kind of knew when the,

when the finishes were coming in that just by,

by the audio.

So what should we be on the lookout for on Friday?

What is your,

what's your deadliest punch?

Ooh.

I mean,

any of them.

Oh, okay. I mean, I, I, I don't, I don't know.
I'm guys, I've been training for seven weeks since we, since we really locked this fight in. I I've, I've never fought in my life.
Like I said, I hired a boxing coach doing twice a week, two a weeks and, and just going at it. I'm taking this more seriously than I've taken anything in my life, anything in my life.
And it's been the hardest training. Uh, on top of that, I just ran a wrestling event on Saturday that at 1100 people, uh, I put that and promoted that and wrestled on that.
Um, it's been crazy. This has been the craziest two months of my life.
That's awesome. What's your mentality going into the fight? Are you in war mode? I mean, I'm in the mode of getting more eyes on my brand,

the Dylan Postle brand, which is really just me, if we're being honest.

But I've been told and asked,

why are you doing this or this?

And you can't do this and this all my life.

When I was four years old, I paralyzed from from a major back surgery and the first thing i said was i want to be a professional wrestler the doctor the first thing out of the surgery when he fixed my back was no contact sports and no trampolines obviously i didn't listen to him so whenever someone tells me kind of no or you can't't do that, or that's just not going to work. Fuck you kind of thing.
And I literally, I watched the last rough and rowdy for the first time in my life. I've never watched a rough and rowdy show.
I was instantly hooked, instantly entertained. If I weren't on this one, I'd be purchasing this one.
Yes. I'm going to be purchasing everyone in the future because they are at an event and a show like literally like no other i watched the other one my buddy of mine invited me over to watch the last one and i brought my son over with me uh to his house and the first fight happened i was i was hooked yes then the ring the first ring girl came out and i looked at my 11 year old son i go you're becoming a becoming a man tonight Landon it was just fun you know what I describe I describe Ruff and Rowdy as just fun overall that's how I describe the whole event go ahead it's so true, I love Ruff and Rowdy I call the fights it's fun and it's fun to watch people compete and I always have so much respect for anyone who gets in the ring because it's not easy, and it's fucking like you could get knocked out, but you're right.
It's just wall-to-wall, fun laughs, some cool knockouts. I need you to get a knockout on Friday night.
I need you to knock Jeremy Smith out. Why? You don't like Jeremy Smith? No, I like I like you I like you and I also think that it would be an electric uh moment if you got a knockout in your first fight ever see that that's the thing it would be electric and the internet would be going wild everyone watching at home would be wild I'm used to fighting in front of people unlike Jeremy Smith I'm used to fighting in front of sold out arenas like I said

my first interview Madison Square Garden Staples Center all of this jam packed with tens of thousands of people I wasn't a year into WWE and I was at Wrestlemania in front of 84,000 Jeremy Smith hasn't fought in front of one yeah you have the moment advantage over him because the moment might be too big for him. The moment won't be too big for you.
Or does he? Because he's used to fighting in front of no one. I'm used to feeding off a live crowd.
There is no live crowd. So who does have that advantage? There'll be some people.
There'll be some people there. I think it's extended family.
So we'll have at least, you know, there'll be some buzz. You can feel the guys jeremy smith is bringing his family yes exactly exactly wish i would have known that yeah well you now you get to knock him out in front of his entire family i mean either way like i say either way you're gonna put some more zeros behind his name once i fight him make him famous that's true known as someone that's true it It's just, I'm looking forward to this, man.

This is, it's crunch time.

I literally just got done training today, this morning, and I packed my bags, and I'm always a late packer, and I always forget something.

And it's just how I live my life, and how I've lived my life with traveling for the last 15, 20 years.

But I was like, I zipped my bag.

just before I came on this interview,

I zip my bag up and I put it in my car and I go,

well, I'm not going to do it.

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I'm I zipped my bag. I just before I came on this interview, I zipped my bag up and I put it in my car and I go, well, I can't turn back now, no matter what, there's no turning back.
My dad's picking me up, take me to the airport in the morning. We're going, this is go time.
This is, it's fucking go time and it's here. And I'm fine.
I'm so glad it's finally here. I think one advantage that you do have over him is that you've probably more hits than he has.
So you've got experience in being on the receiving end of some serious blows. What's the hardest you've ever been hit in the WWE? It's probably WrestleMania 23 off the top of that 20-foot ladder, taking a slam off the top of that 20-foot ladder.
I mean, it doesn't get bigger than that. But I've taken some brutal blows.
But it's nothing like this. It's nothing like boxing and punch after punch.
I've never been punched in the face in my life. It's never happened.
This will be the first time if he's able to hit me. I had one last question, so I will be on the call on Friday night.
You have a bunch of awesome nicknames that you've had in the past. Is there one specifically that you want me to use? Well, Swoggle would be great because WWE owns the horn, of course.
Okay. So we can call it, say, Dylan Postle or just Swoggle.
Mini Gator? Again, stop listening to my Wikipedia page. Short stack? It's a professional fucking interview.
You guys are supposed to be professional journalists. No, no, no, no, no.
You're confusing us. You're definitely confusing us.
Yeah, no way. Uh-uh.
I've listened to you in mustache. You're a piece of shit, so it's fine.
You're a Packer fan. You're a Packer fan.
I didn't want to go there. In Scott's country, if you're not a Packer fan, You're a piece of shit so it's fine but you're a packer fan you're a packer fan i didn't want to go there but i don't i'm sure if you're not a packer fan you're you're a packer fan so you're you're not a packer fan you're saying no i'm a bears fan so i you've told you're such a piece of shit no you're a piece of shit you're you know what i'm gonna call you you better call me out next if you win if you win i'll fight you no i won't actually no i will if i stand on my wall you don't mean that i mean jesus christ you're embarrassed you're admitting that on on a national broadcast you're admitting that yeah i know i listen i i'm i just realized that i didn't want to go there but i think now i'm not gonna root for you that's that's great because just like everyone else who's telling me this isn't going to happen join the bandwagon now i to root for you.
Don't do that. No, no, no.
I'm sure next week you'll be a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan like everyone else, too. It's fine.
It's fine. No, I'll be a Jeremy Smith fan after he knocks you out.
That's fine. That's fine.
I'm not a fighter. Just like him.
Anything can happen in this fight. But just know, no matter what, we're going to make history with this event with more eyes on it than any other rough and rowdy i love that i fucking love that this friday today because we're airing it today but we're recording two days ago it's happening today yes yes tonight i'm at i'm back on your side i'm back on the swoggle doing my fucking side i don't want you no you can't you would now i really want to be on your side you can't tell me what to do i fucking hate you can't tell me what to do i'm a dylan postel swoggle fan on friday night ah son of a bitch but you can you can buy rnr.com if you haven't yet do it now go on your on your cell phone or on your computer or I don't know if it's on Roku, but go on your Roku or say, Alexa, order rough and rowdy now.
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Thank you so much, man. We'll see you Friday night.
I'm very excited. We will see you Friday.
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And I used to watch him on TV. True.

So there's that.

And maybe he was underselling it because he's, like, fought Undertaker.

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Hank, Firefest of the week.

You want to get going?

Yes.

I'm 27 years old, and I've gone my whole... Soon to be 28.
Welcome, welcome. Ish to war.
Let's not rush it. Let's not rush it.
What's your birthday again? June 13th. Club 27.
You're about to be 28. You still have two months when you can die and be remembered as a legend.
Exactly. When you turn 30, I'm going to be so depressed.
Yeah. Because I knew you when you were 19? Yeah.
I mean, I saw like – It's definitely – I'm starting to get into the age where like I saw like Isaiah Thomas Celtics memory and it was like six years ago and I was like, holy fuck. Yes.
That's, you know, college, high school, and then two years. That's crazy.
Well, yeah. If you went to college.
Right. Well, yeah.
Right. It was college And then five years But yeah I went 27 years And no one ever told me How to pronounce What you put a thing Of ice cream in Or a liter of beer I thought you were I thought you were Fucking with us Yes You were dead That's why I didn't reply To anybody Because we had probably Like dozens of people So many people Like don't British people Say a pint Like let's go get a pint at the pub you've always called it pint yeah like I don't know like a pinto what the fuck I honestly PFD and I like it's funny because we didn't talk about this but that's exactly the same wavelength we got tagged in so many tweets and I was like dude you didn't know Hank was joking like I didn't say that but in my head I was like of course he was fucked he was fucking with you guys because he pronounces shit terribly.
He didn't go to college. He doesn't know how to read.
I thought that it was you trying to do a bad British accent. And saying it that way on purpose.
British people do say pint, right? No, they don't. Do you want us to delete this part and say it was a joke? Have you ever seen Snatch? Yeah, I the dog stuff.
You'd never said the word pint?

No, I didn't. You can't buy weed in the quantity of pint, so he'd have no reason to use

that unit of measurement. You know how to pronounce

ounce. I'm not a huge ice cream

guy. Say eighth.

Eighth.

But no, I

did the, because obviously when I get

chirped that much, I get defensive. I'm like,

no, you're wrong. And I went on the text to speech.
Don't put baby in a corner. Yeah, I went on the text to speech.
And I was like, point. Oh, no.
The other one, though, the other one, I have a dachshund. I thought that was, I would have, you know, up until I had one myself, like Dash Hound, I would have, you know.
Yeah. A hundred times out of a hundred.
That's more forgivable than pint yeah pent if you've never like pronounced ice cream i'll have a pint of ice cream i would have said pent yeah see that's the part that i don't understand you've never like that just to me says you don't eat enough ice cream i'm not a huge yeah ice cream guy because like i was as a kid but not i would like my family would have the big ones i just you know get myself a cup of it because in my house i never go and buy the pints in my house it's like oh like i'm going to the store you need anything like yeah pints of ice cream right and we don't say like let's go get a beer you don't say let's go get a pint we say let's go get a beer yeah but and i feel like in tv shows which the only times you watch a tv show where they talk about getting a pin it's british but i feel like they said one ever says Peaky Blinders? Yeah. You probably watch Peaky Blinders on mute with the closed captioning.
Yeah, I don't know. So that's my fire fest.
I can relate after the mortgage incident a few weeks ago. Right.
Yeah, mortgage. Yeah, but you went to college.
What are Hank's... I've also never paid a mortgage.
He's also supposed to be someone that can speak. Yeah, that's true.
What are Hank's greatest hits? There's Thighland, there's Objen, Pint, Post Mostly. Post Mostly was good.
Super Relatives. Super Relatives is my personal favorite.
My personal opinion, the worst one was Island Gorilla. What? What? Lowland Gorilla.
Oh, yeah. You thought it was a gorilla from Des Moines? This Iowa land local gorilla.
How sick would Iowa be if there were just wild gorillas roaming through the country? So sick. So sick.
Hanging off the windmills. Yeah, that's my fire fest.
Great fire fest, eh? And I miss Billy. My fire fest was going to be, I had to fire Billy.
No, just kidding. PFT.
My Fire Fest is that I am once again being made a fool of by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Oh, yeah.
They can't stop winning. I was actually...
I'm not abandoning ship yet. That's one of those ones that I didn't want to bring up to you because I was like, the Pirates have been winning and you've been losing, but I'm happy that you brought it up so I didn't have to.
It got awkward. I've been losing money hand over fist responsibly on the Pittsburgh Pirates, which is such a sad thing to say that the Pittsburgh Pirates, I'm talking about the Major League Baseball franchise, the Pittsburgh Pirates are making me look like a fool.
Yeah. Repeatedly.
They can't stop winning. You could say that I've maybe saved the Pittsburgh Pirates by betting against them.
One could say that. But I do know that when I stop betting on them, they're going to start losing again.
And I can't let that happen. Because then they beat me twice.
Yes. So I think if you see me on a 30 for 30 broke, it's going to be because the Pittsburgh Pirates, with nobody on the roster that I can name off the top of my head, have taken all my money from me.
Yeah, you got to just... I think you got to walk the plank.
I got to do something to turn around. Do I get a parrot? They got to suck.
Yeah, no, the Pittsburgh Pirates are pretty good. They are.
They're not... They're relatively...
They're not good, but they're better than bad. I think they're good.
I think they're better than bad. I think they're good.
No, better than bad is right before good. Okay, so they don't stink yet.
Yeah, they're better than bad. They're not bad, but they're not good.
They're just in between that. That makes sense, right? Which is very frustrating.
That's good, though, for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yeah.
There's always a bad team that has a good April. True.
That's true, Hank. They aren't even having a good April.
That's my point. That's why it might just be that they're not...
They're just good enough to not be bad. Yeah, their over-under was 59.5.
I think they're right around 500. Like, they might be...
9 and 10. Okay, so yeah, they could be like a 72-win team, which would lose you a lot of money, but that's also a bad team.
They have the second worst run differential in the NL right now. There you go.
So you're onto something. There you go.
So I just got to wait. They've got...
Their BABIP's too good. Second worst behind your nuts.
Yeah, well, the BABIP luck has to turn around a little bit. All right.
My fire fest is I got two. One is I got a college football debate today, and I just miss college football so much because it's the best sport to debate because there's just so many fans from everywhere.
I truly love. I know that every time you try to debate anything online, people will just say, oh, you're triggered.
I truly love debating college football online. So I it can't wait for me back and then my other fire fest is i so everyone thanked us and we should be thanked for killing the super league and saving soccer you're welcome um the super league kind of would have been sweet i think the super league uh would be a great addition.
It kind of would have been. I was thinking about it yesterday, and I was like, imagine if there was just a Wednesday, like every Wednesday afternoon, just the best teams in the world playing each other.
I was like, fuck, man. That kind of would have been sweet.
I don't want it because soccer's for the people, and we're the people. We're for the you like, I actually think that if you asked everyone solo, like, listen, I want your opinion.
It will never get out. We know the bad parts of Super League, but would you watch because it's going to be sweet? They'd be like, yeah, I'd watch.
Well, of course they'd watch. I've got news for you, though.
It's going to happen. The Super League's going to happen.
This was a trial balloon that they sent out there. I don't know the people, man.
The people shot it down. I think they're just going to change.
Like we talked about, actually, on Sunday, this was a bargaining chip. A poorly played one, but a bargaining chip to basically change Champions League a little bit so that the top spending teams always get in.
Why doesn't the MLS just rebrand as the Super League? We should. I think that's really what you're kind of missing out on.
Yeah. You miss the idea of a Super League out there roaming free.
I just like, it hit me. I was like, fuck.
That kind of would have been sick. I'm glad that we did what we did.
We saved soccer. I don't have any regrets for saving the most popular sport technically in the world.
Everyone keep thanking us, you know. But it would have been sweet.
It would have been sweet. So the matchups would be nice.
It would have been fucking sweet. But then it also would have destroyed the U.S.'s chance at winning a World Cup.
I don't even. We've got to make the World Cup, right? That's true.
One step at a time. Well, that's not even our national team.
The women's national team is our national team. Correct.
The men's team is... Correct.
We will not acknowledge them until they qualify. Correct.
For World Cup. Bubba, do you have a fire fest? I kind of put you on the spot.
Did you get hit by any cars this week? No, I didn't. Okay, good.
That's a good week. Yeah, that was a plus.
Fuck, because I thought I did have one. Jake, go first.
Jake, go first. I had my phone in my hoodie pocket the other day, and I was walking, and I unknowingly kept pressing the password, and I got disabled for 15 minutes.
You locked yourself? You locked myself. Oh, my God.
I've always wondered what happens if you accidentally press the emergency call button and you don't know it.

Yeah.

Will, like, six police officers just run at you and ask you if you're all right?

Swarm you?

I don't know.

Jake, did you feel like a cyber criminal?

Did you feel like you might have wanted to turn yourself in?

No, but when the timer ran out, I was very careful typing in my password.

You're like the guy with Bitcoin.

If I did it wrong by act, like, on purpose on purpose. What's your password? It's Jake.
Why would you ever say that? You would have to have my phone. We will do that.
Steal your phone. You have to change it now because you have access to my Twitter account.
True, but someone would still have to get their hands on my phone. I don't trust it.
Jake's compromised the integrity of this entire podcast. Bleep that out.
Bleep that out. Bleep it out.
Okay. I don't...
People are going to steal his phone. No, I don't trust...
You're now a target. You're a weak target.
People will go for you. I like how Jake is just completely oblivious to the fact that it would be bad for other people to have your password.
You're a weak target now. Alright, so bleep it out for this.
No, change it. You gotta change it.
I'll bleep out the numbers. I've had it since like 6th grade.
No, he also said it out loud. You also showed on the the screen you did the manual typing in of the password.
So now they know the order that you use. Well, is it reversed because I'm on the screen? You know what? We need to steal his phone and see if he's been texting with other podcasts.
Ooh, interesting. I have nothing to hide.
You have to look at my phone. I know you don't.
It probably would be like, it actually would suck to look at your phone because it would make me feel like a worse person where it's like someone says like, hey, how are those guys? Like, oh, yeah, they're the best guys ever. I love them so much.
Like way too nice about us to strangers. The fact that you're so open about letting me use your cell phone makes me not want your cell phone.
Yeah. Way to go.
All right. I'm off the hook again.
Another day is the world's top terrorist survived. Incredible, Jake.
I don't know how you do it. You think there's a small chance that Jake is a Fed? Yeah, he's a sleeper cell.
I've always thought he's a sleeper cell. He's something.
Yeah. He's a sleeper cell sent from Bristol or something to watch us.
Alright, Liam. I do remember.
I thought I lost my debit card and I reported reported it lost on the app and ordered a new one, and it was in my wallet the whole time. That's a huge fire test.
I realized like two days after, and I was like, fuck, I'm stupid. And then you didn't change everything? Yeah, so I have a new one in the mail, but I had the thing the whole time.
You know how forest fires are actually kind of a good thing sometimes if they're contained to a certain area because they kind of replenish the forest over the long term. That's how I look at losing my debit card sometimes because you get the monthly charges for things that you forget that you're subscribed to, and so then those charges stop, and then you have to re-sign up for them again.
You can look at this in a positive light, Bubba. All right.
Yeah, that's true. Before summer, re-up everything.
Yeah, there will be a few things that will fall off that you didn't even need. A couple OnlyFans accounts that you no longer use.
Yeah, a couple first-person shooter games on your phone where you just buy all the sick guns. I've done that.
I've fallen into that hole a few times. Kendrick Perkins special.
Yes, yes. Caleb Presley's brother special.
Shout out to Andrew. Yeah out.
Big ups. I learned a fun fact about Bubba last weekend.
Liam made that suggestion. You should start doing that.
Big ups. Big ups.
Okay. I know I sound like the biggest loser ever, but if it will make everyone laugh, I will do it.
No, you said instead of let's go, it would throw people off so much. Okay, big ups.
People get very mad at you. Big ups.
All right. Okay.
Big ups. I learned an interesting fact about Bubba this last weekend.
What? So I was hanging out with somebody on Friday night, and they were like, Bubba, whenever we're hanging out, he sits down on my couch, slams beers, and puts on YouTube and immediately searches longest home runs. and then makes him watch seven-minute long compilations of just monster jacks.
Oh, hell yeah. That's like your go-to move.
Yeah, it became like an inside joke, so now I just go over the top with it and have to do it every time. What's your favorite one? There's one that's like 45 minutes long.
No, what's your favorite home run? What's your favorite home run? Glenn Allen Hill? No, the Barry Bonds at Yankee Stadium. But it just goes into the triple deck.
Yeah, steroids, dude. I mean, yeah, steroids are sick.
Do you know the Glen Allen Hill one? Have you watched that one? Where he breaks a window across from Wrigley? No. Yeah, you gotta watch that.
He hits it off like his shoelace, too. For some reason, all the home runs that are hit in the old Sky Dome, they look like they go way for it.
Like every home run there is like 530 feet.

Yes.

That's actually.

Yeah, if you got to the second deck.

I kind of like that, Bubba.

That's kind of a cool guy thing.

It's a power move.

That sets the tone of like, hey, let's just be guys.

Yeah.

I mean, you're going to tell me monster home runs don't rock?

Yeah, always.

You're a loser if you don't like that.

And I bet you you get chicks just walking in being like,

yo, you guys watching some long balls?

Yeah. Chicks take the long balls.
They do. Exactly.
All right, let's do numbers. 99.
Give me an 8. 38.
Actually, no. Give me 14 for Ruff and Rowdy 14.
8. YRNR.com.
There's 38. I'm going to.
54. We've had that a couple times, I feel like.
I've gotten one off two days in a row.

54?

Command F, 54.

First timer.

Oh!

Okay.

Score-agami. I don't know why I thought we've had it.

Yeah.

Huge.

How many numbers do we have left?

I can do the math, but I feel like there's still some out there.

There's got to be like 20 or 30 out there.

Okay.

By the way, Jake, was it Scorigami?

I saw Jackson State won by forfeit last weekend,

so it was a 2-0 ballgame.

Is that Scorigami?

The game started, then they forfeited?

I feel like 2-0 has to be Scorigami.

They forfeit when the game started.

No, that's what the score was.

No, 2-0.

Oh, old school, yeah.

2-0's happened twice.

The Akron Pros over the Buffalo All-Americans, then the Chicago Bears over the Green Bay Packers in 1938. I also remember there was six.
Iowa beat Penn State 6-4. Sorry, there's been five.
Frank Ferdiellojack. Iowa beat Penn State 6-4.
I can't remember what year it was. Oh, that was like semi-recently, right? Yeah, maybe it's like 10 years ago.
Yeah. Also, that's an

awesome score. One very last thing.

FCS playoffs start this weekend.

Oh, we got football.

Check it out. Watch it.
Go Dukes.

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