Work Or Shoot?: A Wrestling Podcast

Audio Only And Still Unhinged; We Debate WWE Cuts And Preview Innovate In Kingsport

Team T4 Episode 55

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The video dies, the audio lives, and the chaos starts immediately. We catch up with Wayne’s return, then jump straight into the week’s biggest wrestling news: WWE releases, the loud “We Want Kairi” reaction, and what it says about fan power, backstage reality, and how fast momentum can disappear. We also kick around the uncomfortable idea that wrestling could someday treat roster cuts like a sports documentary moment, because if we’re being honest, the line between real life and “for the show” keeps getting thinner.

Then it’s all about the road. We lay out a stacked month of indie wrestling plans, shout out the promotions we’re supporting, and get hyped for Innovate in Kingsport at the Bobby Eaton Arena. We talk KCW Shockwave, Appalachian Mountain Wrestling at Pike Central, and why these shows feel alive in a way the big companies sometimes don’t. There’s plenty of side-quest energy too: CM Punk’s history with fans, security gone wrong at big weekends, and a quick “Follow The Figs” detour into AAA wrestling figures and dream collectibles.

We close by running through the Innovate card, including the steel cage main event, plus updates on our Patreon, YouTube, and merch plans. If you love wrestling news, WWE and NXT talk, and indie wrestling match previews all in one place, hit play and ride with us.

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RING THE BELL!

Audio-Only Return And Chaos

SPEAKER_03

Marks, you know, sometimes you have a knight that you think is gonna make you a main eventer, and sometimes you just look like a jobber. Something happened with our video, technical difficulty. All we got for you this week is audio. Ring the bell. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, the team that brought you the show and color podcast and T4 Productions proudly brings to you the greatest wrestling podcast in the world.

SPEAKER_04

The king of the no-no noah.

unknown

What?

SPEAKER_04

Key Clay Bowl. The Holler Chief Wes. And making his return to the ring, Wayne Oh.

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Don't you dare be sour! Clap for the world famous work of shoe podcast and feel the power.

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The work of shoe podcast. And if you don't like that, we got two words for ya. Wayne's back. Hey Wayne. Double quick. A sponsor?

SPEAKER_03

I'm enjoying my fresh double quick water. Yes. Tastes like they fired me. Same with. Actually. And Wayne a couple times. Wayne a couple times got fired. Wayne a couple times. What's that thing popping up on top of the screen up there a bunch, Clay? Just notifications or is that a volume thing on your phone?

SPEAKER_02

That's a volume thing on my phone.

SPEAKER_03

You think we need to move your phone? Yeah. Is it hitting the volume over and over? Yeah. You want to get up and adjust that? All right. We'll just keep going. No, we're just come on. Come on. It's fine. Clayboy's gonna fix it. Just move it just a little bit.

SPEAKER_01

We can just cut this part. Yeah, we'll fix it.

SPEAKER_03

It's fine.

SPEAKER_06

No, dude. This is Patreon, baby. That's what it is. This is Patreon.

SPEAKER_03

We already got so much Patreon. That's all it was, Clay. You gotta straighten that back up now, my dog. Up on your side, up on your side. Up on your side. Up on your side now, son. Come on now. Up on your side now. Come on now. Up on your side. Up on your side. Way off there. No, you've done something crazy. You done something crazy, boy. Other way down. Other way, yeah.

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Other way. Other way.

SPEAKER_03

Up, up, up.

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Take the left side up or the right side down.

SPEAKER_03

You so tilted a kitchen punction with a level.

SPEAKER_04

Oh my god. Dude, you went so far. You went so far.

SPEAKER_03

You need your glasses to know the level of the thing. Now bro, this boy is blind. No, that you made it. You went back the other way.

SPEAKER_00

Somebody get the ruler, the pro track.

SPEAKER_03

There it is. That's it. That's it. Leave it there. Leave it there. You got it. Look at us.

SPEAKER_06

Hey, someone get Noah a two by four to walk around with.

SPEAKER_03

I know. Really, that's that's real, actually.

SPEAKER_01

I was kind of going for that.

SPEAKER_06

Really? Yeah, you you look like a lot of it.

SPEAKER_00

I've been in it all day, but I was going for it. He needs a bucket of slop.

Innovate Show Plans And Travel

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that's real. He needs a bucket of slop. That's good. The bucket of slop. Got a lot to talk about. Gonna go into it's a Saturday. We're never here on a Saturday. Why are we recording on why are we recording today? Showing you a show on a Saturday because we're going to innovate and then I'm gonna be gone for a week. Uh so the book we'll record when we get back. But this show is gonna air on Saturday, the day of Innovate, the May 2nd. May 2nd, Innovate, King Sport, Bobby Eaton, beautiful Bobby Eaton Arena, uh, Net Pro Studios. That it's gonna be it's gonna be an awesome event. I think we gotta we gotta just pretty much all their shows now.

SPEAKER_01

Oh yeah, yeah. We're stupid not to.

SPEAKER_03

We just go to them. Faction will be there.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, really excited about that. Three quarters of the faction.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah, yeah. Most of them. Who's not gonna be there?

SPEAKER_01

Finley. Oh he might be he might be working on that uh calendar again.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, yeah. That yeah, that's true. He could be working on the worker shoot worker shoot calendar. Weno, welcome back. Missed you.

SPEAKER_00

Good to be back. Glad to be had.

SPEAKER_03

Glued to be hard. This is the third time we've recorded this. This is the third time we've recorded this. Mess up. We messed up all the time.

SPEAKER_06

It's um I don't know what happened the first time.

SPEAKER_03

I don't either. We got releases, WWE releases, big names. Uh Kyrie Sane is uh is the biggest one for us, right? And then uh machine guns, yeah, machine gun Kelly's. That was a big one. Hey, uh, if anybody wants to buy first time in the line figures, I have the machine gun Kelly's first time in the line, uh mint on card. You want to buy those? Beautiful figures. Santos.

SPEAKER_01

Some marks want to think there's an actual machine gun Kelly figure that you're selling.

SPEAKER_03

Well, probably I'll make them one.

SPEAKER_01

Yes, Alistair Black.

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Zelina and Alistair.

SPEAKER_01

Literally, he made it a year and a day, I think, or a day short than a year. That's crazy.

SPEAKER_00

Do you do you think there's any correlation with the was here when AEW came back for a cup of coffee, now gone again? Like, is there anything to that you think? Andrade, Alistair. Uh anyone else?

SPEAKER_03

You guys, I'll tell you my thought on it is that I think it's just because they're probably just hard to work with. And AEW's willing to give them another shot. Probably. Like, that seems to be the MO for Andrade.

SPEAKER_01

Was AEW gonna give Malachi another shot?

SPEAKER_03

They said they weren't, right?

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, I reckon. No, they said they weren't, they had no interest in it. I I actually read an article about that saying when when he cut ties with AEW, uh, there was a lot of tension in the locker room with him because he would not uh take a pin.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Well, he said he was too good to he he he felt like he was too good and too above the roster to actually lay down for anyone else.

SPEAKER_03

And he took all the pins, he took all the pins in WE. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04

Well they probably paid him more, too.

SPEAKER_03

That makes sense.

SPEAKER_00

Did he do anything when he came back? Besides walk out spooky?

SPEAKER_03

No, his entrance was rocked. His entrance, he he got that song added to my my playlist. That song's awesome. It's the only thing Def Rebels ever done. It's any good. What?

SPEAKER_06

I think it was his. And then Zelina finally got to Zelina finally got to live out her dream of becoming, you know, um uh queen of the damned about her character.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that's what that's she was definitely.

SPEAKER_06

She was obsessed with that movie.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, she was definitely queen of the damned for like two minutes. And they're gone. Bye.

SPEAKER_06

Bye-bye.

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Bunch of other bunch of other random names. Uh six. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. A whole friggin' group.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Well, you know, you can't be over all the time.

SPEAKER_06

Where it was hot when it was hot. I have a question about that. I have a question about that. Is where is indie Hartwell wrestling?

SPEAKER_03

I I think MLW.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, part is running the Indies. Him and her posted a video together. Dexter. Did y'all see that? Of her of her cutting his hair and doing a countdown. I love Indy because I think he's going to team back up with her in the indies.

SPEAKER_01

Is he going back Samuel Shaw, you think?

SPEAKER_06

I don't know. It just was like, I think the whole video was her like cutting the dreads, and then it was like a countdown to the end of his like 90-day.

SPEAKER_01

And he shaved back. And he shaved back to the mustache when he like he was when he was Samuel. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And I mean, I would say chances are the worker shoot podcast sees Dexter Loomis this year at an indie show.

SPEAKER_04

That would be fucking down rock.

SPEAKER_03

I mean, we're gonna see FTR, right? FTR August AEW Champions.

SPEAKER_06

August 22nd.

SPEAKER_03

August 22nd, Corbin Arena, AMW Super Bowl of Wrestling, which I thought was mania, but I guess it's it's not, but it works. Super Bowl of Wrestling. Yeah. Everybody's involved, like KCW's involved, and uh A Ace A uh ACW Apple Legend GP. I can't remember. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01

I don't think they just call it Indie Mania.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

That would be that would rock. It's gotta be a thing. Indie Mania. That's got that's probably already a thing. True. That feels like that. That feels like that was during something. Otherwise, that's too obvious of an answer. Why wouldn't he have just said that? That had to have been a show in like 2017. That sounds like a prime indie wrestling show name in 2017.

SPEAKER_03

I do think I do think that's gonna be awesome. It's a convention. It's two days, right? Or it's just maybe it's just one day, but it's a it's a con though. Like it's got it's gonna have a ton of vendors, and it'll be like PyQuell.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

It'll be pretty much exactly like Pikewell because it's about the same size.

SPEAKER_01

Would you think this might be bigger than the one in Pikew?

SPEAKER_03

Oh, it will be bigger than the one in Pikewell. Yeah, it'll be the turnout will definitely be bigger than the one in Pikewall. It'll be inside.

SPEAKER_06

No, it just means like the setup.

SPEAKER_03

The setup about the same. I think the setup, I don't think Corbin Arena is much bigger than about the same. Yeah. I seen somebody, I seen it, I seen somebody there. I don't know what I watched there, but wrestling. The not wrestling, not not pro wrestling. We went to Gabby's state tournament was in Corbin at Corbin Arena. Yeah. Yeah. That's what we want. That's where we were at. That's why we were there. Yeah. Yeah, that was miserable. Actually. That place is huge. Yeah, maybe it is bigger than expo. Anyway, uh, that should be a great event. We're gonna try to get everybody out to that show where it's far enough ahead that hopefully we can we can you know get there and plan something. Uh Workershoot may have a table there. I think we're working on that, having a table. We are gonna have a table at the next KCW event.

SPEAKER_06

Absolutely. So we'll voltage or shockwave, shockwave. Shockwave.

SPEAKER_03

What date? What's that date? June 13th. Yep. June 13th, KCW Shockwave, Vergie, Kentucky, the nest. It's their one-year anniversary. Oh, it's the one-year anniversary? I'm pretty sure. Sean. Sean there. And uh sure Berto. Berto's hurt. Yeah. I don't know if Burdo'll be there or not. I don't know that he'll be there or not. Mercy.

SPEAKER_06

Wayne, you gotta be at this one. Go ahead and put in for your time off for June 13th and August 22nd.

SPEAKER_03

Go to work. Go ahead. Go to work. Go to work.

Could Layoffs Become WWE TV?

SPEAKER_06

Go ahead. Worker shoot. Workershoot. Wayne is gonna be there.

SPEAKER_03

Speaking of workers shoot back to the layoffs. I mean, I would just say this is cooking with Mark because it's not really. It's not really, but it is, but it is but it is a major worker shoot. Every time there's layoffs in in the WWE, every every time, every time they they they have cuts, I think, man. Sure would be a good episode of Unreal.

SPEAKER_02

That was our worker shoot of the week, by the way.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. Is I just think because now there's we want Kyrie movement.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

And they're and they're making a big deal out of it. And there's articles from like some of the wrestling magazines that are talking about how Asuka wants Kyrie, like Asuka was crying and everybody wants Kyrie.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, there's also some of the um backstage crew hashtagging we want Kyrie or whatever.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. And if it happens again, bro, I'm saying what I'm saying. You know how I feel about it. It's it's it's it's for the show. It's for the show. It just has to be.

SPEAKER_00

But all of them can't be, though, right?

SPEAKER_03

All of them are not, right? They're all not. But they they've there's probably a couple that are. It also makes for good television. Hear me out. Hear me out. I'm sorry, Wayne. Let me let me say this last thing, okay? Let's last thing, and then I'll let you they'll let you guys cook. So if you watch the show NFL Hard Knocks, that was on HBO's show forever, one of their most pop most popular episodes every season is the cut episode, right? Where they bring people in and like they bring people in and they they tell them, you know, it's like, hey, it's not gonna work out right now, but hopefully we'll see you in the future. You know, it's this is a business, you know, we understand that that would make for such good WWE television, would make for such good television.

SPEAKER_00

I'm just saying, if it shows up, remember heavy dust makes though, because that would be repetitive booking with the truth, and you know, we like to repeat stuff these days.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, but we'd be repeating stuff.

SPEAKER_01

I mean, Jacob's already got Jacob's got a call from another mystery caller. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_06

And I mean, apparently everybody now is a uh open challenge. Everybody's an open challenge.

SPEAKER_03

That's annoying too. That's annoying. The open challenges is it I I liked open challenges, but doing it that many times is annoying. Exactly, man, exactly. Yeah, that's it's like it doesn't really mean anything. And it really and it diminishes the U.S. title, right? Because the U.S. title was like what they were doing that with, it diminishes that title, which you're trying to build up anyway, because now everybody's doing it.

SPEAKER_06

You know what is unique? The gingerbread man.

SPEAKER_03

I love that. I love that whole thing.

SPEAKER_06

He's awesome, by the way. Him just kind of straight up becoming a heel. I like it.

NXT Call-Ups And Chase U Ends

SPEAKER_03

The cuts also make sense that we got call-ups, right? Who's who's some of the call-ups, Clay?

SPEAKER_02

Uh Ricky Saints. Uh Ricky Saints got called up? Uh meh.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

He had a match tonight, I guess.

SPEAKER_01

Well, yeah, because he had his like send-off on NXT this week. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_02

Uh Ethan Page, Sol Ruka, um Joe Hendry. I think Joe got called up.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, Joe.

SPEAKER_02

And there was one more.

SPEAKER_03

Uh, another girl, right?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, it was another girl.

SPEAKER_06

Oh, it's the the whole um crew, the whole of that faction.

SPEAKER_03

Um, the JC Jane. JC Jane. Fatal influence. Fatal influence. Hey, Joe, they're awesome. Also got her first time in the line.

SPEAKER_00

They're awesome. So getting called up a curse these days. Almost. Honestly.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Almost. Just about. How many gets lost in the sauce?

SPEAKER_03

Like, like Tiffy's, at least they put the U.S. back on Tiffy. I think it's crazy to not have a title on Tiffy every all the time.

SPEAKER_06

I think I think they put the title on Tiffy to let her drop it to someone that's getting caught up.

SPEAKER_03

Probably.

SPEAKER_06

I think it's crazy not to have a big name.

SPEAKER_02

Go ahead, Wes.

SPEAKER_06

I was just saying big name putting over someone.

SPEAKER_02

I think it's crazy not to have a big title on Tiffy.

SPEAKER_03

It is. It's it's crazy.

SPEAKER_02

Like it don't feel right.

SPEAKER_03

She's yeah, she because she's she's always gonna be. She pops every time she comes out.

SPEAKER_06

So yeah, no matter what. No, you're right. Pop something.

SPEAKER_03

And that was and then we had uh NXT debuts, right? So out with the old, in with the new, uh people get people hit the the the the fish eating fish, right? The people the people get cut, NXT people get moved up, new people come into NXT. So also I want to honorable mention to Chase U is officially dead with Andre Chase. Andre Chase got released. So which sucks, but he'll rule the indie world. That gimmick is meant for the indie world. Yeah, he'll rule the indie world.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, it's not meant for the mainstream, it's meant for the indies. Yeah, NXT, when you watch NXT, it kind of looks like an indie show. NXT does.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that's why it works there.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

I guess you get to the point though, because they've been there so long that like they get to the point where it's like call them up or release them.

SPEAKER_06

So yeah, that's what they say about a lot of people. It's like if you don't if you've been there for five years and you've never expanded or got over or anything, and it's just the same thing, spin your tires, they're gonna cut you.

SPEAKER_03

So what about the debut of uh this guy, what, clue clute?

SPEAKER_01

Will Cruz or something like that? Cruz. Yeah, yeah. Will Cruz, yeah. Will Cruz, the big guy. Got the one from UK, I think.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Big old big old big old chubby dude. He's big, he's bad, and he'll body slam your dad.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah. Did he do the did he do the um moonsault?

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, he did the moonsault, yeah. Middle rope moonsault, yeah. He's he's awesome.

SPEAKER_01

I think it was a top rope. Maybe it was a top rope, bro. I'm more impressed. I'm more impressed with the middle rope. I saw some clips from from him on the indies. Dude can dude. Oh, yeah, he can move.

SPEAKER_03

He's got some nuts matches. Yeah, he's got some nuts. He's um he's got some crazy matches.

SPEAKER_02

This I'm yeah, he's got some nuts. This is a little bit off topic, but you dad sent me a clip the other day. Axton Ray was in AEW in 2022. Oh, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I found that the other day.

SPEAKER_03

That was that was crazy.

SPEAKER_01

That he he that he's on an episode of Dark. Uh maybe another one. Uh, apparently looking at on a website, he he's wrestled with Hobbes.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that's cool. That's cool. I couldn't.

SPEAKER_06

Hobbes, rest in peace. He's not gonna last long.

SPEAKER_03

Poor poor guy, no. Well, that that um Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale is a curse, right?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, it usually is.

SPEAKER_03

People who get it, it's like Otis and him and like people it wasn't from Ello, but it wasn't from Elo, I guess. I don't know where he's at, bro.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

In fact, the last person I actually have a good run in a good couple years after the Bobby Lashley? No, Cesaro.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Cesaro. And that was 2014. God, deep cuts.

SPEAKER_03

Long time ago. Uh it's Claudio to me. It's Claudio. No, it's Claudio to you.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah.

AMW Pike Central Match Preview

SPEAKER_03

I don't know what you guys are doing if you're climbing ladders, but that looks so cool though. It was kind of cool though. I was kind of into it. I was kind of into it. Uh yeah. Oh, and there's an AMW show. Did we mention that? Pac Central?

SPEAKER_01

Not yet. No.

SPEAKER_03

The Pike Central show. Uh Appalachian Mountain Wrestling and Pike Central this weekend.

unknown

Yes.

SPEAKER_01

Well, tomorrow. It's right now if you're listening.

SPEAKER_03

You listen to this, it's right now. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

Maybe in a few hours. Maybe it's been passed.

SPEAKER_03

Either way, it's Saturday. That's when the show is.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

That show's pretty good. We've been to that show. The the Pikeville, the Pike Central AMW show. We've been to that show. It's a good show. But we'll be at Innovate.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Catch us catch us. Catch us in King Sport. Ooh. We gotta make a catch us in King Sports show. It's called that to go.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, they go crazy down there. Book them. Absolutely. But on the topic of AMW. I'd say the next one we'll be at will be uh the one in Perry County.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, yeah. It's May 16th. Yeah, the baseball field shirt won't run.

SPEAKER_01

That's gonna rob Mr. Anderson.

SPEAKER_03

Mr. Anderson. I think I have a wedding that day. Don't start this shit again. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01

Are you serious? Yeah, I am serious.

SPEAKER_06

It's unpopular. Thing is, though, why'd they book Mr. Anderson to go up against Dan Sierra?

SPEAKER_00

I got a big a better question. Why'd they book Mr. Anderson?

SPEAKER_04

Damn. Whoa. Ouch. That one.

SPEAKER_01

Watch what you say about my kinfolk, man. Mr. Anderson. And I'm the Manderson. Hey. All right.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah. I don't know.

SPEAKER_03

Just saying. Don't make any sense. I'm gonna go watch some good dress.

SPEAKER_04

Get me out of here. Get me out of here. He's become unhinged.

SPEAKER_02

What? Chase Emory's fighting somebody for his title, right?

SPEAKER_03

What? When? Where? Who? When? Where?

SPEAKER_02

Tomorrow.

SPEAKER_03

Why?

SPEAKER_02

Tomorrow at tonight. At AMW.

SPEAKER_03

Tomorrow, tonight?

SPEAKER_02

At Pike Central.

SPEAKER_03

Pike Central, okay. Sure yes.

SPEAKER_06

Wait, tomorrow? Are you being honest?

SPEAKER_03

Noah has an internet tool.

SPEAKER_06

Honestly.

SPEAKER_03

Well, the only show AMW has promoted lately is the Super Bowl of Wrestling, so you can't actually see the Pike Bowl show promo.

SPEAKER_01

So all right, so we got Marty Clay versus Chance Prophet for the AM for the AMW title. Oh Marty. And then we got Bobby Love. Bobby Love versus Stanciera for That one will be uh banger for the New South title. Uh Eric Porter. Eric Porter versus Elliot Russell.

SPEAKER_02

I sneezed.

SPEAKER_01

Oh Elliot's good. I like Elliot. Elliot's gonna kill Eric. Eddie Browning versus Zodiac. That'll rock.

SPEAKER_02

Eddie Browning umpired my game yesterday. Are you serious?

SPEAKER_01

I love that shit.

SPEAKER_03

That makes me so happy. I love wrestling.

SPEAKER_01

We got our boy shout out. Ooh, Casey King. Give me a hug. I know, man. I hope he beats the shit out of Lord Murphy Thompson. Oh, then we got handsome Nick Hamrick versus our boy Zexy. Zexy. Zexy's man alive. And the box office blondes will be in action without their titles since our boys the faction beat them.

SPEAKER_03

That's right. That's right. Okay. Enough talk about that.

SPEAKER_01

Real talk.

CM Punk Versus Pushy Fans

SPEAKER_03

Real talk. What's the real talk? Real talk. KCW Shockwave, is that what we were talking about? I know, I know we already covered KCW uh Shockwave. Uh work or shoot. Punk hates fans.

SPEAKER_06

God, he hates every one of us.

SPEAKER_03

He hates he hates fans. I get it.

SPEAKER_06

Also. Let me also though. I think that one one fan that caught the cops on him, that was a little much. You feelings are hurt. You're trying to get a you're trying to get a paycheck.

SPEAKER_01

Yes. Yeah. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_06

I would like a paycheck check. All 911 because you got in a wrestler's face and he shoved you.

SPEAKER_00

Sounds about right.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, sounds right. Yeah, checks out, actually. Yeah. Trying to get a paycheck? Yes. Sounds good. Yes. Punk's always done this, though. Punk literally hit a dude when he was baby. Yeah. He was champion. I know he was champion and he was baby. Yeah. He literally punched a fan. And to that fan's to that fan's um uh defense, he didn't hit punk, that fan. That's the funniest thing about that is there's a dude that was there was a dude behind him that was pushing him into punk, and he kept pushing him into punk, and punk turned around and hauled the fucking off. Like knocked him out. The dude was like, I didn't even do anything. That guy should have sued, actually.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah. With that being said, though, probably just marching. There's a lot of wrestlers that have uh there's a lot of wrestlers that have come out about how bad security was at the motel in Vegas.

SPEAKER_00

Like oh yeah, oh yeah, I've seen that.

SPEAKER_06

A lot of them said that they had their privacy like infiltrated. Like they Booker D said that they followed him into the bathroom while he was trying to take a piss.

SPEAKER_03

Spinner Rooney on their ass.

SPEAKER_01

Spinnerone in the handicap style. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_04

What? Uh what?

SPEAKER_00

What would you do if like Booker T mad? Like follow- what if he's like following Booker T around? What? You know, like get on his nerves, and all of a sudden he just got down to one knee and just started the what? Fucking run. What? That'd be scary as hell. What?

SPEAKER_06

I'd be scared that he'd spin around on his grids and accidentally rip them out.

SPEAKER_00

What? You gotta run.

SPEAKER_03

I don't know what's going on. They can't hear it, so that's even funnier. Yeah, they can't hear the what?

SPEAKER_06

No, I can hear it.

SPEAKER_03

That'd be even funnier too.

SPEAKER_06

I don't know if Wayne can.

May Road Trips And Cotton Eye Joe

SPEAKER_03

Wayne can't hear anything. What? That was good. I like that. It was. Yeah, so I think that's like the whole month. We have the whole month booked. Like the next two months we booked to just go to shows.

SPEAKER_01

May May alone. Oh my god. May's insane. We forgot, we completely forgot one that's coming up. The Joe. N W A J C P coming back to Knoxville at the Cotton Eye Joe.

SPEAKER_03

We're going for sure.

SPEAKER_01

With our boys. With our boys. With the casanas. Yes, sir.

SPEAKER_03

We'll be there.

SPEAKER_00

I'm sorry. Did you say the cotton eye joe?

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, damn right. You heard it.

SPEAKER_03

It's a bar in Knoxville, Wayne. Don't don't get him started on this. It's a bar in Knoxville. It's called the Cotton Eye Joe. Work.

SPEAKER_06

Work or shoot. Noah is going to get his chair broke again. That's a really good question.

SPEAKER_03

Well, it's going to happen. I hope we get the same season.

SPEAKER_01

See, it was shoot last time. It was a shoot all to hell.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, the chair didn't mean to break. It's going to be work this time. Silas still champ? Hell yeah. Yeah, that's what I thought.

SPEAKER_01

Hell yeah, he is.

SPEAKER_03

He'll be there too.

SPEAKER_05

Hell yeah, he is.

SPEAKER_01

The thrillbilly. You're gonna take the strap off the thrill billy?

SPEAKER_03

No, don't yell at me.

SPEAKER_06

You don't mess with the thrillbilly. Stupid shit like that again. That's our Ken right there.

SPEAKER_03

Not worried. Not worried. The boost parts got me. I'm not worried about it. No, but that was the that's my favorite, one of my favorite shows I've ever been to. Yes. Maybe my favorite show I've ever been to. I don't know. That last KCW show was awesome.

SPEAKER_01

I mean, innovate, innovate. I mean, the last innovate show was so good. But not just that. This Joe shows on a Friday when the Joe's open.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, when the Joe's open. Yes, sir. Let's go. That's crazy. Hold on, I can't even handle that. That's crazy.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, God.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, it's gonna be packed. Am I allowed to go? It's gonna be Yeah. Okay.

SPEAKER_01

No.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, you can go. Wait, can it?

SPEAKER_02

I think. Well, I was asking that because I didn't know if y'all you were just gonna get drunk or something.

SPEAKER_01

Well, hell the hotel's just a hop, skip, and a jump down the road. We can walk it. We can walk if we needed to. You can drive us up. I forgot, yeah. What's the date? May 22nd.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that's okay. You can drive us there. It's in Tennessee. No, you can when we're in Tennessee, you can drive us to the hotel. Okay.

SPEAKER_01

And it's true for like it's a hop, skip, and a jump. Hoop scoping a jump. Chip drop and a jump.

SPEAKER_04

Hoop stop and a jump. Okay. Ba baba droopa.

Follow The Figs And AAA Toys

SPEAKER_03

Do you know you know things are off the rails when Wes starts making the noises and like and doing the r and doing the randoms. Hey, follow the figs. Penta's gonna be the world champion before the end of the year. Oh, I hope. He'll be he'll be one one of the big titles. Penta'll have it.

SPEAKER_06

Sounds about right.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. Have to put it on him. Uh triple A is getting figures, so we can do more, we can do more Follow the Figs. Triple A is getting actual figures. I figure that just means they just want to make Dom figures with the triple A title. And Mr. Iguana and Psycho Clown.

SPEAKER_06

La Parka. They better make a Psycho Clown figure for the detachable face.

SPEAKER_03

I got goosebumps. I got goosebumps. He said LaParka figure. And I got goosebumps.

SPEAKER_06

If they do not make a psycho clown with a detachable faceplate.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, dude, they definitely will. They've already stepped into it. That rock has like the face that comes off. It's really weird. Pinta's jaw comes off. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_06

Well, I just meant like just a just a no, I just meant like a faceplate that pulls down, you can pull off, and then the other face is under.

SPEAKER_03

Clay, Clay's, Clay's had a long day. Clay's had a long day. He's ready, he's ready for a day of wrestling tomorrow.

SPEAKER_02

I am. I'm so excited for it. I know.

SPEAKER_03

I'm I'm so pumped for innovate. If you don't have anything to do on Saturday night, it's your fault because it's not far from it's not far from Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia. It's not far from any of those places. There's two waffle houses. We're gonna hit one of the waffle houses up. Absolutely. I can't wait to see see a cage match and then have waffles.

SPEAKER_01

I hope I don't puke this time.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah. Oh, right. I forgot. I forgot about that. I totally forgot that Noah ate so much fucking food at the Waffle House that he puked on the way home.

SPEAKER_04

I did. And then got on play's leg.

SPEAKER_03

It got everywhere.

SPEAKER_02

I can't wait. I remember watching that episode. I can't wait to watch a baby versus Alex.

SPEAKER_01

No, Ben. Ben. Sorry. He's gonna throw Ben so far. He might throw Ben onto us like Spike Dudley.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, I hope that happens, actually. That would be awesome. We'll catch Ben. I like those screens.

SPEAKER_06

He might throw Clay for getting his name wrong.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, yeah, that's true. What'd I say? Alex.

SPEAKER_03

Oh yeah. I don't even know what's going on. He owned it.

SPEAKER_07

No, he doesn't.

Innovate Card And Faction Buzz

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, so uh we got that coming up. Uh back. Should I pull the match card up? Yeah, pull a match card up. Yeah. Pull the match card up. It's not like he got the phone right there. While he's pulling the match card up, uh we do have we do have something to talk about that we just that we just look at those guys. They're ridiculous. Is there was there a TSW show? I mean, was there a SSW show tonight?

SPEAKER_01

I think there was tonight.

SPEAKER_03

Damn, I didn't know that. I mean actually that that promotion's grown on me, actually. SSW is on the rails or off. No, no, no. We're talking about SSW Southern States. That's Bo James promotion. It's grown on me. The one at Mount Carmel. I like it pretty good. And Palace is right now the road.

SPEAKER_01

The faction must have won the tag titles. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Faction have four titles now, I think. So they have they have all the titles. No, they're five titles now. Five? Oh. I think. Ultimo faction. Ultimo. That's what I was gonna say. You made me to it. Ultimo faction. Anyway, Patreon. Uh Workershoot has an official Patreon page now. You can you can subscribe to us. You can subscribe to the page without paying. Or you can pay$1,$2,$5. There's multiple levels of stuff. Any support helps just pay for us to make more episodes, get us to wrestling shows. Anything is appreciated. You can find it on our link tree. We'll share it. Again, you can you'll get exclusive content. No matter what level you're at, you'll get some exclusive content. If you if you pay the five bucks, you'll get like major exclusive content. You might get to see D's feet. You might get to see D's feet. You don't want to see your feet. No, bro. That's not like that's not. You've got to pay a ton of money for that. Yeah. During a membership high enough. But yeah, check out the page. Uh, we appreciate any support. And thanks for supporting us anyway for liking and sharing everything. Even if you can't subscribe to the Patreon, share it for us if you can, because that helps a lot too. And you know, and and we're just out here to support indie wrestling. We ain't we ain't trying to, you know, make any money off this. We just want to be able to get to the shows and watch the shows and promote the show without it killing our pockets.

SPEAKER_00

So that's you might even see Wayne all around more.

SPEAKER_03

You might even see Wayne around more. I don't I I don't think so. And I'd be very surprised if I'd be very surprised if we see him again after tonight. But I'm busy man. Yeah, busy man. You're what? Busy man. Can we start his break?

SPEAKER_00

What were your plans, Wayne? I was raiding on World of Warcraft.

SPEAKER_03

That I believe. That that actually was the most truthful. You thought about lying for a second, you thought about lying. Then you thought about it.

SPEAKER_06

It was like, alright, we'll have called.

SPEAKER_00

Big shout out to the boys over at the uh Wow NA guild. I beta tested your girl.

SPEAKER_03

I'm cutting this, just so you know. This whole part right here is getting cut. This whole part's getting cut.

SPEAKER_06

Can I just suggest that anytime we go to an indie show that we know Wayne can't make it to, we just take the picture of Wayne and with us. Oh, let's do that. I'm taking it. I'm taking it tomorrow. It's going with us. And then, like, and then we just always take a picture with it at the show. We're getting signed. It's gonna be like Yes. It's gonna be like a uh it's gonna be like El Snow's head.

Steel Cage Main Event Breakdown

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, it's the urn. Yeah, it's perfect. I love this. Good idea. Do we have a clap button? Do we still have that? Is it um this one? Found it. Okay. So you got the card pulled up?

SPEAKER_01

Yes, I do.

SPEAKER_03

Do it this match, that match, that the one on the right right there. There's so many. Do that one. There's one on the left too. Up, down, left, right, A B, A, D, get out of here.

SPEAKER_05

Get out of here. What y'all were saying like 17 things? I just want to be in it too. Be cool.

SPEAKER_01

What the hell's going on? Brugely Adams did have a in no particular order. You you you didn't even pull up the order. Uh this is just the whole group, so we're just gonna we're gonna find okay. Just do it. Yeah. So we got chains versus von Milla.

SPEAKER_03

All-time entrance. Chains, all-time entrance chains. Yes. All-time entrance.

SPEAKER_01

We have the net for the Net Pro Heavyweight Championship. Our boy Crazo versus Alex Monroe. Childhood idol of Alex Monroe.

SPEAKER_06

Also, shout out Crazo. We're trying to make it happen at Applebee's. Yes.

SPEAKER_01

It's gonna happen. Speaking of that, actually, please subscribe to the Patreon because we really can't afford Applebee's in this economy. I mean, seriously. We can't afford gas in this economy. But back to the innovate card. It's also Illuminati Appreciation Night.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, yeah. Illuminati Appreciation Night.

SPEAKER_01

A night of luxury, success, and pure domination. Come raise a glass with the most powerful faction in wrestling as they celebrate their recent victories with premium drinkings.

SPEAKER_03

Wayne's drinking the Illuminati.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, he is. We have premium drinks. Premium drinks, a beautiful Illuminati cake and an atmosphere dripping in mystery and gold. Beautiful.

SPEAKER_06

Okay, so that cake is gonna get dumped on somebody. And I got one thing for the Illuminati. It's right there.

SPEAKER_03

Oh Bobby Mitchell and Nick Blackwell. New balance. Friend of the show.

SPEAKER_01

With Wes. Fuck Nick Blackwell. I like Nick.

SPEAKER_03

I love Nick.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, he is.

SPEAKER_03

Bobby, Bobby Mitchell. Bobby Mitchell.

SPEAKER_01

Bobby Mitchell. That'd be a good match. He's great. That's gonna be a great match. Love Bob. And then we have that match, bro.

SPEAKER_03

Let's go.

SPEAKER_01

Dream Tag Partner match. Sound like FTR. Andy Optimal and Joe Briggs from the Illuminati Vargas. Toby Farley and Wayne Moxie. So so excited about that match. That's gonna rock.

SPEAKER_03

It's gonna be awesome. Toby's amazing. Toby, Toby, and Optimal in the Ring once is awesome. And then this match is gonna rock.

SPEAKER_01

We have six man and one man.

SPEAKER_03

One man.

unknown

One man.

SPEAKER_01

One man. G1 slash pineapple express. I feel like it's the same. It's the same. Nicole Payne, Nick. Go ahead.

SPEAKER_06

Every time I hear Pineapple Express, sorry, it just throws me back to Seth Roland. Seth Roland. Seth. Rogan. Rogan. Grogan. No.

unknown

Bro.

SPEAKER_06

The comedian.

SPEAKER_03

The movie. We know. That's the joke.

SPEAKER_06

Yeah. Him him getting scared and throwing up in the printer and going, oh, Cam Price.

SPEAKER_03

Jesus. Got us there.

SPEAKER_01

So Pineapple Express, Nicole Payne, Nick Hammonds and Tyler Foshi versus three-quarters of the faction. The big beefy bastard Jeff Baker, big scary Travis Lee, and Wild Bill. Wild Bill. My brother. Wild Bill. Have you ever seen that video?

SPEAKER_03

No.

SPEAKER_01

It's great.

SPEAKER_03

Was Wild Bill work? He was working somewhere with Zen Fortune this weekend, too. Um a Sasquatch Fest or something? Yeah, is it tonight or Sunday? I think it might be tonight.

SPEAKER_01

Might be tonight. Yeah. We really need to go catch Zen.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, that'd be fun.

SPEAKER_01

Shout out Zen.

SPEAKER_03

Shout out Zen. He's awesome.

SPEAKER_02

Shout out Roxon Garrett.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, that I didn't even know that match was happening, bro. Oh, this? I didn't even see that.

SPEAKER_02

Have you ever watched this though?

SPEAKER_01

No, I've seen his clips. JC Adams. JC Adams versus Trayvon Ali.

SPEAKER_03

Trayvon Ali is awesome in for his show. Dog. In for his show.

SPEAKER_02

I thought that was uh Troy Parker.

SPEAKER_03

Is that the Parker Troy? That's them, right? No, they have a similar, they have a similar style too, though.

SPEAKER_02

I keep getting their name.

SPEAKER_01

Well, see, you got him, Troy, I think Troy comes out with Does Troy come out with a thing like that? No, it's T I M. T. I M does. Yeah.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01

T.I.M.

SPEAKER_02

I always get his first and last name mixed up.

SPEAKER_01

Shout out T.I.M. Come on the show. Yeah, the show's gonna be awesome. We got the main event.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, the main event. The main event.

SPEAKER_01

Axton Ray versus Alex Atkins in a steel cage match. It's gonna be awesome. God knows what's gonna happen.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, somebody's gonna get hurt.

SPEAKER_01

Bad. Who's jumping off the top of the cage?

SPEAKER_03

It's gonna be a fun show. Uh, who's gonna jump off the top of the cage? Axton, I think.

SPEAKER_06

Axton.

SPEAKER_03

I think I think I could see Alex taking the bump. Alex taking a bump off the top of the cage. You know there's gonna be uh innovate interference. If the head bitch in charge is the referee, there'll be something different going on.

SPEAKER_01

For sure.

SPEAKER_02

So is Brandon Hartsook not in this?

SPEAKER_01

Uh no, he is at extreme heat in the show with Tommy Gramer. Yeah.

Backlash Speculation And Quick AEW

SPEAKER_03

We'll be innovate. It's okay. Hearsook's great. We'll miss him. We'll catch him at the next one. We'll be innovate, no escape. Uh you're probably watching it. You're probably there with us. Yeah. Watching the show. Yeah. I mean, that's backlash is coming up. Backlash when you're when you're watching this, backlash should be two weeks. Or is it next week?

SPEAKER_02

May not. May not.

SPEAKER_03

Oh, it's next week. Next Saturday. So backlash is a week from Saturday. So backlash is a week from today. Uh the matches the it's like uh Fatu and Roman, right? Roman's gonna take that match. I don't know. I mean it could happen, but I don't I don't get it either, Wayne. I'm with you, dude. Why bury why bury Jacob? Oh, oh, oh, hold on, hold on. Little minimal, little minimal AMW talk or AEW talk. AEW talk. Little minimal AEW talk. Why are they burying MJF?

SPEAKER_07

I don't think they're burying him.

SPEAKER_06

I think it's all part of a plan.

SPEAKER_03

I guess so. If the plan is not to put the title back on MJF, then I don't understand the plan.

SPEAKER_06

What about Osprey?

SPEAKER_03

That's wild. Death Riders, right? They're kind of baby though.

SPEAKER_06

I I I don't think he's going to join them. I think he's going to learn everything and then turn.

SPEAKER_03

Maybe.

SPEAKER_06

I like everything they're doing with that. I like everything they're doing with that.

Patreon YouTube And Merch Updates

SPEAKER_03

We're happy with Osprey. Ohspray. Yeah, he'll never be in WB either. And then AJ. It's a whole thing. That's cool. Oh, Spray. That's pretty cool, yeah. I like that. Yeah, so. Oh, hello, Milo. So yeah, the Patreon guys, check out the Patreon. Um, you know, go take a look at it. You can you can like it and comment on stuff without being a without being a member. So you appreciate you checking it out. Check out the YouTube.

SPEAKER_07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

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SPEAKER_06

We get a lot of me and Wayne talking by ourselves.

unknown

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02

You'll get me laughing my head off because of Wayne.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah. But what did I do?

unknown

No.

SPEAKER_03

Butt crack. Oh. Yeah, boys. So the Facebook page and the Instagram, check those out. Again, if you go to our link tree and that's pretty much any post and on our page and YouTube page everywhere, click on our link tree. Uh click on the links there. You can watch that has all of our stuff on it where you can you can watch us and follow. We have merch coming up. I know we've been saying that bull crap for a while, but I actually have recorded. I know worker shoot heavy D ordered merch. Yeah, it's on the way. All right. You boys seen the invoice in the email. Okay, so so the the merch is on the way. The worker shoot shirts. First shirts we're coming out with are uh are the how my name is Mark shirts. And I think I think I think you guys are gonna love those.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, they because they they've not even seen a sneak peek or nothing.

SPEAKER_03

They've not seen a sneak peek. We should we'll show we'll show it on Patreon. Yeah, we'll show it on Patreon.

SPEAKER_06

Patreon. You want to see a sneak peek, pay for that.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, yeah. And we'll we'll show you the shirt. And and and if you like the shirt, you can comment and we'll go ahead and order you one. Right? We can set it up.

SPEAKER_06

There you go.

SPEAKER_03

I think Patreon has a store too, but we're too dumb to use that yet, so we'll figure that out. And yeah, and then we can then we can set you up there.

SPEAKER_06

But yeah, follow us on the stuff. Cashback, cash out, Facebook.

SPEAKER_03

Wes, you got anything else?

SPEAKER_06

No. Sorry. I didn't mean to catch you off. I was just thinking out loud.

SPEAKER_03

No, bro. Go ahead. No, you're good. Why not? It was a fun time. I'm happy to have you back. Hopefully we'll see you on another show soon. And we'll see you at some we'll see you at some some some events soon with us.

SPEAKER_00

But depends what the raid schedule's like.

Final Thoughts And Ring The Bell

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, I know. Depends the depends on the raid schedule. Boys, you got anything else? Claybo?

SPEAKER_02

Don't be marked.

SPEAKER_01

As always.

SPEAKER_02

God wrestles again.

SPEAKER_01

God, I love wrestling.

SPEAKER_03

Wrestling will do it. Why now? Ring the bell.

SPEAKER_00

Hey.

SPEAKER_06

What?

SPEAKER_00

Post a video from it. Can you do it? What? Can you post that video?

SPEAKER_06

Yeah, we'll get it. Soon it does.

SPEAKER_00

As soon as it does, do we need to do it like soon.

SPEAKER_06

Okay.

unknown

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