Swerve Strickland Talks AEW WrestleDream & the Quest for History!

1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:09,039 Battle Brown Boy from the Parts Unknown Studios Into Battle Crowd, Battle Crown, 2 00:00:09,839 --> 00:00:17,079 The Battle Round, Battle the Battle Brown. Welcome to the Battleground Podcast, 3 00:00:17,199 --> 00:00:22,199 your place for all things pro wrestling, Little Brown, The Battle Round, 4 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,839 the Battle Round now making their way to the microphone and Sick give it up 5 00:00:28,879 --> 00:00:37,439 for your hosts, Battle Crowd. Yeah, what's up you guys. Welcome 6 00:00:37,439 --> 00:00:42,560 back to Into iHeartRadio's official wrestling podcast, The Battleground Podcasting. This weekend is 7 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:47,520 a very very big weekend for Alili Wrestling. It's a homecoming for our guest 8 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,560 today, Swerve Strickland joins this. Swerve, how you doing, Serve? 9 00:00:51,439 --> 00:00:56,039 What's going on? Yo? I mean walking around the battle right now? 10 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:00,880 It's perfect weather there, of course it's it's a homecoming from you from being 11 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:06,959 from Tacoma where at Wrestle Dream this Sunday out of Seattle. First things first, 12 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,120 let me ask you how's your hand after the pin attack from Hangman. 13 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:15,400 I can't show it on camera right now. It's too gruesome, so I'm 14 00:01:15,439 --> 00:01:18,480 just gonna leave it at bad. You'll see. I'm probably gonna have it 15 00:01:18,519 --> 00:01:22,680 wrapped up this weekend. Yeah. Yeah, I think there's some some payback 16 00:01:22,719 --> 00:01:26,560 coming for I see it. I see it as a bad honor because I'm 17 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,840 an agitator and he got exactly what I wanted out of the man. So 18 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,680 that was very uncharacteristic of him too. So making him break, that's that's 19 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,319 a good psychological tool. That's good. Yeah, he wonted motivation, he 20 00:01:38,359 --> 00:01:41,799 found it. Absolutely, he's gonna have the flight of his life comes Sunday 21 00:01:41,879 --> 00:01:46,439 at Wrestle Dream. And you know, this is something that's that's been great 22 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:51,040 for the business. Twenty twenty three has been a monster year for wrestling as 23 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:55,079 a whole. Do you see this year as one of the biggest of your 24 00:01:55,120 --> 00:02:02,719 career? Oh? For sure, absolutely, just just the amount of I 25 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:06,760 would say this year for a w has had a lot of pressure on us, 26 00:02:07,599 --> 00:02:13,360 for sure, just like the fourth year of the very young company that's 27 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,360 still striving doing very great things. And right now, especially with Wrestle Dream, 28 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,199 a very brand new pay per view that's being brought to the brough, 29 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:25,520 brought to the forefront of the company and me being one of the marquee matches 30 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:30,159 to sell it at this point following All In and All Out is pretty big 31 00:02:30,199 --> 00:02:34,080 and Grand Slam on top of that, So right now, this is this 32 00:02:34,159 --> 00:02:38,479 spot is really tough for us, But man, are the fans have been 33 00:02:38,479 --> 00:02:42,319 supporting really big, you know, and there's a lot of interest in this, 34 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,560 like not too long ago, then Tony Kahn just come out and say, 35 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,400 this is the new era of a W I truly believe that. I 36 00:02:49,439 --> 00:02:54,840 truly believe we're seeing a whole new regime of like different waves of talent kind 37 00:02:54,879 --> 00:02:59,960 of fluctuating into a really big spot. You Like, you got your Chris 38 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:06,360 stat Landers and Julia Harts right now really coming into their own getting that opportunity 39 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,960 on prime time television and a pay per view title match situations. You know, 40 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,840 you got Jay White like just jumping ahead as far as like one of 41 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:22,000 the top guys of the company and stuff like that. You're seeing a lot 42 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,120 more of the guys that have been on top of going into the Multiman's a 43 00:03:25,159 --> 00:03:30,039 little bit more now. You're seeing Jericho in that situation. Don Callis is 44 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:37,080 becoming a way more of an importance on the show. Christ Christian with the 45 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:43,680 resurgence of a lifetime man like You're you're just seeing so many like myself and 46 00:03:43,719 --> 00:03:46,360 the Mogul embassy not not making a resurgence going viral. The way he does. 47 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:52,000 You know that you're seeing this a lot of guys are like really hungry 48 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,680 and grasping for those spots, and we're getting them, which doesn't always happen 49 00:03:55,719 --> 00:04:00,879 in a wrestling business. It's very unforgiving and it's a lot of front like 50 00:04:00,439 --> 00:04:04,919 loopholes to jump through. You're seeing a lot of these guys get their opportunities 51 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:09,840 and not handed to them, but they're earning them and you're going to see 52 00:04:09,879 --> 00:04:14,240 more. You know, there's a lot to look forward to. And I 53 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,439 don't want to jump to twenty twenty four just yet because we still got a 54 00:04:16,439 --> 00:04:19,079 lot of meat left on the bone with twenty twenty three. But right now 55 00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:23,560 it's very exciting, very important time for the company, you know what I 56 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,920 mean. I mean the last two months have been incredible for wrestling. I 57 00:04:27,959 --> 00:04:30,519 mean, like I mean, I was weird talking before we got on. 58 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,839 I haven't even started Heels Season two because I'm like, I have so much 59 00:04:33,879 --> 00:04:39,000 aw going on right now, I can't focus on anything. But but speaking 60 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,000 speaking of you know recently, you know all in Wimbley, we were not 61 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,759 too far away from that larger show in history. You were in one of 62 00:04:46,759 --> 00:04:49,639 the most buzzed about matches. You and Christian took on Derby and Staying coffin 63 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:54,120 match. What was the highlight of that match for you? And you know, 64 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,600 what was it like being in a ring with Staying and Christian. Honestly, 65 00:05:00,079 --> 00:05:03,600 I highlight me personally as my the young wrestling fan of me came out 66 00:05:03,639 --> 00:05:10,240 of the match a little bit was being Christian hitting double spears Darby early in 67 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,040 the match. I was like, this just happened. It happened that kind 68 00:05:14,079 --> 00:05:18,560 of moment because I grew up on like the freaking triangle ladder matches, the 69 00:05:19,079 --> 00:05:23,600 you know, the table tlcs. I grew up watching that and that's kind 70 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,560 of what made me go and seeing the way I did early on and you 71 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,040 know, my wrestling career and stuff like that. But that was probably with 72 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:35,399 the not the moment that everybody talked about as much in that match, but 73 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:41,800 for me, that was so symbolic for me and my childhood inner child was 74 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:47,240 just screaming inside after that, and then I went back into just serious mode. 75 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,000 All Right, I'm here to here to win this match, you know, 76 00:05:50,759 --> 00:05:54,920 right, I mean we are. I mean, going back looking at 77 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,480 that match, that that was a fun match for sure. I mean, 78 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,480 obviously it didn't happen the outcome and happened the way that we were hoping it 79 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:05,040 for you to win that night. But you gotta think when you're sitting there 80 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:12,000 in front of eighty thousand people, like the biggest wrestling show to dates, 81 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,399 like do Nurse kick in for a little bit for Swerve Strickland during that match, 82 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,759 or do you just think of it as just it's this is another match 83 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:24,439 just in a much bigger grand scheme of face. I look at it as 84 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,439 I know how to ride a bike, now I just got to ride a 85 00:06:27,439 --> 00:06:30,360 bike in front of eighty thousand people. That's why I gotta kind of like 86 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:35,240 situated, like I know what I'm doing. I've done this thousands of times 87 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:40,279 in front of like fifteen people. I've done it in front of fifteen hundred 88 00:06:40,319 --> 00:06:44,160 people. No, I've done it in front of twenty thousand people. Never 89 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,560 done in front of eighty thousand people. But it's probably the same as doing 90 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:51,279 it in front of fifteen fifteen people. So but afterwards, after it was 91 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,399 all setting done, the job was done, we're off air, were off 92 00:06:55,480 --> 00:07:00,879 camera. You know, I'm in the back. I can honestly be like, 93 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,800 yeah, okay, now I can feel it. But before that, 94 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,040 I was just a prize fighter walk into the ring ready for the battle. 95 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:14,000 Yeah, it's okay again, going back to it, It's probably been one 96 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,839 of my favorite shows so far this year that I look. So, you 97 00:07:18,879 --> 00:07:24,319 know, you continue to get some of the loudest pops whenever AGW travels, 98 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,480 and then of course now nan I gets pops as well as dance moves. 99 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:33,600 What do these insane reactions say about your relationship to the audience. I feel 100 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:38,959 like they are growing with me, and I feel like they're understanding me more 101 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:43,759 too. They're understanding why I'm there, what my purpose is, and but 102 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:47,519 also they're at the edge of their seats to know what I'm going to do. 103 00:07:48,199 --> 00:07:53,120 Right, Yeah, I mean what I'm about to say. They don't 104 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,759 know how I'm about to go about. What's like, they don't They just 105 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,639 don't know. They don't. Anything can come about, So I can be 106 00:08:01,199 --> 00:08:03,680 happy, go lucky, or I could it could turn really really bad and 107 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,000 somebody gets a center block, or somebody gets this, or you can go 108 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:15,800 I have such like great range of not just emotion but probability with this character 109 00:08:15,839 --> 00:08:20,319 and with Nana there and the mobile Embassy is always lurking somewhere and stuff like 110 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,519 that, you know, And I think that's what's good about a viewer. 111 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:28,800 There's always it's always kind of like tense. It's always a suspense of like 112 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,840 we like, no, that's not gonna happen, but it could. Yeah, 113 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:37,679 right, you know, And I think that's where the audience is understanding 114 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,480 about anymore. And I think last night, even like when Nana was coming 115 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:45,159 down and you just did that like that alone, just you know, you 116 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,399 turned up to eat a little bit, like that's what they wanted, and 117 00:08:46,399 --> 00:08:50,000 you're like, nope, this is my time. Like that's a perfect example 118 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:56,919 exactly. Yeah, like you don't know, yeah, yeah, not right 119 00:08:56,919 --> 00:09:01,639 now. So you know, talking about when of your accolades with Keith Lee 120 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,879 swerving our glory, capture the world tag team titles, they had a very 121 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:11,960 can they exist relationship going on in most situations, there's a blowoff match with 122 00:09:11,039 --> 00:09:15,879 that, and we haven't really gotten that yet. Are you still looking over 123 00:09:15,919 --> 00:09:18,639 your shoulder for Keith Lee and would you entertain kind of a one on one 124 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,240 match down road with him to kind of settle all that. I'm still looking 125 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,679 for Keith Lee. Where has he been? So, you know, that's 126 00:09:26,759 --> 00:09:31,200 probably the best question. I'll settle. I'll settle any score anywhere it'll matter 127 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:37,919 to me. Yeah. Like it's almost like those fighters in boxing fights, 128 00:09:37,919 --> 00:09:41,000 so like you'll just make the fight. Make the fight. Oh, I 129 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,919 mean, hey, I'm not the I'm not the booker, I'm not the 130 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:48,279 I'm not the guy like controlling the money on this whole thing. Set the 131 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,960 fight up. I'll be there. Of course I might lose the way in, 132 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:56,320 but I'll be there for the fight. You're not gonna go down without 133 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:00,559 you know, without a fight for sure, speaking fight, it's I mean, 134 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,919 this Sunday, it's gonna be insane. We've got our very first edition 135 00:10:03,039 --> 00:10:09,159 of Wrestle Dream coming live from your home city, your hometown, Seattle, 136 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,519 and it's on pay per view. Let me ask you this, how important 137 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:16,240 is this match against Hangman in your hometown? And is this a have to 138 00:10:16,279 --> 00:10:22,279 win situation for you? I feel like I look at every matches have to 139 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:26,840 win, but this is more of a how can I not win situation for 140 00:10:26,879 --> 00:10:35,000 me. You know, I've elevated in such a way that you know it's 141 00:10:35,039 --> 00:10:41,879 showing on statistics right at this point. You know, no matter how high 142 00:10:41,919 --> 00:10:43,480 you go, there's always going to be a city. People are always gonna 143 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:48,440 try to raise the ceiling for you not to break through. But my still 144 00:10:48,639 --> 00:10:54,039 is my floor at this point. And Hangman is like the perfect person that 145 00:10:54,120 --> 00:11:00,159 I needed for that, And I'm also the perfect person that Hangman needed to 146 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,200 get back in the that that that that visual of the for the fans, 147 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:09,440 it's like, oh, Man, like he's this is something I've never seen 148 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,039 from Hangman. And all the years, all the matches, all the promos, 149 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,559 all the great stories he's been telling, this is still something new for 150 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,120 him. And I think that's the beauty of what we're both providing each other. 151 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:24,000 Yeah, I feel like that's the interest of the match itself. That's 152 00:11:24,039 --> 00:11:26,399 what's selling it. Like once again, you don't know what it's going to 153 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,120 happen, you don't know which way it's going to turn, you don't know 154 00:11:30,799 --> 00:11:33,200 what's going to come out. And now we've seen what is capable of Hangman. 155 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,960 What's I pulled out of him on Wednesday night. Now it's like, 156 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,879 Okay, what is he is? That what he's going to have to try 157 00:11:39,919 --> 00:11:45,799 to keep that going into Russell Dream, I've already had that. I don't 158 00:11:45,799 --> 00:11:50,480 need that. Yeah, and like this, this arena is way more of 159 00:11:50,519 --> 00:11:54,240 an enemy than I could ever be too. Right, So you're essentially you're 160 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,679 looking for the dog and hangman, right, Yeah for sure, Yeah gotcha. 161 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:05,559 So one of the promo mentions last night, you'd mentioned becoming, uh, 162 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:09,399 you know, the first African American a w World heavyweight Champion. There's 163 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:13,639 a large obviously a large fan base that supports that. What would it mean 164 00:12:13,759 --> 00:12:16,399 to you to become the first African American AW world champ? And what would 165 00:12:16,399 --> 00:12:22,080 you bring to the table that maybe the current champ, MJFF doesn't. That's 166 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:26,120 already a tough tough sell in it as it is. I can't bring anything 167 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:31,639 more than MJF because MJF is doing top tier work. But what I can 168 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,320 do is bring something different. I can bring something unique that MJF can't bring. 169 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:39,600 It's not necessarily more, but it's unique in a different lane, you 170 00:12:39,639 --> 00:12:46,159 know what I mean. I what I have been doing, Like as far 171 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,200 as like the outside media has already been untapped in any part of pro wrestling. 172 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,879 I've there's never been any pro wrestler inside Double XL magazine As an artist 173 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:00,279 himself, you know, I one of the few wrestlers. That's like red 174 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:05,519 carpeted the Grammys. I'm one of a few wrestlers that's actually worked with Grammy 175 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:11,279 winning artists and producers and stuff, you know, like bringing Rick Ross, 176 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,840 like doing all these other things, all these like I was this past weekend, 177 00:13:13,879 --> 00:13:18,000 I was in a Revote World with Diddy, then going the following like 178 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,759 a couple of days later, being in the office with Coach Prime at Colorado. 179 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:26,240 You know, like that's a lot of things I'm doing without a title. 180 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,799 Imagine you give me more power. I'm imagine you give me more of 181 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:33,759 a trophy that I can you know how much more I can really rein it? 182 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,360 You know this is already limited sources. Give me the real Now you're 183 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,279 gonna give me the apple of Eden? How can I walk through this world 184 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:46,440 with that? That's what the aw World Championship means to me as an African 185 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:52,720 American male, And that's that's almost That's also very scary for a lot of 186 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,159 people too. It's a lot of there's a lot of fear in that because 187 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:00,000 there hasn't been one yet. You know, being in the first is always 188 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,320 lot of there's a lot more judgment, there's a lot more fear. There's 189 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:09,919 a lot more like waiting for you to fail as well. And that's and 190 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:16,559 I feel like that's the that's when I bring the uniqueness too, holding that 191 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:20,080 championship because I know I won't fail. M Right, that's a good answer, 192 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:24,120 arrogant answer, because I mean you talk about, like you said, 193 00:14:24,159 --> 00:14:26,720 there's a lot of pressure on you. I was there the night that Ron 194 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:33,799 Killings our Truth won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Very special moment that doesn't 195 00:14:33,799 --> 00:14:35,879 get talked about enough in my opinion, and like I was there and we've 196 00:14:35,879 --> 00:14:39,039 had him on the show talking about that moment, and he was like when 197 00:14:39,039 --> 00:14:43,440 they first told him backstage, hey you're going over, You're you're the champ 198 00:14:43,559 --> 00:14:48,600 tonight, and he thought they were joking. They're like, you are the 199 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:52,679 first African American NWA World Heavyweight Champion out of all the years, and he's 200 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:58,039 like, that is one of the greatest accomplishments I've ever had this business. 201 00:14:58,279 --> 00:15:01,159 Yep. And that's just just for that accomplishment alone in the Hall of Fame 202 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:05,879 career. Then he went on to do twenty more years after that, Yeah, 203 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,320 yeahs and feuded with Cina, Like you know, that's like that. 204 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,360 I don't think he gets talked about enough in that right, in that world 205 00:15:13,879 --> 00:15:16,000 right, And he's multi festa too. He does music, he can do 206 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:20,639 comedy, he can do physical like he's he's a multi tool he's a five 207 00:15:20,679 --> 00:15:28,360 tool player. Oh you know player, absolutely. So I want to go 208 00:15:28,399 --> 00:15:31,799 back to something you said last night junior promo that had the Internet buzzing, 209 00:15:33,159 --> 00:15:37,440 and it was one sentence that you said, what's a buck shot to a 210 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:43,519 kill shot? Everybody and their moms started flipping out on social media because you 211 00:15:43,559 --> 00:15:48,159 mentioned kill shot. Now we had a question gets submitted to us on social 212 00:15:48,159 --> 00:15:52,080 media saying I'm sure the answer is no, since that chapter of his career 213 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:56,440 is over, but I'd love to know if you would consider putting on the 214 00:15:56,559 --> 00:16:03,840 kill shot mask just one more time. And this is lead blood. You 215 00:16:03,879 --> 00:16:11,240 know I told you these you have to be quick. Yeah, we're going 216 00:16:11,279 --> 00:16:14,559 back to, you know, being all around different medias and stuff. You 217 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,039 contendue to expand your reach over multi medias. What is coming up for Swerve 218 00:16:18,159 --> 00:16:21,759 next in the world of music? Do you everything you can give us some 219 00:16:21,799 --> 00:16:25,759 behind the scenes of Oh dude, like I got two music videos dropping this 220 00:16:25,799 --> 00:16:30,480 weekend. So September thirty as the day of Collision. That's my birthday as 221 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,639 well. I have the working yeah, thank you, I have the working 222 00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:37,600 music video dropping that day. And both of my music videos are produced and 223 00:16:37,639 --> 00:16:41,840 directed, the songs and the music videos by Profit, the producer who won 224 00:16:41,879 --> 00:16:45,919 two Grammys with Kanye West on the Dinned album. So so just those two 225 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,960 videos, like when we shot those three days in a row, two different 226 00:16:52,120 --> 00:17:00,519 three three different venues, all before doing Dynamite that Wednesday, and then added 227 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,240 two matches that Wednesday, that's the one I have. That's when I kicked 228 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:07,519 r Fox out of Mobile Embassy and then later on that night had to face 229 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:11,039 off against and eight and Antager gets to see him funking them. So that's 230 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:18,079 was the That was a busy week, and yeah, that was a busy 231 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,960 That was a busy day itself. And then so now then we did a 232 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,799 cipher at three am in Atlanta, So that's dropping October two. So we 233 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,920 have September thirtieth, Marcus on your calendars, don't forget it. September thirtieth. 234 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,599 Work at music video by Swore of the Realists feature in Fireman, who 235 00:17:33,599 --> 00:17:37,000 has a lot of writer's credits with Chance the rapper and Kanye was currently in 236 00:17:37,039 --> 00:17:42,599 Italy right now working on Kanye's next album Kid, so he's on the video 237 00:17:44,319 --> 00:17:48,640 and some cameos in their check for that. Then the next night, October 238 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,319 first, we have These Dreams followed by Russell Dreams pay per view. That 239 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,880 night we have These Dreams with Zombie Juice who's part of the PLATFA Zombie speaching 240 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,960 in there, Anthony King who does the aw wrap ups every week on social 241 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:07,119 media, and my co host my Tz, who just performed for Samuelbara at 242 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:11,240 Grand Slam. Oh yeah, as my Tz is on that record as well, 243 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:15,400 produced by Profit. That drops October one, early in the day for 244 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,599 Wrestle Dream or before Wrestle Dream. It's called the song, it's called These 245 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,599 Dreams. And then the next day, October two, we dropping the mt 246 00:18:23,599 --> 00:18:29,079 freestyle featuring myself, Anthony King, and my Tz just a snippet of another 247 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:33,279 mixtape working on and MS dance for Every Move made includes the team that is 248 00:18:33,319 --> 00:18:40,079 our little trios when we get together and we form Ultron. So all that's 249 00:18:40,519 --> 00:18:42,400 all the stuff you need to be looking forward to YouTube dot com backs last 250 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:47,359 Sour City podcast check on that it's going to be in matter. I just 251 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,519 subscribed hit the bell for the notifications because it's coming your way this weekend. 252 00:18:52,079 --> 00:18:55,839 And I have to say, you know, historically wrestlers that dabbled in music, 253 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,759 it's been really wack. I mean, there's not a lot of good 254 00:18:59,759 --> 00:19:03,880 examples of quality music from wrestlers, but you're definitely the exception, just like 255 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,319 you are in the ring too, So kudos to you on that. You 256 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:11,279 only get better getting in the room with better people. Thanks. A lot 257 00:19:11,319 --> 00:19:15,680 of times, music is a very can kill your creativity if it kills your 258 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:21,960 confidence. So if you get in there with people that are willing to like 259 00:19:22,079 --> 00:19:23,480 let you know you're not the best here, you're not the best at this, 260 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,720 and you take that on the chin and you build with those guys, 261 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:32,079 you can truly grow and become actually really good at your craft. And that's 262 00:19:32,079 --> 00:19:36,160 what I'm just working with. I'm working with top level guys in the industry 263 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:41,319 that are literally truly wanting me to grow and working with you to grow. 264 00:19:42,079 --> 00:19:45,920 That's amazing, man, And you know, it's it's an honor to have 265 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,599 you on the show. I know we talked to you last time, and 266 00:19:48,599 --> 00:19:51,279 a lot of things have changed since the last time we talked to you, 267 00:19:52,079 --> 00:19:53,599 and you know how this show goes on. You come on here, you 268 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,480 go on to win gold. Well, you came on last time, you 269 00:19:56,519 --> 00:19:59,880 went on to win gold, you went on to win the aw tag team 270 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:03,079 titles. You come on now. I believe that title above my head is 271 00:20:03,079 --> 00:20:07,039 going to be yours within the next year. I've been staring at this entire 272 00:20:07,079 --> 00:20:11,279 interview and I'm getting hungry. I mean, I'm not gonna say it's that 273 00:20:11,319 --> 00:20:15,559 one. I'm gonna say it's this one that's right here. Yeah, I 274 00:20:15,559 --> 00:20:18,960 mean I kind of want yours too, Yeah, yeah, yeah, badly 275 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,319 I will. I will mel it to you and you can have it your 276 00:20:26,599 --> 00:20:29,400 and it's all yours, will swerve. It is an honor to have you 277 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,920 on the show. We're looking forward to you bringing the Dog out and hang 278 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:37,160 Man Page and then after Sunday night on Wrestle Dream, we're gonna hear and 279 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,200 your winner is to We're frequent and then we could see No, I'm not 280 00:20:40,319 --> 00:20:45,039 do his dance. Maybe if I allow it, yeah maybe maybe if he's 281 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:48,279 a if he's good, I'll allow it. But it is my city, 282 00:20:48,279 --> 00:20:52,759 so maybe I'll treat you. I don't know yet. We hope you enjoyed 283 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:56,799 today's episode of The Battleground Podcast. Make sure you give it five stars and 284 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,920 a nice review. To stay up to date with the show, follow the 285 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:14,160 at Battleground podcast on Instagram.