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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Battleground Podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
You'll playing and exclusive interviews with some of your favorite
wrestlers abound stop.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
It, what of you? Guys?
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Welcome back into Iheartradia's official wrestling podcast, The Battleground Podcast
at his battle from one hundred point one WKQQ Lexington's
Rock Station, and of course, WWE is bringing the chaos
back to Rupparta for Friday Night SmackDown June thirteenth. Yes,
tickets still up for grabs ticketmaster dot com. On today's show,
this has been an interview that we have been trying
(00:46):
to get a year in the making, ever since before
the guy signed a WWE. We were setting some things
up and he said, I'll holler back at you on
the road, and obviously we didn't hear back because he
signed a WWE. The show today is all gas, no
joining us today.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
You are United States.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
It's someone aware of Jacob fa to Jacob, what's going on?
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Man? How are you? Man?
Speaker 5 (01:07):
I can't call it man, you know, well, I'm man.
Look how crazy the world works. I mean, so, you
said I didn't get back, but you know eventually may
be back on today.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Right now you said you said I'm on the road
and you holler at us, and then you have not
got off the road, so.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
We respect it.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, I got to tell you before we start asking
you some questions for this interview, I got to tell
you you have gotten my eight year old in trouble.
He got a flag during his flag football game, a
penalty flag because he scored a touchdown.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
And he I'm all, Gas, no prank. And I was like,
where have you heard that from? And then like yeah,
I mean, I'm yeah, everywhere. Obviously you are influencing the kids.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
So thank you for getting my kid a penalty flag
the other day football. So let let's talk about it
real quick. I want to go back to backlash for
a second. A familiar person showed up that you have
a lot of history. Jeff Cobb also now known as j. C.
Matteo debuted by you know, helping out and your rotating
(02:14):
that US title. Despite the victory, you appeared visibly frustrated.
Can you elaborate on your reaction with his involvement and
how it aligns with your vision for the blood line?
Speaker 5 (02:26):
You know what the blood line has always been the bloodline,
you know, Uh, we're talking about coming from the og
from top Dog Roaman.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Oh so Solo.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
But uh, you know, man, just like what I said
at the press conference, you know, I really can't really
even speak on you, you know because at the end
of the day, Okay, yeah, we could say this and that,
but you know what, it ain't no jealousy, It ain't
nothing else behind that. At the end of the day,
you know, Uh, he deserves to be wwe he deserves
to be there, especially all the stuff that he's been through.
(02:58):
But man, at the end of the day, I really
can't call it, you know. Uh, Solo's in and out.
I'm in and out, and man, we just all got
to bounce back on the same page.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Man, that's about it. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
So speaking of you know, your new hardware, I mean,
has it sunk in? I mean, the United States title
is just such an established title. I mean even going
back to the you know, WCWNWA days and all that.
I mean, what what is that? I mean, has the
gravity of it set in that, like you are the
United States Champion?
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Yet man, you know, Uh, it hit me when I
went back to the hotel room h later that night,
just me and my son. My son was there with me,
and uh, man, I ain't even been there for a year,
you know, and you know, just like what I said
once again going back to the back last press conference.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
You know, man, I've just been doing me. Just that's it.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I've been I'm just doing Jacob what Jacob's been doing
for the past twelve years, since I've been grounding that
Knox pro you know. So it is a lot, uh,
you know, all of a sudden, you know, everybody's your
cousin now, you know, since you get on me now,
you know, I mean especially knowing us some more's man,
you know, everybody related to somebody.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Yep.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
But uh, man, it really double back, man, it really
has and you know, uh shout out to l A Man.
You know La La has been you know, top dog
and you know, man, it was very special Wrestlmingnie and
nine was in Las Vegas. Uh, one of our the
Mighty Yokazuna had uh had main evented over there. So
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you know, for us to be back in Vegas, especially
for all of us to be back on that same cards,
you know me sister Naomi, you know, uh, jay Uso
Roman main event. So man, it's just it's it's still unbelievable,
you know, because I wasn't expecting to be here, but man,
God just works in mysterious ways. And man, I'm very happy.
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I'm very proud, but I'm also very proud of you know.
It took a lot of people to get me here,
you know. So I'm not gonna say, oh, Jacob, I
did it by myself.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
No, I didn't, you know.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
I mean, man, when they say that it's extability men
to raise somebody. Man, let me tell you, bro, I'll
be getting help my whole life, you know. And there's
a lot of people from behind the scene, you know that,
you know that really sacrificed a lot, you know, just
for me to be here. So to answer that question,
I'm sorry about that two minute answer. But yeah, brother,
this year definitely sinking in, man, and I'm very excited
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and happy.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Man.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Hey, this is your show. We're just guested on it
right now. This is the Jacoba two show. This ain't
the Battleground podcast, this ain't the Battle Show. This is
the Jacoba two Show because this is all about you,
my man, And I gotta tell you it's really good
to give you your flowers right now. And you're never
a person to shy away from your past and You've
mentioned that watching the Ussos on TV during a challenging
time in your life inspired your wrestling journey. How does
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it feel now to be a prominent figure in the
same arena as your cousins and the rest of the family.
Speaker 5 (05:47):
Well, you know, Man, On another note, you know, if
you ask me, Man, I'm my family's biggest fans, you know,
I mean, I love my family so much. We're talking
about Headshrinker that watsmall was off and see, but you know,
to grow up with them and you know, the man,
it's just it's mind blowing.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
It's mind blowing.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Man.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
And if you want to ask me, and you know,
they probably don't like when I say this, but I'm
a fan. I'm I'm a huge fan of Roman. Man,
I'm a huge fan of Jimmy and Jay.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
I mean, if anything, Man, I've seen these guys, you know,
and not only that, I know how they are so
and then Man, then when you had Solo coming in
like man, bro, it's I am very grateful to be
a part of this, you know. Man. Shout out the Hunter,
Shout out to the whole wwe uh uh Man tr
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Legal everybody. You know that once again, a lot of
people do this. They think, you know, just for me
to get here. That's why when y'all see me, you know,
I'm very happy to be back there, you know, because
last year I didn't know where I was going to go,
you know, got out of my contracting.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
But at the end of the day, man, it all
worked out.
Speaker 5 (06:52):
But if you want to ask me, I'm a huge
fan of my family, and I'm just very happy to
be a part of them, you know, especially coming in
diving in you know, uh, in the deep waters, like
getting done in the deep end. But going with those guys,
I mean, man, my debut was against you know, three
top legends icons, Randy or In, Cody Rose, you know, Ko, Kevin.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
I mean, come on, man, it doesn't get no better
than that.
Speaker 5 (07:16):
So I still can't believe it sometimes, you know, because
like I said, I'm a fan at the end of
the day.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
But man, I'm very happy for my wife and my children.
I'm very happy for them, you know.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Well, and there's that pretty pretty cool video of you.
I think it was at Mania thirty nine in l
A and you're in the crowd and I think you're.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Like you and you and Zilla just going at it,
just yeah, for everybody.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Yeah, rumble, yeah, yo, rumble, that's what it was.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Okay, it's just a art woman to
see you weren't even in the FED yet and you're
you're just rooting for the rooting for the family man.
Speaker 5 (07:50):
Because man, those those guys. Ah man, those guys done
a lot. They have done way more than enough, you know.
So yeah, you know when you see me in the
crowd out like that, man, I'm just happy.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
I'm happy. I'm happy to be that little cousin.
Speaker 5 (08:03):
And you know, man, let's keep it one honey man man, man,
Man who thows Man, they wanted the best had teams
in the world to do it, you know, and uh man,
it's all a learning situation for them.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
So very happy, very excited.
Speaker 5 (08:17):
And the man, if you ask me again, I wouldn't
mind sitting in the crowd again, cheer in the moment,
you know, right right right?
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Oh okay, So.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
What is your what is your take on this?
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You know, this this new group that we're seeing formulate,
uh you know Hayman Breaker, now another someone you're familiar with,
Bronson Reed and then seth Rawlins. I mean they seem
these are obviously major players, and they seem to have
like a major agenda going on.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Man.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Uh man, it's like I kind of feel like, you know,
like they the Lakers, man when they had Gary uh
Paul alone.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
You know, I mean, let's keep it one hundre bro.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
When you see those guys, Man, we're talking about Seth,
We're talking about Breaker and then and then you know,
read big big band breed. Man, that group seem untouchable.
You know, I know they over there raw, we don't
smack down. You know, they running that thing. But man,
I can't call it. You know, I know there's some
dangerous cats and at the end of the day, man,
(09:23):
who I know what they got going on? But man,
if you ask me, I think it's pretty cool. I
think I really do, you know, And not only that,
it's like a whole other layer now you know, it's
a whole other layer, a whole nother a whole other thing.
What's going on? But to see Hangman over there, double
back over there with Seth and you know, with Breaker
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and then uh what Reed's been out since November. I
believe what war games. You know, it's a whole nother
layer for him. So I don't know, man, We're gonna
have to wait and see. You see, I'm gonna smack down,
so I really can't call.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
None over there, right, And of course you're talking about smacked.
It's coming back to uh rapp Arena on June thirteenth.
Tickets to the bailable ticketmaster dot com. Go grab those
tickets right now. One cool thing that we all got
to see, uh was the family atmosphere during Stephanie's places
when all you guys got together and you were hanging out. Uh,
let me ask you this, and let's settle it right now.
(10:17):
Who is the wildest member of the family off camera?
Because we've heard some crazy stories, but who do you
think is the craziest off the camera.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
That people would be like? I didn't expect, man, you
know what I mean.
Speaker 5 (10:32):
We all kind of little, you know, in our own
little different ways though, you know, you know, but if
you really do, we all go back on that, uh,
you know.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
And and once again, man shout out to miss steph.
Speaker 5 (10:43):
You know, we're even having us on there, Like, Man,
I would have never thought I'd be on ESPN plus
you know like that, you know, but once again, this
goes back to us being family orientated, you know, and
shout out to Toma Tonga, you know, Tonga Loa. You
know they tongue and some warm. But man, we all
still one family at the end of the day, you know,
we Polynesian.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
But to really see that though, Man, I don't know, Man,
it's kind of hard. Excuse me.
Speaker 5 (11:10):
So what I'm trying to say is we actually got
to just really be ourselves and relax over there that day.
You know, when we sat down, he was like, hey, man,
just cut the cameroon. You know, let's get it going.
Cut the cameroon and no gimmicks, ain't nothing. But if
you want to say crazy, man, I'm probably gonna have
to say uncle cecar man unclesca. Back in the day,
Oh yeah, yeah, we talked about wow small. I mean yeah,
(11:31):
they looked big and they were scary. But you know,
you gotta remember those are old g s warn cats,
you know. The my uncle Seeker, he knew how to speak.
But man, I would I would say the crazy, not
the craziest, but somewhat of the craziest. But overall, man,
just very humbled over with my uncle. But uh man,
with us all, Yeah, it's just a little different, man.
You know, we all got our own little ways though.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Sometimes Yeah, we asked, uh, Jay, who who who's the
person in the family that eats the most? And he's like, oh,
solo and he's like all day long, you know, so
like it's always funny to here, like you know, that's
buying the scene stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
So that's my bro, right man. Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Man, uh, well we got a fun one to kind
of wrap up with this if you want to. So
let's see. So with this being tied to music station everything,
with you being obviously a scary uh you know, werewolf,
what what would be the most random song or artist
on your playlist? Like if someone was spotting you and
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your headphones fell out and then they heard that, Like,
what is the most random thing that may make you
lose some street crid man Mark?
Speaker 5 (12:35):
My son, my son, man, uh, you know, my my
youngest over here man he he likes that song sing
uh from the movie sing Oh yeah, yeah, the the
Gorilla Giant. So yeah, man, I got that because you know,
I played it kind of you know, calms them down
and you know, love hearing them singing. So so yeah, man,
probably the movie sing Man. That's probably awkward. I probably
(12:56):
should have never said that, but no.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Man, if it's I'm gonna have a sing sign for
you at the SmackDown show at Ropperda, They're gonna be
nobody's gonna understand except us.
Speaker 5 (13:07):
Yeah, you know what, you know what, Just to tap
in on another note, it's actually my first time out there,
so I'm very excited. Man.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
I'm very happy to come out there. You know.
Speaker 5 (13:17):
Uh, it'd be cities like that where Man, it's just
the the vibe the fans over there. Man, it's just
off the hook. I mean nothing against the big cities
we go to, but man, you know when you hit
the cities like that, man, you could feel the passion
and feel the love though from the fans, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
So other than that, I'm excited to be there.
Speaker 5 (13:37):
Man, if you guys are there, I'll be more than
happy to run into you guys over there.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
And then I want to meet your son.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
Man.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
You know said he got that flag.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
I actually got something for him as well. So tell
them all gas snow breaks, yeah what I mean