Brad Shepard Is the IWC Step Daddy: Duke Loves Rasslin Week 494

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This is Brad Shepherd, host of The Ship and Sean Pro Wrestling
Podcast, and I'm back on Duke Loves Wrestling.
You are locked. In look at.
What we have here folks, you're the only show that matters.
The queen of the crop and do gloves wrestling and there is no
one that does it better than your house.

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I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass.
And I'm all out of bubble gum. Brothers and sisters, welcome
back. Welcome back to another exciting
edition of the Duke Loves Wrestling podcast, the show

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about pro wrestling and everything else.
And let me tell you something, folks, you have been asking for
it. You have been anticipating.
You knew eventually this day would come, the return of our
brother Brad Shepherd. And I'm telling you right now, I
am so excited because, you know,this guy is about to set the

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Internet on fire with whatever the hell he has to say here.
So without further ado, Brad Shepherd, my brother, my great
friend. Welcome back, brother.
How you doing? It's good to be here, Duke.
It's always a pleasure to be on your show.
You're going viral all the time,my friends.
So I'm glad to be here. And I just want to say thank

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you, not to my fans, but the people who support me.
They're really my friends. You know, we're building, you
know, I, I think a following that is more than just fans.
It's, it's people collaborating and working together and
supporting each other. I like to view them as friends
more than fans. So I just want to thank them for

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all their support. That's the reason I'm back and
that's the reason I'm doing it. So I just want to thank them and
thank you for having me on. Now what about the people who
really can't stop talking about you?
They're constantly tagging your name and messages on social
media, on different podcasts, insilly articles all the time.

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What about these humanoids that just can't get enough Brad
Shepherd? Well, for the horse faced, coke
sniffing shit bag losers out there, you might want to get
your mop bucket motherfuckers, because it's clean up time.
That's right, Brad Shepherd is your stepdaddy, The stepdaddy of

(02:36):
the IWC. And I'm here to drink the last
of your damn orange juice, slap your Mama on the ass and tell
you to clean it up. Yeah, you're probably going to
get canceled for that, Brad. You know they go crazy when you
talk like that, man. You know they go crazy.
They love me. But you know what?

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It's true. You are the stepdaddy when you,
when you look at how unreasonable these humanoids
are, the way that they react to every single thing that you say
and, and, and what's crazy to meis that they say far worse every
single day. They do far worse every single
day. And yet, if Brad Shepherd even

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says good morning, they act as if it's the end of the world.
It's the worst thing that ever happened, and it's something
that they have to to to shut down and to stop.
How does it feel to to live rentfree in the minds of all of
these losers? But it feels good.
But I'll tell you, I could cure depression, which many of them

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unfortunately suffer from, you know, and they would say, well,
geez, took you long enough. You know, these people.
It doesn't matter what I say or do, they're going to be angry
with me. They're looking to fill a void
in their life, and that's OK. So it's all right.
I will be the villain they need.Listen, man, you are a guy,

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especially during this holiday season that's upon us now.
You're giving gifts, giving gifts to them, you know, so, so
the GoFundMe gang all out there,you know, Brad is not going to
support your latest grift in that regard, but he is going to
bless you with podcasting brilliance.

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Talk to me about this, this the Shep and Sean pro wrestling
podcast. Talk to me about this joint
here. Brad, where did this come from?
Why have you returned to bless the humanoids?
Well, first of all, I think theyneeded to be shown how to do it
right. When you look at pro wrestling,

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podcasting in 2025, Duke, and I think you're an exception to
this. But largely it's corporate
Polish. It's, oh, I don't want to offend
them, brother, or I might not get this opportunity in the
business. It's a lot of phony baloney,
social justice nonsense. I'm looking to bring reality

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back, open an honest conversation back to
professional wrestling, podcasting.
It really is that simple. I've had the demand from, yet
not my fans, my friends, they support it, they've wanted it.
I'm bringing it back and I'm bringing a new friend, Sean
O'Brien, along with me for the ride and I'm looking forward to
it. You know, Speaking of rides,

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Brad, listen, you and I have been friends for a long time.
And, and, and, you know, we get each other, which is why it
works. Yeah.
I got to ask you, old man, this,this, this new thing you got
going on with Ilya Dragonoff. What is this all about, bro?
Because as far as I know, Dragonoff has has never gone

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after you, what have you? But you, you know, you certainly
have shared a lot of opinion on him.
Has not necessarily been positive opinion, so to speak.
And the humanoids online, they really have been upset about
this and and have had a lot to say about, you know, why is Brad

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picking on our our dragon off? So to speak.
Where is this coming from bro? Well, I call him Dragon off,
drag me off because that's what he does.
Every time he's on TV, he drags me off to something else,
whether it's reading a book or changing the channel or doing my
hair. Whatever it is, he is a ratings
killer and he's short. By the way, I don't know if I

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mentioned that he comes out to the ring and he's got the jazz
hands and he's got the jacket that he looked like he picked up
from Goodwill. And he gets there in the ring
and his character is he just does these indie style Meltzer
matches. Doesn't have a character,
doesn't have charisma, doesn't have personality.

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But you're supposed to believe aguy who's short, who wrestles
like a big man is really tough and really good.
They're going to post a workout video.
Duke. Yeah.
They're trying to put him over and out with a character.
But look at all these exercises he can do that's not related to
pro wrestling. I mean, I'll give him credit.
He at least exercises unlike some of those folks we'll talk

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about, I'm sure. But yeah, I'll.
Ilja Ilia. I don't know.
I don't really care. I can't pronounce his name.
All I know is he sucks and yeah,he's got really good fake
fighting skills. Congratulations and wake me up
when you're 6 inches taller and entertaining.
I'll take, I'll take. You know, it's, it's crazy

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because your critiques of him, they're they're slightly
different, but kind of in the same vein as as your real good
friend Kevin Owens, which we know that you you never shy away
from mentioning that guy and people can't stand it when you
do that. Have you decided to finally bury

(08:07):
the hatchet with Kevin Owens, orare you keeping this thing
going? Well, look, I'm not saying he's
fat, but he can't wear yellow orpeople yell taxi anyone when he
walks by. Yeah, he was bullied really bad
in school, Duke, by kids who tried to stuff him in a locker.
It does seem like he's losing weight, though.
So, you know, the fat camp has been working.

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Although I would say the last time I saw him on TV, well, do
you remember Austin Powers? It's like Kevin Owens is like
Fat Bastard if Fat Bastard ate Fat Bastard.
Brad, come on, bro. Come on, bro.
Is that not a little harsh there, especially about Kevin

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Owens? It it, maybe it is hard.
Look, maybe it's harsh. We wish him well, of course.
Probably less harsh than him looking in the mirror.
I'm pretty sure you're going to get canceled for this and I'm
probably going to get canceled too.
So that's great. Nikki Bella, you you you've been
tweeting about Nikki Bella. You know, she's, she's back in
the WWE and, and she's on some reality TV show recently that I

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saw there, the traitors. Nikki's also been bragging on
her own podcast about how horny she is and, and, and all this
other good stuff there. So what's really going on here,
Brad? Are are you inadvertently
helping to promote Nikki Bella or do you have an issue with her
as well? Well, first of all, Nikki, stop
messaging me. The answer is no, but I'll say

(09:38):
this. Yeah, Nikki Bella.
I'm just glad she finally gave up on beating on the old man.
Allegedly so that she's doing other things now, spreading her
wings out. I'm a fan of traitors.
I watched that, I saw her on that.
But there really is no popular demand for Nikki Bella in WWE.
So you know, like probably her, her ex-husband.

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I'm sure a lot of fans wish she would just go away.
Shout out to our men Artem AKA Art.
I'm a fan of his, you know, it'stough being a survivor of
domestic abuse. So I wish art and and his family
well and all that he does and and hopefully he can make it

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back to Dancing with the Stars or whatever his next endeavor
is, because certainly that guy deserves the world.
It was terrible the way that he was mistreated by the fake
wrestling news media as as as you so eloquently coined many
years ago there, Brad. So definitely shout out to art
there. Speaking of which, I mean, are
you not concerned that some of these, these fake journalists

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here in wrestling media are going to try to get you
cancelled again here, Brad, because you know they can't
stand you? Oh, they love me.
Look, you know I don't care whatthey think.
Ultimately, I'm not here to be an edge Lord.
I'm here to have fun, funny, honest conversation.
I'm here to challenge conventional thinking, to be

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entertaining. If you can't handle that, guess
what? Log off, Stop listening.
Pretend I don't exist. But you can't cancel me.
I'm here. I'm not going anywhere.
So learn to fucking love it. Now what about that arm of yours
Brad? Because you know that they love

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reposting that they they have a love affair with your arm for
some reason. Any update on that?
I'm Jack, that's the update. Like, you know, it's so funny to
listen to these people, you know, make their comments, you
know, your arms, your fats, yourthis, your, you know, 5 foot

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nine, £300 your. These people are morons.
You know, I'm someone who's in much better shape than them,
who's a lot more muscular than them, who's 6 foot six, who
works out three days a week. I'm someone who walks many miles
a day. I'm someone who is in better
shape than almost all these morons insulting me.

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So go on, have your fun. You had your little fun.
A picture of me showing off a new tattoo on my arm turned into
a giant mainstream meme. So thank you very much because I
benefited from that. More.
People wanted to hear what Brad Shepherd had to say.

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Find out who I am, follow me on social media.
So thank you for that. And I hope it happens again.
And if it really upsets you, I'll post another armpit.
Maybe I'll post a leg picture. Maybe I'll post a picture of
this handsome face. You just never, never know with
Brad Shepherd. You just never know.

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Now you you brought up social media.
What is the best way people can follow you?
Because I know you guys got a new page specifically for the
show. Let's let's get all that out of
the way here for anyone listening.
They want to keep up with you. What's the socials and also how
can they find the show on the podcast apps?
Absolutely. You can find me on XAKA Twitter.

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It's at Shep and Sean. SHEP and Sean, Sean at.
You'll find links there. The Shep and Sean Pro Wrestling
Podcast is on iTunes, Spotify, and Pod Bean with new episodes
every Friday. Check us out and if you have any

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questions, hit me up on X. I'll be glad to answer those
questions. Lastly, Brad and I, I got to ask
man, the vigor behind these folks who just can't get enough
of you. They want to cancel you.
They hang on your every word. They attribute things to you

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that you never even said, you know, inserting you in
conversations and issues that have nothing to do with you at
all. How much of that do you think
has to do with the fact that youare a, a, a father, a husband,
you are a Christian and you're straight, you're an American,

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you're a veteran form of law enforcement.
How much do you think all of these issues that these folks
have with you have to do with the fact that you are basically
a success story and that bothersthem so much?
Yeah, I think it frankly has a lot to do with it, Duke.

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I mean, I in real life, I walk the walk.
I don't just talk the talk, right?
I'm not big on the Internet gameand and bragging about charity
and, you know, like other peoplein the fake news wrestling
media, I go out there and do it myself and people don't know
because I don't do it for attention.

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I do it out of the kindness of my heart and to help the
community. So, yeah, I, I mean, just being
successful, not needing their validation, having views they
may not agree with, having a successful marriage and children
to pass MyHeritage along to. You know, I, I think that is, I

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think that's very triggering for, for these losers sometimes,
you know, and I'm not here to judge them.
You know, I am going to mock them.
I am going to make fun of them. But at the end of the day, it's
not personal because I don't think about them that much.
Well, I'll tell you what I thinkabout Brad Shepherd.
I am so happy that you're back in the space.
You know, you and I, we, we, we talk in a regular basis anyway,

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but it's amazing. I can't go a day without people
reaching out to me and ask, hey,how's Brad?
What's he up to? Is he coming back?
What's Brad think about this? Oh, man, I wish Brad would weigh
in on that. It's incredible.
It's incredible the, the supportthat you have, you know, and,
and then for the folks who claimto not like you so much, they

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talk about you even more than the people who actually openly
like you. So we know that they need you
back because they have to have somebody to project all of
their, their fears and, and and insecurities and issues onto
they, they have to create a. Boogeyman in order.
To make themselves feel relevant.

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So again, I'm glad that you're back brother.
And I can't wait to to continue to listen to the new show, Shep
and Sean Pro Wrestling podcast and and hear where this thing is
going to go. Absolutely.
Thank you, Duke, for your time. I appreciate it is always it's a
pleasure and you're pretty wonderful yourself.
You're doing a great thing with the Duke Loves Wrestling podcast
going viral. You've got people talking and

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