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December 11, 2023 35 mins
How do we #RestoreTheFeeling in AEW? I’m discussing the state and direction of AEW as a culture and a movement, and what I believe to be a unifying theme of what’s going on right now, as it has sometimes felt like The Spirit of the Elite and the Being The Elite mode of storytelling have faded away a bit. But in reality, it still carries on, my wayward sons. This time can be viewed as a test of the resilience of the alternative AEW culture even in the absence of its primary creators, the Young Bucks, from AEW TV and I discuss how many on the AEW roster have come together to pass the test and Be Elite.
I also touch on ideas around establishing order, institutions, and talent development within AEW, and doing so in a culturally competent manner rather than repeating the ways and mistakes of wrestling’s past.
Let’s keep a “Live. Love. Superkick.” attitude and enjoy good wrestling of all kinds.

Note: this episode was recorded prior to the AEW Collision episode on December 9, 2023.


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My article on “Stand Tall, Don’t Back Down, Be Elite” in the Keeping It Elite series: https://www.prowrestlingmusings.com/post/keeping-it-elite-stand-tall-don-t-back-down-be-elite

My AEWeekly piece on Hangman’s promo: https://www.prowrestlingmusings.com/post/aew-is-swerve-s-house-aeweekly-review-94
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(00:01):
This is the Fixer Punk podcast,the podcast that wishes it was sponsored by
Being the Dark Order, because peoplewho know no btdo I'm Grayson Peltier.
So this is the wrestling episode thatI promised you on the last episode.
I'm trying to follow through with thesekinds of things a little bit better,

(00:25):
and I wanted to discuss a littlebit about and just like the opening,
they're kind of hinted at what's beengoing on with the Elite and that whole
ecosystem within aw and restoring the feeling, and I want to start off by

(00:47):
describing what I think is kind ofthe narrative arc that can unify a lot
of what has been going on withthe Elite and with the state of aw
And that is what I would describeas the departure of the spirit of the
Elite, because we all know thataw All Elite Wrestling was founded around the

(01:07):
elite, the Young Bucks, KennyOmega, Cody Rhodes, Hangman, Adam
Page. But it feels like andit had a very specific model through the
Being the Elite YouTube series and hada very unique feel, very fun,
comedic, specific style of long termstorytelling. A connection between the YouTube vlog

(01:30):
and the weekly shows a community likefeeling, a very self governing, crew
style operation that didn't feel very corporateor managed or run by like a like
a big authority figure. It feltvery organically driven and like it was being

(01:52):
like like it was. It wasvery collectively run. It was it followed
a creative order that is very uniquein the history of at least major televised
professional wrestling. As far as I'maware, I could be missing things.
I'm I haven't been a wrestling fanfor as long as other people have been

(02:14):
always open to feedback, So ifyou have any feedback, you can call
in eight four four four seven sevenpunk eight four four four seven seven seven
eight six' five and leave avoicemail. But it's a very unique model
and a model that I think iscloser to some other sports than it is

(02:35):
to pro wrestling or to conventional sports. I've spoken a bit about the way
I believe that the development of AEWvery closely matches that of say something like
skateboarding, more than it does priorwrestling promotions. But seems like there's been
sort of a shift toward that sortof sports entertainment model. To use a

(03:00):
little bit of Daddy Magic there,and I think that that is kind of
noticeable, and I think that it'sthat that it it kind of especially with
with the way that the way thatthe Elite has been kind of sputtering out

(03:21):
in the Young Bucks. I wasthere at aw Full Gear in LA in
November, and even though the qualityof the matches was absolutely superb, it
was a great experience and I shouldhave had the time of my life,
but I was actually feeling kind ofsad at many points during the show because,

(03:43):
especially after I saw Matt and NickJackson the Young Bucks lose, saw
Matt Jackson have a bit he seemedhe was despondent, going around throwing the
uh, hitting the I think likethe side of the ring with the chair

(04:04):
at the conclusion of the match whenthe Golden Jets Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho
won, and at that point,to me, it just felt like,
Okay, what's going on? Andthen what happened over the next days with
being the Elite ending, the YoungBucks going on hiatus, this likely heel
turn that has been rumored predicted.I kind of saw a unifying theme to

(04:30):
it, and that is that rightnow, given the way aw is,
and people have been saying, evenDaniel Garcia put out a while back hashtag
restore the feeling that the feeling ofaw is really not there. The match
quality is there, it's excellent,it's superb, especially to this Continental Classic,
really high quality matches, but thesame feeling, that same feeling,

(04:55):
which I think is derived from amore communitarian model of professional wrestling, is
not quite there. So what's happeningis and especially with the elite withdrawing themselves
from the picture, or really notnecessarily the elite entirely, because just this
past week on Dynamite, and youshould note that this episode is recorded prior

(05:15):
to the airing of ad of YouCollision on Saturday, December ninth, but
the Hangman Adam page just returned ontoeight of Dynamite this week. It was
great. He seems to be wantingto continue his feud with Scurve Strickland and

(05:38):
now also kind of getting into thetitle picture with MJF. So, so
that's positive for seeing Hangman. Andtoday on on eight of You Collision,
we're gonna see Kenny Omega. We'regonna see another Omega Versus page, but
it's not Omega Versus Adam Page.It's Omega versus Ethan and Page. So

(06:01):
we'll have to see that match andsee what comes of that. But the
Young Bucks are on hiatus right now. Being the Elite is on hiatus.
But what happened is is after Beingthe Elite went on hiatus, then they
were saying that there were some reportsfrom Dave Meltzer, a wrestling observer,
that Being the Elite was going tobe gone forever. But subsequent to that
we started to see Being the DarkOrder come to be, which is the

(06:27):
Dark Order taking over the Being theElite show, which has been very fun,
very funny segments. I highly recommendit again. Taking a quote from
a financial management and accounting firms commercialsof all things, people who know no
btdo really good stuff. And Ithink that's very emblematic of what's happening right

(06:55):
now. Is that is that becausethe spirit of the of the Elite,
the people that have their whole haveheld it together. The Young Bucks,
Matt and Nick Jackson have been offof Aid of UTV. It's evident in
the way things are going. Ofcourse, you have the the dominant narrative
going through Aid of UTV right nowis the Continental Classic, and that is

(07:17):
a very sport based wrestling model.It isn't the being the Elite style.
It's not driven by bits on acomedy YouTube channel. It's not driven by
like the narratives around friendship and andfighting for what you believe in those common

(07:38):
being the elite and sort of ahigher level of social consciousness and positive masculinity.
Those things that the being the Elitemodel has really been known for.
And we're really emblematic of the inthe Hangman Adam Page story, which I
believe is really the masterpiece of thebeing the Elite model. It's a different

(08:00):
model. So what we're seeing rightnow in ad of you is a different
model, and you're seeing sports entertainmenttype elements. You're seeing legacy in Rick
Flair and then what's going on betweenRick Flair, Staying, Adam Copeland,
Christian Cage. Those things are verylegacy pro wrestling models. So the elite
model is kind of not as prevalent. And the way I want to frame

(08:24):
this at first is like that thespirit of the elite is departing, that
it's going away, that's fading away, it's fading into the background, and
that's I felt pretty bad about it. I felt pretty bad about it at
full gear, like, Okay,this does not feel good, this feels
wrong. We need to restore thefeeling. But the way I've come to

(08:45):
frame it, because I believe inliving with a Livelove Superkick attitude, is
that this is a challenge to theremainder of the aw roster. And that's
why I did an article a coupleof weeks back on Brandon Cutler's stand tall
Don't back Down be Elite song.I really recommend it. It's up at

(09:05):
Pro Wrestling Musings dot Com. Iwill put it in the description of this
episode as well, but I reallyrecommend you to read that because that episode,
for context, was when Matt andNick were also out of the picture
because of injury. They were sittingat home and Blackpool Combat Club was going

(09:28):
after the Elite, and that wasand then Brandon Cutler Michael Nakazaur they were
the only two members of the Eliteleft in the locker room they had to
take on a match against I believe, I believe it was Moxley and Castignoli
of the bcc UH while they weregone without any support, and Brandon Cutler

(09:58):
asked the question what what do youdo when the people who stand up to
bullies are no longer here? Andhe said, you stand tall, you
don't back down, and you beelite. And I sort of elaborated on
those three concepts what those concepts meanto stand tall, don't back down,
and be elite, And I thinkthat you should go read the article.

(10:20):
But in short, it's to showa level of strength and a commitment to
what you are and your uniqueness andwhat you uniquely are instead of conforming to
what everybody else wants you to do, and to do that with a high
level of excellence, even in theabsence of support, even writing solo.

(10:46):
And the way I see it isthat this sort of departure here of the
elite is a challenge. It isa challenge to the people in the eight
of you roster that has come tono love and appreciate the Young Bucks model
of professional wrestling, the change theworld, the killing the business model of

(11:07):
doing things, this unique alternative culturethat they have built up that's self governing,
that that's fun, that's exciting,that's dynamic, that's socially conscious,
that's not corporately controlled, that's notbased on top down control, that's not
tethered to the legacy of professional wrestlingas much as it is to creating a

(11:31):
new thing while still acknowledging and respectingthe very positive parts of the history of
professional wrestling. I want to keepthat in mind because there is a strong
there's this whole thing of like eightof your wrestlers don't take advice from veterans.
I think that is a it's ina way it's fallacious, and in
a way it's an exaggeration. Tazhad his own opinions on that. I'm

(11:56):
saying that wasn't a matter of disrespect, and I agree with them on that.
But you see the connection, likebetween the Bucks and the Hardys.
Hardy's are very esteem prog wrestlers almostmade it into the ww Hall of Fame.
Strong connection between the Hardys and theBucks. Hardy's were a big part
of being the elite. It's becausethey're part of the same cultural line and

(12:20):
the same cultural progeny, and theyhave shared values. So there is a
respect and a collaboration between those becauseof their shared values and their shared community
that maybe doesn't exist between those whobelieve in the being the elite model and
those who are tied to the oldermodels of professional wrestling or the sports entertainment

(12:41):
model. So there is a respect. I think there is a respect for
veterans, but there is not arespect for those who are not within their
same culture. And just because it'snot and just because they're professional wrestlers,
doesn't mean that it's the same culture. And I think that's a very very
important distinction, is that expertise inone style of professional wrestling is not necessarily

(13:03):
translatable into this new model created bythe elite, the elite era model of
professional wrestling, storytelling and performance.And that's a very important distinction to make
when we're when we're studying this isthat there's going to be reciprocity with those

(13:24):
who believe in the same culture andthe same values, but not reciprocity with
those who also happen to be professionalwrestlers but of the old model. And
I think that really the line ofstudy needs to be kind of adjusted a
bit in that direction. Understanding thisis an alternative, self governing culture,

(13:45):
which I think that after all thecrises AW has been through and trying to
achieve profitability, apparently they've achieved theirhighest revenue ever at least that's what I
believe I read, but it's adifferent It is a different model, and
I think that that needs to beacknowledged a bit more. Chris Jericho was

(14:07):
actually apparently there was an interview wherehe said that everybody in the wrestling business
would benefit from spending six months withworking for Vince McMahon. While I can
understand the sentiment, I don't thinkthat's exactly accurate as it relates to those
who believe in the new elite eramodel. Now. I believe in good

(14:28):
training programs, good education, bothon the athletics side the business and on
the business side of things, butit needs to be culturally competent. It
needs to follow the line of thinkingand work with that line of thinking instead
of working against it. There isa way to think deeply, have strong

(14:50):
knowledge and a good intellectual foundation,while maintaining a base in the values and
the unique ideas that made what you'redoing so different and so special. So
you don't go back and follow themodels of the past to repeat the models
of the past. Because we don'twant to repeat the models and the mistakes
of the past, So why arewe going back to them and accepting them

(15:15):
uncritically. I understand Chris Jericho's sentiment. I understand what he was probably trying
to say. I did not hearthe entire context of that statement. But
there are better ways. But itrequires a lot of intellectual processing and thinking
about things that I think that alot of the academic work that's been done

(15:35):
around skateboarding culture and the action sportscultures, I think could really inform this
way of thinking and making it beestablished, having it have its own its
own ivory tower, instead of sayingthat the only established, evidence based business

(15:56):
solid by the nature of business acumenversion of professional wrestling is the is the
McMahon model, the Jackson model,the elite era model could also be valid
and it can have a strong foundationof strong standing in its own, strong

(16:17):
ecosystem of its own, but itrequires a bit more intellectual elucidation and a
lot of the work that's been donein skateboarding academia I think could be a
guide to that. I think I'vementioned before on this podcast. I actually
studied skateboarding and action sports in Business, Media and Culture at USC. It

(16:40):
was of course that I took atUSC while I was pursuing my degree in
political science and there's a good amountof research in that area, and it
shows that there is a that thereisn't as much of a connection to authority
figures, but there is a connectionto people who are within that culture,
within that community, and there isa respect for those people. I believe
that was in one of this inthe USC skate study that Neftali Williams,

(17:07):
my professor, was involved in.So when you're talking about like creating training
programs and a culture, you haveto design it in a way that is
culturally competent to the ideas of thisnew model of professional wrestling, not simply
repeating the mistakes of the past.And that's why I had that stand Tall,

(17:33):
Don't back Down be Elite article isreally good and I think that that
is a good direction setting thing.It's a good north star to have that
those ideas to stand tall, remainstrong against opposition, don't back down just
because the young bucks are gone fornow, don't back down from being that

(17:56):
type of person and from what youbelieve in and what you want to create
in the creativity. You want toshow inside and outside the ring, and
be Elite do it in a waythat shows excellence and shows that your model
is just as valid as the otherguy's models. I think that's a good
north star to keep. And thegood news is we're seeing it happen.

(18:19):
Even as this stuff is, we'renot seeing like like being the Elite.
I was scared it was gone.A lot of people were scared of being
the Elite was gonna be gone.But we got being the Dark Order.
The Dark Order was Some people evensay, like, I loved what the
Dark Order did. I really becamea big fan of the Dark Order and

(18:41):
what they did with Hangman Adam Page. I've spoken a lot about it.
I've written articles on it. Sothe Dark Order has taken over being the
Elite. We have being the DarkOrder, so they are remaining elite in
the absence of the young Bucks.They're passing the test the interesting, fun

(19:02):
stuff model of wrestling, even rightnow as it's gotten to the sport like
model, which there's a balance.We can have all of the above.
We can have some sport like verylike strict combat sport pure wrestling, we
can do that kind of stuff.We can do stuff like the Continental Classic,
and we can also have some fun, fun comedy type stuff, lots

(19:23):
of high flying lucha libre. Wecan do all of the above. All
these styles can coexist and existing communityif they're allowed to thrive all and working
within their own models and exhibiting them. And I think that there is a
fan base for each of them andthey can all thrive and work together,

(19:45):
even beyond the being part of thesame company, being even part of the
same shows. We also see likeEvel Luno has a show called Mystery Wrestling,
which is definitely very it's a veryentertaining fun form of wrest Orange Cassidy
popped into Mystery Wrestling. I havenot seen the whole Mystery Wrestling show.

(20:07):
I've seen some clips on it onon Instagram, and it's really fun.
Eveluno's Mystery Wrestling seems like it's alot a lot of fun, and it's
that fun model of professional wrestling,and and it's and it's keeping going.
Daniel Garcia, he tweeted out hashtagrestore the feeling. He's going, He's
doing the dance in the ring,he's keeping things up, Daddy magic,

(20:32):
he has, he does all ofhis things. Even though he says he's
a sports entordainer, you don't ifyou're following the serious w WE model.
You're not going and clowning around aboutbeing a sports entertainer. And that's one
of the things about being the eliteis that a lot of it was making
fun, poking fun of the WWEmodel. And that's why sometimes the young

(20:56):
bucks acted the way they did it. They're making fun of the model,
the fun of the stuff that thethe excesses of the overly corporate, tized,
monetarily driven form of professional wrestling,and they're showing, look, we
can do it too, we canbe killing the business too. And I
have the book Killing the Business.I have to read it. I made

(21:17):
my like my New Year's resolution thisyear was killing the business. And I'm
only getting I'm in December and I'monly starting the book killing the Business now,
So it's my Yeah, I haveadd for sure, for sure,
diagnosis definitely confirmed. I had itsince I was a kid, Definitely still
have it now as an adult.And then as much as like the whole

(21:38):
Adam Cole, the Adam Cole MJFstoryline has gotten criticized for getting a little
too sports entertaine. I think peopleforget that Adam Cole was on being the
elite, starting back to episode numbertwo. Back when the BT announcement came
out that it was going to beending, I went back to being the
Elite episode one, and then Istarted being the Elite episode two, and

(22:02):
Adam gole Lass Adam coles On beingthe Elite episode number two. So he
is a part of the Elite model. And some of those skits, those
the the Outback Steakhouse, the Kangarookicks skits, those things working with MJF
bringing him back around a little bit, bringing him to being a good guy

(22:25):
for the first time, and gettinghim to have that emotional and personal growth,
that positive masculinity, acknowledging his flaws, talking openly about his ADHD and
his struggles in life, and wantingto turn himself around, which led to
him being the longest ever reigning aW World champion. You can see I

(22:47):
think this is I guess my headcanon is the reason why MJF was able
to beat Kenny Omega in terms ofthe duration of his ae W World championship
is because MJF character growth and personalgrowth that Kenny didn't. Obviously, we
know Kenny needed to drop the title. He was gonna drop the title to
Hangman in twenty twenty one, butI think it makes for a good story.

(23:10):
The MJF kept the title because hegrew as a person and he grew
into that the kind of values basedleader that you need to be to be
AW World Champion. The lesson thatAdam Page was trying to teach Swerve Strickland
and we'll have to see how thatall plays out between Hangman and Swerve,
and I think Swerve's on his wayto be a world champion. Definitely earned
it with all that hard work.You can see that with the Texas Deathmatch.

(23:34):
Swerve definitely earned it in the ring, but you have to earn it
also by being the kind of personwho is an AW World Champion. That's
one of the distinctions of AW isthat it's about preserving the culture and being
a true and positive ambassador of thesport professional wrestling, and that's what makes

(23:56):
you a champion. And I referenceback to in actually in my eight of
You Weekly on Pro Wrestling musings whereI were where Hangman had the promo of
the week the week before Full Gear, and I'll link that in the description
as well. That's that was oneof the big points that I that I
made was that there's character growth that'srequired to be and to maintain the AEW

(24:22):
World Championship, and MJF has shownthat, and Adam Cole has brought MJF
along and kind of brought MJF becauseI'm pretty sure MJF wouldn't have done all
this fun stuff, the the thegym segment, the outback steakhouse segment,
the trampoline segment if it wasn't forthat positive influence of Adam Cole. And

(24:45):
Adam Cole is part of the beingthe Elite model. He is one of
the earliest adherents of it, eventhough he came into a w a bit
later on, he is death definitelyauthentically part of that elite era wrestling culture,

(25:06):
and he shared that with MJF andturned MJF around to the point where
he's talking very positively about the YoungBucks and the elite and what they've done
to create AW. So, evenwith the Bucks themselves leaving for a bit,

(25:26):
we're seeing that, Look, it'sworking, it's still happening. They
are remaining elite in their absence nowin terms of what's going on with the
Young Bucks and the heel turn andall of that. I think that because
of the fact that there's been somuch craziness around AW and really a departure

(25:52):
from their model, and that maybethe models have not been coexisting as well
as they could be, and therehasn't been as much of a focus on
that differentiating, unique creative form ofprofessional wrestling, that alternative creative culture that's
through being the elite that that's beenkind of de emphasized in the TV product

(26:17):
in favor of the legacy, incumbentmodel of professional wrestling to try to attract
the quote unquote casual fans, whichI'll tell you I would randomly watch professional
wrestling every once in a while.I even used to like watch like CM
punk promos and stuff like that.And what made me an AW fan,

(26:40):
well maybe a wrestling fan, maybeso enthusiastic about it was the being the
elite storytelling model and hangman Adam Pagehis story. I saw some clips event
social media. It really intrigued meand I turned on AW back in twenty
twenty one and I became a hugefan. So having that differentiator of having
something different that can deeply and personallyemotionally connect with people, which is what

(27:03):
that elite era model does so wellthat can also engage casual fans. You
don't just have to keep bringing outthe legacy of the sport, but you
can do them. You can dothem both at the same time. It's
just that that balance kind of gotout of balance a little bit, and
I think that the young Bucks instoryline are feeling that. They're feeling it.
So Matt Jackson's anger there is abit of righteous indignation, especially with

(27:30):
Kenny Omega being pulled away to ChrisJericho and and he's just there with doing
mostly Jericho's stuff, Golden Jets stuffrather than the elite stuff. It's righteous
indignation because Matt and Nick built thisthing. They've built AW indisputably, they
built aw They made it what itwas, and they're feeling like they're losing

(27:52):
control of it and like it's goingto what they didn't want that the killing.
The business spirit is not there anymore, the attitude is not there anymore.
So it's righteous indignation. So ifthey come back as heels, I
think it's a righteous indignation type ofheel and they they're they're in the right

(28:18):
to be upset, and maybe theyclimb back up find their way back find
their way back to the top,and we see things start to restore a
little bit. And sometimes like hangMan with the with the death matches,
you have to find that somewhat darkerside to try to try to deal with
things, try to bring it outand then deal with it, conquer it,

(28:41):
and then move forward to the nextthing so that you can restore what
you always wanted. And and Ithink that it's it's it's kind of a
cycle, it's a process. ButI think that I'm optimistic again. I
keep I keep a Livelove Superkick attitudethat AW is going to continue to be

(29:06):
that alternative and not just a WWElighte or some people use the term like
some like the new Coke type thing. But it comes down to I think
that really the key factor is isthat now as they're starting to be more
focus on seriousness and serious business andlike this is what's good for business,

(29:30):
is that the alternative creative culture createdby the Young Bucks by Kenny Omega Cody
Rhodes, that alternative culture needs tobe seen as legitimate and valid, and
the ideas of that culture needs tobe seen as legitimate and valid. And
the free expression, the free expressiontype model you want to make sure you're

(29:51):
using a model where you're letting thingswork, you're letting arguments work. I
think I mentioned that in one ofmy prior articles as well, But that's
going to be I think the bigchallenge is ensuring that cultural legitimacy because you
don't have to go and you don'thave to put everybody through a six month
Vispecmann training program. You have toput them into a way that allows them

(30:15):
to be elite in the way theywant to perform, be elite in creating
the pro wrestling of the future,rather than being stuck with the pro wrestling
of the past and making that asstrong so they stand toe to toe with

(30:38):
each other, not just saying well, that's wrong the way that the new
culture thinks is wrong because it's notin line with what we believe to be
proper business practices. No, youhave to deeply study these things and think
about them on a deeper, moreintellectual level, and I think that's where
the McMahon model probably falters a bitbecause it's very centralized authoritarian, doesn't allow

(31:00):
for that freedom of thought. Andthat's where the aid of You model thrives.
And if you stick to that youstand tall, you don't back down,
You be elite. Things are goingto get better, and I think
that it's it's still happening there.The culture is still there, the community
is still there, and the peoplethat are passing the test are doing it

(31:22):
pretty well, keeping the things going, trying to restore the feeling. So
to me, I was at Iwas at full gear. To me,
Aid of You full Gear is probablylike one of the most important nights of
the of the Aid of You calendaryear because I see that as where the
agenda for the following year is beingset, and right now the agenda as

(31:45):
I left there, the agenda feltkind of bleak. It didn't feel for
those who like that, that alternativeculture because because you have the you have
the one of the co founders ofit, they're dejected and angry. But
I think that it will rise again. It will come back to prominence as

(32:07):
long as we keep it there andwe keep the energy going for it and
make it clear that this is whatDeMange. Because eight of thankfully is a
seems pretty responsive. Tony Kahn's responsiveas a leader to the fans. As
long as we keep it going thatwe like it. People chanted for seven
years for CM punk. So ifthere are enough people that would go to

(32:31):
a show and for seven years andkept chanting CM Punk, CM Punk and
he returned, then those of uswho love the elite and their model,
we can we can keep chanting theelite, the elite at every show.

(32:51):
And I don't think it's not gonnaget to that point. It's not gonna
get to that point. Obviously,the box are in a contract for your
contract, good solid contract act.But I think that I think that just
give things. If we give thingstime show, keep showing out their strong,
keep standing strong, keep standing tall, and things are going to be

(33:19):
good and we can let all themodels coexist. Cotton Heel Classics been really
good, very amazing matches, amazingmatches, very fun. You got Eddie
Kingston in it. Still Unfortunately he'sbeen taking some pretty devastating, devastating defeats.
Man looks sad, but but EddieKingston's in this. He it's his

(33:42):
titles that have been on the line, and Eddie's been a good part of
being the elite. And we canenjoy all of the fruits of the growth
of professional wrestling and the rebirth ofprofessional wrestling. All right, So I

(34:04):
think that's some stuff to tell.My thoughts, a lot of them are
gonna be kind of messy. Thisis, of course, this is not
sports entordainment perfection. This is messyalternative cultural thought about professional wrestling free form
being the elite style. If youwant to follow what I'm doing through the
week get more content, both wrestlingand political and advocacy content, please follow

(34:31):
at Fixer Punk, onmbo TikTok andInstagram at Grease and Nation g uy s
O n n A t I oN on Twitter aka x and that is
the Twitter is where you'll see alot more of the wrestling tweets and the
live tweets during shows. And thankyou so much for choosing to spend some

(34:53):
of your time with me today,and I hope you'll join me again for
the next episode. Episode's going toprobably be more politically focused, but to
me, Eight of You is acultural and social movement, so that's why
I feel the need to talk aboutit a bit on this podcast. So

(35:14):
if you liked it, then youliked it, and I hope you'll join
me again. And again, thankyou so much for choosing to spend some
of your time with me today.This content is for entertainment and general informational
purposes only. We do not warrantor guarantee the accuracy of the information herein.

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