 wrestling guy. So this is a big deal for me that I get to sit right next to Dan Grosso. But I'm a big Dave guy though. So you got a lot to promote and I figure this is a perfect time to have you on. I appreciate it because all this Aaron Rodgers stuff you guys got a lot to talk about today and the fact that you fit me in I'm very appreciative. How's your Achilles? So far so good Dan but I'm not asked to do everything that Aaron Rodgers needs to do. That's true. You have to do more. It's true. Though I am a fan of Pat McAfee so glad that you do that. He's a big wrestling guy. Pat's huge. He's wrestled. Yeah. At WrestleMania. What number they up to at WrestleMania? The one coming up is 40. WrestleMania 4. Where's that one? It's gonna be Eagle Stadium. Oh close. Two nights. The link. The link if you will. Well that's great from the garden to now you know major football stadium. You're talking about the first one. Right. First one, yeah. I had that on tape on Beta. I think back in the day. Really? Oh sure. I remember. I think I stayed with it till about four or five. All right. We're here to talk about me. Okay. We're talking about wrestling. A lot going on then. And you got the rest of the show to talk. I only get this 10 minute window to talk to my brother. I brought up WrestleMania. You think my brother calls me when the show's over? Absolutely not. It's the most I've talked to Don. The only time I talk to him is when I'm driving home. Yeah but not for nothing. I mean you could pick up the phone and call him. He works both ways. That's a good point. Very good point, Dan. Thank you. We're very busy. A lot of traveling. Sure. And he's got stuff to promote. Thank you. I appreciate you having me on. I know that you do guys do a lot of wrestling. I know the mainstream sports fan gets very upset when you talk to a Charlotte Flair or Cody Rhodes. Yeah, they want to kill us. Listen, the numbers go up when you talk to the professional wrestlers. They do. Yes. But it aggravates our normal everyday listeners because they don't understand why we talk. But anybody that watched that Monday night football game last night understands the NFL is predetermined. It's not like this is actual. Do tell. Come on. Do tell. Please. Are you still as big into the football as you used to be? I'm a cowboy fan, you know that. But as big as I used to be, I got a lot of... You were in like nuts with the Cowboys. But you're not that guy anymore. I'm not that guy anymore. Still watch every game. Tony Romo throwing the interception against the Giants in the playoffs at home kind of broke me. Yeah, it broke you. It's been a while, man. I mean, for a team that rattled off championship after championship, we're talking 25 years, man. 25 years. What three playoff wins since that 90, 95 season? I was talking about that with somebody the other day about the Cowboys because like we're, you know, of a certain age. Like if you were around in the 80s, the 90s, you know, like everybody in their mother was a cowboy fan, especially when they were winning in the 90s. Nowadays, like if you talk to young kids, they're not cowboy fans. They're not the bandwagon team anymore. That team, believe it or not, is the Patriots. And the Patriots now entering a downward slope, which I could care less about. The Jets though, Dan, I feel for you, man. I feel for you. I don't play the games. I get it. But you do a great job before and after and gets me excited about it. So you do a great job with that. You listen to the Jets stuff. I don't watch. You watch the Cowboys. You're like, I got to listen to Jets pregame. What are you going to do for the game? Cowboys. Then the Cowboys are over. I'm going to listen to what happened with the Jets. The reason there's a lot of Patriot fans, the same reason why there used to be a lot of Cowboys fans is because they won a lot. You know, and you started to see the Packers kind of bubble up too during Farve and early Rodgers when they were competing for a championship all the time. So listen, there's a lot of fans like that. I hate saying this, but I almost feel like America's team is now the Steelers. It feels like the Steelers fan base travels more than the Cowboys. It feels like that, although I think the Steelers are right now starting to feel it. Tomlin may lose his job at the end of the season. They're not perennial winners anymore. Yeah, that would be if they do that though. Like the grass ain't always greener. You know what I'm saying? Like you've been relevant since this guy's been the coach for, what, almost 20 years. And if they're going to just bring in somebody else and think the Steeler magic is going to take over, the guy's never had a losing season. I understand, but this has been a rough one. But you know what happened? You don't have a quarterback. You don't have a quarterback. You probably didn't have him and then he turns around and gets hurt. So good luck finding another one, but what are you promoting? You've got a couple of things on the table to promote. God, you did your homework. Wait a minute. Yeah, but he can't promote and we can't promote. Wait a minute. Don't tell me how to do it. Wait a minute. Don't tell me how to do it. Because why have you on? If I'm going to be the one to say it, then what are you just going to go, yes, that's a great point, Todd. I started off the segment saying I appreciate you putting me on. Right, so speak. Tomorrow, as you guys know, busted open. I host busted open on Sirius XM, also the podcast as well. We're going to stream live on YouTube. We have our year end award show. We're going to be streaming live on YouTube 5pm Eastern time on YouTube. First time we've ever done it. Never streamed live on YouTube before. It's going to crush everything that Sirius has ever done. Really, the only reason I'm serious is for music and Dave. I appreciate you saying that. It is true. I keep the lights on in the building. I have the glued. It's all together, Todd. But myself, Bully Ray, Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer. We're going to be live a bunch of guests. It's going to be great. We're actually going to have an audience. A lot of the nation is going to be there as well. So make sure if you haven't already subscribed to the busted open YouTube page and check out our live stream at 5pm tomorrow. I'm proud of him and how far that show has come. Thanks, Dan. I remember at the very beginning, it was a struggle. You know what I'm saying? Walking, talking zombies that litter the hallways. I'm sure they do it here. The non-believers, the people that pat you on the back and say, you know what? You're doing a great job. But they don't even support you. A lot of that. But they're on board now. They're on board now. New regime. You changed the arts and minds. Absolutely. There was tepid enthusiasm at the very beginning. And I remember the struggle it was. Because as your audience... Let's waste a bunch of money on national sports guys. Why who would get into wrestling? And then David walked in and just pulverized all of them. But I think it's because wrestling now... Not physically, though. You could, too. You've seen these people. A lot of people who grew up watching wrestling, Dan and Don, are now those decision makers. So it's not that guilty pleasure anymore. It's a bit of a mainstream form of entertainment. And Don, all joking aside, thank you for all the support throughout the years because I appreciate it. I appreciate what you do for a sibling. I love you. I'm proud of you, man. I'm proud of you. Listen, the fact that he has become a national figure, the next thing he's going to promote is going to prove that. I love it. Yeah. And I wanted to ask you a question once I promote it. I will be doing a show at the Gramercy Theater right here in New York City, February 10th. Tickets are on sale right now. Go to ticketsmaster.com. Again, I have a bunch of guests. Wwe Hallfamer, Mark Henry, the world's strongest man. Wwe Hallfamer, Bully Ray, Tommy Dreamer, the innovator of violence, Tasha Steele's from TNA. And Don, I want you to be a guest at my show as well because growing up with me not being a wrestling fan, I would love for you to be there and experience it and also a little bit of back and forth on why you don't like wrestling and what it was like growing up with me as a wrestling fan and the moments and the memories and the games that you missed because of professional wrestling. There are so many stories. Yes. So I want you to share those stories. And I want some of the fans of you to come out to the Gramercy. So that's February 10th. Ticketmaster.com. I will be there. Thank you. I will be there and participate. I could think of three stories off the top of my head. Tell them. Well, then that would take away from the show. How long is the story? What are you, Hans Christian Anderson? Tell a damn story. I'll tell you one minute. July 15th. I'm going to tell you one quick. Thank you. July 15th, 1984. It's my birthday. We're going to the Meadowlands to see Roddy Piper against Jimmy Super 5 Snugga. My brother kicking and screaming went because he wanted to watch. What was it? The second USFL championship game. It was. It was a big deal for me. Yeah. And he's not proud of it. I'm not proud of it, but at the time. Like a child screaming and crying about it. He wanted to watch the USFL championship game, which I eventually got on VHS. I won that one, by the way. I believe the Michigan Panthers. Not the Houston gamblers. I got to go back and try. I don't know whatever. Who cares? Anyway. So, yeah. So that was definitely one of the stories. But did you have a good time at the wrestling despite his reluctance? Of course. And here I am. Think about it. You were like the mannings of radio. My brother and I. We're living the dream. We're going out of the air. We're talking about it. Who's Eli? Listen, he's Eli. You know what? Listen, I love him to death. He's Eli. In every way, shape, or form, he's Eli. Not as talented. You know what I'm saying? You do with what you got. Kind of the goofy face. Shouldn't really be here. But you beat the Patriots twice. Exactly. That's what he's killing. Something my brother couldn't do. You know what? You know what? You know what? You know what? You know what? You know what? You know what? You know what? You know what? When he beat the Patriots, I was in a sweep staring at Mom with Mom. Yeah. He did it. He did it. But I'm hates. That's OK. You can accept that, though. The other one, I get to take David to wrestling at the Morrill happening. My dad can't take him because he had shift work working at PSC and G position. And I'm going to drive him and one of his yo-yo friends and every one of our yo-yos to drive him to the Morrill And so you were licensed You know what? My father gives the money gives him money to go buy some merch. Yeah. And this is WWF time, right? We go to the wrestling, can't tell you anything that happened to it because it wasn't my thing. He buys a hat. WWF hat. WWF hat. My father was hard on him in the day, right? Probably some. My brother wants to see, I don't know why. Yeah. Because I didn't see him drink. I don't know what was going on. We're driving down 17th north to go home. Let me see how long the hack can stay on my head when I stick it out the window. It seemed like a good idea at the time. So I tried to go back, walk in the shoulder, 17th north, somewhere like in East Rutherford. What time of year is this? What time of year is this? Out of nowhere. It was in the winter. Doesn't mean you can break your head out of that. It was 100 degrees. There's no fucking understanding. It was hot. But you gotta stick my head out the window. Tall boys were cheap at the Brendan Burn Arena. You gotta understand that. I think blaming it on alcohol is not the way you want to go. So it was an alcohol-induced stunt is what you were saying. That's how the whole thing played out. No, I just think he's a yo-yo sometimes, trying to show off to his buddies. I love the hat. I'm a yo-yo. There's no doubt about it. Was it one of those trucker hats, like with the mesh or whatever? It was exactly that. It was the mesh on the back. Those are coming back, by the way. Those are popular now. I'm a big fan, Dan. I'm a big fan. Boy, I wish I had that hat. This is, of course, like 37 years ago. He's still got the story, though. He's still got the story. The story is worth it, though. And you can hear those stories at the Gramercy Theater February 10th. Go to Ticketmaster.com. It's not like a stand-up routine. He's not going to tell the same jokes at every stop along the way. There's going to be new stories, new things, new everything. I thought seeing it live is going to just add a little bit. He might actually show a demonstration. We'll make it like the Carol Burnett show. We'll come out with some kind of mock car. I'll stick to that. And Dan owes it to me, because he didn't go to my Hall of Fame. I went to the pro wrestling Hall of Fame. Didn't come. Nobody in my family came, by the way. So it's the least that you can do is show up to my show at the Gramercy Theater. Said, oh, I've been two hours away. Listen, I got kids conveniently. Let me tell you something, Dan. If Don was going into the Hall of Fame and it was in California, I'd find a way to get there. Two hours away. Wait, your GPS wasn't working? No, the way he said it, though, just the most matter-of-fact answer. I turned my, this is the first time hearing of it. I turned my head and he says he goes, it was an Albany. It might have been in Botswana, the way he said Albany. It's an Albany. 10 years. Hang out. Congratulations on that, by the way. Thank you. All right, we're going to take some phone calls. Yeah. Can't wait. So buy the tickets now. That's right. Where do you buy the tickets? Tell people where they could buy them. I've said it four times. Ticketmaster.com. But you said wrestling a lot in a short period of time that I don't know. He did. You're honest. He was like, my, my, my, my. I totally heard. It was like Charlie Brown's theater. Every wrestling reference was like a hook to the tennis. And it was like, you know, like, bonk, bonk, bonk, wrestling, bonk, bonk, bonk, wrestling. And I'm just like, I'm in lava all over that place. It's kind of like when I listened to your pregame with the Jets. No, see, I know that's not true, because you said it wasn't. Yeah. But which was the lie? I really quick, I think I want to do something physical with Don. Like maybe have one of the wrestlers put Don through a table, kind of chop him a little bit. I'm thinking about some kind of angle with Don. Why don't you get an illusionist? I think you could do that, put him through a table, saw him in half or something. I don't think that's right. God, I would love to put Don through a table. Yeah. Why? What do I do to you? Jeez. A little bit, a little bit much. Yeah, you can be a bit much. That's fine. You know, I'm happy with who I am. Well, that's part of the issue. You want me to give you the Del Griffin speech from Plains Rands and Automobiles? All right, then tomorrow, 5 PM, YouTube, and then February 10th, Gramercy Theater. Looking forward to it. That was the LaGreka family reunion, brought to you by PajamaGram soft. Oh, get your tickets now. This gift for her. Get a free $75.90 with naturally nude pajamas. Nice. From pajamagram.com. I never had to read that spot with a guy that actually shared a room with for the first 13 years of my life. Then I moved downstairs. Couldn't take it anymore. Then he started sneaking out, and there was a whole big deal. And it was one of many marriages. The one I have now feel at the best, feel at it. I have the best wife ever. I will give you the number of charm, but it's not for public consumption. Well, he said many. All right. Many can mean anything. We don't want to really put a number on it. It's Don. It's Dan. It's Dave. Morrie Calls, 1-800-919-3776. We're on, yes, a 9870. He's showing up a little 630. Then it's Rangers Hockey, 1-800-919-3776. Dave's going to hang till 4. Gary Meyers is coming in. Talks some football with him in studio. He's probably hanging till later, given all that you pay for a parking damn car, right? Might as well get your money's worth. You're 65 bucks. You can legally land an aircraft carrier in front of the building. But you decided. You sound like the mayor. Right, yeah, awesome. I'm not going there. Rookie mistake. I mean, everybody knows. I mean, what are you doing? I agree. What are you doing? Did you watch a little too many shows on McDermott? So, Mayor Adams. We got the audio, Anthony. Do we have the audio? The whole world is on. No, everybody's heard of it, except my brother. My brother's doing a wrestling show, so he was on another planet. So he's asked in a televised interview to describe 2023 in one word. And his answer was New York. Two words. Which is two words and really doesn't define 2023. And he said, New York's the type of place where one day a plane can fly into the Twin Towers, and the next day somebody can open a new business and celebrate that. Those two were actually what I would say. Hello. So, you know, Adam has heard what McDermott said and said, you know, hold my beer. Shaw McDermott coaches the bill. I'm not trying to, I'm not trying to. Only political. He saw my eyes. He's like, woohoo, buffalo. Two of your Super Bowl rings came against those guys. That's true. So anyway, what are you thinking? Honestly, and I'm not trying to get overly political. I'm just analyzing as it comes. How do you think that's a good idea? I understand it was 22 years ago, but it's that. So the first thing you want to describe in one word, New York, and then explain in New York, yeah, one day the Twin Towers can fall. Next day there could be an earthquake, and the next day you get mugged in a subway, and then the next day somebody opens up a bodega, and they celebrate it. Yay. Those are going to be part of the video clips for the I Love New York Tours for 2024. Come to New York. You got all this and more. Unbelievable, man. Left you flabbergasted. It's terrible. I mean, I don't even know what to say. No, there's nothing to say. Just don't speak. Well, it's kind of hard when you're the mayor of New York not to speak. If they advise you not to speak, it's probably a lot of good things. But when you ask a question, you say in one word to describe something, and you give two words right there. Bust it open live tour. Give me one word to describe it. Amazing. Right. See, that's how you went right off the top of my head. Right. One word. Right off the top of my head. One show somebody can have a seizure on the air. The other show you might be able to actually break some news. Well, that can happen, too. But that's if you ask me to say a paragraph. David in Little Falls, you're on ESPN New York. How are you, David? Good afternoon. Good, man. How you doing, all right? Hey, y'all. Triple D. Triple D. Triple D. Hey, listen. My favorite place to go when I was 18 was Triple D's. When the mental arena was closed. What do you got, David? Yeah, what I got is, you know, I'm getting Aaron Rodgers' fatigue, fellas. I mean, it's getting channeled through him, straightening to me. I hear what you're saying, David, but here's the deal. There's no way around it. What has Joe Douglas done? What has Robert Salah done? What has Woody Johnson done? Aaron Rodgers only has one Super Bowl, but he's going to the Hall of Fame and he forfeited what, $75 million off of his contract to be able to have a say in who comes in here. He gives you the best chance to win. So whether you like it or not, he's going to have a say. We live in a world, guys, where Hal Steinbrenner actually said about getting together with Aaron Judge on what to do moving forward with a team. Why? Because you gave the guy a 10-year contract. That's just what happens. Players now are a part of the process. And when that guy is the only one that's won anything in the entire building, don't you think that's a guy that's going to have a major say and should have a major say? Absolutely. Him and Thomas Morstedt, one of a couple of guys who has to ring on this team. But you know, listen, no offense to anybody that might have won a ring. They're not Aaron Rodgers. Of course. Has it always happened in sports, though? Not to this extent, because there was a time where general managers and head coaches were kind of on the same plane financially. But now that you're throwing tens of millions of dollars, hundreds of million dollars into contracts, and these guys have more shelf life than you do, I mean, you go through coaches like tissues in the NFL, right? You're lucky if you last two and a half, three years. But some of these quarterbacks, hey, if you get the right one, he can be your quarterback for the next 15 years. Who do you think is going to have to say? Who's going to have the staying power? Now, Justin's in New Jersey. You're on ESPN New York. What's up, Justin? Hey, guys. How we doing today? What's up, baby? So I'm calling on the devils, actually. I wanted to see if it's starting to get late early with them. I know there's a still a long time, but it seems like we're struggling, especially Timo and the gold tending. The gold tending is a mess. And here's the problem, Justin. Everybody now needs a gold tender. So they're going to have to really go out and try to get one. I think they can make the playoffs, but this whole idea that they're on the cusp of winning a Stanley Cup, Dougie Hamilton might be done for the year. So they're going to need a defenseman. They're going to need a gold tender before you can even start talking about them being up there with the Rangers and the Bruins to win a Stanley Cup. Now, can they make the playoffs? Can they write the ship? Listen, they're going to score goals, but you've got to stop goals in the playoffs. And if you've got problems on the blue line, you've got problems with your gold tending, you've got problems you're not going to be able to get up from. That was disappointing, the Anaheim game. I know it was the tail end of a back-to-back, but Adam Enrique is first ever hat-trick of all places, like, in that building, right? Praise you. Yeah, they got issues. David, I love you like no other. Love you too. This was fun. Thank you for having me. Amazingly proud of everything that you're doing. I really am. Thank you. Promote one more time. Where do people get tickets? Yeah, thank you very much, Dan. Tomorrow, again, 5 PM Eastern Time, streaming live on YouTube. Bust it open. Go to the Bust It Open YouTube page. Make sure you subscribe at the notification key. And then on February 10th, amazing list of Hall of Fame guests. Tommy Dreamer, Bully Ray, Mark Henry, Tasha Steele's. Don LaGreka will be there as well. That's February 10th at the Gramercy Theater. Go to Ticketmaster.com for tickets. All right, love you, man. Love you, too. Thank you. Gary Meyers up next here on Yes, the 9870 ESPN New York.