Episode 339: The Loose Cannon!
Grilling JR
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4.7 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Grilling JR, JR and Conrad reflect on the life and career of Brian Pillman, who passed away 28 years ago this week. The guys discuss the Loose Cannon's time in WCW as Flyin' Brian, his jump to the WWF, the Hart Foundation and all things in-between!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, hey, it's Conrad Thompson, and you're listening to Grilling, JR with the voice of wrestling, Mr. Jim Ross. |
| 0:18.6 | Jim, how are you, man? |
| 0:20.2 | I'm good, Conrad. I'm frustrated because I don't |
| 0:22.4 | know anything about computers, obviously. You know, I've been jacking around and trying to get |
| 0:26.8 | this thing on the air for the last half hour. I'm frustrated, which may motivate me to have a |
| 0:33.3 | hell of a show today, so for us to have a hell of the show. Anyway, we'll get it done and it'll be a good show about one of my favorite people |
| 0:42.1 | in the world, one was controversial, compelling, unique individuals that I ever worked with. |
| 0:49.7 | Our topic today is talking about one of the more interesting and beloved figures in the history |
| 0:56.2 | of professional wrestling and wouldn't you know it his son is actually under contract to AEW. |
| 1:02.7 | So what a small world it is. |
| 1:04.3 | We're actually recording today on May 22nd and today would have been Brian's 61st birthday if he were still to leave. |
| 1:13.0 | Yeah, hard to leave. |
| 1:14.5 | I'm starting to interrupt you. |
| 1:16.0 | It's hard to believe. |
| 1:17.2 | It sounds, it feels like I just was talking to him a there to a go. |
| 1:21.0 | Because we talked every week, seemingly. |
| 1:22.9 | And there was never a dull moment with O'Brien. |
| 1:26.2 | I'm probably sure that, you know. |
| 1:28.5 | He had one of the most fertile and active minds and all of wrestling that i've been it would have been a great booker or |
| 1:33.5 | a committee guy as far as tough of right tv at at 61 now knowing brian he would say oh i can still |
| 1:40.9 | work i can still go he nothing was still go. He knew of no barrier. |
| 1:47.5 | He knew no boundaries. |
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