4.3 • 721 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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0:00.0 | And a lot of people said, oh, WW would never sell as long as Vince is here. |
0:04.3 | As long as Vince is alive, that's the way it was usually phrased. |
0:07.3 | Not as long as he was here, but as long as he was alive. |
0:10.1 | Well, now we know it's not a matter of life or death. |
0:12.6 | Vince just isn't here now. |
0:14.3 | He's gone. |
0:15.5 | That does make it very, I don't know, possible in my mind as a wrestling fan to think, okay, well, maybe they will sell. |
0:24.1 | And I think it'll happen sooner rather than later. |
0:34.1 | Hey, everybody. This is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. One guest this week, it's a returning guest. He's always excellent. And even if you're not a professional wrestling fan, what Conrad Thompson does and the business that he has built extends far beyond it. So if you're interested in podcast, |
0:55.1 | and this is somebody that you can learn a lot from, |
0:58.8 | Conrad Thompson is the permanent wrestling podcast host in the United States, |
1:03.5 | and at the moment, the promoter of Rick Flair's last match, |
1:07.4 | which features 11 matches from promotions across the globe. |
1:10.6 | It will air July 31st on pay-per-view and fight TV from the fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee. |
1:16.5 | Conrad Thompson is the son-in-law of Rick Flair. |
1:19.9 | He married Megan Flair, who is one of Rick Flair's daughters, Charlotte Flair. |
1:26.1 | Her stage name in real life, Ashley Flair, is another one of Rick Fleeer's |
1:32.1 | daughters, and that would probably be the one that you'd know, obviously, if you're a professional |
1:36.0 | wrestler, Charlotte Flair, one of the more famous people in that organization. So it's an |
1:43.1 | interesting conversation we have, and we certainly get to Vince McMahon |
1:46.5 | retiring from the WWE. We discuss how the promotion for Rick Flair's match came together. This is |
1:57.0 | very new for Conrad. He's not a wrestling promoter, but that is what he has become for this match. |
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