Don't need a burger king at 5 o'clock and think you're gonna wrestle me for an hour.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to After The Bell.

I am still Cory Graves.

He remains Kevin Patrick. We promised you to kick the new year off with a bang and we are

men of our words. Welcome to the first After The Bell of 2023 KP. Are you ready?

Yes, I am. Happy new year, buddy. And Ric Flair on the show today. How excited are you?

I am through the roof. I haven't. It's been a while since I've been able to catch up with my good

buddy, nature boy. Of course, the new documentary on peacock, whoo, being Ric Flair now available.

Got eyes on that over the weekend. Can't wait to chat to who in my opinion is right up there.

One in one A with John Cena as the greatest of all time. My personal favorite of all time.

Ric Flair cannot wait to chat with the two time WWE Hall of Famer. But KP a lot has gone down

since we last joined listeners with a brand new episode. Everybody tuned in last week and got the

least worst of ATB in 2022 new year kicking things off in big, big fashion. But we can't talk about

the start to the new year without mentioning the close to 2022 that being a colossal episode

of Friday night Smackdown from Tampa, Florida, where we saw the return of John Cena in a Smackdown

ring. Cena and KO versus Roman and Sammy. It seems like it happened a million years ago. Now,

it was only a week and the fallout was spent on Monday night, Robert. KP, I know you were sitting

at home like I was on that Friday night enjoying Smackdown as a fan. What was your biggest takeaway?

Well, it's funny. You asked me about my takeaway and you mentioned being a fan, right? I'm watching

as a fan and they get lost in the moment as we talk about. However, I'm also watching and I'm

studying the great Michael Cole too. And I thought it was fascinating to be honest with you.

On Roman Reigns' entrance, how Michael Cole said, there's so many rich stories in this match,

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