Brian Marshall & The ROCK 108 Morning Show - "Professional Wrestler, Rhino""

You know, I always worry when people are coming in from out of state for an event, you know, how the weather is going to be.

Well, it's looking up for Saturday with temperatures going to be mostly sunny with a high of 29 after we've been below zero for most of the week.

Social X initial conflict live pro wrestling at grumpy's event center happening this weekend.

And my guest is an ECW legend, TNA Hall of Famer, former WWE superstar and tag team champion with a man he's going to team with.

in Riedland, Heath Slater.

Those guys going to be taking on the three one nine Rhino.

Welcome to the Rock 108 morning show.

Hey, well, thanks for having me.

And definitely Heath and I, we're going to bring some paint to three one nine.

I mean, these are guys that are trying to make a name for themselves and you've been in their shoes at one point in your career to face you and Heath, seasoned veterans.

And

then to try and get up from the gore, not going to happen.

Is it?

Well, first I got to hit the gore on them.

You know, you're, you're exactly right at one point in time and they're, you know, in your career, you're, you're at certain stages and, and they're at a certain stage and you know, where Heath and I were.

You know, and Heath and I became the first East Slater and I became the first SmackDown tag team champions.

Our past just crossed at the right time and everything just worked and clicked and we teamed for probably about four years after that.

We're seasoned as a tag team, but you can never overlook anybody and they're definitely talented 319.

You cannot take anything away from them and anything can happen on any given day, but it'll definitely be a great match.

for the fans to witness in person, you know, and I'm just looking forward to getting out there and not only, you know, wrestling the match, but being part of the meet and greet before the show, Heath and I. So, and other wrestlers too.

Social Election initial conflict Saturday, February 22nd grumpy's event center.

I'll get you the link here and Rhino with us here on the Rock 108 morning show.

I see the jacket that you have on that says TNA.

What

do

you mean being inducted into the TNA, the Impact Hall of Fame?

Well, you know, it was very special and Bound for Glory is a special event for TNA and it was in Detroit.

So that made it even more special.

When they asked me, it was just an honor to be even recognized and everybody was voted for me or the majority of them and to go out there and give a speech.

And it came from the heart and it was only on two hours of sleep and I had no idea what I was going to say.

So.

It was nice because there were no, um, nobody helping me write a speech or anything.

Tommy dreamer did help me out.

He goes, make fun of me at first and then thank everybody.

Start with your parents and how you got into business and they had a match to get to.

So, so it was one of those things where I had to hit my time and, and I did, but I wanted to thank Abyss and, and like AJ working with them in TNA, a lot of great matches and a lot of great memories for the wrestling fans.

So.

Well, in the show that's coming to Grumpy's event center in Rieland is social X initial conflict where Rhino and Heath teaming up to take on the local guys, the 319 ECW legend.

That's another set of initials right there that very few can claim to be an ECW alum, a true ECW original.

What are some of your takeaways from being involved in ECW?

You know, you were like a family.

a renegade group, you know, the Isle of Misfit Toys, you know, it was cool to be part of that.

You know, you just didn't get in and you weren't just accepted.

You had to kind of earn your stripes and accepted your, you know, as a badge of honor.

You just were probably and I love the fact when guys come with their kids, you know, whether they're daughters or sons, they'll go through and they'll watch a lot of that stuff.

So they they prep themselves before they come to the show and

and they're chanting ECW and it lives on and it's great because I would take my daughter to the Tigers games here in Detroit and you know I tell her about Kurt Gibson and Alan Trammell when I was a kid and she really didn't understand and sometimes I'd show her the videos but you know unfortunately they can't go out and play but with wrestling it's a different animal so a lot of the guys you grew up watching and I was really young when I started

They can come and bring their kids and they can watch me.

You mentioned the Tigers.

Riedland's not far away from Dyersville in the field of dreams.

Are you

a

baseball guy?

Have you been to the field of dreams?

Love it.

Yeah.

I've actually went there in 2008.

David Eckstein gave me a bat during that game and got me on the field and he introduced me to Leland, Jim Leland.

I ended up going out there.

I think it was, oh, yeah, actually it was 06 and I brought the bat and I took a, that's the only time I've ever used that bat.

So I took padding practice with it, but yeah, I love the field of dreams.

I love the movie.

I'll quote movies here and there to people in random conversations to see if they even get it.

You know, a lot of times they don't, it'll just go and I'll say stuff just to make myself laugh and they won't get it, but inside I'm laughing.

Like if a professional wrestling promoter would book a show at the Field of Dreams, you could gore someone coming out of the corn.

That would be awesome.

I like the way you book.

Yeah.

Well, you're going to be in Iowa Saturday, February the 22nd.

It's a six to nine show.

Tickets starting at just 10 bucks, but meet and greets also available beforehand with autograph sessions.

All of this at grumpy's event center in Reedlin, Keith and Rhino teaming up to take on the local guys, the three one nine, which is our local area code.

So hopefully

you

don't knock him to the five, six, three.

Well, I might have to.

Hopefully they don't knock me back to the three, one, three.

Rhino, I appreciate the conversation.

Thanks for being on the show today.

Hey, well thank you and you have a great day and we'll see you guys on the 22nd.

The Rock 108 Morning Show with Brian Marshall.