Dave LaGreca

Hello everyone, It is between which Francie and.

You are listening to Eyes up Here on the iHeartRadio network or wherever you get your podcasts, joining me as always as my co host, Chad.

Chad, how are you doing today, buddy?

Beautiful? Just like the eyes up here, the audience, just like the eyes of your listeners, just as beautiful as all of them.

Look at you. You're a charmer today.

What is going on? Kissing up and helping everybody? Subscribes?

Are you drunk? What's happening? Didn't we drink today? No? Should we do one of these things a little tipsy someday and see how the dynamic changes.

That would be lovely, just like all the listeners and everybody listening to a Let me.

Tell you something, guys, I spent a weekend with him.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that, or.

We're here with a story. I had a little drive down to the Virginia Beach area, and while I was hot at him for the whole drive and cursing his name because it was very long. It was longer than what the chad Ster told me it was going to be, And you can't deny it. It was longer, and he had the nerve to tell me you took the wrong wrong route, and I was just like, get in and tell me what route to take. Then he tells me I used the wrong app to get there. I hate

You didn't ask for my advice on it.

You should have gave it to.

Me, because sometimes people have like their own little way about doing it. So if somebody said to me, like, hey, make sure you do this, this and this to get there, I'd be like, what am I stupid?

I've never ventured to your home before. Okay, so if you were coming here, I'd say, listen, Bud, maybe you want to take this route because it's the easier. No, he didn't say two words, see you when I see it. What's your arrival time? The hell if I know, I'm sitting in traffic for eight hours? Like I don't know.

But when I learned a little longer than I thought.

Let me tell you when I finally got there that we had a hell of a time. He has a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, beautiful family. We had some food, we had some drinks, we chatted a little bit. I mean, if we didn't have to wake up early the next day, I think I could have I could have lasted till at least two three o'clock in the morning.

Oh yeah, no, we could have out for sure.

You know, eleven o'clock. I was dying. I was like, it's I have to go to I'm so tired. But we had a really nice turnout in Virginia Beach. So whoever is listening that came to the signing, thank you so much. I met such nice people there. And who was the group that brought me in.

Seven five seven sports cards and collectible?

There you go, a top notch from top to bottom. The team was great. Everybody again was super friendly and I had like the best time. I just wish the trip was shorter because, let me tell you, when I got out of that car, my ass was numb and my legs felt like noodles noodles. I couldn't even stand up.

I had drinks waiting for you, we had food waiting for you, A lot of food waiting for you. So that's the most important I'm talking about. On the way who oh, on the way home, went. You went all a different way, which I think was a better way.

It was still long as hell.

It was long as hell, though I looked at that map.

Was really long. That bridge bridge.

Yeah awesome, Yeah, yeah it was.

I felt like I was in a movie. I was waiting for Jaws to come and grab my car or something, because I'd never if I did drive over that bridge. It was thirty years ago, and I don't remember, you know me, I don't remember anything but the drive. We stopped once and we stopped at a little tiny diner and we were scared. Betty and I were like, oh, should we stop here? We don't even know. It's the best food ever. Okay, it was only like four or six boots, but then you could sit at the counter.

What my takeaways were Friday night, my my youngest daughter, Oh my god, both you and Betty's ears off.

It is swifty. I've ever met swift seven and she knew the order of like the album covers and the tour dates. And I'm like looking at her, like, are you serious right now? She's like, are you swifty too?

I was like, you gave her that little grain of attention. She's like, well, I sucked my teeth and that's all I needed to get.

Maddie's beautiful. Don't get me wrong, but three she's my birthday twin. She is my little birthday twin. And she was just she was so overly friendly, like Maddie's in her own world. She had her friend on the phone like she didn't care.

Preteen doesn't care.

Yeah, they don't care. And I get it, you know, we've all been there. But Bree was just like the cutest little thing and just I was so enamoried with watching her and her I was dressing her barbies for her and just you know, looking I got a tour of her bedroom and her dolls, and I think she liked us.

So she loved you guys. Now she was talking about to you the next day. It was Yeah, it was a great little friendship for the night. But then also in Virginia Beach, you know, I was with you back and forth. I would check in see how things were going.

Yeah.

I heard such a positive response throughout the afternoon from the people in and out before you were there, after you were there, just about how much people enjoyed you being there, how much people were looking forward to you being there. You know, how nice you were to everybody. It was so cool that that group. That's why I love working with them as my company. I'd be exclusives, she plugged, because it's just a great place to go.

Well, I'm thrilled to hear that, because you know as well as I do, like I love meet and greets, I love conventions, I love interacting. The one that really stands out was this little girl with her father and she just was asking me so many questions and I literally picked her up for the picture and gave her a squeeze, you know, and she they tweeted me. The father eat at me when I got home and he said all she did was talk about me the whole ride whom and she said I looked like a princess,

Seven seven sports.

Seven five seven sports Arts and collectibles. Yes, appreciate it, and hopefully you know Shane and I can come in together maybe this year sometimes that we'll do, you know, a dual signing. But it was a fun weekend.

So my favorite So I have to throw this out there. You did. You don't have to comment on it. I'm just saying it. My favorite thing was at the end when we were walking out for all us baseball fans out there, former Major League Baseball slugger Mickey Tettleton just he calls to one of the large gentleman that was standing with him at the table and he comes over to me and he says, oh, Nicky would like to meet Francine. And I was like what, Like I didn't

I went to shake his hand and he held my hand. Yeah, each other's hands, and I'm going, how you feeling You're feeling good? What's going on? Like I didn't. It's like okay, let's just hold the hands for five minutes.

It was very funny.

That's another thing, like people wanted to meet me in the sports world, and I was just like the Washington in Redskin and Harvey. Ken Harvey came to the table and try to buy a picture and he put his money on the table and they were like, no, no, your money's no good. He because, no, I'll pay for her. But then when he heard I was an Eagles fand he got mad at me.

And I was like, trying to get Ken Harvey on the podcast.

Yeah, does he not want to come on?

No, we reached well, throw the guy from the show would reached out to see maybe get him off for a football second.

Let's get both of the guys. Let's get the baseball guys.

Two years ago.

And I want to talk to both of them. But it's nice to be, you know, to have other people want to meet you. Because I've said this so many times, like you never know who's watching you. And I'm sorry the Redskin Ken he had said that when he saw that I was coming, he looked me up on YouTube and he said, the reason I came to your table is because all of the comments said that you were a nice person, and so I wanted to meet you, and I was like, oh my god, that's so cute.

But then they let me live here, so I kind of blew the mold out.

Well, sometimes you're friendly, but.

Sometimes i'm a good Hey, I'm a good host.

You can say that, okay in your house? Yeah for sure. Yeah, I like, Okay, Well I'll consider that. So maybe in the future I'll get an invite to a party or something. Again, I won't calme, but it's just nice to be invited a party party.

How oh, no, that was me. That was I was gonna say. I just said the light Now, that was me.

We have a very special guest coming on. You can send the okay, very special guests coming on today. I can't wait to talk to him. He's a two timer with us.

Yeah, years ago though how many years ago was it? It has to be the first year, if not the second, just early into the second year.

Okay, So it's been a while, and I remember when we had him the first time. I don't know how long we had him on and he got hot. He was like, that's it.

It has to be early pandemic if I really think back.

Was it? Yeah? But do you remember him getting hot because we only had him on for like thirty minutes.

Yeah.

So we'll try to we'll try to stretch it today and extend the interview. But I'm excited to talk to him and and see what's going on. And I mean, I know what's going on in his life, but I want to go over a couple of things that I just find crazy. And we have clips to show and.

Wait wait for us to get the rub here. We'll start on iHeartRadio, but we're getting the serious XM rub.

Okay, So today I said it. We have a two time guest or returning guest. It is Dave Lagreca Busted Open Radio. Dave, Hello, my dear, did you shave for me?

I shaved for you. Yes, How are you good? It's good to see you, hey, Chad? How are you? Dave?

How you doing? Buddy good man?

Dave? It's been a hot minute. What's going on Busted Open to me is just growing and growing and growing, and I see your face everywhere. Not only are you of radio host and this is something I need to dive into. You are a wrestling personality now you you have you have crossed over my friend and you're you're managing your ring, announcing, you're doing it all. Are you going to put the boots on you? You're actually gonna wrestle?

No, no, Francine, I'm fifty two. I don't have an athletic going in my body, so there's no reason for me.

To do that.

But you know what, I'm kind of old schooling the way, and maybe it's being a part of the entertainment business.

I just say yes when opportunities come and I and I get offers, I say yes, doesn't matter how big or how small. It's something I have to kind of come to grips with too, because my wife is like, you don't have to say yes to everything.

You don't have there's weekends you can be home. So I'm coming to grips with that. But yeah, I'm just having fun. I'm just living a dream.

I guess as a fan, because you know, I say it a million times. That's why we got into the business, right because we're fans. We're all fans. I call us all marks. It's not a derogatory word. We're all a bunch of marks for this business. How did you feel the first time being able to actually perform in front

It's a big guess to all those questions, you know, you know, first off, like you're right when it's like when you're doing this podcast, you don't know who's listening, how many people are listening.

You don't know. You're just talking to a.

Wall, or you're talking to your co host. You're not you're not speaking to the audience that's listening to you. You know, everybody that's listening to you right now, they're there, They hear you, they stay hear you.

And they but they also picture you. You know, I don't know who's listening. I don't know our audience it's not that I'm like, you know, I'm I'm live, but I don't see that presence.

I don't see that crowd. So it's much easier to do that because you're not performing in front of people. So now that I am performing in front of people, I like it. It's it and you would know better than anyone. There's an extra shot of adrenaline that you get when you're working in front of a crowd, which is it's something that doesn't replace it's irreplaceable, but it is nervous.

I do get nervous. I always get nervous whenever I'm performing. I always have a bit of nerves, which I think is good. I think the nerves is more that when I'm doing my radio show. It's my radio show.

So if I make a mistake or I do something wrong, it only hurts me and it hurts my brand. When I'm performing for whether it's a you know, a pre show for the WWE, or doing something with Impact Wrestling, or even on you know a lot of the smaller independent shows, I'm working for them. So whenever I perform, I want to make sure I don't make a mistake or because it's I'm not it's not my brand that's going to be hurt. It's the brand I'm working for.

I'm very conscious of that, and so yeah, I get I get a little nervous doing that and doing those things, but I but I love it.

I absolutely love doing it.

So what what made you cross over? Like? What in your brain did you like did you always have a passion to do something other than radio in wrestling, and then you know, working with the guys that you work with because you have a lot of star power on the show. Obviously, how did the idea of like putting you in a marine come to play?

That was thunder Rosa.

When I did I you know, thunder Rosa was right after the Lockdown ended the pandemic. She wanted to get me on one of her independent shows, Mission Pro Wrestling, and we didn't know what it was going to be, and it turned out to be a much bigger thing. We got the show involved, busted open, involved, it became a bit on the radio, and then performing in front of that crowd. It was great and really what we were able to do, that's when I think, you know,

Obviously I'm not a wrestler. She beat the hell out of me.

And I think I think I got a little bit of credibility. I think I got a little respect doing that, and and I think it stemmed from there.

Did you get any tips on how to sell or.

How to work or I didn't. I didn't need to because Thunder just beat the hell out of me. Yeah, it was.

She brought me in a day before and she wanted to see what I would be able to do, which was nothing.

So she just said, keep your chit up and I'll do the rest. So when you watch, and it's a it's on YouTube, you can watch it. You know, she gave me a drop kick, she chopped me. You know, I what the pain that you see on my face. It wasn't selling.

It was actually reacting to what was happening.

Yes, you you pretty much would rather manage and do maybe one or two spots than actually get the knocked out of you, you know, with you know, with Tommy Dreamer had me referee some matches for House of Hardcore.

I've done some ring announcing for Impact and I've also, you know, hosted a couple of segments for Impact.

Like I'm willing to do anything. I mean, obviously, when I do a lot of independent shows, especially with ISPW.

Which is a local company here in New Jersey, they had me do something physical, very limited, but I do it.

I always say I don't want to do it. I always tell them I don't want to do anything physical. I don't want to get in the ring. Somehow I wind up getting in the ring and I wind up doing something physical.

We have a clip, yeah, we have a clip. We want to watch with you right now. So very nice jacket, by the way, good ring jacket.

Thank you. That's Danny Morris and Danny Doring.

Okay, oh.

That's but see that's me doing that's a little bit different, and I get to talk a little bit.

Get in his face. Listen. I had to give him a low blow because I had to make sure you didn't get back up again, gotcha? So yeah, nice?

Okay, So you want in as a baby face and you left as a heel. The crowd hate you now. The crowd hates crowd hate you. Did you have a big return to I s p W or was this recent?

This was just this was just about a month month, you know, five six weeks ago maybe, Okay, okay.

Yep, so I'll be there. I have a couple more appearances before at the end of the year, the Great George Depolitano taking pictures in the crowd Hall of Famer. So, yeah, this stuff is fun.

It's so fun.

I love it. Ye.

I got another. I got another one. He tends to He tends to pick on the people from ECW, but also people that he works with too. I got another one. Hold on, let me pull this one up.

Okay, I'm interested to see this one.

Let's see what you did.

Tommy Dreamer.

Reckon Racon. What does that name?

Yeah?

Yeah, okay, there we are, got Tommy hanging over the rope a little jet.

I'm Almo conflicted. I gotta change the look fancy and I can't have to look everything.

Oh all right, Dave you something. I have to say something, Dave. If you're going to hit him while he's down, the ref should be in the corner with the other guy.

Well, that's why I didn't do it. Just happened that's why.

You are being smart. You can't do that.

I'm not gonna hit him. Come on, Rick, he gets the jackets are on, poet.

I like your changing it up. It's good luck, you know what. Yeah, they're they're they they great. Francine, You're right, I gotta change the look. I can't have the same jacket on every single time. As a matter of fact, that jacket, the red jacket. A week after that, Don Kallas was wearing on a E W DV.

That's because you saw you.

It's because he saw me. And then the suit I wore at my roast. They had a roast for me a couple of weeks about a little over a year ago in Dallas, they did a Dave la Greca roast the suit that I wore. Two weeks later, Seth Rollins is wearing it on raw. So I think I'm a bit of a trendsetter.

You are as you are. You are recreating what a manager should be in this sport. Basically, you're you're just putting it over the top.

Now I'm trying.

Hold on. If I make my comeback, I'm gonna have to watch tapes of you in order to to work again.

Well, Francy, and if you ever do make a comeback, I want to be in your corner.

I want to be against you.

Oh no, no, God, that's terrible.

I want to be I'll self for you. I'll let you beat me up.

I'm not gonna that's I know. That's where I draw the line. I can't put me in.

Man.

The guys are beating the hell out of the girls these days. You know, I'm I'm wrestling.

I mean, I mean, for me, I was never a huge fan of intergender wrestling. I mean, I've always was taught, you know, you never lay your hands on a woman.

That's that's just the way I was always taught. That's I'm old school in that way.

Yeah.

But but I'm also in favor of women's empowerment. So if a woman feels like I want to step into the ring with a man and I need to do this and this is something I want to prove, I'm all for that too.

So I feel like, if if they keep doing the inner gender wrestling stuff, I think, like the p W, I should just have like one list and it's merged. If guys you're wrestling girls and stuff, why are there two lists? Like everybody should be together.

But I mean, like you, if you think about it, like I think, the best women's wrestling in the world right now is Charlotte. I could see Charlotte getting in the ring with the seth rollins or an AJ styles. Absolutely so, uh I think to your point, yeah, I think eventually who knows that PWY five hundred. You know, you don't have to category categorize it between men and women. Could be all inclusive for everyone.

Right, That's the way I look at it anyway. Just if you're good, you're good.

So this is you got. But this is the start of it. Now I get my head. Now, look at these punches. She gives me the chop, so obviously there's the chop there, Dave.

You already look like you're blown up. We're minting in.

Yeah, look at these the.

Stomach on you.

I'm getting destroyed here and now here it comes to big. Here comes to big. This is the big one. Once again, my head into the top turn buckle. You're right, I'm winded.

Okay, it's these punches, you know, I mean, obviously, my my, you know, there we go.

I like her shirt.

Okay, that's it. I'm blown up. You're saying I'm blown up. Yeah, because I completely knocked, completely winded, not right out of it. Thank you Chad for bringing that up. Thanks manros going nuts. They love it. They love watching thunder Road. And she's gotta look Greca sucks Eggs T shirt.

I just said, that's a great shirt.

It's a great shirt.

And there's the reveal again. There's a shoppered around the world.

In case you missed it the first time.

One more time.

I remember I remember seeing like some promos that you guys did where you were like tied off in the room when she was at your house.

She came to my house.

She came to my house the home invasion while I was on the air doing the show, and she tied me up and took off her dirty sock.

And stuffed it in my mouth. Now, people that would absolutely love that, may even actually pay money for that.

I'm not one of them. So yeah, it was humiliating, embarrassing. But Francine, you know, all for the love of wrestling, all.

For the fans. That's why I do what I do.

I'll give you a tip. Okay, next time you have to work, go in barefoot. You'll be on Wiki feet and your your skyrocket to the top. They love the feet Wiki feet one time.

All right, you know what I'll take. I'll take your word for it.

It'll your brand will go skyrocket, You'll go up and point because people love me.

I found a Yeah, especially my feet. I don't think anybody wants to see my feet.

My feet are atrocious, and I think I have a score of nine point nine on Wicked feet. Hey, and they're atrocious.

So different strokes for different folks.

That I don't The most team fetish out there is the foot fetish. I don't get it. I don't know why people dig it, but they do, so you know, I I just know every time I wrestled barefoot, I ended up on wiki wiki feet.

That Wiki feet. I didn't even know there was such a sight.

Neither did I until I was old. So there Wiki feet. Do you have anything coming up, like any matches, big matches that you're a part of.

Yeah, I I well, we I've always obviously, you know, I'm busted open every day. But I have something that I've never done before. It's a bit of a stretch for me. I'm a little nervous about this as well. I signed with Live Nation the concert promoter, and I am going to do a show at the Grammar Sea Theater in February, February tenth. I'll be doing a show on my own. I'm gonna have some guests. I'm already building the guests to see who's going to be a

Is a stage show.

Yes, I'll be doing like a like a one man show, a live show. I'll have I have some very special guests, some special surprises. But this is a big stretch for me because it's kind of like outside of Sirius XM, outside of Busted Open.

I'm kind of going to be doing it on my own. So you know, it's a big building that holds about five hundred people.

So well, that's also congratulations. First of all, are not going to go like the stand up route? Are we on this one? No?

No, no, I'm gonna be I'm staying in my lane. I'm talking wrestling. It's probably gonna be like New York, New Jersey theme since it's going to be in New York. Just sharing stories of being a fan and getting some guests from getting some guests, right, wrestlers and personalities.

From that area.

Yeah, and I'll be announcing soon like what guests I'm gonna have, and then uh, how people can get tickets and be a part of it.

Excited for you.

Yeah, and I'm also gonna leave it open for questions like unedited, unfiltered. Anybody has any questions about me or the show. You know, I'm willing to answer any or all questions. So looking forward to it.

Yeah, Oh that's so good. Well, congratulations on that. And guess what if this one goes well, you might start a tour.

That's that's what I'm hoping.

And I think, Francine, because of the success of Busts That Open and it's given me these opportunities to kind of spread out and like you said, just be a fan. Like I'm not no disrespect, I'm not a Dave Meltzer, I'm not a wrestling journalist, I'm not a dirt sheet writer.

I'm just a fan. So the perspective you get for me is not of some insider or somebody that's in the know. It's just the fan's perspective. I'm kind of the voice of the fan.

So speaking of the voice of the fan, how did the look RecA rants start?

I think it's started in the Logreca house, Like I think that.

With your wife.

I mean even before that, just my dad. Like you know, my brother is a talk show host for ESPN in New York and he has his rants as well.

I think it's go off, go off.

I think it's just a Regreca Italian thing that you know, Jersey thing.

The combination of the Logreca, the Jersey, the Italian.

You mix that all all up into one and you get a look recorand.

They're very entertaining. But it's like, you know what, we've met a couple of times in person. You're and you're very soft spoken and kind and then like I'll put busted Open on and I hear you f bombing and screaming about something and I'm like, oh, that's not the Dave that I met the other day. He's like going off on a tangent over here, and it's fun to hear you, like a different side of you.

You always you always hear you know, you know, it's it's my personality turned up to ten.

It's like you have to remember you have to be entertaining.

Plus, I think the biggest thing for me is that I'm passionate about pro wrestling. I'm passionate about my love for pro wrestling. So there's gonna be things that bother me. And when there's things that bother me, I I could snack. So let's just say yeah.

I like the look recorands. They make me smile, Thank you, thank you very much. Has there been now you you've interviewed almost everybody that's been in the ring, right top the bottom, I mean everybody. Has there been one specific guess that you're you're sitting here talking to besides me, that you're sitting here talking to you saying, oh.

Fine, seriously, like like seeing you. I I was sitting with that.

But I would but I would go to the CW Arena back in the day, like that was even from Jersey. I would take the track and drive into South Philly and you know, see you perform. It's like, you know, those were very very special times that I don't think will ever be duplicated. So you know, definitely kudos and credit to everything that you've accomplished, and thank you. I think you've I think you left an impression that people not only remember you, but celebrate you. And that's why

Oh, thank you, Dave. But what I was what I was going for sitting where you are and interviewing all these great talents, who is the one guy that you said to yourself, My gosh, how did I end up being so lucky that as a fan I get to sit here and talk to this guy or gal, whoever it was.

Yeah, it's it's there's two okay, Because I'm a I'm a big music fan, I'm a big rock fan, and I'm a huge Alice Cooper fan.

So I've got to interview Alice Cooper a few times on Busted Open because of his involvement.

At WrestleMania three. Okay, it's kind of like a pinch me type moment. And then on the wrestling side, without a doubt, and it's.

It's not even close. It's it's it's Rick Flair.

I knew you were going to say that, and my next question was what do you think of him signing with AW.

I'm excited for him.

He's been able to keep himself relevant or at this time I was, you know, I'm a Jersey guy. I grew up in Jersey, so you know, twelve thirteen year old Dave Lagreca would was a big Rick Flair fan.

And this is you know, this is whole Cogan WWF territory. So it's so funny, like nobody knew Rick Flair, nobody knew who I was talking about, and now you know, thirty five years later, everybody knows the nature boy Rick Flair. The guy's been actually able to not only keep himself relevant, but probably he's bigger now than he's ever been, you know, with what he's been able to do. But I've I've

When I talk to him, it's just like it's Rick Flair, you know, It's like, that's.

The guy I grew up watching. That's the guy that the reason why I fell in love with wrestling to begin with. So that's definitely the person.

Like where I'm like, where I'm sitting and interviewing him, it's like, oh my god, I still can't believe like that I get the opportunity to talk to somebody like Rick Flair.

Yeah, did you ever interview somebody that you said to yourself, what a jerk? Never again?

You know what?

In wrestling, And I think it's because you have to be a personality.

You have to be a character. You have to be somebody that's over the top and understanding promotion. I got to be honest, Like, working in the world of the NFL or all sports, you're going to run into a lot of athletes that are just jerks and don't understand the importance of media. Wrestling's the best when it comes to that.

There's really not a lot of people that I've even interviewed where I said, man, that was a bad interview. I think for the most part, wrestlers know that they have to be entertaining.

So it's it's very rare that I've had like a bad interview, And I can honestly say, I don't think there's been one person where I interviewed that I was like, Wow, that person's a jerk.

That's good. Then you're very lucky, have you. I not that I've interviewed. There have been people that I met that I've been a little let down by because I thought they would either be friendlier or just maybe a little more interested in what I had to say at some point. You know, we've talked about this, like in today's generation, you go into a locker room and some of these guys don't even look up at you. And like Shane and I did a we did a show

And yeah, it's just it's a different it's a different world. It's kind of scary.

And one of the things I've been lucky enough, I've done a couple of, you know, pre shows for NXT and the one thing I noticed with NXT is they are taught how the respect of the business. That's something that and I'm sure with the people that are working there showing my gls Terry Taylor, they they are They're taught that you have to respect and understand the history.

As soon as you work. We'll walk into that WWE Performance Center. On the walls, you you feel the history of that company. But when I work there, every every single wrestler in that company came up to me shook my hand and said thank you for being here today, thank you for coming right thing to do. But I think they're taught that.

And I think that's a problem on the independent scene, is that a lot of these promoters and bookers don't see the importance of that.

And and I and I think that that that's something that needs to be taught, and it's something that you need to have like because it's it's kind of like a team You've got to have that team atmosphere, and you have to have that camaraderie between everybody or it's going to fail.

It's also just being a decent human being and acknowledging that somebody entered the room. Again, I'm not saying I'm ever the biggest star to ever set foot in the ring. I'm just walking around saying, Hi, I'm Francine. Nice to meet you. And if you can't even make eye contact with me and shake my hand like a normal person, you know, like I was kind of taken aback, like ooh, I don't like it here, I.

Think that might be a I think that's more of a problem just in our society today. I think I think a lot of people don't understand the art of just communicating with each other. I think a lot of it has to do with the phones. And and I think even like the pandemic and the lockdown, people got used to not socializing with each other. And I feel like it's a real problem right now that people feel fancy and Chad and both of you probably have dealt

I think there's like a disconnect now with people being very anti social.

It's the worst.

Really.

How do you feel about Busted Open being done from your homes as opposed to being in a studio. Do you like it better being home or do you feel like it's more personal when you get to, like sit next to the superstar and interact with them.

It's always better to sit. That's why I like.

And you'll you'll notice on our YouTube page if we have a guest in studio, I always come in for that.

I'll travel in to New York to do that. But because Busted Opens got such a great national feel. You know, all my hosts live in different areas, right you know, Micky Mickey's you know in Virginia, and Mark Henry's in Texas, and Bullies in Connecticut, and you know Thunderosa is sometimes she's doing it from La Sometimes she's even done the show from Mexico. So like, you know, even if I was going going into the studio every day, my colos

Yeah, we had Bubba a couple of weeks ago. We had Bubba on when we made the jump to iHeart. I was asking him about his after dark show and I was telling him, like, you know, can we get Duran Duran on as your favorite band of the night And he said he would put them on. But I like the way, like it's kind of like an extended version of the Busted Open morning show. Now he has his night show. Do you see like any other like spin offs coming off from you guys, And.

Yes, there's gonna be it's all under the Busted Open umbrella, right, but yes you are going to see expansion and branching off, like that's something that is a priority because, as you know, Francine, you got to diversify. It's so Busted Open is the live show on Sirius ExM. We also have the podcast that's been very successful, which I'm very very proud of, and now we're available on YouTube as well.

We have our show is now available on YouTube, so subscribe to YouTube. But yeah, that's part of it is that we're branching out and you're going to start seeing more shows like the one that Bully has, Like I really want to see.

That, and that's going to have different people involved. So yes, we are definitely gonna get bigger and we're definitely going to expand.

I love that. And do you have any and you don't have to tell us right now if you don't want to, but do you have plans for maybe WrestleMania Weekend?

Yes, we are going to be doing our show live on Saturday from the old ECW Arena, so fun.

Yeah, So we we always try to pick a special venue. Last last year when WrestleMania was in LA we did our show from the Whiskey of Go Go on the Sunset Strip, and then the year before that in Texas, which was my roast, we had a twelve hundred seat venue that's sold out.

So we are always trying to.

Get bigger, get better, and just have it at Like historically there's when it comes to wrestling venues as far as still standing and still being around, I don't think it gets any better than that ECW Arena.

For me, I don't think so either. And everybody says, well, it was a shittle guess what it was. But it was our shit hole, if that makes any sense to anyone. And it was the most This sounds weird because it was so small, but it was one of the most electrifying buildings I've ever worked in because those fans made it that way. It was they They were so interactive with us and so passionate that I've worked in a lot of bigger buildings and that will always be my number one.

Yeah, And I never understood like it was a shithole. Yeah it was, but.

Like, yeah, when I go to see wrestling or a football game or a baseball game, I don't go.

There to walk around or to shop or to eat. I go there to watch the game, and I go there to watch wrestling.

I always was big on I'll eat before or after, or I'll have a beer before, Like I'm not like when it comes to that venue, it was just about the wrestling and there was.

There wasn't a bad seat in that arena. Every arena was. Every seat in that arena was electrifying. Like you said, it was electric.

I don't need it to look nice. I just need to be able to have a good.

View of what I'm watching in the ring, and I thought that arena did that better than probably any other venue.

You weren't going there for the cuisine culinary arms.

No, I wasn' and most likely I probably wasn't going anywhere near there anyway.

Well, hopefully I will see you because I'm at Russell Conn all three days with Shane, So hopefully we'll see you that weekend.

Oh, I'm sure we will.

Yeah, we're going to cross me out somehow. One more question. If you weren't doing what you're doing now, what would Dave Legreca be in life?

Well, before I got into radio, I was a bank manager, so I wore a suit and tie. I was a bank manager for years before I got into radio. I got into radio kind of late. I majored in communications in college, but life kind of takes you in different directions, and.

I didn't get into it until.

I didn't get into radio until I was almost thirty, so for a good almost decade I was a bank manager, so I'd probably be still in banking or finance or mortgage something like that. But let's just say I'm very happy with my choice doing radio.

I think your your personality that you have would have been wasted at the bank. Let's just put it there. I think you need to be an entertainment somehow, so you're a perfect fit for this.

Trying to make banking entertaining, it just did. It just didn't work out. Nobody yet.

I don't find it entertaining.

You can work in every wrestling cliche into closing a you know, a mortgage sale or something. Body slam the rates.

I tried my best, Chad, just didn't work out.

Oh my goodness. Well tell the people again where they can find you, your handles, your podcast, everything you want to plug. You have an opportunity right now.

Thank you. I appreciate that. You can follow me at David Logreca one David Lookgreca, my name the number one on Instagram and on Twitter or whatever. X You can listen to me Monday through Saturday, nine am to new nistern time on Sirius XM, Fight Nation on Serious XM the Busted Open podcast. If you don't have Serious XM, we have exclusive content that's not even available on Serious, so make sure you subscribe to the Bus and Open podcast.

We'll be having our WrestleMania party at the old DCW Arena this Saturday, WrestleMania Weekend and then yeah, please keep an eye February tenth, my live show hitting.

The Gramma See Theater. So I hope to see every member of the nation, all the fans of the Queen of Extreme.

I hope to see everybody. I hope to see everybody at the Gramma Sea Theater. If you're anywhere in the Tri State area February tenth.

Can they buy tickets in advance for that?

Yes, tickets aren't available yet, but keep your eye out though. I'll have it posted on all my social media platforms awesome.

Well, if possible, if you can give us a plug this coming Tuesday, because that's when this episode will drop with you have my word. I will I will DM you and remind.

You you have my word. Next thing anyway, But you have my word. I'm writing it on my calendar. Awese, this is dropping.

Yep, Tuesday at three oh one am on.

iHeart ched with the capital C yep.

I know, but I you know, Chad, I use all capitals.

That's what I like. I mean now you're doing it my way. You say you remembered, you remember, Dave. That's how I do it.

I love you, Thank you for coming on. I am so happy for all the good things that are happening to you. The expansion, uh, the nagerial career that you were creating in this business. Just like every the stars are aligning for you, and it is so fun to watch you evolve. And I just appreciate you and I thank you for gracing us to doubt your presence.

I appreciate you very much.

You chat as well, And it's all because of the fans, Like I wouldn't be able to do this if the fans didn't want to see it.

So yeah, thank you to the fans, and thank you for having me on. It's always a pleasure. You're You're amazing. I love you and thank you so much for the time.

We love you, Dave. We'll talk soon. Luck everything, Thanks to bye. That's Dave Legreca. What a what a nice guy and how fun that his life is just just the big party. It just seems like every week something else is happening for him and he's loving it and that makes me happy.

And yolo, what he's got to do? Those glasses are any indication of how much fun he's having.

He is having such a good time, and it's well deserved, you know what I mean, Like, what did he say? For the past twenty years, he's been doing this and now he gets to just perform and hopefully that stage show is huge for him and it can turn into a bigger opportunity. And I'm just so happy for him. He's such a nice person.

So his brother Don works for ten P fifty or I don't know what they are in the dial anymore ESPN Radio in New York, uh huh. And he's got you want to talk lo Greca rants. I mean, he's got these epic epic rants talking. So he's a Met fan, just talking about how the Mets are the worst franchise ever. Why is he bothering being a fan of them, and like, why do they do this to him? Just like amazing, amazing, amazing stuff. So when you say loagreca rants, yeah, now I can think of both of them.

Well. It's funny because like every time I've only met Dave a couple times in person, you know, but we've interacted online a lot. But every time I meet him, he's very Like the first time I met him, he came and he was standing kind of in line to meet me and to wait his turn, and I just remember him just standing there, you know, and he was so soft spoken and so sweet. And then one day I turn on you know, bust it open, and he's just like and I'm just like, is that the same

And it's so funny because you know, you go back, let's say thirty years right, and wrestling radio was one hour a week overnight Saturdays at like two o'clock in the morning. I know something else that was on two o'clock in the morning on Saturday nights, but that's what wrestling radio got was that. Now you got podcasts, you got serious, you got all these outlets for wrestling. To have this this platform, it's just it's so crazy to think about it.

But yeah, it's great. It's and you know again, I'm so blessed to be able to get guys like this and girls like this on the show. You know, my role of Dex is pretty full with some really good people. So we have so much more planned for this podcast and I'm just super excited to grow here on iHeart and to take you all along for the ride. So

So here's a good wrestling story that I'll give you. So, starting to get into the realm of those remember those superstars that were released, you.

Know the twenty two go down?

Yeah, the twenty two.

Yeah.

So now the the rumor mills starting to move. It's starting to come up about who's going where and how are they going to end up going into other places? And the names are starting to circulate of who's going first. Now, if you were going to pick which was the first person that was going to be picked out of that group? Which name do you think is going to be the first person picked off that list and signed someplace?

In my opinion, yes, it would be Doff Ziggler.

Wow, Oh my gosh, you're so what you know, my.

Gosh, I'm a mine reader like, is it not him?

So it's very strong speculation that he may be signing with AW eminently and debuting as as soon as the contracts, stipulation of the release or the ninety days is up. Are you any been surprised?

No, I'm not Number one, he's the hottest release start number two. His brother works there. Number three. He needs to get back on television. Where where's he going to go? Oh wait a minute, uh and didn't have their TV deal impact. I don't think there's enough money for him there. That leaves a w for sure? Was there any doubt? Didn't we say as soon as his ninety days is up, he'll be on AW television?

Yes we did. We did say that. But you know there's also that wild card of maybe they resigned him right, maybe you know, refresh him.

He doesn't want to work anymore, Maybe he wants to focus on his comedy routines and is touring and maybe he wants to sit home and eat Chipotle next to his pool. Who knows. I don't know. Maybe what's going on.

From my indications and what I've heard, he is loving life at the moment. Uh huh so no, but allutily he is. All indications point he is signing with AW as soon as the ninety days is up.

Well it makes sense. Listen, he's what forty one years old, right.

Something like that?

One years old?

Okay, he's still young enough to work. He still has a lot to offer.

And could you imagine like if they use him in uh, like you know, the capacity that he's supposed to be used, like seriously, Like I never not that I really watched WWE.

I tried to watch NXT other night, by the way. Oh, but like you know when you see somebody that you're you're a fan of and that you look at them and say superstar, Right, I've always felt that way about Dolf Ziegler, even when he was losing every single match. I he always made his opponents look like a million dollars. And that is what makes a good work or good not just getting yourself over but getting your opponent over and everybody that he worked with looked like a million bucks.

Right.

I always felt like people like that be rewarded, and I never got that vibe that the office felt the same way about him, And like I would love to see him sign with AEW and have Tony put a strap on him and center the company around him, because I think at this time in his career, I think that he deserves it and it would be a nice slap in the face to WWE and look at this guy. He's a superstar and this is the way superstars are supposed to be treated, so I think, but soon, I

Heal or babyface, he'l he'l five tools, look, size, work, promo and attitude. Never heard anything about.

Him no, And I feel like him walking in should be a promo the first night coming in, should just him be cut, you know, cutting a promo or whatever. He's going to get a babyface reaction because he's in aaw and everybody's going to love him. But he can turn the crowd like that, and that's what I want to see from him. I don't want to see him as a baby face. I want to see him as a full fledged dealer.

Don't come in with the shaking hands and yeah you.

Can, no, no, no, you can, but then turn them with five ten words, one sentence, turned the whole crowd. By the time he leaves, there'll be booing the shit out of him. That's what I want to see for Dove Zigler.

We're just pairing with his brother, who they all hate, a tag team before Yes, you have you had, I think you wanted one of the first.

I think that would be a great idea. But does he really need his brother? No, does his brother need him? Maybe I think he can get a nice rub off him, But I think I'd like to see him have a very successful singles career there in a w So just my opinion. If I was the booker, that's the way I would book him. But I guess we'll see what happens. So Ka's ear.

Whisper doesn't take much.

Not what I hear anyway, good story, that's all I got. All right, Well, where can people find you? Oh? Wait? Can I give a plug before the graphic? I just put it on Twitter not too long ago. Can you pull it up? I think it's December seven. Shane Douglas, Bill Alfonso aka Phonsie and myself will be at Blizzard Brawl in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Yep, I think is in uh walk uh.

Walkershaw, Wisconsin. Okay, I'm flying into Milwaukee, but I'm I'm driving to Waukershaw. So yeah there we are presented by Scott Hewlett Saturday, December second at the Waukeshaw County Expo Center. For more info, you can check you out Blizzard Brawl dot com. So, uh, that's on I leave that Friday, so I leave December first, but I get the colonoscope and the scope on that Monday. So everybody say a little prayer that I'll be okay to get on that plane and uh my thing.

That I could do.

Hey, can I just tell you I have an update, a health update. I have another one. Does anyone want to hear? I have kidney stones? Went to urologists this week. I have a clusters of kidney stones and both kidneys. The biggest one is seven millimeters but it's embedded in. I don't know if it's like the lining of my kidney. I forget what the doctor said because I'm not I'm like, in Layman's terms, please, But he was saying all these big words. I didn't know what the hell he was saying.

What's in the box?

What's in the box urine? So yeah, so a bunch of kidney stones, so not good. So yeah, I have that added to my list. So next week we'll talk about my mammogram ultrasound and uh that's a scan and her dex a scan, the bone scan that's coming up, and then you know the colonoscopy in the scope, which is a lot of fun. And they called me yesterday for the pre uh. You know, they ask you all the pre exam where they ask you, you know, what meds are you taking this, that and the other thing.

I'm just like, great, so dirt cheat headline. Francine's full of loose shit, loose stool.

She said, you'll have plenty of loose stool. And I'm like, so you're telling me I just need to stay home that day. She goes, oh, you'll want to, and I was like, oh, yeah, that's so. At least Thanksgiving that's my last big, big meal. And then that Monday is when it's it's happening. So I wish I could vlog it.

What I I don't know. I don't want to have to edit that one. There's a lot of stuff.

Going on with my body, you know what I mean. So oh and remember I told you I'm on a special pill and I don't get my period for three months.

I do got my period.

Oh that means the pill isn't working.

Oh my god.

So I have to double up the doses. So instead of taking one pill every day, I take two pills. Noil, Well, they shortened me ten pills because when I was counting I'm down ten pills and they won't renew it until January because my insurance won't pay for it. So I'm like, well, how am I supposed to take the medicine?

I don't know.

I'm in a pickle a pill I can't. I can't double up if I don't have the meds to take. And I got my period so I have cramps. Oh I'm a mess. I'm a mess. Let me tell you don't get old kids, just Joe. It sucks, Yeah, it really does. I you know, all that one for Christmas is health for my family. But I want to stop going to the doctor myself because it's a bit annoying. So I just wanted to give you a little update, like.

Freedom Flyer Miles.

At the doctor, I do, man, I'm seeing all these and the neurologist starts telling me about his problems and I'm like, I'm not here for you, bro, I'm here for me. You know, have some sympathy, but yeah, that's so, that's what's going on. So you know, send me the good vibes if you would had to fill you in forgot to tell.

You headed your way?

Did you do your plugs? Is it my turn?

I did not know. But before any further, you can find me on Twitter at Chad E and B, on Instagram at ib Exclusives and uh here every week on iv iv here every week on eyes up here, and also below the Collar dot com clear and sale going out business sale. Please check it out. There's a twenty percent off the checkout when you head over there. Yeah, search iv Exclusives in the search bar and get one of my shirts before they go bye bye. On belowthcollar dot com.

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Well, I mean unlimited because you know, no, I sold a couple of them, but you could Yeah I did, but you can frid the family. Yeah, which is all I was intended to sell to really.

But.

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