Yep.

Yeah, and so, and then, you know, I went in as a single 'cause Mike left, and for some stupid reason, I went...

I don't know why I did it.

Wow.

'Cause Matsuda, 10 years before I got in the business, I went to Matsuda, and it was the worst football camp I ever been through.

I've been sent through gorgeous football camps.

So what's it like to have the Waylon Mercy character have a resurgence now?

Yeah, this...

This Waylon Mercy...

I wish I had, you know, some finished business as far as I'm concerned with Waylon Mercy.

I got to do it.

It's the first time I ever got to be somebody other than Dan Spivey.

And it was really refreshing.

So what would be a key tip for storytelling in the ring? Something you'd like to see, you know, in terms of story and engagement?

Wow.

And so we all, uh, started with each other that time.

I hated Kansas City.

I did.

And so [laughs] uh, I called Dusty up.

He ad- told me, "Come on back," but told Scott to stay there.

So I hauled ass back to Charlotte, and, uh, same old shit.

How did you get your release from Vince?

Danny, would, would you, would you think that, uh, that, uh, af- after Waylon Mercy, that's when you really started sliding, you know, with, with your, with your addictions and stuff like that? Or was, was it coming before that?

Yeah.

I started, uh, you know, with the painkillers.

I, uh, I mean, when I retired, uh, two weeks after I retired, I had my knee replaced.

Then six weeks af- six months after that, I had my hip replaced.

And then I had it pop out on me, and ended up in the hospital again, and I was just, uh, I was just beside myself with pain and stuff.

And, uh, [coughs] luckily when it, when it popped out, I was at the hospital.

When, when you, when you wrote the book-Why did you write it? Did you write it because you wanted to tell your story? Did you write it for a cathartic reason? Did you write it for other people to be able to read your story?