Tony, number seven.

Yeah.

I was actually gonna take Morris at seven 'cause I thought he'd fall to me, 'cause I did the scouting on him for our site and stuff like that.

So I really liked him, too.

But my next choice is gonna be Ethan Belchez from Windsor.

He's got a really good game offensively and doesn't give a lot up on defense, in my opinion.

And I like that he plays around the net sometimes, too, where a lot of players don't do that.

What do you think about that, or think about his feet in particular?

Like, how was the hill, the foothill hunt that I... 'Cause I was only there for when we were in the plains doing the duck hunting for a couple days, and then afterwards, like, how was that, and would you, would you get a tag to shoot something yourself, uh, next time, or?

Yeah.

I w- I, I would.

I definitely...

It's something I'd, I'd like to work towards.

I'd like to work to- walk, work towards it properly.

Um, so yeah, getting a tag.

It was too far away to shoot, so then you kinda had to follow it, try and follow it, or?

Okay.

Bought my Harley, which I still have, in 2013.

I have a '99 Road King.

Since I worked here, it's been through multiple transitions.

It's custom paint, wheels, suspension.

We did a, a big motor in it, me and Jim Monson, down in the shop that we-

The king.

I wanted-- It was funny, when I was looking for a Harley, I was talking to Jamie, and I wanted something that looked old.

... over in Japan in '95?

It, and that one at WrestleCon, to the really big diehard collectors out there, the guys who are really ingrained in wrestling, that one, a lot of people wanted to see it just because for its time, for any time, it was revolutionary or so much different.

You've got the cactus on the sides.

There are holes in it, but in this instance I think having holes and wear is not a bad thing because, I mean, the matches this thing went through.

He used it in s- in a lot of matches, in promo photos.

Um, just, uh, earlier Cactus Jack too, kind of when he was making his way back to the WWE, and, um, you know, from those matches, the, the basically an exploding ring match.

Uh, and it was just a high-quality Cactus Jack piece.

What do you think that would sell for at auction if the owner wanted to put it with Heritage Auctions this August?

[upbeat music] Hello White Sox fans and Cubs fans who might be joining us tonight on the On Tap Sportsnet airwaves.

It's Tony On Tap alongside Tom of Wrigley.

I don't know how the fuck we got here, but we're gonna do a baseball show tonight, Tom, and, uh, hey, what do you say?

Yeah, tell us about it.

Yep.

I keep my mouth shut habitually in the Cubs versus Sox series, 'cause I know who the superior team is in Chicago, and I don't feel a need to brag about it.

But there is a severe case of little brother syndrome, uh, inferior posterity, whatever you wanna call it, with the fans that root for the team that plays on the south side of the city.

They cannot simply do anything correct.

Tell us a little bit about your program, what AOP stands for, and-

So AOP stands for Achieve, Overcome, and Perform.

Uh, that's pretty much what we go through at, uh, there at the fitness, uh, program that we do.

So we always try to achieve our new accomplishments or goals, so always trying to overcome and perform better in life.

And then of course we're always performing better and getting healthier in life as well, uh, and stuff.

So that's what pretty much what AOP is standing for.

Defining moment, for sure.

And that's where I was like, "I just need to make a change in life." So, um, so I started, um, actually hiking, uh, with a buddy of mine, uh, Reuben, and he does, uh, hikes every, uh, every other day or so.

Walk through the casino, how was the smoke situation in and around it?

Yeah, it's definitely older ship from that point of view.

And again, I don't really utilize the casino, but I, you know, the casino's kinda on this ship, kinda on, I believe on the fourth or fifth level, so it's kinda down in the basement, so to speak, of the ship.

So you didn't, it wasn't like the newer ships where you're always walking through the casino to go from one place to another.

So it really, I would go down there to walk down there.

One of the bars was down there.

I would walk down there just to see what's going on.

And what'd you think?

So I think that as Vegas has, has grown and expanded and, and added a sophisticated side in addition to the, you know, the not so sophisticated side, I think that the steakhouses have kinda grown and, and changed along with that.

You know, Graham, one of your, one of your very first guests that you had when you started this topic said something along the lines of, and I apologize, I- I'm paraphrasing what they said, but something along the lines of, uh, the value of the steakhouse, the, b- what we love about a steakhouse is, is how, is how it makes us feel.

It, it makes us feel either, uh, very well-to-do, or at least it allows us to feel for, you know, that hour and a half that we're having a steakhouse meal, like we are, you know, a, a, a BFD.

And, and it, and it makes sense.

If you've, if you were at the craps table or, you know, you, you, you hit something really big on a slot machine, I can understand why people say, "Okay, I've got all this money.

Now I wanna go spend it on a really expensive, high quality cut of, of beef, and, and I want all the accoutrement that come a- comes along with it," because it's not an inexpensive experience to have by the time you roll in wine and shrimp cocktail and dessert and the sides and whatnot.

I, I wanna

... uh, I got a si- a side note for, for any- anybody that's an attorney, uh, listening to, to Graham's show, and I'm sure there's a fair number, they can probably relate to this.

It's barely in this episode

...

it was just fascinating as well.

I just love, like, the...

It's such a strong statement as well for the show to make that, you know, like, that the monsters are in the real world, and that, especially in the case of the bullies, that they're chi- that they're children.

I just thought it was, like, yeah.

I thought it was just a lot smarter than I remembered it being, and I think it's 'cause I also, like, haven't seen it in so long as well, that it just kind of, like, hit me more.

Nancy

Tell me about both of those.

Yes, sir.

So I'll begin with our FormForged series.

They are three designs.

I'm sure you guys have seen them on our website or on our social media.

We have the Daytona wheel, the Sebring, and the Speedway.

All three of these wheels come standard in three finishes.

You can plug in your Corvette and see how the E5 wheels look on your car before you purchase them.

Yeah.

That's a very interesting take.

It reminds me of...

We've discussed this before, and, like, my, like, I've returned to this, like, personally and, like, here, like, the fact that, like, capitalism basically stole the heritage of vast swaths of European culture and, like, the indigenous heritage of, the indigenous heritage of, like, most European peoples and, like, their roots.

And then when they come to a-- And then when they came to America, it got even more lost in capitalism.

And so America culture, American culture, US culture often tries to recreate those things and commodify them in a way that serves the, the superstructure

Mm-hmm

... cult in China, and, you know, they have these performances that all of us have come across a pamphlet of some sort in some time in the past called Shen Yun, right? And so the whole thing about Shen Yun is that it presents a vision of China before communism when, like, China was, like, so amazing and perfect and there was no injustice, and all the hierarchies were positive and da, da, da, all that, all that reactionary stuff, right? And so I do think that one reading of the movie is that it is presenting this China before communism that is, like, very, like, sterile in, like, a, a beautiful way and, like, everything is, you know, har- everything's harmonious.

Okay.

So, okay, so what you, what you have here is a dynamic duo that has an artist.

What the hell? Why don't you chill out and like take a step-

Dude, why would we ever kiss each other? We're busy kissing pictures of the flower girl.

She's ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-totally hot.

Tony, how do you do the photo matching?

That's a great question.

So a lot of these belts, there'll be enamel that's chipped off or there'll be little imperfections.

It could be a crease.

That's how they, they did the Hogan boots, was literally on the creasing pattern.

So you're looking for those imperfections.

You're looking for something that's a little bit off, a loose thread.

Is it worth getting graded? A- and what do you think this would be worth, Tony?

Was there ever any talk about how it happened when you were there?

Just like you've heard in here, it's, uh, you know, trying to grab the dog, him tackling the dog.

He said, "I may have punched your dog a few times."

What about the issue of the leash?

No, when I got, when I went away, she told me his was off the leash, and we've seen him there before with the dog off the leash as well.

But he was on the leash when I walked him on the path through that schoolyard.

Okay.

Um, and actually this place, because of the way our, our setup is, we can just gut this place.

All the, the stuff is movable.

So for that weekend, we'll be mo- removing everything, and then we have a big party in here that weekend.

Um, we have a projector set up with a screen.

We're doing a, a video premiere.

We're, uh, premiering, uh, Leo Baker's new part that night as well.

Please do

Tony, what do you know about this title?

So all I know is it was given to a family friend and where it has remained until now.

This belt literally just got to Heritage yesterday.

So I got to put my eyes on it last night.

I had to see it.

We have it obviously in one of our safes here.

But I had to see this thing in person.

Tell us about some of the wrestling items that are going to be auctioned off in your upcoming auction, and how they can be part of that process if they want.

I'm pleased you've decided to go along to the market with them.

Yeah, well, I figured I ought to hand them over to their new owner myself.

Tell them which ones can be a bit jumpy.

The ones that need a bit of coaxing.

The softies like Moira, who enjoy a good head rub.

[laughs]

So that's some comfort then.

Yeah, I suppose so, but I am gonna miss them, of course, but David's asked me to be on the livestock committee for this year's Borchester Show, so that ought to keep me busy.

Was it like that?

I don't know.

I don't know what it was, but when Gemma came back to the table, she kind of sat not in the, the seat that they were in, but a little away from me, like across-

Maybe you should say something to her.

Yeah.

Well, f- first off, I just wanna apologize for what happened.

I had nothing to do with them coming over.

Obviously, I didn't ask them, but I, I didn't know what to do, to be honest with you.

Oh.

Yeah, so this was actually, uh...

the, the consignor caught this at a house show in Virginia, I think it was.

And so we had him do a notarized letter, and of course it's got the holes on the back, and, uh, if you look really close, you can see where he ripped it off.

Uh, we're starting to see Hulk Hogan, anything ring worn.

Obviously, with the boot selling for the million dollars, um, you're seeing a lot of, um, people trying to get any of his stuff, especially the yellow and red.

Um, this is kind of the heyday of, of Hulk Hogan, 1986 at a house show.

What else do we have this week at WrestleCon?

What'd you find, Tony? What do we got?

So we got Pat Patterson's WWF, WWE Hall of Fame ring.

And, um, the family had it.

They didn't really know what to do with it.

And, um, they sent it in.

And the thing about this is this is one of the earliest known Hall of Fame rings that has ever surfaced.

I believe it started in 1994.

Wow.

I can't wait for you to tell us about this boot.

Yeah, I mean, it's so exciting because, you know, we had a pair of NWO Hogan boots that sold for like, I think it was $91,000.

It's kind of funny because you've got the bookends of his WrestleMania career.

We sold the WrestleMania ones for over $1 million.

And now we've got actually the WrestleMania 19 that he wore.

It's an airbrush.

We have one of the boots that he wore against Vince McMahon, no less.

If this were to be headed your way, what do you think this would pull at auction, Tony?

What do you think these Von Erich trunks could be worth?

So we're gonna estimate these at 10,000 plus.

We dealt with, um, Kevin Von Erich and the family, oh, four years ago now, and they put in some of the items from their collection.

There wasn't much from David, unfortunately.

I mean, he was the first one to pass away, and the...

What I love about these trunks, 'cause we had a pair of Kevin's, and they were just straight yellow.

These have the black on the side, but if you look really close, Texas, I think, was in sequins on these at one time.

Tony, if you had to guess the value of my ECW entrance letters, what would you guess that, that these will bring, and, and what will the reserve be in the May auction over at Heritage Auctions?

So why don't you explain what here is?

[clears throat] Right.

Of course, I have to do that.

Um, here is theClear Sky Meditation and Study Center, it's like a Buddhist-based retreat center in the, uh, Rocky Mountains of Canada, and it's where I live with 12 other people who are permanent, well, long-term residents, and I'm trying it out for a year.

I'm living in a kind of pseudo-monastic situation, and there's deer everywhere, and they just stand, like, 10 feet away and, like, stare at you before they dart off.

There's, there's coyotes and, like, howling, like, 30 feet from, from the building at night.

It's, it's really beautiful, and it's tough.

Um, and that sort of both freed you and kind of untethered you from, from the city, from Montreal.

Yeah.

So it's very confusing right away.

Uh, but the energy was really good.

A lot of people were excited for this show.

Like, we were all pumped for it.

Uh, Manny, I feel like we all went into it positive, right? Yeah.

Everyone was in a good mood.

Smart.

How's your day going?

Good.

Enjoying the beautiful, beautiful place.

Do you live around here?

Thank you so much for talking to me.

Oh, of course.

[singing] Learning to be patient, waiting for the paint to dry.

We'll pretend it's Sunday.