Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min · 15 segments
Thirty years later, we're celebrating one of the most shocking and influential moments in professional wrestling history! On this special edition of 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson take…
Eric BischoffHost
Conrad ThompsonHost
Like, this thing hasn't even existed a year, and now we're recording on your way to Georgia.
You know, w- when we, when Chad and, and Izzy and Hulk and I, uh, first sat around Chad's kitchen table in, in Tampa and said, "Hey, what if we do this?" You know, the one thing that we knew then was that wrestling internationally is a huge sport.
It's not one of the major sports collegiately or otherwise, but internationally it's quite different.
So we knew that there was a, we knew that there was an existing marketplace for our product internationally.
We didn't believe that we would get there as quick as we have, but I think because we've done such a great job here in the United States, RAF is becoming a, a globally recognized, at least within the world of freestyle wrestling, n- not, you know, delusional here.
[clears throat] But in the world that we exist in, we're kind of a big damn deal.
And we've got, you know, we've got three events, I believe, contractually, that we're gonna do in Georgia.
So I think RAF internationally is gonna surprise a lot of people with the success that we have, just because wrestling is such a popular sport around the world.
Do what I'm gonna do, and that's not hop on a plane to Georgia, but watch on the Fox Nation app.
I was just at the most recent event in St. Louis, and I can tell you, it is one home run of a live experience.
And that's good news for you, Milwaukee, but hurry, tickets are going fast, realamericanfreestyle.com. Man, how about this? It feels like you're in your old wrestling days.
An international date this weekend, and next weekend, almost like a SummerSlam of, of Real American Freestyle, if you will, in Milwaukee, right?
Like, this thing hasn't even existed a year, and now we're recording on your way to Georgia.
You know, w- when we, when Chad and, and Izzy and Hulk and I, uh, first sat around Chad's kitchen table in, in Tampa and said, "Hey, what if we do this?" You know, the one thing that we knew then was that wrestling internationally is a huge sport.
It's not one of the major sports collegiately or otherwise, but internationally it's quite different.
So we knew that there was a, we knew that there was an existing marketplace for our product internationally.
We didn't believe that we would get there as quick as we have, but I think because we've done such a great job here in the United States, RAF is becoming a, a globally recognized, at least within the world of freestyle wrestling, n- not, you know, delusional here.
[clears throat] But in the world that we exist in, we're kind of a big damn deal.
And we've got, you know, we've got three events, I believe, contractually, that we're gonna do in Georgia.
So I think RAF internationally is gonna surprise a lot of people with the success that we have, just because wrestling is such a popular sport around the world.
Do what I'm gonna do, and that's not hop on a plane to Georgia, but watch on the Fox Nation app.
I was just at the most recent event in St. Louis, and I can tell you, it is one home run of a live experience.
And that's good news for you, Milwaukee, but hurry, tickets are going fast, realamericanfreestyle.com. Man, how about this? It feels like you're in your old wrestling days.
An international date this weekend, and next weekend, almost like a SummerSlam of, of Real American Freestyle, if you will, in Milwaukee, right?
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