Does The Rock Owe Vince Russo? + The Vince McMahon Red Bull Story — The Coach and Bro Friday 10/2/26

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Does The Rock Owe Vince Russo? + The Vince McMahon Red Bull Story — The Coach and Bro Friday 10/2/26

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The Coach and Bro open their first show since AEW's Dynamite tribute to PAC, who passed away on Sunday, Sept 27. Russo credits Tony Khan's heart, Coach compares the night to the post-9/11 SmackDown, and both point to the tributes from Jon Moxley, Chris Jericho, Eddie Kingston and Kenny Omega, who reportedly flew in from Japan. Russo then goes off on everyone asking whether Netflix knew what it was buying. After the Netflix replay blacked out Jacob Fatu being hit with a car door and run over on Raw, his argument is that Netflix wants you watching live and has standards to meet in 190 countries. Coach backs him up with how WWE once edited and shipped Raw tapes to every international market. Russo also books the JD McDonagh "big head" running gag all the way to a Brian Pillman-style breakdown. Then the movie-star debate. With John Cena's Matchbox headed to Apple TV, Russo asks whether Cena has passed The Rock. He admits he has never seen a Rock movie, says The Rock "started with Vince Russo's pen" after the Rocky Maivia debut at Madison Square Garden, and asks why Brian Gewirtz made millions while he got "badati." Coach explains why wrestling fans felt left behind. Russo makes it Rock vs. Cena vs. Batista for best actor, which sends Coach into the night a Batista spinebuster put him into a cement ceiling in Steubenville and Shawn Daivari had to take his beating. Russo answers with standing on top of the cage with Ric Flair on Nitro and the night he asked Kevin Nash to gig him. Coach picks Batista, and Russo reveals Batista's vintage lunch box collection. The Flair stories keep going: Flair walked Russo through their cage match exactly once, and Coach got "call it out there" before their 2005 Tribute to the Troops match in Afghanistan, where the figure-four got renamed the "figure two." Then the legendary one, Coach's Vince McMahon Red Bull story. After that, what they learned being around McMahon and The Rock, Mike Tomlin's Minecraft city, and a Super Chat run: Roddy Piper never needing the belt, Hardcore Holly, Perry Saturn and Shelton Benjamin, ESPN's cuts and the $1.6 billion WWE deal, Bray Wyatt's $35 cologne, the Mean Street Posse outdrawing Hogan vs. Savage, and Russo not getting Sabrina Carpenter. Housekeeping: The Coach and Bro-lette wheel moves to Monday because Producer Man ran today's show from his phone. Super Chats get you on the show. Next Friday opens with the story of Coach and a boxing champion of the world. New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2 PM ET. Episode Timestamps TimeSegment00:00Open: tech issues and "Mighty Mouse" Producer Man00:33Friday story time, Super Chats and the numbers01:37AEW's Dynamite tribute to PAC02:29Russo: "Tony Khan has a heart"03:10The backstage vibe: Jericho, Kingston, Moxley and Omega04:31Russo: why PAC was believable05:18Coach answers a critic in the chat06:21Russo: "Didn't Netflix know what they were buying?"07:39Live viewing and 190 countries of standards and practices09:12Coach: how WWE edited Raw for every country11:06The PGA Tour rain delay that explains it all11:30WWE's TV-MA content on Netflix?12:18Jacob Fatu, the car and why fans care13:16Watch patterns: should WWE hold the clips?14:10JD McDonagh and the big Funko head14:52Russo books the McDonagh storyline18:11Coach: you've got to be able to laugh at yourself19:40Is John Cena a bigger movie star than The Rock?20:43Coach: Cena's streaming lane vs. Rock's Tom Cruise mentality23:00Name a Cena movie23:41Russo has never seen a Rock movie23:52"The Rock started with Vince Russo's pen"25:58Why wrestling fans felt left behind by The Rock28:21"Vince is jealous?" Russo answers the chat29:14It's an entertainment show. Relax.29:55Rock, Cena or Batista: who's the best actor?30:51Coach's Steubenville knockout story35:17Russo on top of the cage with Ric Flair36:39The night Russo asked Kevin Nash to gig him37:58Coach's pick: Batista38:56Batista's lunch box collection40:10Mike Tomlin's Minecraft city42:15Producer Man is running the show from his phone42:37Super Chat: Russo's favorite WCW title change43:05Whose match would Ric Flair pick: Russo's or Coach's?44:07Flair walks Russo through the cage match once46:00"Call it out there": Coach's Tribute to the Troops match48:24Russo's Russian leg sweep concussion49:08How to take a chop (and the receipts)50:00The Vince McMahon Red Bull story54:08Russo has never had a Red Bull and "I was his guy"55:33Why time with McMahon and The Rock is an education57:36No teleprompters: what Coach still uses today59:49Super Chat: Roddy Piper never champion, Sami Zayn has been1:01:14Hardcore Holly, Perry Saturn and Shelton Benjamin1:03:12Super Chats: Geraldo's vault and Russo on Denver radio1:04:36ESPN's cuts and what rights deals cost1:05:18Bray Wyatt's $35 cologne1:07:29Aqua Velva1:07:49Did WCW watch Raw? The Mean Street Posse story1:08:58Pete Gas, Rob Conway and building something1:09:42Super Chat: Russo doesn't get Sabrina Carpenter1:12:12Sign-off, MLB playoffs and YouTube TV1:14:...

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