No-Contest Wrestling: WWE Superstar Liv Morgan

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I know it's good to see us. I am the heel that you letter. Hey, O'Shea Jackson Jr. Hey, yo. It's me.

It's me. It's that T-double-O-J-I-double-G-two-ja-geat, T.J. Jefferson. T.J., man.

We got a wild guest today, man. I just don't know how to live with myself. You know, you just... Well, you know, you only live once. Yeah, I know. So, yeah, bro. You got to live and let die.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. And we got her live in living color. We got a two-time women's champion. Yeah, two-time women's tag team champion.

Liv Morgan will be joining us on the NOAA Contest Wrestling Podcast. We've heard, we've read the comments. Yeah. Everybody's here. Okay. Yeah. People were like, first of all, I love how people are like, you need to get this, that, and the third.

Yeah. We would love to get people, but you know, sometimes you got to go through different things to get people, but Liv Morgan, she was highly requested. So I'm happy that we'll be able to bring her to you today. It's going to be a great show. Speaking of great shows, NXT yesterday, real quick off the chain, NXT, Shawn Michaels is cooking. And the biggest part is we now have Moose, the TNA X Division champion.

He's showed up to confront Oba Femi, friend of the show, The Ruler. Look, NXT is appointment television. It's must-see. Shawn's cooking. Matt Bloom's cooking.

Everybody involves cooking. Watch it, man. Because it is really, really on fire right now. It's one of those times where, you know, you, obviously the point of NXT is to get bumped up, but when you're enjoying NXT the way that you are, it's sad to see people start to go. And right now the, the roster is just from head to toe, you know, it's gotta be some sort of movement. It's too many big ones.

It's too many big names. But that's, what's great about it, man. We get to sit and watch these people like develop their characters and come up much like our guests today developed her character and come and came up. So yeah. So it's really, really happy to show you guys our next guest.

I mean, it's nothing to it, but to do it, let's get into it. Ladies and gentlemen, fans of the No Contest Wrestling Podcast. Our next guest has been a two time women's champion, a two time tag team champion, two time Money in the Bank winner, the first ever women's crown jewel champion. She did that. She is the designated hitter of the Sriracha Muchachas, the big daddy of daddy Dom, miss Yolo, never cost solo dolo live Morgan. Welcome to the ball.

Now she won a photo. You already know, though. Only live once. That's a motto. Yolo. That was the coolest intro ever. Thank you, bro. We tried, you know, we're trying to change that.

My Twitter handle, my Instagram handle. I don't know. You only live once. Like it just fits already be there.

Right. Like, come on. Sometimes when people ask what it is and I have to say it, sometimes I get like a little bit embarrassed. No, man, you gotta love that.

Yolo all day. It just fits too well. My name is live.

There's no way I'm not using it. So you've been, you know, in the, in the WWE universe for a long time, but take us back a little bit and let us know when you got bit by that wrestling bug. What was it that made you say like, Oh yeah, this, this is where we're going.

Um, I think just the first time I watched it, I had never seen anything like it. And I grew up, I'm with four older brothers. So I was such a tomboy. I was always kind of into what my brothers liked. Um, and so they shouldn't be in WWE for the first time.

And I just thought it was the coolest thing ever. Um, there was women fighting, wrestling, the boys wearing sneakers and baggy pants. I saw Lita and I loved Lita and, you know, eventually we had like a makeshift ring in my backyard. Um, and like I said, I grew up a tomboy.

I was wearing baggy pants and sneakers. And so I'm just seeing like these women fighting and wrestling the boys and just, uh, I think just, Ooh, it is raining so hard here. Oh my goodness. Um, I think it all just kind of just sucks me in, you know, the, the power of the lights, the music, the action, the physicality, um, the stories, the characters. I had never seen anything like it and I just saw it and kind of loved it right away. You mentioned you like Lita, but do you remember like the first time you saw like a WWE match?

Um, yeah, I don't remember what it was. Um, it was definitely the boys wrestling. And so I thought it was cool, but it really wasn't until I kept watching and saw, um, the women that I was like, wow. And so that I think is what really drew me in was, um, just women's wrestling and just women on the screen, um, seeing their characters.

Now you talked about obviously the physicality, you know, it ain't ballet is a famous line used. Can you tell us your welcome to wrestling moment? We've had a couple of people talk about some bumps that they took where they were like, Oh yeah, that, you know, I'm going to remember that one. Nia Jax spoke about her first time working the ropes. So what was your welcome to wrestling moment? Speaking of Nia Jax, um, we were training, we were in the same class when I had started and, uh, we were, we were learning body slams and Nia Jax me a body slam, the first ever body slam. And I just remember just, uh, being like, wow, you know, I just was like, holy shit.

It feels like every single time. Um, so yeah, I just remember that just being like, um, oof moment, you know, a lot of people claim that the mat is padded and it's bouncy and soft, but with that response you just gave us, could you just let those people know they don't know what, what, what that mat's made of and what it actually feels like? Yeah. I mean, so it's held up by steel posts, you know, layered with planks of wood. Um, and then there is a thin, thin, when I tell you it's been like, kind of like, styrofoam thin padding then wrapped with a canvas super tightly to kind of compress it all. Um, so it's, it's not bouncy, it's not soft.

If you jump, you're not going to get any additional height. Um, it just, it's hard. It's just, it's, it's, it's a hard, it's like a hard floor, you know, there's, there's no gift. And so yeah, people like, um, my brothers, I have a restaurant ring in my backyard now and, uh, my brothers, I remember the first time they went in it, they climbed to the top and did like a leg drop off of the top onto the, onto the, the rain because they thought they were going to bounce. It was the craziest, most stupid thing I've ever seen in my whole entire life.

Okay. Those are your big brothers, your little sister, you could have, and I'm just throwing this out there. As you watch them climb the rope, you could have been like, Hey bro, maybe don't know. I didn't know what they were going to do. I didn't think that they were going to jump and do a leg drop. I thought they were just like filling it out, you know, wanted to see the height.

I don't know if they're going to hit a pose. Um, and then before I knew it, it was, it was too late. Um, but yeah, people think it's soft all the time until they, until they step in and take that first bump. And I think, um, any kinds of preconceived notation you have about wrestling or wrestling ring kind of goes away. Yeah. Now you've been in multiple rumbles, multiple battle royals, like the most ever, I mean, yeah.

Don't disrespect it. Like, come on, this is live more money in the bank. Yeah. All those seem like just uncontrollable, controlled chaos. Which, which of those three do you think is the most like keep my head on a swivel because you could get rocked.

What do you say? You said battle Royal Royal rumble and money in the bank, probably money in the bank, just because there's so many more additional factors like the weapons. Um, it's not being thrown over the top rope, like about a Royal Royal rumble.

You have to climb this ladder and grab this briefcase before anyone else. There's so many people in that match. Um, I think the, just the weapons, the ladders, um, the weapons make such, such a difference because it adds that extra factor of unpredictability. Like with about a Royal and a Royal rumble, you kind of know what you're going to get. You know, you're going to be in the ring with tons of women and, you know, the goal is to throw them over the top road with money, the bank, um, the weapons really are the difference maker. No, you know, I love it though. It's fun. Money in the bank, you've had the ultimate success, you know, for it to, you know, to win the briefcase and to go on to, to obviously use it against Rhonda. I would say she had that briefcase for a good time. Not a long time.

No, let's get rid of this thing. 27 minutes. I think I had that.

Yeah. Obviously you had, well, like I said, the ultimate success, everything that you've gone through from the backyard background, the, the riot squad, going single, doing all of that and climbing to the top of the mountain, something that we like to ask everybody who's been a world champion. What is it like going back to that hotel, putting your head on the pillow and seeing that belt?

Oh man, I cannot even tell you. It was everything, everything, everything, everything. It was my first ever championship almost 10 years in WWE. You know, I've jumped about being a champion growing up and my whole career until being champion. Um, and so not only did I win money in the bank, which is a huge feat in itself, but I cashed in on Ronda Rousey to become SmackDown champion, which is my first ever champion. You know, it was huge. And we were in Las Vegas, you know, and, um, I thought I was going to go out and celebrate, but really I just laid in bed. I just laid in bed and had my title next to me and I just laid there and I just kind of really just soaked it all in. It was a feeling that I can't even describe. It was just like the epitome of, um, like I made it and I just made all my dreams come true. It was like beyond my wildest dreams.

So it was something that I always wanted, didn't really think or know if I'd ever have. So I just really sat and just reflected on it. And I just was like, man, I'm, I'm the freaking SmackDown women's champion. You know, I watched it back like 500,000 times. I'm watching it back and I'm like crying. I was so touched by it. I'm watching it back. And I was like, I can't help myself because that's gotta be like, think about that, right? You're a little girl, you're in your backyard with your brothers and you're, you're out there playing. And then the next thing you know, you've got, you know, the baddest woman on the planet and you are doing something that I think she'd only lost one other person since she's been in WWE.

And I'd be here the most too. I beat her like three times back to back. So yeah, that's gotta be like, you, you had to have been sitting there like, what is my life right now? I was, you know, I, I still oftentimes like I it's not lost on me, like what I get to do and what I've been able to partake in. But I think especially that moment because of where I was in my career, like I don't think I had like one accolade, you know, like, you know, when they would write accolades on like, when we'd come out in our entrance.

Yeah. I remember, I remember one time like my accolades and I'm not even lying. It was like, loves two K 21 and bought her mama house. Like that was my accolades. I remember seeing that by the way, not to interrupt buying your mom a crib.

I don't care that there ain't no, I don't care how many titles you win by your mom, a crib. That's the greatest thing in the world to me. You're right.

You're right. That is the ultimate accolade. But you know, being eight years into my career and just like being so passionate about it and just really wanting to like carve a legacy of my own, because, you know, I didn't have like family in the business. I wasn't a division one athlete. And so just really wanting to carve a legacy of my own.

And in one night to win money in the bank and to defeat Rhonda Rousey, become smack the woman's champion. It really did blow me away. And so I just, I just laid there and I just reflected for as long as I could, because it was so overwhelming to me. And I just couldn't believe that it was me and that that was my time. I was so grateful. That's awesome.

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They were very different experiences. Yeah. I'm going to have to go with Chucky.

Yeah, dude. I mean, like that was crazy. I'm going to have to go with being murdered by Chucky just because, just because I, we are a PG company and I got murdered by Chucky as Liv Morgan. And I got gutted on television with Chucky screaming obscenities the whole entire time. And I remember when I saw the script, I was like, there's no way we're going to be able to do this. I was, I was, I was bummed because I was like, we got like, you know, we got the zoom, we got the meeting, like, they'd love to have this crossover and everyone was excited about it. Then I saw the script and I was like, there's no way.

There's just no way. But then we did it. We did it. And I got murdered as Liv Morgan on Chucky season two. And it was just, it was, it was bizarre.

And he is such a little sweetie pie, you know, they hugged friends, friends till the end, even though he gutted me like a little fishy, we're still friends. Well, you know, keeping with your acting, you also did a movie called The Kill Room, right? And three, Sam Jackson, Uma Thurman, her daughter, Maya Hawk. Did you have seen, I'm sorry, I haven't seen it yet, but did you have scenes with Sam and Uma? No, so I didn't even get to meet Sam or Maya.

My day of filming was separate than their schedules, but I did get to meet Uma and have scenes with Uma and kind of just being in her presence. I was like, wow, she's such a powerful, amazing woman, just like seeing her work. So it was it was a really cool experience. And I think that was my first time outside of WWE getting to explore more entertainment work. And I was really intimidated. But then when I got on set, it felt like I was doing backstage, you know, it felt like I was doing a WWE backstage. And so I was like, wow, and it kind of dawned on me in that moment how much practice we get at WWE that I don't think we realize until we're thrust into other situations. And it's familiar.

And it feels like there's already experience there. And so it was cool. But it was intimidating.

But she was beautiful and stunning. Is that what you think that so many wrestlers turn out to be great, really good actors? Because you what you just said, you're out there in front of a live crowd, you don't get multiple takes, you know, you got to hit your mark. No, you got to hit Broadway with violence.

Yeah. Yeah, I definitely think there are so many factors being able to be that help crossover into acting that are not necessarily the same way you'd act in acting, like you said, you know, there's only one take. So you have to you have to know your material, you have to know what you're doing, you have to you have to be on you have to nail it. I feel like where it differs that I've noticed and what I had to work on was in WWE, you know, we are catering to all the fans in that arena, not only just the millions that are watching us, but the thousands in the arena, even the people that are up in the nosebleed seat.

So a lot of things we have to make like bigger and more grand that like in acting maybe you wouldn't traditionally do because you're working to that camera, you know, things would be a lot more smaller, a lot more detailed, a lot more like nuance, because the cameras right there. But I just feel like, even when I audition, you know, I feel more comfortable than maybe, you know, obviously more comfortable than I would be if I didn't have all this, you know, years of experience working with cameras and WWE and audiences and scripts and being coachable and being directable. I feel like all of the directable. Yeah.

Hey, you take direction, direction. Yeah. I feel like I feel like it all helps.

So yeah, I feel like if, you know, you can take the experience, but also be open to like the tweaks that might have to be made live more. But I'm talking like I know, you know, that's that's not me. I don't know.

I don't know. I should be directable. That's very directable. Now, we had you move your camera and you did.

You did what he said. And, you know, I'm naturally kind of just swaying because I think I like to lean to the left, but I'm trying to adjust. And I'm like, that's that's directable.

I think we'd lean to the left here, too, but we don't even want to get in the bag. It's such a whole nother thing. That is a whole nother thing. Now we talked about your rumbles, your battle royals, Money in the Bank. You're gearing up for Elimination Chamber.

I am. What goes into that chaos for, you know, for those who have never been to the Elimination Chamber? I mean, I know I've never been in one. About the Elimination Chamber, is that more Elimination Chambers than any other woman in WWE history?

I like to call it Elimination Chamber. Of course you do. Sell the merch. Come on, put it on a t-shirt. Sell the merch.

Put it on a t-shirt. I know, right? I know. I know.

Yes, it's a chaotic, it's a, it's a, it's a chaotic match. There's essentially, how many girls is in that? Six? Let me count. Hold on.

Who's in the share? It's, well, yeah, six. There's six. There's six people in the match. Two people star and in interval times, a pod is randomly going to open up to release one of the other four women. And the match doesn't really start until everyone's out into the ring and where pinfalls are now, you know, you're, you're not allowed to eliminate someone.

You're allowed to win. And so it's chaos because the chamber, that steel is no joke. That steel is so sharp. It's so hard. You have the glass pods and you're just trapped in this steel structure with five other women that want the opportunity to face Rhea Ripley. And remember, you can catch that elimination chamber. You know, speaking of Rhea Ripley, you know, I am the last person to defeat Rhea Ripley.

And so, you know, it's all just very, very funny to me. I'm the last person to defeat Rhea. I've been in more elimination chambers than any other women. And so the cards are laid out. I think we were going to get to Rhea.

That was my next, that was my next thing. Just to remind people, March 1st on Peacock, you can catch the elimination chamber at 7 p.m. Eastern for Pacific, where you will catch Roxanne Perez, friend of the show, Bailey, friend of the show, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Liv Morgan, now friend of the show, and Bianca Belair, friend of the show. Well, we got a lot of friends in this match.

We got a lot of friends. We just need Naomi and Alexa and then everyone will be NCWP friendly. Real quick, though, can I, Liv, you brought up, you mentioned something about playing big. And when I think of that as a wrestler, I think of house shows because, you know, house shows, you get to kind of be a little bit bigger. So once you explain to us that people might not know just the difference between performing in a house show as opposed to doing regular TV. Yeah, so TV is a lot more nuanced and there are very specific beats to hit.

There are very specific times to hit. And like I mentioned a little bit earlier, we want to obviously include the thousands of people in the arena, but we also have to pay attention to that camera and the viewers at home, whereas live events, it's much more intimate. You just have the audience that bought a ticket seeing you and time is so lenient and there's not so much direction as to what you have to do when you're out there. So it is a lot of fun.

It's way more personable, in my opinion. And I feel like it's just a great opportunity to kind of let loose as a performer. And it feels very like live events are like for the love of the game.

You know what I mean? It's like we get to do what we'd love to do in a way that we have just a tad bit more creative liberties. And so the live events are always a great experience and we have them on.

So if you haven't been, I highly suggest to go because you really never know what you're going to see. Now, you know, we've talked about obviously your chops as a performer and we've seen you go from group to solo to tag team to now in another faction, but there's just something, your personality always stands out talking with you. Now you, you just see how chill you are.

You just, it is what it is, but you are such a good, bad guy. Talk to us a little bit about the fun of being a heel, not caring what anybody has to say and just doing your thing. And also fair point. We love, we love heels who kind of have a point.

Like they kind of have a point on why they're mad. Like, so talk to us about being a hill a little bit. Well, actually I would say that'll dive into my question too, because you know, when we were out on this LMRT, this live Morgan revenge tour, the reason this tour started was because Rhea hurts you, right?

Super Valley. You were trying to be her friend. She jacked up your shoulder.

You were out for six months. You came back and yet when you came back, what happened with the people that booed you? Yeah. People booed you. Like O'Shea said, we've talked to a lot of hill heels on, you know, different companies who we feel do have valid arguments and valid reasons for doing the things that they do.

And yet sometimes the crowd doesn't see it that way. And we just want to let you know, we understand. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. I mean, I felt so justified in every single fiber of my being. I really can't even explain it to you. You know, I like to say like, I don't know shit, but I knew that I knew that I was right and that I was in the right and I was going to come back and start live Morgan revenge chart, the infamous live Morgan revenge chart.

LMRT should be on it. Yeah, it is. It is. I'm sure.

Well, I'm sure one of those people that I don't know if you've been on Twitter and seeing her fans, I'm sure they got that tatted on this, bro. It's like, I've seen a couple. Yeah. Yeah, dude. They go hard for you, man. They go hard for, you know, so much fun though. And now something I wanted to talk to you about, you know, we saw you early on riot squad and they had to, you know, during the draft, they shifted you into your solo career from there.

Obviously now you are into the judgment day. Can you talk a bit about what that feeling was when you found out that they are taking you out of the riot squad going on a journey alone, and then also to counter that, what it's like to join a group that's already had great success and still finding a way to fit in? Yeah. I mean, when I found out we were going to be separated, the riot squad, we were obviously devastated.

I think, you know, for a lot of reasons. One, when we got together, we kind of just were thrown together as like a makeshift group and I didn't necessarily have like personal relationships with Ruby or Sarah. But we bonded and got along so well and they just became sisters to me, you know, to this day. And so we just, it was so sudden and there was no inkling of it happening. And I feel like we felt like we were like, we felt like we had so much to do as partners and we just loved each other, obviously, and we enjoyed our time together and we learned and grew so much together. So to kind of be taken out of that and thrown into like an unknown was scary. And I was upset, but I also was excited for the opportunity because I also like knew that I was considered like the weak link of the riot squad. And so now here I have this opportunity to kind of be by myself and prove myself.

And so it was a very loaded, it was a very loaded scenario. But then to step into a well established group that I didn't found in the judgment day, I think slightly different because at this point in my career, you know, I had come back from injury and I had like really like this newfound confidence that bestowed upon me and my time off that really just helped elevate myself to the next level. I feel like if you ask me what I was missing all kind of the past couple of years, I'd say just like that true confidence in myself to be a full fledged star, to be able to go out there and to give that aura, to be confident in the promos, to deliver amazing matches. I wanted to so badly, but I don't know if I felt like maybe I would be able to get it all together kind of until I got injured and until I had that six months to really just sit with myself and develop. And, you know, that's the most time I ever had off since I started.

I started when I was 20 years old. I've never had six months to not travel, to not be Liv Morgan, to not be on the road. I had more time with myself than I had in my whole adulthood. And so I just really benefited from that and just found like confidence and came back just so ready for whatever was going to happen. And so being into Judgment Day, maybe slightly like, how is this going to work? They're such an established group with Rhea and I am the exact opposite of Rhea.

And so how am I going to make this work? But I like to think honestly that I am like a little chameleon and I will make anything work. And so I was excited for the challenge, but look, you know, it worked so beautifully. I love the Judgment Day. And you found love in the Judgment Day.

How about that? Another friend of the show, Dirty Dom has been on here. I know, Dirty Dom, I know. Now a lot of people, you know, they think that when they like to put together that, you know, Dom kind of brought her into the Judgment Day. But bro, if you remember back when the Judgment Day was Edge, Damien and Rhea, Finn Balor made her an honorary member of the Bullet Club for a night. So I completely blamed Finn for being in there, bro. Oh, you blame him? Well, he brought her in, bro.

Now he wants to trip out on her. There's lots of weird history. There's lots of weird history.

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Yeah. It was very easy to me because it was very real. Like Rhea really did tear my shoulder. And growing up, like I found WWE so early in my life and it kind of really helped me shape my life because all I ever wanted was to grow up and be a WWE superstar. And so to be injured kind of at the peak of my career in that moment by Rhea, who I had to watch as I sat home for six months after tearing my labrum, my rotator cuff and my bicep, watching her ascend to like this level of superstardom without a care in the world of my injury or what that meant for me.

So the motivation was just obviously there because like I said, these were all events that really took place. And so as I'm sitting home and I'm watching her, I'm just like, what am I, what am I going to do? What's my direction when I come back? And then it just like was like right in front of my face. It was so obvious. Like I'm going to, I'm going to fucking get back at Rhea Ripley. I'm going to do whatever it takes to get back at Rhea Ripley. And I'm going to take everything that she ever loved because she took everything that I ever loved. All I've ever loved was WWE. And she took six months not knowing how I'd be when I returned, if I'd make a full recovery, what this meant for my career, because nothing is promising.

Just because I left so well off doesn't mean that I'm going to come back the same way. And so it was just right in front of my face. And so I devised the Liv Morgan revenge tour right then and there. And I decided that I was going to take away everything she loved, which was the women's world championship, which was judgment day, which was said he don't. And I took them on and made them mine. Everything you loved. And I took it.

Okay. It's mine now. I made it mine and I made it better. Now to speak on your love for WWE and and taking everything that people love. I need to know during your time as a fan, let me know a time where wrestling broke your heart. Now we've heard a lot of examples, like when the undertaker streak was broken, uh, Bailey, I think had the funniest one. You know, that kind of broke my heart too, but not, not, not, not fully.

Um, damn a moment where wrestling really broke my heart. Yeah. I love these questions. Makes you think I have something that's sticking out, but I'm like, is that really it though? Is that what, is that, is that what broke my heart plan on you coming on the show a lot more times so you could give us a bunch of them.

Okay. So what, what, what sticks out to me is, um, when Lita and Trish had the intergender match with edge and Christian, like that whole storyline, I was so bothered and triggered, not triggered because I was young and I wasn't like dating or anything obviously, but like, I just couldn't believe the audacity of edge and Christian trying to manipulate these women. Um, and, and they lost and I, I obviously was such a fan of Lita.

I love Lita. Um, I like Trish too. I like Trish now more than I did, you know, but I was bummed. I was bummed. I wanted the girlies to pull through.

I wanted the girlies to pull through and, um, they didn't, they didn't, they didn't win that shit. No. Yeah.

Yeah. And so, and I, I was upset. I just, I really, I paid attention to the men wrestling, but when I tell you I loved women's wrestling, like that's what, that was like why I watched wrestling. It was, it was to watch the women and to be entertained by the women. And so, you know, I spent so much time watching it to like, you know, see myself and relate, which I felt like with Lita. So I was drawn that she didn't, that she didn't win.

Well, speaking of Lita, that leads me to a question. Um, we're going to give you a chance to go back in time, live Morgan. And, you know, like Doc Brown had a DeLorean and back to the future.

He finally got that joint up and running. So we're going to put you in it. You got the 1.21 jig of Watts of power going, and we're going to send you back.

Well, that's how much it takes, man. Or a lightning bolt strike at a precise time, but we can't really predict that. So, you know, live, we're going to put you in that DeLorean.

We're going to send you back in time. And your goal is to pick five performers. Performers that you want to main event WrestleMania with, who would you pick? Who were the five? I almost said women, but maybe want to do a new gender.

Maybe it's a man, but who were the five performers that you'd like to go back in time and test your skills against in the main event of WrestleMania? Oh gosh. Oh gosh. That's such a loaded question. Oh yeah. We're full of those.

We like to make it easy. It would definitely be all girlies, unless I can finesse and add my own elements. You know, like I'd love a me and Dominic versus AJ and CM Punk.

Okay. I was thinking that. A special guest referee, you know, that's five.

I would love, I would love something like that. But if it, if I had to pick just like a five way, it would be me, myself, obviously it would be China. Do I count myself in my part of the five? This is individual. You're getting five individual WrestleMania. I'm not even part of the five.

No, you are. Yeah. It's you against blank. Then you against blank.

So me against four others, but not at the same time though. Yeah. Yeah.

Individual. You're getting five individual. Oh, so let's say WrestleMania it's 20 through 25.

Liv Morgan is going to main event. Yeah. All five of them.

Give us your five opponents in those five matches. Gosh. Okay.

Well, China's definitely one. Yeah. You mentioned leader a lot. I would assume that I'm going to, I'm going to do Trish Trish, but no, I got to, I got to get Trish back. Hold on. Let me just go back. I want to be thoughtful here. I want to be thoughtful. I don't want to just feel you. I feel you. Oh, she's going to hate the next question. Yeah. Honestly, I'm the worst at making decisions. I'm really indecisive. So when people are like, oh, let's see quick answers, like, that's not me.

Like I'm gonna, I'm gonna fold and I'm gonna crumble under the pressure. Okay. So I said China. Well, we'll give you this one. Liv will do.

I like Dom and Liv versus punk and AJ. Let's go with that. We got that one. Then we have you against China. You against Trish Stratus.

Now we need two more, two more. I don't know. I don't know.

I'm sorry. She got to get real. I know she wants to go to WrestleMania. I was going to say, that was going to be like my, you know what I was going to fall out with Rhea, but then I decided to not do it. I decided to not say it. Who could we Rhea. I liked that one. What's another good one, man. There's so, I mean, she could, she, she could have so many good match-ups.

I mean, you could say Medusa. You could say to be continued. She's got to answer this last one on Twitter. Let me answer when I come back. All right. Yeah. I got you. I got you.

I like that. Now I gotta give you, I got to give you our bar fight question. So you're out with the girls getting mimosas, living life, if you will.

No pun intended, TJ, because she's out there living her best life. Yes. So you got, uh, there's 50 girls in there that don't want you in there. You have to pick a team of you and four other superstars to make sure you guys are getting to the car, but we need you safe. We need to get you out of that bar beat they ass. Okay.

How many, how many girls, you and four girls. That's so funny to me. Oh gosh. Okay. I'm thinking Raquel for sure. Raquel for sure. I'm thinking Natty cause Natty crazy.

Natty's crazy. Natty, Natty, you know, she'll get us through. Um, I'm going to pick Bianca. Um, and then for my last pick, who am I going to choose to get me out of a bar if shit is going down?

Sometimes your enemies can also help you out. I'm not choosing her. Take me out. Take me out. I'm not choosing her. I'll stay in the bar.

The last person that I'm going to pick is shit. I have like no friends. Gotta be a friend. Yeah. I mean, you need to help you get into the car.

There was just one woman in particular. I remember from the world rumble who like, not get in here. Let's go. Yeah.

Oh my gosh. Me, Naya, Natty, Raquel and Bianca. We're, we're getting out there clean to quote Mark Henry song. Somebody getting the ass. We didn't even need Bria to do it.

Somebody getting the whip split. Now you mentioned, I'm not picking her. Yeah. Right. I know where you're going.

TJ. But you mentioned obviously your tag team partner Raquel Monday, you guys got pretty important match for the tag team titles. Let us know what you're doing to prepare and you know, why we, why we should be team live.

You know what? I'm not going to force you to be team live. I think I believe in free will. Everyone could be a team, whoever they want, you know? So if you want to be team Bianca and Naomi, I applaud you. But the smart decision, if I can inform you is to be team live because Raquel and I are the most dominant tag team because we were part of the most dominant iconic faction, the judgment day and Raquel and I already two time tag team champions in the last time we lost. It was because we were a Ripley came and interfered in our match. We never even would have lost had it been a clean fight. And so on Monday, Raquel and I are going to walk out.

We're going to bring it to Bianca and Naomi, and we are going to walk out three time women's tag team champions, the only three time women's tag team champions, which is going to make us the greatest women's champions of all time. We're friends now. I think it's safe to say, right? Yeah. Oh, okay. So just share something with us.

Okay. I mean, did you push Jade off off of the, I mean, look, I mean, it might as well put it out there. Now, if you're innocent, I'd like to know. And if you're guilty, look, you know, I was about to do a nice outro. This is TJ. Ask you this.

I asked, look, we're friends. And I feel like, look, she got, she got jumped yesterday, Monday. If she didn't do it, then I feel that was wrong.

Right? That's true. And if she did do it, then you know, Hey, I feel like she can handle whatever is coming.

You bowl, bro. So I would like to say, you know, I know we're just getting to know each other and that we just became friends, but in the history of Liv Morgan, there's not been one time when I didn't scream and brag about whatever I had just done. This is valid.

That's a good point. Take that. That is, how many times did I scream? I stole Rhea's man. How many times did I scream? I retired Becky Lynch.

I think that this is a huge misunderstanding thing. I think that that beat down was highly, highly unwarranted, but I was there. She was there.

And that's all that's, that's it. Beautiful answer. Ladies and gentlemen, from, from the backyard to being in a rumble, being eliminated in eight seconds to a multiple time champion. Liv you're an inspiration. You're great. Thank you for coming on the NCW podcast and live. I got to tell you a few episodes ago, I, we mentioned you and I gave you your flowers.

You weren't here to see it, but I did. So I might as well tell you when you say, well, when you first started, like for me, it's like, I see the wrestlers, you know, I watch NXT, you know, I see people coming up and you, you right off the bat, you get an impression of them like, okay, I'm into this person. I'm not into that person. So full disclosure, when you first started, you came out and you had, you know, your sneakers and everything. And I was like, well, she kind of reminds me of Carmela a little bit. And that was my first instinct.

Right. But then of course you and Carmela both did your own thing. Very successful. You incredibly successful. And what you did is you won me over and that's really hard to do for me personally. So that's why I wanted to give you your flowers. I was so wrong about you from the first time. And like, I'm almost embarrassed by what I thought, but now what, what moment was it that I won you over?

It wasn't even like a specific moment. It was as your career went on, as you know, through NXT, through the ride squad, just, I could see your determination. I could tell that like, she really loves this. And I saw you, honestly, you got better and better and better every week. It was just like, you know, you just improved like everyone who's really serious about it. So for me as a fan, it was like, at first I was like, okay, I don't know, but after like a year or two, I was like, bet I'm down. So like I said, for whatever it's worth, I want to give you your flowers.

You made me a fan when at first I wasn't sure, but now I'm very sure. And so, yeah, I just wanted to say that to you. Thank you. I appreciate that. You know, it's like the coolest thing about that is I'm just getting started.

Feel free to come on ACW anytime you're chill as hell. How, how did we do? How, how was our interview? Oh, love, love. So easy. So, so pleasant. Easy conversation.

Thank you guys. The rain like distracted me though. I started pouring here like crazy. I thought I was gonna lose my wifi. Are you out in the farm right now? Liz live. I'm on the farm.

Yeah. I'm about to go check my towels. I'm about to go check out a Jersey girl buying a farm. The next time you come on, we've got a deep dive into that.

Cause I'm interested. I'd love to the farm is growing too. I think I'm going to get some sheep.

Well, that makes sense. She's for a goat. Well, I mean, you're the goat. We are sheep's goats. No, you're the goat. We're saying sheep for a goat.

That's TJ. I was like, you know, a baby lamb is a sheep. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know if that's a go.

I think it's different. Thank you. I am the goat. I am the goat.

Actually. Do you see the string? I didn't really show it off that well. This is my crown.

Women's one of one crown jewel championship ring with real diamonds because I am in fact the goat and they don't make real diamond rings for non-ghost. That's right. That huge crown jewel belt. I was crazy. Right. I was like, look, he helping me hold it up. I had my women's world championship, the crown jewel championship.

I was like, both these combined weighed more than me. So did your thing with Morgan and you continue to do it. Thank you so much. We appreciate you up next time.

Thank you so much. Everybody. Ladies and gentlemen, that does it for the no contest wrestling podcast. We appreciate you guys. Um, next week you're going to want to be there because we've got a special guest, a man X-Pac to join the NCW. We're talking about a guy who's responsible for hundreds of thousands of hours of detention for many, many, uh, junior high and high school boys throughout the years by a single gesture, a single X chop TJ, please tell the people where they can find us.

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