Jack Farmer: Ah yes, ladies and gentlemen, Jack Farmer here being joined by Swerve Strickland, wrestler, podcaster, musician. In fact, Swerve, I just got to ask, if you’re at a party and someone asks, what do you do? What do you tell them?

Swerve Strickland: Mogul.

Mogul. Probably the best answer.

Mogul. 

You’ve got a big match coming up, Full Gear this weekend. Before we talk about that though, I actually want to go back to the last big show you were on and I want to talk about a post-show media scrum. You were asked a question about who people should have their eyes on and you said the media should do their job and tell other people who we should have our eyes on, and so I want you to know I did my research and I did my homework, and so I just really quick want to give a shout-out to a few people from DEFY, Cody Chunn, Midnight Heat, Vert Vixen, as well as people here in Southern California, Jordan Cruz, Slice Boogie, and Referee Scarlet Donovan. I want people to check those people out and if you like more, come reach out to me. So I just want you to know I’m listening. I’m doing the job here, Swerve.

Thank you. Because truly, it’s a domino effect, man. The more those names circulate and the more you guys talk about them and bring them up, the more buzz it gets and the more the promoters have to follow through with the buzz. They want to hear the echo chamber spew out those names. They want to know who the talent is. Let you guys tell them, tell the world dictate that these guys are stars and where they should go and who should be booking them and putting them on promotions. It’s what worked for all of us in the last 10, 15 years with this whole era of social media. So the more these names trend, they’re tagged, they’re brought up, they’re put into these conversations or where you want to see these guys go or when these wrestling promotions put out a list of names, who’s out there? When you guys put these guys on these lists and you tweet these guys and you bring them up in mentions, those guys get seen and not just the promoters but the fans.

Absolutely. And look, anyone who’s listening to this, if you want some more, feel free to hit me up, but I’m a big believer that I think one of the most fun things to do as a wrestling fan is follow a wrestler from before they made it big until they reach higher heights. You know what I mean?

Yeah. It’s like rock bands.

Yeah, 100%.