00:02Hogan always plays with me.
00:09He thinks I'm his pawn.
00:13He thinks in the massive scheme of things that I'm always going to be under his thumb.
00:18He's always going to be the biggest star.
00:21He's always going to be HH.
00:23Okay?
00:24I don't buy that.
00:27And I don't have to buy it.
00:29You know why?
00:30Because I am Rick G.O.D. Flair.
00:39In your world, I'm just playing God.
00:42Okay?
00:44Anyway, Hogan, last week, Garrett Bischoff and you ran one of the biggest names
00:52and one of the most established commodities out of our business.
00:56I'm talking about the great Eric Bischoff.
01:01Hogan, you and I are going to talk out here tonight because, brother, I'm pissed off.
01:09And you don't want to piss off somebody wearing a $1,000 shirt, $2,000 shoes, a $500 alligator belt,
01:18and just happens to have two Hall of Fame rings.
01:20You do not want to piss off the wrestling god, the one and only Nate Jabbai.
01:30So, Hogan, I'm calling you out.
01:32Let's see what you got.
01:34Let's see what you got.
01:41He won't show up.
01:44Hogan won't show up.
02:03Hulk Hogan, called out by Rick Flair, and yes, the new general manager of Impact Wrestling.
02:09He does show up.
02:11Obviously, Flair, still PO, still upset at what went down one week ago tonight on this program.
02:18The farewell ceremony that Flair had planned for the executive formerly known as Eric Bischoff didn't necessarily go the Nature
02:27Boy's way.
02:28Well, I can see Rick Flair's point to respect and friendship and bond that the Nature Boy and the executive
02:34formerly known as Eric Bischoff have fought over the past several months together and over the years of known as
02:40trouble.
02:40Now, I can see Flair being upset over that.
02:43It was a shame, in my opinion, the way Eric Bischoff...
02:46What are you talking about, a shame?
02:48It was sad.
02:56Good versus evil.
02:59Okay?
03:01You are good.
03:05Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
03:08But I am the baddest man in the planet, brother.
03:13And you...
03:14And you...
03:16I'm tired of you running roughshod on me.
03:20What do I got to do?
03:21Take Dixie Carter back to the hard rock again?
03:24What do I got to do?
03:26I'm going to get...
03:27I'm going to get control of this place again, brother.
03:29Okay, well, here's the deal, brother.
03:31Number one, I'm not here to fight you.
03:40I know.
03:41You're here to boss me around again.
03:44Well, you know, you got that right too, Rick.
03:46Because as the general manager here, I'm making it a priority to step the game up here at Impact Wrestling.
03:57And when you talk about bad, when you talk about evil, you said the wrong name.
04:04You should have said Eric Bischoff, because he did a lot of bad things around here, spread a lot of
04:11evil all the way from Dixie Carter to the talent in the back, even to his own son, brother.
04:18So, with all that being said, I take this general manager position real seriously, dude.
04:26I hung my boots up when the offer came along from Dixie Carter.
04:31There's a chance here to make Impact Wrestling have one of the longest runs of any professional wrestling company in
04:39the world.
04:39And we're here to make it that way.
04:41You and I, Rick.
04:44So, in passing, I guess you could say you do work for me.
04:52And since I am your boss, Rick Flair, I'm going to ask you to do something for me.
04:58I'm going to ask you to be a judge on Gut Check and try to find the brand new talent
05:06that's going to shape the future of this business, Rick.
05:11Because what I realized, with Rick Flair in the lead position at Gut Check, with you judging the talent, we
05:20all have a chance to live forever.
05:22We can vicariously live through the new talent.
05:26You can tell them placement, timing.
05:29You can tell them how to make it happen in here, Rick.
05:32When to stay down, when to get up.
05:33No one else can do that.
05:35So, I'm asking you, Rick.
05:36You're setting me up again.
05:38No, I'm not.
05:39You're setting me up again.
05:40No, I'm not.
05:40I can see it in your eyes.
05:41No, I'm not.
05:42I'm asking you to do something for this business.
05:44Not for our legacy.
05:46Not for the guys in the back.
05:48I'm asking you to do something for the fans.
05:52For who?
05:54For who?
05:55I'm asking you, Rick Flair, to help shape the future of this wrestling business, to help find the up-and
06:03-coming wrestlers, and you don't have to respect me to do this job, Rick.
06:07All you have to do is be the nature boy, and it'll work.
06:10Yeah, but let's get right back to it again.
06:13You're telling me that's my job.
06:15I'm asking you.
06:17You don't ever ask.
06:18You always tell.
06:20If I say no to you right now, you'll say, tough s***, do it.
06:25Right or wrong?
06:28I know you're not going to say no, Rick.
06:30You love this business too much.
06:33You're right.
06:34I love hanging around the kids.
06:36I'll do it.
06:37I love hanging around the kids.
06:38I'll do it.
06:39You're on.
06:42Wow.
06:43Huge news.
06:44Rick Flair, he's on board with gut check.
06:46Rick Flair going to be on the judging panel of gut check.
06:50That is huge, because I agree with you, Mike.
06:52Big time.
06:53Flair agrees to help find the future of our business.
06:56Hogan asks, and Flair joins the judging panel, and tonight, we find out the fate of last week's contestant, Alex
07:04Silva.
