X-Pac notes that he’s happy for both Enzo Amore and Rich Swann, who’ve both been cleared of any wrongdoing in their respective assault cases. He’s happy that everything turned out the way it did for Amore, and he hopes Amore has learned from this. He’s also very glad that Swann has decided to continue wrestling because Swann’s a super good guy and a special wrestler.
X-Pac welcomes Conrad Thompson to the show.
X-Pac congratulates Thompson on the success of his newest podcast, “83 Weeks” with Eric Bischoff. Thompson notes that the show might have caught some people by surprise because some people were worried that all of Bischoff’s stories have been told over the years. Thompson informs that he comes at these stories from a different angle and he’s been able to draw some new information out of Bischoff. Last week’s show did 102,000 downloads, and he hopes to keep building on those numbers.
Thompson discusses the development of Starrcast. He informs that he spoke to Cody Rhodes in an airport many months ago and they started communicating after that. Thompson sent Rhodes his entire plan for a podcast convention through email, and Rhodes and The Young Bucks loved it. As of now they’ve sold over 1500 tickets and it’s going to be the second biggest wrestling convention of the year after WrestleCon in Thompson’s opinion.
Thompson informs that he could understand that some people in the business might be hesitant about him running this convention. He’s simply a fan who finds himself in a very unique situation and wanted to try something new. Luckily, he hasn’t faced too much criticism and a lot of people within the business have been great to him.
