SouthernWorldwide.com – The common saying “never meet your heroes” is often used to temper expectations of those individuals we admire or look up to. However, for pro wrestling podcaster Dwayne Swayze, this adage proved to be completely incorrect.
Swayze has joined forces with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star MVP to launch the podcast “Marking Out with MVP and Dwayne Swayze.” This podcast serves as a platform for wrestling enthusiasts to engage with in-depth interviews featuring their favorite stars from across the diverse spectrum of professional wrestling.
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Swayze recounted his unexpected encounter, stating, “All of a sudden, six months after being at WrestleMania 25, my favorite wrestler walks directly in. I couldn’t believe it. And nobody knew how big of a wrestling fan I was but I refused to go to the studio on Mondays or Fridays for ‘Raw’ and, there might’ve even been a Thursday back then, for ‘SmackDown.’ I’m not working at all during those times.” He continued, “So, he walks in, so we were able to forge a relationship and the very first song he ever released, I was just in the studio sitting in the back watching my favorite wrestler and he’s rapping. He’d ask for some pointers every now and then. And I don’t know him enough to say anything because I’m like, ‘Oh my god, I can’t believe you’re here.’ And he finishes on this song – two verses. And he looks over at me and says, ‘Hey, you, you wanna do the other verse?’ And I’m like, ‘Of course, of course I do.’”
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He further elaborated on the evolution of their collaboration: “And ever since then, we’d be in the studio, and we’re chatting, I would always ask a wrestling-related question, being the huge fan that I am. Something along the lines of, ‘OK, at the 2008 Royal Rumble, you’re wrestling Ric Flair, he’s on his retirement tour, you, Mr. Kennedy. He’s eventually going to face Shawn Michaels and that is going to be the end of his career and when you guys are at Madison Square Garden, it was reported that he was having confidence issues. What were you saying to him in the ring right before the bell rang?’ And he’d tell me and this is what would be going on for 15 years. And in October 2024, I asked him a question and his response to me was, ‘This should be a show.’ … But that’s how we got here.”
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Swayze highlighted BZZR’s appeal to sports fans, explaining that the platform offers a respite from the usual online noise found on major social media networks. He emphasized that BZZR effectively filters out distractions, maintaining a dedicated focus on sports content.
“BZZR launched with, I think, 10,000 videos, 500 verified creators – Josh Pate (college football), Brett Kollmann (NFL), of course, Kayla Becker is like hosting everything, Kenny Beecham and the joy of basketball with the NBA,” he shared. “Not only those creators, there’s also podcasst. And out of the 500-plus creators that exist, you get sports across the landscape with just top-quality sports across the landscape.”
Unsurprisingly, professional wrestling will be a central theme of the “Marking Out” podcast.
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In the realm of professional wrestling, WWE and AEW command the mainstream attention, not only within North America but arguably on a global scale.
“Some of the good things that I’m seeing … Well, outside my ‘Tribal Chief’ (Roman Reigns), you must acknowledge him, there’s a big youth movement of course,” Swayze observed. “In WWE, I’m loving to see Bron Breakker, Je’Von Evans, Sol Ruca. AEW, ‘where the best wrestle,’ of course, where MVP’s at right now. I really like Kyle Fletcher, Megan Bayne is awesome, Kevin Knight. I’m loving to see the changes of how things were in the past and how it is now.”
“These guys have so much more pressure on them than the stars from yesterday. I kinda compare it to Michael Jordan and LeBron James. They have to live in the social media era and us as fans, the expectation is to see our star – we see them on television, we see them on their socials, a dirt sheet might pull them up, there’s podcasts. There’s just so much, but they’re doing their thing. They’re still performing. They’re still entertaining us. They’re putting themselves out there. As a fan, I definitely appreciate it.”
