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Dan's Wrestling Commentary Disaster and Blowing the Sabu Surprise

from The Great Francis James · #110

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6 min

Guest

Guest Dan St. Germain, wearing sunglasses after retinal surgery, tells the long story of his dream tryout as a professional wrestling commentator for an indie promotion, accidentally spoiling wrestler Sabu's surprise appearance on air, getting confronted backstage, and fleeing the venue in his cab.

In this bit11 moments
  • 4:13Dan's lifelong dream was to become a professional wrestling commentator.
  • 4:38Dan created a character with a suit, leather jacket, and a $5 cabbie hat bought outside a CVS to look like a heel.
  • 5:13Half the wrestlers at the show were juggalos, making Dan's douchebag look stand out even more.
  • 5:29Right before the event, Dan got a text that Michelle Wolf was canceled by Netflix, which derailed his mindset.
  • 5:52The promoter Joey gave wrestlers a speech reminding them not to say anything homophobic, transphobic, or racist because it could blow up on Twitter.
  • 6:14Dan was explicitly told the entire night not to say the word Sabu because Sabu was the surprise replacement wrestler.
  • 6:44Dan started commentating and did a decent job putting over the wrestlers, only stumbling on one guy's name.
  • 7:51During the match, Dan accidentally said "if you want to go see Sabu go to the bar" instead of Sandman, immediately blowing the surprise.
  • 8:54After freaking out and getting confronted by the promoter and Joey Janela, Dan grabbed his duffel bag and ran out of the auditorium, flagging down a cab to drive home.
  • 9:08He ruined his dream wrestling commentary gig by saying the one word he was explicitly told not to say.
  • 9:27Everyone had told him beforehand there was no way he could screw it up, but it was a slip on his part.
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Joey JanelaMichelle WolfSabuLewis GómezSandmanTeddy HartDan

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