Does The Rock Owe Vince Russo? + The Vince McMahon Red Bull Story — The Coach and Bro Friday 10/2/26

The Coach and Bro open their first show since AEW's Dynamite tribute to PAC, who passed away on Sunday, Sept 27. Russo credits Tony Khan's heart, Coach compares the night to the post-9/11 SmackDown, and both point to the tributes from Jon Moxley, Chris Jericho, Eddie Kingston and Kenny Omega, who reportedly flew in from Japan. Russo then goes off on everyone asking whether Netflix knew what it was buying. After the Netflix replay blacked out Jacob Fatu being hit with a car door and run over on Raw, his argument is that Netflix wants you watching live and has standards to meet in 190 countries. Coach backs him up with how WWE once edited and shipped Raw tapes to every international market. Russo also books the JD McDonagh "big head" running gag all the way to a Brian Pillman-style breakdown.

Then the movie-star debate. With John Cena's Matchbox headed to Apple TV, Russo asks whether Cena has passed The Rock. He admits he has never seen a Rock movie, says The Rock "started with Vince Russo's pen" after the Rocky Maivia debut at Madison Square Garden, and asks why Brian Gewirtz made millions while he got "badati." Coach explains why wrestling fans felt left behind. Russo makes it Rock vs. Cena vs. Batista for best actor, which sends Coach into the night a Batista spinebuster put him into a cement ceiling in Steubenville and Shawn Daivari had to take his beating. Russo answers with standing on top of the cage with Ric Flair on Nitro and the night he asked Kevin Nash to gig him. Coach picks Batista, and Russo reveals Batista's vintage lunch box collection.

The Flair stories keep going: Flair walked Russo through their cage match exactly once, and Coach got "call it out there" before their 2005 Tribute to the Troops match in Afghanistan, where the figure-four got renamed the "figure two." Then the legendary one, Coach's Vince McMahon Red Bull story. After that, what they learned being around McMahon and The Rock, Mike Tomlin's Minecraft city, and a Super Chat run: Roddy Piper never needing the belt, Hardcore Holly, Perry Saturn and Shelton Benjamin, ESPN's cuts and the $1.6 billion WWE deal, Bray Wyatt's $35 cologne, the Mean Street Posse outdrawing Hogan vs. Savage, and Russo not getting Sabrina Carpenter.

Housekeeping: The Coach and Bro-lette wheel moves to Monday because Producer Man ran today's show from his phone. Super Chats get you on the show. Next Friday opens with the story of Coach and a boxing champion of the world. New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 2 PM ET.

Episode Timestamps Time Segment 00:00 Open: tech issues and "Mighty Mouse" Producer Man 00:33 Friday story time, Super Chats and the numbers 01:37 AEW's Dynamite tribute to PAC 02:29 Russo: "Tony Khan has a heart" 03:10 The backstage vibe: Jericho, Kingston, Moxley and Omega 04:31 Russo: why PAC was believable 05:18 Coach answers a critic in the chat 06:21 Russo: "Didn't Netflix know what they were buying?" 07:39 Live viewing and 190 countries of standards and practices 09:12 Coach: how WWE edited Raw for every country 11:06 The PGA Tour rain delay that explains it all 11:30 WWE's TV-MA content on Netflix? 12:18 Jacob Fatu, the car and why fans care 13:16 Watch patterns: should WWE hold the clips? 14:10 JD McDonagh and the big Funko head 14:52 Russo books the McDonagh storyline 18:11 Coach: you've got to be able to laugh at yourself 19:40 Is John Cena a bigger movie star than The Rock? 20:43 Coach: Cena's streaming lane vs. Rock's Tom Cruise mentality 23:00 Name a Cena movie 23:41 Russo has never seen a Rock movie 23:52 "The Rock started with Vince Russo's pen" 25:58 Why wrestling fans felt left behind by The Rock 28:21 "Vince is jealous?" Russo answers the chat 29:14 It's an entertainment show. Relax. 29:55 Rock, Cena or Batista: who's the best actor? 30:51 Coach's Steubenville knockout story 35:17 Russ