Editing Episode 622 (section)

== Overview ==

=== Cold Open: The Christian Watson Comparison ===

James opened by noting that on the list of things he was not expecting that evening, Christian Watson returning to the field during a Packers game when they were already up 16 was near the top. Arif immediately proposed that James must have three wrestling moments the situation compared to, and James confirmed he had exactly three.

The first: Steve Austin in the ambulance match against Triple H — the ambulance door opens, Austin flips the bird from the back and then clotheslines Triple H on the ramp. The second: Kurt Angle taking a pedigree on a table, suffering a massive concussion when the table collapsed the wrong way, being taken to the back by medical staff, and then returning to the ring while still visibly impaired, completing the rest of the match with no memory of it that he has been able to recover since. The third, and most famous: Undertaker vs. Mankind, Hell in a Cell — Mankind is tossed off the top of the cage through the announce table, wheeled away on a stretcher, strapped down, taken to the back, and then returns while the Undertaker is still climbing the cage, with consequences for Mankind that James described as significantly worse than what had already happened. James noted that two of the three people involved in these incidents do not remember the matches in question.

Al Michaels then became the subject of a secondary tangent: Michaels had mentioned on air that he remembered an occasion where Aaron Rodgers left the field, was taken to a hospital, returned, and won the game against the Bears. James recalled the game because of a running joke about Rodgers having adopted a southern accent by the end of it. The segment drifted into whether this was a victory-lap year for Michaels and whether Kirk Herbstreit had a contract clause allowing his removal only if Sean McVay was available as a broadcaster.

=== Announcements ===

James plugged Patreon (patreon.com/NorseCode) and PayPal (paypal.me/NorseCode), reiterated the Boston live show — December 8th, 7:30 PM, 730 Tavern Kitchen and Patio, Cambridge, Massachusetts — and noted that listeners interested in Arif admitting to crimes should go back to the first six minutes of Episode 621. James's description of the Olive Garden incident: "Arif kind of sort of admitted to crimes last episode. That's not a crime, it's just rude. That's totally different."