The (Not So) Calm Before The Dragon Con Storm - A Super Ending In Downtown Atlanta / SkyView & DCW
Downtown Atlanta 2025
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here as
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the recording of this Thursday, August
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28th,
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2025.
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I'm here in my hotel room in Atlanta,
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Georgia, downtown Peach Tree Center
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area. And I'm going to walk down today
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and get my badge and kick off what is
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going to be my 11th out of 13 years, my
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11th Dragon Con. I'm inviting you to
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join me,
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>> Shall. Pretty nice view of the ferris
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wheel from this historic old National
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Registry of Historic Places placked up
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building.
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There's a little marker out front. Also
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thought maybe I could open these up, but
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this is as close as I can get to that.
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It's like so close you can almost taste
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it. But there's a piece of plexi over
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here. They don't want you opening
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the relic windows, the old school
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windows. All right, I'm heading down. I
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am excited to be back at Dragon Con. I
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purposely skipped last year. I needed a
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year off after 10 years in a row with
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the exception of 2020, which I don't
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really count that year because the
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convention did not happen. 2013, 14.
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Well, 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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skip 20 21 22 23 skip 24 and now 25
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11th year. Let's go.
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Piping hot caffeinated beverage. Greg is
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here. Your first sugar-free hot vanilla
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latte. What do you think?
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>> First sip. That's pretty good.
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>> Okay. Cheers. It's Dragon Con time,
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right?
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>> Cheers to Dragon Con.
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>> Got your Hulkmania shirt on for all the
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little Hulkmaniacs out there.
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>> Oh yeah, brother.
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>> All right, first order of business.
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Badge pickup. Line goes in there.
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Stretches down this direction.
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>> Got a little hole right now. Line's not
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moving right now, but we got
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>> All right, heading in. Had a little bit
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of friend line set up to get in this
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room. over at this ballroom where you
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walk in, get in this massive line to get
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your badge.
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That took about 20 minutes, 25 minutes,
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not too long, less than a half hour. And
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I now have my badge. And they have
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lanyards. In the past in past years, I
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can't remember if the last time I was
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here if they gave you a lanyard. They
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used to have to purchase a lanyard. And
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now with the badge, they they give you
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the lanyard. Here's the program. It's
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like we got a little Thre's company
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reference here. Got Mrs. Roper.
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That's amazing.
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>> This is a tailor made for us, huh? Like
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the biggest threes company, guys.
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>> I can't believe this Mrs. Roer thing is
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a thing.
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That's wild. It made the cover of the
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book. Wow.
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>> Out of everything pop culture.
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>> Yeah.
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>> How many people you think look at this
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and have any idea who Mrs. Roer is?
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>> I'm like 99% have no idea. You and I are
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probably the only ones who would even
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recognize this.
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>> Look at this. There's pallets of Mrs.
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Roers. Mission mission accomplished.
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Getting the badge. That'll be the first
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of many, many lines I'm sure we'll be
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waiting in, but that's always the first
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one.
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Bruise around some of the host hotels
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over here at the Hilton. They have a how
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to con your dragon. Yeah. Get enjoy that
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now, Greg, cuz you will not have that in
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a few hours.
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I kind of like this mellow startup
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convention vibe.
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This is pretty cool and appropriate for
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dragon. How to Train Your Dragon Con.
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>> Today's just badge pickup day, wrestling
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day, and a couple events at night.
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Give a little tour of the host hotels
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like these official tie-dye shirts here.
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You want to you want to be you want to
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tell me the information who who did the
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>> Yeah, this year's illustrator is Mark
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Schultz, Harvey and Eisner award winner
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and creator of Xenazoic Tales and
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Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.
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>> All right, cool. Getting the 2025 shirt.
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>> I've got a bunch of these. I don't know
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if I have every year, but I have
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>> pretty pretty decent amount of them.
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>> You talking to me? I'm a good boy for
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buying this.
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>> I am, of course.
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>> Thank you. It's good to be back
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>> into
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>> what I refer to.
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>> What's up, man? I like the race hat.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Have a good
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>> scared now.
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>> The belly of the beast. I'm liking how
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many dragons there are at the con.
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Now, over the course of the weekend,
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we'll probably meet up with other
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friends, but for today on the first day,
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>> yes,
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>> it's just the three of us.
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>> Me, Greg, and the dragon.
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>> What What should we name the dragon, do
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you think?
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>> Uh, you might I don't know. Does it
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already have a name?
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>> Elliot.
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>> Elliot. That's a good one.
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>> Peach dragon. Elliot.
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>> Yeah, we'll just call him Elliot.
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>> You can always count on the trooper over
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here at the pulse bar.
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Just putting out the vibe all weekend.
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Reach the top. Whatever you do. Oh my
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gosh.
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Don't look down.
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Wow.
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Oh my goodness.
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Every level's got soda machines. And
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looks like someone's already been uh
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little pregaming up here.
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ice machine on the 47th floor. Yeah. The
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first year ever I came up here and
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looked at this view and it was a lot
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more horrifying then I think I'm getting
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kind of acclimated to the heights in
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here.
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>> Uh yeah, I mean I like coming up here
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and getting the view. Uh it's kind of a
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traditional thing every year.
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>> There's someone on that roof way over
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there. Way over there. There's someone
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running around on that roof.
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>> Oh man,
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>> your ears are going to pop. Yeah,
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>> this is rapid.
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>> It's quite an experience. I recommend
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anybody who comes to DragCon
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uh go up to the old 47th floor at least
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once.
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There it is.
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>> The the last shred of the original
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Dragon Con Marriott carpet
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>> right here. This is the only little bit
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that's left. It's back behind the
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check-in desk at the Marriott right
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here. All you have to do is ask and they
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will let you go in and take a gander at
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it.
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I actually have a chunk of this on top
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of my TV in my corridor of goons cuz
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when they ripped this out
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there was, you know, remnants of it that
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were put in dumpsters and someone gave
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me one like 9 years ago. They're like,
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"Hey, we have a chunk of it." And I was
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at Dragon Con a year or two after they
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tore the carpet out and they were like,
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"Do you want this?" I go, "Heck yes, I
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want this. This has become legendary."
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I'm in the little store, gift shop here,
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little snack shop called the M Store,
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Marriott Store. They sell the carpet
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from 10 years ago or 11 years ago,
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whenever it was. Ret was retired the
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second year I came to this con, but they
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sell a cookie. It's called the the
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carpet cookie.
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>> You know, I heard that that's actual
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carpet on top of that cookie.
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>> That would be tasty.
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>> We just don't have John.
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>> No, that that that apparently is not
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happening this year.
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>> Such a missed opportunity.
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>> And stickers.
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>> Hello.
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>> Oh my lord. I'm saving.
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>> Oh my god. Is that the bird?
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>> Why is he
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>> Is that the bird?
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>> Wow.
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>> Thank you. Let's go and kick ass all out
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of bubble.
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>> That's amazing. And you got consumed
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next to you
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>> with pamp.
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Nice. Very nicely done. Love it. Thanks,
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guys. Street Zamboni. Look at that
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thing. That's like a I don't know
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exactly what that is, but it's like a
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street Zamboni. Like a cleaning thing, a
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vacuum going right down the middle of
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the thoroughare there. That's pretty
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wild. Street Zamboni. Oh my gosh. We
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have Muppets aliens mash up here. Oh my
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good. You got the little chest burster
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coming out there. Oh my. Look at Kermit
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the alien.
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That's awesome.
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Love it. Thank you. You both look
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awesome. Thank you guys.
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Slime all over there.
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Oh,
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>> Kermit. Hello, Kermy.
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Good to see you. I don't know if I would
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trust Satan.
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Satan giving a newbie tour.
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>> Found a couple FedEx John's here with
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the googly eyes.
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>> Must be 18. Please sign here. John,
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bless you with parcels.
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>> Thank you both. Thank you.
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>> Welcome to Costco.
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>> Thank you. Good to be here.
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>> I love you.
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>> So, this was Is this screen used?
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>> No.
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>> Well, this this is
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>> This wasn't screen used, was it? It is.
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This is a screen used.
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>> Oh my gosh. Okay. Well, that brings an
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extra level of awesomeness.
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>> You got to come to the Student Baker
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because they're actually here. student
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pictures here and panel with us uh
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tomorrow at 4 restoring this. We got all
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the photos, all the background used.
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>> Yeah, it's actually gonna be pretty
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cool. I do normally just do our car
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restoration panels, but it'll be a
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specific one on this. We got all the
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photos, all the BTS, everything.
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>> That's amazing. Um, yeah.
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>> So, this is where Gonzo's car was
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mounted in
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>> publicize the mechanics a little bit. So
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underneath it's like
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>> Yeah, we're like looking at it thinking
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it was a restoration or a recreation I
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should say, but in fact it's the screen
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used car.
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>> It's Willy Wonka.
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>> Mr. Wonka.
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>> I'm going to imagination.
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You got brakes on that thing.
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>> Oh yeah. Let's get a sky view
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downtown Atlanta. I haven't ridden this
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in many years.
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Yeah, that's one that's never been put
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on DVD or nothing. It's still on just
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VHS.
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>> What if
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>> Mr. Dan Mr. Danny
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>> uh s Mr. Jefferson's in there? And um
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>> Oh, Sherman Hemsley. Really?
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>> Yeah. Who's the bad guy with a bald
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head? Damn. Suburban Commander Chris
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Floyd.
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>> Oh, Brown, right? Bob Goff. I think it's
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him.
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>> Bobcat Golf.
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>> Bobcat. I think it's him.
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>> Oh,
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I have not seen.
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>> What's wrong with Chris? Chris Lloyd was
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what?
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>> Mr. Nanny.
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>> He was in Mr. Nanny.
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>> Suburban Commando.
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>> I honestly have not seen
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>> Chris Lloyd was with Hogan in one movie.
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>> Frozen today.
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>> Is that your Chris Lloyd imitation?
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>> Oh, yeah. Yeah.
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>> Do it again.
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>> I was frozen today.
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Scott.
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>> There you [laughter] go.
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>> Gig 100 gigawatt. What's a gigawatt?
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What's a gigawatt? [laughter]
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You want [laughter] to come down for
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this out, bud?
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>> All right, man. Thank you.
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>> He was awesome.
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The air conditioning was off, but now we
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just turned it on. Just push the button.
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The air conditioning comes.
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>> I took a guess. I took a guess which
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button it was.
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>> Do not do not kick out the side of the
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door.
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Be one of my favorite ferris wheel
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workers ever. He's great. We talked to
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him in line for like 15 minutes.
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>> Yeah. Oh, he was good.
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This is slightly terrifying.
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>> You don't like these?
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>> Oh, yeah. I do. This
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>> I love it. It's just a little It's a
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great view of the Olympic rings down
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there.
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>> Yep. Olympic Park. And then you got
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World of Coke over there. The aquarium.
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I think there's the Football Hall of
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Fame. I think that's the College
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Football Hall of Fame, maybe. I'm glad
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we got the air working up there cuz
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toasty.
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>> Hey guys, you got a minute?
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>> So, hey. Woo. I used to watch your
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videos a lot on
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>> what?
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>> You're talking about the Lost Boys
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bridge. I went to
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>> I got I went out there to the Blue Ridge
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>> across from Six Flags
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>> across from the Great American Six
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Flags.
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>> And you hung under the bridge.
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>> A wild man.
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>> I hung under the bridge.
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>> Holy dude, that's like 30 ft high.
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>> No train. And that bridge feels so good.
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I wanted to climb all over it. It was
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like iron.
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>> Dude, I would I would never be able to
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grab onto that bridge for that.
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>> It was pretty, you know,
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>> I would fall to my death.
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>> I felt like a vampire that night.
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[laughter] I did, man. My cousin. What's
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your name? Uh Hayden,
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>> you're going to be in the video, Hayden.
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>> Cool, man.
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>> All right, buddy.
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>> You're like my favorite operator for a
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ferris wheel.
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>> You're the best, man.
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>> All right.
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>> Here at Sky View Atlanta. Hayden,
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>> I'm Hayden. [laughter]
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I'm D. Th
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>> Yeah, that was a great ride on the
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>> Had the friendliest employees over
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>> What's up everybody? I'M IN THE BUILDING
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RIGHT NOW. I'M WITH MR. IDOL, MAN. CALL
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me the golden child. I've been had the
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golden t motorcycles in my hood, man.
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Them f has got to get the clutch. Them
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girls in my hood, man, used to jump.
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GOOGLE STARTS HATING. I AM THE RAPPER
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WITH NO curse words. Let me say it
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again. I got no curse words FOR THE
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KIDS. I DO IT FOR THE KIDS. YEAH.
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one more time.
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rapper in the world with no curse words
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for kids. I'm with Mr. Adam. I'm with my
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buddy Hulk Mania IN THE BUILDING. HULK
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HOGAN, BABY. WE OUT HERE.
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>> YEAH.
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>> Good to see you, man.
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>> It's a pleasure and an honor, man. I
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love you. Shout out to all the parents
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around the world. They supporting me and
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I appreciate the parents. You guys have
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the greatest day, much more success and
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everything the parents do for supporting
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the rapper with no curse work.
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>> That is so cool.
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8bit.
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>> That's what I do at work,
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>> man. That's cool.
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>> All right, we're going over to a
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wrestling little photo
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time over here.
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>> Here we are backstage with the world
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heavyweight champion Seth Roll
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Punk at Wrestlemania. Punk has said he
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will end the reign of being this. What
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do you say to that song?
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What is that I smell? That CM Funk.
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That's what I smell.
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Let me tell you,
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the CM Funk is the world's worst person
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ever.
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Oh, I can't wait to get him in the ring.
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Finally, once for all. Once and for all.
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Get him in my pedigree and a smile. And
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no more CM Punk because the visionary
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shall reign forever.
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>> So, there you have it. Very harsh words
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amongst our current world heavyweight
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champion. Back to you at ringside.
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>> Aren't you dead?
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>> The moth man.
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>> Moth man. Randy Savage.
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I
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>> think it is.
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One more.
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>> Is it up?
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Time.
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We're banging and banging.
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>> We're the on the mic in the ring. Your
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soul is ours.
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>> I need everybody in. Oh snap. MAKE SOME
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NOISE FOR JEFF HARDY.
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>> All right, I'mma come get in on this.
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And I got a big old sign. So, I'd like
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to get in the middle between Orange and
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Leah if that's okay. But while I'm
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coming up, I'm going to leave this with
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you real quick. But I need you guys to
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share IT WITH ME. DRINK WRESTLING. DRINK
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WRESTLING. Drink wrestling. Drink
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wrestling. DRINK WRESTLING. DRINK
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wrestling. DRINK ON WRESTLING. DRINK
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WRESTLING. DRINK WRESTLING. DRINK
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WRESTLING. DC TC D TC D TC D T DC T DC T
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DC T DC T DC T DC T DC T DC T DC T DC T
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DC T DC T
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DC T DC T DC T DC TC.
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>> If you're happy to be here at Dragon
19:33
Con, give Old STONE CODE THE HELL YEAH.
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READY?
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Everyone has a safe and sexy Dragon Con.
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I'm going to need to hear one word.
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>> YES. YES.
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YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.
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>> JUST KEEP GOING. YES.
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YES.
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>> LOCATION.
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>> NOW, THE PARTY HAS JUST BEGUN
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>> CUZ WE'RE DRINKING ALL THE BEER.
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>> WE'RE SPILLING ALL THE LIQUOR
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>> AND WE'RE MAKING ALL THE GIRLS CRY,
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BABY.
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>> Oh my god, it's Burke Crasher. What?
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>> Make some noise for the machine. Bert
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Crasher. What?
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on the machine.
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>> This is your this year's tiki mug. This
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is the first year they've had the tiki
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mugs right over there. 25. It's like the
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double dragon dragon head there. Dragon
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head here.
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And I'm also going to get these two pins
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and a patch.
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I did not get the tiki mug. I do like
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tiki mugs, but I didn't I don't know. I
21:59
didn't really Nothing was calling my
22:01
name with the Dragon Con tiki mug. But I
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did get these three items as I showed.
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This has the date on it. This is this
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year's artistic dragon. And this
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obviously is a Waffle House spoof.
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We're getting ready to go in the finale
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of the evening. ECW wrestling, Dragon
22:21
Con wrestling.
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Heat.
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>> Every day you get to see Superman come
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in.
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Superman comes in. They were twisted the
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nether regions.
23:54
Really old something you only see in
23:54
Dragon Ball wrestler.
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>> Superman just came in. The crowd went
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crowd went wild.
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Superman is now going to officiate the
25:13
main event.
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Superman
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Superman. Superman.
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Superman.
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>> This is insane. What's going on?
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>> The top stipulation. This is where the
25:37
DCW championship
25:40
win is in the respective major
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>> Patrick, what happened? Audience
26:47
participate.
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>> What happened?
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Take it down.
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>> Hey. Hey. Hey.
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>> I think we're about to see a boo right
27:28
here. Let me tell you something,
27:29
brother. This is a crazy wrestling.
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it goes.
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>> Here it comes. [cheering]
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>> HERE IT IS.
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>> LET'S GO.
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NOW
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DC
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DCW