Robbie E on the BroMans’ Tag Title Win and Why Fred Will Never Be a BroMan

Fred: He is one half of the TNA World Tag Team champions and, of course, a member of the BroMans. Robbie E, thanks so much for joining us. I know you’re on the road and didn’t get a chance to spike your hair, and I know you went off on me off the air for not letting you tan first, but I appreciate the time. How are things going?

Robbie E: It’s going good, bro. Like I was telling you before we started recording, I just left the gym. There’s no way I’m going to the gym with my hair up now that I’m one half of the tag champs, because of the paparazzi, bro. I’d just get mobbed by fans. It’s getting annoying, so I had to cover it up.

Fred: Fair enough. You had some bad luck over the last year. You were TNA Television champion and X Division champion, and then things took a turn for the worse, but you hooked up with your boy …

Robbie E: Hold up. Timeout. You invite me on your show, and your first question starts with me having bad luck? Look at me right now. What’s around my shoulder? The TNA World Tag Team title. That’s all that matters. Whatever bad luck you think I had obviously led to good luck, bro.

Fred: OK, forget the bad luck. You just won the tag titles with Jessie Godderz over Gunner and James Storm at Bound for Glory, the biggest TNA pay-per-view of the year. How are you feeling?

Robbie E: It was a huge upset. Obviously me and Jessie were confident, and we knew we were going to win, but we surprised everybody in the locker room, all the fans watching at home and all the fans in the arena. Nobody had faith in the BroMans, and what they don’t realize is we’re two of the youngest guys on the roster and the best athletes on the roster. It’s time for Robbie E and Jessie to take over. Like you said, I’m a former X Division champ and a former Television champ. People forget that, and now I’m a tag champ. Guess what? There’s only one more title left for Robbie E, the world championship, and then I’m a grand slam winner, bro. Not many people in TNA can claim that.

Fred: Perhaps some foreshadowing. Since you’re a multitime champion in TNA, did you take Jessie under your wing, since he’d never held gold before?

Robbie E: Jessie Godderz, Mr. Pec-Tacular, has got a lot going for him. He’s got a phenomenal attitude, just like Robbie E. He’s confident, he knows his abilities, and he’s not afraid to say he’s the man, because he is. That will get you far ahead of everyone else in professional wrestling. But I’ve been doing this 13 years, and he’s been doing it less, so he knew I was the guy to go to to get him to the next level.

Fred: You guys didn’t get along at first, though.

Robbie E: At first, I was into bros and he was into dudes. That didn’t sound right. I said “bro,” and he said “dude,” so we were kind of opposites, but opposites attract, and now we’re a well-oiled machine, bro. We had that little bitter thing going for a few weeks with the bro-off, but he had Tara in his corner bringing him down. He didn’t realize that when you’re in wrestling, you need to not worry about chicks and just focus on your career. He got rid of her, and now he’s on the right path.

Fred: Kind of like how you got rid of Cookie, and all of a sudden you were on the right path. And I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but he ditched Rob Terry in OVW, you ditched Rob Terry in TNA, and now you’re TNA World Tag Team champions. Was that big guy holding you down?

Robbie E: That’s another thing me and him have in common. We were both smart enough to realize that Rob Terry, Big Rob, was nothing but dead weight, bro.

Fred: Although he can dance.

Robbie E: Maybe in your opinion, compared to your dancing. If you saw me or Jessie at the club, you’d know his dancing isn’t real dancing.

Fred: The last time I spoke to you, back in 2012, you called me a hamster. I asked Jessie in a separate interview whether I could be a BroMan, and he gave me his Pec-Tacular thumbs-up. He said I’ve got 50 percent approval from the BroMans, but it’s going to be tougher to get yours.

Robbie E: You don’t even have the 1 percent to make that 51, bro, and by the time I talk to him, that 50 is going to be taken away. We’re on Skype right now, and I can see what you look like. Look at the way you’re dressed. Look at your hair. Look at that stupid shirt. You think you’re going to be a BroMan?

Fred: But I’m going to learn. Could I at least be an intern?

Robbie E: No, you can’t be an intern. Look at the car I’m sitting in. I’m sitting in my Mercedes, bro. What are you sitting in, your mom’s minivan? If you want an internship as a BroMan, it’s on the application: You’re not allowed to live at home with your parents, and you’ve got to cut out the Friday night date nights with your mom. When you can do that, maybe we’ll consider getting you an application, bro. Come on, you’re a mama’s boy.

Fred: I have my own place, but I do occasionally have dinner with my mother. Robbie, I thought we could be friends.

Robbie E: Yeah, you thought wrong.

Fred: On a more positive note, you’ve got a rematch with Gunner and Storm. Why do you need to face them again when you’ve already proven you’re better than them?

Robbie E: Myself and Jessie Godderz won the TNA tag team championships at Bound for Glory in a hard-fought match. If it were up to me, we’d get at least six to eight months off. I don’t know who has a conspiracy against the BroMans. First of all, this past week on Impact, our celebration got interrupted by Gunner and Storm. I don’t even know who lets them come out there. They should be banned from the building, bro. They’re not the champs anymore, and nobody wants them around. Now a week later, we’ve got to defend our titles again. It’s bogus, but the good news is the BroMans are the best tag team in professional wrestling, so we’re still going to get the W. These titles had better get used to where they’re at, because they’re not going anywhere.

Fred: You had Phil Heath, the honorary BroMan and Mr. Olympia himself, in your corner at Bound for Glory. Can we expect him to return? He seemed to be a good-luck charm.

Robbie E: He could come back at any time, bro. That’s our boy. How do you think he’s won the past few Mr. Olympias? Who do you think trained him? Robbie and Jessie. He came to the BroMans and said, “Guys, I want to make a name for myself in bodybuilding. I want to be Mr. Olympia, and I need to get in the shape you guys are in.” That guy didn’t used to look like he looks now. Robbie E got him there, and Jessie got him there, bro.

Fred: And I heard you trained Rob Terry before he became ungrateful.

Robbie E: One thousand percent. That guy weighed like 200 pounds less before he met me.

Fred: I see on your Facebook and Twitter that you’re doing a lot outside the ring too, like modeling and endorsing products.

Robbie E: Look at me, bro. Is it really a surprise that I do modeling? Me and my tag partner are two of the best-looking guys in wrestling and two of the best-looking guys in the world, so of course people reach out because they want to do fitness shoots with me or put me in GQ. The only problem is there’s only so much free time Robbie E has to pass around. I’m busy with wrestling, I’m busy being a tag champ, and I’m busy trying to be in the gym, tan and hang out with girls.

Fred: Were you able to fit in a spot on Jessie’s new soap opera? I find it a little weird that Jessie got cast in “Tainted Dreams” and got his ex-girlfriend Tara cast in it, yet his bro Robbie E doesn’t have a spot.

Robbie E: I see what you’re trying to do, and this is why you’ll never be a BroMan. You’re trying to create a little heat between me and my partner. “Tainted Dreams” is in the works for Robbie E. Jessie’s working on it, and in the next few episodes that are filmed, believe me, I’m going to make a cameo, bro. All I’ve got to do is hit the hang-up button if you keep being a hamster, so cut it out.

Fred: All right, I’ll cut it out. We have some fan questions. Where did you get your theme song? It sounds like a Chippendales soundtrack.

Robbie E: Saying it sounds like a Chippendales theme song is a compliment, bro. Chippendales get a lot of chicks, they’re all jacked, and they all make good money. Kenny King’s a Chippendale, and in Vegas, the star of that show was Steve Sanders from “90210.” Chippendales rule, bro, so thanks for the compliment.

Fred: A classic from Dutton: Since you’re now undoubtedly the best tag team in the world, who’s your dream tag team to test yourselves against, past or present?

Robbie E: The only team that could really give us a run for our money would be ourselves. If they cloned us and made another Robbie E and another Jessie, that tag team would have a shot. Besides that, we’re going to have to eventually retire these belts, because nobody’s going to beat us, bro.

Fred: If you couldn’t pick yourselves? The Road Warriors, the Steiners, the Dudleys?

Robbie E: If you really want to go deep into the past, when I was younger, there was a team called the Conquistadors, and those guys might give us a run for our money, only because I’m scared of people in masks. Besides them, nobody, bro.

Fred: Eugene asks: You’ve become an idol to millions of people worldwide, but before you became a true BroMan, who was your idol in professional wrestling?

Robbie E: First of all, I’ve been a BroMan since the age of 4. At times, people called me a bro boy, but now I’m a BroMan. My idol since the age of 4, I know what you’re going to say, was myself, bro. But actually, when I was a very young bro, I really loved Hulk Hogan, and years later, I got to work with him. He got to be the boss, and you know what he did? He held Robbie E down. He was the leader of the conspiracy against Robbie E, and I don’t like the guy anymore, bro.

Fred: With Aces & Eights depleted, would you accept an invitation to join the group from Bully Ray?

Robbie E: Only if I got to have Brooke walk me to the ring, bro.

Fred: You mentioned you only have one more title to win, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. If you go for it, do you need to break up the BroMans?

Robbie E: BroMans are for life, bro. Even if we eventually decide to go on to singles careers, we’re always going to be BroMans, always going to hang outside the ring and always going to have each other’s back. Right now, I’m focused on keeping these babies, and I’m enjoying my time teaming with Jessie. But there’s going to be a time when Robbie E gets a world championship match, and let me tell you, he’s going to get that title and be a grand slam TNA winner, bro. And I’ve got a question for you. What the hell is a Gunner? He doesn’t have a last name. He’s just Gunner. I see him in catering, and he doesn’t use a knife and fork. He eats with his hands, and there’s always food in his beard. I never see him out. I never see him hitting on girls. All he cares about is training and wrestling. What’s wrong with that guy, bro?

Fred: Who is your dream opponent in TNA outside the tag team ranks?

Robbie E: My dream opponent in TNA is Sting, because I’ve gotten in the ring with pretty much everyone, and he’s the one guy I haven’t gotten my hands on yet. I’ve studied his work since I was a little kid, and although, yes, he’s a hamster, I do think he’s talented, and he’s made a great name for himself in this career that I love. That open challenge is there anytime he wants it, bro.

Fred: Are you offended you weren’t invited to join the Main Event Mafia?

Robbie E: No, because those guys don’t want to look bad by standing next to me. They’re not going to look like main eventers next to a guy like Robbie E. They all wear suits. Imagine me wearing a suit next to them. I’d blow all their suits away, man.

Fred: You have the BroMan blog on Spike.com. I had no idea you were such a wordsmith.

Robbie E: It’s titled by Robbie E, but Jessie has full input. It’s 50-50 between me and Jessie. I’m just a quicker typer, so I’m the one typing it. And Robbie E not only has an elementary school degree, but a middle school degree, a high school degree and a college degree, and I’m almost finished with my master’s, bro. You wouldn’t know it.

Fred: Before we go, what’s one piece of advice you’d give anybody who wants to be a BroMan like you?

Robbie E: It’s work. It’s a 24/7 thing, and it’s not going to happen overnight. Luckily, I was born with it, and Jessie was born with it. You’ve got to be in the gym every day, tan every day, eat tons of protein and be able to pick up chicks. You’ve got to regularly shave your body, get a haircut once a week, get a shape-up once a week and thread your eyebrows once a week. You’ve got to keep up on yourself, man.

Fred: Good to know. Where can fans find you online?

Robbie E: Check out my official website, and follow me on Twitter and Instagram, bro.

Fred: Robbie, thank you so much for the time. Hopefully by the time I have you on again, we can be bros.

Robbie E: It’s debatable, but to keep yourself happy, you can think whatever you want.