This week on The OddPod, Marcus and Pod Rashid step into the ring with Louisville’s own HNIC — Head N****s In Charge — the legendary tag team of Apollo and JB Thunder.

With over 80 tag team championships across Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee — and even holding gold in all three states at once — these two aren’t just wrestlers. They’re lifers.

From humble beginnings in Louisville (Doss and Iroquois High School) to cutting their teeth in the Tennessee wrestling hotbed, Apollo and JB break down what it really means to survive in professional wrestling. Old-school training where you ran ropes until you threw up. Setting up and tearing down rings before and after shows. Driving four hours for packed crowds in small towns. Learning on the fly. Protecting the business. Protecting each other.

They talk about the origin of the name HNIC and what it means walking into certain crowds — sometimes not welcomed at first — only to leave with the entire arena cheering. They reflect on their 20+ year brotherhood, how wrestling became family, and why tag team loyalty goes far beyond storyline.

And when the “wrestling is fake” debate surfaces, Apollo delivers a promo-level response about concussions, surgeries, worn-down knees, and hospital visits — a reminder that scripted doesn’t mean painless.

This episode isn’t just about wrestling.

It’s about:

Brotherhood over ego

Earning respect the hard way

Carrying the belt as a responsibility

And loving something enough to sacrifice for it

HNIC didn’t just win titles.
They won over towns that weren’t ready for them.