He he has been to the Super Bowl, the World Series, The Rolling Stones, WrestleMania, & around the world & back again as Governor of the state of Minnesota...not it is time for "The Body" to achieve the crowning moment of his personal/professional career -- an appearance on Monday Night Mayhem! All kidding aside, The Mayhem Crew (Mosh, Blade, DFL, & Scott Hudson) were honored to welcome the listening audience to this special edition of "Your Home Of Wrestling Radio." On behalf of the program, Mosh welcomes Governor Ventura to the show, and asks how the "media blitz" has been treating him over the past few weeks. Jesse said that when it comes to writing a book, you necessarily do not know how the viewing public will react and/or feel about it. On the overall, he believes, it has been a very positive experience. He wished to add for the record and let The Mayhem listeners know that he will be appearing on NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on May 2nd -- thus adding to the major media outlets, including: CNN's "Larry King Live," Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," CNBC's "Big Idea With Donny Deutsch," FOX News' "Hannity & Colmes," along with his first-ever Mayhem appearance.

One of the reasons he decided to have his third book come out at this point in time is because the U.S. is in the middle of deciding the next president of the United States, and Jesse wanted to inform the American public that the answer does not necessarily lie within the Democratic or the Republic parties -- both of which are "taking us down the road to ruin."

Mr. Ventura wished to go on record that you will not be seeing him on the three-hour edition of Monday Night RAW on the USA Network, as part of the "Hillary Clinton" vs. Barack Obama" contest. "There is no chance of that happening whatsoever." Jesse did approach Vince McMahon last spring & met with him, asking for his assistance in getting ballot access in all of the 50 states for a possible return to the political scene. When he returned home, Vince did not return his phone call though, and based on that, Governor Ventura strongly feels that McMahon has become a Democrat, and supports them now.

In his new book, Jesse describes how the media in America are in "the entertainment business, and not in the news business." Last summer saw the unfortunate tragedy of the Benoit family, and everyone remembers how all of the media outlets dissected & broke down various angles of the coverage, interviewing everyone & anyone that wished to give their opinions on the story -- whether they might have been qualified or not. Governor Ventura feels that "naturally the media attacks the business -- We have never been a favorite of the media." He believes they "went down the wrong route." Jesse agrees with former WWE superstar, Chris Nowinski (whom he wrote the foreword for his book, Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis"), and that it was not steroids that did it, but the numerous concussions he suffered throughout his career. Currently, there are some former football players around the ages of 40-45 that cannot even say the 12 months of the year, as Jesse points out. He feels that the issue of concussions in both pro-wrestling & sports should be monitored closely & paid attention to, just as much as the issue of steroids.

Switching gears, Blade brings up the final match of the legendary 30+ year career of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair against "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXIV in Orlando, FL, as well as Flair being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame, and asks Governor Ventura his thoughts on whether or not he feels Ric will stay retired from in-ring competition at this point in his career. "I hope Ric's finally retiring. Here's a guy that has given his heart & soul to wrestling. He's closing in on his late 50's/early 60's. Ric does not belong in that ring anymore." Jesse recalls a conversation between the two when he was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2004, and how they discussed the number of backdrops he has taken in his career (an astounding number to say the least). "It's time for Ric to retire."

On a similar topic, Jesse chimed in with his takes on Blade's point of "the WWE Hall Of Fame not being a real Hall Of Fame without Bruno Sammartino." The Governor's reply: They'd put Bruno in if he wants to go in. It might be Bruno saying he doesn't want to go in. Certainly, Bruno belongs in the Hall Of Fame."

Mr. Ventura shoots on plenty of additional topics in this near 30-minute interview, including his uncensored thoughts/takes on why he believes the Iraq War & 9/11 have led to America's current economic struggles, why stopping foreign aid is essential to fixing the state of the country, in what way he would consider joining Barack Obama’s administration, why he would vote independent vs. Democratic or Republican, his prediction on the upcoming presidential election between Clinton/Obama/McCain, what he believes can get the United States back on the right track to success, why the American public should apologize to Jose Canseco, & a must-listen story as to why him & Vince McMahon butted heads after Vince "dumped Bruno" from the announce booth.

*And Governor Ventura's interview is not the first "Mayhem" of the week to experience fans! In addition to a complete preview of this Sunday night's TNA Lockdown PPV, "Your Home Of Wrestling Radio" was joined by 1/2 of the legendary tag team, The Sheepherders/The Bushwackers -- Luke Williams!

Luke discussed his immensely-successful career with his partner Butch as a member of both tag teams, his memories of the tag team scene in the late '80's & early '90's in the WWE/around the world, working with the legendary Hall Of Fame announcer, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, his recent time spent booking in Puerto Rico, appearing on the Christmas episode of TNA iMPACT, & whether or not a Bushwacker reunion could possibly be in the works.

All of this, plus The Mayhem & The Monster Factory's very own Jim Molineaux with all of the latest from the week in the WWE -- with all of the fallout from "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's Retirement Ceremony, Kane's first few days as ECW Champion, & the WWE debuts of Vladimir Kozolv & Nattie Neidhart.