‘Shark Tank’ preview: Moberi, Diamond Dallas Page, and a GameFace update

We are extremely excited about tonight’s return of “Shark Tank” to TV, and that may be for a number of reasons. For one, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and we have certainly missed getting the chance to see Kevin O’Leary fire off snarky comments and people with bad businesses. Also, we’re genuinely interested in at least a couple of companies on tonight’s episode for entirely different reasons.

DDP Yoga – It’s Diamond Dallas Page! We don’t know how many viewers will go into this tonight knowing immediately who he is, but as someone who was obsessed with WCW Wrestling for about two years as a teenager, we are very familiar with DDP. From the character to the “Self High Five” song, he was one of our favorites. Also, we know that pro wrestling is a very demanding and difficult business to do for a long period of time, and we’re always happy to see someone find a way to transition into something else where they can leverage their name to get success.

As for whether or not “manly yoga” sells, we don’t really know as someone who doesn’t do yoga in any form. However, we know that many action TV stars do these days, and if you want to look like that, yoga may be your ticket. We’re just not experienced enough in the space to know if this particular program is of any value … and save for DDP, it’s not our cup of tea.

Moberi – Let’s start this off by saying that the logo here is no good. The cross through the “o” makes it look like a “Q.” Outside of that, this seems like a pretty fun, interesting business, and we are not even remotely shocked that this is coming out of Portland. (Trust us: We mean that as a compliment that only someone from this city would think of something like this.)

The basic idea of Moberi is that it is a bike-powered smoothie company, which is an interesting new way to produce energy and turn it into food. This seems to be an efficient company, one that provides a show to go along with the food, and has an entertainment factor to go with it. We also imagine that for the people who don’t want to pedal their way to a smoothie, the people who work here get a heck of a good workout.

Also, it’s a smart idea that the company is selling these bike blenders online … though we doubt anyone will pay $1700 for it like it is listed.

In going back to the episode as a whole, check out our full synopsis:

“A Portland, Oregon entrepreneur has a juice and smoothie cart with blenders powered entirely by pedaling vintage bikes, and a former CIA officer based in Cedar City, Utah teaches customers how to pick locks, escape handcuffs and disappear without a trace with his classes. Former pro wrestler Dallas Page and his business partner in Smyrna, GA pitch a fitness program based on yoga movements which is high energy and zero impact, and a woman from Atlanta, GA pitches her breakfast brand which includes southern specialties. We get an update on Gameface, from Tyler, TX, a temporary face paint transfer in which Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner invested last season.”

Also, this episode features our favorite panel of sharks: Mark Cuban, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, and Robert Herjavec. Cheers to that!

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