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I don't even have the right mic.

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Get the microphone working, Rhodesia.

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Episode 1, we on 110.

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Episode 110 of the TFW Podcast.

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Yes, there it is.

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It is 110.

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I am your host, Matt, joined by longtime friend, longtime colleague, Eshaan, and longtime wife,

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and longtime everything else, Rhodesia.

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What's up, y'all?

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What's going on?

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So we got a new little... So Riverside was doing us dirty on Sunday, and they wouldn't

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let us in here to do a recording, so we had to hop on Zoom and whatnot.

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So Big Daddy is part of the tech support world, so I just turn things on, turn things off,

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trying to figure out what it is, what makes things work.

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So there's a setting that says as soon as all the participants are in the pod, it just

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automatically starts.

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So Matt just starts the pod.

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I'm talking about my tummy problems, like Rhodesia's getting set up.

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So we just starting wet and wild on this mug, and I'm ready to go.

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We are here, and that's what it's about.

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Thank everybody for listening on Sunday.

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Yeah, that was all legit.

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We were sitting there for two hours trying to get it fixed.

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We'll see where we are platform-wise, or not platform-wise, but recording software-wise

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here in a couple of weeks, because this we can't continue to go through.

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Looks great, sounds great when it works, but when it don't work, boy...

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I feel like I want to bust out a Negro spirit, yo.

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You know, chains gonna come.

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I'm trying to figure out what the song is.

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I don't know the song, but I feel like one coming.

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And just to see, let's just see.

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I think your board is not working.

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All right, good talk.

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All right, so we won't be using any sound effects.

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I'm going to do... We're going to do some claps, and we'll do some boos, and some yeas

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on... We'll do our own verbal stuff, because the board ain't working.

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So then we also were going to do the Darby Allen promo piece.

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I guess we won't play that either, because the board ain't working.

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So we'll talk through it.

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It was from last week's Dynamite.

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So anyway, crazy day, crazy day.

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So update, of course, everybody on to the personal lives of us.

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I came on here, I guess a week ago, or a week and a half ago, I told you guys about my dad

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and how he was sick.

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Once again, thank you guys for all your prayers and support.

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It hit me with your support and your strength.

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I was just telling you before we hit record, and not to get too deep.

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Of course, I know you guys are here for the wrestling talk, but the universe, God, the

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strength that I received a few days ago on Friday is enough to move mountains.

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I was struggling, and my dad's been sick for a while, and we've known he's been sick, and

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he's known he's been sick for a while.

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So I've been holding on to that.

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And something happened this past Friday where it just all got off of me.

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And I was content, and I was at peace.

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So me, Rhodesian, little Matt went back to Michigan this past weekend when we recorded

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a pod on Sunday.

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We were leaving to record a pod and then going to the hospital to see him.

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And by this time, he's not really...

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We don't know if he's hearing or not, but he's not reacting to much that's going on.

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We were able to say our goodbyes to him.

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I was able to say, thank you for everything.

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You can rest now.

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We got it from here.

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And he did pass away this morning, Tuesday morning.

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So this show is absolutely going to be dedicated to my old dude.

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It's so funny because Richard, one of my really, really, really, really, really good friends,

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shot me a text today and reminded me that one of my friends in high school also passed

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away on this date, February 20th, which I forgot.

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And then he also reminded me that his mom passed away on this date, February 20th.

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So of course not to get morbid, but I'm a big believer in the universe and power, positive

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energy and all that kind of stuff.

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So it just shows connection.

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It just shows connection.

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And for my dad to not be in pain anymore, yes, of course I'm going to miss him.

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And yes, when the Lions win the Super Bowl next year, I'm going to shed some happy tears

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because I'm like, man, you missed it by one year.

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And when anything else happens and I want to text him or give him a call, I won't have

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that.

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But just thank you guys for anybody who would send a message on X or send me a personal

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DM or send me a text message.

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Just thank you guys because the strength that you guys have helped me get, and I'm going

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to continue to need it for sure, speaks volumes.

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So once again, not to get too crazy because this is a wrestling podcast, but Eshaan, thank

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you sir and Katrina for your incredible support and thoughts.

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Rhodesia, of course, you mean a world to me and you've been there step by step, but I

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wanted to give you guys, of course, the heads up.

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So Rhodesia was kind of like, if you want Shashiq, come on and do the pod.

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I knew I was going to do it because there was no way if he would have known we would

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not do it today, he'd have been pissed off.

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He was one of those like, man, if you don't get on that microphone and do what you do,

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so that is what we're going to do is we're going to do what we do on this episode.

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And I want to start with you Eshaan because I got a bone to pick.

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We watched the main event last night.

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Great main event.

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Jaiusso versus Gunther.

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Where was Cody Rhodes at?

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I don't know.

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Where was he at?

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I didn't see it.

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I don't know.

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So Jaiusso is struggling because Jimmy shows up.

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So now it was a two on one thing.

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He's still hitting Gunther with 13 spears.

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He was spamming that spear button.

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He wasn't doing super kicks.

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He was doing spears.

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Hit him with about 13 spears, tried to go for a few splashes, jumping back outside the

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ring to make sure Jimmy don't get involved again.

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All this is going on.

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Gunther is not a Cody Rhodes sighting insight.

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Gunther ends up winning.

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We go off with Jimmy beating the brakes off of Jaiusso.

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And of course we fade to black.

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I see online Cody shows up afterwards to sing his damn song, which is interesting.

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But pull it up.

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It's there.

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I just want to ask you Eshaan, this man is supposed to be the baby face of the century.

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Wipe me baby face.

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Everybody loves Cody.

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Do you not love his own friends?

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He's the one that brought Jaiusso to Monday Night Raw.

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So now Jaiusso gets his chance at a singles title that he really wants to knock out a

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reign of 600 plus days with Gunther and he can't have Jaiusso's back.

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I just need you to explain yourself Eshaan.

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I need you to explain yourself in the Cody universe where the hell he was.

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Oh my bad.

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I was looking at my text.

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You know, I was big that he was, he was asleep last night, but I got my plug from WWE hit

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me up and they let me know that Cody was injured.

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That that's some that John Cena Samoan Spike took him out.

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Do you see how red his neck was?

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He was getting medical attention.

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He wasn't fit hours later to do a run in and and and and and cause interference from that

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match.

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No, he was selling.

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He was selling.

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That's why he wasn't able to be there.

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I love a cell job, but are so you're telling me because that was first segment.

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So you're telling me that a Samoan Spike took Cody Rhodes out for two extra hours where

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he couldn't come down his legs to work.

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I think it's fist still work.

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You tell me he couldn't come down and make that superhero save.

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I mean if you that's what you're telling me.

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Now I know kind of how to pay Cody.

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I we we we've seen John Cena since we've seen John Cena since his career is over.

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They didn't didn't payment tell us that that that spike is careers.

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So Cody was to get taken care of.

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Rhodes you are not the biggest Cody Rhodes fan.

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You made a comment during the match before you say that.

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Oh, OK.

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I was trying to shoot Cody.

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You know, a lot of times you don't want to give it up on the pot.

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You want to try to act.

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You want to try to tow that line 50 50.

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I want to hurt no relationships and all that kind of stuff.

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I need you to stand in it.

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So if you don't tell the folks what you said, you can still snitch in a second.

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But we're talking about Cody right now as far as not coming back out.

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I want to shoot him some bail.

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I'm like, you know, he's on that plane on a private jet over to Perth to get ready for

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the nation eight chamber.

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You tell me that this guy last time I checked a couple months ago broke his damn elbow with

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a chair shots that he can come and have a match at the end of a show.

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I forget that.

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Oh, you're talking about also when he tore his pick to that he wrestled in a hell in

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the cell.

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You talk about like that.

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But then you got me when you said he came back out at the end of the night.

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So he plays music.

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So they went dark.

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So Cody, Cody, Cody, man, was you.

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You were a brother.

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I know that the end of the show is different.

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You kind of you like half white, half black brother at this show.

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Black history, mom, too.

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The show was over at that point.

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And he come this this is the send the crowd home happy.

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They're saying nothing to do with that.

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And we know from a storyline perspective, it would take some of the the steam off of

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Jimmy and J if somebody came out and saved him.

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It don't matter who came out.

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They don't know what it is.

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Y'all come out here just being heels.

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I'm just pulling your pants down on Cody for the thousandth time.

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This is like part of the gimmick.

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It's like anyway, we can pull our pants down, spread cheeks and poop on Cody.

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I'm not sure why.

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We're we're a podcast trying to build an audience here.

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Y'all continuously want to tear down by crapping all over the hottest wrestler.

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And I don't know what we're doing.

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I guess I got to be the guy that kind of stands up and say enough's enough.

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But enough is enough.

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And it's time to move on to the next segment, Matt, which you got.

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All right.

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Well, I don't cater to the Cody crybabies.

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We'll leave that up to you.

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So we're moving on to the next segment.

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Then let's talk about the main event with Jay and Guth and we can talk about the match,

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but the the Jimmy interference.

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So we were kind of going back and forth on, hey, if they are going to do this for manias,

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it's about time to start.

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And when he announced his match last week, I think I even put on Twitter like the the

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the Jimmy no yeet.

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I was like, spoiler for next week.

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So that was like the smart money.

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We kind of knew that was going to happen.

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How do you guys think it played out?

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And do you think it was enough to kind of start that rivalry back up because they haven't

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you take out the rumble.

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They haven't really done anything since September or October, whenever that was.

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Was it enough for you to say, OK, yep, I'm ready to get back invested in Jimmy verse

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Jay at a WrestleMania match that first part as far as how the match ended, I was happy

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how that went down because I didn't want to go there to lose it to Jay considering, I

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guess we're going to presume that it's going to be Jimmy Jay at mania.

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So I was happy about that part of it.

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I was like, we need to get to this now as far as getting Jimmy and Jay heated up.

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We're what six weeks out, five weeks out.

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I'm like, this is probably like the last week to get that going to where it didn't feel

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like it was just thrown together.

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If they were we would have waited one more week.

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It probably would have because mania is going to be here like this, like before you know

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it.

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So I think the timing maybe was just maybe last week we could have got there, but we

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didn't.

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We had other things going on.

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So that's OK with that, too.

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So I'm just excited to see where this is going to go as far as the full bloodline 2.0, because

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again, if we're talking about it's the bloodline and this Jay still part of family.

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Rock still says he's family.

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Family is family no matter what.

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And I my little conspiracy theory part when Cody was getting his medical check up because

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he couldn't take a little poke to the throat.

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I'm like he's like Adam Pierce comes in talking about some what you want to do, what you want

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to do, what you want to do.

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And Cody's like, I'm good.

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I'm fine.

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I'm fine.

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All right.

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So I think that's something that's going to be in the works.

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That's probably why he isn't tripping like I thought he should have been tripping after

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that match.

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Yeah, I can't wait to see.

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I was kind of surprised when they actually I was hoping at this point we would get Gunther

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and Jay at Mania.

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I thought it would be an amazing sight to see Jay win and him doing the his little dance

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at the end championship.

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I thought that'd be a great moment for Mania.

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I know that the two brothers wanted to have that match at a mania and hopefully as a it

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comes out across real well, they could you know, really hype a feud up between two of

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them with them bouncing back and forth between the shows, you know, Jimmy pops out of nowhere.

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I'm sorry, Jay pops out of nowhere on Friday and attacks Jimmy and this is goes on for

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weeks and it has to be settled and some kind of blood feud at Mania.

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I mean, definitely they can really heat this up.

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But the biggest question for me is like, all right, what we have for Gunther was what's

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who's he going after?

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I mean, are we going to run back Chad Gable?

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They're going to heat him back up.

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I know he had a match the other day.

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I think a match to hell of a match.

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Well, Ivar and that crowd in there granted that car that crowd was there.

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Shout out to Anaheim.

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They brought it all night.

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That match was great.

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And I'm so I'm watching the match and I'm thinking like, okay, they could easily heat

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him back up because that story still wasn't done.

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It still is not done.

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But if you listen to Sammy's promo and Sammy basically just talked about how there is a

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pathway for him to win a champ.

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I think he said there's a pathway for him to win a championship at WrestleMania.

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But we know he's not going for the main title.

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That's the whole point of having chamber.

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And we'll give our picks for chamber here at the end of the show.

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We know he's not going for the tag belts.

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That doesn't make sense.

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I can't see him going for the US title.

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That's on SmackDown.

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The only other title that makes sense is Gunther and they could tell a incredible like NXT

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black and gold Sammy Zane underdog story.

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If you guys remember that was his story.

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He always got close and lost a big one.

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Always got close and lost a big one until he won the championship and then KO turned

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on that same night.

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But they could tell a fantastic story with Gunther being indestructible, undefeated against

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Sammy Zane.

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So I think that that may be where they're going.

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And I mean, I would be here for that if that's what they do.

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I can't see him winning.

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Oh, she did it.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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You talk all that stuff about E of mine.

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If the soundboard work, I will hit the air horns you over there talking and you won't

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mute first time for everything, right?

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First time for everything.

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I lost my train.

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I lost my train.

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It was like, it was like a half ass air horn.

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Yeah.

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I thought that too, like Sammy Gunther, I could be there for it.

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But when Gable won last night and how he won, I'm like, okay, so maybe this is the story

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they're trying to tell to heat him back up to go after Gable.

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Because I thought after Gunther, because I did think after Gable got back with his Alpha

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Academy, that's what it's called, that it was kind of going to be put on pause to after

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mania, but seeing his showing last night and how they led up to it, like how Ivar talked

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about, he went through everybody in their whole Alpha Academy.

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Now it's time for him to go after the leader, the main person and for him not to win.

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That's just, again, I felt heating them up.

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Well, they're heating them up because he also cut a promo on.com afterwards and he basically

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talked about it's time for Chad Gable to worry and care about Chad Gable, which is, you know,

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that's of course the baby face way of saying, Hey, I'm going for singles competition now

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more than not.

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So either way, I would be really excited to see him and Sammy.

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And I think that match would be incredible.

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Actually, we know that match would be incredible.

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May even still to show them whichever night they put it on.

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But I'm still waiting for Gable.

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So eat to your point, I guess you'd go with that match and the Sammy loses.

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And then Gable can can take the title off of them after mania.

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So we'll see with that.

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Our guy Derek has sent us, I'm sure he doesn't believe it now or he doesn't think it now.

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So Derek, when you hear this, let me know if you still feel this.

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He sent this last week.

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So I wanted to get to it on Sunday and we ran out of time.

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He said, can y'all see a betrayal happening at media with the bloodline?

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I think Jimmy turns face and costs Roman a title and Jimmy leaves the bloodline.

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This was all just a plot to break Roman.

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What do y'all think?

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I think it could have been the case if we didn't see what we saw on Raw.

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I don't think there's any way in the world now Jimmy turns face after he just attacked

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Jay like he did.

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But what's your guys thoughts on?

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Is there any possibility that could still be a thing before Raw?

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For sure.

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Could it's been all cohorts with Rock?

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After what we saw?

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No, not after what we saw.

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But I also feel like there's so much juice with Jay right now on a singles run that I

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don't think it's ready for him to go back and attack.

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I want the Uzos to get back together at some point.

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My favorite tag team.

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I wonder maybe my favorite tag team more time.

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I don't know if I rated them that high, but one of my favorite tag teams.

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I think right now Jay is so high as a singles guy.

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I think that he needs to ride this wave until it cools down, if it cools down.

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He's just so phenomenal as a singles.

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Maybe in a year or so they get back together and they do the tag team thing again, but

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I want to see Jay continue his singles run.

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I agree.

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I mean, and of course we know with storytelling anything can change at any time, but to that

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point E, I can't see them doing anything in the next three, four months where I'm like,

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you know what I'm clamoring for?

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I'm clamoring for Jimmy and Jay to get back together.

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Even if we were to get that hug spot after their mania match, oh, maybe that may change

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it.

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If they have an incredible match and then they shake hands or they hug, we may feel

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like, all right, they'd be long enough and now we can get back together.

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But I'm with you.

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His shirts are always selling.

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He's got new merch.

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He's got sunglasses.

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The crowds behind him.

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He is a legit semi main event act on raw right now.

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And I think he could be a main event act if you take Cody out the equation, you take Seth

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out the equation.

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Like, I think if something was to happen and they put that world title on Jay, business

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not dropping.

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He's in the, he's in the same zane like lane, like that upper mid card guy that you can

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put and he, you know, arguably has a chance.

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You know, he may, but he has a chance to, to, to, to give an upset.

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You know, I would love to see it was so bad together.

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Once they get that tag division hot, or I get a couple of hot tag teams together that

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you would love to see the usos tag against.

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But yeah, as we said, I think right now is the time you take that rock that rocker strip

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off Jerry.

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I will say though, for this Jimmy and Jay and mania, I probably would have been against

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it because you just look at Jay is just so much higher right now than Jimmy is as far

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as a character.

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But if this whole mania is about the bloodline, I think it's just apropos as Cody says.

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And then you also can do, well, they're not doing rock and Roman.

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I'm sure probably with the original plan was start the night with Jimmy and Jay in the

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night rock and Roman.

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I bet you, I bet you that was their quick placement of matches and you, yep.

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And then you can, you can book in it that way.

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So Cody, Cody, we talked about, he should have came out at the end, but he did start

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the show him and drew had a really strong match.

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Hey, what's your thoughts about Cody Rose's wrestling style?

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Well, I've said this for years and I've said it since we've started this pod, his wrestling

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style of matches is not my cup of tea.

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I didn't say that about Roman.

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I don't like how they wrestle.

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It's just to me, it's, it, this is probably the old school, but working of a match and

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you already know what I like.

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I like grips and grabs and moves and flips and flaps and all that kind of stuff.

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I like fast, fast moving pace kind of grabs and flips and flaps.

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There we go.

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I want that.

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I want that.

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I want you like head butts and head, but matches.

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Yes.

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No, um, how's the horror?

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No, it was only that one time when the blood was all over him.

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I did say it was pretty bad.

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But when Cody, those, uh, like I can, I can sit and say he's putting on a good match.

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It's just nowhere near my favorite kind of match to watch at all.

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So again, even rock, I'm sorry, Roman and Cody last year, probably 2000 matches.

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I don't really care about, I still love the match because the story they were telling

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them, but just like watching them Russell to me, watching paint dry might be more entertaining.

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Hey, hey, hey, hit that gunshot.

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He hit that gunshot on her.

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She said, watch it paint dry.

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Don't be a hater, man.

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Don't be a hater.

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I do think that, um, well, I don't think anybody would say Cody is a flashy wrestler and you

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like flash.

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Yeah, it's all it is.

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Well, you also like going through too and there's nothing flashy about.

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Yeah, but cause I think he's just so different.

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Like it's just like, I had never seen this before and this could be that UK solid wrestling.

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Um, but when he first came over in NXT UK and as fat Walter and probably should stop

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saying the fat part, but as Walter, I'm like, this dude is a, he's like, I know nothing

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about him.

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And I knew that he had to be the champion.

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He had to be his aura.

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The aura wasn't even a thing back then, but I just knew it with, with Gunda.

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He's different.

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He's him.

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He, so Cody lost last night to drew his only second pinfall loss.

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He's, he's been back in WWE, looked at balloons and it was the same finish as WrestleMania

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39, which I thought was genius.

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Absolutely loved that.

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What was your thoughts on the finish and then just Cody losing his by pinfall, his second

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match has been back with the company.

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Hey, you know, real quick, I think it's interesting that, uh, Roman and Cody, you know, the two

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hottest wrestlers in the, all over the world, they don't have working styles that are, are

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your fancy.

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Like, right.

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It's interesting because I don't, you know, when you think about the, like the rock, for

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instance, I said that the rock style, like I can't think of my favorite rock match, right?

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But he's one of my favorite wrestlers of all time.

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Cody's one of my favorite wrestlers of all time.

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Roman's one of my favorite wrestlers of all time.

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I can't tell you what my favorite Roman match is either, but I just go to show you how much

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character and story matter for wrestling, right?

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Like those moves and matches, they don't mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.

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And I think that that's the same for most pro wrestling fans.

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Right.

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Right.

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Um, but to ask you a question, um, I was fine with it, you know, um, I wasn't even surprised

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actually, you know, what I was more surprised is that here it is.

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Um, you know, two months before mania, we're getting like, you know, these many, uh, level

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matches or at least matchups, right?

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Um, drew and Cody, and then we get Gunther and, you know, Jay, you know, four hot wrestlers,

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we're getting matches, you know, on a, on a Monday night raw.

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I know I was, I can't say a stray Monday night raw, but I was fine to be very, very interesting.

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But the, the finish itself, I thought was fine.

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I liked when I saw it happen.

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I'm like, damn, this is the same, you know, finish, but you know what?

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The finish here was totally fine.

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Right.

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I mean, that was a nice finish.

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This is what they should have did it.

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They, they, they actually took the finish and placed it properly and actually made it

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mean something.

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So they haven't placed in a crappy, you know, years ago, but no, it was fine.

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But that does speak to something right where you get a, um, Oh, I'll word each.

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It gets like a paper, uh, like, like cut a paper.

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Good.

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And that's how she raises her, her finger like that.

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I hope it's just something that just cuts that finger just for doing it.

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I do think that, Oh, Oh gosh.

471
00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:07,120
Hey, real quick, wait before you go, man.

472
00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:10,000
So you know, Rory Deesha just gave me the middle finger fans.

473
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000
I didn't say anything bad.

474
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,000
She gave me the middle finger.

475
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,040
I remember actually I was showing you my paper cut that I got on my middle finger.

476
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,040
That's actually what I was showing you.

477
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:17,400
She gave me another middle finger.

478
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:24,040
So, um, this is like when my wife and I Katrina was still dating and I think I'll jokingly

479
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,080
gave her the middle finger.

480
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,920
She was so upset.

481
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,400
She you would think I like cursed at her.

482
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,040
Oh, I guess that's what it means.

483
00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:36,120
Like I can't believe you disrespected me.

484
00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:38,600
I, I don't know what to do.

485
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:39,600
Right.

486
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:40,600
And now here it is.

487
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,920
No, uh, I won't say years later.

488
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:43,920
Here she is.

489
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,120
She's giving me middle fingers all day long.

490
00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:46,120
You wish me ill.

491
00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:48,560
Well, you said a damn irritating paper cut.

492
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,800
You might as well have said like I hang cuticle.

493
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,520
I don't even know what's worse than that.

494
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,920
Oh, them, them hang cuticles is worse.

495
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:55,920
I get those.

496
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:56,920
Those are the worst.

497
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:57,920
Oh my gosh.

498
00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:58,920
Those are the worst.

499
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,640
I mean, before y'all went on y'all hilarious tangent, I was asking about, I was just saying

500
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:08,960
just how, um, smart that the finish was though, because as soon as you saw it, you knew, oh,

501
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:10,200
that's the rest of me in 39 finished.

502
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,200
Ain't too many finishes.

503
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,040
And you know, maybe you can go Hawk Andre.

504
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,640
Maybe you can go Hogan, uh, warrior.

505
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,880
Like there's not many finishes in the history of wrestling that when you see it in another

506
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,320
match, you'd be like, oh, that's the finish from blah, blah, blah.

507
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:25,320
That's how crappy it was.

508
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,160
We know you got the dusty finish.

509
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,000
You should call it the Roman finish.

510
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,000
Call it the Roman finish.

511
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,000
Right?

512
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,320
I mean, you could call it the bloodline finish.

513
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,040
That's how all his matches been finishing.

514
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:39,080
But of course we know just from a story perspective, it made so much sense because Cody lost that

515
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:40,080
way at 39.

516
00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,320
So that's been trying to tell him like, Hey, you need some help.

517
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,160
You can't fight the bloodline by yourself.

518
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,460
Then he loses again, that same exact way.

519
00:26:48,460 --> 00:26:51,800
And how awesome was it?

520
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:58,040
It happened to Drew McIntyre who also had that same type of finish happen to him at

521
00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,720
Clash of the castle.

522
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:04,520
But now he got over on that finish where back then it was a detriment to him.

523
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,440
So I, once again, I thought that that all that kind of story telling, that's why I like

524
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:09,440
it so much.

525
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,040
They told a story with it.

526
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,040
It is.

527
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,840
And then I thought about like when I saw it and I'm like, damn, okay, that is his only

528
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,400
second pinfall loss.

529
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:19,560
And we know Cody's him.

530
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:20,560
We know Roman's him.

531
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,400
This has nothing to do take Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns out of it.

532
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:28,920
They are one of ones with their connects to the fans and all that kind of stuff.

533
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:35,460
But can you think of any wrestler that you've ever seen that would have a win loss record

534
00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:43,520
like those two have had that wouldn't be a massive money printing star?

535
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:48,320
You lost me on that last part.

536
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:56,000
I had two people in mind, but no, no, no, say it.

537
00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,440
The reason for it, maybe you still haven't learned this whole thing of like content creating,

538
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:01,440
right?

539
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,000
When you are on the microphone, when you have cameras, you're what they call a content creator.

540
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:10,880
Your job is to create content and you can't create content by holding all of your takes

541
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:11,880
in.

542
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,320
And then as soon as the microphone is off, you let them fly.

543
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:15,320
I don't care about hearing them.

544
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,240
Tell the folks that are listening to this podcast what your takes on.

545
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,240
That's pretty mean.

546
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,920
You're supposed to be there for everything that I talk to you about.

547
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:23,920
All of it.

548
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:24,920
I'm always there.

549
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:25,920
I just don't have to care.

550
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:26,920
Whatever.

551
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:27,920
So I got one.

552
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,720
I got another paper cut for you too.

553
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:30,720
How about that?

554
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:31,720
All right.

555
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:32,720
She's giving another finger.

556
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:33,720
Okay.

557
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,160
Oh, so disappointing this right now.

558
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:39,160
Hey, I know I know each I don't care about ruffling no feathers.

559
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:40,160
He's out.

560
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:49,080
You know, I can't think of anybody but you know when when I think another question I

561
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:54,320
will have is like, has anybody's win loss record kind of flown into radar because I

562
00:28:54,320 --> 00:29:00,360
hadn't even noticed no Cody had lost matches in months or a year or whatever it was.

563
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:01,360
Right.

564
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,640
Because like, I don't know if they really talk about his win loss record or how many

565
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,960
wins he's had things of that nature.

566
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,280
And that you normally would.

567
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:14,640
And I think that kind of helps, you know, kind of keep no Cody like you think about

568
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:19,720
because like I said, like I'm a big huge Cody fan and I feel like this version of Cody this

569
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:24,800
white meat old school 70s baby face character.

570
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:29,320
I'm really surprised that it works this way resonates with this audience.

571
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,680
I think maybe that's what helps is that they don't bring attention to that he hasn't lost

572
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:34,680
matches.

573
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:39,400
Right, because I think if they said all Cody record Cody Rose hasn't you know, one has

574
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,120
lost a match in two and a half years or whatever case maybe you start getting that Charlotte

575
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:44,120
flair.

576
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:48,800
Hey, like, oh man, they're they're forcing them like they're forcing down his throat.

577
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:53,920
Like, well, we have a they're not forcing Cody down our throws, even though he has been

578
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,320
winning almost every single match.

579
00:29:55,320 --> 00:30:00,760
Aside from this one withdrew because you've seen him left land in segments, right?

580
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,040
He's fighting from underneath a lot in these matches and the other part of it too.

581
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,480
And this is common sense.

582
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:07,480
People love a winner.

583
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,480
So that's why I asked about like the kind of the win loss thing.

584
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,240
Like they did it with Ryback and it took a long time.

585
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:17,200
But then Ryback started getting over, you know, the whole feed me more thing.

586
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:24,280
But he's probably the only one I can think of in the past that was given a like a almost

587
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,000
undefeated streak.

588
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:31,960
And then I are they where they should be it worked for Jay, for Goldberg.

589
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:32,960
I got one.

590
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:41,720
I would say God rest his soul, but probably Bray Wyatt because he as the I'm sorry, I'm

591
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:42,880
going to call him the demon.

592
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,920
He's the fiend as the fiend.

593
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,000
He pretty much ate everybody up.

594
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,640
And then toward the end of that last year, we kind of were like, well, where where is

595
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,640
this going?

596
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:58,440
And I think some people even maybe some of us on the show had even said that he's not

597
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,560
as high as he needed to be at that moment.

598
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,160
That's a good one.

599
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:07,680
Yeah, because everybody that he wrestled was just he left him laying afterwards.

600
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,040
They were never the same.

601
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,880
So yeah, that that's a good one.

602
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,000
They probably could eventually turn him a baby.

603
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,000
Super hot.

604
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,000
Yeah.

605
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,000
Oh yeah.

606
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,440
If I could turn to baby, it would have made more sense for his supernatural character.

607
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,520
You know, it's funny you talk about Ryback, man.

608
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,440
I was a huge Ryback guy for like when he was hot.

609
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,640
I was hot on him to feed me more right back.

610
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:27,640
I bought a scully.

611
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:28,980
No, maybe you bought a scully man.

612
00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:29,980
But I wear the scully.

613
00:31:29,980 --> 00:31:32,440
I bought the Ryback scully.

614
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,920
And then and then he was working as a face and then he turned him hill and the hill run

615
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,600
was like just weird creative.

616
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,840
I mean, I know that like punk didn't like wrestling and some people say he's unsafe

617
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:45,840
for whatever.

618
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,440
I'm not sure that's what kind of soured him with creative.

619
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,560
I don't know what the hell is going on, but this is more weird.

620
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,840
See now like the weird booking events make sense.

621
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,680
He just is a weird, nasty man.

622
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,280
So of course the weird nastiness will bleed over to his booking.

623
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,280
Right.

624
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:07,440
I mean, he was too busy being a nasty, weird man to make good bookings.

625
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,520
It's some things, man, that you just see now.

626
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:14,400
You're just like, wow, that would have never been a thing with Vince at the head of creative

627
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:15,400
and it's working.

628
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:16,400
Yeah.

629
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:17,400
Right.

630
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:18,400
Same thing.

631
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,760
Kind of like what Kevin Dunn, like these, I continue to talk about the presentation

632
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,120
on these shows and how great it is.

633
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,920
And it's like, man, good riddance, Kevin Dunn.

634
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,560
Like thanks for nothing and get it, get out.

635
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:32,600
Another thing I wanted to bring up from Raw and you guys can take anything extra from

636
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:37,560
Raw because there was a lot we could talk about that woman segment last night.

637
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:45,480
I think wasn't the best and I, you could tell they had a good time out there, which I always

638
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:49,320
like seeing the wrestlers have a good time and Bianca's pop.

639
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:50,360
Holy hell.

640
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,200
I thought that it was, I thought it was gone.

641
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,600
I didn't think she had that ability to get pop like that.

642
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:56,600
Yo.

643
00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:02,400
And it wasn't just any old school fans know what I'm about to say.

644
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,760
It wasn't the initial pop.

645
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:10,280
It was the noise from the crowd after that just stayed and it was like a murmur and it

646
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,560
just kept going and kept going and kept going while she's cutting her promo.

647
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,080
And then they get to the EST channel.

648
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,960
They tried it, but that was, that was something special.

649
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,680
Like if I could get goosebumps, I probably would have got goosebumps for her because

650
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:27,400
that is one of those old school like Legion of doom, world warrior pops that you hear

651
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,160
where the pop just gets higher and higher and it didn't get higher and higher, but it

652
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:35,120
popped and then it just, the noise just stayed where you would think like, is that like can

653
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:36,120
the noise?

654
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:37,800
Are they doing something with production?

655
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,240
And it wasn't, that was literally crowds reaction when they saw her.

656
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:42,240
I was like, wow.

657
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,240
Did you peep?

658
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:44,240
Did you peep that E?

659
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:45,240
I didn't.

660
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:50,280
I think I'm, you know, I honestly, I don't remember when I fell asleep, man.

661
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:51,280
I think I kind of passed out.

662
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,000
So, yeah, I don't know.

663
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:59,200
And I can't tell you at what point I passed out.

664
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:00,680
I remember certain parts of it.

665
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:06,200
I do remember the women's last chance.

666
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,720
Yeah, I remember that.

667
00:34:09,720 --> 00:34:14,240
But I think that might've been when I fell asleep or maybe I woke up at some point.

668
00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:15,800
I'm not sure who won that match.

669
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,400
So you guys have to leave this one.

670
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:18,400
She did.

671
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:19,400
Okay.

672
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:20,400
I don't know.

673
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:26,120
So I had a quote when I saw her and her doing her power things, I know that, you know, a

674
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:32,880
while ago it was kind of the scuttle booty was Jay was going to be in the match.

675
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:37,320
So when I saw Raquel coming out, I'm like, oh, I wonder is Raquel taking her spot as

676
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:41,920
like the big power girl to do the big power moves and whatnot.

677
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:47,120
So what do you guys, do you think that Raquel took that spot?

678
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,800
I know Matt has some thoughts on that.

679
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:53,040
What I'm going to say really quickly about that woman's segment.

680
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,080
And I'm just going to give it up because you said, hey, content, right?

681
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,000
And this is with the most respect possible.

682
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,960
But when Becky first came out and she starts talking in the middle of the ring, and I think

683
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:06,660
it's maybe with me and my connection to Becky, I feel like maybe I connect with her more

684
00:35:06,660 --> 00:35:09,280
when she is backstage cutting the promo.

685
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:14,400
Because when she comes out to the ring, you know, to me, it feels almost like maybe she's

686
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:19,400
trying to feed off of the crowd instead of just being in sync with the crowd and just

687
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:20,400
going for it.

688
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,080
It's like she's trying to feed into it.

689
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:23,400
Again, this is my perception of it.

690
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,280
Because at one point I'm like, what the fuck is she talking about?

691
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,880
I mean, because at one point she was just rambling waiting for Liv Morgan to come out.

692
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,160
Maybe Liv should have came in 10 seconds sooner.

693
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,840
But at one point I looked up and I'm like, she's still talking?

694
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,120
Oh shit, that's when I fell asleep.

695
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:38,120
Yeah, right.

696
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,700
Because she just kept talking.

697
00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:43,660
And I'm like, I know this is a three hour show and I am not trying to disrespect her

698
00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:44,660
at all.

699
00:35:44,660 --> 00:35:47,400
But I was just like, it's just not that part won't connect with me.

700
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:52,000
But when she's in on backstage interviews, I'm like, hell yeah, Becky.

701
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,920
When she's coming and they're showing just a video walking from outside through the ring

702
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,520
or through the back, I even get high because she has aura.

703
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:00,520
She has it.

704
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,720
But when she was talking out in that middle of that ring, and I'm starting to see some

705
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:11,720
common denominators with how I feel when she's talking, when she's in front of a live crowd

706
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:16,960
by herself because she was by herself up front, it's like, OK, nope, there's just no connection

707
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:17,960
with me.

708
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:22,640
Damn, Roy, did you know I was telling you guys that a couple of shows ago I was telling

709
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:23,640
you all that about Becky.

710
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,680
But the backstage was crazy.

711
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,040
The backstage interviews are good.

712
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,040
I love when she talks.

713
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:29,040
But they're also quicker.

714
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:30,040
Yeah, they're quicker.

715
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,040
Right.

716
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,040
I don't know if they're pre-stage.

717
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:37,080
Because she comes out there, the bands come around to blah, blah, blah.

718
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:41,240
I'm like, that sounds so stupid.

719
00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:42,960
Like the Cody, like, hey, what do you talk about?

720
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:44,160
I don't like when he does that.

721
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:48,600
I don't like when Becky does the bands come around.

722
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,080
I don't know where she's gotten that from.

723
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:52,280
But I just dislike it so much.

724
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:56,400
Actually, I actually, when I was to her, I said the same thing.

725
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,200
What is this woman talking about?

726
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,400
And this is the first time, right?

727
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,840
I was actually kind of glad when Liv came out there and I get this.

728
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:05,840
Let's move this on.

729
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:06,840
Yeah.

730
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:07,840
So you know, it's funny.

731
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:08,840
And we hadn't had a conversation.

732
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,520
We didn't talk about this.

733
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,720
And I didn't go back and listen.

734
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,000
And I was doing a couple of things during the promo.

735
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,320
I was still watching, but maybe I was, I think I was just eating.

736
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:24,000
So I wasn't really like looking at the TV 24 seven throughout her entire promo, listening

737
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,440
though.

738
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,200
And I got to go back now that you two have that same feeling.

739
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,440
I'm gonna go back and watch it.

740
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,960
And of course, let us know, hit us up on X.

741
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:32,960
That's FNW.

742
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,160
Let us know in the YouTube comments if you feel the same way.

743
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,760
We can talk about it on Sunday show.

744
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,760
She was chasing the hug from the crowd.

745
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:40,760
That's what I'm saying.

746
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:41,760
Okay, perfect.

747
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:42,760
That's probably the better way of saying it.

748
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,120
And about halfway through the promo, I was like, Ooh, she's chasing it.

749
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:47,120
Stop chasing it.

750
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:48,120
It'll come.

751
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,480
And if it doesn't come, you're fine.

752
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,960
She's too great to ever chase that.

753
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:54,960
And that's in that.

754
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:55,960
And I feel it.

755
00:37:55,960 --> 00:38:00,360
So it's almost like she's like, you're begging for them to like you and want you to stop.

756
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,360
You got this.

757
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,720
And if it's just a crowd that is not feeling you, then fine.

758
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:06,640
Then you just fall flat on your face that day.

759
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,040
It doesn't change who you are.

760
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:12,960
And we know she'll learn from it because she always has and she'll get better.

761
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,400
Tiffany Stratton didn't have the best night on the mic either.

762
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,120
And it was just the material.

763
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:23,780
So it was funny because so they switched up her entrance music.

764
00:38:23,780 --> 00:38:28,640
They got rid of the Barbie kind of theme of her font, which I thought that was perfect

765
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:29,640
for her.

766
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,020
And they completely switched her music up.

767
00:38:31,020 --> 00:38:32,700
So they gave her new music, gave her a new font.

768
00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:37,600
She comes out and if I didn't know any better, I'm the interest to see what her promos are

769
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,400
like going forward.

770
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:44,780
But she cut a wink to the internet wrestling community promo.

771
00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:50,640
So she comes out and she immediately goes after Naomi and she's like, she makes a comment

772
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:57,840
about, you know, when you left WWE to try to go like be better crickets from the crowd.

773
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,600
And then she stuck it.

774
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:04,040
Like she waited, like they told her like, hey, you're going to get a reaction, let the

775
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,920
reaction happen and then start your promo again.

776
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,040
And there was really no reaction.

777
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,560
So she's sitting there with the microphone and she's like this and there's nothing for

778
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:13,560
like three seconds.

779
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:21,360
And then she hits another line where she goes to Bianca where she's like, you're so last

780
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:25,560
year, like you peaked in 2023, like you're done.

781
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,700
And that's something we've seen a lot on the internet is okay.

782
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:29,700
It's over for Bianca.

783
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:30,960
Like she's had her time.

784
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,640
So when she hit those two lines, I was like, hmm, I wonder if her new, she's still going

785
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:35,640
to be the brat.

786
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:36,960
She's still going to be Tiffy time and all that.

787
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:43,240
But I'm like, I wonder if her new character is going to be what the internet says about

788
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:44,240
these people.

789
00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:47,760
And she didn't really get a response either from the Bianca line.

790
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:51,680
And then like, I hate when that happens because then it's more of just like, man, see, we

791
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:57,760
really are like the 5% of wrestling fans that like know everything and we react to every

792
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:58,760
little single things.

793
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,280
We can pinpoint what they're talking about.

794
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,880
So when it, like when it falls flat like that, I'm just like, man, they aren't going to like

795
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:04,880
book for us.

796
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:05,880
We don't matter.

797
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:14,600
What's going to be like that new social influencer type, but she could have done that as Barbie.

798
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:21,640
Like I have no, um, you said that her promo or her showing kind of fell flat or whatever

799
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:22,840
word you use.

800
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:28,040
I would just say that I was just upset that she went for the low hanging fruit is what

801
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,160
I didn't like because she still has the aura.

802
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,880
She still looked comfortable.

803
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,160
She still looked comfortable out there.

804
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,860
Again, maybe, maybe she could have just like you said, chose something different because

805
00:40:38,860 --> 00:40:45,440
just like how we would get irritated in AEW, sometimes that low hanging fruit just, like

806
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,040
why you you're better than that.

807
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,320
You don't need to go for that.

808
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,720
So I agree with Matt though.

809
00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:56,200
I didn't hear the line, but I don't know if she's one of the talent that probably writes

810
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:57,200
her own stuff yet.

811
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,480
I think Becky and those are probably somebody fed her those lines.

812
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:06,920
But as it goes to show that, you know, their audience doesn't care about that insider stuff.

813
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,400
Like I don't even know.

814
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:09,400
Yeah.

815
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,880
Because that was how they, how they reacted.

816
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:14,440
So of course just, and that was probably the only thing I didn't like on the show and it

817
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:15,440
wasn't that I hated it.

818
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:16,440
It just, it didn't land.

819
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:17,440
That's all.

820
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:18,440
It just didn't land.

821
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:23,880
Um, y'all got anything else from raw before we move on to Brandon James send us a question.

822
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:28,800
I only call you Brandon James, Brandon James, because it's the other Brandon, which the

823
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:33,400
other Brandon was going to, is going to be on the pod Sunday for our elimination chamber

824
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:34,400
recap.

825
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,360
So that's why I call you Brandon James, Brandon James, but I like the Brandon James.

826
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:38,360
It just flows off the tongue.

827
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:39,360
It's Brandon James, right?

828
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:43,200
Y'all got anything else from raw before I get to this question?

829
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,520
I think this happened on raw.

830
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:51,560
So it is 100% official that our truth is just like not in, he's in DX now.

831
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,520
He's no longer in judgment day.

832
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,520
That's all.

833
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:58,080
But he has DX, DX has his back.

834
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,840
Triple H and Shawn Michaels has his back.

835
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:01,840
Not Shawn Michaels, right?

836
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:02,840
Got it.

837
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:03,840
Okay.

838
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:04,840
That's it.

839
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:05,840
Thought that was fun.

840
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:06,840
I thought that was cool.

841
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,880
His little interview he had in a rain poncho.

842
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,200
Still didn't quite understand that.

843
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:14,720
I told Matt, I told E, I told Matt that he was actually walking around without a shirt

844
00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:18,080
on and they were like, before you can get violated, you got to put something on.

845
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:21,440
And that's all he could find was a rain poncho.

846
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,840
I don't know how Jackie did not break.

847
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:29,520
I actually not added, you know, I tagged her in the tweet and I just said, and the best

848
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,920
performance of the night goes to Jackie for not breaking during this video package.

849
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:33,920
Ron Killen's the goat.

850
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:39,040
He retweeted it, but she responded and she said, I'm a serious journalist with a smiley

851
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,040
face.

852
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:41,040
You are Jackie.

853
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,600
You are absolutely a serious journalist because I don't know how many takes that that was

854
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:45,600
not a one taker.

855
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:46,600
No way.

856
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,560
I probably have no way of sending my resignation.

857
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,160
Like once I see that I'm interviewing our truth today.

858
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:52,160
All right.

859
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:53,160
You know, this has been good.

860
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:54,160
I'm gonna be like, sponge Bob.

861
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:55,160
I'm gonna head on out.

862
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:56,160
I'm gonna head on out.

863
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,160
I know how this is gonna go.

864
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:03,640
And no, just to think about it, like I guess it's 10 years ago at this point, I was like,

865
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,600
damn, when are we going to get that serious?

866
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:08,560
He'll our truth.

867
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,920
Where are we going to get that in the WWE?

868
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,520
And now you look at them right here, like the one of the funniest men in America, right?

869
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:15,520
Yeah.

870
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:19,640
And I think too, like to that point, he's hilarious.

871
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:25,000
So this is not taken away like, oh, he would have this same material would have worked

872
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,040
years ago when he was doing it.

873
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:32,360
But I also think the show has more serious tones to it.

874
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:36,800
So when you do get some levity, if the levity is good, it sticks out even more.

875
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:37,800
Sure.

876
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:38,800
Sure.

877
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:39,800
100%.

878
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:40,800
Yep.

879
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:41,800
You know what I'm saying?

880
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:46,840
And I think also you got crazy as Vince throwing in his nuggets of what he think is funny.

881
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,560
He's letting truth can just be truth and do his thing out there.

882
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,400
And knowing, Hey, I've been doing this for like 20 years.

883
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:53,400
I know what's funny.

884
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:58,120
And I was saying that to Rhodesia yesterday, he looking at like the new day.

885
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:03,640
So they they're going to have that no DQ match with Imperium on Monday next week.

886
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,480
And they cut a real serious promo.

887
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,400
It was, promo was great, right?

888
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:09,400
Promo was great.

889
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,000
I'm just kind of like, all right, what's next?

890
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,360
Like, what are we doing here?

891
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:14,640
I'm excited for the match because it's new day and Imperium.

892
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,480
I know the match will be good, but okay, cool.

893
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:21,640
But I was like, talking about the embarrassment of riches.

894
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:31,280
You got, uh, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods to go to their own right.

895
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:35,400
And they are not needed anywhere close to the top of the car.

896
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,680
Like just think about the knowledge they have, the wisdom they have, how they can still go

897
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,080
on the ring, how they can teach other people.

898
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:46,960
Once again, it's just the embarrassment of riches WB has right now, which is, which is

899
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,000
pretty cool.

900
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,000
But back to Brandon James, he said, so this was from a few days ago.

901
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,040
I can cut out the first sentence because that's not, it's old now.

902
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:59,560
He said, I started thinking about, wow, we are really feasting again this WrestleMania

903
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:00,560
season.

904
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,440
Like last year with Sammy KO, Cody in the bloodline.

905
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:05,440
This year has me full of excitement.

906
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:06,440
Triple H is cooking.

907
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:11,000
Before he took over WrestleMania, uh, WrestleMania was sold on just that, the name.

908
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:16,720
Other than a few, a big few matches in large WrestleMania season was very uneventful.

909
00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:21,380
So question for you guys, how much are you all enjoying this year compared to last year?

910
00:45:21,380 --> 00:45:27,240
And before last year, what WrestleMania season do you remember that really made an impression?

911
00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:31,440
I should have had this question before just right now on the spot.

912
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:32,920
That takes some time.

913
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:39,640
Uh, for personal reasons, last year was better lead up than right now.

914
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,040
Um, one, cause we were going to it too.

915
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:45,760
So to answer that, this one is probably not as exciting.

916
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,160
I know that it's going to be an incredible two day WrestleMania.

917
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:55,480
Uh, but prior to this, um, man, we've been blessed to go to so many WrestleMania.

918
00:45:55,480 --> 00:46:01,160
I would say WrestleMania 18, one, it was rock versus the person we're not going to say.

919
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,160
It was my senior trip.

920
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:08,120
So I'm going to say that's my first time, like as an adult, quote unquote, on my own

921
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:10,800
out of the country has nothing to do, I guess, with wrestling per se.

922
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:17,680
But as far as looking forward to WrestleMania, mine's would be WrestleMania 18.

923
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:23,360
You know, I haven't, um, I guess it wouldn't seem like it, but I, I hadn't been really

924
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:28,040
the biggest WWE family in the past, probably eight years.

925
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:32,480
Um, I haven't really enjoyed many of the manias to be quite honest with you.

926
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:40,560
I want to say probably last year's mania was probably the most enjoyment I had in a long

927
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:41,560
time.

928
00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:43,960
I'm really looking forward to WrestleMania 40.

929
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:48,800
Um, probably my favorite really was the show.

930
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:52,800
So like my first, I just started going into manias until late in life.

931
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:57,400
And that's really when I got cool with these jokers over here and the guy I've told the

932
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,160
story about, uh, WrestleMania.

933
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:05,280
I'm not sure the year, but, uh, 2015, the year I first met Cody, um, that was Dallas,

934
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:06,280
right?

935
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:07,280
Was that Dallas?

936
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:08,280
That was Dallas.

937
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:09,280
Yeah.

938
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:10,280
So I was going to Dallas.

939
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:15,480
So 32, um, really enjoyed hanging out with my homies and going to fan access to the

940
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:20,360
actual experience of WrestleMania because like the, it's like an experience, especially

941
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:24,640
if you go for the weekend, but the actual show itself, man, I can't tell you, I really

942
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:25,640
enjoyed it.

943
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:30,640
I spent, for me, I spent for me, which was a lot of money to go to that WrestleMania.

944
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:33,640
And I was like, I felt like I was in a whole nother arena.

945
00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:36,640
That's how far away from the damn ring I was sitting.

946
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:41,200
Um, and I remember this being a long grueling day.

947
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:44,060
We got there probably at like one o'clock.

948
00:47:44,060 --> 00:47:46,600
We didn't leave to after midnight.

949
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,320
You know, man, I think I might've dozed off.

950
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,720
This is before I got, I became sleepy big daddy.

951
00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:53,280
I forgot dozed off at one point.

952
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:54,560
I had to.

953
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:56,120
I was tired.

954
00:47:56,120 --> 00:48:01,440
Um, I, those shows for me, this were like, they just, they were eight hours long.

955
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:02,920
They were just too damn long.

956
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:08,360
And when they switched over to the two night format, I start my, my fandom for WWE star

957
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,920
Wayne because I thought Vince was just the worst booker in the entire history of the

958
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:12,920
business.

959
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,500
Um, so it was two nights of just me not enjoying the show.

960
00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:24,840
So I'll probably say 39 was probably as a viewer, um, was probably one of my favorite

961
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:25,840
ones.

962
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:26,840
Um, this one I'm really looking forward to.

963
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,920
Uh, we don't have no car yet.

964
00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:32,560
I love us to kind of guess the car before we actually do it.

965
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,840
Um, but I'm really looking forward to 40.

966
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,400
I'll say 39 long wind to answer.

967
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,240
So actually we can, so what he make that mark that down.

968
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:42,880
Let's do that for next Wednesday show because we'll have chamber.

969
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:46,480
So we should know the number one contenders and et cetera, et cetera.

970
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:51,120
Let's do, Hey, if we were booking mania as storylines are, what would our car be?

971
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:55,920
Uh, but to Brandon's question, so like, which is a great question.

972
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,600
WrestleMania is for me to reduce his point.

973
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:03,280
We had been to like 10 in a row or somebody that 11 in a row and my issue with manias

974
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:06,520
were to Brandon's point.

975
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:07,520
Yeah.

976
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:08,520
One or two big matches.

977
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:13,760
And then either the rest of the matches you didn't care about, or you knew already what

978
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,360
the finish was going to be.

979
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:23,120
Like I remember WrestleMania 29, right?

980
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:29,320
I believe that was New York and that was rock scene or two.

981
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:31,160
And I remember, and I was a hundred percent right.

982
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:37,680
I called every single winner weeks before the show and I'm just like, and I was with

983
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:40,100
that was taker punk.

984
00:49:40,100 --> 00:49:46,200
That was a, I can't remember the car or whatever, but that was the point.

985
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:49,960
Like I was like, man, we know what's going to happen here and that shouldn't happen on

986
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:55,000
your biggest show of the year where you can call every single match.

987
00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:01,600
But I think for me, I'm more excited probably this year outside of going to the show than

988
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:02,600
last year.

989
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:09,880
Cause I just have so many over talents, LA night, Logan Paul, Dom, I'll put Dom in there

990
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:20,560
for heat, Gunther, Jay, Jimmy, Roman, Cody, Rock, Sammy, Gunther, Drew.

991
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:24,000
And that's not even touching the women, Bianca, Becky, Rhea.

992
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:25,000
You know what I mean?

993
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:30,360
Like they just have so many over acts that in an end we know like they've built up that

994
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:35,360
equity, the customer equity that you're at a point where you're like, okay, everything

995
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:39,860
may not be perfect because things rarely are near they have misses, but they're going to

996
00:50:39,860 --> 00:50:41,520
get us what we kind of want.

997
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,520
And I think that's safe to say.

998
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:47,680
So when mania comes around and you got that many over talents because of their booking

999
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:51,040
and how they've been presented for the last year plus you're like, you know what?

1000
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:52,040
I'm good.

1001
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:53,920
We couldn't say that before with mania.

1002
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:59,320
You will be like, why is this person in said match when they should be in the main event

1003
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:01,200
or they should be in the semi main event.

1004
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:07,880
So for me and that's where they did that because they had too many people, et cetera, et cetera.

1005
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:12,400
But yeah, I would go with actually if you're talking about which WrestleMania season do

1006
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:13,840
I remember that made an impression?

1007
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:19,960
I would probably go with Kofi mania since this one.

1008
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:23,720
And that was, of course we know that was supposed to be Ali spot.

1009
00:51:23,720 --> 00:51:24,960
He got hurt.

1010
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,800
Kofi wins it.

1011
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:31,720
And then just that bubble of fan support a lot like what happened with Cody this year.

1012
00:51:31,720 --> 00:51:37,720
And for us to get that spot against Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania, that's the one that

1013
00:51:37,720 --> 00:51:38,720
I can remember.

1014
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:44,320
And then before that, it would probably be 30 with the yes movement that really made

1015
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:45,320
an impression on me.

1016
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:48,440
The rest of them, it was like, you're like, all right, well, let's see what the go home

1017
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:52,240
show was bring because my height meter just because I'm going is there.

1018
00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:54,920
But if I was watching on TV, okay, we'll see.

1019
00:51:54,920 --> 00:52:02,160
Hey, you know, real quick, because Brandon James also is a wrestling 2k fan as well.

1020
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:06,600
We know and it was like some scuttlebutt about, you know, this year is the 40 to 40 years

1021
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:09,840
of WrestleMania and we're missing some matches.

1022
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:13,400
And I think about some of the important matches I would love to see.

1023
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:16,640
I guess they just can't happen because you mentioned Kofi mania.

1024
00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:20,840
Like for me as a fan, that was an important moment for us.

1025
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:22,640
You know, I would love to see that.

1026
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:27,240
But of course, you know, Daniel said is in the company, right?

1027
00:52:27,240 --> 00:52:31,880
Another one will be Sasha and Bianca.

1028
00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:35,360
Like in the main event, like that's another important one.

1029
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:36,360
Right.

1030
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:39,160
And just because they're not in the company, what is it because they will have to be paid

1031
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:40,160
for their likeness?

1032
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,720
I don't know how the games work like that.

1033
00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:48,160
Or is it strictly because they don't want to draw attention to another company?

1034
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:49,160
I think it's all of that.

1035
00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:50,160
Right.

1036
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:55,320
Because you have to you know, you can't just so you know how like back in the day are back

1037
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:57,400
in our day with NBA Live.

1038
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:58,400
Right.

1039
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,640
So, you know, we had Michael Jordan wasn't in the game.

1040
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:01,640
He was player 99.

1041
00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:04,240
You remember that they had to get his license.

1042
00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:05,240
No, they had.

1043
00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:06,240
They had to sign off.

1044
00:53:06,240 --> 00:53:07,240
They had to pay him.

1045
00:53:07,240 --> 00:53:10,560
There's a reason why Charles Barkley isn't in two case series today.

1046
00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:11,560
They got to pay these dudes.

1047
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:12,560
Right.

1048
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:13,560
So that's one of them.

1049
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:14,560
You got to pay him.

1050
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:19,800
And then two, I don't think if I'm WB, I may want to advertise, you know, Sasha Banks,

1051
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:23,560
you know, and in my 40 years of WrestleMania, if she's not part of the company.

1052
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:27,780
So that might be it might be it's probably business both ways.

1053
00:53:27,780 --> 00:53:30,960
But those are definitely moments I would love to see in that game.

1054
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,160
Or those are this overall this moment.

1055
00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:36,280
Huge, huge matches over the last decade.

1056
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:39,840
And if it was me, they're they're so in a man.

1057
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:46,560
I can't see somebody buying to play in to play in Kofi against Brian Dancin is like,

1058
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:47,560
you know what?

1059
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:48,560
I really miss Brian Dancin.

1060
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:51,120
Let me watch a W. I just don't see that connection.

1061
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:52,120
I could get it.

1062
00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:56,280
Maybe I don't see that if you ain't watching a W because it's a W. You ain't watching

1063
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:58,760
it because you play in two K and all of a sudden you get nostalgia.

1064
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:05,840
But see, also you got these these guys will be playable characters on a WWE game and they

1065
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:06,840
don't work for the company.

1066
00:54:06,840 --> 00:54:07,840
Right.

1067
00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:09,960
They got they got to pay these dudes to be featured.

1068
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:11,600
I think it's business either way.

1069
00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:16,040
But yeah, those are the only moments over the last few years where like half the roster

1070
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:19,320
ain't no longer the company because they decide to do those big releases.

1071
00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:20,320
We've been down that road before.

1072
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:21,320
Hey, they told Vince.

1073
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:22,680
Hey, look, we got put this game on, man.

1074
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:23,680
It's not our fault.

1075
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:24,680
You don't fire happy damn company.

1076
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:25,680
We got a game got put out, fam.

1077
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:28,300
And that's in a few weeks.

1078
00:54:28,300 --> 00:54:32,040
So Rodney, you had some you said, right?

1079
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:38,560
Yeah, just again, not the actual like matches leading up to Mania, but just having like

1080
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:41,840
Mania that I was excited for.

1081
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:48,240
And there's a common denominator here was WrestleMania 27 in Atlanta.

1082
00:54:48,240 --> 00:54:53,480
The Rock was the host of WrestleMania and he had been gone for so long.

1083
00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:56,000
And I was just crazy excited.

1084
00:54:56,000 --> 00:55:00,200
We went knowing that, hey, the Rock was returning and we knew he wasn't gonna wrestle, but we

1085
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:01,600
knew that he was gonna be there.

1086
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:04,400
So again, nothing to do with the match card itself.

1087
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:09,320
But one that I was really excited leading up to it was WrestleMania 27.

1088
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:13,040
We probably should have prefaced that a couple weeks ago when we were talking about just

1089
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:20,400
how much we wanted Rock Roman over like Cody Roman, because we literally went to that WrestleMania.

1090
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:25,240
We had become almost like casual fans to WWE during that time period.

1091
00:55:25,240 --> 00:55:29,440
And I would never forget to this day, I wasn't even watching Raw live.

1092
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:35,560
And I remember my uncle text me and said, turn on Raw, the Rock is back.

1093
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:37,320
And I turned it on.

1094
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:39,800
And I wasn't even DVR in it.

1095
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:40,880
TiVo in it back in the day.

1096
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:41,880
It was like that.

1097
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:42,880
Like if I catch it, I catch it.

1098
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:43,880
If I don't, I don't.

1099
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:47,200
And I remember he cut that promo saying he was back home.

1100
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:48,200
He was never leaving again.

1101
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:49,200
And he'll be at WrestleMania.

1102
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:52,640
And I looked at him and I was like, we're going to WrestleMania.

1103
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:57,120
And that started like our fandom again of how we are with wrestling.

1104
00:55:57,120 --> 00:56:01,360
So that's that I probably should have said, hey, the reason why we want Rock and Roman

1105
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:06,360
so bad is because rock is the reason why we're as big as fans we are in this moment.

1106
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:07,360
Yeah.

1107
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:10,440
That's super cool.

1108
00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:13,600
So just pivoting away from our WWE for a second guys.

1109
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:22,440
We'll talk a little about a W. Just two weeks ago, W a W had a huge main event.

1110
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:28,080
That's Sting and Darby versus the worst tag team in quite some time.

1111
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:31,480
And Ricky Starks and Big Bill.

1112
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:34,240
You know, did you by chance see that match?

1113
00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:35,240
Of course.

1114
00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:36,240
Okay.

1115
00:56:36,240 --> 00:56:38,640
So she saw it, but you know, I did.

1116
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:39,640
Yeah.

1117
00:56:39,640 --> 00:56:40,640
It was two weeks ago.

1118
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:45,140
So, you know, two weeks ago, I'm kind of like you on that.

1119
00:56:45,140 --> 00:56:47,640
You got probably three days on me and that's about it.

1120
00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:48,640
Oh yeah.

1121
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:50,440
That's how I say you got it on me.

1122
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:56,440
I got a two day max.

1123
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:57,440
That sounds like real quick.

1124
00:56:57,440 --> 00:56:58,440
Matt sounds like a wrestler.

1125
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:04,400
Like I remember one time I met big show and now stuff, this guy, huge massive.

1126
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:05,720
And I'm like, you know, I'm from Detroit.

1127
00:57:05,720 --> 00:57:07,680
Oh, I love that.

1128
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:10,200
That I have that Denny's or I have your own town.

1129
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:13,080
Ram's warm on Telegraph about 15 minutes away from the airport.

1130
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:15,560
I mean, like these wrestlers, they have minds of like an elephant.

1131
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:17,000
I think that's the phrase.

1132
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,600
And that's how Matt is when it comes to sports and with wrestling.

1133
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:20,720
Oh, just like what he said.

1134
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:23,400
I remember my uncle told me to turn on TV because rock was on.

1135
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:24,600
I don't remember all that.

1136
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:28,120
I just remember that rock was going to be there to host somebody.

1137
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:30,800
He has a mind of an elephant that he could tell you was sitting there, breastfeeding,

1138
00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:31,800
hating the world.

1139
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,160
That's why at that time I was hating the world.

1140
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:35,160
She's hating the world.

1141
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:42,600
You probably cut me off for turning the channel.

1142
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:47,120
But you know, Darby and Sting ended up winning that match, winning the tag team championships.

1143
00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:48,120
Right.

1144
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:53,520
Now, and usually I get upset by, hey, that's a big moment.

1145
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:56,840
You let that moment, no sit.

1146
00:57:56,840 --> 00:58:00,680
But out comes the young bucks and they destroy Darby.

1147
00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:03,520
They destroy Sting, leave him laying bloody.

1148
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:05,740
Sting's sons were there.

1149
00:58:05,740 --> 00:58:07,920
They looked just like them.

1150
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:09,360
They're big as he is.

1151
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:10,840
They got beat up too.

1152
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:15,680
They got that ass whooped too by two skinny dudes in white suits.

1153
00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:20,440
And it was such a visual that the blood was smeared all over the white suits.

1154
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:21,720
It just was a visual sight.

1155
00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:24,720
It ended up being a really hot angle for AEW.

1156
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:30,480
So the following week we're like, dang, how are they going to follow this up?

1157
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:31,560
How are they going to follow this up?

1158
00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:34,320
Now the young bucks still have on these white suits.

1159
00:58:34,320 --> 00:58:35,880
They some nasty guys, man.

1160
00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:41,000
I guess, you know, see, word on the street before, you know, Dirty Vince got put all

1161
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:47,000
on blast that this this this this new character was a variation of Vince.

1162
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:51,880
So it kind of makes sense that they still wearing these dirty suits, you know, a week

1163
00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:54,340
later with the blood stains on them.

1164
00:58:54,340 --> 00:58:56,520
So that's part of the story.

1165
00:58:56,520 --> 00:58:57,800
That's part of the visual.

1166
00:58:57,800 --> 00:58:58,800
Right.

1167
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:06,040
So the young bucks a week later after brutalizing Sting and his family, the new tag team champions,

1168
00:59:06,040 --> 00:59:12,720
Darby Allen comes out with the bat and he has a promo.

1169
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:17,640
Let's see if we can get this thing to work, guys.

1170
00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:18,640
So preface it.

1171
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:19,640
What are you missing?

1172
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:20,640
What?

1173
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:26,960
I wish you would have done that before I started promo.

1174
00:59:26,960 --> 00:59:27,960
What about this promo?

1175
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:31,840
Did you say to yourself, oh, I can't wait to talk about this on the pot.

1176
00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:36,680
But what I would rather do is play the promo and then we can talk about it immediately

1177
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:41,720
afterwards because I don't I don't want to I don't want to screw the pooch.

1178
00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:44,480
So they say and then to I didn't want to stop the promo.

1179
00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:46,060
I don't know if it'll work again.

1180
00:59:46,060 --> 00:59:49,200
So Matt, if it doesn't work again, it's on you.

1181
00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:50,200
Here we go.

1182
00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:56,400
It's our Riverside statement of a W. What was the original mission statement of a W?

1183
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,400
It was to change the world.

1184
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:02,400
I have that shirt.

1185
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:07,840
Listen, you know, when I was homeless and A.W. first started, I begged you guys for a job

1186
01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:09,520
and you saw nothing in me.

1187
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:13,480
Yet I had to sit by and watch all your shit friends get hired.

1188
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:16,480
You're a little California crew.

1189
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:17,480
And thank God.

1190
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:23,400
Thank God at the time there was an EVP here with a sense of brains.

1191
01:00:23,400 --> 01:00:28,200
OK, there was an EVP there with brains.

1192
01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:30,200
Let's keep going.

1193
01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:35,000
And I'm not talking about Kenny Omega.

1194
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:40,200
Oh, wait, wait, wait.

1195
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:44,440
You know, you did a little interview last year.

1196
01:00:44,440 --> 01:00:46,840
Why you resign to A.W.

1197
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:55,320
So if you guys didn't hear it, we got a Cody Rhodes chant on A.W. TV, right?

1198
01:00:55,320 --> 01:01:00,240
We had to leave the company to get a damn Cody Rhodes chant, but we got one last week

1199
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:02,360
on A.W. Let's keep going.

1200
01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:06,160
W. And what did you say in that interview?

1201
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:07,160
Tell us.

1202
01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:08,160
I remind us.

1203
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:14,320
This is you guys said that you resigned because the travel schedule was light.

1204
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:16,200
The money was good.

1205
01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:18,200
It was no longer about changing the world.

1206
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:20,480
The original mission statement was dead.

1207
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:22,880
I thought this was all elite wrestling.

1208
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:26,960
But it looks like this is all friendship wrestling.

1209
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:27,960
You know why?

1210
01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:30,720
Think about the very first episode of Dynamite.

1211
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:32,320
Darby Allen wasn't on it.

1212
01:01:32,320 --> 01:01:34,320
You know who was?

1213
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:35,680
Brandon Cutler.

1214
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:38,080
What the?

1215
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:43,680
OK, so we were bringing up Brian Brandon Cutler in this interview.

1216
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:48,840
Again, you know, the young bucks are still outside the ring with the white suits on with

1217
01:01:48,840 --> 01:01:50,680
his butt still on it.

1218
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:51,680
But we're talking about Brandon Cutler.

1219
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:52,680
Let's keep going.

1220
01:01:52,680 --> 01:02:01,680
I don't know what kind of tussles you guys got into at home school, but we're talking

1221
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:03,760
about Sting's final match.

1222
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:05,600
That's what this is about, right?

1223
01:02:05,600 --> 01:02:13,800
You guys want to be Sting's final match.

1224
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:17,920
I don't think you guys understand what you guys got yourselves into.

1225
01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:24,120
We're talking about a man that has nothing left to lose.

1226
01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:42,560
Young Bucks, Darby Allen and Sting, the AEW Tag Championship.

1227
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:45,680
So he goes on and he says that they're getting their match.

1228
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:51,720
Final match is going to be the Young Bucks versus Darby and Sting for the championship

1229
01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:53,880
match.

1230
01:02:53,880 --> 01:02:58,460
So I kind of prefaced it.

1231
01:02:58,460 --> 01:03:00,480
So we heard the promo.

1232
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:03,280
I'm assuming you hadn't heard it before that, right?

1233
01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:04,280
Not really, no.

1234
01:03:04,280 --> 01:03:05,280
Right.

1235
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:14,560
So I told you, hot angle, the Young Bucks, Layout Sting, his sons, bloody everybody.

1236
01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:24,240
They're still wearing the white blood soaked suits from the previous week.

1237
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:31,120
Darby Allen comes out with the bat and what he wants to do, he wants to cut a shoot promo.

1238
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:38,200
Instead of, instead of, you know, coming out there addressing the brutal beat down from

1239
01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:49,120
the week, he takes it upon himself to cut a shoot promo about the Young Bucks, the California

1240
01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:53,360
Crew and Brandon Cutler.

1241
01:03:53,360 --> 01:03:59,960
What a way, what a way to follow up on the hot angle is with the work shoot promo that

1242
01:03:59,960 --> 01:04:03,920
has nothing to do with the previous week's beat down.

1243
01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:09,400
To me guys, this is the problem with AW storytelling.

1244
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:13,040
This is why I said they should just shut up and wrestle.

1245
01:04:13,040 --> 01:04:19,200
Just give me the damn tag team match because these follow up and these storylines are horrendous.

1246
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:22,760
What say you guys?

1247
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:27,840
I'm a bit disappointed in Darby because just what I just said about Tiffy, that's low hanging

1248
01:04:27,840 --> 01:04:29,120
fruit.

1249
01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:30,160
Let's just dissect what he said.

1250
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:34,320
I tried to write down some of the things he was saying.

1251
01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:37,680
Starting a new company so your friends are on the first episode.

1252
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:44,360
Well, if I'm starting a new company, I'm probably going to put my friends on first, day ones.

1253
01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:50,360
Two, I thought we were about to go with this whole thing is are you happy that Darby and

1254
01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:52,000
Sting got the tag championship?

1255
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:57,200
And I am because at least now Sting can go out being a champion or he can lose it, but

1256
01:04:57,200 --> 01:04:59,760
he's going into his finals match as a tag champion.

1257
01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:02,760
So I'm actually happy and grateful for that.

1258
01:05:02,760 --> 01:05:09,240
But you getting a Cody cheer on your programming, which if that was just that, okay, I guess

1259
01:05:09,240 --> 01:05:10,320
that's cool.

1260
01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:12,640
But again, it's just low hanging fruit.

1261
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:15,240
Darby is much better than that on the mic.

1262
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:18,440
To your point, what would I have wanted to hear or as far as like what could you bring

1263
01:05:18,440 --> 01:05:22,040
to come to follow that match they had the week before?

1264
01:05:22,040 --> 01:05:24,240
I don't know, but it definitely wasn't that.

1265
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:31,880
I think that whole interview was a get a pop chasing the hug of the insider wrestling fan.

1266
01:05:31,880 --> 01:05:34,160
You throw a Brendan Cutler under the bus.

1267
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:39,400
Like to me, that was just all that to me felt kind of nasty, just all the way around.

1268
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:42,020
And I thought Darby and I know Darby is better than that.

1269
01:05:42,020 --> 01:05:45,200
He could have came up with something way better than that unless they told him to come up

1270
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:46,200
with that.

1271
01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:49,400
Unless you have the EVPs who said, this is my new gimmick.

1272
01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:53,360
I want you to do this shoot promo against me.

1273
01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:57,600
Things off limits, bring up the most craziest stuff you can bring up.

1274
01:05:57,600 --> 01:05:59,440
And then I can't hate them for that.

1275
01:05:59,440 --> 01:06:04,520
But if it was anything other than that, I just feel like again, low hanging fruit, let's

1276
01:06:04,520 --> 01:06:09,440
not go there.

1277
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:13,720
So I don't have, I don't carry the weight to be completely honest.

1278
01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:16,880
I don't because I can see both sides of it.

1279
01:06:16,880 --> 01:06:22,960
Like when I heard it and I watched it live and I'm like, I wouldn't have done that.

1280
01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:28,840
I mean, talking about Cody, but it ain't my company.

1281
01:06:28,840 --> 01:06:31,680
So whatever.

1282
01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:34,840
So I had a feeling this was going to be a, cause we didn't talk about it.

1283
01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:36,840
You just asked me in the text, like, Hey, have you seen the promo?

1284
01:06:36,840 --> 01:06:39,120
I was like, yeah, you know, but he can't wait for the podcast.

1285
01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:41,760
And I also didn't talk about it.

1286
01:06:41,760 --> 01:06:50,360
So I put a question out on X that Thursday and I said, question about this promo from

1287
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:53,400
Darby Allen, where he got a Cody chant from the crowd.

1288
01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:58,400
Is it nothing because AEW does a lot of insider things on TV and the fan base enjoys it?

1289
01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:02,240
Or is it something that hurts the product by putting more light on WWE?

1290
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:05,360
Just want to give you guys a few answers.

1291
01:07:05,360 --> 01:07:08,280
Devante forever says hurts the product every time.

1292
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:11,440
Ain't no money in that.

1293
01:07:11,440 --> 01:07:15,520
Shudin the shiznit said, I don't like it, but I think you hit the nail on the head.

1294
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:18,680
It really does not matter when it comes to AEW audience.

1295
01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:22,200
The audience is built on being in the know.

1296
01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:25,320
This follows right along with that.

1297
01:07:25,320 --> 01:07:29,680
Jesse Malloy said, I think it's nothing because Cody was a part of AEW.

1298
01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:34,840
It's not exactly insider knowledge to acknowledge him in any facet.

1299
01:07:34,840 --> 01:07:38,000
Derek said, I'm going to bring up something that might piss some AEW fans off, but it

1300
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:39,000
has to be heard.

1301
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:40,000
Why is it every time?

1302
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:42,320
Oh, he's talking about the Vista man thing.

1303
01:07:42,320 --> 01:07:45,680
Um, Johnny boy says, honestly.

1304
01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:46,680
Yeah.

1305
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:51,360
He says, honestly, it shows the sign of little man syndrome.

1306
01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:54,000
They are going through a hard time at the moment.

1307
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:59,240
So they fall back on what got the hardcore is a tune in fed references, cheap tactics

1308
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:01,520
done purely for smarks.

1309
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:05,120
Could he have just caught out their abuse of power alone?

1310
01:08:05,120 --> 01:08:07,640
Question mark.

1311
01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:11,000
And then straight edge, Devansator said, it's nothing because it's nothing.

1312
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:14,960
It's only something because a certain portion of the population feels like making a thing

1313
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:16,040
out of it.

1314
01:08:16,040 --> 01:08:21,760
This was an excellent promo by Darby to further the thing with the tag champs and the extremely

1315
01:08:21,760 --> 01:08:23,720
violent people.

1316
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:24,720
So those were the comments we got.

1317
01:08:24,720 --> 01:08:27,080
So shout out to everybody who responded to that.

1318
01:08:27,080 --> 01:08:30,360
Um, reason why I say I can see it on both sides.

1319
01:08:30,360 --> 01:08:36,360
I see it from a perspective of it's nothing because a W's fan base is the hardcore of

1320
01:08:36,360 --> 01:08:37,440
the hardcore.

1321
01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:41,280
I don't know if a W truly has like casual fans.

1322
01:08:41,280 --> 01:08:46,160
I think anybody and everybody who watches a W knows for a fact who Cody Rose is and

1323
01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:49,920
they know for a fact he was in a W and a W still there.

1324
01:08:49,920 --> 01:08:51,720
They didn't cheer for him there.

1325
01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:55,520
Well, that's a whole other thing, but that they don't care.

1326
01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:56,520
Right.

1327
01:08:56,520 --> 01:08:59,360
So it just adds to the wink and the nod.

1328
01:08:59,360 --> 01:09:03,560
The reason why it could be nothing to me and I actually enjoy the bucks right now.

1329
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:04,560
I like their gimmick.

1330
01:09:04,560 --> 01:09:05,560
I like the buck.

1331
01:09:05,560 --> 01:09:06,560
Yeah.

1332
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:08,680
I can see people saying it's too insider.

1333
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:13,320
I get that for sure, but I'm getting the kick out of it because they're the only ones doing

1334
01:09:13,320 --> 01:09:14,320
it.

1335
01:09:14,320 --> 01:09:16,920
Now, if everybody's going out there and doing this shoot style, you know, work, shoot promos,

1336
01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:17,920
I'm over it.

1337
01:09:17,920 --> 01:09:18,920
No, thank you.

1338
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:22,520
But if it's stuck to just them, because that is what fans online have said.

1339
01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:27,320
So kind of what I talked about, Tiffany Stratton, how that line didn't hit in WWE about Naomi

1340
01:09:27,320 --> 01:09:31,600
leaving WWE and Bianca, you were sold 2023.

1341
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,360
Like you're done for that.

1342
01:09:33,360 --> 01:09:34,360
Dig it up.

1343
01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:37,680
Hell, I got a Cody's chant of all things.

1344
01:09:37,680 --> 01:09:43,280
So if they're going with the thing of, Hey, let's lean into what the IWC says about us

1345
01:09:43,280 --> 01:09:46,880
as the young bucks to give us even more heel heat.

1346
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:48,540
That's probably what they're looking at.

1347
01:09:48,540 --> 01:09:54,440
Us who have been watching this thing for decades upon decades upon decades know that, Hey,

1348
01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:57,880
that doesn't really work to further your audience.

1349
01:09:57,880 --> 01:10:00,600
It doesn't help you down the line.

1350
01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:02,040
But at the end of the day, it's a promo.

1351
01:10:02,040 --> 01:10:04,040
And honestly, that promo was not even thought about.

1352
01:10:04,040 --> 01:10:09,480
We're probably spending more time on that promo right now a week later than honestly,

1353
01:10:09,480 --> 01:10:12,480
they may have even putting that promo together.

1354
01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:14,000
I totally, I totally agree with that.

1355
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:19,640
So more so than the Cody thing, like I get that's just they love like that kind of stuff.

1356
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:25,000
It's just that, man, you go from that brutal beat down the week before to coming back with

1357
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:26,000
this.

1358
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:28,440
It just doesn't seem like it's a natural transition.

1359
01:10:28,440 --> 01:10:33,720
Like when you think about how normal people may react in a situation, I don't know if

1360
01:10:33,720 --> 01:10:43,400
we'll say you and I are in a tag team and two guys, they beat up you and Matt.

1361
01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:49,360
I'm not coming out of next week talking about, you know, I'm not coming out next week to

1362
01:10:49,360 --> 01:10:51,520
cut a work shoot promo.

1363
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:52,520
Like right.

1364
01:10:52,520 --> 01:10:59,600
Nothing he really said really responded to the brutality of the previous previous week.

1365
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:01,080
And I'm talking about storytelling.

1366
01:11:01,080 --> 01:11:06,180
So this is when guys who say, oh, it was a great promo.

1367
01:11:06,180 --> 01:11:09,560
If you like that type of work shoot type crap promos.

1368
01:11:09,560 --> 01:11:10,560
Sure.

1369
01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:13,020
But talk about the story.

1370
01:11:13,020 --> 01:11:18,360
Like the story was it continued from the week we didn't revisit the brutality.

1371
01:11:18,360 --> 01:11:22,520
That promo did not match what we saw last week.

1372
01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:25,420
It is not not for one moment.

1373
01:11:25,420 --> 01:11:29,840
Why are these guys still wearing the blood soaked promo and Darby doesn't even mission

1374
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:33,000
it not once during the entire promo.

1375
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:35,800
Like this at this point should be a blood feud.

1376
01:11:35,800 --> 01:11:39,960
Do you think is a blood feud after listening to that promo?

1377
01:11:39,960 --> 01:11:43,520
No, and actually that promo sounds like a promo that would have been cut before the

1378
01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:45,880
beat down before the beat down.

1379
01:11:45,880 --> 01:11:46,880
Right.

1380
01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:49,960
Like that's the promo where you come out and you just say like, look, you VPs.

1381
01:11:49,960 --> 01:11:51,680
I thought I knew what this was.

1382
01:11:51,680 --> 01:11:52,920
What happened to y'all?

1383
01:11:52,920 --> 01:11:56,080
And then they come and do the beat down because they do the beat down.

1384
01:11:56,080 --> 01:11:57,080
Yeah.

1385
01:11:57,080 --> 01:11:58,560
So, Hey, that's what I'm talking about.

1386
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:00,000
It's the storytelling.

1387
01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:01,000
It just didn't.

1388
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:03,280
It's just didn't match.

1389
01:12:03,280 --> 01:12:09,160
And that's when my muscle, my issue is more so than the Cody champ because I get it.

1390
01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:10,160
That's that.

1391
01:12:10,160 --> 01:12:11,360
That's a chase of the hook.

1392
01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:15,600
And it's weird that they're chasing the Cody hug and y'all had Cody and y'all crapped

1393
01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:17,520
all over the man for months.

1394
01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:19,560
And I get he cut a bad promo.

1395
01:12:19,560 --> 01:12:20,560
I was there for it.

1396
01:12:20,560 --> 01:12:22,240
I experienced it too.

1397
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:26,000
But you know, hey, he was the first person.

1398
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:27,920
Look no further than the pillar of promos.

1399
01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:30,000
We still champion them guys.

1400
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:31,000
Right.

1401
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:33,320
So, no, I mean, that's a good bring up, man.

1402
01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:34,320
It's a real good bring up.

1403
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:39,120
And it's just one of the things that I always talk about when I talk about in a vacuum,

1404
01:12:39,120 --> 01:12:41,640
the shows are more than fine.

1405
01:12:41,640 --> 01:12:44,320
You watch it and you're going to be entertained for those two hours and you're going to walk

1406
01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:45,320
away and say, okay, cool.

1407
01:12:45,320 --> 01:12:46,840
Like I'm good.

1408
01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:50,280
But when you watch it week to week to week to week to week, you're kind of like, Hey,

1409
01:12:50,280 --> 01:12:53,560
that was a, Hey, did we forget that just happened?

1410
01:12:53,560 --> 01:12:55,080
That should have happened.

1411
01:12:55,080 --> 01:12:56,080
I got it.

1412
01:12:56,080 --> 01:12:57,080
I get it.

1413
01:12:57,080 --> 01:12:58,080
Yeah.

1414
01:12:58,080 --> 01:13:00,720
Because that's a belabor that but you're right.

1415
01:13:00,720 --> 01:13:02,960
Did you just look at, okay, you're you're right.

1416
01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:08,560
I don't know how many people who watch AW who are just casual fans of wrestling, but

1417
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:12,720
you're not going to get anybody like if I'm tuning to that and I see him saying that now

1418
01:13:12,720 --> 01:13:16,840
I might get excited initially because of the passion and Darby's voice.

1419
01:13:16,840 --> 01:13:22,280
But then when I hear them coding some chanting a name and let's say I just do a quick due

1420
01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:24,120
diligence of hey, who is this Cody guy?

1421
01:13:24,120 --> 01:13:25,120
He's a he's over WWE.

1422
01:13:25,120 --> 01:13:28,760
Now I'm about to go watch WWE because that's what he's seen.

1423
01:13:28,760 --> 01:13:30,320
So then the 2k thing is right.

1424
01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:34,120
That's why they don't want to put Sasha Banks and Dan Bryan in the 2k.

1425
01:13:34,120 --> 01:13:35,600
You just proved me wrong.

1426
01:13:35,600 --> 01:13:38,360
I guess there you go.

1427
01:13:38,360 --> 01:13:39,360
Let's get to the chamber.

1428
01:13:39,360 --> 01:13:44,420
Definitely a different pay-per-view than I think Triple H and team had planned on.

1429
01:13:44,420 --> 01:13:47,680
No Brock Lesnar, no CM Punk.

1430
01:13:47,680 --> 01:13:49,880
So definitely a different type show.

1431
01:13:49,880 --> 01:13:53,920
Ritzy, I know you got the matches in front of you.

1432
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:57,000
So let's go through and we don't take a long time when I think there's only four or five

1433
01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:59,380
matches for this show.

1434
01:13:59,380 --> 01:14:02,900
It is what 5 a.m. or 4 a.m. our time on Saturday.

1435
01:14:02,900 --> 01:14:05,780
We'll probably still do our normal typical Sunday pie.

1436
01:14:05,780 --> 01:14:09,680
We will have Brandon with us who was with us on the Royal Rumble post show.

1437
01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:11,960
It won't be a live show, but he'll be on.

1438
01:14:11,960 --> 01:14:15,360
We'll kind of break down the next chamber and I got some WrestleMania topics that I

1439
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:18,500
think you guys are like that we kind of can talk about too because we should know the

1440
01:14:18,500 --> 01:14:23,700
landscape a little bit of mania you did before we get to it and maybe Ritzy.

1441
01:14:23,700 --> 01:14:25,360
Let's start with the women's elimination chamber.

1442
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:28,340
I hadn't forgotten you brought up the Jade thing.

1443
01:14:28,340 --> 01:14:34,480
There were some people who thought Jade should be in the chamber and then Raquel came back

1444
01:14:34,480 --> 01:14:40,560
and she took that shot and I was trying to explain this on X.

1445
01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:44,060
You do not put Jade in the chamber.

1446
01:14:44,060 --> 01:14:52,260
The only way to win the chamber match is everyone has to be either pinned or submitted.

1447
01:14:52,260 --> 01:14:54,900
It's not like the rumble where you lose.

1448
01:14:54,900 --> 01:14:59,380
You cannot win the rumble and have nothing to do with the finish.

1449
01:14:59,380 --> 01:15:02,180
You would have to Jade's not winning the elimination chamber.

1450
01:15:02,180 --> 01:15:05,120
She's not going in to fight Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania.

1451
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:08,920
She's not going in to fight Eos Tri because Eos already going against Bailey.

1452
01:15:08,920 --> 01:15:10,780
So that's not guy.

1453
01:15:10,780 --> 01:15:11,780
So there was there.

1454
01:15:11,780 --> 01:15:15,560
So there was a lot of conversation around put her in there and she'll have a good showing.

1455
01:15:15,560 --> 01:15:16,940
No she ain't.

1456
01:15:16,940 --> 01:15:18,480
She ain't a good showing wrestler.

1457
01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:24,060
She is a potential generational talent that can main event multiple WrestleMania's for

1458
01:15:24,060 --> 01:15:25,540
years to come.

1459
01:15:25,540 --> 01:15:30,000
You do not show her the first time in a rumble that she doesn't win and then you back to

1460
01:15:30,000 --> 01:15:34,600
back in the next month in the next chamber where she either gets pinned or gets submitted.

1461
01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:35,600
Can't do that.

1462
01:15:35,600 --> 01:15:43,180
Now what you could have done potentially is if the chamber was not a say Rheezha was like

1463
01:15:43,180 --> 01:15:45,940
well maybe the chamber could be just first pinfall.

1464
01:15:45,940 --> 01:15:46,940
Okay.

1465
01:15:46,940 --> 01:15:48,020
Say let's go with that.

1466
01:15:48,020 --> 01:15:52,540
Now you could put in a chamber and the same person that threw her out of the rumble is

1467
01:15:52,540 --> 01:15:56,740
the reason why she doesn't win the chamber and then that could be your WrestleMania match

1468
01:15:56,740 --> 01:16:01,820
and her whole thing is look you have poo poo now on two of my big moments.

1469
01:16:01,820 --> 01:16:03,740
I could have won the rumble but you threw me out.

1470
01:16:03,740 --> 01:16:08,020
I could have won the elimination chamber but you hit me from behind when I was going for

1471
01:16:08,020 --> 01:16:09,020
the pin.

1472
01:16:09,020 --> 01:16:11,460
I now I want you on the grandest stages of my law right.

1473
01:16:11,460 --> 01:16:17,260
That's easy promo you can cut it now you got that but leave that girl way way far away

1474
01:16:17,260 --> 01:16:18,860
from the chamber.

1475
01:16:18,860 --> 01:16:25,260
Now if she's not on Raw Monday and they get something cooking with her quick.

1476
01:16:25,260 --> 01:16:27,540
I don't know if you go back to Nia.

1477
01:16:27,540 --> 01:16:33,100
I don't think that's that's the match for it looks like we're not doing Bianca and Jade

1478
01:16:33,100 --> 01:16:36,900
as a tag team because brown breaker just went to Smackdown and we maybe we can talk about

1479
01:16:36,900 --> 01:16:39,100
Brian sign the Smackdown next week too.

1480
01:16:39,100 --> 01:16:44,580
I can't see them getting Brian and Jade so I'm going to assume Jade is on on Raw.

1481
01:16:44,580 --> 01:16:48,260
So that's the reason why I say you leave her far far away from the chamber.

1482
01:16:48,260 --> 01:16:54,340
Well I guess we'll just start there with the EC women's chamber.

1483
01:16:54,340 --> 01:17:01,560
So we know Raquel was the final contestant.

1484
01:17:01,560 --> 01:17:09,060
The back and ass crew is back together again together in the chamber for y'all who was

1485
01:17:09,060 --> 01:17:13,500
not listed to the pie back when the back and ass is a thing that is Liv Morgan and Raquel

1486
01:17:13,500 --> 01:17:14,500
Rodriguez.

1487
01:17:14,500 --> 01:17:16,220
She shows back and she shows ass.

1488
01:17:16,220 --> 01:17:19,340
So back and ass back and ass.

1489
01:17:19,340 --> 01:17:22,780
This one's an interesting elimination chamber for me.

1490
01:17:22,780 --> 01:17:27,140
Not because who's in it because I of course if you think about maybe the heavy hitters.

1491
01:17:27,140 --> 01:17:30,020
This is probably who we put together.

1492
01:17:30,020 --> 01:17:35,100
It almost feels like I know there's a lot of energy around Bianca.

1493
01:17:35,100 --> 01:17:42,140
She has been undefeated in mania but it almost feels like the chamber it is made for Becky

1494
01:17:42,140 --> 01:17:43,140
to win.

1495
01:17:43,140 --> 01:17:45,540
So again it goes back to maybe being a schmuck.

1496
01:17:45,540 --> 01:17:49,140
I heard you mentioned that somebody said that word earlier.

1497
01:17:49,140 --> 01:17:54,060
Am I really incited about this elimination chamber because I believe Becky is going to

1498
01:17:54,060 --> 01:17:56,420
win so it doesn't really matter what else happens.

1499
01:17:56,420 --> 01:18:00,100
I guess they could still put on a good match itself and have some great spots because it

1500
01:18:00,100 --> 01:18:01,100
is an elimination chamber.

1501
01:18:01,100 --> 01:18:04,740
But for me I feel like Becky is going to win.

1502
01:18:04,740 --> 01:18:06,340
I don't think anybody else will.

1503
01:18:06,340 --> 01:18:09,500
We might get some good showings but then at the end of the day I feel like almost if this

1504
01:18:09,500 --> 01:18:20,940
doesn't start the show then I will feel bad then for the men's chamber.

1505
01:18:20,940 --> 01:18:21,940
What do y'all think?

1506
01:18:21,940 --> 01:18:24,100
So you say all that you have yet to give us who's in this match.

1507
01:18:24,100 --> 01:18:25,100
Can you please tell us who's in this match?

1508
01:18:25,100 --> 01:18:26,100
Oh yeah I'm sorry I'm so sorry.

1509
01:18:26,100 --> 01:18:32,660
I'm looking right at the picture here so we have right now Becky, Naomi, Bianca Belair,

1510
01:18:32,660 --> 01:18:39,100
Tiffy and then back in ass Raquel and Liv Morgan.

1511
01:18:39,100 --> 01:18:40,420
So you're going with who?

1512
01:18:40,420 --> 01:18:48,100
I'm going with Becky and I feel like there's nobody's going to tell me that she can't win.

1513
01:18:48,100 --> 01:18:52,100
He's over there hitting the bull even though he wouldn't hit the gunshots on your guy Cody

1514
01:18:52,100 --> 01:18:55,980
not working a fan friendly style of a match.

1515
01:18:55,980 --> 01:18:57,260
So then you must not be going with Becky.

1516
01:18:57,260 --> 01:18:58,580
You must be going with somebody else.

1517
01:18:58,580 --> 01:19:05,320
Who are you going with to go against Rhea at WrestleMania?

1518
01:19:05,320 --> 01:19:10,180
It looks like all signs are pointing to Becky.

1519
01:19:10,180 --> 01:19:15,820
They've been really advertising their matchup for some time now.

1520
01:19:15,820 --> 01:19:16,820
Every week.

1521
01:19:16,820 --> 01:19:19,620
So I mean it has to be.

1522
01:19:19,620 --> 01:19:23,860
I'm just intrigued on what they have for Bianca right because they keep putting her out there.

1523
01:19:23,860 --> 01:19:29,620
She keeps getting these I know I understand she has a show and but that's all the more

1524
01:19:29,620 --> 01:19:32,140
like what do you have for her right?

1525
01:19:32,140 --> 01:19:33,420
Like you're average you're putting her out there.

1526
01:19:33,420 --> 01:19:37,780
You're advertising these press conferences and you're making time to put her in segments.

1527
01:19:37,780 --> 01:19:41,300
You got to have something for her for the start.

1528
01:19:41,300 --> 01:19:45,260
She is she's still obviously over you mentioned like the reaction she got on Raw.

1529
01:19:45,260 --> 01:19:49,380
I'm just intrigued because I don't think you go.

1530
01:19:49,380 --> 01:19:54,340
I don't think we're looking at a three way for that match.

1531
01:19:54,340 --> 01:19:59,540
I probably will rather see a one on one match probably with Becca and Rhea because they've

1532
01:19:59,540 --> 01:20:01,240
been teasing it so much.

1533
01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:04,900
We haven't seen any interaction with Rhea and Bianca.

1534
01:20:04,900 --> 01:20:06,860
So I'm gonna go with Becky.

1535
01:20:06,860 --> 01:20:09,380
Hey why you boo me then?

1536
01:20:09,380 --> 01:20:11,460
I still don't want to hear you say it out loud though.

1537
01:20:11,460 --> 01:20:12,460
I got it.

1538
01:20:12,460 --> 01:20:13,500
You need to boo yourself.

1539
01:20:13,500 --> 01:20:16,480
You can't use the media board just for your personal thoughts.

1540
01:20:16,480 --> 01:20:18,820
You got to use it for the entire totality of the show.

1541
01:20:18,820 --> 01:20:25,040
On the Sunday show I'm signing in as a host and I'm gonna control the whole god dang thing.

1542
01:20:25,040 --> 01:20:28,820
We probably won't have any listeners toward the two minute mark but watch I'm signing

1543
01:20:28,820 --> 01:20:31,420
in as a host.

1544
01:20:31,420 --> 01:20:33,580
You just gonna start with claps and boos for no reason.

1545
01:20:33,580 --> 01:20:34,580
Yep.

1546
01:20:34,580 --> 01:20:37,580
Every time you talk I'm like boo.

1547
01:20:37,580 --> 01:20:39,420
Yeah you gotta go Becky.

1548
01:20:39,420 --> 01:20:40,420
You gotta go Becky.

1549
01:20:40,420 --> 01:20:45,900
I hope for Raquel Hill turn we don't need babyface Raquel again.

1550
01:20:45,900 --> 01:20:46,900
We do not.

1551
01:20:46,900 --> 01:20:49,780
Been there done that maybe that's what we get for Liv.

1552
01:20:49,780 --> 01:20:54,580
That would be fun for them to revisit them and do put them in a media match.

1553
01:20:54,580 --> 01:21:00,820
And unless Charlotte makes a miracle comeback of the most miracle comebacks of all miracle

1554
01:21:00,820 --> 01:21:04,620
comebacks you're right I don't know what Bianca does.

1555
01:21:04,620 --> 01:21:08,700
Maybe there's still a chance of Bianca and Jay with Kabuki Warriors because right now

1556
01:21:08,700 --> 01:21:12,460
we don't know what the Kabuki Warriors are doing either.

1557
01:21:12,460 --> 01:21:14,900
Just the Bronbreaker signing to Smackdown is what threw me off.

1558
01:21:14,900 --> 01:21:17,220
So I'm like man how do you put both of them over there?

1559
01:21:17,220 --> 01:21:18,540
But yes give me Becky.

1560
01:21:18,540 --> 01:21:22,380
I think it will be a I'm all for like swerves.

1561
01:21:22,380 --> 01:21:26,620
That'll be a ridiculous swerve to have put this much equity and time into Rhea and Becky

1562
01:21:26,620 --> 01:21:28,300
each week for us just not to get it.

1563
01:21:28,300 --> 01:21:32,820
So I guess we're all aligned we're going with Becky Lynch.

1564
01:21:32,820 --> 01:21:34,980
Real quick on with Charlotte Flair.

1565
01:21:34,980 --> 01:21:43,380
I had a question I wanted to ask y'all and I'm a bit ignorant on like Luchador wrestling.

1566
01:21:43,380 --> 01:21:48,100
When I was seeing Andrade El Idolo which they're going by the same name and the masks that

1567
01:21:48,100 --> 01:21:54,820
he had could he mentioned his wife in his promo too on Raw.

1568
01:21:54,820 --> 01:21:57,100
Could Charlotte come as a Luchador?

1569
01:21:57,100 --> 01:22:02,820
I mean do you have to have had training in in Mexico to be able to wear the mask like

1570
01:22:02,820 --> 01:22:08,580
is it blasphemy to wear a mask and not have that that history taught to you because it

1571
01:22:08,580 --> 01:22:12,380
could you imagine the two of them together?

1572
01:22:12,380 --> 01:22:15,460
That would be sick that would be fire.

1573
01:22:15,460 --> 01:22:20,260
It's blasphemy if you paint yourself as a Luchador just because you're under a mask

1574
01:22:20,260 --> 01:22:22,260
doesn't mean you're claiming you're a Luchador.

1575
01:22:22,260 --> 01:22:23,260
Okay.

1576
01:22:23,260 --> 01:22:24,260
Right.

1577
01:22:24,260 --> 01:22:25,260
You're just a masked wrestler.

1578
01:22:25,260 --> 01:22:28,140
So I mean they want to do something fun like that.

1579
01:22:28,140 --> 01:22:32,180
They could see Charlotte already do all the great things already.

1580
01:22:32,180 --> 01:22:36,420
I would like for her to come back and have a new a new evolution of herself.

1581
01:22:36,420 --> 01:22:41,220
And then just when I heard Andrade mentioned my wife that just made me get the thinking

1582
01:22:41,220 --> 01:22:43,340
could they come back together?

1583
01:22:43,340 --> 01:22:44,640
He's Luchador.

1584
01:22:44,640 --> 01:22:47,820
Could she wear a mask?

1585
01:22:47,820 --> 01:22:49,820
Charlotte in the mask.

1586
01:22:49,820 --> 01:22:56,500
You ain't bringing no Charlotte Flair back to put it on no GD mask.

1587
01:22:56,500 --> 01:22:57,500
What's going on woman?

1588
01:22:57,500 --> 01:22:58,500
What's the next match?

1589
01:22:58,500 --> 01:22:59,500
Laura her mercy.

1590
01:22:59,500 --> 01:23:05,220
Let's um let's go with the Grayson Waller effect.

1591
01:23:05,220 --> 01:23:06,220
So we already know.

1592
01:23:06,220 --> 01:23:07,220
Oh no no that's not a match.

1593
01:23:07,220 --> 01:23:08,220
Yeah that's not a match.

1594
01:23:08,220 --> 01:23:09,220
We can't talk about it.

1595
01:23:09,220 --> 01:23:13,000
I mean we can but like.

1596
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:17,460
So will we see any bloodline there in the Grayson Waller effect?

1597
01:23:17,460 --> 01:23:19,380
Will we see any bloodline there?

1598
01:23:19,380 --> 01:23:21,260
Oh no that's a good question.

1599
01:23:21,260 --> 01:23:22,260
That's a good question.

1600
01:23:22,260 --> 01:23:24,580
Does Rock and or Roman make the trip?

1601
01:23:24,580 --> 01:23:26,780
Well we know Roman made something.

1602
01:23:26,780 --> 01:23:27,780
Roman made sure.

1603
01:23:27,780 --> 01:23:29,060
He never said no.

1604
01:23:29,060 --> 01:23:31,620
He just asked if he had to go.

1605
01:23:31,620 --> 01:23:33,900
He never said he wasn't showing up.

1606
01:23:33,900 --> 01:23:34,900
That's a good question.

1607
01:23:34,900 --> 01:23:40,460
Or do we just see the Grayson Waller effect and that is where they challenged Rock and

1608
01:23:40,460 --> 01:23:43,500
Roman for a match at Mania.

1609
01:23:43,500 --> 01:23:44,500
E?

1610
01:23:44,500 --> 01:23:52,620
Man I mean maybe I'm still holding out that uh that you know Rock somehow gets in that

1611
01:23:52,620 --> 01:23:53,620
chamber match.

1612
01:23:53,620 --> 01:23:54,620
Is it the chamber?

1613
01:23:54,620 --> 01:23:56,540
Yeah so he's getting in that chamber match.

1614
01:23:56,540 --> 01:23:58,660
He's not coming all the way out there.

1615
01:23:58,660 --> 01:24:01,140
At the same time man I just I just don't know it.

1616
01:24:01,140 --> 01:24:05,820
I'm going all the way out there just to be in an interview segment with Waller.

1617
01:24:05,820 --> 01:24:08,060
I mean it's I mean stranger things can happen right.

1618
01:24:08,060 --> 01:24:12,940
We've seen on AEW TV where you know a man who got brutally beat up a week before comes

1619
01:24:12,940 --> 01:24:16,380
back and talks about their friends instead of actually coming to whoop some ass.

1620
01:24:16,380 --> 01:24:17,860
Damn I'm sorry man.

1621
01:24:17,860 --> 01:24:19,740
That really bothered you.

1622
01:24:19,740 --> 01:24:25,020
I just felt like man like hey Sting is my like that's that's that's man that man is

1623
01:24:25,020 --> 01:24:31,100
70 years old and you gonna let that 17 year old man get beat up and you come back the

1624
01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:34,540
next week and talk about the Salem's friends.

1625
01:24:34,540 --> 01:24:36,820
I'm just saying I don't know the Rock.

1626
01:24:36,820 --> 01:24:45,980
And Roman are coming to Australia to sit on Grayson Waller's show.

1627
01:24:45,980 --> 01:24:46,980
That's it.

1628
01:24:46,980 --> 01:24:49,460
I mean that's that's a long ways for those are two important men.

1629
01:24:49,460 --> 01:24:53,140
I can't get their ass to show up you know for a regular event but they gonna show up

1630
01:24:53,140 --> 01:24:55,060
to Australia to sit on the show.

1631
01:24:55,060 --> 01:24:56,060
I just don't know.

1632
01:24:56,060 --> 01:24:58,540
But if Rocky's in Hawaii though it wouldn't be too far of a trip.

1633
01:24:58,540 --> 01:25:03,060
But then I still don't think you do that without announcing they're going to be there.

1634
01:25:03,060 --> 01:25:04,060
Right like.

1635
01:25:04,060 --> 01:25:05,060
That's fair.

1636
01:25:05,060 --> 01:25:06,060
On the Waller effect too.

1637
01:25:06,060 --> 01:25:07,060
I mean come on.

1638
01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:08,060
But yeah.

1639
01:25:08,060 --> 01:25:10,540
But the question I asked was bloodline.

1640
01:25:10,540 --> 01:25:12,780
So they could also have been solo or Jimmy.

1641
01:25:12,780 --> 01:25:15,740
I think the bloodline will show up at the Grayson Waller effect.

1642
01:25:15,740 --> 01:25:20,820
Yeah I mean hey man if those guys will come I can see definitely see Heyman you know.

1643
01:25:20,820 --> 01:25:22,780
I'm gonna say he's gonna be there.

1644
01:25:22,780 --> 01:25:23,780
Yeah.

1645
01:25:23,780 --> 01:25:24,780
Yeah.

1646
01:25:24,780 --> 01:25:27,820
I'm gonna save the men's for last so we'll go to this next two.

1647
01:25:27,820 --> 01:25:30,220
I'm really excited to see.

1648
01:25:30,220 --> 01:25:32,380
But again I don't think they're dropping it.

1649
01:25:32,380 --> 01:25:38,300
So we have a men's tag team a match between Judgment Day with Finnan Damian Priest against

1650
01:25:38,300 --> 01:25:40,740
Butch and Tyler Bates.

1651
01:25:40,740 --> 01:25:43,140
What's his name?

1652
01:25:43,140 --> 01:25:47,140
I don't know S or no S Tyler Bates maybe S on the end.

1653
01:25:47,140 --> 01:25:48,620
I'm black so Tyler Bates regardless.

1654
01:25:48,620 --> 01:25:53,100
Well that's Tyler Bates but who's the first person to say that?

1655
01:25:53,100 --> 01:25:54,100
Pete Dunn.

1656
01:25:54,100 --> 01:25:55,100
Pete Dunn.

1657
01:25:55,100 --> 01:25:57,860
I've been begging for that name forever and we finally got it back.

1658
01:25:57,860 --> 01:26:02,820
But I think this match is gonna be a banger of a match.

1659
01:26:02,820 --> 01:26:07,460
I don't think I'm gonna see them dropping that at Elimination Chamber and I only say

1660
01:26:07,460 --> 01:26:11,940
that because I don't know if there's enough heat behind Pete Dunn and Tyler Bates to be

1661
01:26:11,940 --> 01:26:14,420
able to go into Mania as tag champions.

1662
01:26:14,420 --> 01:26:15,900
With the titles?

1663
01:26:15,900 --> 01:26:16,980
With the titles.

1664
01:26:16,980 --> 01:26:20,760
If it wasn't that timing of Mania I can see them dropping it there to them too.

1665
01:26:20,760 --> 01:26:22,020
But other than that no.

1666
01:26:22,020 --> 01:26:25,260
What are your thoughts?

1667
01:26:25,260 --> 01:26:29,620
I think it's gonna be another good match.

1668
01:26:29,620 --> 01:26:33,700
However I mean there is a chance that R-Truth can come out and cost them the championship

1669
01:26:33,700 --> 01:26:34,700
fam.

1670
01:26:34,700 --> 01:26:35,700
Yeah that's true.

1671
01:26:35,700 --> 01:26:39,220
We could get that so let's keep that on the cuff.

1672
01:26:39,220 --> 01:26:44,820
That's a good call but probably the smarter money though is R-Truth is there but the smarter

1673
01:26:44,820 --> 01:26:47,100
money is great match.

1674
01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:51,020
We'll be talking about it on Sunday about how they show improved and they killed it

1675
01:26:51,020 --> 01:26:53,940
and Judgment Day once again is in a fantastic tag match.

1676
01:26:53,940 --> 01:26:56,540
They were in a fantastic tag match on World 2.

1677
01:26:56,540 --> 01:27:01,500
But I still think we're looking at R-Truth winning the tag titles probably with like

1678
01:27:01,500 --> 01:27:03,500
Miz at Mania.

1679
01:27:03,500 --> 01:27:04,620
That's where you drop.

1680
01:27:04,620 --> 01:27:07,860
That's where you have Judgment Day lose the titles.

1681
01:27:07,860 --> 01:27:08,860
I don't think you have them lose.

1682
01:27:08,860 --> 01:27:09,860
It's really easy to your point.

1683
01:27:09,860 --> 01:27:13,700
That would be a hell of a rocket strapped on their backs though if they were to do that.

1684
01:27:13,700 --> 01:27:14,700
I just don't see that.

1685
01:27:14,700 --> 01:27:19,380
So give me Judgment Day.

1686
01:27:19,380 --> 01:27:22,680
Next we'll move on to the Women's Championship match.

1687
01:27:22,680 --> 01:27:27,060
So we have Rhea in her home country against Nia Jax.

1688
01:27:27,060 --> 01:27:28,060
Main event probably right?

1689
01:27:28,060 --> 01:27:29,660
It better be the main event.

1690
01:27:29,660 --> 01:27:31,420
It was first on the top of WWE.

1691
01:27:31,420 --> 01:27:33,420
So give them that main event slot.

1692
01:27:33,420 --> 01:27:34,420
She deserves it.

1693
01:27:34,420 --> 01:27:37,380
And you haven't asked me yet but of course Rhea Ripley is winning that match.

1694
01:27:37,380 --> 01:27:38,380
Yeah.

1695
01:27:38,380 --> 01:27:39,380
100%.

1696
01:27:39,380 --> 01:27:40,380
If there was a way to bet.

1697
01:27:40,380 --> 01:27:42,380
Bet your homes, bet your cars, bet all the money in your account.

1698
01:27:42,380 --> 01:27:43,380
No don't bet your homes.

1699
01:27:43,380 --> 01:27:44,380
Bet everything.

1700
01:27:44,380 --> 01:27:48,620
No my family lost it like the whole riches in Manjong because my great great grand daddy

1701
01:27:48,620 --> 01:27:50,580
just was a gambler so let's not bet a home.

1702
01:27:50,580 --> 01:27:51,900
He wasn't betting WWE.

1703
01:27:51,900 --> 01:27:53,980
He wasn't betting Rhea Ripley in her own town.

1704
01:27:53,980 --> 01:27:55,980
He said leave the Manjong alone in WWE.

1705
01:27:55,980 --> 01:27:58,700
WWE didn't exist back then so.

1706
01:27:58,700 --> 01:28:01,700
Give Rhea a babyface.

1707
01:28:01,700 --> 01:28:04,700
We gotta go home.

1708
01:28:04,700 --> 01:28:05,700
It's time to wrap this.

1709
01:28:05,700 --> 01:28:07,860
We all know Rhea is going to win.

1710
01:28:07,860 --> 01:28:12,860
Incredible hometown pop and entrance and spectacle and all that.

1711
01:28:12,860 --> 01:28:13,860
You agree right?

1712
01:28:13,860 --> 01:28:14,860
I agree.

1713
01:28:14,860 --> 01:28:15,860
Okay.

1714
01:28:15,860 --> 01:28:17,700
Last the men's chamber.

1715
01:28:17,700 --> 01:28:18,700
So we have.

1716
01:28:18,700 --> 01:28:20,140
Before we do the folks in it.

1717
01:28:20,140 --> 01:28:21,900
I got a question from Eterno on this one.

1718
01:28:21,900 --> 01:28:25,500
He said I see a lot of people saying that the men's elimination chamber match is predictable

1719
01:28:25,500 --> 01:28:27,340
but I see it otherwise.

1720
01:28:27,340 --> 01:28:29,420
It's between Drew or Randy for me.

1721
01:28:29,420 --> 01:28:30,700
I wonder what y'all think.

1722
01:28:30,700 --> 01:28:34,080
I'm leaning towards Randy is what Eterno said.

1723
01:28:34,080 --> 01:28:35,080
So now we know we got Drew.

1724
01:28:35,080 --> 01:28:36,080
We got Randy.

1725
01:28:36,080 --> 01:28:37,080
We have the other participants.

1726
01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:38,080
We have Bobby Lashley.

1727
01:28:38,080 --> 01:28:39,080
We have KO.

1728
01:28:39,080 --> 01:28:40,080
We have L.A. Knight.

1729
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:41,080
Yeah.

1730
01:28:41,080 --> 01:28:42,080
And then we find the.

1731
01:28:42,080 --> 01:28:47,260
I believe the final entry was Logan.

1732
01:28:47,260 --> 01:28:54,060
So we have again every time I talk about mania I talk about Drew being in the main event

1733
01:28:54,060 --> 01:28:55,060
picture.

1734
01:28:55,060 --> 01:28:58,140
So the only way to get there is for him to win the elimination chamber.

1735
01:28:58,140 --> 01:29:00,340
I don't think Randy is going to win it.

1736
01:29:00,340 --> 01:29:03,180
I do think it's Drew but it's kind of like what this whole card is.

1737
01:29:03,180 --> 01:29:06,980
I felt like I think I know who's going to win every match.

1738
01:29:06,980 --> 01:29:10,360
So I'm excited to see what they're going to do.

1739
01:29:10,360 --> 01:29:12,220
And I think it'll be a great match too.

1740
01:29:12,220 --> 01:29:14,460
But I'm going to say Drew.

1741
01:29:14,460 --> 01:29:22,180
I'm a go Drew as well and I find it to be kind of interesting.

1742
01:29:22,180 --> 01:29:27,860
They're putting this much equity in Drew a guy who can possibly walk the couple of months

1743
01:29:27,860 --> 01:29:32,500
they're doing a whole lot for me if he pin Cody on he he's he's one.

1744
01:29:32,500 --> 01:29:33,500
Yeah.

1745
01:29:33,500 --> 01:29:36,060
I mean he they pink and they make it a big deal about that right.

1746
01:29:36,060 --> 01:29:42,100
He lost and you know he wins the elimination chamber and gets to a mania match with Seth.

1747
01:29:42,100 --> 01:29:46,340
I mean I almost kind of feel like Drew's destined to win the whole damn thing.

1748
01:29:46,340 --> 01:29:51,780
And that's a lot for a guy who's going to be who's on his way out of company.

1749
01:29:51,780 --> 01:29:57,380
So you're going you're going to I'm a go Drew and eternal the reason why I think people

1750
01:29:57,380 --> 01:30:02,980
are saying is predictable and I love your ordained angle but there's been nothing has

1751
01:30:02,980 --> 01:30:08,700
been done on Smackdown for us to possibly think a Smackdown wrestler is going to jump

1752
01:30:08,700 --> 01:30:13,940
to raw during this time to take on Seth for the championship at WrestleMania.

1753
01:30:13,940 --> 01:30:18,900
If they would give us some hints if they would even talk about that said thing on Smackdown

1754
01:30:18,900 --> 01:30:21,500
okay maybe okay cool.

1755
01:30:21,500 --> 01:30:27,380
You know if Randy comes out and cuts the promo said Monday nights are really good for me

1756
01:30:27,380 --> 01:30:29,500
or something to that effect but they haven't done anything.

1757
01:30:29,500 --> 01:30:36,460
So as predictable as it is I think you go Drew and I would be shocked if it's not Drew

1758
01:30:36,460 --> 01:30:39,900
even though I would love for Bobby to win it I think it would be fun if Orton won it.

1759
01:30:39,900 --> 01:30:44,180
Of course I think it'd be fun if anybody who's in that match it would be fun if they won

1760
01:30:44,180 --> 01:30:47,500
it maybe outside of KO because been there done that with him.

1761
01:30:47,500 --> 01:30:51,420
But it's another one I think we're going to watch the match we're going to say okay so

1762
01:30:51,420 --> 01:30:55,220
now we know we're getting LA Nightverse maybe Orton at mania.

1763
01:30:55,220 --> 01:31:00,820
Okay now we can see how they're going to do who else is in it.

1764
01:31:00,820 --> 01:31:04,000
Whoever right I think we'll be able to see some WrestleMania matches with those guys

1765
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:07,180
in it but I think it's Drew for sure.

1766
01:31:07,180 --> 01:31:12,740
I feel like this elimination chamber just feels a lot like the traditional no way out

1767
01:31:12,740 --> 01:31:17,500
like you already knew at Rumble kind of already where this is the trajectory is of the matches

1768
01:31:17,500 --> 01:31:18,500
of mania.

1769
01:31:18,500 --> 01:31:23,860
Now they're just going to have to put on the spectacle is that a grand place in Australia.

1770
01:31:23,860 --> 01:31:27,260
I don't doubt that they're not going to put on the spectacle for us and put on great matches

1771
01:31:27,260 --> 01:31:31,340
but again I just truly feel like I know everybody who's going to win and again we have four

1772
01:31:31,340 --> 01:31:35,340
matches but I don't even know if I want a surprise too.

1773
01:31:35,340 --> 01:31:41,580
So let me also add that I don't think I would want anybody who I didn't say to win not win

1774
01:31:41,580 --> 01:31:45,420
because I wouldn't even know where that how that's going to look.

1775
01:31:45,420 --> 01:31:51,500
You know why because that's natural storytelling when you go into a movie you know John Wick

1776
01:31:51,500 --> 01:31:55,900
is going to win at the end and when he does you're happy about it.

1777
01:31:55,900 --> 01:32:00,300
We don't spoil alerts but hell if you ain't seen John Wick 4 by now you deserve to be

1778
01:32:00,300 --> 01:32:01,300
spoiled.

1779
01:32:01,300 --> 01:32:07,940
John Wick 8 at the end of the day John Wick is walking out of that mug the winner and

1780
01:32:07,940 --> 01:32:13,020
that's just nothing wrong with getting exactly what you should want because it's exactly

1781
01:32:13,020 --> 01:32:14,020
who you should get.

1782
01:32:14,020 --> 01:32:18,980
It's when you don't want it and you get it is when it sucks like we talked about like

1783
01:32:18,980 --> 01:32:23,020
the prior WrestleMania's and things of that nature but I think Rhodesia then we can end

1784
01:32:23,020 --> 01:32:24,020
on it.

1785
01:32:24,020 --> 01:32:27,780
This goes back to like I said kind of the beginning of this no punk we know he was being

1786
01:32:27,780 --> 01:32:33,580
a high profile match no Brock Lesnar to see him and Dom would have been incredible and

1787
01:32:33,580 --> 01:32:36,940
the TV they would have been able to tell up to that point of cocky Dom just talking about

1788
01:32:36,940 --> 01:32:40,460
how I'm the one that threw Brock Lesnar out of the Royal Rumble so you don't get those

1789
01:32:40,460 --> 01:32:45,180
two who knows what the original plan was gonna be for Charlotte before she got hurt for the

1790
01:32:45,180 --> 01:32:46,180
chamber.

1791
01:32:46,180 --> 01:32:51,460
It's a lot of injuries it's a lot of injuries so hopefully they stop.

1792
01:32:51,460 --> 01:32:56,380
Shazi just came out and said she's probably out nine months so she hurt her knee which

1793
01:32:56,380 --> 01:33:01,820
sucks that girl's been through a lot so thoughts and prayers for Shazi from her sister having

1794
01:33:01,820 --> 01:33:08,660
cancer to she said she was battling mental health issues so just hopefully she's good

1795
01:33:08,660 --> 01:33:12,580
hopefully she comes back better than ever but yeah it sucks that they're all going down

1796
01:33:12,580 --> 01:33:16,740
to knee injuries so I know before we were kind of talking about all the injuries in

1797
01:33:16,740 --> 01:33:23,540
AEW injury bugs biting WWE too so it's just part of the it's part of the gig it just sucks

1798
01:33:23,540 --> 01:33:30,820
when you're this close to your major shows and you get it so that is all right that's

1799
01:33:30,820 --> 01:33:35,340
it for the chamber that's all it's gonna be ain't gonna be no more and then it is truly

1800
01:33:35,340 --> 01:33:39,300
the road to WrestleMania like I said we'll be back on Sunday and we're gonna talk about

1801
01:33:39,300 --> 01:33:44,180
the chamber kind of give our thoughts on that and then I'll even throw in because I got

1802
01:33:44,180 --> 01:33:47,740
them I got them down here somewhere let me look and see I'll throw in a couple of questions

1803
01:33:47,740 --> 01:33:55,100
I'm gonna ask y'all I'll throw in a couple questions um one thing I'm gonna ask you guys

1804
01:33:55,100 --> 01:34:06,420
is can the Rock deliver a mania level solo main event okay and I'm gonna ask this now

1805
01:34:06,420 --> 01:34:11,140
and I do want comments from you guys so give it to me this week and we'll talk about it

1806
01:34:11,140 --> 01:34:18,580
does Roman Reigns deserve a standing ovation when he loses the title should he get that

1807
01:34:18,580 --> 01:34:25,140
moment where champion leaves he's still in the ring and he gets a standing ovation from

1808
01:34:25,140 --> 01:34:29,140
the crowd because I get that man out of my ring so I get my

1809
01:34:29,140 --> 01:34:46,140
answer already everybody else's and we'll make sure that he does not

1810
01:34:46,140 --> 01:35:01,420
this may be his worst socials that's FNW that's Twitter that's Instagram YouTube that's freaking

1811
01:35:01,420 --> 01:35:07,500
wrestling five stars comments all that kind of good stuff right do all that kind of stuff

1812
01:35:07,500 --> 01:35:14,020
once again thank you guys for your support we love you and we will see you guys on Sunday

1813
01:35:14,020 --> 01:35:17,780
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