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Night 2 of WrestleMania 41 is in the books. It

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is done. We are still in Las Vegas, of course.

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We are staying for Monday Night Raw and then

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we heading out Tuesday morning. I don't know

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how it came across on television, but boy was

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night two an all -timer in the building at Allegiant

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Stadium. Welcome to the TFW podcast. That's Rick

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and Rustlin. No numbers. If you listen to the

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WrestleMania pre -show, you know why I'm not

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naming these because we will get to 202 quick

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and we ain't started playing that show yet. We

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gonna name this WrestleMania Right 190 some WrestleMania

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night to reaction pod Best kept secret in wrestling

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podcast is the TFW podcast you guys know me I

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am your favorite talker out here in these wrestling

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streets Matt joined by that beautiful woman over

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there my wife Rhodesia we are a only Running

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two people today one is because of the significant

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time difference from Vegas. And each time he

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was usually with us, he got to go to work and

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do all that kind of stuff. But I think even if

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this was regular Eastern Standard Time for E,

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he would have found a way to not been on this

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podcast. This podcast for all of my day one TFW

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podcast listeners, this is going to be very similar

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to two years ago, night two. WrestleMania 39

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in Los Angeles when I came on this podcast and

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I believe in January or February. I told everybody,

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guys, I got a feeling Cody Rhodes is not beating

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Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. And I was kind

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of laughed out of the building at that point.

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What do you mean? What are you talking about?

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There's no way. This is his time. He's got to

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finish his story. And I remember coming back.

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On that podcast and letting the gunshots go over

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it is you remember that night? Told you so probably

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I told you so as we get It probably was about

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15, maybe I told you so But what I will do because

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I have grown since then Right. I am much more

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mature than I was then Much more mature than

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I was then I'm just going to do one gunshot And

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just say I told you so That's all just one just

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one gun shot so I told you so so humble actually

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Maybe more we'll see but What a night what a

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night I tweeted After the show That if I didn't

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have some size on me, I'm sure somebody probably

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try to test their luck Yep, because I was going

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hard on the Cody fans in the crowd after John

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Cena won his historic 17th World Championship.

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for real, for real. And I was gonna say, fuck

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it, let's go, let's all go down together. And

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you got Matt, who has some size on them too.

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And he's being, usually I'm like, Matt, calm

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down, calm down a little bit. Nah, he's going

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into, then he started bringing in like, AEW haters,

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like, whoa, where did this come from? Like both

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of y 'all was on one last night. And I was like,

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F it, let's do it. Let's do it together as a

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family. We all going down as a family. I was

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ready to go. But what got me the most irritated

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is you got all these people in these John Cena

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shirts. They ain't gonna spend $40 minimum to

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buy a new John Cena shirt. Why y 'all look like

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y 'all lost our best friend at the end of WrestleMania?

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Undercover Cody Rose fans. So many John Cena

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shirts, right? Until it was time. Until it was

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time. Until it was time. And Santa Claus ain't

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real. And that shit pisses me off because I'm

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like, aw, aw, that's a spoiler, man. We can't

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do that. Oh, my bad. You right. I'm joking. Boy,

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it wasn't real. He may be real later on this

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year or something, but Santa Claus ain't real.

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John Cena crushed everybody's hopes and dreams.

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I also said on the WrestleMania preview pod that

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there was some thoughts about, you know, the

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crowd being very similar kind of to Rock Hogan

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from WrestleMania 18, right? 18, 17? And what

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I can say is I was talking to everybody who went

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to WrestleMania. This is I think our 13th WrestleMania

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weekend. We've gone to we've been to and But

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we've been I've been really on social media for

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the last couple years, you know like daily, right?

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You are on social media more of course than you

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are at any show But what I can say is if you

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can get to a show and this goes for any show

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TNA AW New Japan WWE if you can get to any show

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and just enjoy yourself, do that. It is just

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such a stark contrast from online. And even if

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you don't see a ton of negativity online, it

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is just completely different. Like inside of

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that building, that was the closest environment

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that I had seen to Rock and Hogan at Mania. than

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any other match. Now, if you're talking match

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quality, the match does not come close to what

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Hogan and Rock did, you know, 20 plus years ago

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or whenever that was. But it's not about when

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you're in it, when you're in it, when you're

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there. It's not about the moves. It's not about

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the match quality. It is strictly vibes, environment,

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and how you are feeling in that moment. We came

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on yesterday, Rudy, and we talked about the crowd

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from night one to night two. And I brought up,

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you know, maybe the monetary situation. I think

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that was still a part of it. Uh, we also talked

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about the crowd yeeted itself out on night one

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and then it wasn't much to get the crowd going

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again until the main event. I made a quick note

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and it was funny because I made a note and then

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we watched the press conference last night and

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Triple H made a comment on it and damn they're

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using the same words I use. But night two was

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about putting the pedal to the floor from match

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one until the main event, because from a wrestling

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match perspective, the main event was not going

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to deliver. If you're only looking at it for

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holds and moves and what a quote unquote WrestleMania

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main event is supposed to be and going to be,

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the match probably didn't deliver. Inside the

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building, you couldn't have told anybody that

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because I don't know how I came across on TV,

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but there wasn't a second where the crowd was

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not on their feet watching and being involved

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in what they saw. In hindsight though, 91 was

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about taking the foot off the gas until the main

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event because outside of Yeeting, the biggest

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thing to remember from 91 was going to be Seth

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Rollins, Paul Heyman business and just how tremendous

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that triple threat. Main event was so there was

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two different schools of thought so from a quality

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of product perspective You can get some of the

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philosophy now if you're in the show Like I said,

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it ain't buy one get one free tickets, right?

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So if you only went to night one, it looks like

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there was a lot of people Who only went to one

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night, which was kind of surprising to me like

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that? Yeah kind of surprising to me so um, but

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I don't think anybody who went who was in the

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building night one felt like They weren't happy

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with what they got, but you could tell a difference.

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You could tell a difference from, uh, and of

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course we'll get into the show with our women's

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match. And then, you know, after that, and after

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that completely different type of show, if you

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had to pick one show to say that was a WrestleMania

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show, it was night two. You got so many moments

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in 91, but night two in the building, all timer.

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Agreed. I was thinking about like how different

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a day makes. And again, it's not buy one, get

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one free. It's buy one and get one for the same

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price that you pay for the night before. That's

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really what it is. Or you get to keep the same

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seats. You buy two together. A BOGO, right? But

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you look at, as far as night two, just when I

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talked about On Our Pie yesterday, I don't even

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know what day it is now. When I talk about it

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after night one, I had said that your book game

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matches As far as being there live is exciting,

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all the fields of mania, you have some good spots,

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but I get good spots on regular television. I

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get good spots on regular PLEs. This is what

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I was talking about. I was saying like, I need

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mania matches. You know, the street fight, which

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I actually didn't even watch the whole street

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fight because I had left the seats, but that

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street fight felt like a mania street fight.

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You know, so. Each match that we watch, and then

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maybe against AJ Styles and Logan Paul, I did

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not watch that match at all. Maybe that had some

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elements of mania, but I guess Logan Paul himself

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could be considered a mania feel. But to me,

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every single match that I watched last night

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all delivers some type of mania feel, mania vibe

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to the match itself. Like to me, WrestleMania

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night two so far surpassed Mania night one. And

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again, we're not going to talk about as far as

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though the workers or the talent themselves.

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I'm just as a card, as a show, as a production.

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Night two blew night one out of the water. And

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anybody who thought that the actual main event

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of night two was going to be work heavy. Cena

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came on and told y 'all, I'm about to crush this

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stuff. I'm at the end wrestling. You're pro wrestling.

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Like no one should have gone in there and thought

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that he was actually about to do. move after

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move after move after move after move. You mentioned

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as far as, well, I didn't. And you mentioned

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talking about, you know, icon versus icon back

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from WrestleMania 18. I don't remember not one

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single move they did in that, in that match.

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I just remember how I felt seeing the old and

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the present. The old and the present and how

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their two fan bases, these generational talents,

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these people who elevated this wrestling business

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to the next level. in their own respective right,

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going head to head. I don't remember anything

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else about that match. I think I had asked you

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yesterday, I forgot who actually won the match,

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but that's the same vibe that I got here. The

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reason why I remember who won the match is because

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Cena broke, he made history. He broke Ric Flair

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record. But to me, like night two was everything.

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And I would probably feel being at both, I probably

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would have been like, dang, like I've missed

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out if I didn't go to WrestleMania night two.

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We so I brought that the guy who was behind us

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the two guys and they was on one on night one

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They were looking they were much more subdued

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on night two. I don't know they I think there

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was a drink night one. It was just chilling But

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uh, so they were from the UK and I think they

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had on Cody's shirt. I'm not mistaken And yo,

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I was in almost shed a tear I'm gonna shed a

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tear yesterday Austin comes out to announce the

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the figure, you know, the attendance figure and

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anybody who's been listening knows that's like

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my goal. He's the reason why I cut my hair bald

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back in high school when he broke his neck. I'm

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like, I'm cutting my hair until Austin comes

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back. And then the look just for me just stuck.

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So I never grew my hair back. But to hear that

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glass break and he comes out, I don't give a

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damn what he did. It was we got a chance to see

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him and hear him. So you go from that. to go

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right to Cody and Cena. So I was talking to the

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guys behind us and I was on one. Of course, I'm

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a Cody fan, but this is John Cena. This is Seventeen.

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I am going to rile up the people around me. I'm

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going to do that whole thing. So I'm doing that

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whole thing. Cody sucks. I'm screaming and all

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that. So the guy behind me, I think he starts

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like a Cody Rose chant. And then I turn around

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and we just start having a quick conversation.

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And he's like me. He's just like... Dude, like,

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how cool is this? Like, look what we're, and

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I told him, I was like, man, look what we're

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experiencing. I'm like, we go from Austin. And

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I guess that was like his go -to. And, uh, it

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was funny. He's like, man, if you ever want to

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break into any of my passwords, it's Austin316.

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Like, you ever find any of my stuff? That's my

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password. And, uh, you know, so during, during

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Cody and Cena, you got, you know, two just fans

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of this thing, you know, who are, you know, for

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them, they're traveling from the UK to get to

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WrestleMania. to see history. You know, and that's

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when like, that's, that's when this thing is

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fun. When you just, you ain't worried about the

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moves. Like I said, you know, you just sitting

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there and you're in it and you're watching. And

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at one point, it's probably about four or five

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minutes into the match. Not much has been going

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on, but a lot's happening. And I look up and

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there was nobody sitting down. Exactly. In the

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stadium. And you know, I, I tapped Rhodesia and

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little man. I was just like, just look, they

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aren't doing anything. and they have everybody

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and this is after we've seen everything you guys

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are the are the main event you know uh so just

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so so much fun man but cena beats uh cody rhodes

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with the help of travis scott no rock duane duane

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duane now i was not Locked in on, oh, I'm only

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showing up to WrestleMania to see The Rock. Okay,

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that was not me. But what I will say is, do not

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show up and involve yourself in the road to WrestleMania

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if you are not going to be at WrestleMania. I

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don't care if they hadn't brought him up again.

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I don't care what the case is. You show up at

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Chamber, run this storyline. We could have gotten

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the John Cena He'll turn without the Rock being

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involved. I don't even care if he shows up tonight

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and we'll be in attendance at Raw. Do not show

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up in the Road to WrestleMania build if you are

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not going to be at WrestleMania. And I can only,

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I can only probably think about how irritated

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or pissed off Triple H is at times when it comes

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to The Rock. I'm trying to set up my storylines,

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my TV programming, and we get a phone call on

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Dwayne saying he wants to get involved. I am

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sure, because he can only say so much because

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The Rock is Triple H's boss, I am sure when Dwayne

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called Triple H a couple weeks before, we saw

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him, you know, show up for the chamber build

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and said, I want to be involved and, you know,

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I'm not. I can't work a match with Cody this

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year, but I still want to be involved at, you

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know, chamber or whatever the case may be. I'm

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sure at one, some point Triple H said, okay,

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so what's the end game for Mania? Are you going

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to be at Mania? And if that response was either,

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no, I can't make it or we'll see. I can't imagine

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how irritating that has to be for creative because

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you have to leave things open for him. And we

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thought the, the The appearance from The Rock

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was tremendous leading up to the chamber. But

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stay away if you can't be at Mania. This is WrestleMania.

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So I think a lot of people, and we kind of talked

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about that last night, the Finnish could have

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come across and probably was anti -climactic

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for the main event. You see Travis Scott. You're

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just going to assume Travis Scott is going to

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be accompanied by the Rock at some point. Because

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how does Travis Scott, and I think we do see

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some more probably with Travis tonight, potentially.

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So we know that's not ending, but how does Travis

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Scott be the only one that determines John Cena

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winning the championship over Cody Rose after

00:17:04.750 --> 00:17:07.630
a year -long title reign? He's not a wrestler.

00:17:08.609 --> 00:17:12.130
He's not a wrestler. So that was a downer. That

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was an absolute downer. And you just can't do

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it. I'm sorry. You can't do it. Like, either

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:22.539
you're going to either in or out, right? That's

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how I feel, either in or out. And I don't believe

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in anything of, hey, just, you know, watch with

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the rock. You know, what does he always say typically?

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Be quiet and the ride, the rock brings you on

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and that whole thing. Well, that ride should

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have stopped at WrestleMania. and it did stop

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and it went on and he was nowhere to be seen.

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How, I'm not going to say irritated, but how

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:52.680
surprised were you? Or maybe you were irritated.

00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:55.880
I really wasn't irritated. I was surprised. My

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whole thing was just seeing Cena win. Like that

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was the move. Now say if Cody would have won

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and then we didn't get Rock. And it wouldn't

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be because I'm not a Cody fan, but it would have

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:07.640
been like, we did all that for this? Like, yo,

00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:10.359
where is the payoff? And to me, a crossroads

00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:13.859
to Travis Scott is not enough of a payoff for

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:17.500
me to be like, cool, we got the payoff from elimination

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:20.380
chamber. I'm happy he got physical. I'm sure

00:18:20.380 --> 00:18:22.079
the numbers are probably somewhere in the hundreds

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:24.460
of million dollar views or, you know, a hundred

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:26.839
million views at this point on social media and

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et cetera, et cetera. But from a storyline perspective,

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:32.000
uh, but I guess he also was showing his hand

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too. He showed up in that press conference and

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:35.420
said, yeah, you know, me and Cody may never have

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to need to have a match. It was like, yo dude,

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:40.680
that's not the point of wrestling. Like a farmer,

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:45.400
farmer planting seeds. Say that and I think probably

00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:47.180
a part of those people who were quiet that we

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had on the John Cena shirts to probably a portion

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:53.720
of them were like Okay with that's what we got.

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Like I thought there would be more the best way

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that I could Parallel this to another filling

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:04.440
I had was when it was Brock versus Undertaker

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when he broke the streak and To me there was

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:11.460
just no way that Brock was going to beat him

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like at all. So when the The one, two, three

00:19:13.849 --> 00:19:17.069
happened. I almost felt like, oh man, the Undertaker

00:19:17.069 --> 00:19:19.190
get concussed. Like, did he not kick out in time?

00:19:19.529 --> 00:19:20.970
Was there something else that was supposed to

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happen? And I mean, for several minutes, as I'm

00:19:23.990 --> 00:19:25.630
trying to think through what the hell just happened,

00:19:25.950 --> 00:19:28.809
who knows how I even popped afterwards. I mean,

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I knew I was angry, but then when you look at

00:19:31.549 --> 00:19:35.670
last night, when he won and got the cover, like

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to me, I was like, that was it. So people who

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:43.279
are at home watching it, you have seen an amazing

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:46.220
mania up until this point. Great storytelling,

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:50.079
great action, great entrances, all the good feels

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:52.900
that you would get from WrestleMania. And it

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:54.680
ends like that. I could see why some people would

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.660
be like, oh, that was, that was crappy. That

00:19:56.660 --> 00:20:00.180
was sucky. I just knew that that pin was not

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:02.480
going to happen because the rock had to come

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:05.740
back. He had to. Like to me, that was, that was

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:07.700
the whole thing. And I remember coming on the

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:09.559
show a couple of months ago and I said even about

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:12.019
John Cena too. I'm like to John Cena and to Rock,

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:16.400
if you can't give us availability, us being the

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:20.220
fans, the fan base who watches every week, don't

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:23.140
insert yourself because there's people who are

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:25.180
doing it well. And I think I even said it, I've

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:26.960
never been the one person who, or the type of

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person who said legends shouldn't come back.

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I've never, I've never been that up until this

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:33.309
year. You know, there should be, I've always

00:20:33.309 --> 00:20:36.069
said your biggest name, even if they're not an

00:20:36.069 --> 00:20:37.769
active wrestler, they're part -time wrestlers.

00:20:38.089 --> 00:20:40.029
No, they're putting you on the map. They're putting

00:20:40.029 --> 00:20:43.650
exposure. They giving light to this product.

00:20:44.069 --> 00:20:45.869
You should always want them to come back. But

00:20:45.869 --> 00:20:48.589
when I'm so invested in a story and I'm so invested

00:20:48.589 --> 00:20:52.089
in, I'm going to say poor Cody. Once again, yeah,

00:20:52.170 --> 00:20:54.769
he got his, he got his payoff at Mania 40, but

00:20:54.769 --> 00:20:58.480
it's just like, once again, This hill turn of

00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:01.220
his he's gonna be able to pull from a lot when

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:03.740
he's finally able to get to it because I've All

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:06.339
I have been just is a good. Yes, man. I've been

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:09.339
flexible Between all these different people that

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:13.859
I'm working with Hell having in ring promo segments

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:17.880
for people who aren't even there That's not even

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:21.859
fair at that point so for me I did not feel irritated

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:24.880
was not the word again. I just felt like incomplete

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:30.019
but Because I'm such a huge John Cena fan. Because

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I got to witness history. That made up for it,

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:36.740
and for, not for a second was I, after that,

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.599
like, damn, that's messed up that Rock didn't

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:40.359
come back. Like, if Rock shows up tonight, I'm

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:42.180
gonna boo him. Because, like, you just don't

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:44.759
do that. Because, like, you couldn't come last

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:46.380
night. Somebody was saying on the internet, because

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.680
he was still trying to figure out the Rubik's

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:50.400
Cube, that's why he couldn't make it to the Mania.

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:55.039
It's hilarious. I never picked up that Rubik's

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:58.519
Cube a couple weeks ago. That boy stuck. But

00:21:58.519 --> 00:22:01.779
it's funny because, I mean, to your point about

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:05.880
Cena, that was the story. And so, okay, so this

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:09.160
is twofold. Number one, Rock should have been

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:11.039
there. Don't get involved if you can't show up

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:15.079
at WrestleMania. To me, that's number one. This

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:19.859
also now shows me why, and this is seeing this

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:22.630
what happens when You're real right when i get

00:22:22.630 --> 00:22:24.710
my real authentic thoughts out here everything

00:22:24.710 --> 00:22:26.890
is not skittles and rainbows or something happens

00:22:26.890 --> 00:22:29.450
on another company it doesn't suck. I came out

00:22:29.450 --> 00:22:31.930
here and said the first two weeks of scene is

00:22:31.930 --> 00:22:35.029
your turn was horrendous. What now i kind of

00:22:35.029 --> 00:22:37.529
know why it's horrendous there was no connection

00:22:37.529 --> 00:22:40.730
to the actual hill turn itself. Because that's

00:22:40.730 --> 00:22:44.029
not the payoff right like so if you look at right

00:22:44.029 --> 00:22:48.910
now. Scene is two for four. We see what he does

00:22:48.910 --> 00:22:51.049
tonight because he said tonight he's going to

00:22:51.049 --> 00:22:53.190
start to ruin wrestling So we'll see what that

00:22:53.190 --> 00:22:55.670
looks like but the first two promos I said was

00:22:55.670 --> 00:22:57.650
disjointed It didn't make sense. It felt like

00:22:57.650 --> 00:22:59.289
in a capsule was something he wrote ten years

00:22:59.289 --> 00:23:02.250
ago that if he turned heel he could have cut

00:23:02.250 --> 00:23:04.450
Had nothing to do with elimination chamber and

00:23:04.450 --> 00:23:06.930
it had nothing to do with Cody Rose But now for

00:23:06.930 --> 00:23:10.109
me, I kind of see why because now we know why

00:23:10.109 --> 00:23:12.829
the Rock was never brought up again He wasn't

00:23:12.829 --> 00:23:15.490
gonna be at WrestleMania. So don't bring them

00:23:15.490 --> 00:23:22.869
up But what I did love about Cena and Cody, if

00:23:22.869 --> 00:23:25.670
you go back to SmackDown's promo from this past

00:23:25.670 --> 00:23:29.650
Friday, where Cena basically said, I don't have

00:23:29.650 --> 00:23:33.269
to wrestle you to beat you. Like, you gotta wrestle

00:23:33.269 --> 00:23:35.470
me. And he's saying, because I can take shortcuts.

00:23:35.769 --> 00:23:38.309
Like, I don't have to wrestle anymore. Like,

00:23:38.869 --> 00:23:41.630
and you need to figure out, Cody, who are you

00:23:41.630 --> 00:23:44.089
gonna be? Basically, you're gonna be a man and

00:23:44.089 --> 00:23:46.319
you're gonna cheat. or you're gonna try to do

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:49.160
it the right way and you're gonna lose. And they

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:51.099
had that spot. And that's the thing about Cena's

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:53.220
storytelling. Cena would kind of tell you, pay

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:55.680
attention to his promo. He's gonna tell you.

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:57.339
A couple years ago when it was him and Roman

00:23:57.339 --> 00:24:01.839
at SummerSlam and his, the big storyline was,

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:04.339
I know you're better than me, but all I need

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:07.019
is three seconds. It's all I need is three seconds.

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.839
And I mean, it's kind of common sense, but I

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:12.240
remember telling Matt, I was like, the major

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:15.220
spot of that match is going to be a false finish,

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:19.220
because all I need is three seconds. And we got

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:23.339
that spot last night at WrestleMania with the

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:27.160
belt. What you gonna do, Cody? Cody couldn't

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:29.400
pull the trigger. Got kicked in the nuts for

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:32.900
it, and he lost. So that adds even more, to your

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:38.039
point, to the story arc and the character seeds

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:41.640
for Cody Rose. You could have easily used the

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:43.950
belt. Cause the referee was knocked out, but

00:24:43.950 --> 00:24:46.329
you didn't. Now, if I really wanted to deep dive

00:24:46.329 --> 00:24:48.150
it and we ain't not here for deep dives, I can

00:24:48.150 --> 00:24:50.829
say, well, that time, one time you almost tried

00:24:50.829 --> 00:24:54.630
to murder AJ Styles with the steel steps. When

00:24:54.630 --> 00:24:57.849
you stun it on Sami and KO after you damn near

00:24:57.849 --> 00:24:59.970
killed Kevin Owens and you stood on top both

00:24:59.970 --> 00:25:01.829
of them with the belt, you got some of that mean

00:25:01.829 --> 00:25:03.710
streak in you. You should have pulled the trigger

00:25:03.710 --> 00:25:07.829
at WrestleMania and you did not. Whatever, right?

00:25:07.890 --> 00:25:09.730
We don't have to get that deep into the... Didn't

00:25:09.730 --> 00:25:12.410
he get like all like that after direction from

00:25:12.410 --> 00:25:14.990
his mama and after the bell had rang? Well, his

00:25:14.990 --> 00:25:17.710
mama was ringside this weekend, too. Yeah, evidently

00:25:17.710 --> 00:25:19.329
she didn't tell him. She didn't tell him to do

00:25:19.329 --> 00:25:23.329
it. I think because Liberty was there. I think

00:25:23.329 --> 00:25:27.309
he was trying to be that commendable mentor in

00:25:27.309 --> 00:25:31.289
life and role model that, hey, my dad can't hit

00:25:31.289 --> 00:25:33.970
him with a belt. When you playing with the devil,

00:25:34.130 --> 00:25:37.619
you gotta play these double games. So tremendous

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:40.640
tremendous year for Cody, right? I think it's

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:43.779
a testament for him testament for WWE that He

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:46.680
had to build for a year and nobody was really

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:49.339
clamoring for him to drop the title. It wasn't

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:52.099
like man He's holding up TV is holding up the

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.579
storyline. So that thing they did an awesome

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:56.680
job I'm excited to see now where he goes, you

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:59.440
know, how soon do we see him back on television?

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:02.880
And is it right to Cody is it somebody or a right

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:07.480
to the scene as somebody else but overall Thoroughly

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:11.359
happy with how the main event went. The night

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:14.859
itself, awesome. The entrances, like seeing it

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:17.779
coming out to just nothing, just his name in

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:21.779
white. Yo, what? And the entire stadium being

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:25.660
black, which is a polar opposite of Cody with

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:28.920
a million dollar budget of pyro and red, you

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:31.420
know, white and blue lights and sparkles and

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:33.559
everything. I thought that was, that was great

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:37.349
all the way overall. I'm personally happy with

00:26:37.349 --> 00:26:39.250
it, how it went down. And now I'm excited. Now,

00:26:39.289 --> 00:26:42.529
now we see the ride that they take us on for

00:26:42.529 --> 00:26:46.769
Sina. But overall, E, wherever you are, man in

00:26:46.769 --> 00:26:49.329
spirit, hopefully you still with us somewhere.

00:26:49.789 --> 00:26:53.009
I sent him a text. He sent me back a gift. I'll

00:26:53.009 --> 00:26:55.210
let him explain himself when he gets back on

00:26:55.210 --> 00:26:59.009
his vibe in a few days. But I told you, I told

00:26:59.009 --> 00:27:01.450
you, I broke it down. So anybody who was surprised

00:27:01.450 --> 00:27:04.019
or shocked. You gotta tell them listen to TFW

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:07.660
podcast. I'd be giving up game. Anyway, Rhodesia,

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:13.160
let's move on to arguably the best opening match

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:18.900
in WrestleMania history. And you even added another

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:22.279
like caveat of it being an opening match. Yeah,

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:24.039
I know opening matches you have to usually start

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:26.339
off super hot. So you already at a higher level

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:29.440
of expectation, but just WrestleMania matches,

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:34.490
period. And I hate triple ways. I hate them.

00:27:34.670 --> 00:27:37.609
I hate them. But you don't, because you got two.

00:27:37.609 --> 00:27:40.970
Clearly I don't. You got two this weekend. God

00:27:40.970 --> 00:27:45.750
damn, this is so good. And we could talk about

00:27:45.750 --> 00:27:48.990
how people were booing Bianca and then the reasoning

00:27:48.990 --> 00:27:52.130
behind why they booed her. Whatever right you

00:27:52.130 --> 00:27:54.089
gonna hate I was looking at her and I'm like

00:27:54.089 --> 00:27:55.769
y 'all just mad because y 'all can't be heard

00:27:55.769 --> 00:27:57.630
for the guys What's the line people say that

00:27:57.630 --> 00:28:00.829
your man wants to do me your girls want to be

00:28:00.829 --> 00:28:02.849
me like I think that's all the reason why she's

00:28:02.849 --> 00:28:04.210
getting hate I don't want to put other things

00:28:04.210 --> 00:28:06.289
out there right now. I'm of what it could and

00:28:06.289 --> 00:28:11.329
could not be but the three of them beautiful

00:28:11.329 --> 00:28:13.390
and We didn't touch on it because you said we

00:28:13.390 --> 00:28:15.589
was going to be nice on WrestleMania night one

00:28:15.589 --> 00:28:17.410
on a couple of spots and some other matches.

00:28:17.910 --> 00:28:20.569
But just the timing of the three of them, knowing

00:28:20.569 --> 00:28:22.710
where everybody's going to be at when you hit

00:28:22.710 --> 00:28:24.710
that moment. And when you add in that third person,

00:28:24.970 --> 00:28:27.130
there's chaos. And I think that's probably why

00:28:27.130 --> 00:28:29.309
me and maybe most people who don't like triple

00:28:29.309 --> 00:28:31.390
ways is because usually it always feels like

00:28:31.390 --> 00:28:34.289
there's one person out or you got it. You can

00:28:34.289 --> 00:28:37.509
almost see the tiny, you can see the choreograph

00:28:37.509 --> 00:28:40.650
and the dance. Sometimes it's kind of like take

00:28:40.650 --> 00:28:43.230
you out of the field of, of the actual flow of

00:28:43.230 --> 00:28:49.529
a match. These three wrestlers put on, they were

00:28:49.529 --> 00:28:53.349
there when they needed to be there. All three,

00:28:53.630 --> 00:28:55.869
the designs that just all the, I can't even,

00:28:55.890 --> 00:28:59.549
I can't even articulate how amazing of a match

00:28:59.549 --> 00:29:01.829
that we saw with them. And it wasn't a point

00:29:01.829 --> 00:29:03.849
up, here's a couple of punches, here's a couple

00:29:03.849 --> 00:29:07.829
of grabs and then suplex. No, like. It was such

00:29:07.829 --> 00:29:11.589
a beautiful symphony that we saw when it first

00:29:11.589 --> 00:29:14.069
opened and they know that they had us at the

00:29:14.069 --> 00:29:17.849
stage. And they just overperformed. And I was

00:29:17.849 --> 00:29:19.950
just so proud. I'm like, this is what, this is

00:29:19.950 --> 00:29:24.230
what it is to be great at what you do. These

00:29:24.230 --> 00:29:26.869
three women put on a hell of a match. They all

00:29:26.869 --> 00:29:28.670
look beautiful. They all were over for the most

00:29:28.670 --> 00:29:30.130
part. Even Bianca getting booed. You're still

00:29:30.130 --> 00:29:31.509
over, right? I guess you're still getting booed.

00:29:31.630 --> 00:29:34.069
You're still getting some interaction from the

00:29:34.069 --> 00:29:38.920
crowd. My God, was that not some of the best

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:43.140
wrestling in professional wrestling, in WWE,

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:45.859
in mania that we've seen? And again, I don't

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.700
even want to call it a women's wrestling match.

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:50.059
That was one of my favorite wrestling matches

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:55.099
ever. I say it was going to be a match of the

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:58.420
year candidate. It even exceeded that expectation.

00:29:58.740 --> 00:30:00.400
Legit, when I tell you, I know a lot of people,

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.920
if you've been watching wrestling for a long

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:05.599
time, kind of go right to Bretton Owen. WrestleMania

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:09.880
10 as an opener I Get anybody who feels like

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:13.799
that's that's their their answer For my money.

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:21.880
It's this This is the one By far And if you were

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:24.440
in the building for it and that's that's what

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:28.220
it is for for some reason this show Came across

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:33.019
differently for me a lot of times like if you're

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:37.549
in the building for A wrestling show. The energy

00:30:37.549 --> 00:30:41.190
course helps. The impact of the moves are different.

00:30:41.349 --> 00:30:42.369
You know, you get the pomp and circumstance,

00:30:42.470 --> 00:30:43.650
you get the music, you get the pirate, you get

00:30:43.650 --> 00:30:47.869
all that. But it was something about this particular

00:30:47.869 --> 00:30:52.930
show. That what I'm seeing on in front of me.

00:30:54.230 --> 00:30:56.569
I'm like, I know it's not coming across as well

00:30:56.569 --> 00:31:00.500
as it. should on television. And that is even

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:02.640
with the top notch production for W2B. It's not

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:05.500
cause they missed a camera shot or it's nothing.

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:07.700
It was, I don't know what it was. So I got to

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:09.420
kind of maybe figure that out. And maybe even

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:12.140
if I re -watch Mania, I can, I can kind of get

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:20.160
that. But this match from start to finish, I

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:23.160
don't want to go crazy, but it was one of the

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:25.119
better matches I've seen live. And I have seen

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:30.960
thousands of matches. I have. I knew with those

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.859
three women, they were going to deliver. And

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:34.799
that's why we kept talking about, like, from

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:38.579
a storyline perspective, we got irritated because

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:40.059
we're like, man, you could have just went with

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:43.940
Bianca and Rhea. This don't make sense. It's

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:46.220
disjointed. And never because what the match

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:48.380
is not going to be, because we know what the

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:51.200
match is going to be. If they're allowed to be

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:53.440
that, they were allowed to be that. And that

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:55.440
goes back to my point earlier where Triple H

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:58.069
says, you know, we're not taking the foot off

00:31:58.069 --> 00:31:59.349
the gas. It's not to say we took the foot off

00:31:59.349 --> 00:32:01.369
the gas for night one, but you got to leave something

00:32:01.369 --> 00:32:04.569
for night two. You got to have people who watch

00:32:04.569 --> 00:32:06.650
night one want to watch night two. You can't,

00:32:06.650 --> 00:32:08.609
you can't blow your load night one. I get that.

00:32:08.990 --> 00:32:11.650
But then my argument would be, but you are taking

00:32:11.650 --> 00:32:14.130
your foot off the gas because there was nothing

00:32:14.130 --> 00:32:19.670
remotely close to Rhea, Bianca and EO on night

00:32:19.670 --> 00:32:23.470
one outside of the main event, which you throttle

00:32:23.470 --> 00:32:27.500
the other matches to make sure We remembered

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:29.839
and got what we got in the main event. I came

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:31.880
over here yesterday and said, if they would have

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:34.259
gave Tiffany and Charlotte another five or six

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:37.279
minutes, what that could have looked like. Guess

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:39.779
what? Women's Triple Threat match got more than

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:45.859
nine minutes. Case in point. Case in point. The

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:51.619
IC Fatal Four Way match delivered. Damian and

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:57.039
Drew delivered. And I had even tweeted, Yesterday,

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:59.559
you know, there's two schools of thoughts, like

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:02.380
just philosophies when it comes to putting a

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:05.759
car together and doing wrestling. And it is when

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:07.859
you have a massive match, like something like

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.660
we got with the Triple Threat Women's match as

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:14.019
the opener. The next match, either you take the

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:17.579
philosophy of what they did Saturday night, which

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:19.980
is either put a match in there that people really

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:24.460
don't care much about or match after start slow.

00:33:24.949 --> 00:33:27.150
Right? Start slow, let the crowd catch the breath.

00:33:27.529 --> 00:33:29.690
And then you work your way throughout the match

00:33:29.690 --> 00:33:33.670
to end at a high note. Or, you hit it hard and

00:33:33.670 --> 00:33:37.029
go balls to the wall. And that was what Drew

00:33:37.029 --> 00:33:39.130
and Damian did. Of course they have a producer.

00:33:39.950 --> 00:33:42.809
I have a sneaky suspicion that Drew had a hand

00:33:42.809 --> 00:33:46.210
in that also. And that's also the thing, that's

00:33:46.210 --> 00:33:48.349
why they went to a street fight. It's easier

00:33:48.349 --> 00:33:51.410
doing a street fight than it is a regular match.

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:54.819
They went right forward as soon as the bell rung,

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:57.980
it's go time. And it really helped the show and

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.960
it really helped that match by them doing that.

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:02.660
But I was even super impressed with that, but

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:05.039
you could tell the difference. If by watching

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:10.780
the show, you could really see that night two

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:16.039
was at a different pace than what night one was.

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:19.019
That's probably a great, that's probably a great.

00:34:21.730 --> 00:34:24.590
definition of what we saw in difference. It was

00:34:24.590 --> 00:34:27.570
the pace. You're absolutely right. It just, it

00:34:27.570 --> 00:34:31.170
never, it never let up. Mania Night 2 did not

00:34:31.170 --> 00:34:34.030
let up. Even when you had a moment of Terry brief

00:34:34.030 --> 00:34:37.389
up who Randy was going to wrestle. Even when

00:34:37.389 --> 00:34:39.650
Austin came out to post again, bring the crowd

00:34:39.650 --> 00:34:42.750
down right before the main event. He had like

00:34:42.750 --> 00:34:44.610
two accidents, one in the back before he even

00:34:44.610 --> 00:34:47.530
came out. And then when he hit the lady, I shouldn't

00:34:47.530 --> 00:34:51.730
be laughing at that. You didn't get hit. The

00:34:51.730 --> 00:34:55.230
barricade got hit. You don't get your old man.

00:34:56.590 --> 00:35:01.789
All right. But the point is like even that was

00:35:01.789 --> 00:35:06.829
exciting. And shout out to you because I left

00:35:06.829 --> 00:35:12.090
to grab another drink when Austin came out. But

00:35:12.090 --> 00:35:14.469
feeling the energy from you, feeling energy from

00:35:14.469 --> 00:35:19.800
the UK guys behind us, as far as how much You

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:22.639
love Stone Cold how much he loved both of them

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:25.719
love Stone Cold like this is so personal for

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:27.559
us And I think that's why everybody who was like

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:31.239
a wrestling fan is Opinionated because it's something

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:33.559
that's so special to us something that we hold

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:36.420
Deep down inside even if you grow up and you

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.920
try to act like you're no longer a pro wrestling

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:40.909
fan But you know deep down inside You are I mean

00:35:40.909 --> 00:35:44.150
it's it's emotional to it It has a huge block

00:35:44.150 --> 00:35:46.630
on our heart and to be able to get that like

00:35:46.630 --> 00:35:49.750
that is what WrestleMania is about. I remember

00:35:49.750 --> 00:35:54.210
the dongs before Undertaker became Mark Halloway.

00:35:54.429 --> 00:35:56.730
I Will get those feelings just hearing the dongs

00:35:56.730 --> 00:36:00.170
from at home watching on TV if I was able to

00:36:00.170 --> 00:36:03.420
know the times I got to hear the dongs live it

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:05.940
almost would bring you to tears. And some people

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:09.860
will be like, you a sucker, you loser, you nerd

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:12.280
because you get an emotional over, but okay,

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:16.199
I am. This is special to me. I hold this really

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:17.500
deep in my heart. So I'm happy that you were

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:19.800
able to get that Stone Cold moment too. Cause

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:21.539
we don't know how many more times we'll be able

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:24.980
to get to see Stone Cold. But yeah, that may

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:26.739
have been it. You know what I'm saying? Like

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:29.099
to hear the glass break in that element, like

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:33.090
even. I had a feeling we were going to see him.

00:36:33.889 --> 00:36:36.110
I didn't think he was going to do a run in in

00:36:36.110 --> 00:36:37.889
the main event. I never once brought that up

00:36:37.889 --> 00:36:39.869
on the podcast because it didn't make sense because

00:36:39.869 --> 00:36:41.769
I had seen a winning. So it doesn't make sense

00:36:41.769 --> 00:36:44.949
to use Austin in that spot. But when we didn't

00:36:44.949 --> 00:36:48.610
get his music when they introduced him and Brett

00:36:48.610 --> 00:36:52.929
Saturday. Oh, that's a good point. That's a good

00:36:52.929 --> 00:36:55.429
point. You know, I just look at it from a different

00:36:55.429 --> 00:36:59.289
lens. I'm like, hmm, OK, like you had an opportunity

00:36:59.289 --> 00:37:01.769
to pop. crowd there. You know, you didn't get

00:37:01.769 --> 00:37:05.309
it and we got it on on Sunday. And when his music

00:37:05.309 --> 00:37:07.730
hit, it wasn't even about, oh man, is he gonna

00:37:07.730 --> 00:37:10.050
be a special guest referee? Oh, is he a special

00:37:10.050 --> 00:37:11.909
guest enforcer for the main event? Because we

00:37:11.909 --> 00:37:13.849
knew there was nothing left. We knew the only

00:37:13.849 --> 00:37:15.829
thing that was left was the main event. But it

00:37:15.829 --> 00:37:18.369
was just a matter of, man, we got a chance to

00:37:18.369 --> 00:37:21.130
see and hear him. So to your point about what

00:37:21.130 --> 00:37:25.030
this thing means to us, it does mean a lot. Like

00:37:25.030 --> 00:37:28.389
real quick, two quick stories. Bill Goldberg,

00:37:28.590 --> 00:37:31.000
you know, a lot of us are not fans for Goldberg

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:33.360
anymore, either because you feel like he's watched,

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:35.840
you know, you feel like he, you know, hurt Brett.

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.900
You feel like he's whatever the case may be.

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:40.940
Right. I was on Twitter a couple of weeks ago.

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:44.860
He put out, no, what it was, was there was a

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:47.599
video that came across the timeline of him. I

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:51.760
think when they were at the Superdome, I can't

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.980
remember where they were. It was a stadium show.

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:56.440
It was Nitro. And it was a minute and a half,

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:58.980
like two minutes and 12 seconds total for the

00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:01.590
time. Gobert got in the ring to the time he was

00:38:01.590 --> 00:38:04.409
about to leave the ring. And I stopped watching

00:38:04.409 --> 00:38:06.869
the video and I paused it. And I'm like, Hey,

00:38:06.929 --> 00:38:08.769
Reducer, come here. Like, I don't know if you've

00:38:08.769 --> 00:38:13.010
ever actually seen Pete Gobert before. So we

00:38:13.010 --> 00:38:15.389
sat there and watched the two minute video. And

00:38:15.389 --> 00:38:21.130
in that moment, I just remember the hate, the

00:38:21.130 --> 00:38:24.690
come on, dude, like. You went over to Saudi and

00:38:24.690 --> 00:38:27.150
messed up, you know our guy braids push you took

00:38:27.150 --> 00:38:28.989
the title from them all that kind of went away

00:38:28.989 --> 00:38:32.469
and for me it was like Damn, thank you because

00:38:32.469 --> 00:38:35.690
I remember Having a who's next shirt. I forgot

00:38:35.690 --> 00:38:38.349
I even had it somebody in the crowd. They showed

00:38:38.349 --> 00:38:41.349
I was like, yo I had that shirt and like for

00:38:41.349 --> 00:38:44.869
us to spend money and To wear somebody's merchandise.

00:38:45.030 --> 00:38:47.190
That means they mean something to you, right?

00:38:47.230 --> 00:38:49.750
No matter if it's strictly entertainment or what

00:38:49.750 --> 00:38:52.840
it is it struck a chord with you And like, so

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:54.440
in that moment, I was like, you know what, man,

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:56.380
if Goldberg wants to come back and have a retiring

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:59.940
match, how can I say no to that? This man put

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:02.460
his body on the line for our entertainment. Yeah,

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:06.300
they get paid, but it's still something to where

00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:08.639
they are doing this for our entertainment. I

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:11.460
got a quick chance to see Chris Bay, I think

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:15.900
Friday night, Friday night. And I had a chance

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:18.179
to tell him, like, dude, like. Keep pushing,

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:20.059
baby. Like, you know what I'm saying? Just keep

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:23.380
pushing. Like, God doesn't make mistakes. And

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:27.480
to see him walking when he was paralyzed, you

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:31.940
know, after working a match, he's worked hundreds

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:35.039
and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of professional

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:38.019
wrestling matches. He is a professional wrestler

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:43.019
that is not in AW, that is not in WWE, meaning...

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:46.159
He now has to still find a way to provide for

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:48.340
himself and his family going forward. There is

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:51.460
no pension There is no retirement fund for him

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:56.019
right now like so you gotta get through the mental

00:39:56.019 --> 00:40:00.000
aspect of To help me even trying to figure out

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:02.800
how I'm going to continue to wrestle I gotta

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:05.880
walk and I gotta learn how to provide for myself

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:10.440
now. He's gonna be fine He's a good guy, but

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:14.119
Those are just two instances where it's like,

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.619
a lot of times, you know, we get in our feelings

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:19.000
as fans and anything that you do or you watch,

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:22.659
professional athletes, whatever it is. But at

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:24.780
the end of the day, you're still a human. And

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:28.280
at the end of the day, what they do is for the

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:31.480
enjoyment of us. And it's just like, that's just

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:34.139
something to not take lightly or, because it's

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:39.380
easy to forget. It's really easy to forget. So

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:42.960
we had the women's match. We got to talk about

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:51.039
Dominic. On my bingo card, he was probably number

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:55.659
three, maybe four to win. I probably had maybe

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:58.639
Bron, deep down inside, if I'll be honest, Bron

00:40:58.639 --> 00:41:02.039
retaining maybe Penta number two, and then between

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:05.639
Finn and Dom, three, four, if I'm being truly

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:10.940
honest. In my favorites, Dom was absolutely number

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:15.179
four. Like I wanted Finn to win. But when you

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:19.360
think about what he has done over the last two

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:23.780
years, being on every show, damn near every SmackDown

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:26.619
and Raw at one point when Judgment Day was on

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:30.139
everything, getting that massive heat, retaining

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:32.760
that massive heat, even to this moment getting

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:34.559
that massive heat when now there's massive cheers

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:37.780
that he got. But just a true student of the game,

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:39.800
you look at somebody like Dom, and I don't want

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:41.039
to take this from you, Matt, because I know you

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:43.019
told me earlier about a story that you heard

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:47.280
about him, but just how effortless it looks for

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:49.719
him. And not in a bad way, not like, okay, it

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:52.980
comes easy to you and blah, blah, blah. No, because

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:56.800
you can tell that he's dedicated to this. You

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:58.659
can tell that he's just a sponge and a student

00:41:58.659 --> 00:42:00.679
of the game and he learns as much as he can.

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:04.630
And all the effort he's put in. Always being

00:42:04.630 --> 00:42:07.309
able to handle whatever they give them. A lot

00:42:07.309 --> 00:42:09.210
of wrestlers are flexible and versatile like

00:42:09.210 --> 00:42:11.050
that. Um, and I think this is going to be the

00:42:11.050 --> 00:42:13.750
year for them. 2025 is going to be the shining

00:42:13.750 --> 00:42:16.210
lights of these people who just are just your

00:42:16.210 --> 00:42:18.070
great, I don't even call them utility players

00:42:18.070 --> 00:42:19.849
because it's almost disrespectful to use that

00:42:19.849 --> 00:42:21.710
word because they are so good at what they do.

00:42:22.070 --> 00:42:27.849
But when we say a payoff and deserving. God dog.

00:42:28.269 --> 00:42:30.570
I did not think that I would want them to win

00:42:30.570 --> 00:42:33.829
that IC championship, but I am so happy and so

00:42:33.829 --> 00:42:36.809
proud. And I popped super loud when he, when

00:42:36.809 --> 00:42:40.969
he finally did win. Kudos to that man. That was,

00:42:41.550 --> 00:42:43.710
that's one of those you had to be in a building

00:42:43.710 --> 00:42:49.730
to get the gravity of that moment. A little similar

00:42:49.730 --> 00:42:51.849
to like when Jay won the title, like being in

00:42:51.849 --> 00:42:54.010
the building and feeling the energy, but probably

00:42:54.010 --> 00:42:56.690
honestly, even a little bit more was it was Dom's

00:42:56.690 --> 00:43:03.750
win because that was strictly a pop of appreciation

00:43:03.750 --> 00:43:08.449
for Dom. Yeah. It felt different. Yeah. Because

00:43:08.449 --> 00:43:11.789
it's like, dude, you have busted your ass. Think

00:43:11.789 --> 00:43:15.429
about where he was four years ago. I remember

00:43:15.429 --> 00:43:17.929
having conversations with people, and I'm like,

00:43:18.130 --> 00:43:21.289
yo, it may be a rap for him. Going down to NXT

00:43:21.289 --> 00:43:24.670
is not going to help. Like, it's just not. Like,

00:43:24.670 --> 00:43:26.769
he was in a space when he was just with Ray,

00:43:26.769 --> 00:43:29.510
and he was the, you know, carbon copy, Babyface

00:43:29.510 --> 00:43:33.010
101. They were working tag matches at house shows

00:43:33.010 --> 00:43:38.389
TV It was just like damn he ain't got it man

00:43:38.389 --> 00:43:41.869
that sucks like he ain't got it and he turns

00:43:41.869 --> 00:43:46.750
heel and he starts doing the thing a little bit

00:43:46.750 --> 00:43:52.170
and then at a time it was a crutch of I got the

00:43:52.170 --> 00:43:53.690
mic and then I get boobs doesn't matter. He's

00:43:53.690 --> 00:43:57.179
not really cutting promos Right. He put the mic

00:43:57.179 --> 00:43:58.860
up to your mouth. You're going to get booed and

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.980
we'll have somebody else in judgment day take

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:03.360
over the promo. Okay, cool. But to see him go

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:07.519
through all of that, to get that type of appreciation

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:10.420
and adulation from that crowd because of who

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:12.920
you are, not necessarily because of a storyline,

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:15.659
because yeah, if you had to pick a babyface or

00:44:15.659 --> 00:44:18.840
a hill between him and Finn, he's the babyface

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:22.880
for sure. That wasn't that pop. That wasn't that

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:27.670
pop. That was a pop of You have earned everybody's

00:44:27.670 --> 00:44:29.789
appreciation, and we actually all like you, but

00:44:29.789 --> 00:44:32.250
you are so good in your role. We are going to

00:44:32.250 --> 00:44:34.829
continue to boo you because this is what we do.

00:44:34.969 --> 00:44:38.429
The same way now you go to Yeet. A few years

00:44:38.429 --> 00:44:41.829
ago, you went to these shows to boo Dom. That

00:44:41.829 --> 00:44:43.530
was the moment. That was the crowd participation

00:44:43.530 --> 00:44:45.809
moment, right? Austin had the what, Jay got the

00:44:45.809 --> 00:44:49.190
Yeets, Domine's got the boos. And it was just

00:44:49.190 --> 00:44:51.929
awesome to see it flip on a dime in one show.

00:44:52.150 --> 00:44:54.280
There was no lead up to this. Don wasn't getting

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:58.079
cheered at any show before this. So to see everybody

00:44:58.079 --> 00:45:02.679
in the crowd want him to win and then for him

00:45:02.679 --> 00:45:05.840
to be able to pull it off, not really cheap,

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.840
you know, and then be able to run back to the

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:10.500
ring and get that secondary pop. That was awesome.

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:14.199
I hope they have a plan for him. And this is

00:45:14.199 --> 00:45:17.519
not a, you know, he drops it at backlash or anything.

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:20.219
He deserves it. He absolutely deserves it. John

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:22.869
Cena made a comment right before we recorded,

00:45:23.030 --> 00:45:25.570
John was on Pat McAfee show, which Pat is hilarious.

00:45:25.730 --> 00:45:29.050
Pat is high and drunk right now. Still at this

00:45:29.050 --> 00:45:31.789
moment. I don't know what time he stopped partying

00:45:31.789 --> 00:45:34.989
last night, but God bless Pat for you to be as

00:45:34.989 --> 00:45:38.809
high as you are and still be able to handle your

00:45:38.809 --> 00:45:42.610
national worldwide job on ESPN. Kudos to you,

00:45:42.750 --> 00:45:46.789
brother. But Sina just said like, you know, his

00:45:46.789 --> 00:45:50.130
dad is my guy. He's like, but he's a kid that

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:53.760
I have so much love for, and he just said that

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:56.920
in 20 years, Dom is going to be the most famous

00:45:56.920 --> 00:46:00.059
Mysterio. And this is when like you, now you

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:02.000
like kind of really peel back the curtain. Think

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:04.239
about John Cena. We're like, think about how

00:46:04.239 --> 00:46:08.179
much Ray did for John. And now I get to see your

00:46:08.179 --> 00:46:13.059
son do this. Same thing with Punk. Punk was on

00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:17.000
last night ESPN with Cormier. It was a quick

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:21.679
thing on Sports Center. Punk brought up Dom again.

00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:24.360
And Punk always finds a way to bring up Dom.

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:26.739
It's because like - It works any young talent.

00:46:27.139 --> 00:46:29.860
Yeah, like, well, when I was here last time,

00:46:29.860 --> 00:46:33.840
you were a kid. Like a legit kid. Same thing.

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:36.579
And me and your dad worked up and down the roads

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:39.659
all across the country in the world. And now

00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:41.960
there's a chance I get to work with you. Hell,

00:46:42.239 --> 00:46:43.820
I shared with you last night. I didn't think

00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:46.440
you remember. Dom was Punk's first match back

00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:49.969
in WWE. House show in California, in LA. That's

00:46:49.969 --> 00:46:51.849
because I'm sure a punk was like, man, I got

00:46:51.849 --> 00:46:55.010
it, man. I got to work down. Like, I was like,

00:46:55.730 --> 00:46:58.789
dude, I remember you running around as a kid

00:46:58.789 --> 00:47:02.289
back here back in the day. So it's just awesome,

00:47:02.369 --> 00:47:04.829
man. Like that. That's when, you know, this game

00:47:04.829 --> 00:47:07.369
becomes much more real than, you know, what is

00:47:07.369 --> 00:47:09.769
shown on television. But shout out to him. I

00:47:09.769 --> 00:47:13.269
love to see Penta get a legit, true WrestleMania

00:47:13.269 --> 00:47:16.530
moment. Finn has been around for a while, right.

00:47:16.550 --> 00:47:19.599
But for him to still get a spot, Brian. Did brown

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:22.260
things. I'm excited to see what's next for him.

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:27.260
But a true legit WrestleMania moment was made.

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:34.699
Absolutely. So I still got something I didn't

00:47:34.699 --> 00:47:36.800
share from night one that I wasn't too high on.

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:38.760
I'm sure people could put two and two together.

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:44.840
Now I got one for night two. And I'm gonna first

00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:52.429
start off by saying... Becky Lynch is one of

00:47:52.429 --> 00:48:01.369
the most over wrestlers in the last decade. Every

00:48:01.369 --> 00:48:05.510
time we're at a show and I don't care if, because

00:48:05.510 --> 00:48:09.429
it was a surprise, a return, throw that all out.

00:48:09.929 --> 00:48:13.889
She gets one of the biggest, most sustained pops

00:48:13.889 --> 00:48:17.679
at any wrestling show she is on. Her pops are

00:48:17.679 --> 00:48:20.639
so loud. It sounds like it's part of the music.

00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:23.460
It sounds like they're pumping it in to the stadium.

00:48:24.659 --> 00:48:26.659
When her music hit, the stadium was damn near

00:48:26.659 --> 00:48:30.679
shaking. Legit. I think they even cut to somebody

00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:36.599
in the crowd who was crying. I understand this

00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:41.239
is a business. I get that for sure. Bailey and

00:48:41.239 --> 00:48:43.840
nobody else is getting that type of reaction.

00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:51.059
I do feel a certain type of way. And I get Tripoli

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:52.280
said on the press conference, guys, Bailey's

00:48:52.280 --> 00:48:55.239
gonna be fine. I get that. Okay, cool. I personally

00:48:55.239 --> 00:49:00.059
feel a certain type of way with Bailey not getting

00:49:00.059 --> 00:49:03.880
on WrestleMania. And then you parlay that with

00:49:03.880 --> 00:49:06.420
the MVP of the women's division for the last

00:49:06.420 --> 00:49:11.800
12 months taking the pin. I also understand storyline

00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:16.000
wise it makes sense. I get all that. Have Raquel

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:20.860
take that pin. I just have an issue with the

00:49:20.860 --> 00:49:23.659
work that Liv Morgan has done throughout the

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:27.360
entire year. And you can't, in my opinion, pick

00:49:27.360 --> 00:49:31.199
and choose now what a WrestleMania moment is

00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:34.239
and then say, oh, but everybody doesn't need

00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:38.519
a moment. It's fine. Right? Because then you're

00:49:38.519 --> 00:49:41.260
talking out of both sides of your neck and you

00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:44.340
can't do that. I just felt that was a little

00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:46.920
I absolutely would not have booked it that way.

00:49:47.199 --> 00:49:50.039
I would not have had Liv take that pin. She's

00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:52.900
done too much. To me, she means too much. And

00:49:52.900 --> 00:49:55.159
yes, she's going to be fine, right? They could

00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:57.420
run something tonight on Raw where she gets her

00:49:57.420 --> 00:49:59.840
heat back. So really what Heels is not about,

00:50:00.300 --> 00:50:02.539
oh, if they lose, you destroy them. You kill

00:50:02.539 --> 00:50:06.739
all their heat. But I do think in this instance,

00:50:08.199 --> 00:50:11.440
Bailey not having a match. And you parlay that

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:16.099
with. Liv taking a pin. I just personally have

00:50:16.099 --> 00:50:19.340
a nasty bad taste in my mouth about that. But

00:50:19.340 --> 00:50:24.780
I say that to say this. I get it. I get it because

00:50:24.780 --> 00:50:29.860
Becky is her. Becky is one of those. And I remember

00:50:29.860 --> 00:50:32.820
how pissed off we all were when she came back

00:50:32.820 --> 00:50:35.059
at SummerSlam and beat Bianca in less than 30

00:50:35.059 --> 00:50:38.360
seconds. Still a horrible decision because it

00:50:38.360 --> 00:50:40.659
took Bianca a couple years to bounce back from

00:50:40.659 --> 00:50:41.980
that. I don't care what you say. I know what

00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:43.880
I'm talking about on that. That is not up for

00:50:43.880 --> 00:50:49.900
debate. This is not that, but she is her. I get

00:50:49.900 --> 00:50:55.980
it. But I ain't like it. I would have felt differently

00:50:55.980 --> 00:50:59.820
this morning if I didn't hear H address the Bailey

00:50:59.820 --> 00:51:03.159
thing. Um, we already know there's been times

00:51:03.159 --> 00:51:06.739
just in this year alone that I felt that he's

00:51:06.739 --> 00:51:10.389
dropped the bomb. When it comes to a PR time

00:51:10.389 --> 00:51:16.710
to respond and H be it as it may Didn't represent

00:51:16.710 --> 00:51:18.230
the black history month. We don't have to go

00:51:18.230 --> 00:51:21.329
down there None that road, but I do feel a bit

00:51:21.329 --> 00:51:23.769
different that he did say guys Bailey's gonna

00:51:23.769 --> 00:51:27.909
be fine because you acknowledge That she got

00:51:27.909 --> 00:51:32.230
wronged here. She did We can get past that because

00:51:32.230 --> 00:51:35.369
again, this is their product they are gonna Either

00:51:35.369 --> 00:51:36.929
I'm going to buy a ticket or I'm going to watch

00:51:36.929 --> 00:51:39.570
a product or I'm not, right? What I can't stand

00:51:39.570 --> 00:51:43.130
is the fans who, and I maybe I should also probably

00:51:43.130 --> 00:51:45.530
start with, I'm not a huge Becky girl. I'm not

00:51:45.530 --> 00:51:48.409
a Becky girl at all. I can appreciate her. I

00:51:48.409 --> 00:51:50.789
can appreciate her work. I can appreciate her

00:51:50.789 --> 00:51:53.050
being a role model for a lot of people. And it

00:51:53.050 --> 00:51:57.030
is undeniable every time I've ever seen her live

00:51:57.030 --> 00:51:59.789
and just even the reactions on TV. Like you said,

00:51:59.789 --> 00:52:04.500
she's her, she's him at this point. Well, how

00:52:04.500 --> 00:52:08.159
can you be clamoring so happy? Blah, blah, blah.

00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:10.980
Yes, Becky's back. But then you throw hate and

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:13.380
shade on the queen. I just don't understand that

00:52:13.380 --> 00:52:16.079
double standard. Talk about it. Like, you sit

00:52:16.079 --> 00:52:18.000
up here, and she comes back the last two times

00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:20.760
she came back from injury. In 26 seconds, she

00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:23.860
beats Bianca, like you said, who took years to

00:52:23.860 --> 00:52:27.239
recover from, takes her title. And then she comes

00:52:27.239 --> 00:52:29.519
back again now and wins the tag team championship.

00:52:31.369 --> 00:52:34.130
But everybody is so happy about it. I mean I

00:52:34.130 --> 00:52:37.349
was happy about I love Lyra I think she is in

00:52:37.349 --> 00:52:39.889
time. She just has to be maybe a little bit more

00:52:39.889 --> 00:52:41.750
work on her character Like maybe people get more

00:52:41.750 --> 00:52:43.230
interested in her character, but I think she

00:52:43.230 --> 00:52:46.389
has all the makings of a great future Bird lady

00:52:46.389 --> 00:52:49.530
got her moment the bird lady bird. Yeah bird

00:52:49.530 --> 00:52:53.090
lady I think bird lady is going to be Very important

00:52:53.090 --> 00:52:55.550
in pro wrestling game later. I think she just

00:52:55.550 --> 00:52:57.309
kind of they're trying to figure her out She

00:52:57.309 --> 00:53:00.539
had a start and stop last year So I'm not gonna

00:53:00.539 --> 00:53:02.119
hate on that moment. I think it was a wonderful

00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:05.739
moment. I even got happy about it I even Cheered

00:53:05.739 --> 00:53:07.260
for Becky coming. Although that was probably

00:53:07.260 --> 00:53:09.920
the biggest non surprise surprise that we got

00:53:09.920 --> 00:53:12.719
this whole mania weekend But you can't do that

00:53:12.719 --> 00:53:14.980
fans. You can't sit up here and be all happy

00:53:14.980 --> 00:53:17.139
Becky comes back in the last time two times She

00:53:17.139 --> 00:53:22.119
comes back. She wins the first match back Then

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:24.400
you throw shade at Charlotte gone with that.

00:53:24.400 --> 00:53:32.179
That's what I can't get over Yeah, so two other

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:38.719
quick things Joe Hendry With Orden Fun little

00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:41.400
piece of business place erupted for Joe Hendry.

00:53:41.400 --> 00:53:45.980
So it was the right call And I was happy because

00:53:45.980 --> 00:53:49.039
nobody had to eat a loss If you remember, that's

00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:51.000
what I was talking about on the show for the

00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:53.460
last couple weeks. Be careful who you put in

00:53:53.460 --> 00:53:56.599
there with Orden Because they got to lose they're

00:53:56.599 --> 00:53:58.639
going to lose. You know, there was some talk

00:53:58.639 --> 00:54:00.639
of You know, Alistair Black, there's some talk

00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:02.239
of Mero. Well, we knew it wasn't going to be

00:54:02.239 --> 00:54:03.539
Alistair. Just one, I knew that because I know

00:54:03.539 --> 00:54:05.619
they got plans for Alistair. And then on Friday,

00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:08.639
they showed the video package showing this Friday.

00:54:08.780 --> 00:54:10.840
Yeah, for Alistair. But then there was talk of

00:54:10.840 --> 00:54:13.340
Mero. There was also some talks of some other

00:54:13.340 --> 00:54:16.099
people, Carmelo Hayes. And I'm like, no, like

00:54:16.099 --> 00:54:19.400
whoever you put in there, you're feeding to Randy

00:54:19.400 --> 00:54:23.619
Orton. So you mission accomplished. You got Joe

00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:26.739
Hendry, a incredible rub. This man was on WrestleMania.

00:54:26.920 --> 00:54:28.920
Think about somebody like Joe Hendry, right?

00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:31.480
Where it was funny cause I saw him in the airport

00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:34.039
on Monday when I was heading over to Sensei.

00:54:34.340 --> 00:54:37.320
I think he was in Chicago for autograph signing

00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:40.900
last weekend, but it looks the exact same way

00:54:40.900 --> 00:54:46.019
at the airport as he does on TV. But you think

00:54:46.019 --> 00:54:49.960
about somebody like him. this guy before there

00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:56.079
was even a partnership with TNA, he's on Impact

00:54:56.079 --> 00:55:00.159
and rocking and rolling and trying to do things.

00:55:00.179 --> 00:55:02.980
And he goes from that to being on WrestleMania.

00:55:03.340 --> 00:55:07.739
I mean, Vikingo night one on WrestleMania. Like,

00:55:07.760 --> 00:55:10.699
and these guys are not under WWE proper contract.

00:55:11.079 --> 00:55:13.039
So that's gotta be just cool for them. Absolutely

00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:17.360
cool for them. But got a awesome moment. Got

00:55:17.360 --> 00:55:19.199
a pop, you know, got Orton to have some fun out

00:55:19.199 --> 00:55:22.159
there. Good to go. Keep it moving. So I'm happy

00:55:22.159 --> 00:55:25.420
Orton got another, another, you know, opportunity

00:55:25.420 --> 00:55:28.179
to get out in front of WrestleMania. Still sucks

00:55:28.179 --> 00:55:30.940
about KO for sure. Uh, and then I saw it when

00:55:30.940 --> 00:55:32.519
the press conference Triple H just talked about

00:55:32.519 --> 00:55:35.920
in his mind, you had to just completely pivot

00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:39.219
away from what KO Orton match would have been.

00:55:39.539 --> 00:55:41.579
You know, that was, you know, serious and, you

00:55:41.579 --> 00:55:44.760
know, deep grudge and violent. So what they wanted

00:55:44.760 --> 00:55:46.480
to present needed to be completely different.

00:55:46.579 --> 00:55:48.659
If you look at it from that philosophy, it was

00:55:48.659 --> 00:55:53.360
absolutely mis -accomplished. I want to backtrack

00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:55.500
a little bit. In other words, hindsight's 20

00:55:55.500 --> 00:55:58.340
-20 or should be. That's when you realize that

00:55:58.340 --> 00:56:00.559
you've grown in life. But I did come on here

00:56:00.559 --> 00:56:03.480
and say that if you didn't have anything after

00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:08.260
chaos, injury, leave, I'd say we don't need to

00:56:08.260 --> 00:56:10.849
put Randy Ordon on mania. You know, there's no

00:56:10.849 --> 00:56:12.829
point in you only had a couple weeks into mania.

00:56:12.929 --> 00:56:15.110
Why would you insert anybody else into it? Can

00:56:15.110 --> 00:56:17.389
you like not already? You got if you have warden

00:56:17.389 --> 00:56:19.849
you put him on mania and of course, I'm in my

00:56:19.849 --> 00:56:21.329
feelings I know we don't need to have him on

00:56:21.329 --> 00:56:22.650
there because there's some other matches we could

00:56:22.650 --> 00:56:24.469
have had on on the show We don't need to have

00:56:24.469 --> 00:56:26.869
warden I will come back and say that that was

00:56:26.869 --> 00:56:29.289
a very great move because what it was able to

00:56:29.289 --> 00:56:31.909
do was able to put somebody else over and at

00:56:31.909 --> 00:56:35.849
no loss to him nothing but games so in this is

00:56:35.849 --> 00:56:38.429
his 20th WrestleMania like again when you talk

00:56:38.429 --> 00:56:41.670
about somebody who deserves things. Like he's

00:56:41.670 --> 00:56:43.610
been in the game for a long time. He deserved

00:56:43.610 --> 00:56:46.050
a Mania match and he didn't take up that much

00:56:46.050 --> 00:56:48.690
time. And again, overall, it was a plus positive

00:56:48.690 --> 00:56:51.650
for everybody involved. But when I did post,

00:56:51.650 --> 00:56:53.250
I don't know if I actually hit Twitter or not,

00:56:53.349 --> 00:56:56.389
but I'm like, outside of the Seth Rollins RKO,

00:56:57.389 --> 00:57:00.449
I was like, this has been my most favorite RKO

00:57:00.449 --> 00:57:04.750
I've ever seen. Like, how amazing is it? And

00:57:04.750 --> 00:57:07.050
it's cringy because we, you know, that's his

00:57:07.050 --> 00:57:10.900
move, Joe Hendry, close up. And the camera action

00:57:10.900 --> 00:57:14.019
of that and RKO and Randy weren't arcane on that

00:57:14.019 --> 00:57:16.480
was just so awesome. That was absolutely my most

00:57:16.480 --> 00:57:19.000
favorite of RKO of all the times. And again,

00:57:19.059 --> 00:57:21.760
now you got Joe Hendry over too. So I am happy

00:57:21.760 --> 00:57:23.840
that we got to see that. And it was a moment

00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:26.539
of levity. So we were able to laugh a little

00:57:26.539 --> 00:57:29.420
bit and again, a very fast paced, high paced

00:57:29.420 --> 00:57:35.079
moving show. I do think it's funny that I had

00:57:35.079 --> 00:57:39.730
been talking for a couple of weeks. surrounding,

00:57:39.730 --> 00:57:43.809
I've mapped out my bathroom breaks each night.

00:57:44.730 --> 00:57:48.309
I said, I didn't take one on night one, child

00:57:48.309 --> 00:57:52.070
to you, going to grab drinks night one, so I

00:57:52.070 --> 00:57:54.710
didn't have to get up. But I said it was be new

00:57:54.710 --> 00:57:58.349
day and war Raiders strictly because of the presentation,

00:57:58.550 --> 00:58:00.969
nothing to do with like them or anything like

00:58:00.969 --> 00:58:02.449
that. And I said the second match was going to

00:58:02.449 --> 00:58:11.190
be Logan Paul. and AJ Styles. Shout out to my

00:58:11.190 --> 00:58:17.050
guy, the Earl Taylor on X. Showed the font, matched

00:58:17.050 --> 00:58:19.690
it by the star and he tweets at it and says,

00:58:20.409 --> 00:58:24.389
bathroom break for that's FNW. And I didn't leave

00:58:24.389 --> 00:58:28.710
at that point because I left as soon as Dom won

00:58:28.710 --> 00:58:31.949
the title. Because at that point, like once again,

00:58:32.050 --> 00:58:34.429
I was talking about you gotta map out your times

00:58:34.429 --> 00:58:38.360
to leave. If you wait until Everybody exit stage

00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:40.380
left, you in the concessions in the bathroom

00:58:40.380 --> 00:58:42.599
for about 20 minutes. If you leave as soon as

00:58:42.599 --> 00:58:45.739
that bell rings, you can be back before the next

00:58:45.739 --> 00:58:50.099
match starts. So we book it. Head out, bathroom,

00:58:50.380 --> 00:58:54.079
alcoholic beverage break. So we're back in for

00:58:54.079 --> 00:58:57.679
everything. So actually I saw all of Logan Paul

00:58:57.679 --> 00:59:01.760
and AJ Styles. And I will say, I probably still

00:59:01.760 --> 00:59:05.599
could have went to the bathroom during AJ Styles.

00:59:06.219 --> 00:59:10.579
and Logan Paul. Get some more out. Worst match

00:59:10.579 --> 00:59:15.099
of the night. This is what it is. Is what it

00:59:15.099 --> 00:59:17.199
is. Yeah, it is what it is to me. I didn't watch

00:59:17.199 --> 00:59:20.900
any of it. Well, I did watch the one part with

00:59:20.900 --> 00:59:25.719
Karrion Kross, the new goat. My guy. My guy,

00:59:25.860 --> 00:59:28.079
Karrion Kross, speak about it. If you guys have

00:59:28.079 --> 00:59:30.539
not seen the three minute video, I posted it

00:59:30.539 --> 00:59:38.280
on X, that's FNW, but go find it. When I tell

00:59:38.280 --> 00:59:42.539
you it's time, it is time. I have been a Karrion

00:59:42.539 --> 00:59:45.019
Kross guy, I'm sorry, I have been a Killer Kross

00:59:45.019 --> 00:59:49.760
guy before he even got to NXT and WWE. Okay,

00:59:49.800 --> 00:59:53.059
that's how far back of a fan I've been of Karrion

00:59:53.059 --> 00:59:56.460
Kross. He knows it. Every time I add him, my

00:59:56.460 --> 00:59:59.199
guy likes it or, you know. pre -tweets it or

00:59:59.199 --> 01:00:01.159
he engages with it somehow. So he knows, I know

01:00:01.159 --> 01:00:03.860
for sure he knows how much I appreciate him and

01:00:03.860 --> 01:00:08.739
Scarlett. It's time, right? Like he's, he got

01:00:08.739 --> 01:00:12.320
an opportunity last week in a match on Raw, thought

01:00:12.320 --> 01:00:15.559
he delivered, showed up Andre DeMuro, Battle

01:00:15.559 --> 01:00:18.659
Royal, showed up, got a great response from the

01:00:18.659 --> 01:00:21.199
crowd. It's not the name of that match. Whatever

01:00:21.199 --> 01:00:23.820
lady. He's from Vegas, so I would expect nothing

01:00:23.820 --> 01:00:29.010
less. Got a massive pop at Mania. And then couple

01:00:29.010 --> 01:00:34.030
that with the promo that he cut. It is a, this

01:00:34.030 --> 01:00:38.130
is the guy that I need on my television. So I

01:00:38.130 --> 01:00:40.110
am excited for him. I know he's in a contract

01:00:40.110 --> 01:00:45.389
year also. Um, so I'm excited for him, but that's

01:00:45.389 --> 01:00:48.210
my guy. That that is 100 % my guy. I'm looking

01:00:48.210 --> 01:00:50.769
forward to what they have in store for him in

01:00:50.769 --> 01:00:52.650
the next year. As I am with a lot of these, we

01:00:52.650 --> 01:00:55.150
had six title changes at WrestleMania. That's

01:00:55.150 --> 01:00:58.840
a ton. Right? So. It's gonna be exciting to see.

01:00:59.340 --> 01:01:02.719
And I do know there are a lot of surprises planned

01:01:02.719 --> 01:01:07.519
tonight on Raw and on SmackDown. So should be

01:01:07.519 --> 01:01:10.039
a lot, a lot of fun. So that was awesome to see.

01:01:10.440 --> 01:01:11.780
All right, before we get out of here, I do have

01:01:11.780 --> 01:01:13.840
one question for you. So we talked, you know,

01:01:13.840 --> 01:01:15.659
we didn't deep dive. I mean, we deep dive a little

01:01:15.659 --> 01:01:17.500
bit on this show. Shout out to the Freaks. Shout

01:01:17.500 --> 01:01:18.900
out to everybody who supports the pod. Listen

01:01:18.900 --> 01:01:20.980
to the pod. Y 'all know the deal. We appreciate

01:01:20.980 --> 01:01:24.599
you guys. Let's say on Wednesday's pod, we'll

01:01:24.599 --> 01:01:27.300
kind of like rap. the whole weekend and kind

01:01:27.300 --> 01:01:29.699
of give you guys just general overall thoughts

01:01:29.699 --> 01:01:32.679
about things that we did out here in Vegas, but

01:01:32.679 --> 01:01:35.159
a ton of fun. Got a chance to meet some awesome,

01:01:35.159 --> 01:01:37.340
awesome people. I love everybody and shout out

01:01:37.340 --> 01:01:39.579
to everybody that we met. From a WrestleMania

01:01:39.579 --> 01:01:42.199
perspective, night one and or night two, give

01:01:42.199 --> 01:01:44.059
me a moment that we have not talked about on

01:01:44.059 --> 01:01:46.619
either podcast that stuck with you, that you

01:01:46.619 --> 01:01:49.119
really enjoyed, that may have been underrated.

01:01:49.619 --> 01:02:00.400
What you got? That kind of a question What we

01:02:00.400 --> 01:02:02.800
saw actually on many a night one or night two

01:02:02.800 --> 01:02:07.059
that sticks with me Is that the question? Sure.

01:02:07.059 --> 01:02:08.239
Yeah, something that you just want to either

01:02:08.239 --> 01:02:10.300
shout out or highlight or something that you

01:02:10.300 --> 01:02:20.079
really enjoy I Mean the low -hanging fruit, but

01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:24.289
you said that we didn't talk about is there anything

01:02:24.289 --> 01:02:25.570
if not if you just want to highlight something

01:02:25.570 --> 01:02:27.750
else go ahead and do that too i no okay i would

01:02:27.750 --> 01:02:30.210
just say that i would just double down on what

01:02:30.210 --> 01:02:35.550
you said um that the internet is nothing like

01:02:35.550 --> 01:02:38.489
what it is live okay oh no actually no we talked

01:02:38.489 --> 01:02:42.130
about it but Again, just the camaraderie between

01:02:42.130 --> 01:02:45.789
you and the UK guys behind us having a moment

01:02:45.789 --> 01:02:49.449
like a gold ball memory. So anybody who knows,

01:02:49.449 --> 01:02:51.550
knows me, knows that I talk about Inside Out

01:02:51.550 --> 01:02:54.630
all the time movie. I call it emotions, the emotions

01:02:54.630 --> 01:02:57.269
movie. And gold ball memories are those lasting

01:02:57.269 --> 01:02:59.309
memories throughout that person's entire life.

01:02:59.769 --> 01:03:01.369
And that, you know, being able to have a gold

01:03:01.369 --> 01:03:04.989
ball memory with Stone Cold. Um, and then feeling

01:03:04.989 --> 01:03:07.250
like the energy off the both of you because again,

01:03:07.349 --> 01:03:09.110
Stone Cold, he's cool. I mean, he's nowhere near

01:03:09.110 --> 01:03:11.230
one of my goats. Um, I would never disrespect

01:03:11.230 --> 01:03:13.150
him for what he's done because I know how much

01:03:13.150 --> 01:03:14.530
he means to you. Again, you shaved your head

01:03:14.530 --> 01:03:17.570
for the guy. Um, but. I could feel when I came

01:03:17.570 --> 01:03:19.969
back, I could even feel just the electricity

01:03:19.969 --> 01:03:22.090
between you and the guys behind us on how great

01:03:22.090 --> 01:03:24.309
of a moment that was. So yeah, we touched on

01:03:24.309 --> 01:03:25.769
it. Um, but that would be probably something

01:03:25.769 --> 01:03:28.650
I took away from WrestleMania one to, um, that

01:03:28.650 --> 01:03:30.869
probably no one else had experienced in this

01:03:30.869 --> 01:03:34.590
particular setting. I'm just feeling the energy

01:03:34.590 --> 01:03:37.670
off of you of how, how, how happy you were, like

01:03:37.670 --> 01:03:40.349
a joy. It was joy. And I felt the joy off of

01:03:40.349 --> 01:03:44.630
you. Awesome. That's awesome. Uh, mines would

01:03:44.630 --> 01:03:46.789
be, and I kind of told you. Yesterday, I was

01:03:46.789 --> 01:03:49.570
like, damn, I didn't bring it up on our night

01:03:49.570 --> 01:03:53.110
one pod. But one of the most underrated moments

01:03:53.110 --> 01:03:57.210
of this WrestleMania for me, and it absolutely,

01:03:57.369 --> 01:04:00.809
they shot it. It was not the same as being in

01:04:00.809 --> 01:04:05.150
the building. It was when Roman and Punk just

01:04:05.150 --> 01:04:09.949
sat in the ring for minutes. And Roman was just

01:04:09.949 --> 01:04:12.789
looking off in space. And Punk was just looking

01:04:12.789 --> 01:04:15.139
at Roman. Roman had his back turned to punk.

01:04:15.159 --> 01:04:17.199
Punk was looking at Roman's direction. This is

01:04:17.199 --> 01:04:20.440
after, of course, Heyman leaves with Seth. And

01:04:20.440 --> 01:04:23.199
I'm starting to get goosebumps right now, thinking

01:04:23.199 --> 01:04:27.760
about it. Because we're off. This is not... We're

01:04:27.760 --> 01:04:34.159
off. And we're selling. And the story of Roman

01:04:34.159 --> 01:04:38.440
Reigns, right? This is the lowest that he's ever

01:04:38.440 --> 01:04:41.940
been. This is the way I thought we were gonna

01:04:41.940 --> 01:04:44.010
get last year. Talk about that redemption story.

01:04:44.030 --> 01:04:46.469
And I thought after he lost the title, we would

01:04:46.469 --> 01:04:48.949
get to that point. That's what we're about to

01:04:48.949 --> 01:04:51.650
get now. It gets no worse than where he's at

01:04:51.650 --> 01:04:54.010
right now, from a character perspective, for

01:04:54.010 --> 01:04:56.469
Roman Reigns. He has lost everything and everybody.

01:04:57.929 --> 01:05:00.110
Everybody continues to turn their back on him.

01:05:00.250 --> 01:05:03.130
Now, yes, you can argue and say outside of Seth,

01:05:03.230 --> 01:05:05.510
because Seth was the one that turned first. You

01:05:05.510 --> 01:05:07.769
can say, well, he mushed, he mushed Paul Heyman,

01:05:07.949 --> 01:05:11.489
right? He turned on the Usos. He did all that.

01:05:12.329 --> 01:05:15.590
But every time he trusts somebody, they cross

01:05:15.590 --> 01:05:20.269
him. And he thought he lost Heyman. He's pissed

01:05:20.269 --> 01:05:24.010
off. He thinks he gets Heyman back just for Heyman

01:05:24.010 --> 01:05:27.050
to double cross him to go with the guy that has

01:05:27.050 --> 01:05:33.110
emotionally broke him a decade ago. Long time

01:05:33.110 --> 01:05:36.889
ago. Holy hell. And for him just to sit on that

01:05:36.889 --> 01:05:40.300
apron. And just look off for minutes. Like I

01:05:40.300 --> 01:05:42.400
said, I know they shot it. If you were in the

01:05:42.400 --> 01:05:43.440
building, you know what I'm talking about if

01:05:43.440 --> 01:05:46.320
you watched. And then to see Punk looking at

01:05:46.320 --> 01:05:49.860
him. And think about Punk. This is all I ever

01:05:49.860 --> 01:05:52.260
wanted was to main event in WrestleMania with

01:05:52.260 --> 01:05:56.159
my best friend, Paul Heyman. And I got double

01:05:56.159 --> 01:05:59.820
crossed. When Paul Heyman was the one that brought

01:05:59.820 --> 01:06:02.199
me in this shit show in the first place for War

01:06:02.199 --> 01:06:04.579
Games. I didn't ask to be a part of War Games.

01:06:06.700 --> 01:06:11.019
Man, and I know that this wasn't a shot, because

01:06:11.019 --> 01:06:14.880
it was impossible to shoot it this way. When

01:06:14.880 --> 01:06:20.519
Heyman hit Roman with the nut shot, the look

01:06:20.519 --> 01:06:24.280
on Seth's face without even turning around and

01:06:24.280 --> 01:06:27.760
putting his hand out for the chair. Boy, there

01:06:27.760 --> 01:06:31.019
it is again. Goosebumps, right there. That is

01:06:31.019 --> 01:06:33.500
to hell with. I ain't never got a goose bump

01:06:33.500 --> 01:06:37.619
over a damn, uh, somersault, moonsault, triple

01:06:37.619 --> 01:06:42.059
toe loop, clothesline, lariat. This is what,

01:06:42.059 --> 01:06:44.420
this is what gets me. It's never, it's never

01:06:44.420 --> 01:06:46.460
been about the moves, right? It's about character

01:06:46.460 --> 01:06:49.360
investments, about the story you tell and the

01:06:49.360 --> 01:06:51.380
look on Seth's face. And then the pop of the

01:06:51.380 --> 01:06:54.480
crowd of just putting his hand out, knowing that

01:06:54.480 --> 01:06:55.800
chair is coming because I know what happened.

01:06:55.980 --> 01:06:58.440
I don't even have to look. I know what happened.

01:06:58.519 --> 01:07:01.760
Now it's business time again. Um, we got so much.

01:07:01.980 --> 01:07:05.340
to be excited about. From a WWE perspective,

01:07:05.500 --> 01:07:07.400
think about what we possibly have a chance to

01:07:07.400 --> 01:07:09.480
see tonight. We're gonna get Seth Rollins and

01:07:09.480 --> 01:07:11.179
Paul Heyman, right? I would hope. I'm going to

01:07:11.179 --> 01:07:13.219
assume. On the same show, you get John Cena,

01:07:13.880 --> 01:07:15.679
right? On the same show, you get to follow up

01:07:15.679 --> 01:07:17.659
with Jey Uso. We know we're getting Jey Uso.

01:07:19.420 --> 01:07:23.239
It's a lot. It's a lot. And job well done, WWE.

01:07:23.699 --> 01:07:26.880
Once again, to what you said, Rhodesia, I knew

01:07:26.880 --> 01:07:29.079
it. And I'm gonna say it just one last time.

01:07:29.280 --> 01:07:31.159
Internet's not a real place. Internet is an incredible

01:07:31.159 --> 01:07:34.119
place to meet people, to engage, to have fun.

01:07:34.760 --> 01:07:39.179
But the negativity, I truly understand now, and

01:07:39.179 --> 01:07:41.159
I said it last night, but I truly understand

01:07:41.159 --> 01:07:44.239
what Jay meant when he said at Wale Mania is,

01:07:44.420 --> 01:07:47.579
I don't know you. I can't see you. Come to a

01:07:47.579 --> 01:07:50.980
show. And like, then I know. Like, you'll see.

01:07:52.500 --> 01:07:56.480
And I'm starting to see some of you bigger...

01:07:56.510 --> 01:07:58.610
Internet accounts too. I'm starting I'm starting

01:07:58.610 --> 01:08:00.269
to see a game too and I'll just leave it at that

01:08:00.269 --> 01:08:04.090
but uh I'm starting to see starting to see now

01:08:04.090 --> 01:08:07.510
like I like it one bit All right, we out of here.

01:08:07.590 --> 01:08:09.309
Thank y 'all for listening. Thank y 'all for

01:08:09.309 --> 01:08:11.610
watching We will be back of course in a few days

01:08:11.610 --> 01:08:13.869
to recap Monday Night Raw and just recap the

01:08:13.869 --> 01:08:17.369
week that was with WrestleMania Shout out once

01:08:17.369 --> 01:08:20.550
again to everybody who has supported the podcast

01:08:20.550 --> 01:08:24.989
it is awesome when we see people out there just

01:08:24.989 --> 01:08:27.000
like We've listened to the show, we love you

01:08:27.000 --> 01:08:30.180
guys. That would never get lost to me. No matter

01:08:30.180 --> 01:08:33.039
how big this platform gets, that would never

01:08:33.039 --> 01:08:36.579
get lost to me that everything that we put in,

01:08:36.579 --> 01:08:40.140
that I put into this podcast, the Twitter account,

01:08:40.199 --> 01:08:42.899
all of it is appreciated. And you're told to

01:08:42.899 --> 01:08:45.199
your face, it's appreciated. So shout out to

01:08:45.199 --> 01:08:48.039
everybody who appreciates us, loves us, because

01:08:48.039 --> 01:08:49.760
we love you guys right back. Promise you on that.

01:08:49.840 --> 01:08:52.640
So we'll be back in a few days. to summarize

01:08:52.640 --> 01:08:54.880
everything we've seen. And of course, as always,

01:08:54.899 --> 01:08:57.039
leave us your thoughts, your comments. What'd

01:08:57.039 --> 01:08:59.600
you guys think about Mania? Of course, I think

01:08:59.600 --> 01:09:01.140
everybody's probably in agreement. Night two

01:09:01.140 --> 01:09:02.479
is better than night one, but I would love to

01:09:02.479 --> 01:09:04.539
hear your thoughts. Give me your best matches,

01:09:04.640 --> 01:09:07.100
your best moments. Give it all to me so we can

01:09:07.100 --> 01:09:10.500
interact and engage. We are out. See you in a

01:09:10.500 --> 01:09:12.579
couple of days. Thanks.