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Hello everybody and welcome to a new episode

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of Finishes and Factions does Monday Night Raw.

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This week as part of the European tour we are

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in Brussels, Belgium in the Forest National Arena

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with a slight change on commentary this week.

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We've got Michael Cole and Corey Graves but I'll

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tell you one place that hasn't been a change

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in commentary. That would be here and finishes

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and factions because you've got myself rich and

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as always my co -host Adam. Adam, welcome. Yeet.

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Yeet. Normally it's me that has the libations

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but I think Adam might have had one on the way

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home from work today. Oh no, I haven't. I wish

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I had that excuse. Yeah, no, I'm just on one

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of them. Right, I'll pull myself together I swear.

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Yeah. Well, no, no, no jokes about pulling. Not

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live on Finishes and Factions, you wouldn't get

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a joke like that. One thing we did get a little

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joke about at some point this evening, I will

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say, is that I'm sure there's gonna be a lot

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of jokes made about, well, I've seen a lot of

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jokes on social media made about the first promo

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of the night, which was a bit of an interesting

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one. I mean, to say the least, sorry. Yeah, I

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mean, we started off with a VT promo just basically

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recapping that little known secret about that

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heel turn that we all sort of might have heard

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of at some point. Ah, yes, the John Cena heel

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turns. The elimination chamber. I don't know

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how many times I have seen the Cliff of Cena

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kicking Cody in the nuts. because I obviously

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some days or some weeks were a little bit behind

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programming due to personal um real life stuff

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going on I was at work the morning after elimination

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chamber so all I had seen for the entire shift

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was Cody getting kicked in the gonads because

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that was the only clip I was allowing myself

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to watch because it was the first one that popped

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up on social media and I was not getting any

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more spoilers Fair enough. Why not? But we went

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from that VT promo to an in -ring promo. We did.

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An in -ring promo from the man that everyone

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can now see. Mr John Cena. We can see and Cody

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Rhodes has definitely felt. Definitely. This

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was what we were all speculating about and a

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lot of people... on social media, we've been

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speculating as well. As Sina had mentioned that

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when he had his previous opportunity to turn

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heel, he had a whole new set of merch, whole

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new entrance, laid out a whole new ring gear,

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whole shebang. But we didn't actually get any

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of that. We got the same music, we got the same

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corny t -shirts. Granted, this one was in the

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colours of the Belgian flag, because we are in

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Belgium this week. with the same corny, this

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is the last time sort of slogan on it that we

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have seen. The only difference we got really

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was he walked to the ring rather than sprinted.

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It was a very sort of lack of the normal, like

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it wasn't the entrance that we've come to know

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John Cena for sort of thing. It was... very lacking

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in his normal energy level enthusiasm there was

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was just completely devoid of heart yeah and

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he came walking out to a whole series of let's

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go sena sena sucks chants from the uh from the

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brussels crowd and i'm just going to throw this

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out there as well that it is normally the same

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on every european tour but the crowd in brussels

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set the absolute standard for WWE Universe members

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throughout the world, as the crowd throughout

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this night of wrestling and this programming

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was absolutely incredible. There were times where

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the crowd took over from what the show was doing,

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and the show had to stop and wait for the crowd

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to kind of calm its shit before they carried

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back on. Well, I've said for a very long time

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is that American crowds, get it all the live

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long year. The American wrestling scene is the

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best in the world. But it is very, very saturated.

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And they sort of take it for granted a little

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bit, I feel. Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling

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the Americans bad fans in any way, shape or form,

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because the Americans, without their fan base,

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we wouldn't have WWE, realistically. However,

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in saying that, it is very much a case that the

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European fans and everyone else around the world,

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because we don't get it anywhere near as regularly,

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we appreciate it a little bit more. I think it's

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also something to be said about the fact that

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European arenas are generally smaller. So what

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we hear is a loud crowd reaction maybe on par

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with with like standard American reactions, but

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because Americans have so much more space to

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fill with sound it comes across as lesser A few

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times within this segment the crowd definitely

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heard more than they were. Actually to the point

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where Sina at the start puts his mic down and

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goes to leave before he gets booed that badly

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he picks it back up. He does that twice in fairness.

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He does. There's two occasions where he literally

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drops his mic and goes to leave the ring in a

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very solo Sikoa -esque fashion. yes very good

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actually that's a good comparison to be fair

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it's not something i thought of in fairness it's

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only something i thought of just now um but yeah

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um sort of wanting to very much making the impression

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that he was going to leave without saying a word

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bearing in mind this is the first time we've

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seen him since elimination chamber he has not

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been seen on any programming for wwe things Or

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like a WWE I'm gonna come and do this or I'm

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gonna do that sort of thing on video. We've not

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had anything. Complete radio silence up until

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we got to the point where I say we've got John

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Cena stood in the ring for the first time since

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Elimination Chamber and he starts going off about

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how the last 25 years he's been the victim of

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an abusive relationship with the WWE Universe.

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Which do you know what I was sat listening to

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that entire promo? No, cuz it is very much a

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case that He's always been hailed as that polarizing

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character is that you either love John Cena or

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you can't fucking stand him Yeah I've always

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been a big fan of there's not much that John

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Cena has ever done that I'm not a fan of Yeah,

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I mean that was that they're still selling replicas

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of that now But yeah, I mean His very first words

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were sort of an affirmation about how he doesn't

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really need to explain his actions and Yeah,

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the the abusive the abusive relationship stuff

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again couldn't sort of disagree with it and Yeah,

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everything that he sort of says as you said that

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like the Brussels crowd were very much sort of

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Helping to illustrate his point I mean, I've

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got in my notes here that this is absolutely

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incredible crowd work. But then when you're used

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to, like, Sina was incredible with a microphone

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in his hand anyway. What we're seeing is no different

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to what we've seen for the last 25 years. It's

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just not to the same point. But we're still getting

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that good, amazing quality mic work that we would

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have had even if we'd have stayed on a face wrap.

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Yeah, very much so. I mean, he's always bit he's

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always been able No matter what sort of he goes

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out to the crowd whatever he goes out to the

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ring to do he has always had a very unique ability

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to Have the WWE Universe Almost quite literally

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eating out of the palm of his hand to what we've

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seen before. He was putting an awful lot of things

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down and they were picking them straight up.

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Yeah, this is it. Everything that happened within

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that arena, I have to believe that it was all

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completely by design of the promo itself. Yes.

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I completely agree with the fact that he said

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that. He got the exact reaction he wanted and

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he knew he was going to get it by wording it

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the way he did. I mean, he even made reference

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to the fact that he's been the butt of an invisible

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joke for the last 15 years. And, you know, all

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the things that the WWE Universe have done with

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him, he's mentioned in this. I'll admit though

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The one person I felt sorry for within this entire

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promo wasn't John Cena It was it was the poor

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kid that he picked on He's done some people hard

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And he's done a few superstars dirty over the

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last 25 years, but he made that kid look like

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nothing. I absolutely destroyed the poor kid.

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Yeah, and on social media over the last few days,

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I've seen the look on that kid's face. Oh my

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God. The thing is though, he's now got bragging

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rights at school for the rest of his life. Remember

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when John Cena did his farewell tour? Yes mate,

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I do. You know the kid that you ripped the fuck

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out of in Brussels? Yeah, that was me. Do you

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know what I mean? Like, that'll get him laid

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in a few years time. Or it'll just get him bullied

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for the rest of his life. You got absolutely

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ragged on by Cena, mate. As long as he doesn't

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turn into the next version of Drew McIncrire,

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we are completely fine. There is enough tears

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being shed by Drew at the moment and we don't

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need any more. But at one point Cena does address

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the fact that I think everybody sort of expected

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out of him new gear, new... new entrance video

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just a whole a whole repackage around around

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his sort of heel turn even though he's not classing

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this as a heel turn he's not a baby face he's

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not a heel he's a human being with feelings the

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only thing he's felt since elimination chamber

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was Cody Rhodes nuts on his shin so I will throw

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that up there slowly Yeah, it's a case that I

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Think to a certain degree this this was We obviously

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we have digs at Drew Mack in cryo for being a

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big Scottish crybaby Because he is a big Scottish

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crybaby, but this big non -Scottish crybaby comes

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from West Newbury, Massachusetts Because he does

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have a bit of a cry in fairness. It's he's having

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a proper whinge So at the time of the broadcast

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we have 33 night 33 nights until WrestleMania

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Right. So we've got four weeks worth of programming.

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He's setting a story up here now, where we're

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getting all the heel details. Even though he's

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not a heel, he's a human being. We're getting

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all those details. And to be fair, we get a lot

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more of those details, and we'll get a lot more

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of those details in the next couple of weeks.

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But the main details that we needed to get today,

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we were given. and then we were given the main

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details from his WrestleMania opponent as well,

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because the American Nightmare himself, Mr Cody

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Rhodes, makes a trip down to the ring in front

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of the crowd in Brussels. Yeah, so just as Cena's

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talking about breaking up this this toxic relationship

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he has with the crowd and the fans and everything

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along those lines that he is basically splitting

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up with every last one of them which i think

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has to set some kind of record for the most breakups

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in one go um yeah i don't even think she's been

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dumped that many times at once um No, that's

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a thousand and fifty seven guys that dumped in

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her yeah But yeah, we then get Cody who basically

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interrupts what is basically turning into a bit

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of a tirade by by John in ring and Cody basically

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explains that That the fans gave John both The

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bet their best and their worst as they knew that

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he could take it Yeah, this is it and just as

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John goes to try and clap back at him and go

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and he gets out the words listen kid and We see

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something snap in Cody wrote his head as he shuts

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that shit down Like he shuts John Cena up and

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doesn't have to lay a finger on him Which is

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always interesting to see, to shut someone up

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without letting a finger on them normally means

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you've cut one hell of a sentence. Yeah, this

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is it. And this is when we get sort of Cody talking

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about how he feels about like what's happened

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with, or what's happening with Cena, how he feels

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about that personally. Cody came up while John

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was starting to make his way to the top sort

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of thing and it's a case that As it is for a

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lot of people not just wrestlers, but fans as

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well John Cena was a hero to a lot of people

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and possibly still is and He just doesn't feel

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that Cody doesn't feel that the John that we've

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got in the ring during this promo Is Cena being

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at his best? And that Cena's best had better

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be at WrestleMania? massive thing and for it

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to be your last WrestleMania 2 you don't want

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to waste that opportunity. No and regardless

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of everything else it will surprise me greatly

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if we come out the other side of the other side

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of WrestleMania and we can honestly say hand

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on heart that John Cena wasted his last WrestleMania

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but yeah, basically this this segment ends with

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Cody calling Sina a whiny bitch and Basically

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just walks out it might drops walks out leave

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Sina in the middle of the ring to sort of reel

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from that last little barb that he sticks in

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and Then we just see Sina take quite a long walk

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back to the backstage Like they put a lot of

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emphasis on that silent walk he had up that ramp

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When Cody Rhodes came out to the arena Cody side

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of the arena was very bright very flamboyant

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very Cody Rhodes entrance John Cena's half of

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the arena was completely darkness I didn't know

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if they were trying to signify something with

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that, but the effect they had with it looked

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really, really cool. Yeah, it's the visual representation

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of light versus dark, good versus evil, baby

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face versus heel. It's very sort of basic, not

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just ring psychology, but... Presentations presentation

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psychology as well is that if you can subtly

00:21:08.930 --> 00:21:12.450
nod to things like that Then it just emphasizes

00:21:12.450 --> 00:21:19.109
the story you're telling But What surprised me

00:21:19.109 --> 00:21:21.730
more than anything else is that at the end of

00:21:21.730 --> 00:21:25.170
this we are obviously John Cena's gone to the

00:21:25.170 --> 00:21:28.130
back Cody Rhodes has gone to the back. We're

00:21:28.130 --> 00:21:32.609
left with nobody in ring and we go back to the

00:21:32.589 --> 00:21:41.309
a shot of Michael Cole and Corey Graves and we

00:21:41.309 --> 00:21:45.930
see we see I keep wanting to call him Cody Graves

00:21:45.930 --> 00:21:52.789
and I don't know why but yeah I'm gonna get it

00:21:52.789 --> 00:21:55.130
wrong at some point and I know it's gonna happen

00:21:55.130 --> 00:22:03.130
but we actually see Michael Cole who On and off

00:22:03.130 --> 00:22:05.890
I'm not gonna say for 20 years solid he's been

00:22:05.890 --> 00:22:09.690
a supporter of John Cena behind the scenes probably

00:22:09.690 --> 00:22:13.890
But as his character, I'm pretty sure he was

00:22:13.890 --> 00:22:17.329
taking shots at John Cena during his coal miner

00:22:17.329 --> 00:22:26.329
gimmick And Yeah, we actually see him sort of

00:22:26.329 --> 00:22:31.089
get hot around the Around the promo that he's

00:22:31.089 --> 00:22:33.650
just witnessed at the same time as all of us

00:22:33.650 --> 00:22:46.250
have Which We call Cena an irrational prick Which

00:22:46.250 --> 00:22:48.890
is not the Michael Cole we used to be we used

00:22:48.890 --> 00:23:03.180
to seeing on on on the air but My bad But yeah

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:12.500
this we then go from there basically to The commentary

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:16.819
team explaining that because of the Intercontinental

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:20.119
Championship match being the main event of this

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:23.660
of this particular card it is a case that we

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:28.619
are They're going to be taking looks back at

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:32.890
famous in WrestleMania intercontinental matches

00:23:32.890 --> 00:23:36.990
or something along those lines and they play

00:23:36.990 --> 00:23:42.130
us a little highlight reel of from WrestleMania

00:23:42.130 --> 00:23:47.829
3 in 1987 Ricky Steamboat versus Randy Savage

00:23:47.829 --> 00:23:50.190
where Ricky Steamboat ends up picking up the

00:23:50.190 --> 00:23:54.589
win in the IC title which I've been back and

00:23:54.589 --> 00:23:57.329
watched that match it was a brilliant match don't

00:23:57.329 --> 00:24:04.319
get me wrong but I went on record last time and

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:09.920
said that doing the famous cage matches and things

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:12.920
like that was a really nice way to promote that

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:19.279
match. I just feel like they've tried to catch

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:22.680
lightning in a glass bottle again. It was a really

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:27.200
nice novel idea. Don't need to repeat this idea

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:30.779
again on this week's episode So I didn't really

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:33.359
catch me in the same way that the famous cage

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:37.660
match thing did And I think the famous cage matches

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:40.980
was slightly more interesting than the IC title

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:43.900
Don't get me wrong the IC title was a great title

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:46.400
and it's been held by some amazing superstars

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:50.160
over the years, but Nothing about the IC title

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:53.319
says blood and guts rather than two people Going

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:57.279
one -on -one in a steel cage Yeah, this is it

00:24:57.279 --> 00:25:02.079
it's not as It's a championship that's been as

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:05.440
been around as long as as long as wrestling has

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:08.079
been around pretty much It's it's one of those

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:11.680
mainstay titles where the heavyweight championship

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:14.440
has changed names over the years here and there

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:21.859
The IC title has always remained so and it's

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:24.980
not one that's going anywhere anytime soon but

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:28.539
yeah just didn't didn't enjoy this segment as

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:31.539
much as I did with the famous cage matches just

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:36.099
a personal opinion but then we went into our

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:40.680
first match which was a no holds barred match

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:47.500
between Ludwig Kaiser and Mr. No Fear himself

00:25:47.849 --> 00:25:59.509
Or should I say Senor Nofea. Enter. It's, I really

00:25:59.509 --> 00:26:01.730
enjoyed this match. I'm not going to lie to you.

00:26:01.849 --> 00:26:03.289
On paper, it doesn't look like it's going to

00:26:03.289 --> 00:26:06.769
be too good. Especially when you throw in the

00:26:06.769 --> 00:26:09.009
fact that it's a no -holes barred, which means

00:26:09.009 --> 00:26:15.299
it's no DQ as well. That that kind of raised

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:17.299
the stakes a little bit for me made it a little

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:25.720
bit more interesting, but I am You can see where

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:29.059
this one's going unfortunately, and it's not

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:31.779
Anything to do with the two superstars that are

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.720
in the ring. It's just the way that one of them

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:40.940
has been booked and I Couldn't see that changing

00:26:41.230 --> 00:26:46.589
any time in this match so it was definitely one

00:26:46.589 --> 00:26:49.349
of those sort of matches where i enjoyed watching

00:26:49.349 --> 00:26:53.630
it the fan and me definitely enjoyed it the podcaster

00:26:53.630 --> 00:26:55.670
and me hated writing notes for this match i'm

00:26:55.670 --> 00:26:59.069
not going to lie but uh it was definitely a very

00:26:59.069 --> 00:27:02.329
good match to watch and um it started off with

00:27:02.329 --> 00:27:07.650
a rather nice or one of the first high spots

00:27:07.650 --> 00:27:10.940
i've i've made notes of was Penta running the

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:14.640
barricades and popping a rather nice Hurricane

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:17.200
Rana onto Ludwig Kaiser who gets sent straight

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:21.900
into the corner ring post My very first note

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:25.119
as well in fairness. So yeah, I think we were

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:28.539
along the same lines with that because it's Don't

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:32.099
get me wrong. We've seen people run. We obviously

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:35.720
see a lot of people run the ropes we see people

00:27:37.210 --> 00:27:40.869
We see a lot of creative ways to create offense.

00:27:41.609 --> 00:27:43.750
I don't remember the last time I saw somebody

00:27:43.750 --> 00:27:48.130
run the actual barricade in WWE. No, normally

00:27:48.130 --> 00:27:50.950
that's only really safe for Kofi Kingston trying

00:27:50.950 --> 00:27:55.089
to get himself back into the Royal Rumble. So

00:27:55.089 --> 00:27:57.410
someone to be running around it and using it

00:27:57.410 --> 00:27:59.670
as part of an extra space to play with was actually

00:27:59.670 --> 00:28:03.680
quite nice to see. Which is just what we've sort

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:07.680
of come to expect from Penta realistically. I

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:10.380
struggle to think of a match he's had in WWE

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:13.480
where there hasn't been some aspect of creative

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:18.180
offense there. Well just a match in WWE where

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:21.539
it's not stayed inside the ropes. This guy spends

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:24.420
more time on the outside of the ring than he

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:29.920
does on the inside. Yeah and I don't think we

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:33.599
saw Even the tip of Penta's potential, seeing

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:37.279
as how this was a no DQ match, which I'm led

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:40.940
to believe is one of his favourite, more favourite,

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:44.420
preferred kind of matches to do, just because

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:47.619
it gives him that little bit more creative licence

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:51.140
with how the match plays out. Yeah, no DQ means

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:53.259
you get to break all the rules. You get to pull

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:57.539
out tables and chairs and, you know, the occasional

00:28:57.539 --> 00:29:02.089
kendo stick and trashcan. There's always an anonymous

00:29:02.089 --> 00:29:05.970
table that can be put through. Having said that,

00:29:06.430 --> 00:29:08.509
realistically the only weapon that was ever brought

00:29:08.509 --> 00:29:14.650
into play was a chair. Yes, it was, which was

00:29:14.650 --> 00:29:16.730
quite disappointing to be fair. Like I said,

00:29:16.890 --> 00:29:19.789
there's so many different things they could have

00:29:19.789 --> 00:29:22.349
used to beat the living she -hizzle out of each

00:29:22.349 --> 00:29:26.829
other. And the chair was brought in and used,

00:29:26.890 --> 00:29:28.690
but not as effectively as it could have been.

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:33.960
See I actually found it quite refreshing that

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:38.160
just because what What you can see in any sort

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:41.779
of no DQ match is if weapons are involved if

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:45.000
weapons are allowed You will see them come out

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:49.019
at every opportunity and in some cases I'm going

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:53.740
to actually use the Sammy Zane Kevin Owens Too

00:29:53.740 --> 00:30:00.460
much Like the majority of my notes for that match

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:05.900
between Kevin Owens and and Sami Zayn and Was

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:10.319
oh we got this weapon next then this one was

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:13.440
used and this one was you I wasn't Looking at

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:17.700
the spots personally Chelsea green Street fire

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:22.019
against mission like mission came out with a

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:44.630
massive bin full of toys I was going to say I'm

00:30:44.630 --> 00:30:47.369
pretty sure in the early 90s those sorts of matches

00:30:47.369 --> 00:30:51.920
were reserved for dark matches. And that was

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:54.119
a dark match that took place after all the kids

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:58.960
went home. More commonly known, instead of using

00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:01.700
the ring, that was Vince McMahon's office they

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:04.519
recorded those dark matches in. Well no, I'm

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:06.539
pretty sure probably a few of them used that

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:13.740
ring. Yeah, more than likely. More than likely.

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:19.319
No one got hit with any rubber in this match

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:24.039
but some people both at Ludwig Kaiser and Penta

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:27.440
got absolutely smashed by their opponents with

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:32.059
a steel chair multiple times and the chair was

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:37.000
not going to be the end of it at all as Penta

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:40.920
used the chair as an opportunity to hit a Mexican

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:45.819
destroyer from the top rope on top of to the

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:52.759
steel chair, sending Ludwig Kaiser, well, I personally

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:56.259
think that Kaiser may have been slightly dizzy

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:58.500
by the time he got up after this match because

00:31:58.500 --> 00:32:03.220
that Mexican Destroyer hit so, so, so smoothly.

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:13.160
Yeah, 100%. It was beautifully done. One of the

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:15.500
other moves I took note of during this match

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:20.599
was Kaiser hitting a Death Valley driver on the

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:23.160
announce desk. Now that happened quite early

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:25.680
on. It did, I did make note of that and I did

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:27.819
make the note that there was a second Death Valley

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:35.440
driver a little bit later as well. Like I said

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.140
at the start, this match was going to be a good

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:42.359
one purely for how they booked Penta. I think

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:45.720
he's 5 -0 at the moment when it comes to singles

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:52.660
matches in WWEs. He has only lost one match and

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:55.940
he didn't technically lose it. No, that was the

00:32:55.940 --> 00:33:01.140
triple threat when Ludwig Kaiser beat Pete Dunne.

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:05.339
But what I'm saying is I think he's in singles

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:09.230
matches, he's 5 -0. Oh yeah, he's undefeated

00:33:09.230 --> 00:33:12.430
in WWE and singles matches so far. That triple

00:33:12.430 --> 00:33:14.849
threat doesn't really count as such because he

00:33:14.849 --> 00:33:19.170
was defeated but he wasn't pinned. So he was

00:33:19.170 --> 00:33:21.849
like the spare dick in a porn studio at the end

00:33:21.849 --> 00:33:27.789
of that match. I've watched enough porn to know

00:33:27.789 --> 00:33:30.430
that there's very rarely a spare dick in a porn

00:33:30.430 --> 00:33:41.940
studio. Just saying Well, yes good point there

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:44.259
was a good point normally the the useless dicks

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:48.440
making the tea but this time around the useless

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:56.779
dick is Probably sat in the judgment days Corner

00:33:56.779 --> 00:34:01.819
again, but before we get too far We get to go

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:08.519
and see Kathy Kelly with a little Backstage conversation

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:13.500
with Penta It wasn't even backstage. It was a

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:17.940
ring. It was ringside where basically she does

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:22.460
a and She does an interview with Penta and we've

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:24.500
seen this happen a couple of times with Penta

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:27.900
where he'll have a post -match interview and

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:30.619
in fairness, they're always very Emphatic they

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:32.840
always get the crowd going. So I'm not gonna

00:34:33.210 --> 00:34:36.670
take anything away from him with that. However,

00:34:38.510 --> 00:34:41.309
it comes back to this point that I seem to make

00:34:41.309 --> 00:34:48.130
quite a lot in that is that cutting a promo in

00:34:48.130 --> 00:34:51.210
English is all well and good provided you have

00:34:51.210 --> 00:34:55.210
the command of the language. Yeah, Penta is struggling

00:34:55.210 --> 00:34:57.710
a little bit with that aspect of his promotional

00:34:57.710 --> 00:35:01.889
skills. But then you'll notice over the course

00:35:01.889 --> 00:35:06.550
of... wrestling history that a lot of the Mexican

00:35:06.550 --> 00:35:10.570
wrestlers struggle quite a lot with the promo

00:35:10.570 --> 00:35:14.210
abilities because of the language barrier. The

00:35:14.210 --> 00:35:17.949
only one that I can think of recently that didn't

00:35:17.949 --> 00:35:20.590
hold too much of an effort with it was Alberto

00:35:20.590 --> 00:35:23.730
Del Rio and he was reasonably sort of like you

00:35:23.730 --> 00:35:28.789
can understand what he was trying to say. Yes,

00:35:28.849 --> 00:35:48.789
very true, but unlike his I wanted to go with

00:35:48.789 --> 00:35:59.789
Carlos, but I don't know why. I wonder if Ricardo

00:35:59.789 --> 00:36:03.289
Rodriguez, the ring announcer for Alberto Del

00:36:03.289 --> 00:36:06.710
Rio, is in any way related to Raquel Rodriguez

00:36:06.710 --> 00:36:13.329
of the Judgment Day? Or maybe I'm thinking about

00:36:13.329 --> 00:36:15.869
it a little bit too much. I'm pretty sure Rodriguez

00:36:15.869 --> 00:36:19.010
might possibly be the Mexican version of Smith.

00:36:22.349 --> 00:36:25.070
I'm pretty sure it's one of those quite common

00:36:25.070 --> 00:36:30.429
surnames. Quite possibly anyway digressing a

00:36:30.429 --> 00:36:35.750
well -off subject Yeah enter during is it ringside

00:36:35.750 --> 00:36:39.590
interview basically declares himself for the

00:36:39.590 --> 00:36:46.750
Intercontinental Championship which He sort of

00:36:46.750 --> 00:36:49.590
Surprised me and didn't surprise me at the same

00:36:49.590 --> 00:36:59.139
time Or is he hoping that Finn topples him in

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:01.599
the main event so he can get easy pickings on

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:06.920
the low -hanging fruit that's Finn Balor? Well,

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:11.260
this is it. There's so many ways that that could

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:20.079
have gone. Yeah, just a bit odd. I'm not sure.

00:37:20.650 --> 00:37:23.909
I'm not sure why it surprised me and why it didn't

00:37:23.909 --> 00:37:26.550
surprise me at all at the same time. It just

00:37:26.550 --> 00:37:31.809
yeah It all feels a little bit odd, but I think

00:37:31.809 --> 00:37:36.250
regardless Breaker will be a decent match. Yeah,

00:37:36.250 --> 00:37:53.460
I think the title Yeah, very much so but I mean

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:56.579
you happen to mention that You happen to mention

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:59.519
the judgment day earlier on as I have as well

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:03.019
And the next segment is a backstage promo for

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:07.440
the judgment day now. I Don't think they were

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:10.880
in there sort of normal clubhouse setting but

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:17.179
they were They'd found themselves somewhere and

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:21.219
from what I can remember we are first open to

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:24.159
Carlito apparently adding to the artwork on the

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:31.800
walls while Liv and Raquel are discussing their

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:37.150
upcoming match and are joined very swiftly. by

00:38:37.150 --> 00:38:39.969
Finn Balor who seems to be in quite a good mood

00:38:39.969 --> 00:38:42.670
for once actually. I think Finn Balor got laid

00:38:42.670 --> 00:38:44.449
because that's the only time we see him in a

00:38:44.449 --> 00:38:49.409
decent mood. I mean you'd have to assume that.

00:38:50.269 --> 00:38:53.550
Oh yeah, the last few weeks he's been very very

00:38:53.550 --> 00:38:55.869
caged off and very pissed off and all of a sudden

00:38:55.869 --> 00:38:57.849
Finn Balor is the happiest guy in the world.

00:38:58.949 --> 00:39:00.829
I know what normally makes me change my mood

00:39:00.829 --> 00:39:05.119
like that and it's definitely well. Say I don't

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:07.280
remember the last time you had an intercontinental

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:21.940
championship match I'm pretty sure I'd know exactly

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:25.199
what to do after I've shit myself. That's it

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:28.139
Yeah, I do what Steve -O did when he got in the

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:31.400
ring with Umaga. I just lay there and hope he

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:38.409
thought I was dead Could be worse could do what

00:39:38.409 --> 00:39:41.329
Hornswoggle did and set himself up for a spot

00:39:41.329 --> 00:39:43.989
in the middle of In the ring where he was hiding

00:39:43.989 --> 00:39:46.250
under the ring for pretty much the entire show

00:39:46.250 --> 00:39:57.329
and fell asleep But yes anyway We have all three

00:39:57.329 --> 00:39:59.690
live Raquel and Finn all talking about their

00:39:59.690 --> 00:40:06.619
upcoming matches Where then we see Dom join in

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:11.219
and an unusually warm response from Finn Balor

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:15.260
to Dom Mysterio, but I'm guessing that has something

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:19.420
to do with the fact that Dom was the one that

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:29.260
set up the IC match for him. Well, yeah. We're

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:31.360
so used to Dom trying to do things for himself.

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:33.099
The fact that he went out of his way to help

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:36.519
Finn get that match was quite interesting. There's

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:38.400
got to be an alternative angle to it though.

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:41.960
Yeah, we said this last week, is that there was

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:45.179
something about the way that Dom, something about

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:48.219
Dom's facial expression, his body language made

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:50.920
me think that he was, that he's definitely up

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:53.420
to something. I mean, I still think he's up to

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:56.840
something. I struggle to remember a time when

00:40:56.840 --> 00:41:01.820
I didn't think he was up to something. Yeah,

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:11.179
but I think he's possibly possibly going into

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:20.699
business for himself a little bit but yeah and

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:25.119
Dom chooses this moment however Instead of enjoying

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:27.820
the time when they're all getting on to float

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:30.320
the idea that he's actually come up with a name

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:32.739
of somebody who could be joining the judgment

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:36.719
day and Yeah, apparently it could have been it

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:40.019
couldn't have been more poorly timed as the name

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:43.800
that he comes up with is Penta the man who was

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:49.480
just announced But he is interested in the intercontinental

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:53.070
title which Finn Balor believes is going to belong

00:41:53.070 --> 00:41:56.289
to him after his match with Ron Breaker late

00:41:56.289 --> 00:41:59.190
this evening. So obviously Finn's a bit pissed

00:41:59.190 --> 00:42:03.010
at Dom for basically trying to bring a traitor

00:42:03.010 --> 00:42:05.389
into the mix or someone that could stitch him

00:42:05.389 --> 00:42:10.809
over to steal the title. Yeah, because as much

00:42:10.809 --> 00:42:13.369
as I'm sure Penta can play nicely with others,

00:42:13.809 --> 00:42:15.829
somehow I just don't think he'd be a very good

00:42:15.829 --> 00:42:18.789
fit for the judgment day. Aesthetically, yes.

00:42:19.230 --> 00:42:22.690
But I'm just not sure that this version of Penta

00:42:22.690 --> 00:42:28.190
is the one that joins the Judgment Day in this

00:42:28.190 --> 00:42:33.849
instance. Yeah, no, definitely not. But I have

00:42:33.849 --> 00:42:40.469
seen on social media a perspective of a suggestion

00:42:40.469 --> 00:42:45.170
for Judgment Day due to some images that were

00:42:45.170 --> 00:42:49.329
taken from backstage promos throughout the course

00:42:49.329 --> 00:42:57.869
of the evening. Oh right, okay. So there is a

00:42:57.869 --> 00:43:00.130
promo, well it's not a promo as such, there's

00:43:00.130 --> 00:43:05.670
an interview at some point between someone backstage

00:43:05.670 --> 00:43:09.210
and I'm just trying to find out who it is now.

00:43:09.570 --> 00:43:13.789
I think it's, right so yeah, as Cathy, it's not

00:43:13.789 --> 00:43:15.889
Cathy Caddy, there is an interview somewhere

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:19.579
where someone is talking to a wrestler backstage.

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:22.980
And in the background, I'm just trying to see

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:27.059
where I put it in my notes. I did make a note

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:37.960
of this. Oh, this isn't the image of Don Mysterio

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:40.840
talking to Karrion Cross, is it? Yeah, that is

00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:44.480
the one. This wasn't from this week. This was

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:48.389
last week we saw. We saw this. I remember spotting

00:43:48.389 --> 00:43:52.150
it, but I don't remember if I actually made a

00:43:52.150 --> 00:44:16.130
note of it or not, but it was last week. We could

00:44:16.130 --> 00:44:19.489
end up seeing Karrion Kross be pulled towards

00:44:19.489 --> 00:44:22.090
Judgement Day or to help some Judgement Day members

00:44:22.090 --> 00:44:26.010
out at some point. Well, any sort of faction

00:44:26.010 --> 00:44:28.489
that Karrion Kross was building seems to have

00:44:28.489 --> 00:44:32.630
either been given their release or fucked off

00:44:32.630 --> 00:44:36.070
to Smackdown. Or fucked off to Smackdown, yeah.

00:44:36.949 --> 00:44:39.550
So Karrion Kross is finding himself very much

00:44:39.550 --> 00:44:46.190
the loner at the moment, although... I think

00:44:46.190 --> 00:44:49.550
we see him a little bit later on as it goes so

00:44:49.550 --> 00:44:52.949
we might be Seeing it build towards seeing him

00:44:52.949 --> 00:44:56.210
being built towards something else at some point

00:44:56.210 --> 00:45:08.849
Which is ironic really when you think that they

00:45:08.849 --> 00:45:12.449
were both aligned at one point they were with

00:45:12.449 --> 00:45:19.309
each other Yeah And but anyway regardless we'll

00:45:19.309 --> 00:45:22.829
move on Because we go into our second match here,

00:45:22.829 --> 00:45:25.809
which is a women's singles match, which sees

00:45:25.809 --> 00:45:30.610
Ivy Nile Versus Dakota Kai. Yes, so we had a

00:45:30.610 --> 00:45:34.849
little like a little VT before this started of

00:45:34.849 --> 00:45:36.929
Wasn't even a VT. It said it was basically just

00:45:36.929 --> 00:45:43.269
Dakota Kai and her damage control teammate EoSky

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:46.780
backstage with Io basically just wishing her

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:48.820
luck and guessing and pushing it towards the

00:45:48.820 --> 00:45:52.659
ring. And then, yeah, so we get Dakota Kai and

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:58.760
Ivy Niall in the ring. My notes for this match

00:45:58.760 --> 00:46:03.659
are very lacking. I don't have anything up until

00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:09.320
the interruption. So the reason for that is because

00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:11.699
there wasn't really an awful lot to comment on.

00:46:12.139 --> 00:46:16.139
Ivy Nile is very much in control of this match

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:18.699
up to this point. I mean she is very much the

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:22.619
dominant person in this match but it wasn't a

00:46:22.619 --> 00:46:25.320
long match by any stretch of the imagination.

00:46:26.179 --> 00:46:28.780
Because Ivy Nile came to the ring accompanied

00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:32.699
by her American -made American -made comrades

00:46:32.699 --> 00:46:36.980
in the Creed Brothers and eventually Chad Gable

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:40.360
who came sprinting down. It's the first time

00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:42.920
he's been seen with American Maid since making

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:56.099
his return. None of this, I think, went to Ivy

00:46:56.099 --> 00:46:58.739
Nile and American Maid's plan, realistically.

00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:05.809
I would agree with that, pretty much. Chad Gable

00:47:05.809 --> 00:47:11.769
attempts a distraction and Ivy Nile just can't

00:47:11.769 --> 00:47:15.369
seem to do enough to take advantage of it and

00:47:15.369 --> 00:47:22.190
secure the win Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee of

00:47:22.190 --> 00:47:27.550
LWO end up coming down to the ring attacking

00:47:27.550 --> 00:47:30.170
the Creed brothers and then chasing Chad Gable

00:47:30.170 --> 00:47:35.380
from ringside And that entire distraction allows

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:39.980
Dakota Kai to pick up what could potentially

00:47:39.980 --> 00:47:43.760
be looked at as a really easy win over Ivy Nile.

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:47.739
Hit a massive big boot and then a GTK. Do you

00:47:47.739 --> 00:47:54.780
know what that stands for? No. Neither do I.

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:57.800
There we go. I genuinely thought you were going

00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:00.469
to tell me. No, no, no. Neither do I. If anyone

00:48:00.469 --> 00:48:04.050
listening knows what the GTK is or stands for,

00:48:04.349 --> 00:48:06.269
then drop us an email. Let us know. It finishes

00:48:06.269 --> 00:48:11.150
with actions at gmail .com. And then, yeah, she

00:48:11.150 --> 00:48:13.269
picked up, I think it's a pretty big win, to

00:48:13.269 --> 00:48:16.590
be fair, over Ivy Nile, especially after Ivy

00:48:16.590 --> 00:48:22.349
threw her face first into the barricades. Yeah,

00:48:22.530 --> 00:48:34.400
very much so. I mean... Yeah, it's just You know,

00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:36.460
I've lost my train of thought I was gonna say

00:48:36.460 --> 00:48:39.000
something I'm sure it was really insightful and

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:41.699
I genuinely can't remember now That's always

00:48:41.699 --> 00:48:43.739
the way it goes. It's right though because once

00:48:43.739 --> 00:48:49.099
these Women that have left the ring Probably

00:48:49.099 --> 00:48:51.400
sure there was a VT in there somewhere about

00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:53.699
something. It's probably the WrestleMania weekend

00:48:53.699 --> 00:49:01.480
one that I haven't made no of We have a little

00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:06.599
recap on what happened last week between Io,

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:14.960
Rhea and Bianca in the middle of the ring. Both

00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:18.260
Rhea and Bianca stuck their hands in Io's face

00:49:18.260 --> 00:49:21.920
and Io got very pissed off with it. And then

00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:26.400
this week we have a contract signing between

00:49:26.400 --> 00:49:31.199
Io Sky and the Women's Elimination Chamber winner

00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:34.420
Bianca Belair who is her WrestleMania opponent.

00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:37.280
They're coming to the ring to sign the contract

00:49:37.280 --> 00:49:39.320
for their WrestleMania match which means it's

00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:41.480
the first one that's actually been done so far

00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:49.349
I believe Adam. Yes, so first contract signing

00:49:49.349 --> 00:49:54.289
certainly or first contract signing of this WrestleMania

00:49:54.289 --> 00:49:58.849
that we've been allowed to see. It's a case that

00:49:58.849 --> 00:50:03.309
generally any form of contract signing that's

00:50:03.309 --> 00:50:07.530
done in the ring will normally end in chaos and

00:50:07.530 --> 00:50:10.070
I suppose this is no different realistically.

00:50:12.449 --> 00:50:17.590
Just going back to an earlier point GTK The go

00:50:17.590 --> 00:50:22.250
-to kick ah It was making my brain itch. I needed

00:50:22.250 --> 00:50:25.250
to find out making your brain itch. It was rinsing

00:50:25.250 --> 00:50:34.429
them in with his tism Yes, pretty much I Did

00:50:34.429 --> 00:50:39.150
it while we were recording this so there we go,

00:50:39.150 --> 00:50:53.840
but yeah Adam was having to try and swap notebooks

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:56.380
because he ran out of space and won and had to

00:50:56.380 --> 00:50:58.960
restart his notes in a new book, so you'd have

00:50:58.960 --> 00:51:02.500
to bear with him a second. Yeah, pretty much.

00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:07.320
Yeah, so we had Eos Guy and Bianca Belair out

00:51:07.320 --> 00:51:10.360
to sign their Mania contracts with Adam Pearce

00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:13.800
overseeing. Very rare of us to see Adam Pearce

00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:17.340
in the ring, let alone on camera. He's got to

00:51:17.340 --> 00:51:23.440
be the latest General Manager there is. He seems

00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:29.260
to be the most John Cena of general managers

00:51:29.260 --> 00:51:33.159
in the sense that we can't see him. We saw more

00:51:33.159 --> 00:51:36.840
of the anonymous general role manager than we

00:51:36.840 --> 00:51:44.440
see of Adam Pearce some weeks. He's a slack motherfucker.

00:51:45.260 --> 00:51:49.000
He's got his work set out with him today. This

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:52.500
100 like Adam says if a contract signing is going

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:56.599
off in the ring It is not going down without

00:51:56.599 --> 00:52:00.039
a hitch and it starts off really actually quite

00:52:00.039 --> 00:52:02.320
tamed me to be fair It starts with the EO saying

00:52:02.320 --> 00:52:07.699
that you know both Rhea and Bianca won't be Disrespecting

00:52:07.699 --> 00:52:10.980
her again. She's the women's world champion and

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:13.260
after WrestleMania in a really high -pitched

00:52:13.260 --> 00:52:17.480
voice. She will still be the women's wrestling

00:52:17.480 --> 00:52:21.780
champion and she signs her contract she signs

00:52:21.780 --> 00:52:24.480
it it's done you know said what she's got to

00:52:24.480 --> 00:52:27.820
say to her now it's what happens in the ring

00:52:27.820 --> 00:52:33.219
at WrestleMania happens at WrestleMania. Bianca

00:52:33.219 --> 00:52:38.000
Belair was the one that sort of had some cojones

00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:40.980
on her this week because she actually goes to

00:52:40.980 --> 00:52:43.170
Sky and says do you know what I'm going to give

00:52:43.170 --> 00:52:47.309
you a pass for slapping me last week. No, I think

00:52:47.309 --> 00:52:50.130
you should look at that. Thank your lucky fucking

00:52:50.130 --> 00:52:53.110
stars. That isn't all she did. To be fair, I

00:52:53.110 --> 00:52:56.309
don't rate much of Io anyway. Granted, she's

00:52:56.309 --> 00:52:58.250
the women's champion. I think Rio was a better

00:52:58.250 --> 00:53:02.530
choice. Slightly more talented and whatever,

00:53:02.630 --> 00:53:04.550
but I'll give Io her due. We'll see what she

00:53:04.550 --> 00:53:09.690
can do. Like you said, Bianca gives her a bit

00:53:09.690 --> 00:53:14.079
of cojones. saying that pass won't be happening

00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:16.980
again basically she's the EST and after WrestleMania

00:53:16.980 --> 00:53:19.860
she'll be the champion and signs the contract

00:53:19.860 --> 00:53:24.380
at which Adam Pearce says it's official and then

00:53:24.380 --> 00:53:29.679
we get to hear someone's brutality as Rhea's

00:53:29.679 --> 00:53:33.840
music hits and Rhea Ripley comes I was going

00:53:33.840 --> 00:53:38.500
to say running out but it's more of a pissed

00:53:38.500 --> 00:53:43.480
off stomp Yeah, she's she still manages to cover

00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:46.679
a lot of ground with not a lot of effort sort

00:53:46.679 --> 00:53:49.400
of thing So one of those like fuck's sake the

00:53:49.400 --> 00:53:51.400
dogs just pissed on the carpet, but going for

00:53:51.400 --> 00:53:54.420
a walk you prick Right now fast -paced like fuck

00:53:54.420 --> 00:53:56.159
you you dickhead. We're doing it now. I want

00:53:56.159 --> 00:53:58.519
to do it Yeah, if you pissed on me floor sort

00:53:58.519 --> 00:54:03.619
of job It's a very specific example that's because

00:54:03.619 --> 00:54:07.019
my dog used to like doing it he enjoyed the fast

00:54:07.019 --> 00:54:09.769
-paced walks So if he pissed on the floor, I

00:54:09.769 --> 00:54:11.530
took him for the walk and then he got the fast

00:54:11.530 --> 00:54:13.469
-paced walk that he wanted, where the kids couldn't

00:54:13.469 --> 00:54:20.030
quite go as fast as he wanted. Fair enough. Yeah,

00:54:20.570 --> 00:54:24.550
so it's a case that both Belair and Sky have

00:54:24.550 --> 00:54:29.289
managed to sign their contracts and Rhea Ripley

00:54:29.289 --> 00:54:33.639
joins us in Ring. basically comes out and starts

00:54:33.639 --> 00:54:36.079
an argument with Bellaire which I think sort

00:54:36.079 --> 00:54:40.079
of gets under the skin of our current champion

00:54:40.079 --> 00:54:44.139
Eoskye because again she's being very much pushed

00:54:44.139 --> 00:54:49.300
to the wayside in favor of Rhea and Bellaire's

00:54:49.300 --> 00:54:52.320
argument or yeah Rhea and Bellaire's argument

00:54:56.010 --> 00:54:58.469
bone of mind we've got referees as well that

00:54:58.469 --> 00:55:00.690
adam pierce has called out because rear is not

00:55:00.690 --> 00:55:03.869
supposed to be there now i've got here that bianca

00:55:03.869 --> 00:55:08.530
pushes io in the face rear shoves bianca and

00:55:08.530 --> 00:55:11.829
then between the three of them there's a a series

00:55:11.829 --> 00:55:17.449
of pushing shoving and whatnot and then rear

00:55:17.449 --> 00:55:23.809
pushes bianca onto the table and then tries to

00:55:23.809 --> 00:55:28.139
basically power bomb EO through Bianca and the

00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:30.320
table but it doesn't quite work and they end

00:55:30.320 --> 00:55:32.380
up basically just lying there going fuck that

00:55:32.380 --> 00:55:35.260
hurt which i actually thought gave it slightly

00:55:35.260 --> 00:55:41.199
more of a meaning to it for surely being power

00:55:41.199 --> 00:55:43.320
bombed into someone at the table not giving away

00:55:43.320 --> 00:55:45.579
is going to hurt more than the table giving out

00:55:45.579 --> 00:55:51.219
so i'm going to correct the record ever slightly

00:55:51.579 --> 00:55:54.039
because you got to the same, you got to the right

00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:56.900
result just not necessarily using the right method.

00:55:58.760 --> 00:56:03.280
So Rio actually ends up dropping a massive headbutt

00:56:03.280 --> 00:56:08.139
on Bianca Belair which ends up knocking Bianca

00:56:08.139 --> 00:56:13.260
onto the table. That is when Eoskai gets power

00:56:13.260 --> 00:56:16.760
bombed into Bianca on the table, which you're

00:56:16.760 --> 00:56:21.150
quite right, doesn't give out. I'm not sure if

00:56:21.150 --> 00:56:24.769
it would be more painful if the table had sort

00:56:24.769 --> 00:56:29.389
of gimmicked out. Because there would be a second

00:56:29.389 --> 00:56:31.989
drop in there which could be potentially painful

00:56:31.989 --> 00:56:37.110
with broken bits of table sticking in you. Yeah,

00:56:37.269 --> 00:56:40.510
it's a bit of an odd one. We'd have to experiment

00:56:40.510 --> 00:56:44.230
with being power bombed into somebody on a table

00:56:44.230 --> 00:56:47.869
and seeing if it gives out or not. And with the

00:56:47.869 --> 00:56:50.170
most amount of respect, the only person that's

00:56:50.170 --> 00:56:52.090
going to be able to powerbomb the other one into

00:56:52.090 --> 00:56:55.230
somebody else is you powerbombing me, because

00:56:55.230 --> 00:56:58.949
I ain't lifting your fat ass. Yeah, no, to be

00:56:58.949 --> 00:57:01.469
fair, that's probably a good point. I will say,

00:57:01.530 --> 00:57:04.170
though, as ruthless and as painful as that looked,

00:57:04.630 --> 00:57:07.829
it does not look nearly as painful as the clip

00:57:07.829 --> 00:57:11.789
I've seen on social media this week from AEW,

00:57:12.369 --> 00:57:16.719
where Edge managed to suplex Jon Moxley on to

00:57:16.719 --> 00:57:21.280
what looked like a bat made of nails to the point

00:57:21.280 --> 00:57:23.800
where it got stuck in the back of Moxley's back

00:57:23.800 --> 00:57:26.460
they actually had a referee put his foot on his

00:57:26.460 --> 00:57:31.440
back and yank it out of Moxley's skin yeah absolutely

00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:36.079
ruthless spot but enough about AEW we're not

00:57:36.079 --> 00:57:40.019
doing a finishers and factions does at AEW because

00:57:40.019 --> 00:57:42.800
i do not have enough time in my week one thing

00:57:42.800 --> 00:57:47.260
i will do though is sit here and talk about the

00:57:47.260 --> 00:57:51.739
rest of this segment because it does not quite

00:57:51.739 --> 00:57:53.679
finish with that powerbomb through the table

00:57:53.679 --> 00:57:56.699
because Rhea and Adam Pearce are staring each

00:57:56.699 --> 00:57:59.599
other down in the ring and Rhea notices that

00:57:59.599 --> 00:58:02.420
on the floor just next to her feet is a nice

00:58:02.420 --> 00:58:06.079
little black binder and in that binder there

00:58:06.079 --> 00:58:08.539
is the contract that was just signed between

00:58:08.539 --> 00:58:28.219
Io and Bianca Belair and in the binder also So

00:58:28.219 --> 00:58:36.659
we knew it was going to erupt into chaos. It's

00:58:36.659 --> 00:58:46.150
the order of things. But yeah, I do sort of take

00:58:46.150 --> 00:58:51.610
your point that it wasn't to be fully expected

00:58:51.610 --> 00:59:03.250
of having that happen, but yeah. So Rhea runs

00:59:03.250 --> 00:59:06.210
off with the signed contract with Adam Pearce

00:59:06.210 --> 00:59:09.590
in tow, basically telling her it's not binding.

00:59:10.449 --> 00:59:13.409
Oh, and she's basically not having any of it.

00:59:13.449 --> 00:59:16.010
As far as she's concerned, that contract has

00:59:16.010 --> 00:59:18.389
got three names on it and that's how it's going

00:59:18.389 --> 00:59:23.130
to stay. I mean, if she actually manages to pull

00:59:23.130 --> 00:59:26.130
it off, why the fuck not? With the heist of the

00:59:26.130 --> 00:59:28.170
century, she gets her title back at WrestleMania

00:59:28.170 --> 00:59:29.769
in a match that she shouldn't have even been

00:59:29.769 --> 00:59:39.980
in. Yeah, precisely. We'll come to him a little

00:59:39.980 --> 00:59:46.440
bit later on I think but For now we go from that

00:59:46.440 --> 00:59:52.480
in -ring promo to Well, we start off backstage

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:55.619
for this next segment as the next segment is

00:59:55.619 --> 01:00:01.019
a men's singles match between WrestleMania main

01:00:01.019 --> 01:00:08.530
event Jey Uso yeet Versus at one half of a town

01:00:08.530 --> 01:00:12.429
down under Austin theory who comes out with the

01:00:12.429 --> 01:00:24.210
other half Yeah, this is it and We start off

01:00:24.210 --> 01:00:28.110
with Jay backstage as he's making his way sort

01:00:28.110 --> 01:00:32.010
of to gorilla through gorilla and out into the

01:00:32.789 --> 01:00:36.210
Out into the crowd where he's doing his normal

01:00:36.210 --> 01:00:40.090
Well, no, this isn't even normal I'd sort of

01:00:40.090 --> 01:00:43.030
the promo that he seems to cut on the way out

01:00:43.030 --> 01:00:49.230
is It felt very incoherent to me. I didn't really

01:00:49.230 --> 01:00:54.349
sort of get a massive amount of What was being

01:00:54.349 --> 01:01:04.820
said? I'm going to cause Gunther some issues.

01:01:05.719 --> 01:01:08.900
And then goes out for a match with Austin Theory.

01:01:16.039 --> 01:01:21.940
Which... I mean, can we call this a match? I've

01:01:21.940 --> 01:01:26.219
got to admit, this wasn't a modern day squash

01:01:26.219 --> 01:01:30.820
match. This was Vince McMahon's squash match.

01:01:31.239 --> 01:01:35.179
this was Austin theory got Austin theory got

01:01:35.179 --> 01:01:39.780
squashed hard Austin theory got done it by J

01:01:39.780 --> 01:01:43.000
U so faster than I can eat a bar of chocolate

01:01:43.000 --> 01:01:46.039
now as Adams already alluded to I'm a little

01:01:46.039 --> 01:01:50.739
bit on the chunky side of life and I can do a

01:01:50.739 --> 01:01:53.320
bar of chocolate pretty quickly but that guy

01:01:53.320 --> 01:02:00.420
got squashed fucking incredibly fast Yeah, I've

01:02:00.420 --> 01:02:02.860
seen things go through hydraulic presses that

01:02:02.860 --> 01:02:05.900
don't get that didn't get squashed as hard as

01:02:05.900 --> 01:02:10.780
as Austin Theory to the point that I don't I

01:02:10.780 --> 01:02:14.940
Really don't think it did Austin Theory any favors

01:02:14.940 --> 01:02:19.039
in any way shape or form We praised squash matches

01:02:19.039 --> 01:02:22.179
in this current era last on one of our previous

01:02:22.179 --> 01:02:26.980
episodes because they do squash matches in a

01:02:26.980 --> 01:02:33.670
way that protects the character of the person

01:02:33.670 --> 01:02:37.090
who's being squashed in that squash match but

01:02:37.090 --> 01:02:41.010
it's a case that this time they didn't even bother

01:02:41.010 --> 01:02:43.809
like I know Austin Theory hasn't got much of

01:02:43.809 --> 01:02:46.369
a character to protect but protect what little

01:02:46.369 --> 01:03:00.019
the guys got lasted longer than the match did.

01:03:00.820 --> 01:03:03.980
And the afters was basically Grayson Waller jumping

01:03:03.980 --> 01:03:10.219
in to try and avenge the fact that Austin Theory

01:03:10.219 --> 01:03:17.380
just became completely fucking annihilated. So

01:03:17.380 --> 01:03:20.679
I had the match last in less than two minutes

01:03:20.679 --> 01:03:24.500
bell to bell. I wouldn't say it was from the

01:03:24.500 --> 01:03:27.519
opening bell to the closing bell. less than two

01:03:27.519 --> 01:03:31.300
minutes all we had was a distraction from mauler

01:03:31.300 --> 01:03:35.960
onto the referee and then theory ate a cross

01:03:35.960 --> 01:03:38.559
body for a three count that was pretty much it

01:03:38.559 --> 01:03:41.300
with some ring rope some rope running in the

01:03:41.300 --> 01:03:46.019
process of it yeah i mean if if your theory holds

01:03:46.019 --> 01:03:51.440
out and the match was cut short because of austin

01:03:51.440 --> 01:03:55.280
because of austin theory Managing to injure himself

01:03:55.280 --> 01:03:59.599
then you know what fair enough But at that point

01:03:59.599 --> 01:04:02.320
you're protecting the individual you're not protecting

01:04:02.320 --> 01:04:18.559
the persona and that's important as well So apparently

01:04:18.559 --> 01:04:21.440
this is him just being punished but that was

01:04:21.440 --> 01:04:25.739
a sports skater article in there about as reliable

01:04:25.739 --> 01:04:32.820
as a single ply toilet paper Yeah, I don't generally

01:04:32.820 --> 01:04:36.139
tend to put much Much stock in anything else

01:04:36.139 --> 01:04:38.780
I see on sports skater at one point. They used

01:04:38.780 --> 01:04:42.460
to be really good. They did no not quite as much

01:04:42.460 --> 01:04:47.679
yeah, but Yeah, as Rich alluded to earlier on,

01:04:48.000 --> 01:04:50.159
we sort of ended up with a bit of a super kick

01:04:50.159 --> 01:04:56.980
party to Waller, and Jay hit an absolutely abysmal

01:04:56.980 --> 01:05:00.280
suicide dive, I mean... Aw mate, he fucked out

01:05:00.280 --> 01:05:06.400
almost as bad as Top Dollar did. Jesus. That

01:05:06.400 --> 01:05:10.739
guy nearly hit the freaking ring apron face first.

01:05:11.639 --> 01:05:15.469
Yeah. unprotected as well. That looked like he

01:05:15.469 --> 01:05:17.389
would have been in a complete world of pain if

01:05:17.389 --> 01:05:22.989
that hit. He was a very lucky Samoan today. Oh

01:05:22.989 --> 01:05:26.570
definitely. Although admittedly I don't think

01:05:26.570 --> 01:05:30.210
he felt like it for very long as I think he got

01:05:30.210 --> 01:05:32.610
back in the ring to try and re -attempt it but

01:05:32.610 --> 01:05:40.269
was very much cut short by one rather angry Austrian

01:05:40.269 --> 01:05:44.190
yeah the ring general Gunther snuck out and snuck

01:05:44.190 --> 01:05:46.969
up behind him and locked in that I want to say

01:05:46.969 --> 01:05:49.610
it's a camel clutch it's not quite it's more

01:05:49.610 --> 01:05:53.989
of a it's a really naked choke hold without the

01:05:53.989 --> 01:05:58.150
extension at the legs but yeah he basically just

01:05:58.150 --> 01:06:01.909
locked that in and gave Jay a nice little cuddle

01:06:01.909 --> 01:06:06.650
goodnight He didn't though, because this is now

01:06:06.650 --> 01:06:10.610
the third week that Gunther has tried to do exactly

01:06:10.610 --> 01:06:13.630
the same thing to Jay. He's catching him in a

01:06:13.630 --> 01:06:15.949
moment of weakness and trying to put him to sleep.

01:06:16.130 --> 01:06:20.329
In two weeks, he's managed it. This week, Jay

01:06:20.329 --> 01:06:25.869
had an answer. Yeah, he ran into the apron and

01:06:25.869 --> 01:06:33.579
used that to bounce Gunther off it. which shows

01:06:33.579 --> 01:06:35.780
he's learning and progressing a little bit about

01:06:35.780 --> 01:06:39.679
what Gunther's capable of. But more than that

01:06:39.679 --> 01:06:42.239
is that Jay didn't just stop there at being able

01:06:42.239 --> 01:06:45.139
to equal Gunther's moves. He took advantage of

01:06:45.139 --> 01:06:47.500
the fact that Gunther was very much on the back

01:06:47.500 --> 01:06:54.320
step and he kicked the shit out of Gunther basically.

01:06:55.219 --> 01:06:57.219
And then had the audacity to pick up his title.

01:06:58.510 --> 01:07:03.809
And I thought, honestly, the image of Jay up

01:07:03.809 --> 01:07:08.070
on the top turnbuckle with Gunther on the floor,

01:07:09.230 --> 01:07:13.329
stood up, but not in the ring and on the outside

01:07:13.329 --> 01:07:16.530
sort of thing, with a very sort of powerful image

01:07:16.530 --> 01:07:20.469
of Jey Uso holding that title aloft, stood over

01:07:20.469 --> 01:07:26.510
Gunther, who looked really helpless, like cruelly

01:07:26.570 --> 01:07:33.289
Lost child helpless Yeah I'm pretty sure there's

01:07:33.289 --> 01:07:35.269
a joke in there I could make somewhere, but I'm

01:07:35.269 --> 01:07:41.010
not going to Yeah, that's not WwB are not coming

01:07:41.010 --> 01:07:44.289
live from Portugal. They are not in Praia do

01:07:44.289 --> 01:07:53.119
Luz Not this week But Yeah, we went from there

01:07:53.119 --> 01:07:58.699
to a VT promo basically sort of teasing our main

01:07:58.699 --> 01:08:03.739
event, which is the Intercontinental Championship

01:08:03.739 --> 01:08:07.619
match with Brom Breaker versus Finn Balor and

01:08:07.619 --> 01:08:13.380
the build up that led to that match. And then

01:08:13.380 --> 01:08:17.760
we did have a few... They like to do this segment

01:08:17.760 --> 01:08:22.000
intermittently which is the WWE in wherever it

01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:26.460
is that they happen to find themselves and because

01:08:26.460 --> 01:08:32.380
this was WWE's first ever TV broadcast from Brussels

01:08:32.380 --> 01:08:42.100
they didn't really have much more else than that.

01:08:43.379 --> 01:08:46.619
Michael Cole did manage to slip in at one point

01:08:46.619 --> 01:08:51.600
and say that WWE first came to Brussels in 1989

01:08:51.600 --> 01:08:54.739
but this would have been back when before they

01:08:54.739 --> 01:08:59.640
were doing televised international shows it was

01:08:59.640 --> 01:09:03.079
a case that they were doing Europe they do European

01:09:03.079 --> 01:09:07.520
tours and they'd be house shows so they'd be

01:09:07.520 --> 01:09:12.739
non televised and non -storyline effecting sort

01:09:12.739 --> 01:09:16.039
of thing. It would be a case that they'd send

01:09:16.039 --> 01:09:21.100
a couple of main event guys and a bunch of mid

01:09:21.100 --> 01:09:24.920
-carders to go and tour Europe for a month or

01:09:24.920 --> 01:09:27.680
two, doing as many shows as they could possibly

01:09:27.680 --> 01:09:32.060
get away with in the shortest period of time

01:09:32.060 --> 01:09:39.850
possible. Yeah, pretty much. And then they go

01:09:39.850 --> 01:09:42.670
back over to the states. The mid -card doesn't

01:09:42.670 --> 01:09:46.170
go back to either some of them never being used

01:09:46.170 --> 01:09:50.989
again, to the main event guys being slipped back

01:09:50.989 --> 01:09:59.170
into intercurrent storylines. Then we went for

01:09:59.170 --> 01:10:02.770
a backstage promo, sort of a continuation of

01:10:02.770 --> 01:10:06.300
the... of what happened between Rhea Ripley,

01:10:06.500 --> 01:10:09.880
Bianca Belair and EO Sky earlier on. We see Adam

01:10:09.880 --> 01:10:13.319
Pearce arguing with Rhea Ripley who, I remember

01:10:13.319 --> 01:10:15.319
saying to you actually, Rich, a couple of times

01:10:15.319 --> 01:10:19.279
while I was watching this, like, the smile on

01:10:19.279 --> 01:10:24.859
Rhea Ripley's face as she's arguing. Fear a woman

01:10:24.859 --> 01:10:29.000
that smiles while you argue with her. If you're

01:10:29.000 --> 01:10:32.279
arguing with a woman that is smiling at you mid

01:10:32.279 --> 01:10:36.319
-argument. Run. The opposite way as fast as you

01:10:36.319 --> 01:10:42.779
fucking can. 100%. That is not a safe human.

01:10:44.020 --> 01:10:47.579
Yeah, no. I learnt that on the hard way myself.

01:10:48.560 --> 01:10:51.279
A few times, yeah. If your wife or significant

01:10:51.279 --> 01:10:53.939
other smiles at you during an argument, get the

01:10:53.939 --> 01:10:56.359
fuck out of there. Preferably to the nearest

01:10:56.359 --> 01:10:58.460
police station, you are safer in a cell than

01:10:58.460 --> 01:11:06.300
any other place in the world. Okay, I'm not making

01:11:06.300 --> 01:11:11.720
the obvious comments there. Anyway, sort of Rhea

01:11:11.720 --> 01:11:16.619
reluctantly ends up trying to put the contract

01:11:16.619 --> 01:11:20.380
through Adam Pearce's chest and demanding to

01:11:20.380 --> 01:11:23.640
be in the match. And this is when sort of Bianca

01:11:23.640 --> 01:11:28.140
jumps Rhea with EO Sky. So this all got very

01:11:28.140 --> 01:11:30.579
confusing, there was just a lot of arses being

01:11:30.579 --> 01:11:36.239
kicked. Yeah, very much so. So we had Bianca

01:11:36.239 --> 01:11:42.260
who jumps rear with EO Sky and then EO and Bianca

01:11:42.260 --> 01:11:44.880
turn on one another and then it just becomes

01:11:44.880 --> 01:11:47.680
an all -out brawl where rear Ripley ends up walking

01:11:47.680 --> 01:11:53.319
off sort of the victor out of it all. Oh yeah,

01:11:53.479 --> 01:11:56.640
she definitely opened up a massive kind of whoop

01:11:56.640 --> 01:11:58.899
arse and delivered the other two women in this

01:11:58.899 --> 01:12:01.800
section a nice big dollop with some custard too.

01:12:03.159 --> 01:12:09.260
Yeah, very much so. But yeah, Rhea Ripley ends

01:12:09.260 --> 01:12:13.100
up being sent away by Adam Pearce after him and

01:12:13.100 --> 01:12:17.600
security managed to break up the fight. And yeah,

01:12:17.600 --> 01:12:19.260
I think we're gonna have to wait and see what

01:12:19.260 --> 01:12:24.460
happens with the women's title match at WrestleMania,

01:12:24.579 --> 01:12:27.739
whether we're gonna see a bit of brutality in

01:12:27.739 --> 01:12:30.579
the mix there. Well, I think we're going to see

01:12:30.579 --> 01:12:32.539
an awful lot of brutality in that mix. With that

01:12:32.539 --> 01:12:34.460
much on its own, without rear it's going to be

01:12:34.460 --> 01:12:36.600
pretty ruthless, but you add rear into it and

01:12:36.600 --> 01:12:42.319
you've got an entirely different occasion. Very

01:12:42.319 --> 01:12:46.140
much so. Which, talking about different occasions,

01:12:46.600 --> 01:12:52.260
the next occasion we have within this programming,

01:12:53.300 --> 01:12:55.220
and Adam will correct me if I'm wrong, because

01:12:55.220 --> 01:12:59.989
he always does, would be a tag team match i believe

01:12:59.989 --> 01:13:03.510
yeah so match four was a men's tag team match

01:13:03.510 --> 01:13:08.010
saw the lwo being represented by dragon lee and

01:13:08.010 --> 01:13:11.489
ray mysterio versus the creed brothers of american

01:13:11.489 --> 01:13:18.689
maid and this was another relatively short match

01:13:18.689 --> 01:13:25.069
it was very short I sort of, after how short

01:13:25.069 --> 01:13:28.989
the last match was with Jey Uso, if that wasn't

01:13:28.989 --> 01:13:32.289
planned as being that short, I sort of hoped

01:13:32.289 --> 01:13:34.590
that they would have fleshed out one of the other

01:13:34.590 --> 01:13:37.409
matches a little bit more and said, oh, do you

01:13:37.409 --> 01:13:39.569
know what, actually, that match had to finish

01:13:39.569 --> 01:13:44.689
earlier. You've got an extra like six minutes

01:13:44.689 --> 01:13:46.829
to be able to make use of, do with them what

01:13:46.829 --> 01:13:50.920
you want to. Yeah, and I think that probably

01:13:50.920 --> 01:13:53.220
could have benefited both of these tight teams

01:13:53.220 --> 01:13:55.819
a little bit more obviously raise a Hall of Famer

01:13:55.819 --> 01:13:59.699
He doesn't need any more of a boost Dragon Lee

01:13:59.699 --> 01:14:02.520
probably could have had a little bit of a longer

01:14:02.520 --> 01:14:06.899
opportunity to showcase what his skills are because

01:14:06.899 --> 01:14:10.579
Yes, we've seen a reasonable amount of LWO in

01:14:10.579 --> 01:14:13.199
the last few weeks. We have seen mostly Ray do

01:14:13.199 --> 01:14:17.850
a lot of the work Where with Julius and Brutus

01:14:17.850 --> 01:14:20.810
Creed from American made they tend to split it

01:14:20.810 --> 01:14:24.229
a lot more evenly And they certainly I felt they

01:14:24.229 --> 01:14:26.930
did with this much as well kept it pretty pretty

01:14:26.930 --> 01:14:30.649
split well Ray did a majority of the work here

01:14:30.649 --> 01:14:35.409
That's not to say that Dragon Lee was being lazy

01:14:35.409 --> 01:14:38.699
as such I think it was just I think the length

01:14:38.699 --> 01:14:41.359
of match again, as you said, just didn't lend

01:14:41.359 --> 01:14:44.600
itself very well to everybody being able to get

01:14:44.600 --> 01:14:51.859
their shit in, basically. And yeah, part of the

01:14:51.859 --> 01:14:58.359
reason... So the match itself felt quite rushed.

01:14:58.739 --> 01:15:02.399
We had LWO basically trying to hit as many different

01:15:02.399 --> 01:15:06.449
spots as they can. We saw Dragon Lee with a Hurricanrana

01:15:06.449 --> 01:15:09.609
off the apron where he's dived over the top rope

01:15:09.609 --> 01:15:14.050
for the second week. In a row is where he's done

01:15:14.050 --> 01:15:18.250
that move and I've got to admit one of the most

01:15:18.250 --> 01:15:21.529
picture -perfect 619s from Rey Mysterio I think

01:15:21.529 --> 01:15:23.689
I've ever witnessed in his career. Oh yeah it

01:15:23.689 --> 01:15:27.810
was plum on the chin wasn't it? Oh 100 % I don't

01:15:27.810 --> 01:15:30.050
think you could have I don't think AI could have

01:15:30.050 --> 01:15:34.860
done that any better to be quite honest. and

01:15:34.860 --> 01:15:38.460
LWO ended up picking up a picking up a rather

01:15:38.460 --> 01:15:43.239
swift win. Off the 619 and a frog splash for

01:15:43.239 --> 01:15:45.199
the three count to be fair. It's like I said

01:15:45.199 --> 01:15:47.880
Ray did a majority of the work but it seemed

01:15:47.880 --> 01:15:50.680
so if they'd have had more time Dragon Lee probably

01:15:50.680 --> 01:15:52.680
could have got the finish but it was down to

01:15:52.680 --> 01:15:58.819
Ray this time. Up until we had an interruption

01:15:59.500 --> 01:16:04.399
From our our newest member of the raw roster

01:16:04.399 --> 01:16:09.960
Yeah, the amassed luchador he showed up and basically

01:16:09.960 --> 01:16:14.779
just dropped Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee Pretty

01:16:14.779 --> 01:16:19.579
pretty quickly to be fair Yeah, he wasn't hanging

01:16:19.579 --> 01:16:23.039
about at all and I mean we've still got Cole

01:16:23.039 --> 01:16:25.819
perpetuating the fact that this could be Chad

01:16:25.819 --> 01:16:29.260
Gable I mean, it certainly makes sense, although

01:16:29.260 --> 01:16:31.220
the way that they sort of harping on about it,

01:16:31.279 --> 01:16:33.420
I've got an odd feeling that it is going to turn

01:16:33.420 --> 01:16:38.000
out to be somebody completely different. They're

01:16:38.000 --> 01:16:44.100
trying to push too much towards Chad Gable. It's

01:16:44.100 --> 01:16:47.300
easy to understand why, though, as the mass luchador

01:16:47.300 --> 01:16:55.470
does have a similar physical build. movesets

01:16:55.470 --> 01:17:00.470
can be taught I suppose and yeah body frame isn't

01:17:00.470 --> 01:17:05.729
always the smoking gun that you sort of hope

01:17:05.729 --> 01:17:11.829
it was but in this case the mass luchador ends

01:17:11.829 --> 01:17:17.289
up being chased out of the arena by some rather

01:17:17.289 --> 01:17:22.470
interesting security tactics it's kind of a case

01:17:22.470 --> 01:17:25.810
that security wasn't anywhere close to being

01:17:25.810 --> 01:17:29.029
quick enough to get into the ring to stop the

01:17:29.029 --> 01:17:31.789
LWO from having them, having their asses handed

01:17:31.789 --> 01:17:35.069
to them and it just very much ended up boiling

01:17:35.069 --> 01:17:42.989
down that yeah, I mean the Mass Luchador was

01:17:42.989 --> 01:17:46.770
run out of the ring and LWO were left sprawled

01:17:46.770 --> 01:17:52.770
in the ring so It's always a good way to leave

01:17:52.770 --> 01:17:58.779
a scenario Even if it's LWO that have taken the

01:17:58.779 --> 01:18:01.560
brunt this time and been sprawled out But you

01:18:01.560 --> 01:18:03.159
always like to see someone laid out at the end

01:18:03.159 --> 01:18:07.720
of a decent match don't you? Oh 100 % Always

01:18:07.720 --> 01:18:10.579
just helps finalize the selling of how good the

01:18:10.579 --> 01:18:13.399
match was by how long it takes them to get up

01:18:13.399 --> 01:18:15.840
Unlike when you have Randy Orton asking the camera

01:18:15.840 --> 01:18:17.859
guy if it's finished so he can get up and walk

01:18:17.859 --> 01:18:24.760
out Yeah I've forgotten about that, in fairness.

01:18:25.380 --> 01:18:28.220
Probably not on last week, a historical clip

01:18:28.220 --> 01:18:32.020
of Randy Orton having to ask the camera guy if

01:18:32.020 --> 01:18:33.859
the segment had finished so that he could get

01:18:33.859 --> 01:18:36.760
up and go home. Yeah, he just wanted to get his

01:18:36.760 --> 01:18:38.779
paycheck on the way through Gorilla and go lie

01:18:38.779 --> 01:18:42.800
in a hotel bed, didn't he? Yeah, pretty much.

01:18:44.920 --> 01:18:50.859
But we went from... that match into a VT recap

01:18:50.859 --> 01:18:55.000
of last week's main event the steel cage match

01:18:55.000 --> 01:19:02.800
between Seth Rollins and CM Punk Yeah, this was

01:19:02.800 --> 01:19:09.539
a quite a lengthy promo to be fair Which basically

01:19:09.539 --> 01:19:12.300
it started off with with Seth Rollins coming

01:19:12.300 --> 01:19:16.220
out to the ring and the crowd busy chanting CM

01:19:16.220 --> 01:19:18.859
Punk's name Rollins kind of going yeah, you know,

01:19:18.859 --> 01:19:20.640
we will talk about him, but we're going to talk

01:19:20.640 --> 01:19:23.880
about want to talk about Roman first Basically

01:19:23.880 --> 01:19:27.920
says he's not mad that Roman got revenge at Madison

01:19:27.920 --> 01:19:30.720
Square Gardens because to be honest with us you'd

01:19:30.720 --> 01:19:34.819
have done the same thing but um He also then

01:19:34.819 --> 01:19:37.079
goes on to rip Roman about saying that even after

01:19:37.079 --> 01:19:39.100
all these years where he's had the wise man He

01:19:39.100 --> 01:19:42.079
still can't come up with a plan Because he needed

01:19:42.079 --> 01:19:48.640
the architect to help him out And then he goes

01:19:48.640 --> 01:19:52.220
back to mentioning about CM Punk who he refers

01:19:52.220 --> 01:19:55.899
to as the luckiest loser on the planet. If he'd

01:19:55.899 --> 01:19:58.119
have had a few more seconds he would have done

01:19:58.119 --> 01:20:01.239
what he wanted to do and ended Punk's WrestleMania

01:20:01.239 --> 01:20:04.100
dreams by curb stomping him through the base

01:20:04.100 --> 01:20:08.640
mat of the ring. Now Seth says that he's been

01:20:08.640 --> 01:20:11.079
left to clean up Roman's mess and he'll put him

01:20:11.079 --> 01:20:17.210
in his place on the way. Both Roman and the Second

01:20:17.210 --> 01:20:23.810
City Saint are on Smackdown on Friday in Italy

01:20:23.810 --> 01:20:29.789
in Bologna and he's debating on whether it's

01:20:29.789 --> 01:20:32.029
worth getting on a plane and making an appearance

01:20:32.029 --> 01:20:36.569
on Smackdown. Sticking himself right between

01:20:36.569 --> 01:20:38.869
Roman and Punk which he decides he's actually

01:20:38.869 --> 01:20:42.930
going to do. Yeah, decides by the end of the

01:20:42.930 --> 01:20:45.510
promo that actually despite the cast it's probably

01:20:45.510 --> 01:20:50.350
going to be worth doing regardless. We then go

01:20:50.350 --> 01:20:55.029
from that promo into a backstage interview where

01:20:55.029 --> 01:21:01.989
Cathy Kelly is interviewing AJ Styles about a

01:21:01.989 --> 01:21:07.170
recent appearance on Logan Paul's podcast. I

01:21:07.170 --> 01:21:13.670
mean I wouldn't go on impulsive but... I'd go

01:21:13.670 --> 01:21:15.949
on there just to promote this podcast and that

01:21:15.949 --> 01:21:23.390
would probably be about it. I'd have no interest

01:21:23.390 --> 01:21:25.189
in talking to him but I don't have to talk to

01:21:25.189 --> 01:21:41.020
him to actually promote the thing. Maybe what

01:21:41.020 --> 01:21:48.760
maybe someday someday we'll get there But Yeah,

01:21:48.760 --> 01:21:53.520
it's a case that Apparently AJ Styles has been

01:21:53.520 --> 01:21:56.359
saying something similar to what we've been saying

01:21:56.359 --> 01:21:59.579
about Logan Paul in the sense that Doesn't really

01:21:59.579 --> 01:22:12.170
deserve to be where he is carrying cross who

01:22:12.170 --> 01:22:16.289
comes in from the side basically just accuses

01:22:16.289 --> 01:22:21.069
AJ of being jealous of Logan Paul. And in fairness

01:22:21.069 --> 01:22:24.489
makes a very valid point at the fact that yeah

01:22:24.489 --> 01:22:31.869
it's like AJ Styles had to take 17 years to get

01:22:31.869 --> 01:22:36.500
from where he started to where he is now. and

01:22:36.500 --> 01:22:40.020
that took over 17 years when he started off in

01:22:40.020 --> 01:22:42.779
the Indies, was making a name for himself to

01:22:42.779 --> 01:22:48.560
when he finally got the call up to WWE. I've

01:22:48.560 --> 01:22:51.739
said before that I think that WWE missed a bit

01:22:51.739 --> 01:22:57.619
of a trick where they should have really gotten

01:22:57.619 --> 01:23:02.880
that AJ Styles while he was still in TLA before

01:23:02.880 --> 01:23:06.020
the soccer mom haircut and everything like that

01:23:06.020 --> 01:23:08.579
but at the same time I'm sort of glad they didn't

01:23:08.579 --> 01:23:10.779
as I just don't think Vince McMahon would have

01:23:10.779 --> 01:23:16.119
known what to do with him if he had him so yeah

01:23:16.119 --> 01:23:18.180
a bit of a double -edged sword with that one

01:23:18.180 --> 01:23:23.220
but we'll move on from there just as we're coming

01:23:23.220 --> 01:23:27.619
to the end now and yeah we'll get this wrapped

01:23:27.619 --> 01:23:33.060
up We come to the main event of the evening,

01:23:33.380 --> 01:23:36.279
which is the Men's Intercontinental Championship

01:23:36.279 --> 01:23:41.760
match between Brom Breaker and Finn Balor and

01:23:41.760 --> 01:23:46.420
courtesy of Dominic Mysterio. Yeah, so Finn Balor

01:23:46.420 --> 01:23:49.560
ended up with this opportunity off the back of

01:23:49.560 --> 01:23:53.319
Dominic, I want to say sweet talking Adam Pearce,

01:23:53.319 --> 01:23:55.239
but he could just as easily have been sucking

01:23:55.239 --> 01:23:59.489
him off. It's really it's one of the two. I mean

01:23:59.489 --> 01:24:13.090
they could have different flavors as well I suppose

01:24:13.090 --> 01:24:22.649
but yeah I mean the thing that becomes obvious

01:24:22.939 --> 01:24:26.539
Very, very early on, I mean, this is the first

01:24:26.539 --> 01:24:29.159
time that Brombreaker and Finn Balor have faced

01:24:29.159 --> 01:24:32.960
each other one on one. And it's for the IC title,

01:24:32.960 --> 01:24:36.300
no less. Now, we know that Brombreaker's style

01:24:36.300 --> 01:24:40.600
is very sort of smash and grab. It's, he's going

01:24:40.600 --> 01:24:43.140
to hit you hard and he's going to hit you fast.

01:24:46.319 --> 01:24:56.850
Yeah, this is it. It's a case that Finn is not

01:24:56.850 --> 01:24:59.430
built in any... I mean, Finn is probably in some

01:24:59.430 --> 01:25:01.850
of the best shape of his life, realistically.

01:25:02.590 --> 01:25:08.069
The guy looks ripped as fuck, like zero... Yeah,

01:25:09.930 --> 01:25:18.789
but... He is, but the definition he's got is

01:25:18.789 --> 01:25:22.590
certainly impressive, but... It means that he

01:25:22.590 --> 01:25:25.970
can't compete pound for pound with a Brombreaker.

01:25:27.090 --> 01:25:28.789
I don't think there's anyone in there at the

01:25:28.789 --> 01:25:31.250
moment who can compete pound for pound with a

01:25:31.250 --> 01:25:34.010
Brombreaker. Even like Jacob Fatu and Gordon

01:25:34.010 --> 01:25:37.869
Strowman, I think, who struggle against Brom.

01:25:39.850 --> 01:25:43.750
Yeah, but Brombreaker unfortunately is now getting

01:25:43.750 --> 01:25:47.470
a bit of a reputation as a bit of a gondric pony,

01:25:47.470 --> 01:25:54.399
in my opinion. Yep. The guy hits you hard and

01:25:54.399 --> 01:25:56.960
fast and that's all that that's all that he seems

01:25:56.960 --> 01:26:03.640
to be able to do But it's got him It's got him

01:26:03.640 --> 01:26:06.659
into a championship position where he's regularly

01:26:06.659 --> 01:26:10.420
defending said championship to work to a reasonably

01:26:10.420 --> 01:26:18.760
high level so I mean whatever he's Yeah, fair

01:26:18.760 --> 01:26:21.539
enough I don't think necessarily bron break has

01:26:21.539 --> 01:26:24.779
got a a limited moveset. I just don't think he's

01:26:24.779 --> 01:26:28.000
showing an awful lot of the moveset that he has

01:26:28.000 --> 01:26:32.979
off. Yeah, he's comfortable and he knows what's

01:26:32.979 --> 01:26:39.180
working so he's staying there. Yeah, but he is,

01:26:39.180 --> 01:26:41.699
this is one of the longer matches that I've seen

01:26:41.699 --> 01:26:48.819
him in and I mean, Finn had to try and play this

01:26:48.819 --> 01:26:53.039
match as Cerebrally as he possibly could because

01:26:53.039 --> 01:26:55.619
he certainly didn't have a size or a weight advantage

01:26:55.619 --> 01:26:58.939
on Brombreaker to be able to use it to be able

01:26:58.939 --> 01:27:05.439
to use against him and Yeah, it's kind of a case

01:27:05.439 --> 01:27:09.800
that Dom and Carlito do come out to To help Finn

01:27:09.800 --> 01:27:12.239
they don't come out with him to begin with they

01:27:12.239 --> 01:27:14.619
sort of join him after he's out and the match

01:27:14.619 --> 01:27:18.420
has begun And they very much make their presence

01:27:18.420 --> 01:27:40.199
felt quite early on from this. Yeah, but it didn't

01:27:40.199 --> 01:27:42.760
really work the way that I think they intended

01:27:42.760 --> 01:27:48.380
it to, maybe. As sort of towards the end of this

01:27:48.380 --> 01:27:51.779
match it's kind of a case that the judgment day

01:27:51.779 --> 01:27:55.720
end up costing Finn this opportunity. Well that's

01:27:55.720 --> 01:27:58.119
what's dominant to Finn where he shouldn't have

01:27:58.119 --> 01:28:00.960
done. Moved the rope a bit too far and sent Finn

01:28:00.960 --> 01:28:04.420
Balor back onto the top turnbuckle rather than

01:28:04.420 --> 01:28:06.600
allowing Finn to have the time to pull off the

01:28:06.600 --> 01:28:11.300
movie he needed to pull off to Finn. Yeah, very

01:28:11.300 --> 01:28:14.380
true. I mean Finn Balor ended up landing nuts

01:28:14.380 --> 01:28:19.319
first on the on the top turnbuckle, which is

01:28:19.319 --> 01:28:23.939
I mean Landing nuts first on anything is not

01:28:23.939 --> 01:28:28.560
comfortable, but Not when it's on the top turnbuckle

01:28:28.560 --> 01:28:31.859
Yeah, the only one that I've seen that was worse

01:28:31.859 --> 01:28:35.779
than that was when they managed to hang up AJ

01:28:35.779 --> 01:28:40.619
Stolls on the top rope for a good three quarters

01:28:40.619 --> 01:28:43.260
of an hour Realistically because I think they

01:28:43.260 --> 01:28:47.560
had one or two matches while he was still there

01:28:47.560 --> 01:28:51.340
Straddling the rope and every time that rope

01:28:51.340 --> 01:28:54.079
moved you felt every ounce of pain going through

01:28:54.079 --> 01:29:00.939
that man's body It was brutal but again, we're

01:29:00.939 --> 01:29:04.640
not here to talk about AJ Styles not on this

01:29:04.640 --> 01:29:20.329
occasion, but yeah, it's So Finn Balor's plums

01:29:20.329 --> 01:29:30.689
take a hammering off the top turnbuckle. Breaker

01:29:30.689 --> 01:29:33.510
ends up taking advantage to basically take out

01:29:33.510 --> 01:29:39.689
Dom and Carlito and hit Balor with a Brekensteiner.

01:29:40.970 --> 01:29:44.909
Which isn't a bad move for somebody with somebody

01:29:44.909 --> 01:29:49.529
with Bron Breakers skill set in my opinion And

01:29:49.529 --> 01:29:54.829
he does it really very well and then sort of

01:29:54.829 --> 01:29:58.210
Followed by a spear which turns into a pin which

01:29:58.210 --> 01:30:00.810
then turns into a three count to retain the IC

01:30:00.810 --> 01:30:07.270
title so Finn but Bron Breaker sorry lives to

01:30:07.270 --> 01:30:11.159
fight another day as far as the as far as the

01:30:11.159 --> 01:30:14.619
Intercontinental Championship would go. But that

01:30:14.619 --> 01:30:18.520
sort of doesn't quite bring me to the end of

01:30:18.520 --> 01:30:24.420
my notes as at the end of the match after Bron

01:30:24.420 --> 01:30:28.180
Breaker retains Dom and Carlito basically set

01:30:28.180 --> 01:30:34.340
about Bron for Breaker to be saved by Penta?

01:30:35.899 --> 01:30:40.350
Yeah, he's... obviously wanting to protect the

01:30:40.350 --> 01:30:45.409
easy way to the Intercontinental title and Well

01:30:45.409 --> 01:30:49.510
If Finn Balor had won this match that would have

01:30:49.510 --> 01:30:53.289
been the easiest way to do it It gives us a face

01:30:53.289 --> 01:30:56.109
-to -face with the title holder to say basically

01:30:56.109 --> 01:31:03.189
look I'm coming after that Yeah, and the the

01:31:03.189 --> 01:31:08.640
episode ends with Penta and Braun squaring off

01:31:08.640 --> 01:31:12.060
in the middle of the ring which I'll admit if

01:31:12.060 --> 01:31:14.659
you told me about it and just and and just put

01:31:14.659 --> 01:31:16.920
it on paper that this is a match that's going

01:31:16.920 --> 01:31:20.100
to happen I'd have been like yeah not really

01:31:20.100 --> 01:31:22.079
feeling that much I just don't feel like it's

01:31:22.079 --> 01:31:24.439
going to be very entertaining although seeing

01:31:24.439 --> 01:31:26.579
the pair of them square off now that I've seen

01:31:26.579 --> 01:31:29.640
them sort of face to face with one another it

01:31:29.640 --> 01:31:32.899
is a case that do you know what I actually think

01:31:32.899 --> 01:31:34.920
they could have a really decent match if it's

01:31:34.920 --> 01:31:38.260
done in the right way Yeah, no, definitely it

01:31:38.260 --> 01:31:41.460
could be an incredible match if they write it

01:31:41.460 --> 01:31:48.140
in the best way they can. I'm not entirely sure

01:31:48.140 --> 01:31:50.260
how they could go about doing it to be fair.

01:31:53.180 --> 01:31:55.680
Well, there will only be one way to find out

01:31:55.680 --> 01:31:59.399
as it certainly seems that instead of just declaring

01:31:59.399 --> 01:32:04.220
himself for the IC title he has very much found

01:32:04.220 --> 01:32:08.140
himself in brawn breakers. Brom Breakers sightline

01:32:08.140 --> 01:32:11.699
so we're going to have to wait for possibly next

01:32:11.699 --> 01:32:15.119
week's next week's raw to to see how that one

01:32:15.119 --> 01:32:20.340
fleshes out but for now I mean that's certainly

01:32:20.340 --> 01:32:22.460
taken me to the end of my notes I mean have you

01:32:22.460 --> 01:32:25.279
got anything to anything to add there at all?

01:32:28.880 --> 01:32:32.180
Fair enough in which case that brings us to the

01:32:32.180 --> 01:32:35.960
end of finishers and factions does Monday night

01:32:35.960 --> 01:32:40.399
raw we will be back shortly with finishers and

01:32:40.399 --> 01:32:43.819
factions does NXT which this week comes to us

01:32:43.819 --> 01:32:47.520
from the performance center, so this will be

01:32:47.520 --> 01:32:51.460
a break from the from the european tour that

01:32:51.460 --> 01:32:53.779
the rest of the promotions find themselves on

01:32:53.779 --> 01:32:57.439
and we'll be seeing things like the underground

01:32:57.439 --> 01:33:01.300
match between trick williams and eddie thorpe

01:33:01.300 --> 01:33:06.199
as well as a women's united states championship

01:33:06.199 --> 01:33:11.020
match at which sees chelsea green attempting

01:33:11.020 --> 01:33:14.880
to defend against soul ruca who's been on one

01:33:14.880 --> 01:33:19.770
hell of a run recently so i think We'll leave

01:33:19.770 --> 01:33:22.890
it there and we look forward to seeing you in

01:33:22.890 --> 01:33:26.069
the next episode and it's good night from me.

01:33:26.550 --> 01:33:28.350
And good night from me. See you in the next one.