Yeah, so like you said, Adam, the last match
of the evening. Yeah, so this was a men's singles
match that was teased earlier in the night, which
sees Jimmy Uso versus The Miz. Now, if you're
going to look at this as the main event match
of the evening. I really don't think it was strong
enough to do that. I don't think any of the matches
that we've had on the card were really strong
enough to be a main event match. I mean... I'll
argue the toss with you for that one. I knew
you were going to because you're a pedantic motherfucker.
Yeah, 100 % I am. If you take the ending out
and they were allowed to properly go the distance...
Randy Orton versus Drew McIntyre could have easily
taken that main event slot and would have been
an absolute friggin bomb. Actually, yeah, good
shout. Good shout. Yeah, no, fair enough. But
then saying that the Strowman LA night match
could have been if you removed the interference
and Jake and Fatou. So, yeah, no, I take back
my previous statement. But yeah, so we ended
up going into this match and to be fair I didn't
really get a lot from it all I really got was
was more the fact that Jimmy slapped Miz into
timekeeping when he was on the outside leaning
up against the barrier yeah Jimmy give him a
slap and sent him over the barrier into timekeeping
and that was the receipt for the one he was due
in a corridor earlier I did get the Miz dropped
Jim with a clothesline and went to go for the
skull -crushing finale but Big Jim reversed it
and and after a trade -off of a couple of moves
there was a I think it was a trade -off of roll
-ups to be fair they were finished with Big Jim
getting a broken up two count and after the kick
out some sort of both men. There was a point
where you've got Big Jim kneeling down and Miz
was teeing off on his chest with some rather
nasty kicks. And then my favourite section of
the evening, I'm not entirely sure why Miz did
this and I don't think he did this on purpose,
but Miz jumped off the top rope to... form what
I presume was supposed to be like a phenomenal
forearm style thing but he ended up eating a
big old bowl of super kick from Jimmy Uso and
then eating a rather large serving of a frog
splash off the top rope as well for the three
count for Big Jim to take the win on this one.
for him to then run over to announce table stand
on the announce table and grab it the spare headset
that was on the table and cut himself a nice
little promo to the crowd yeah and this was him
talking basically about how he plans to demote
Gunther from ring general to ring private next
week on smackdown Better. Oh, 100%. So yeah,
couldn't really, couldn't really knock him for
anything that he said there. And yeah, I just,
I couldn't help but feel and think, and I know
that again, I rag on the Miz quite a lot and
it's because I just don't, I do have to wonder
at what point does the Miz just give it up? He's
not getting anywhere near he's not getting another
push. He's made enough money It could just be
a case of he's running out his contract if he's
you know If he's got a three four -year contract
that he's signed and he's still got two and a
half years left on it for an example I don't
know what Mrs. Contract is looking like But yeah,
this could just be him just rolling out his time
taking his paycheck until the end and then kind
of going You know what? Yeah, cool. I've done
Just yeah, I'm I'm fed up of seeing I mean, you
know what I say I'm fed up of seeing them is
if you take them is away if the if the miss retired
I Think I would probably miss talking about him
because I'd have no one else to rag on because
Charlotte Flair would have been gone at the same
time, too Yeah, will we rag on when we lose them
isn't Charlotte Flair We've still got Drew Mack
in cry over fine. You still have That's correct.
I'd forgotten about the Scottish crybaby. We
see him next don't we? We do he's a he's in a
backstage promo now First up that he's walking
through backstage obviously quite pleased with
himself Ends up meeting up with Lewis Capaldi
who we did find out earlier on is apparently
a big Drew Mack entire fan now I am gonna be
the one I've seen again. I've been reading online
articles and There is a an article making the
rounds at the moment which makes the comparison
that since Since the parent company of UFC have
taken over WWE we're seeing a lot more Yeah,
we're seeing a lot more celebrity appearances
weekly television shows. Normally it's saved
for PLEs and now we're getting it pushed a lot
more. The article states basically that it's
making it seem more and more like a UFC show,
like a UFC event. where you see all the stars
litter in the front row, and then everybody else
is shoved to the back sort of thing. I mean,
if WWE would like to start introducing ring girls
to the equation, like the UFC did, there would
be no complaints from me. Yeah, it's called the
women's division. No, they are talented superstars,
Adam. You cannot define them like that. They
have feelings too, apparently. Well. Drew's having
a conversation with Lewis Capaldi and basically
says look mate you go and enjoy the rest of the
show I'm off to the pub this is where I'm going
let's go and Lewis is like cracking brilliant
mate I'll see you for a pint later and wanders
back off and Drew goes in the opposite direction
he then runs into a lovely young lady by the
name of Jackie Redmond who basically says hey
Drew why you got a second I know you're off to
the pub but you know give me your thoughts on
tonight and he goes well look what happens when
no one fucks with me I win and Drew Damian Priest
didn't show up after I called him out last week
so basically fuck him I'm off for a point and
as he opens the door He opens the door and who
should be stood the other side of the door but
the guy liner wearing teamu version of the undertaker
Who as in previous weeks said that when he sees
mr. Mackin crier it will be on site and on site
it was my good sir because Damien priest opened
up a can of whoop ass and He emptied that can
all over the little section of the parking lot
there in including at one point bashing Drew
McIntyre's head off the back of a rather nice
BMW, which we're not going to go into too much.
It was when the gentleman who owns the BMW, apparently,
obviously this is probably a local performer
or someone they've borrowed that's backstage,
knows how to take a bump. Basically comes out
goes. Oh, that's my car and damien priest responses
basically I don't care and puts them through
a table Yeah And and to be fair, yeah, he dropped
him through the table. He then goes back to dealing
with the the scottish crybaby Who ends up at
one point? They both end up stood on the bonnet
of this bmw now. They were in a massive car park
environment There are lots of things they could
be beating each other up with but they are stood
on top of the bonnet of the BMW. Basically just
punching each other until Damian Priest pops
out a rather spectacular South of Heaven on Drew
McIntyre and pops him into the windscreen of
the vehicle which subsequently pops and then
we see Damien priest crouch over him and just
give them a little bit of verbal and disappear
and We hear drew shouting that he's got a little
bit of glass in his eye as Officials and medical
personnel come running to his assistance And
as he is lying on this on this the bonnet of
this BMW out in the underneath car park we get
a shot of the second city saint CM Punk walking
through with his security on route to the ring
or backstage ready for his contract signing with
Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns for their triple
threat match at WrestleMania in three weeks time.
Yeah, so it's important to realise that each
member, so we've had, we may not have necessarily
talked about them overly much, but at different
points during the event tonight, it has been
a case that we have seen small little VTs of
Each of the three superstars involved in that
triple threat, so Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins
and CM Punk, all of them arriving separately,
surrounded by... Security. Security. And this
was put in place by, or we're led to believe
this is put in place by Nick Aldis, basically
because apparently they can't keep their hands
to themselves. which is true they can't they
like to fight and we like to watch them fight
and quite frankly i don't want to wait until
wrestlemania to watch these three fight i want
to go back to last week where they were brawling
in the everywhere i want to watch that again
i want to see that every week until wrestlemania
and then at wrestlemania i want to watch them
do it on the grandest stage of them all with
all the weapons they can possibly use yeah you're
not gonna get that no i'm not but i know what
i want to I can voice it, you never know, there
could be a few weapons involved somewhere. But
the reason I've brought up about the security
is because it comes into play a little bit later,
a little bit in the next few moments. Before
we move on to the final item in tonight's show,
we do get a VT promo recapping John Cena's promo
from Monday Night Raw. If you really want to
hear about that again you can go back to our
episode coverage of Monday Night Raw where we
talk about it in great detail. What we don't
talk about in great detail however is what happens
next. Now next we join Nick Aldiss in Ring who
is presiding over, I said presiding in the loosest
sense of the term as he's basically there as
extra warm body in the ring after he's introduced
what happens next which is the contract the WrestleMania
contract signing for the triple threat between
Reigns, Rollins and Punk and the first one to
make his way out into the ring is the one true
tribal chief Roman Reigns accompanied by the
wise man Paul Fatman Heyman yeah and you know
what Roman Rain seems to spend more time during
this promo just enjoying how much admiration
he gets I mean he was being acknowledged the
tribal chief was being acknowledged by London
South He most certainly was and and Yeah, basically
he gets given him he gets given a mic asks London
to acknowledge him and then Thanks them for serenading
him which just makes them sing more This time
standard free managed to get Paul Heyman to be
sat there singing Roman Roman I thought it was
quite good touch, to be fair. Don't get me wrong,
because it plays into something else that happens
a little bit later on. But basically, after this
little sit down with Roman Reigns and the WWE
Universe, Roman puts the pen to paper and signs
the contract. Pretty much as soon as the pen
leaves the paper, we hear, burn it down. I think
I have noticed something to do with Seth Rollins.
I believe during his entrance music on this one
they've extended it a little bit because of the
length of the ramp in the arena and they've added
a little drum bit in the middle that is not normally
there. 95 % sure they've they've added something
or changed it slightly as it did not feel the
way it normally feels I mean the the entrance
ramp for this London event was actually shorter
than some of the ones they've had in the European
tour so far oh I mean something about this entrance
his music by Seth Rollins. It just seemed a little
bit different. I didn't pick up on anything.
So have a little look and then get back to me.
I think it was slightly different. I think I
may have to do that in fairness. But yes, we
see Seth Rollins. is the next one to come out
accompanied by his security detail that have
been following him around all night in exactly
the same way that when Roman Reigns and Paul
Heyman came out their security detail came out
with them as well so we now have two lots of
security out surrounding the ring with two of
the three combatants in the triple threat match
for WrestleMania and The one thing I did make
a note of is for once Seth Rollins didn't come
out dressed like a twat. He had a reasonably
normal suit on. I mean about as normal as you
can get for Seth Rollins' wardrobe. Yeah but
it wasn't as out there as his last few outfits
have been. Pretty sure him and Sam Smith share
a wardrobe you know. That wouldn't shock me in
the slightest. yeah so Seth Rollins during his
entrance actually ends up giving Paul Heyman
a chance to sing along with his crowd interaction
as well to which honestly Paul Heyman just looks
horrified. The look on Paul Heyman's face looked
like Seth Rollins had just taken a shit on his
shoe and then rubbed his nose in it. Like, Paul
Heyman looked disgusted. the fact that Seth Rollins
had the audacity to be like, you're gonna come
in and go, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah, you
know what I mean? This was pretty much the only
time during this promo that we actually saw Seth
Rollins himself smile. Yes. So Seth comes out,
talks about his and Roman's history, about the
fact that 12 years ago. Yep, they came into this
exact same arena via helicopter as the shield
with obviously Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and
the one that should not be named who currently
works in AW under the name of John Moxley, that
of course being Dean Ambrose, who ironically
is not mentioned at all in this series of exchanges
between Roman and Seth. no because he's not relevant
no he's not but I thought they might have bought
him up when they said about you know coming in
on the helicopter the three of them the Hounds
of Justice you know coming down through the crowd
but yeah no no mention of Dean Ambrose at all
and yeah basically sort of summarizes it all
to Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns his past being
was the words he used a little bit of love and
a whole lot of hate which I actually quite liked
I thought that was quite poetic very fitting
to be fair and that's also something I made a
note of and Seth Rollins also said they they
accomplished their mission to which Roman replies
basically I'm hearing a lot of we you know we
died a long time ago since then it's really only
been him this was basically this was the battle
of the narcissist really Roman Reigns and Seth
Rollins both have a massive ego and when the
two of them bump foreheads and both of them have
rather large foreheads and receding hairlines
um it is uh normally a loud hollow boink And
that's pretty much what you got from these two.
It's just a lot of doink. Yeah. And from there,
it sort of degrades into, well, you've done this,
and you've done that, and all the rest of it.
Because Seth Rollins starts talking about how
In which case Roman Reigns is responsible for
allowing CM Punk back into the fold sort of thing.
He allowed the snake back into the garden is
how he phrased it. Seth Rollins yet again has
to come and clear up Roman Reigns' mess. Yet
the last time there was any mess and the two
of them were involved it was actually Seth trying
to help Cody. Give Romans best to deal with payback
so to speak Yeah, this is a and But it's at this
point that Seth Rollins again puts pen to paper
and signs the contract Which again, it's it's
almost as if as soon as Seth Rollins is pen left
the page It was a case that we were then we were
then Treated to the entry music of the second
City Saint, Mr. CM Punk. Yes, very much so. Came
out with Mike in hand. He makes his entrance
accompanied by yet more security. Yes, so at
this point we have 15 members of security, Nick
Aldis and three pro wrestlers. All in very close
proximity and poor Hayman. Yes, and then if you
want to be really pernickety about it We also
have a Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore Ringside
and we know Wade Barrett knows how to handle
himself in these situations. He's been in many
himself but um, yeah, mr. Punk comes down and
Says he is here to chew bubblegum and sign a
contract he then spits his gum out and goes I'm
all out of gum It was a Duke Nukem reference
and I'm not gonna lie, the biggest smile came
across my face when he did it. It was the one
thing I didn't expect. No, it's definitely not,
but it was a good funny moment from CM Punk.
So Punk comes in and starts reading the contract
and Roman's like, come on dude, go to page four,
clause five, hurry up, we're on TV. And then
he starts, Roman's getting impatient. Punk's
reading this contract. He wants to make sure
that what he wants to be in that contract is
in that contract. We don't know at this point
what it is that he wants in that contract, but
he wants something in there. Basically, Raymond
Rain says to Paul Heyman, look mate, go and fucking
give him the skinny. Go and tell him what's going
on and let's get this party started. at which
Paul Heyman kind of gets up out of his Kneeling
position walks around to CM Punk and kneels down
and says to him That he knows what he's looking
for and It is in the contract basically He is
told that this year the match between Seth Rollins
Roman Reigns and himself once he signed that
contract will be the main event of WrestleMania
and that Punk is getting to live his dream of
being a WrestleMania main eventer and you know
at this point CM Punk's got what the one thing
that he's always wanted even from his first run
within the company what he wanted was to main
event WrestleMania because he knows that he's
good enough to do so. We also know that he's
good enough to do so and this time he's not having
his opportunity stolen off him from the rock.
I find it incredible that somebody like CM Punk
has never done it, right? Yeah. But then we think
he had a 10 year gap that he wasn't in pro wrestling
for that a lot of us forget. It's as though he's
been there forever. Because he was there long
time on his first run and at no point did he
ever like that I find that nigh on unbelievable
That CM Punk at no point in history has ever
main evented WrestleMania Well, he was supposed
to the one year with this match against Undertaker,
but rock came back and stole his his main event
spot That's what yes why he was so pissed wonder
He's just the guy that ran off with the WWE title.
Right. Yeah, such an iconic character within
WWE and wrestling as a whole. And he's never
main evented WrestleMania until this year. Where
people like The Miz have. And yeah, like some
weird combinations you think punk should have
been in there. He was supposed to have beaten
this match against the Undertaker but he got
knocked down due to Rock coming back in. So we
basically get told that Punk is finally going
to be a WrestleMania main eventer and Seth Rollins
is fucking pissed. Basically he tells CM Punk
to stop crying he does not deserve it and really
starts going off on one about how Main event
in WrestleMania is sacred to him and how it means
more to him than anything and basically CM Punk
don't deserve it and it's all Roman's fault.
At which point Roman sat there feeling pretty
pleased with himself because he seems to think
that he's fulfilled the favour that Paul Heyman
owes to CM Punk and then sort of overplays his
hand a little bit. So, Punk's actually quite
emotional at this news. I mean, it's been his
dream. He's realizing a dream. This is an emotional
time for anybody. And he's thanking the fans
and everybody else that chants his name, that's
believed in him and everything. It starts sounding
a bit like an Oscar acceptance speech. And then
Roman Reigns basically interrupts and says, hang
on, them fuckers have got nothing to do with
it. that was all me I want you to acknowledge
me as your tribal chief and in fairness CM Punk
does do just that he does he sits there he bends
the knee acknowledges the tribal chief thanks
him implicitly for pretty much everything really
draws him in and then literally in the closing
seconds of the of the broadcast just says that's
not the favor that I'm owed and literally that
was smacked down out it was and that was the
last note I had as well so yeah what a cliffhanger
I cannot wait for Chicago next week which is
obviously CM Punk's hometown He's left out on
a pipe bomb style thing What is going to go down
in Chicago? I do not know but I cannot wait to
watch it Yeah, and this is it and this is the
end of smackdowns European tour on this occasion
So this was the last last stop as rich has mentioned
on a couple of occasions. We are Smackdown is
back in Chicago, back at its normal time on Netflix
at about 1am UK time. And yeah, I mean, this
doesn't stop our coverage of it at all. We will
be back next week with Finishes and Factions
does Friday night Smackdown. But next episode
that we will be coming out with is... Finishes
and factions does Monday night raw and this will
also be from the London o2 arena so WWE in set
in fact not moving very far if at all Over the
weekend and yeah, we look forward to bringing
you all the coverage for that one Adam thank
you for joining me again and Everyone that's
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