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Hello everyone and welcome to another episode

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of Finishers and Factions does Monday Night Raw.

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With this week you have as always myself Rich

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and my co -host Adam. Adam what have you got

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for us? Goddamn. Yeah, this is it. I went a bit

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old school this time round. But yes, we are Monday

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Night Raw, and this is the last, very last leg

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of this European tour, based in London, England,

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the O2 Arena. With a crowd of, I believe, it

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was somewhere in the region of 16 ,563... raving

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lunatics in london that is true i did notice

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though that wwe did not put that statistic in

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their programming until the last five minutes

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so uh they must have had a couple of the local

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roadmen doing the headcount because it took them

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a few opportunities to get that one done i think

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it certainly did it certainly did um But yeah,

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it's weird to think that this is like the first

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Monday Night Raw that was broadcast from London

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in six years It's even stranger that we've had

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a European tour two weeks before WrestleMania

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Like Obviously now with with this fantastic program

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that we got to endure along with like you said

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the 16 and a half thousand maniacs in the crowd

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um what way to to finish a european leg on the

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road to wrestlemania yeah this is it um so we

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start our uh start our evening um actually with

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the man that doesn't like being told we can't

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see him Well, yeah, but I say for the last few

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weeks we've all seen his antics and we've all

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heard his words and If I remember correctly this

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man is a 16 time world champion and a two -time

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skin cancer survivor Which is on its own very

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very impressive Yeah, that's nothing to do with

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wrestling talent whatsoever. No always an honorable

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mention Of course we are talking about John Cena

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who basically comes out to the ring but for once

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before he can even open his mouth. We get to

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hear there is only one royal family in wrestling

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and Cody Rhodes also decides he's gonna make

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an appearance in front of this London crowd.

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Mean we sort of knew that we had to know that

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was coming realistically because yeah It's WrestleMania

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season he's in the main event verse Versus John

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Cena wherever one appears the other one will

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surely get there as well. So I Do you find it

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amusing and no one else may have noticed this

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I know I did see it social media to start off

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with But with the main events at WrestleMania

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this year, neither of our Royal Rumble winners

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are actually main eventing WrestleMania. So neither

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Charlotte Flair nor Jey Uso are in the main event

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slot at WrestleMania as they are being filled

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by John Cena and Cody Rhodes on the Sunday evening

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and the Saturday evening is CM Punk, Roman Reigns

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and Seth Rollins as we found out on Smackdown

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last Friday. Yeah, this is it so Yeah loads to

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go like Really weird sensation to know that none

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of those are going Going to be a thing realistically

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But yeah, I mean did you notice as well that

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once Cody had made his entrance Sina himself

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looked visibly disgusted at the fact that they

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were all sort of Scream, they were all essentially

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karaoke -ing Yeah, karaoke -ing the Cody's entry

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music Yeah, that's the one I was looking for

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I was gonna get there in the end. I think it

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just takes so long and I say this with with all

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the respect in the world because Cody would kick

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my ass but he does milk that entry a little bit

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more than he possibly needs to sometimes and

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well I'm going up against a man who just wants

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to talk and talk business and all Cody wants

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to do is is lavish in the crowd which I suppose

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is a very facey thing to do but come on man stop

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wasting my time punch me in the face or get punched

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in the face like crack on with it Same with Jeyuso.

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Again, I love it. It's a great entry track. It's

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hype. It does exactly what you need it to do.

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He does milk the absolute tits off it. Some days

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you're just sat there like, come on man, hurry

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up and speak or hurry up and fight. Yeah, fair

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enough. I can certainly get behind that. It's

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a case that there is such a thing as going too

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long and... Yeah, both men you mentioned are

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guilty of it. Yeah, it's definitely not something

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I've ever had complaints for either, so yeah.

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No, quite the opposite. Oh, what have you done

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already? It's time to roll over and go to sleep

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now, is it? Sorry darling, my bad. Anyway, we

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digressed again. The first thing we actually

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do get to hear is from Cody. He's the first person

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that opens his mouth considering he was the second

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person to the ring. He basically does it in a

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way of saying, look, John, shut up. We've done

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nothing but hear you talk for the last two weeks.

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It's my turn now. You're going to fucking listen

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to what I've got to say. And Cody had a fair...

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A fair chunk of things to say. This segment had

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some meat and veg to it, but it was very strung

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out. I felt it was quite strung out anyway. Yeah,

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I mean, he sort of, he starts by pretty much

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roasting himself just so that Cena doesn't get

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the opportunity. I mean, fair play. We've seen

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many people do that in the past. Eminem did it

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famously in that movie about himself You know

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take all the insults about yourself off the board.

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What else have they got to say? Yeah, I mean

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the logic is sound you can't Certainly can't

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escape that but yeah starts taking the piss out

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of his own lisp. Yep That damn tattoo on the

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side of his neck that belongs looks like an arm

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tattoo, but isn't Yeah I thought that was quite

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a good line, to be fair. Yeah, I mean, all of

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the things he came out with were fucking solid

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burns. And it makes me think that he's gone round

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to the locker room beforehand and just said,

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seriously, if you were going to roast me, give

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me your best line. I just want to tee things

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up and try and get as many of these out of the

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way as I possibly can. I mean and you can't really

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blame him for doing that and it's a smart intelligent

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thing to do and by learning from your peers as

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well it gives you more standing as that champion

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in the locker room so it's not a bad move from

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Cody to do that if that is what he's done. It's

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certainly helped him in this situation of going

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up against John Cena on the microphone and we've

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seen Cena bury some massive guys when it comes

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to his mic work so you definitely can't knock

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that or take that from anyone to be fair. No,

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definitely not but with They also eat roads always

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basically Basically starts talking about like

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the history between him and John Cena as well

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So it's a case that him and John used to be riding

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partners together. They they Work the roads together

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was probably a better way of putting it to be

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quite honest But if you ask John Cena about that

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situation all Cody roads was to him was just

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a glorified chauffeur that got lucky so It's

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one of those situations Each side of the story

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has a different perspective. We're definitely

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seeing that perspective change within these promos

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and Endless build up to WrestleMania Yeah, 100%.

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One thing I did notice, and it kind of brought

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out the little inner child in me a little bit.

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Purely because as a child, I always wanted one.

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As an adult, I now think of the things that went

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on the background to get these things that I

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don't want one. But Cody Rhodes is wearing a

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blue Peter badge. Like I thought that was yeah,

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I thought that was cool as fuck like there were

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definitely like I remember watching blue Peter

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as a kid I know that much I always wanted a blue

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Peter budge was wanted one of the golden ones

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was they look cool as balls Yeah, I was sat there

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looking at his lapels go fuck is that badge and

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then yeah, I spotted it It was like that's a

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goddamn blue Peter budge. I Thought that was

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absolutely amazing No, fair play. I remember

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seeing that myself. I didn't really think much

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of it at the time if I'm completely honest, but

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yeah Like Yeah, I can't really say I can't really

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say much fairer than that which I find that ironic

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because a little bit later on We had a little

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bit of a discussion about this promo before we

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started this due to her Again, if you listen

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to two people listen to the same thing they're

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gonna find two different points of view behind

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it. There is a line in this promo that Cody Rhodes

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comes out with which was a really well written

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line and it goes, it was something along the

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lines of, you know, you're the guy that hangs

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out with Zac Efron wishing he was 16 years old.

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Now Adam perceived it that Cody Rhodes had said,

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you know, you like hanging out with this guy

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and you wish you were 16 still. Where I blatantly

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died. I don't know why I think it's just my darkness

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inside But I thought Cody was calling John Cena

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a pedophile and I was like that is a really sly

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thing to do in the middle of a wrestling race

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like a real cheap shot as well that was not a

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Pleasant to drop in there. Yeah, I'm gonna lie

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the more I thought about it the more I'm sat

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there thinking Do you know what actually maybe

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maybe Rich is right? I'm pretty sure Cody called

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John Cena a paedophile in the middle of this

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promo and no one else I've seen on social media

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has picked up on the fact that I'm pretty sure

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Cody called John a paedophile. Now I would love

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to tweet Cody Rhodes and ask him if that's what

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he meant but obviously he wouldn't tell us because

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it would break the fourth wall so to speak but

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I'm really like did you just call him a nonce

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on TV that's fucking ruthless. 100 % I mean you

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don't get much better. You don't honestly get

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much better than that Yeah, when was the last

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time we saw any anyone called Oh, I don't know

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I did see an article on it was a clip on BBC

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News a few years ago where the now King was in

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Scotland and he'd landed his helicopter And this

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Scottish guy was waiting on the side of the field

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as the, I think he was still the Prince of Wales

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at the time, gets off this helicopter and he

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just shouts, your brother's a pedo! Yeah, I seem

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to remember that myself, if I'm honest. I'm just

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there like that. That is fucking brilliant. Slightly

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dark, but yeah, no, that was funny. There was

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a few different lines in this one. there was

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a little point where over the last few weeks

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Cody's referred to himself as the chosen one

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a few times and John Cena he kind of he likes

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to say that you know he's been chosen by the

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crowd so he can go to the toy store like everyone

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else and get their toy belts from Fanatic and

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this that and the other and Cody comes out with

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a line about well you know it was them that chose

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me like the WW universe chose me it wasn't some

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guy in an office that we don't talk about who

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ain't here anymore. And I was just there like,

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everyone is ripping on Vince at the moment. Oh,

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100%. A few references to that specific man in

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the last couple of weeks and it's like, oh, wait

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a minute, like this is allowed? Yeah, I was sat

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there like, sat there when I listened to it,

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I was like, damn. Damn I remember messaging you

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at one point it wasn't for that bit in particular

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but it was like I was there like fucking hell

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these guys are going for it. Yeah like Cody said

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that his dad was a wrestler before him and that's

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you know if anyone is a company creation it's

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John Cena like you know what did you do before

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pro wrestling? What did your dad do? Like you

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weren't you're not a it's kind of like you're

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not a generational wrestler. You know at the

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start of a generation and you're not in a generation

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is you were just a wrestler If you get me where

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Cody Rhodes has got his brother and his dad are

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all we're both in the same industry Wants it

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that promotion that we can't talk about the one

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with a really talented Australian female wrestler

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No, I'm not talking about Rhea Ripley No, this

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one is timeless Adam's getting fed up with the

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timeless Tony Storm stuff because I tried sending

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him a promo and my phone froze and he caught

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it four times. Oh, it's no better than the one

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that you tried. You tried sending me something

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else and ended up sending me a message for fricking

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money but you ended up sending me an advert for

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Moneybox. Yeah, that was a liability. That was

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a Tony Storm promo. It was all fingers and thumbs

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mate, I couldn't help myself. Yeah. Um, one of

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the, in fact, I know exactly which line it is

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that basically got me like proper, like fucking

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shit. That guy is going for it. Um, was Cody's

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basically on a little bit of a rant saying everybody's

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scared of seen her on the mic. And he tells him

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that he's not scared of him. Uh, and it's the

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fact that he's illustrated that by proving that

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John Cena has got more. Dick in that promo then

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he's got in his jorts. I thought that was fucking

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hilarious I was all right with you've just called

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the man out on the sides of his shlong and then

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you insulted by calling him a pedophile because

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that's where this line that was there to start

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to this section about Zach Efron, which I am

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yeah, I It was quite funny but then Cody does

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just finish this one with a little line. He goes,

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I'm just going to ask you one thing, John, and

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I might punch a giant hole in your logic, but

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:41.619
which one of us sold out to The Rock? And like,

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:46.079
bear in mind, John Cena helped Cody win his title

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:51.519
when The Rock interfered last year's WrestleMania.

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:55.500
Rock and Cena have had several WrestleMania moments

00:17:55.500 --> 00:18:00.259
and they really On screen don't like each other

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:05.039
too much. They've always been that sort of Polaroid

00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:09.839
character between the two of them, but um Yeah,

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:12.559
I was not seen it. I thought was gonna sell out.

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:19.700
I'll tell you that much No, I mean after a Two

00:18:19.700 --> 00:18:21.980
-year put a two -year program with the money

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:26.420
sold out to Like yeah, who's gonna see that come

00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:29.930
in? and talking about things we didn't see coming.

00:18:30.529 --> 00:18:34.809
This week on Raw, after we finished with the

00:18:34.809 --> 00:18:38.369
John Cena Cody Rhodes episode which basically

00:18:38.369 --> 00:18:41.430
ended up in Cena going to take a cheap shot at

00:18:41.430 --> 00:18:45.170
Cody and Cody catching him well and truly in

00:18:45.170 --> 00:18:50.410
a perfect opportunity for a crossroads and left

00:18:50.410 --> 00:18:55.890
Mr. Cena on the floor with his eyes closed in

00:18:55.890 --> 00:18:59.230
a star shape with his face pointing towards the

00:18:59.230 --> 00:19:01.950
WrestleMania sign while Cody Rhodes was making

00:19:01.950 --> 00:19:05.809
finger gun pistols at it. Yeah, finger guns at

00:19:05.809 --> 00:19:11.009
it. No, that was a Bullet Club reference. Straight

00:19:11.009 --> 00:19:14.589
up Bullet Club reference. It took me ages to

00:19:14.589 --> 00:19:20.450
figure it out. Okay. Was Cody in the Bullet Club?

00:19:21.610 --> 00:19:24.869
I'm not 100 % certain. I did mean to do the research

00:19:24.869 --> 00:19:27.349
before but I've got too involved in what the

00:19:27.349 --> 00:19:29.269
hand gesture meant. It was the hand gesture I

00:19:29.269 --> 00:19:34.730
was more interested in. But yeah, it was a Bullet

00:19:34.730 --> 00:19:38.289
Club hand reference. Yes, Cody Rhodes was a member

00:19:38.289 --> 00:19:43.329
of the Bullet Club. He joined the Bullet Club

00:19:43.329 --> 00:19:46.869
in 2016 when he was signed for Ring of Honor

00:19:46.869 --> 00:19:51.339
and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Was not a leader,

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:57.519
but he was a key member of the Bullet Club So

00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.240
that would have been shortly after he said he

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:04.019
departed from WWE before yeah, I'm guessing before

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:09.720
the the creation of all -elite wrestling Yeah,

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:13.140
pretty much. Yes, so we went from went from the

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:17.539
ring after the after the Bullet Club gesture

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:25.220
We left to a recap for our Like the recap of

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.859
the buildup for our main event this evening,

00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:31.799
which was EO Sky and Rhea Ripley For the women's

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:36.039
title with Bianca Belair as a special guest referee

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:40.900
And that one is the last section of the podcast

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:43.700
this week. So we'll get to that in a little while

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:47.480
but like i said things we didn't necessarily

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:51.220
expect to happen on monday night raw in london

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:54.779
england we got a tag match as our first official

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:59.539
match of the evening and this was well this one

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:01.519
was an interesting one so we had New Day which

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:04.539
is obviously Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods but

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:10.440
we had the return of a old fan favorite especially

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:13.460
judging by the reaction of the crowd in London

00:21:14.089 --> 00:21:16.069
It was going to be pretty big anyway for these

00:21:16.069 --> 00:21:18.309
two considering they're both English superstars

00:21:18.309 --> 00:21:21.069
but New Catch Republic came out to the ring for

00:21:21.069 --> 00:21:28.170
their first match since July last year where

00:21:28.170 --> 00:21:31.130
Tyler Bates picked up a rather nasty pectoral

00:21:31.130 --> 00:21:33.390
injury So yeah, New Catch Republic's the team

00:21:33.390 --> 00:21:38.089
of Tyler Bates and Pete Dunne Both of those lads

00:21:38.089 --> 00:21:42.240
are from the Black Country Birmingham area England

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:45.240
so it was nice to see those guys get a match

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:48.480
in front of a decent crowd an opening match in

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:51.839
front of a decent crowd in London as well yeah

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:54.200
and in fairness I don't think they disappointed

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:57.160
I'm no I'm I'm always a bit up in the air about

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:59.480
Pete Dunne specifically I don't know what it

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:03.640
is about him but he's just I should like him

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:06.039
he's a local lad I was gonna say they're both

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:09.539
local lads for you aren't they Tyler Bates I've

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:11.700
got no problem with but there's something about

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:14.900
Pete Dunne. I just I don't know what it is It's

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:17.420
something about that bloke bugs the fuck out

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:19.740
of me. Did he bully you in high school? You just

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:21.759
you remembered him, but you couldn't remember

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:26.839
where from no different different area completely

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:31.799
different area But yeah as it goes for an opening

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:35.160
match really enjoyed this match as it goes I've

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:41.880
got So we see Adam Pierce come out to announce

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:45.420
new catch Republic so one hell of an intro already

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:50.099
and And yeah, this was new new catch Republic's

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:56.380
first match since July of 2024 Which is a hell

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:58.740
of a long time all because Tyler Bates has been

00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:01.579
out with a With an injury now. I didn't make

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:04.559
note of what his injury was a pectoral injury

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:12.539
I didn't realise up until today's programming

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:15.539
so this shows you my knowledge really. Did you

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:19.799
know Tyler Bates was the inaugural NXT UK champion?

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:24.279
So I did know that but I believe that was because

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:27.200
they mentioned it during commentary. Yeah at

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:32.779
19 years of age and this guy was the NXT UK champion

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:38.359
which I think is Incredible Especially if you

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:44.059
yeah to get to WWE at 19 is no easy feat. He's

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:48.019
definitely got some We're gonna see more of Tyler

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:50.859
Bates in the in the forthcoming future. I think

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:55.099
because he's a man on a mission and Considering

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:57.880
how long he's been out as well. No ring rust

00:23:57.880 --> 00:24:03.779
in this much at all Yeah, definitely no ring

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:09.299
rust whatsoever if anything I think Considering

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:13.920
how long he's been out. We've seen we have seen

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:16.700
Superstars who have been out for less time come

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:19.799
back and show more ring rust and then Tyler Bates

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:25.160
did and he It wasn't I mean at one point he blew

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:27.599
a kiss at Kofi Kingston while Pete Dunne took

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:30.200
him out and then Tyler Bates dropped Xavier Woods

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:32.099
on the outside which I thought was brilliant

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:34.859
nice little bit of say goodbye to the outside

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:41.000
boof off you go um we did end up with I don't

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:43.500
know why he always always seems to impress me

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:45.640
a little bit too much it's Kofi Kofi Kingston

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:47.500
always seems to do something that makes me kind

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:50.750
of go huh that was cool And this time it was

00:24:50.750 --> 00:24:53.329
something as simple as a running senton on the

00:24:53.329 --> 00:24:58.529
apron. That got me kind of like, huh, I like

00:24:58.529 --> 00:25:00.750
that. It's really simple this week. This match

00:25:00.750 --> 00:25:04.250
was one of those. It was not overly extravagant.

00:25:04.430 --> 00:25:07.109
It wasn't one of those that in six months time

00:25:07.109 --> 00:25:08.569
we're gonna be like, dude, do you remember when

00:25:08.569 --> 00:25:11.769
New Catch Republic came back against New Day?

00:25:11.910 --> 00:25:13.529
It's not gonna be one of those matches. But it

00:25:13.529 --> 00:25:16.190
was a really, really good entertaining match

00:25:16.190 --> 00:25:18.859
to be fair with a lot of... have decent opportunities

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:23.339
for both teams yeah um i mean the the senton

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:25.480
you mentioned i think was that the one that he

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:29.480
pulled over pulled on done is done was basically

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:33.920
draped across the ropes i think so yes yeah so

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:38.700
100 just something dead simple that caused so

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:43.240
much damage um And yeah, I mean we even saw Kofi

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:45.680
hit a few of his old -time, like old -school

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:48.079
moves. He hit an SOS at one point, didn't he?

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:52.119
He did. And I genuinely didn't expect it. I'd

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:54.880
forgotten that that was one of his signature

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.099
moves at one point. I was waiting for a trouble

00:25:57.099 --> 00:26:03.619
in paradise. I'm not going to lie, but... Yeah,

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:06.819
I can understand why. I mean, he pulled the SOS.

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.940
Why wouldn't he do the trouble in paradise as

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:11.740
well? Yeah, I just don't think he got an opportunity.

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.559
I don't think he got an opportunity that would

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:16.819
make sense in the narrative of the match, realistically.

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:21.339
But yeah, Kofi picks up the win of this match

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:24.019
after hitting what commentary referred to as

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:30.160
a daybreaker. Yeah, so I think that is the the

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:33.440
name of the New Day's double team move. It's

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:39.579
called the daybreaker. Yeah. so um that they

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:44.680
and fair play new day picked up the win but new

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:48.599
catch republic put on one hell of a show and

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:51.319
we're looking really strong throughout they were

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:54.299
and it wasn't the fact that tyler bates was being

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:57.180
carried by pete dunn either it was very even

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:59.500
between the two actually to be fair i'd say tyler

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:03.000
bates was carrying pete dunn but i say i like

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:06.259
watching pete dunn but i don't his character

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:09.299
development is very very poor There's not very

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:12.000
much to him. His promo abilities, from what I've

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:17.380
seen so far, aren't amazing. Where Tyler Bates

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:20.180
has got a little bit more oomph about him. And

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:22.240
when he comes out, it was kind of a pop for a

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:27.319
guy that's not really done a huge amount. He's

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:29.240
done more in a wrestling ring than I ever have.

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:34.359
But it's not like he was a 15 -time world champion

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:38.119
that was returning from injury. You know a five

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:40.339
-time that just resigned with the company from

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:43.940
after being elsewhere it Do you know what I'm

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:47.680
saying? Yeah, it was quite a big pop for a mid

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:54.019
carder so Yeah, no, I'm intrigued I'm not gonna

00:27:54.019 --> 00:28:01.799
lie Yeah, this is it We go from there into a

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:06.640
VT recap of last week's raw where We saw the

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:10.359
Usos compete as a tag team. Or did you miss out,

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:16.960
motherfucker? You're right, I did. I missed out

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:20.480
on the interview, didn't I? You missed out on

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:26.200
a promo, too. Right, OK. Take it away. I think

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:29.339
my notes are incomplete. After the match between

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:32.619
New Day and You Catch Republic, we see New Day

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:37.440
walking up the ramp. where they Basically with

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:40.079
a microphone saying they were told that they

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:42.900
had to win this match to be able to get a title

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:46.440
opportunity against the war Raiders Where's their

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:49.660
type of their title opportunity and instead of

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:52.220
getting their opportunity? They just got the

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:56.019
war Raiders and so Eric and Ivar came out faced

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:58.700
off with new day on the ramp through basically

00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:03.990
there was no no no brawling between the two It

00:29:03.990 --> 00:29:06.589
was more Eric and Ivar just reminding them that

00:29:06.589 --> 00:29:09.710
actually yeah, they're the champions and Rubbing

00:29:09.710 --> 00:29:11.509
it in their face a little bit by lifting the

00:29:11.509 --> 00:29:14.809
gold up in front of them and Uday kind of Wandering

00:29:14.809 --> 00:29:17.730
off looking a little bit like well, well that's

00:29:17.730 --> 00:29:20.250
kind of pissed on our fireworks a little bit

00:29:20.250 --> 00:29:25.349
but and then we went to a backstage segment with

00:29:25.349 --> 00:29:34.130
Big Jim and His brother Jay Coming into him to

00:29:34.130 --> 00:29:36.809
have a little conversation about Big Jim's match

00:29:36.809 --> 00:29:41.130
later on with the ring general Gunther Basically,

00:29:41.130 --> 00:29:44.630
that is the aftermath of the slap that was heard

00:29:44.630 --> 00:29:49.690
around the world when Jimmy Uso slapped Gunther

00:29:49.690 --> 00:29:55.130
in the chops Wanna say it was last week, but

00:29:55.130 --> 00:29:57.150
I've got a feeling it might have been the week

00:29:57.150 --> 00:30:00.410
before No, you're right. It was last night down

00:30:00.410 --> 00:30:04.420
last week. Yeah was it raw last week yeah that

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:08.119
was it was it mentioned raw last week um yeah

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:12.680
so um uh basically jay is trying to get jim to

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:16.319
allow him to support jimmy at reat at ringside

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:19.920
but jimmy is basically saying uh no going out

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:21.960
and doing this on my own to prove to you that

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:27.660
it can be done and it is literally just just

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:31.720
um just jimmy going out to try and give Jay,

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:34.640
a little bit of boost of confidence because he's

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:38.319
been so far in his own head over the last few

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:40.539
weeks that he doesn't know which way he's up

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:45.079
at this point. No, and getting himself beaten

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:48.099
down and choked out week in, week out by Gunther

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:50.359
has got to be taking its toll on him mentally

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:56.000
as well. Especially like Jay's never beaten Gunther

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:58.380
in a title match. I don't even think he's beaten

00:30:58.380 --> 00:31:02.109
him full stop in a singles match. So they've

00:31:02.109 --> 00:31:05.710
never and any matchup they've ever had Gunther

00:31:05.710 --> 00:31:08.569
has come out on top as far as I'm aware Right.

00:31:08.589 --> 00:31:11.349
So he's got that weighing on his head. He's got

00:31:11.349 --> 00:31:15.269
the fact that he won the Royal Rumble Everyone's

00:31:15.269 --> 00:31:17.829
kind of going. Yeah, you won the rumble big deal

00:31:17.829 --> 00:31:22.130
you still don't have no balls and Yeah, I mean

00:31:22.130 --> 00:31:23.990
to be fake and understand what he's getting into

00:31:23.990 --> 00:31:26.730
his head. I personally think what they're gonna

00:31:26.730 --> 00:31:29.980
do is they're gonna So they keep kicking him

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:32.900
down for the next fortnight and then they're

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:36.619
gonna have him go into WrestleMania as a severe

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:39.960
underdog Right because who doesn't like an underdog

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:42.779
way right when Gunther's been whooping his ass

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:47.420
for the last ten weeks On -site week in week

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:50.980
out ass -whooping right of course. He's gonna

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:54.460
win at WrestleMania They're just building it

00:31:54.460 --> 00:32:00.850
to the greatest comeback story of all time where

00:32:00.850 --> 00:32:03.950
It's it's that ultimate underdog story the person

00:32:03.950 --> 00:32:07.609
the Individual that's it's David versus Goliath

00:32:07.609 --> 00:32:11.650
at this point except. It's J vs. Gunther Pretty

00:32:11.650 --> 00:32:15.369
much and we can like we're not stupid right the

00:32:15.369 --> 00:32:19.269
WWE universe are not stupid We may make stupid

00:32:19.269 --> 00:32:22.210
decisions and cheer for stupid people Those of

00:32:22.210 --> 00:32:24.309
you who go to the shows and enjoy watching them

00:32:24.309 --> 00:32:27.170
is that is a classic example of the stupid decisions

00:32:28.669 --> 00:32:31.130
But yeah, we could see this one coming a mile

00:32:31.130 --> 00:32:35.809
away. An absolute mile away. As soon as they

00:32:35.809 --> 00:32:37.650
started building it down and when they brought

00:32:37.650 --> 00:32:40.410
Jimmy in for the little bit of an hour, we can

00:32:40.410 --> 00:32:42.529
do this, we can try and use his brother to try

00:32:42.529 --> 00:32:44.910
and hype him up a little bit. And then obviously

00:32:44.910 --> 00:32:49.990
we're gonna get this match in a little while

00:32:49.990 --> 00:32:56.849
and yeah, it's gonna be an interesting one. Yeah,

00:32:56.849 --> 00:33:00.390
this is it before we get there though, and we've

00:33:00.390 --> 00:33:06.230
got Got some celebrities Yeah, we have it. Well,

00:33:06.230 --> 00:33:08.089
I didn't even make a note of the celebrities

00:33:08.089 --> 00:33:11.589
that were there. I did I know he was there looking

00:33:11.589 --> 00:33:17.029
haunted I don't understand. It just adds more

00:33:17.029 --> 00:33:19.190
fuel to the fire of what I said on the last episode

00:33:19.190 --> 00:33:26.140
about things looking more Just more like UFC.

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:34.500
The musician Kate Nash was there. The UFC fighter

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:40.140
Michael Venom Page was there. The creator of

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:43.460
the Netflix series Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:47.779
was there. And like Adam said, Lewis Capaldi,

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:56.309
the Grammy award winning artist. But we went

00:33:56.309 --> 00:34:02.789
from those celebrity appearances to a VT promo.

00:34:03.130 --> 00:34:05.809
Well, it said it was a Hall of Fame promo, but

00:34:05.809 --> 00:34:08.489
I don't really understand what they were attempting

00:34:08.489 --> 00:34:11.610
to do as it's been revealed in the last week

00:34:11.610 --> 00:34:17.110
that individual matches from years gone by will

00:34:17.110 --> 00:34:20.010
now be inducted into Hall of Fame and we discussed

00:34:20.010 --> 00:34:27.940
this a little bit on where they are in the first

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:31.699
match to be inducted is Stone Cold and Brett

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:39.059
the Hitman Hart at WrestleMania 13. This match

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:42.920
was from January 2000 and it was Cactus Jack

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:47.320
versus Triple H in a street fight and All it

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:49.340
really seemed to be used for was to plug the

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:52.199
Hall of Fame ceremony. I don't understand why

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:54.239
they showed us that match. It didn't make any

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:59.659
sense. So I think if they started, they would

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:02.000
start doing things like this because they've

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:05.800
run out of people to induct, haven't they? Well,

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:10.179
you say they have, but there's still lots of

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:12.800
people that they could induct into the into the

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:14.739
Hall of Fame. I think they've just made it so

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:18.210
that they can Essentially string it out because

00:35:18.210 --> 00:35:21.269
if they start inducting matches, it's not necessarily

00:35:21.269 --> 00:35:26.289
that they've run out of It's not necessarily

00:35:26.289 --> 00:35:30.909
that they've run out of People to induct it is

00:35:30.909 --> 00:35:35.530
more a case that they have They're starting to

00:35:35.530 --> 00:35:39.210
run maybe a little bit thin of people they can

00:35:39.210 --> 00:35:43.889
induct and now they're looking to to try and

00:35:43.889 --> 00:35:47.849
pad out the Hall of Fame ceremony to keep that,

00:35:47.849 --> 00:35:50.429
to basically allow more people to get to the

00:35:50.429 --> 00:35:52.449
point where they can be inducted into the Hall

00:35:52.449 --> 00:35:58.469
of Fame? I mean, yeah, the Hall of Fame's a strange

00:35:58.469 --> 00:36:00.789
one. I'm personally not a big fan of the Celebrity

00:36:00.789 --> 00:36:09.570
Hall of Fame, but it's a different one. Yes,

00:36:10.110 --> 00:36:15.880
it was from there into the next. Oh. We had a

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:19.960
little backstage segment and it was only about

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:22.559
30, 40, 45 seconds long. It wasn't particularly

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:26.500
long where we got to see Bianca Belair backstage

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:29.420
getting some instructions on how to basically

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:34.820
be a referee where she is going to be the special

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:37.239
guest referee in the match later on between Io

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:39.739
and Rhea for the women's title. So she was just

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:43.289
getting some last minute instructions and and

00:36:43.289 --> 00:36:46.389
working out what to do from there. Then we went

00:36:46.389 --> 00:36:52.630
into the second match of the evening. Yes? Second

00:36:52.630 --> 00:36:55.610
match of the evening. The only thing I'll mention

00:36:55.610 --> 00:37:00.030
about the clip of Bianca Belair getting further

00:37:00.030 --> 00:37:02.909
instruction around being a ref is that it made

00:37:02.909 --> 00:37:06.710
me laugh no end that I found today, before we

00:37:06.710 --> 00:37:10.539
recorded, I found a clip of basically the camera

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:15.619
person that recorded parts of the match for the

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:18.460
main event of the evening. The one thing we never

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:22.679
see because the person in question stands literally

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:26.800
just out of mic shot giving on -site instruction

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:29.820
to Bianca Beller on how to be a ref is there

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:33.360
is a ref stood literally just out of camera shot

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:38.210
the entire time where Bianca can see him so that

00:37:38.210 --> 00:37:41.010
he can instruct he can instruct her on how to

00:37:41.010 --> 00:37:44.909
be a ref that is how new she is to this yeah

00:37:44.909 --> 00:37:47.969
and that raises a bit of a question for me because

00:37:47.969 --> 00:37:51.809
some of the old older wrestlers you tend to find

00:37:51.809 --> 00:37:57.090
that they've been that they started out as refs

00:37:57.090 --> 00:38:01.949
or they were referees at some point in another

00:38:01.949 --> 00:38:06.789
promotion yeah they A lot of the old -style wrestlers

00:38:06.789 --> 00:38:11.050
were... They used to work the ring crew. It's

00:38:11.050 --> 00:38:14.570
a case that once they'd finished wrestling their

00:38:14.570 --> 00:38:16.750
matches, it's a case that they wouldn't then

00:38:16.750 --> 00:38:20.070
just fuck off and go out for a party and end

00:38:20.070 --> 00:38:24.030
up in the next city. It's a case that they would

00:38:24.030 --> 00:38:28.289
go out and go out to the ring, help take the

00:38:28.289 --> 00:38:31.230
ring down, make sure everything was squared away

00:38:31.230 --> 00:38:35.010
so that... It could go on to the next town. They

00:38:35.010 --> 00:38:38.110
would then get themselves to the next town riding

00:38:38.110 --> 00:38:43.650
the road carpooling with one another And put

00:38:43.650 --> 00:38:45.829
it all back together again before going and getting

00:38:45.829 --> 00:38:49.190
some rest and getting everything sorted and yeah,

00:38:49.190 --> 00:38:53.289
it's It's mad to me that with that to a certain

00:38:53.289 --> 00:38:57.380
degree. I think WWE has lost Some wrestlers that

00:38:57.380 --> 00:39:00.920
do that and Bianca Belair unfortunately as talented

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:03.539
as she is I am not taking anything away from

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:07.519
her talent. It's it just seems that maybe she's

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:11.820
missed a few steps. I mean missed a few steps

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:14.320
that those that walked before her have taken

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:20.860
and probably thought nothing of. I mean then

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:23.280
gotta go in the other way. So there is a current

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:27.679
WWE referee. Her first name is Jessica. I can't

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:30.780
remember what her second name is. But she has

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:34.940
currently just gone into the Evolve program and

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:39.199
had some matches in there. So that definitely

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:41.300
seems to be an interesting one. At least that

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:44.280
we know when she gets up onto the roster, if

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:46.300
she does, that she'll have an idea of how to

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:48.179
be a special guest referee because she's already

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:53.599
been a referee. Yeah, this is it. And this is

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:57.800
how Like we see, if you watch as many clips about

00:39:57.800 --> 00:40:00.260
wrestling as me and Rich do online, you will

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:04.559
eventually come across clips where big names

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:07.199
in wrestling today have been seen performing

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:10.639
other roles in much earlier in their career.

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:15.440
Like a lot of the security guys that we see used

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:19.099
as security are not actual security guards but

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:22.440
more people from developmental which are used

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:26.849
as... they used as warm bodies essentially but

00:40:26.849 --> 00:40:30.869
we've seen LA Knight who has posed as a security

00:40:30.869 --> 00:40:34.610
guard CM Punk has posed as a security guard CM

00:40:34.610 --> 00:40:38.429
Punk was one of John Cena's Mafia mob members

00:40:38.429 --> 00:40:42.090
when he did that WrestleMania entry with the

00:40:42.090 --> 00:40:47.309
cars and the yeah Bonnie and Clyde style entry

00:40:47.309 --> 00:40:50.409
CM Punk you can see hanging off one of the vehicles

00:40:50.409 --> 00:40:57.360
holding a Minigun Yeah, this is it it's a case

00:40:57.360 --> 00:41:00.800
that Whenever you see a lot of people in one

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:04.719
area Chances are these are ex aspiring wrestlers

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:08.280
just get into just basically filling a space

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:12.619
And to be fair it gets them some You know you

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:16.840
as a security guard take a move off a big performer

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:21.750
Someone notices how well you take that move You

00:41:21.750 --> 00:41:26.309
could get yourself a tryout at WWE, which benefits

00:41:26.309 --> 00:41:33.489
everyone. Yeah, this is it. But yeah, we've digressed

00:41:33.489 --> 00:41:35.630
a little bit on that one. We've got a... We have,

00:41:35.670 --> 00:41:39.070
just a touch. We've got an absolute steaming

00:41:39.070 --> 00:41:43.010
match to get into. Our match to the evening was

00:41:43.010 --> 00:41:49.889
Big Jim and Gunther. Just before we get into

00:41:49.889 --> 00:41:51.849
the actual match itself, there are a few things

00:41:51.849 --> 00:41:55.889
I want to address At certain points of the crowd

00:41:55.889 --> 00:41:57.949
there are certain points of this match you can

00:41:57.949 --> 00:42:00.329
hear the crowd chanting some bits and pieces

00:42:00.329 --> 00:42:03.829
Now I would just like to point out that at one

00:42:03.829 --> 00:42:07.289
point the crowd are chanting wanker at Gunther

00:42:07.289 --> 00:42:11.769
There is nothing more English but like then the

00:42:11.769 --> 00:42:15.730
word like The way they use that word, right?

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:20.000
So he stood there with 16 ,000 people calling

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:22.500
him a wanker, which I think is fucking hilarious,

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:28.840
I'm not gonna lie. And there was another, later

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:31.099
on again they were back to calling him a wanker,

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:33.179
but this time they managed to tune it in with

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:35.539
a different song, which I thought was funny.

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:40.539
They were chanting, oh Gunther's a wanker. Yeah.

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:46.019
Oh Gunther's a wanker. Yep. which i thought was

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:48.920
fucking brilliant the uh the english wrestling

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:51.860
fans are definitely by far the most vocal wrestling

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:55.179
fans oh and they're some of the most unpredictable

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:59.500
you hear some of like the the legends talk about

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:03.960
coming to the uk and they they're not necessarily

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:06.900
calling the american fans predictable but because

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:11.179
the american fans get They get it all the time

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:13.360
so they get used to it but we only get it two,

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:16.300
three times a year so it's a fucking party when

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:19.800
it goes off. And that's part of the reason why

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:21.840
during this European tour when we've seen them

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:27.239
go to places like Brussels, Barcelona, Bologna,

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:31.980
those crowds have been absolutely insane because

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:34.460
in some cases it was the first time they'd ever

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:39.210
had a televised wwe event the one in brussels

00:43:39.210 --> 00:43:42.949
was the first one in yeah was the first televised

00:43:42.949 --> 00:43:47.289
wwe event there and you're thinking god damn

00:43:47.289 --> 00:43:50.010
and they went off the fucking walls they were

00:43:50.010 --> 00:43:53.389
probably one of the best ones so yeah no fair

00:43:53.389 --> 00:43:56.110
play though it was definitely definitely had

00:43:56.110 --> 00:43:58.630
some great interactions from the crowd again

00:43:58.630 --> 00:44:00.710
we've we've had them for a while with different

00:44:00.710 --> 00:44:05.659
promos They have a pop at Logan Paul a little

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:08.260
bit later on in the show They're chanting some

00:44:08.260 --> 00:44:10.420
rather obscene stuff at him too, which I found

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:17.199
quite hilarious but To start this match off it

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:21.119
starts off with a little bit of a Well, it started

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:24.059
off with big Jim jumping straight in there Obviously

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:26.699
he's had enough of Gunther kicking his brother's

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:29.800
ass and he wants revenge and quite you know Quite

00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:31.880
rightly so we'd all want the same sort of thing

00:44:32.970 --> 00:44:36.690
but it basically just turns into a slap and chop

00:44:36.690 --> 00:44:42.090
fest between Gunther and Big Jim and Gunther

00:44:42.090 --> 00:44:44.730
eventually tosses Big Jim out the ring like he's

00:44:44.730 --> 00:44:47.510
a ragdoll and then gets out himself and throws

00:44:47.510 --> 00:44:52.610
him over the barricade into timekeeping and then

00:44:52.610 --> 00:44:54.690
just basically kind of just chops him around

00:44:54.690 --> 00:44:57.710
a little bit to send him to the other side of

00:44:57.710 --> 00:45:03.239
the announce table. where he kind of just bounces

00:45:03.239 --> 00:45:05.699
him off the barricade and off the ring and off

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:08.219
the barricade again and then back into the ring

00:45:08.219 --> 00:45:12.280
yeah and uh while Big Jim put up a good fight

00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:15.119
towards the beginning Gunther once Gunther had

00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:17.539
got control it's a case that he just sort of

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:20.400
really picked him apart I mean there were occasions

00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:24.199
where Gunther was going in for the three count

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:27.119
and would break his own he would break his own

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:32.010
count just so that he could keep punishing Jimmy

00:45:32.010 --> 00:45:36.949
in the ring. I thought that was so obscure. Never

00:45:36.949 --> 00:45:39.889
have I ever seen a wrestler break his own count

00:45:39.889 --> 00:45:44.929
just to cause more damage. It just seemed so...

00:45:44.929 --> 00:45:48.409
Yeah, it was different. I liked it. It's not

00:45:48.409 --> 00:45:50.869
something we see very often. It has been done

00:45:50.869 --> 00:45:57.360
in the past. Just not as... often as some other

00:45:57.360 --> 00:46:00.599
bits that we see quite a lot, like getting beat

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:04.059
down after the bell or anything like that. Anything

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:08.099
like that we see week in, week out. But for a

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:11.059
wrestler to break their own three count, prolonging

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:14.920
the match, normally goes one of two ways. It

00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:20.400
either goes to the extent that the person that's

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:22.679
breaking the match is just going to completely

00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:27.039
dominate and decimate, or they're going to break

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:29.900
their own count and end up living to regret it

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:33.139
because they get their ass handed to them. Yeah,

00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:35.579
yeah definitely. There's got to be a certain

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:37.719
level of skill and a certain level of cockiness

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:39.719
before you can start trying to play those sort

00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:43.159
of games and thankfully this time Gunther fucked

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:46.139
around and didn't find out but one day if he

00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:47.980
tries that with the wrong person he could fuck

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:50.280
around and find out a bit too hard and lose his

00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:59.800
title. Yeah, and I Mean the match itself is Well,

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:02.460
I thought the match itself was relatively short

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:06.659
considering what it could have been. Yes But

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:09.360
Gunther essentially after everything said and

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:15.119
done ends up putting Jimmy to sleep Yeah But

00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:17.800
I say with this one we had a bit of a it was

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:20.380
a bit of a strange setting So Jay came running

00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:23.920
down to the ring to save his brother Then they

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:27.059
all sort of end up sort of it's basically a two

00:47:27.059 --> 00:47:31.900
-on -one at this point until Gunther manages

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:36.179
to drop Jimmy and then handcuffs Jay to the rope

00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:42.679
with fucking cable ties Yeah, so Some security

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:46.340
did come out and they were like cable tie handcuffs

00:47:46.340 --> 00:47:48.940
essentially You've seen that it's something that

00:47:48.940 --> 00:47:52.699
American mall cops tend to use quite a lot in

00:47:52.699 --> 00:47:55.420
the place of actual metal cuffs because they

00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:58.380
tend to use them more like a lot in riots and

00:47:58.380 --> 00:48:00.480
stuff as a quick dispersal and you can just cut

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:03.059
them off when you need to rather than having

00:48:03.059 --> 00:48:05.480
to mess around with keys and double locking padlocks

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:08.739
you just put your hands through pull them and

00:48:08.739 --> 00:48:13.920
you can stick them in a van they're working smarter

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:23.500
not harder this time yeah this is it So Yeah,

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:26.659
I mean he's cable tie the gun that goes ahead

00:48:26.659 --> 00:48:31.920
and cable ties J to the middle rope which essentially

00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:35.300
immobilizes J He can only move along that rope

00:48:35.300 --> 00:48:39.139
on the ring on the entrance ramp side of the

00:48:39.139 --> 00:48:41.639
ring And you can get in and out of the ring,

00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:52.639
but he's still sealed to that Yeah, this is it.

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:56.119
Which was used very much to Gunther's advantage

00:48:56.119 --> 00:49:00.539
by everything that happened to Jimmy after this

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:02.519
point. There was a hell of an ass kicking that

00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:05.239
was hard. It was done about a foot and a half

00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:12.039
away from Jay. Yeah, I mean Jimmy was already

00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:15.559
in a relatively bad way when he was coming out

00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:18.000
of that match, but after that ass kicking he

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:20.800
took, I mean the guy was busted open after being

00:49:20.880 --> 00:49:24.619
Banked off the bonds with a bell. Oh, he was

00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:28.820
he was definitely bleeding Just a slight trickle

00:49:28.820 --> 00:49:32.539
of claret all over his face A slight trickle.

00:49:32.539 --> 00:49:34.739
That's a that's an understatement and a half,

00:49:34.739 --> 00:49:40.659
but he was gosh. Yeah He was Not sure if he was

00:49:40.659 --> 00:49:44.619
supposed to get cut open Is it or you wouldn't

00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:47.440
blade yourself that deep? That's it's pretty

00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:50.019
nuts. I think that might be an accidental wounding

00:49:50.199 --> 00:49:56.840
actual blood. We don't see that much colour that

00:49:56.840 --> 00:50:00.400
often anymore. It used to be quite common, but

00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:04.539
now it's used just enough. It's used just enough.

00:50:04.860 --> 00:50:06.940
Back in the action era, that stuff was used.

00:50:07.139 --> 00:50:11.960
It was basically a warm -up. If you didn't have

00:50:11.960 --> 00:50:13.860
Clara on you at the end of the day, you didn't

00:50:13.860 --> 00:50:24.269
have a match. Yeah, essentially We have several

00:50:24.269 --> 00:50:28.909
sleeper holds just an absolute Brutal beating.

00:50:29.050 --> 00:50:34.809
I mean Gunther by the end of it is Coated in

00:50:34.809 --> 00:50:37.550
Jimmy's blood. Oh, yeah, it's like he's done

00:50:37.550 --> 00:50:43.309
some sort of ritual with it Yeah, and you you

00:50:43.309 --> 00:50:45.630
sort of have to feel sorry for Jey Uso at this

00:50:45.630 --> 00:50:48.880
point because I mean it's tough enough watching

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:51.079
it when you're not related to the person that's

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:54.980
having his arse kicked but Jay is literally stood

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:59.239
right there. He is within a hair's breadth of

00:50:59.239 --> 00:51:02.159
being able to reach his brother Jimmy at any

00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:07.260
given point and can do absolutely nothing. Now

00:51:07.260 --> 00:51:09.500
this guy was suffering a crisis of confidence

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:13.199
beforehand. He is now, I mean by the end of it,

00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:19.150
he looks completely broken. That was a broken

00:51:19.150 --> 00:51:25.250
man. Can you really blame him then? Oh definitely

00:51:25.250 --> 00:51:30.510
not. I mean Gunther's just running off being

00:51:30.510 --> 00:51:33.610
all happy and merry. He's just beaten up the

00:51:33.610 --> 00:51:38.570
other half of the tag team clown division and

00:51:38.570 --> 00:51:42.320
that's how he views Jimmy is it? massive views

00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:44.559
jay sorry is a massive clown so he's obviously

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:46.380
just going to tar both of them with the same

00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:48.219
brush because that's what everyone else is doing

00:51:48.219 --> 00:51:52.139
and uh yeah and if he's getting bored of beating

00:51:52.139 --> 00:51:54.219
up jay he's might as well make a start on jimmy

00:51:54.219 --> 00:52:00.440
and don't you did yeah this is it um and yeah

00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:05.829
i mean Jimmy is eventually sort of taken off

00:52:05.829 --> 00:52:09.429
to the back for some medical attention. We are

00:52:09.429 --> 00:52:14.050
told later on in the episode that he's receiving

00:52:14.050 --> 00:52:16.929
medical attention, but the status of him was

00:52:16.929 --> 00:52:21.519
unknown even after the show had... had finished

00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:24.659
airing. There are rumours according to social

00:52:24.659 --> 00:52:27.639
media that he's been written off WWE TV for a

00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:29.400
little while to go and have some surgery done

00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:33.559
but I'm not sure how true it is. Apparently he

00:52:33.559 --> 00:52:38.219
sustained an injury in that match. Sustained

00:52:38.219 --> 00:52:42.860
an injury? That's like being on Australian bricklayer

00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:47.690
and saying that you sustained an injury. For

00:52:47.690 --> 00:52:50.230
those of you who don't know that reference, go

00:52:50.230 --> 00:52:54.289
to YouTube, type in Australian bricklayers accident

00:52:54.289 --> 00:52:57.670
report form, go and find some dry underwear for

00:52:57.670 --> 00:53:00.030
later, which we're about to laugh so hard you

00:53:00.030 --> 00:53:04.530
pee. It's fucking ruthlessly funny, ruthlessly

00:53:04.530 --> 00:53:07.369
funny. Oh, 100%. It's my happy place. It really

00:53:07.369 --> 00:53:09.590
is. If I'm ever in a bad mood, I'll sit and watch

00:53:09.590 --> 00:53:17.619
that and it's instant recovery. Yes, anyway,

00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:23.519
we go from there into a quick VT recap of the

00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:26.119
contract signing promo from Smackdown, which

00:53:26.119 --> 00:53:28.480
basically recaps everything that happened there.

00:53:29.199 --> 00:53:31.239
We're not going to go into that unless Rich has

00:53:31.239 --> 00:53:33.699
got any new information for us because we've

00:53:33.699 --> 00:53:36.679
already covered it. Not the contract signing

00:53:36.679 --> 00:53:40.639
from Smackdown. Yeah, that's the one. No, nothing

00:53:40.639 --> 00:53:44.059
new for me, boss. Cool. So, yeah, if you want

00:53:44.059 --> 00:53:46.019
to hear about what we've said about that already.

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:49.579
Go back to the last episode of Finishes and Factions

00:53:49.579 --> 00:53:53.619
to Smackdown. You'll hear all about it. The next

00:53:53.619 --> 00:53:58.380
recap I got was of the Penta -Bron Breaker match

00:53:58.380 --> 00:54:01.960
from last week when Judgment Day got involved

00:54:01.960 --> 00:54:05.980
and Penta decided that he did not want to join

00:54:05.980 --> 00:54:08.099
Judgment Day. If you want to listen to any more

00:54:08.099 --> 00:54:11.199
on that one, remember it's on last week's episode.

00:54:11.860 --> 00:54:14.019
You can head back and re -listen to that one

00:54:14.019 --> 00:54:16.610
or just check it out for the first time. You

00:54:16.610 --> 00:54:22.630
can find that one and all other podcasting services.

00:54:25.050 --> 00:54:29.349
Yeah, most definitely. But that VT recap leads

00:54:29.349 --> 00:54:34.849
into a backstage promo for the Judgment Day who

00:54:34.849 --> 00:54:39.289
are, I mean, they're basically having a, it looks

00:54:39.289 --> 00:54:41.590
almost like a bit of a frigging party to be quite

00:54:41.590 --> 00:54:43.849
honest. They all look pretty fucking happy to

00:54:43.849 --> 00:54:50.989
be fair. Yeah, I mean, even like Finn Balor and

00:54:50.989 --> 00:54:54.250
Dom Mysterio, they've been not necessarily at

00:54:54.250 --> 00:54:56.389
loggerheads, but they've certainly not been agreeing

00:54:56.389 --> 00:54:58.429
with one another recently. Yeah, but it's mainly

00:54:58.429 --> 00:55:00.869
over Dom wanting to bring an extra member into

00:55:00.869 --> 00:55:04.469
the Judgement Day. Finn Balor not thinking they

00:55:04.469 --> 00:55:10.250
need it. Dom then approached Panter and now,

00:55:10.250 --> 00:55:13.829
I mean, Finn Balor was brazen enough to open

00:55:13.829 --> 00:55:16.409
it up and basically just went... You know what,

00:55:16.690 --> 00:55:20.150
now all that's finished with looking at Dom quite

00:55:20.150 --> 00:55:24.989
like, no more people Dom, we're done. Like we

00:55:24.989 --> 00:55:29.630
can now sort of crack on and get ready for the

00:55:29.630 --> 00:55:34.150
gold that we all deserve. Obviously Liv and Raquel

00:55:34.150 --> 00:55:39.429
currently hold the women's titles but Raquel's

00:55:39.429 --> 00:55:42.789
been going after the women's intercontinental

00:55:42.789 --> 00:55:46.070
title. while Finn Balor has been going after

00:55:46.070 --> 00:55:51.349
the men's Intercontinental title. But Judgement

00:55:51.349 --> 00:55:56.110
Day have got no title matches this week as instead

00:55:56.110 --> 00:55:59.929
Finn and Dom are due to take on Brom Breaker

00:55:59.929 --> 00:56:04.429
and Penta in a standard tag match. They are,

00:56:04.550 --> 00:56:09.730
which if I remember correctly is our next match.

00:56:10.429 --> 00:56:16.090
But we do have a little bit more to this one

00:56:16.090 --> 00:56:22.090
because we actually had an apology from Finn

00:56:22.090 --> 00:56:28.309
Bala to Raquel Rodriguez for the uh he said he

00:56:28.309 --> 00:56:30.550
was sorry about the fact she lost her match last

00:56:30.550 --> 00:56:34.630
week to Lyra Valkyria but this week it won't

00:56:34.630 --> 00:56:36.650
be it'll be okay because he's gonna go and win

00:56:36.650 --> 00:56:39.150
the IC title but he doesn't actually end up with

00:56:39.150 --> 00:56:42.239
a match for that one He ends up, like we said,

00:56:42.519 --> 00:56:46.400
going into a tag match with Penta and Brom Breaker.

00:56:49.780 --> 00:56:51.880
Which I actually didn't get that many notes for

00:56:51.880 --> 00:56:53.840
to be fair, because the wrestling fan of me took

00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:59.380
over. I mean, I probably got a little bit more

00:56:59.380 --> 00:57:04.179
than you, but not by much. So yeah, the only

00:57:04.179 --> 00:57:10.150
thing that we do get after Finn and Dom and accompanied

00:57:10.150 --> 00:57:12.449
by Carlito leave to go and get ready for their

00:57:12.449 --> 00:57:16.610
match. We see that Liv and Raquel start seemingly

00:57:16.610 --> 00:57:19.730
making plans to do with Bailey and Lyra Valkyria

00:57:19.730 --> 00:57:23.130
off the back of the IC title match that Raquel

00:57:23.130 --> 00:57:30.710
had last week. That elaborates a little bit more

00:57:30.710 --> 00:57:37.230
a little bit later on. Matt so we go into the

00:57:37.230 --> 00:57:39.190
men's tag team match that we've just mentioned

00:57:39.190 --> 00:57:42.130
Penta and Bron Breaker versus Don Mysterio and

00:57:42.130 --> 00:57:49.230
Finn Balor who are accompanied by Carlito I mean

00:57:49.230 --> 00:57:51.349
Carlito spends a lot of time at ringside but

00:57:51.349 --> 00:57:53.190
he doesn't actually do very much as he's just

00:57:53.190 --> 00:57:56.869
an expensive bump taker at this point Even the

00:57:56.869 --> 00:57:58.730
jobbers are being, he's even jobbing for the

00:57:58.730 --> 00:58:02.309
jobbers. That's how little Carlito is being used

00:58:02.309 --> 00:58:05.360
right now Well Carlito has said in interviews

00:58:05.360 --> 00:58:08.059
before that he's not really prepared, he's not

00:58:08.059 --> 00:58:10.739
got it in him to wrestle anymore but he's happy

00:58:10.739 --> 00:58:13.719
to take bumps and put other people over. Which

00:58:13.719 --> 00:58:22.860
is easy enough I suppose. Yeah this is it. Well

00:58:22.860 --> 00:58:25.980
some of the notes that I've got, I say not many

00:58:25.980 --> 00:58:27.900
of them are particularly good. I did get that

00:58:27.900 --> 00:58:30.719
Brawlbreaker reversed a double team at one point

00:58:30.719 --> 00:58:34.630
and managed to pick up both members of Judgement

00:58:34.630 --> 00:58:37.389
Day, with that being Dirty Dom and Finn Balor

00:58:37.389 --> 00:58:39.989
who were trying to double -team a brawl breaker,

00:58:40.730 --> 00:58:43.969
while he single -handedly double -bellied to

00:58:43.969 --> 00:58:47.550
back and suplexed them. They didn't know what

00:58:47.550 --> 00:58:51.329
hit them by the time this match had finished.

00:58:51.349 --> 00:58:54.969
I'll tell you it was quite a good little match

00:58:54.969 --> 00:59:01.380
to be fair. There wasn't a lot of massive spots

00:59:01.380 --> 00:59:03.619
like, oh my God, the listeners are going to want

00:59:03.619 --> 00:59:06.420
to hear about that. It was all very simple, standard,

00:59:06.679 --> 00:59:09.639
basic, good quality wrestling. You say you do

00:59:09.639 --> 00:59:11.619
the basics well, the good stuff comes harder,

00:59:11.900 --> 00:59:14.840
it comes more naturally. And these guys stuck

00:59:14.840 --> 00:59:21.170
at basics and it worked to a point. Yeah, this

00:59:21.170 --> 00:59:23.670
is it. I mean we know that Dom and Finn are going

00:59:23.670 --> 00:59:25.550
to be able to work together. They've been in

00:59:25.550 --> 00:59:28.510
a faction for God knows how long but it was actually

00:59:28.510 --> 00:59:30.710
quite interesting to watch the dynamic between

00:59:30.710 --> 00:59:34.230
Penta and Bronbreaker as Penta is also going

00:59:34.230 --> 00:59:38.369
after Bron's icy title and still sort of actively

00:59:38.369 --> 00:59:41.590
pursuing that as it goes. I think it was only

00:59:41.590 --> 00:59:44.210
because Penta saved Bronbreaker last week from

00:59:44.210 --> 00:59:53.239
the beat down from Judgement Day. Yeah, no, you're

00:59:53.239 --> 00:59:59.059
right. But yeah, it is a case that... I mean,

00:59:59.099 --> 01:00:02.619
this was only Brom Breakers' second tag team

01:00:02.619 --> 01:00:06.579
match on the main roster. He was a former NXT

01:00:06.579 --> 01:00:10.099
tag champion when he was in NXT, but as far as

01:00:10.099 --> 01:00:12.420
Raw and SmackDown go, this is only his second

01:00:12.420 --> 01:00:15.099
ever tag team match. I mean, that's impressive

01:00:15.099 --> 01:00:16.940
considering how long he's been in the company.

01:00:17.900 --> 01:00:21.199
Yeah, this is it. It's just so it shows how they've

01:00:21.199 --> 01:00:24.400
used him and most of it has been in has been

01:00:24.400 --> 01:00:29.480
in singles competition apparently so But yeah,

01:00:29.480 --> 01:00:31.920
I didn't get a huge amount more than what you've

01:00:31.920 --> 01:00:42.079
already mentioned Towards the end really so judgment

01:00:42.079 --> 01:00:46.630
day run interference Basically Carlito gets involved

01:00:46.630 --> 01:00:49.789
to distract the ref. We got Penta who goes for

01:00:49.789 --> 01:00:53.989
a Mexican destroyer to Finn But Dom sort of catches

01:00:53.989 --> 01:00:59.670
his leg to prevent the move from completing And

01:00:59.670 --> 01:01:03.889
then Dom sort of ends up holding Penta hostage

01:01:03.889 --> 01:01:06.130
almost. Kind of pinning him against the ropes

01:01:06.130 --> 01:01:09.590
holding onto the money Yeah, very much so and

01:01:09.590 --> 01:01:14.130
it's uh I don't like giving credit to Dom when

01:01:14.130 --> 01:01:18.050
I need to, but I will when I have to. Because

01:01:18.050 --> 01:01:20.690
the next bit was really impressive. So we saw

01:01:20.690 --> 01:01:25.010
from our angle that Brom was in the corner preparing

01:01:25.010 --> 01:01:30.650
to deliver a spear. Dom also spots this, which

01:01:30.650 --> 01:01:33.230
Finn does not, as he was preparing to deliver

01:01:33.230 --> 01:01:38.449
a beating to Penta. And Finn actually ends up...

01:01:38.460 --> 01:01:42.099
catapult in penta into fin knocking fin out of

01:01:42.099 --> 01:01:47.360
the way and penta got all of a bronbreaker spear

01:01:47.360 --> 01:01:49.519
i mean dom didn't want to take another one of

01:01:49.519 --> 01:01:51.880
those because he took one a few weeks ago and

01:01:51.880 --> 01:01:55.920
we know he thought that hurt and that spear to

01:01:55.920 --> 01:01:58.579
penta was pretty much the start of the downfall

01:01:58.579 --> 01:02:02.980
for these two oh 100 percent because after that

01:02:02.980 --> 01:02:05.619
had happened we see dom come in and basically

01:02:05.619 --> 01:02:09.280
take Bronbreaker out of the ring as Finn just

01:02:09.280 --> 01:02:14.739
goes to work on Penta and basically gets him

01:02:14.739 --> 01:02:20.699
into position for the coup de grace that ends

01:02:20.699 --> 01:02:24.699
up picking up the win for Finn Balor and Don

01:02:24.699 --> 01:02:28.920
Mysterio. Yeah and another one for the new day,

01:02:29.119 --> 01:02:33.280
for the judgment day. New Day was the first match,

01:02:33.320 --> 01:02:35.559
we're on the third match now. Yep, it's just

01:02:35.559 --> 01:02:39.179
too many days. We have to make a judgement about

01:02:39.179 --> 01:02:46.780
the New Day soon. Wow. Oh, that was good. Right,

01:02:47.320 --> 01:02:51.559
it wouldn't be an episode of Monday Night Raw,

01:02:51.559 --> 01:02:54.199
I suppose. We didn't talk about one individual

01:02:54.199 --> 01:02:58.039
particularly. We go from that match into a backstage

01:02:58.039 --> 01:03:01.659
promo where we see Chad Gable basically bigging

01:03:01.659 --> 01:03:06.539
up El Grande Americano. Yeah, the Big White Coffee

01:03:06.539 --> 01:03:11.500
had a great match last week and we find out now

01:03:11.500 --> 01:03:17.880
that he's having another match next week in Minnesota.

01:03:18.920 --> 01:03:22.900
Well, all because Chad Gable has yet again come

01:03:22.900 --> 01:03:25.780
up with a doctor's note to stop him from competing

01:03:25.780 --> 01:03:29.119
on this week's Raw, only to find out that that

01:03:29.119 --> 01:03:31.760
note will also excuse him from next week's Raw,

01:03:31.940 --> 01:03:35.619
which just so happens to be in Chad Gable's home

01:03:35.619 --> 01:03:38.679
city. Well, it says to me we're going to see

01:03:38.679 --> 01:03:44.559
some fun in Minnesota on next Monday night. Now,

01:03:44.659 --> 01:03:47.639
this next bit that happens intrigued me a little

01:03:47.639 --> 01:03:51.789
bit because I've been picking up on this over

01:03:51.789 --> 01:03:53.969
the last couple of weeks and I have mentioned

01:03:53.969 --> 01:04:00.030
it here and there. Because as Chad Gable is leaving,

01:04:01.050 --> 01:04:03.829
Alpha Academy come in. Now, the two do have,

01:04:03.949 --> 01:04:05.869
I'm going to say a little bit of an exchange.

01:04:06.130 --> 01:04:10.309
Otis just stands there looking menacing as Chad

01:04:10.309 --> 01:04:12.650
Gable calls him an idiot and a clown and then

01:04:12.650 --> 01:04:17.300
fucks off. I mean, he's not wrong. No, he's not

01:04:17.300 --> 01:04:20.659
and it's a shame because Otis could be an absolute

01:04:20.659 --> 01:04:23.559
wrecking ball of a superstar and is an absolute

01:04:23.559 --> 01:04:29.079
wrecking ball of a superstar But we see Alpha

01:04:29.079 --> 01:04:32.440
Academy come in and it's actually Maxine Dupree

01:04:32.440 --> 01:04:36.659
who decides that she's gonna be Speaking on their

01:04:36.659 --> 01:04:39.659
behalf on this particular occasion as they've

01:04:39.659 --> 01:04:43.420
come to talk about the tag team division in Monday

01:04:43.420 --> 01:04:48.679
Night Raw and Adam Pearce automatically assumes

01:04:48.679 --> 01:04:55.099
that he's referring to Otis and Tozawa when Maxine

01:04:55.099 --> 01:04:58.239
actually has a few ideas that she's been cooking

01:04:58.239 --> 01:05:03.360
up with Natalia recently. And that's the one

01:05:03.360 --> 01:05:05.860
that I've noticed more than anything else is

01:05:05.860 --> 01:05:10.539
that we've seen in some of Alpha Academy's promos

01:05:10.539 --> 01:05:14.510
of late is that Natalia has been present and

01:05:14.510 --> 01:05:17.929
it has been unexplained as to why she is there

01:05:17.929 --> 01:05:21.909
but now we're getting a bit more of an idea that

01:05:21.909 --> 01:05:25.909
is Natalia joining Alpha Academy maybe is that

01:05:25.909 --> 01:05:28.210
where we're going with this or is she just going

01:05:28.210 --> 01:05:34.050
to be tag -teaming with Maxine Dupree and this

01:05:34.050 --> 01:05:36.849
is where this is where we've sort of got to think

01:05:36.849 --> 01:05:40.349
about where this where this goes but I'm sure

01:05:40.349 --> 01:05:46.110
we'll find out more on next week's Raw. Now,

01:05:46.469 --> 01:05:49.269
if I'm not very much mistaken, we go from there

01:05:49.269 --> 01:05:53.969
into a backstage promo where basically Cathy

01:05:53.969 --> 01:05:57.889
Kelly, bless her heart, tries her very best to

01:05:57.889 --> 01:06:00.369
interview Bron Breaker. But before the interview

01:06:00.369 --> 01:06:05.230
can even be introduced, we have an incensed penta.

01:06:05.760 --> 01:06:08.800
And he's basically he seems to be laying all

01:06:08.800 --> 01:06:12.960
of the blame for that last loss at Brom Breaker's

01:06:12.960 --> 01:06:26.099
door And he is there giving it beans and Yeah,

01:06:26.099 --> 01:06:28.380
I mean he comes out of he comes out hot after

01:06:28.380 --> 01:06:33.219
he feels the Brom Breaker abandoned abandoned

01:06:33.219 --> 01:06:37.280
printer to To get it to get his ass handed to

01:06:37.280 --> 01:06:40.139
him ends up calling Bronbreaker stupid Which

01:06:40.139 --> 01:06:42.179
I mean, he's never really said anything overly

01:06:42.179 --> 01:06:45.920
intelligent. So we could be stupid. We don't

01:06:45.920 --> 01:06:50.679
know From there into an in -ring promo with AJ

01:06:50.679 --> 01:06:58.360
Styles AJ Styles is coming out because basically

01:06:58.360 --> 01:07:03.230
he was called out by Logan Paul last week And

01:07:03.230 --> 01:07:07.789
yeah, apart from a little walking about with

01:07:07.789 --> 01:07:11.449
his crew, like, I'm not even going to call it

01:07:11.449 --> 01:07:13.650
a promo or a vignette, it was a little clip we

01:07:13.650 --> 01:07:19.909
saw earlier on. Well, that is because Logan Paul

01:07:19.909 --> 01:07:22.130
only likes to get mouthy when there's people

01:07:22.130 --> 01:07:27.010
around to watch. And, you know, so where AJ kind

01:07:27.010 --> 01:07:29.880
of says, look, I've been waiting. You haven't

01:07:29.880 --> 01:07:33.460
done it. So why don't you come out here and unless

01:07:33.460 --> 01:07:37.539
you know, I'll do it instead to which we do get

01:07:37.539 --> 01:07:41.380
the mavericks entrance music and the appearance

01:07:41.380 --> 01:07:50.000
of Of Logan Paul Yeah, much to the London crowds

01:07:50.000 --> 01:07:57.260
dismay as once he'd made his entrance in true

01:07:57.710 --> 01:08:01.829
Logan Paul fashion they tried to drown him out

01:08:01.829 --> 01:08:05.869
and In fairness, I think he's sort of got wise

01:08:05.869 --> 01:08:09.090
to this by now just because happens every time

01:08:09.090 --> 01:08:12.670
he makes an appearance East well, he stopped

01:08:12.670 --> 01:08:20.510
trying to It's the word he stopped trying to

01:08:20.510 --> 01:08:23.789
Sort of wait for them to stop booing and now

01:08:23.789 --> 01:08:25.930
he's just cracking on with the promo instead.

01:08:25.930 --> 01:08:29.420
It's just a case of Yeah, no, I'm not gonna fuck

01:08:29.420 --> 01:08:31.880
about doing this. It's gonna be a case of I'm

01:08:31.880 --> 01:08:34.500
gonna get this done. I'm gonna get my shit in

01:08:34.500 --> 01:08:37.279
and I'll just fucking go. Yeah, I got told off

01:08:37.279 --> 01:08:41.699
last time. I'm just doing what I gotta do. Yeah,

01:08:41.800 --> 01:08:44.800
pretty much. He can afford the fine if he goes

01:08:44.800 --> 01:08:50.460
over, but yeah. He's basically saying that he

01:08:50.460 --> 01:08:54.779
hears the crowd booing. No one in the crowd not

01:08:54.779 --> 01:08:57.960
even AJ Styles himself has the same level of

01:08:57.960 --> 01:09:02.840
fame he does and He's a global phenomenal a phenomenon

01:09:02.840 --> 01:09:05.760
loved by everyone, but he is keeping it humble

01:09:05.760 --> 01:09:09.539
He's also good -looking and we're brought here

01:09:09.539 --> 01:09:11.840
on Logan Paul's time And if he wants to make

01:09:11.840 --> 01:09:14.779
us wait to tell us what he's got to tell us we're

01:09:14.779 --> 01:09:19.579
gonna wait cuz we're sheep that was Logan Paul's

01:09:19.579 --> 01:09:23.460
opening statement and Yeah, the crowd didn't

01:09:23.460 --> 01:09:27.060
really take that too well and Well, I'm not sheep

01:09:27.060 --> 01:09:29.399
you bastard. I'm an asshole. There's a difference

01:09:29.399 --> 01:09:35.359
Well, I'm sure I saw I don't remember it explicitly

01:09:35.359 --> 01:09:38.380
But I'm sure I saw a clip of that exact same

01:09:38.380 --> 01:09:41.840
of that exact same segment where the crowd are

01:09:41.840 --> 01:09:46.619
basically chanting prime is shit Yeah, that would

01:09:46.619 --> 01:09:51.319
not surprise me. There was a few different Few

01:09:51.319 --> 01:09:54.979
different crowd chants that were rather interesting

01:09:54.979 --> 01:10:00.239
for Logan Paul this week One of them at one point

01:10:00.239 --> 01:10:03.199
they were chanting who are you he seems to think

01:10:03.199 --> 01:10:06.539
everyone knows who he is and he's the Best thing

01:10:06.539 --> 01:10:08.920
since sliced bread or Logan Paul. I'll tell you

01:10:08.920 --> 01:10:12.359
something the best thing since sliced bread is

01:10:12.359 --> 01:10:18.180
sliced cheese not Logan Paul Me I was half expecting

01:10:18.180 --> 01:10:21.529
you to say hot cross buns I haven't had any of

01:10:21.529 --> 01:10:27.029
those today. Why, the shops run out? Pretty much.

01:10:27.550 --> 01:10:35.949
Yeah, probably. But, yeah, I mean AJ is the one

01:10:35.949 --> 01:10:39.350
to point out to Logan that fans don't really

01:10:39.350 --> 01:10:45.010
care about his fame or his money, but the only

01:10:45.010 --> 01:10:46.970
thing they really care about is what he's going

01:10:46.970 --> 01:10:49.689
to end up doing with all this talent, because...

01:10:49.739 --> 01:10:53.380
Love him or hate him unfortunately the man is

01:10:53.380 --> 01:10:57.800
talented in the ring and and Yeah, it just makes

01:10:57.800 --> 01:10:59.859
me want that just makes me hate the fucking come

01:10:59.859 --> 01:11:02.779
more if I'm honest I'm not gonna lie she was

01:11:02.779 --> 01:11:05.340
telling us got so much experience cutting promos

01:11:05.340 --> 01:11:08.640
and videos and stuff He can't really cut promo

01:11:08.640 --> 01:11:10.859
that well. It's like he loses his asshole halfway

01:11:10.859 --> 01:11:12.680
through it I know there's a big difference between

01:11:12.680 --> 01:11:16.310
doing it in a room with three or four PCs and

01:11:16.310 --> 01:11:18.149
a couple of editors then there is in front of

01:11:18.149 --> 01:11:21.270
like sixteen thousand five hundred people but

01:11:21.270 --> 01:11:24.949
it's um it's pretty much the same sort of similar

01:11:24.949 --> 01:11:28.329
process you should be able to to do it slightly

01:11:28.329 --> 01:11:35.569
better yeah as you said there's a a huge difference

01:11:35.569 --> 01:11:42.819
to doing it live than doing it when you've got

01:11:42.819 --> 01:11:46.479
the opportunity to chop and change and edit the

01:11:46.479 --> 01:11:54.020
fuck out of it. And yeah. This is possibly where

01:11:54.020 --> 01:11:57.859
he's got a lot of in -ring talent, but his ability

01:11:57.859 --> 01:12:01.159
to cut promos is something that needs to be developed.

01:12:01.680 --> 01:12:04.279
But this is, and we've said this before on the

01:12:04.279 --> 01:12:08.420
podcast, this is what he would have, this is

01:12:08.420 --> 01:12:11.840
what he would have sort of. What's the word he

01:12:11.840 --> 01:12:18.779
would have got this all out of his system Well,

01:12:20.439 --> 01:12:22.479
how do you come up through the indies and paid

01:12:22.479 --> 01:12:25.399
his dues he would have learned what cutting a

01:12:25.399 --> 01:12:29.359
promo meant Not necessarily every wrestler needs

01:12:29.359 --> 01:12:31.640
to come up through the indies. Yes, they do help

01:12:31.640 --> 01:12:34.920
They do give them a lot of experience, but there

01:12:34.920 --> 01:12:38.750
have been some people A certain gentleman who

01:12:38.750 --> 01:12:41.470
is appearing at WrestleMania with one of them.

01:12:41.609 --> 01:12:44.489
He was kind of hand picked for pro wrestling.

01:12:47.590 --> 01:12:53.270
Yeah, I mean, you're not wrong. I just think

01:12:53.270 --> 01:12:56.670
you can tell. You can tell the wrestlers that

01:12:56.670 --> 01:12:59.149
spent time in the Indies. I mean, majority of

01:12:59.149 --> 01:13:01.409
the guys that come up through the Performance

01:13:01.409 --> 01:13:05.050
Center have spent at least some time in the Indies.

01:13:05.489 --> 01:13:08.399
Oh yeah, of course. and any time in the end is

01:13:08.399 --> 01:13:10.920
no his money with Vince McMahon bought him a

01:13:10.920 --> 01:13:16.800
nice fat get out of jail free card yeah he came

01:13:16.800 --> 01:13:20.859
in right at the top it wasn't a case that he

01:13:20.859 --> 01:13:23.239
started at the bottom and worked his way up he's

01:13:23.239 --> 01:13:26.319
starting at the top and working his way down

01:13:26.319 --> 01:13:29.880
yeah i mean he's kind of sticking around mid

01:13:29.880 --> 01:13:32.039
card at this point he's doing all right he's

01:13:32.039 --> 01:13:37.460
not near the handle there One thing we did did

01:13:37.460 --> 01:13:40.000
get from from Logan Paul, which is not something

01:13:40.000 --> 01:13:44.180
we're gonna see a lot of Was an apology to AJ

01:13:44.180 --> 01:13:50.899
Styles And his His actions at Madison Square

01:13:50.899 --> 01:13:54.439
Gardens, but That's only because he's a dad daughter

01:13:54.439 --> 01:13:56.840
now. He's a daughter dad now. Sorry girl dad

01:13:56.840 --> 01:13:59.500
and now he's trying to show his daughter the

01:13:59.500 --> 01:14:02.420
act of forgiveness and He's basically saying

01:14:02.420 --> 01:14:05.170
no forgive me for what happened try and pull

01:14:05.170 --> 01:14:08.409
that shit again so I ain't forgetting about it

01:14:08.409 --> 01:14:13.850
yeah AJ points out the fact that he's also a

01:14:13.850 --> 01:14:17.909
girl dad and basically Logan's mouth writing

01:14:17.909 --> 01:14:20.930
checks that his ass can't cash I thought that

01:14:20.930 --> 01:14:23.109
was a beautiful line I've used it myself not

01:14:23.109 --> 01:14:28.369
in that sort of same situation but uh normally

01:14:28.369 --> 01:14:30.329
after about four or five points and someone's

01:14:30.329 --> 01:14:32.770
kind of getting on my nerves a little bit but

01:14:32.770 --> 01:14:36.460
um It is definitely a very good line to use.

01:14:37.020 --> 01:14:38.760
Not the first time he's used it either. He's

01:14:38.760 --> 01:14:40.659
used it a few times over the years as far as

01:14:40.659 --> 01:14:45.279
I've stole it from. Yeah, and Logan Paul seems

01:14:45.279 --> 01:14:50.479
to need to ask if he's being threatened at this

01:14:50.479 --> 01:14:54.600
point. At which point AJ points out that they

01:14:54.600 --> 01:14:58.960
are in the WWE on Monday Night Raw in London,

01:14:58.960 --> 01:15:03.430
England. It's more like we got time to do this.

01:15:04.729 --> 01:15:09.829
Let's go. But Logan Paul doesn't fight for free

01:15:09.829 --> 01:15:13.170
apparently. And everyone in London is too poor.

01:15:17.449 --> 01:15:20.409
Yeah, I mean, he's not doing it for free. He's

01:15:20.409 --> 01:15:22.630
getting paid. Just not what he thinks he should

01:15:22.630 --> 01:15:29.539
be. Yeah, but he also... basically states that

01:15:29.539 --> 01:15:33.239
London can't afford him and Spends a good couple

01:15:33.239 --> 01:15:36.020
of minutes walking around the ring pointing at

01:15:36.020 --> 01:15:38.939
different members of the WWE Universe to say

01:15:38.939 --> 01:15:43.520
You're poor and you're poor and so are you and

01:15:43.520 --> 01:15:52.520
yeah He's he's working Yes, and I've got to a

01:15:52.520 --> 01:15:56.079
point where I can't dislike him any more than

01:15:56.079 --> 01:15:59.989
I can I already do but I can start to like him

01:15:59.989 --> 01:16:04.289
eventually and he does play a heel role reasonably

01:16:04.289 --> 01:16:08.090
well but uh yeah I don't want to say he's one

01:16:08.090 --> 01:16:10.750
of my favorites but he's starting to the way

01:16:10.750 --> 01:16:14.350
he is working it is starting to sort of turn

01:16:14.350 --> 01:16:19.390
my my favorite a little bit more with him I just

01:16:19.390 --> 01:16:22.470
need him to work on that whiny bitch voice he's

01:16:22.470 --> 01:16:27.439
got but do what Brock Lesnar does But a whole

01:16:27.439 --> 01:16:34.380
different accent for when you're working Yeah,

01:16:34.439 --> 01:16:40.560
this is it and I mean Paul even Logan Paul even

01:16:40.560 --> 01:16:43.699
manages to make the suggestion that if they are

01:16:43.699 --> 01:16:47.760
gonna fight They take it to WrestleMania to fight

01:16:54.270 --> 01:16:56.909
would definitely be an interesting place for

01:16:56.909 --> 01:17:00.590
the showdown because let's face it as much as

01:17:00.590 --> 01:17:02.409
we don't want to necessarily throw it out there

01:17:02.409 --> 01:17:05.189
this is kind of one of those like dream matches

01:17:05.189 --> 01:17:10.850
have both got similar wrestling styles they're

01:17:10.850 --> 01:17:15.210
both reasonably good in the ring where AJ maybe

01:17:15.210 --> 01:17:16.829
not as quite as good as he was when he was at

01:17:16.829 --> 01:17:19.170
TNA when he was younger but that's he's got age

01:17:19.170 --> 01:17:22.960
on his side to kind of fall back on Logan Paul

01:17:22.960 --> 01:17:25.739
kind of he can't I don't think he'll improve

01:17:25.739 --> 01:17:30.699
too much, but he'll study out where he is But

01:17:30.699 --> 01:17:33.840
um, yes, it could be quite an interesting match

01:17:33.840 --> 01:17:37.760
for for a Saturday's like Second third matching

01:17:37.760 --> 01:17:42.319
for a WrestleMania card. I take that I Mean I

01:17:42.319 --> 01:17:44.420
take that over a Charlotte Flair match any day

01:17:44.420 --> 01:17:49.020
of the week I'll take it however, the only thing

01:17:49.020 --> 01:17:52.850
I would I would have liked was Little bit more

01:17:52.850 --> 01:17:58.649
build -up. I Mean we still have next week We're

01:17:58.649 --> 01:18:01.449
less than three weeks away. Yeah, we've got a

01:18:01.449 --> 01:18:04.170
couple of weeks. We could get something interesting.

01:18:05.189 --> 01:18:08.909
I Mean, let's face it there is you know, obviously

01:18:08.909 --> 01:18:13.689
WrestleMania weekend There is a lot going on

01:18:13.689 --> 01:18:15.369
but there's gonna be a lot going on with the

01:18:15.369 --> 01:18:17.369
build -up to it But some of the matches are already

01:18:17.369 --> 01:18:20.520
set in stone. We're not gonna see any more from

01:18:20.520 --> 01:18:24.380
punk Rollins and Reigns and stuff like that we're

01:18:24.380 --> 01:18:27.460
all pretty much a lot some stories are done so

01:18:27.460 --> 01:18:29.600
there'll be more space to fill with the other

01:18:29.600 --> 01:18:32.140
stories so we might get a bit extra time with

01:18:32.140 --> 01:18:39.000
that next week yeah maybe but i don't know i'd

01:18:39.000 --> 01:18:43.020
have just It feels like they've skipped a good

01:18:43.020 --> 01:18:45.319
couple of steps here. That's all I'm saying.

01:18:45.340 --> 01:18:47.859
It just feels I mean, it wouldn't be WrestleMania

01:18:47.859 --> 01:18:50.979
week without someone fucking something up, right?

01:18:51.739 --> 01:18:56.180
It just feels a bit rushed Sometimes we got that

01:18:56.180 --> 01:18:58.560
but at the end of the day, it's it's the quality

01:18:58.560 --> 01:19:00.939
of the match at WrestleMania that they're trying

01:19:00.939 --> 01:19:03.300
to do and they're at the moment they're trying

01:19:03.300 --> 01:19:07.560
to put on the best, you know show they can for

01:19:07.560 --> 01:19:12.350
the for the weekend and they've got a fair few

01:19:12.350 --> 01:19:17.010
match spots to fill and They're gonna be kind

01:19:17.010 --> 01:19:19.409
of pushing and seeing what people can do and

01:19:19.409 --> 01:19:21.310
what the crowd are taking before they go, right

01:19:21.310 --> 01:19:23.130
We're having these matches. We'll try and build

01:19:23.130 --> 01:19:25.829
something up when we can but I know we're running

01:19:25.829 --> 01:19:30.649
out of time, but we'll do it as a Grudge match

01:19:30.649 --> 01:19:34.829
or something. He said she said bullshit So they

01:19:34.829 --> 01:19:42.029
just get to fight it out yeah maybe but Logan

01:19:42.029 --> 01:19:45.270
Paul not to be outdone does try and take a cheap

01:19:45.270 --> 01:19:51.229
shot at AJ Styles but yeah AJ's too experienced

01:19:51.229 --> 01:19:56.250
for that shit yeah AJ knows a cheap shot coming

01:19:56.250 --> 01:20:03.859
when he sees one and those two pretty much end

01:20:03.859 --> 01:20:06.920
up having a little bit of a back -and -forth

01:20:06.920 --> 01:20:13.039
which ends with AJ attempting a styles clash

01:20:13.039 --> 01:20:17.920
on Logan Paul, but Logan manages to get out of

01:20:17.920 --> 01:20:21.279
the the hold and disappear outside of the ring

01:20:21.279 --> 01:20:24.800
AJ chases after him and sort of bashes him off

01:20:24.800 --> 01:20:26.659
the announce table for a little bit throwing

01:20:26.659 --> 01:20:30.760
him back towards the ring Where he he hangs AJ

01:20:30.760 --> 01:20:34.199
on the ropes gets his balls caught on that middle

01:20:34.199 --> 01:20:38.140
rope and uh we get to see logan paul hit that

01:20:38.140 --> 01:20:41.699
pulverizer again or pulverizer sorry with the

01:20:41.699 --> 01:20:46.520
crowd chanting youtube wanker which was my favorite

01:20:46.520 --> 01:20:48.640
logan paul chant of the night from the crowd

01:20:48.640 --> 01:20:55.039
um and then we jumped off from there into a little

01:20:55.039 --> 01:20:59.699
backstage thing with jackie redmond talking to

01:20:59.699 --> 01:21:05.220
lyra valkyria This yeah current women's IC title

01:21:05.220 --> 01:21:09.180
holder Yeah, that's it. And yeah, we were talking

01:21:09.180 --> 01:21:13.520
they were talking about Laura's first title defense

01:21:13.520 --> 01:21:22.020
Last week against Raquel Rodriguez and Yeah,

01:21:22.020 --> 01:21:24.680
she's she was reasonably happy with how it went

01:21:24.680 --> 01:21:26.560
I mean she still walked out of it all with the

01:21:26.560 --> 01:21:31.739
title which Considering the size difference in

01:21:31.739 --> 01:21:33.960
those two women as well like Raquel Rodriguez

01:21:33.960 --> 01:21:38.300
is a considerable amount taller and wider than

01:21:38.300 --> 01:21:42.840
Lyra Valkyria. So that would have been a mega

01:21:42.840 --> 01:21:47.260
match to watch. But for Lyra to come out of that

01:21:47.260 --> 01:21:49.039
with that title still meant that she was doing

01:21:49.039 --> 01:21:51.720
something right and that she's keeping her bosses

01:21:51.720 --> 01:21:59.079
happy. That runs keeping going. Lyra Valkyrie

01:21:59.079 --> 01:22:02.880
has been getting quite a bit of help from from

01:22:02.880 --> 01:22:09.279
Bailey actually the role model and We find out

01:22:09.279 --> 01:22:15.079
Lyra is actually gonna be Sort of repaying the

01:22:15.079 --> 01:22:20.000
favor in a way and giving Bailey an opportunity

01:22:20.000 --> 01:22:24.510
at the the women's IC title which I believe is

01:22:24.510 --> 01:22:28.310
taking place next week. That is that will be

01:22:28.310 --> 01:22:33.250
in Minneapolis Minnesota For the yeah for the

01:22:33.250 --> 01:22:36.029
women's IC title between Lyra and Bailey's that

01:22:36.029 --> 01:22:39.869
be a decent match to be fair. They've had a They've

01:22:39.869 --> 01:22:41.810
had a few matches where they've been on sort

01:22:41.810 --> 01:22:46.310
of opposing sides and tag matches and Non title

01:22:46.310 --> 01:22:48.350
matches, but yeah, no, I'm looking forward to

01:22:48.350 --> 01:22:50.350
that one. It'd be a really good match to be fair

01:22:51.159 --> 01:22:56.039
Yeah, that's it. It promises to be a really entertaining

01:22:56.039 --> 01:22:58.140
match. So I'm just hoping they get the minutes

01:22:58.140 --> 01:23:04.359
for it so they can put some legs to it. But we

01:23:04.359 --> 01:23:08.380
go from there into a little VT recap of Gunther

01:23:08.380 --> 01:23:11.640
brutalizing Jimmy Uso and basically it all builds

01:23:11.640 --> 01:23:14.520
up to us just finding out that Jimmy's receiving

01:23:14.520 --> 01:23:17.819
treatment and we don't know anything else after

01:23:17.819 --> 01:23:22.680
that. Jimmy left part of his brains on Gunther's

01:23:22.680 --> 01:23:25.100
World Heavyweight Championship belt when Gunther

01:23:25.100 --> 01:23:28.439
hit him in the head with it and it was a hell

01:23:28.439 --> 01:23:35.479
of a plum shot. Oh 100 % but we've been over

01:23:35.479 --> 01:23:40.300
enough of Gunther and Jimmy and Jay we're gonna

01:23:40.300 --> 01:23:42.960
move on swiftly from that one into a backstage

01:23:42.960 --> 01:23:47.319
promo which sees Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez

01:23:47.319 --> 01:23:52.819
congratulating Dom and Finn on their win earlier

01:23:52.819 --> 01:24:02.699
on. Yeah, I'm sorry. Dom and Finn had an interesting

01:24:02.699 --> 01:24:05.800
win earlier on in the evening and you know at

01:24:05.800 --> 01:24:10.539
this point we see sort of Finn's making himself

01:24:10.539 --> 01:24:13.609
up quite big in this one. It was his win more

01:24:13.609 --> 01:24:16.149
than him and dom's win the way he's kind of doing

01:24:16.149 --> 01:24:18.869
it The way he's talking about it kind of makes

01:24:18.869 --> 01:24:21.869
it kind of it's it's all about him and how he

01:24:21.869 --> 01:24:25.510
feels how good he is um, and as it's wrestlemania

01:24:25.510 --> 01:24:29.229
season, he's going to go and talk to uh Adam

01:24:29.229 --> 01:24:32.329
pierce about a title match at wrestlemania and

01:24:32.329 --> 01:24:36.510
it wanders off So we're having a teaser there

01:24:36.510 --> 01:24:41.229
of fen bala bron breaker for the title for the

01:24:41.229 --> 01:24:44.710
Intercontinental title at Mania. Again, Brawnbreaker

01:24:44.710 --> 01:24:53.210
hasn't had a match set in Bookjet. So while Finn

01:24:53.210 --> 01:24:56.250
Balor's wandering off to find Adam Pearce, Liv

01:24:56.250 --> 01:25:02.090
Morgan says to Dom really that, come on dude,

01:25:02.590 --> 01:25:06.430
Finn Balor's piggybacking off Ewan. You know

01:25:06.430 --> 01:25:08.430
all the hard work you've been putting in for

01:25:08.430 --> 01:25:10.909
the judgment day recently and she says she's

01:25:10.909 --> 01:25:13.590
gonna go and talk to Adam Pierce to get Dom a

01:25:13.590 --> 01:25:16.850
title match to thank him. So we could then also

01:25:16.850 --> 01:25:22.090
end up with Dom versus Bronbreaker or the possibility

01:25:22.090 --> 01:25:24.630
of the triple threat of Dom versus Finn Balor

01:25:24.630 --> 01:25:30.810
versus Bronbreaker. So I think I already know

01:25:30.810 --> 01:25:35.020
how this is gonna play out and I don't think

01:25:35.020 --> 01:25:37.000
it's going to actually have anything to do with

01:25:37.000 --> 01:25:43.979
Brombreaker. I actually think that the WrestleMania

01:25:43.979 --> 01:25:49.779
match will be almost like a control of the judgment

01:25:49.779 --> 01:25:58.640
day match between Dom and Finn. Right. There

01:25:58.640 --> 01:26:01.720
has been a lot of animosity building up between

01:26:01.720 --> 01:26:05.359
the two of them. We've got to go out somewhere.

01:26:07.079 --> 01:26:09.000
Oh, I thought they were just going to use Liv

01:26:09.000 --> 01:26:11.300
Morgan the same way that Xavier Woods and Brad

01:26:11.300 --> 01:26:17.699
Maddox did to relieve stress with Paige. Yeah,

01:26:17.840 --> 01:26:21.539
no, I don't think that's happening somehow. No,

01:26:21.859 --> 01:26:31.699
definitely not. Yeah. We move on from there to

01:26:31.699 --> 01:26:38.640
our main event match of the evening. What a way

01:26:38.640 --> 01:26:43.619
to finish this show. Not only do we have a women's

01:26:43.619 --> 01:26:47.979
championship match, but we get a special guest

01:26:47.979 --> 01:26:52.859
referee which is the one person that both of

01:26:52.859 --> 01:26:55.479
these women are trying to fight at WrestleMania.

01:26:59.849 --> 01:27:02.529
The challenge the challenger of the winner of

01:27:02.529 --> 01:27:05.510
this match is the special guest referee, which

01:27:05.510 --> 01:27:12.529
is always a nice little twist really Bianca's

01:27:12.529 --> 01:27:14.350
never Bianca Belair has never been a special

01:27:14.350 --> 01:27:20.229
guest referee before So we get to see Kind of

01:27:20.229 --> 01:27:22.369
well, I must make going into this. I was hoping

01:27:22.369 --> 01:27:26.109
she made a few a few big boobies and It didn't

01:27:26.109 --> 01:27:30.720
quite go the way she wanted it to June's uh someone

01:27:30.720 --> 01:27:36.420
else having to sort of take over you know what

01:27:36.420 --> 01:27:40.800
i don't i think she did there were boo -boos

01:27:40.800 --> 01:27:43.760
left in there that were weren't supposed to be

01:27:43.760 --> 01:27:48.359
there yeah no there was um i just you know when

01:27:48.359 --> 01:27:50.520
you you kind of with the special guest referee

01:27:50.520 --> 01:27:52.640
i was kind of thinking she'd be that poor at

01:27:52.640 --> 01:27:57.739
it that they'd send another referee down to basically

01:27:57.739 --> 01:28:03.779
be like disappear You fucked it go Then for them

01:28:03.779 --> 01:28:05.880
to to start having a pop at each other in the

01:28:05.880 --> 01:28:09.020
middle of the ring. I Mentioned this earlier

01:28:09.020 --> 01:28:13.439
in that earlier in the episode that One thing

01:28:13.439 --> 01:28:16.300
that we don't see in the regular broadcast was

01:28:16.300 --> 01:28:19.479
that the entire time this match was going on

01:28:19.479 --> 01:28:22.880
There was a referee at ringside, but he was just

01:28:22.880 --> 01:28:26.880
at a camera shot Helping essentially babysitting

01:28:26.880 --> 01:28:30.220
Bianca Ballet the entire way through that match

01:28:30.220 --> 01:28:38.920
helpful Hmm so that was very helpful It was for

01:28:38.920 --> 01:28:42.279
Bianca Ballet It may not have been for everyone

01:28:42.279 --> 01:28:45.100
else who was trying to I Can imagine watching

01:28:45.100 --> 01:28:47.020
that live would be a bit weird because you've

01:28:47.020 --> 01:28:49.300
got one ref in the ring and one ref running around

01:28:49.300 --> 01:28:56.100
the outside shouting A lot of people within the

01:28:56.100 --> 01:28:59.100
industry have done some form of refereeing so

01:28:59.100 --> 01:29:01.119
the fact that she's got as far as she's got and

01:29:01.119 --> 01:29:06.600
not had to do any is a bit weird Yeah, so Yeah,

01:29:06.619 --> 01:29:08.340
it's a bit. It's a bit of an odd one. I will

01:29:08.340 --> 01:29:11.359
be honest I mean you'd think she'd pick up a

01:29:11.359 --> 01:29:13.760
little bit of it up by transference at least

01:29:13.760 --> 01:29:18.260
having had so many matches of course But then

01:29:18.260 --> 01:29:21.659
again, I suppose in that sort of environment.

01:29:21.659 --> 01:29:24.439
You're not really concentrating on what the guy

01:29:24.439 --> 01:29:30.399
in the striped pajamas is doing. You're more

01:29:30.399 --> 01:29:32.640
focused on what you and your opponent are doing.

01:29:33.000 --> 01:29:35.479
Yeah, and trying not to make sure that you A,

01:29:35.520 --> 01:29:38.619
don't injure your opponent or yourself, but B,

01:29:38.779 --> 01:29:43.600
don't do anything too outlandish. Unless, of

01:29:43.600 --> 01:29:49.100
course, outlandish is what you've... got in mind

01:29:49.100 --> 01:29:53.840
for the match here in store and to be fair this

01:29:53.840 --> 01:29:56.640
match had some outlandish parts to it as well

01:29:56.640 --> 01:30:05.199
to be fair um i'm a little bit a little bit unsure

01:30:05.199 --> 01:30:07.479
what to make in this there are some decent spots

01:30:07.479 --> 01:30:13.859
um i had the um io hit a missile drop kick on

01:30:13.859 --> 01:30:18.689
ria and then uses the um there was like a suicide

01:30:18.689 --> 01:30:23.949
dive into a cross body onto the outside. And

01:30:23.949 --> 01:30:27.210
then she breaks the count by rolling in and out

01:30:27.210 --> 01:30:30.930
of the ring and then kind of carries on just

01:30:30.930 --> 01:30:34.869
dismantling Rhea to be fair. One thing that really

01:30:34.869 --> 01:30:38.250
bugged me with this match was the fact that every

01:30:38.250 --> 01:30:40.630
time there was a rope hold or something along

01:30:40.630 --> 01:30:44.090
those lines, Bianca would physically get involved

01:30:44.090 --> 01:30:49.140
and pull apart. Rather than the rest of the referees

01:30:49.140 --> 01:30:51.060
when they're doing it. Well, they'll put a hand

01:30:51.060 --> 01:30:52.859
on the shoulder, but they don't physically get

01:30:52.859 --> 01:30:57.979
too involved It was more like a UFC referee at

01:30:57.979 --> 01:31:00.460
this point where they will drag off the fighter

01:31:00.460 --> 01:31:05.100
and knock them down themselves But it played

01:31:05.100 --> 01:31:08.159
the part of being able to speak to her inexperience

01:31:08.159 --> 01:31:13.979
as a referee. Yes So it aided the story of the

01:31:13.979 --> 01:31:18.069
match realistically Oh, it did. It's just annoying.

01:31:19.210 --> 01:31:24.710
Just let them go at it. Let them fight. Yeah,

01:31:24.829 --> 01:31:27.449
this is it. But there were some brutal spots

01:31:27.449 --> 01:31:30.869
in this match as well. I mean, Rhea Ripley ends

01:31:30.869 --> 01:31:37.329
up bouncing Skye face first off the apron. And

01:31:37.329 --> 01:31:44.010
Skye ends up, EO ends up retaliating with a poison

01:31:44.010 --> 01:31:47.880
Rana. I'd never come across the term poison runner

01:31:47.880 --> 01:31:51.439
before before this match. So that was a new term

01:31:51.439 --> 01:31:54.380
on me It's just a hurricane runner, but with

01:31:54.380 --> 01:31:58.560
a slight twist on it Well, yeah, it's a backwards

01:31:58.560 --> 01:32:02.380
hurricane runner essentially Rather than pulling

01:32:02.380 --> 01:32:04.960
your opponent forwards, you're pulling them backwards.

01:32:07.119 --> 01:32:14.529
Yeah Something I'd ever seen before But then

01:32:14.529 --> 01:32:16.909
you get that from some of these Japanese superstars.

01:32:16.909 --> 01:32:19.909
They do pull out some really nice little moves

01:32:19.909 --> 01:32:24.029
The Japanese style of wrestling so different

01:32:24.029 --> 01:32:30.250
So so different Yeah, and it's one of the reasons

01:32:30.250 --> 01:32:33.510
like that like superstars like Shinsuke Nakamura

01:32:33.510 --> 01:32:38.270
is not doing very well in WWE realistically because

01:32:38.270 --> 01:32:44.800
his style doesn't suit the promotion That and

01:32:44.800 --> 01:32:48.619
I saw a clip the other day he's not changed anything

01:32:48.619 --> 01:32:54.619
in his gimmick up until this ha I'm a Japanese

01:32:54.619 --> 01:32:58.899
fucking warrior with a mask It's the same entry

01:32:58.899 --> 01:33:01.720
music the same entrance everything. It's all

01:33:01.720 --> 01:33:08.359
the same since when he debuted in 2016 oh Yeah,

01:33:08.359 --> 01:33:12.119
no these nine years he's been in the company

01:33:12.279 --> 01:33:16.340
He's using the same entry stuff, the same ring

01:33:16.340 --> 01:33:22.800
gear, pretty much. Everything is the same. But

01:33:22.800 --> 01:33:25.319
then again, the same thing could be said for

01:33:25.319 --> 01:33:29.300
superstars like The Miz. The Miz is gimmick and

01:33:29.300 --> 01:33:33.119
The Miz, he hasn't been repackaged in a little

01:33:33.119 --> 01:33:37.619
while. He can communicate in his native language,

01:33:38.279 --> 01:33:40.779
like in the native language of the country where

01:33:40.779 --> 01:33:44.000
they're programming. Like the only time Miz is

01:33:44.000 --> 01:33:46.100
out of his depth probably talking to anyone is

01:33:46.100 --> 01:33:50.579
when they go to jubai You know like Shinsuke

01:33:50.579 --> 01:33:53.079
Nakamura is out of his depth speaking anywhere

01:33:53.079 --> 01:33:59.579
outside of Japan Unless he's talking to EOS guy.

01:33:59.760 --> 01:34:06.180
Oh, yeah Or any of the other sort of Asian wrestlers

01:34:06.180 --> 01:34:17.460
on the roster Yeah, that too But again Some absolutely

01:34:17.460 --> 01:34:22.539
brutal spots in this match one of which was Rear

01:34:22.539 --> 01:34:26.020
Ripley counter a crossbody with a headbutt. That

01:34:26.020 --> 01:34:31.359
was pretty savage. That was um Quite a gnarly

01:34:31.359 --> 01:34:34.220
headbutt. Got a random fact for you though Adam

01:34:34.220 --> 01:34:38.819
Did you know that this week's episode of Monday

01:34:38.819 --> 01:34:46.180
Night Raw was a debut in its own right? How do

01:34:46.180 --> 01:34:50.279
you mean? Well, WWE this week debuted on Indian

01:34:50.279 --> 01:34:55.420
Netflix with this episode. So. Oh, yes, I do

01:34:55.420 --> 01:34:57.819
remember them mentioning it actually. Now we

01:34:57.819 --> 01:35:01.060
have the WWE Universe from India joining us on

01:35:01.060 --> 01:35:04.380
the Netflix journey as well. So they're not missing

01:35:04.380 --> 01:35:07.479
out on what has been some incredibly amazing.

01:35:08.699 --> 01:35:14.239
wrestling content over the last four months now.

01:35:14.460 --> 01:35:17.819
WWE was originally was before it came to Netflix

01:35:17.819 --> 01:35:23.779
in India was being broadcast on the Sony Sports

01:35:23.779 --> 01:35:27.420
Network in India so they've not missed out essentially

01:35:27.420 --> 01:35:30.560
it's just in a different format I think. Yeah

01:35:30.560 --> 01:35:35.319
I mean Netflix I think is better than your standard

01:35:35.319 --> 01:35:37.579
satellite TV. I mean, look how much easier it's

01:35:37.579 --> 01:35:43.359
made this podcast. I can go back in and find

01:35:43.359 --> 01:35:47.220
last week, this episode and find anything I need

01:35:47.220 --> 01:35:50.199
to within five minutes. You try going onto a

01:35:50.199 --> 01:35:54.020
cable TV show website and using the iPlayer feature

01:35:54.020 --> 01:35:57.060
to try and find it. It's a real pain in the backside

01:35:57.060 --> 01:36:07.159
sometimes. Yeah, fair enough. But we won't focus

01:36:07.159 --> 01:36:10.140
too much on Indian Netflix as I don't think we've

01:36:10.140 --> 01:36:12.800
had any listeners from there just yet. I mean,

01:36:12.840 --> 01:36:17.199
if I'm wrong, by all means, let us know. But

01:36:17.199 --> 01:36:22.939
as it goes, we then start getting towards the

01:36:22.939 --> 01:36:25.199
end of the match where it all starts coming undone

01:36:25.199 --> 01:36:28.640
a little bit. Coming undone is, yeah, I think.

01:36:28.970 --> 01:36:30.930
I think that's a bit of an understatement. I

01:36:30.930 --> 01:36:33.430
think this match it basically came undone as

01:36:33.430 --> 01:36:35.909
soon as all three superstars were in the ring.

01:36:36.510 --> 01:36:39.029
The fact that we've got to the end of the match

01:36:39.029 --> 01:36:42.750
and Bianca has managed to piss off not only Rhea

01:36:42.750 --> 01:36:45.109
by getting her too handsy where they were on

01:36:45.109 --> 01:36:49.090
on brakes but Io as well and they've both got

01:36:49.090 --> 01:36:53.630
you know they've both had sort of uh enough of

01:36:53.630 --> 01:36:56.909
it you can see it's winding them both up and

01:36:56.909 --> 01:37:00.579
uh we end up getting into what I think was the

01:37:00.579 --> 01:37:05.460
best part of the match, to be fair. After Bianca

01:37:05.460 --> 01:37:09.119
heavy -handedly broke up the count that Rhea

01:37:09.119 --> 01:37:13.680
had going on Io, Rhea actually hits Bianca in

01:37:13.680 --> 01:37:18.699
the face. Then as Bianca steps back, reeling

01:37:18.699 --> 01:37:22.739
from that slap, Io Sky hits her with a missile

01:37:22.739 --> 01:37:27.060
dropkick and sends her flying out of the ring.

01:37:28.279 --> 01:37:33.359
And then we then get Rhea attacking Io, and there's

01:37:33.359 --> 01:37:36.720
a point where I think it was classed as a 20

01:37:36.720 --> 01:37:40.619
count, but Rhea had got Io pinned for that long,

01:37:41.119 --> 01:37:45.159
the crowd chanted to 20, and Bianca was still

01:37:45.159 --> 01:37:49.340
nursing her jaw on the outside. Well, yeah, but

01:37:49.340 --> 01:37:52.279
that was thought of Rhea's fault to begin with,

01:37:52.319 --> 01:37:56.340
as it was. Well, it was. Kind of six of one half

01:37:56.340 --> 01:37:58.420
a dozen of the other but it was a hell of a boot

01:37:58.420 --> 01:38:05.020
to Bianca anyway. Oh 100 % but the the hits to

01:38:05.020 --> 01:38:08.659
Bianca didn't stop there realistically but we

01:38:08.659 --> 01:38:12.539
got sort of real signs of Rhea Ripley's frustrations

01:38:12.539 --> 01:38:18.899
boiling over As the as the match progressed and

01:38:18.899 --> 01:38:22.760
Yeah, she even goes after Bianca at one point

01:38:22.760 --> 01:38:29.229
to To vent some of this frustration that Arguably,

01:38:29.270 --> 01:38:31.909
she probably should have been venting it on on

01:38:31.909 --> 01:38:35.789
EO sky realistically. Well, yeah, but they both

01:38:35.789 --> 01:38:39.050
Well, all three of them have got a hatred for

01:38:39.050 --> 01:38:41.890
each other at the moment so at any point within

01:38:41.890 --> 01:38:45.829
the next few weeks because now we've We find

01:38:45.829 --> 01:38:49.109
out at the end of this much the winner of this

01:38:49.109 --> 01:38:54.340
faces Bianca at WrestleMania for the title After

01:38:54.340 --> 01:38:56.960
Adam Pierce refused to make it a triple threat

01:38:56.960 --> 01:38:59.399
and reassigned the contract as well last week

01:38:59.399 --> 01:39:03.520
before last Yeah, which probably would have saved

01:39:03.520 --> 01:39:06.439
an awful lot of an awful lot of headaches on

01:39:06.439 --> 01:39:09.460
there on his part realistically Yes, no wonder

01:39:09.460 --> 01:39:12.119
the man is bold. He does not make things easy

01:39:12.119 --> 01:39:17.680
for himself But yeah the match sort of comes

01:39:17.680 --> 01:39:24.710
to a rather Dramatic end when Eoskai aims a Missile

01:39:24.710 --> 01:39:27.670
dropkick at Ripley but ends up hitting Bianca

01:39:27.670 --> 01:39:30.369
with it and that was sort of the straw that broke

01:39:30.369 --> 01:39:33.630
the camel's back realistically Bianca had enough

01:39:33.630 --> 01:39:39.350
of those shots Yeah, pretty much as she ends

01:39:39.350 --> 01:39:47.329
up pulling the match in a double DQ And Yeah,

01:39:47.489 --> 01:39:52.119
this just seems to push at Rhea Ripley especially

01:39:52.119 --> 01:39:57.140
over the edge even further as It means that EO

01:39:57.140 --> 01:40:00.279
Sky retains a championship the match at WrestleMania

01:40:00.279 --> 01:40:03.359
as far as we are aware at the moment is still

01:40:03.359 --> 01:40:07.819
a one -on -one which will see Bianca Belair try

01:40:07.819 --> 01:40:13.960
and take the title off EO Sky and Yeah, I mean

01:40:13.960 --> 01:40:17.100
Rhea Ripley has been just left out in the cold

01:40:18.299 --> 01:40:20.420
Don't think she'll get left out of the cold.

01:40:20.500 --> 01:40:23.560
She will make an appearance at WrestleMania of

01:40:23.560 --> 01:40:27.739
some kind But I can't tell you exactly what it

01:40:27.739 --> 01:40:33.579
is Should either interfere in this match or we'll

01:40:33.579 --> 01:40:37.479
see her with It'd be funny if we saw her help

01:40:37.479 --> 01:40:41.100
out there Damian Priest in his march just come

01:40:41.100 --> 01:40:43.439
down and run in like distraction so to speak

01:40:47.500 --> 01:40:52.199
Yeah, I suppose I mean this the episode ends

01:40:52.199 --> 01:40:58.100
with just Riptide after riptide after super riptide

01:40:58.100 --> 01:41:02.220
about riptide off the second rope is I love it.

01:41:02.220 --> 01:41:14.560
Yeah And yeah, the last images we see is The

01:41:14.560 --> 01:41:16.800
bodies of the champion and the challenger laid

01:41:16.800 --> 01:41:20.979
out in the ring is Rhea Ripley's left standing

01:41:20.979 --> 01:41:28.739
over the broken beaten bodies Yeah, I mean what

01:41:28.739 --> 01:41:31.340
a way of pissing your enemies off hey, I've just

01:41:31.340 --> 01:41:34.060
come in here I've kicked your arse and I've got

01:41:34.060 --> 01:41:40.699
your title Yeah You know what if only there was

01:41:40.699 --> 01:41:46.949
a women's 24 -7 That would have been perfect.

01:41:46.970 --> 01:41:49.350
I've come in, I've kicked your ass, I've nicked

01:41:49.350 --> 01:41:54.130
your title. Let's go. Well the 24 -7 title by

01:41:54.130 --> 01:41:59.350
definition was unisex anyway. Right, yeah, but

01:41:59.350 --> 01:42:06.069
it would just be interesting with just an extra

01:42:06.069 --> 01:42:08.109
belt floating around the women's division to

01:42:08.109 --> 01:42:11.250
help out. I don't think the women's division

01:42:11.250 --> 01:42:15.609
needs any more belts. they've got just as many

01:42:15.609 --> 01:42:21.210
as the men though exactly they don't need no

01:42:21.210 --> 01:42:25.670
more no you're not talking about no more that

01:42:25.670 --> 01:42:29.130
describes the end of my notes yeah i'm pretty

01:42:29.130 --> 01:42:31.850
sure that describes the end of mine as well uh

01:42:31.850 --> 01:42:34.050
just about to say to you that i'm uh i'm officially

01:42:34.050 --> 01:42:41.529
out right so that leaves us with the end of this

01:42:41.529 --> 01:42:44.460
episode it means we will be back And the next

01:42:44.460 --> 01:42:48.020
one, which is it finishes and factions does an

01:42:48.020 --> 01:42:52.640
XT. This one is live from the performance center

01:42:52.640 --> 01:42:58.979
and is our April Fools episode. So it's very

01:42:58.979 --> 01:43:02.979
much a thank you for listening from me and the

01:43:02.979 --> 01:43:08.880
same from him too. Yeah, exactly the same from

01:43:08.880 --> 01:43:12.739
me. So Yeah, come back soon and we will we will

01:43:12.739 --> 01:43:17.420
have for you finishers and factions does NXT

01:43:17.420 --> 01:43:19.899
Peace